The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era

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Annotation

CD 74 appears to have been badly processed -- the left channel looks as if it had been normalized to point of severe clipping, while the right channel looks 'normal'. The audio fingerprint attached is that of the right channel only, and as all CD's are in mono (or at least supposed to be in mono), this probably works.

FIXME: Has this been available only as part of the 500-CD set? (Ignore re-sellers! It's out of print, apparently.)

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-31 08:07 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Fletcher Henderson 1931-32
▼ CD 2: Fletcher Henderson 1932-33
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Casa Loma Stomp
recording of:
Casa Loma Stomp (on 1932-03-11)
composer:
Gene Gifford
Fletcher Henderson and His Connie's Inn Orchestra3:11
2Blue Moments
Fletcher Henderson and His Connie's Inn Orchestra2:50
3How Am I Doin', Hey Hey
recording of:
How'm I Doin'? (on 1932-03-11)
writer:
Lemuel Fowler and Don Redman
Fletcher Henderson and His Connie's Inn Orchestra3:11
4Goodbye Blues
recording of:
Goodbye Blues (on 1932-03-11)
writer:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist), Arnold Johnson and Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Fletcher Henderson and His Connie's Inn Orchestra3:03
5Honeysuckle Rose
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1932-09-12)
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1932-09-12), Russell Procope (on 1932-09-12) and Edgar Sampson (on 1932-09-12)
clarinet:
Russell Procope (on 1932-09-12)
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1932-09-12)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1932-09-12, on 1932-12-09)
drums (drum set):
Walter Johnson (drums) (on 1932-09-12, on 1932-12-09)
guitar:
Freddie White (on 1932-09-12)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1932-09-12, on 1932-12-09)
reeds:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1932-12-09), Hilton Jefferson (on 1932-12-09) and Russell Procope (on 1932-12-09)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1932-09-12)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1932-09-12, on 1932-12-09) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1932-09-12, on 1932-12-09)
trumpet:
Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1932-09-12) and Bobby Stark (on 1932-09-12, on 1932-12-09)
violin:
Edgar Sampson (on 1932-09-12)
instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1932-09-12)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1932-12-09)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1932-12-09)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:11
6New King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:07
7Underneath the Harlem Moon
recording of:
Underneath the Harlem Moon (on 1932-12-09)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:14
8Yeah Man!
recording of:
Yeah Man! (on 1933-08-18)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson (in 1932) and Noble Sissle (in 1932)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:53
9King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp (on 1933-08-18)
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:54
10Queer Notions
arranger:
Horace Henderson
recording of:
Queer Notions (on 1933-08-18)
composer:
Coleman Hawkins
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:48
11Can You Take It?
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:48
12Can You Take It?
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:59
13Queer Notions
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1933-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Walter Johnson (drums) (on 1933-09-22)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1933-09-22)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1933-09-22)
reeds:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1933-09-22)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1933-09-22), Claude Jones (on 1933-09-22) and Dicky Wells (on 1933-09-22)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1933-09-22) and Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1933-09-22)
recording of:
Queer Notions (on 1933-09-22)
composer:
Coleman Hawkins
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:31
14It's the Talk of the Town
instrumental recording of:
It’s the Talk of the Town (on 1933-09-22)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) and Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
arranger:
Ib Glindemann
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:30
15Night Life
recording of:
Night Life (on 1933-09-22)
writer:
Will Hudson
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:23
16Nagasaki
recording of:
Nagasaki (on 1933-09-22)
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:25
17Happy Feet
instrumental recording of:
