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CD 1: Louis Armstrong
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mahogany Hall Stomp
recording of:
Mahogany Hall Stomp
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Louis Armstrong3:56
2Melancholy BluesLouis Armstrong3:05
3Savoy Blues
recording of:
Savoy Blues
writer:
Kid Ory
Louis Armstrong3:14
4Put