Happy Feet (on 1933-10-03)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1930)
Horace Henderson and his Orchestra2:49
18I'm Rhythm Crazy Now
instrumental recording of:
I'm Rhythm Crazy Now (on 1933-10-03)
writer:
Fletcher Henderson, Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
Horace Henderson and his Orchestra3:16
19Ol' Man River
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1933-10-03)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Horace Henderson and his Orchestra3:07
20Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1933-10-03)
bass and double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1933-10-03)
drums (drum set):
Walter Johnson (drums) (on 1933-10-03)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1933-10-03)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1933-10-03)
reeds:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1933-10-03) and Russell Procope (on 1933-10-03)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1933-10-03)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1933-10-03) and Dicky Wells (on 1933-10-03)
trumpet:
Henry Allen (jazz musician) (on 1933-10-03), Russell Smith (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1933-10-03) and Bobby Stark (on 1933-10-03)
instrumental recording of:
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day (on 1933-10-03)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
recording of:
Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day (on 1933-10-03)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
Horace Henderson and his Orchestra3:06
21Ain't Cha Glad
Horace Henderson and his Orchestra3:19
22I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
instrumental recording of:
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (on 1933-10-03)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Horace Henderson and his Orchestra3:37
▶ CD 3: Fletcher Henderson 1934-36
▶ CD 4: Fletcher Henderson 1936-37
▶ CD 5: Fletcher Henderson 1937-38
▶ CD 6: Don Redman 1931-32
▶ CD 7: Don Redman 1932-33
▶ CD 8: Don Redman 1933-37
▶ CD 9: Duke Ellington 1933
▶ CD 10: Duke Ellington 1934-35
▶ CD 11: Duke Ellington 1936-37
▶ CD 12: Duke Ellington 1938-39
▶ CD 13: Duke Ellington 1940
▶ CD 14: Duke Ellington 1940-41
▶ CD 15: Duke Ellington 1942-44
▶ CD 16: Duke Ellington 1945
▶ CD 17: Duke Ellington 1945-46
▶ CD 18: Duke Ellington 1941: The Hollywood Transcriptions
▶ CD 19: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931
▶ CD 20: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931-32
▶ CD 21: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1932-34
▶ CD 22: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934-35
▶ CD 23: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1935-36
▶ CD 24: Jimmie Lunceford 1934
▶ CD 25: Jimmie Lunceford 1934-35
▶ CD 26: Jimmie Lunceford 1935-37
▶ CD 27: Jimmie Lunceford 1937-39
▶ CD 28: Jimmie Lunceford 1939
▶ CD 29: Jimmie Lunceford 1939-40
▶ CD 30: Earl Hines 1932-33
▶ CD 31: Earl Hines 1934
▶ CD 32: Earl Hines 1935-38
▶ CD 33: Earl Hines 1939-40
▶ CD 34: Earl Hines 1940-41
▶ CD 35: Earl Hines 1941-42
▶ CD 36: Chick Webb 1931-34
▶ CD 37: Chick Webb 1935-37
▶ CD 38: Chick Webb 1937-38
▶ CD 39: Chick Webb 1938-39
▶ CD 40: Claude Hopkins 1932-34
▶ CD 41: Claude Hopkins 1934-35
▶ CD 42: Count Basie 1937
▶ CD 43: Count Basie 1938-39
▶ CD 44: Count Basie 1939
▶ CD 45: Count Basie 1939-40
▶ CD 46: Count Basie 1940
▶ CD 47: Count Basie 1941
▶ CD 48: Count Basie 1941 II
▶ CD 49: Count Basie 1942
▶ CD 50: Count Basie 1944-45: The V-Discs
▶ CD 51: Count Basie 1947
▶ CD 52: Count Basie 1947-49
▶ CD 53: Louis Armstrong 1932-33
▶ CD 54: Louis Armstrong 1933-34
▶ CD 55: Louis Armstrong 1935-36
▶ CD 56: Louis Armstrong 1936-38
▶ CD 57: Louis Armstrong 1938-39
▶ CD 58: Louis Armstrong 1940-42
▶ CD 59: Cab Calloway 1931-41
▶ CD 60: Teddy Hill 1935-37
▶ CD 61: Lionel Hampton 1951
▶ CD 62: Lionel Hampton 1954
▶ CD 63: Casa Loma Orchestra 1931-33
▶ CD 64: Casa Loma Orchestra 1933-37
▶ CD 65: Benny Goodman 1935
▶ CD 66: Benny Goodman 1935-36
▶ CD 67: Benny Goodman 1936
▶ CD 68: Benny Goodman 1936-37
▶ CD 69: Benny Goodman 1937
▶ CD 70: Benny Goodman 1938
▶ CD 71: Benny Goodman 1938 II
▶ CD 72: Benny Goodman 1938-39
▶ CD 73: Benny Goodman 1939-41
▶ CD 74: Benny Goodman 1941
▶ CD 75: Benny Goodman 1941-42
▶ CD 76: Charlie Barnet 1939-41
▶ CD 77: Charlie Barnet 1941-46
▶ CD 78: Bob Crosby
▶ CD 79: Artie Shaw 1939-40
▶ CD 80: Artie Shaw 1940
▶ CD 81: Artie Shaw 1940-41
▶ CD 82: Artie Shaw 1941-45
▶ CD 83: Woody Herman 1937-38
▶ CD 84: Woody Herman 1937-43
▶ CD 85: Woody Herman 1946
▶ CD 86: Woody Herman 1946-54
▶ CD 87: Tommy Dorsey 1935-36
▶ CD 88: Tommy Dorsey 1937
▶ CD 89: Tommy Dorsey 1937-38
▶ CD 90: Tommy Dorsey 1939-45
▶ CD 91: Tommy Dorsey 1946-50
▶ CD 92: Jimmy Dorsey
▶ CD 93: Jack Teagarden
▶ CD 94: Gene Krupa
▶ CD 95: Harry James
▶ CD 96: Georgie Auld
▶ CD 97: Stan Kenton
▶ CD 98: Pete Rugolo
▶ CD 99: Shorty Rogers
▶ CD 100: Glenn Miller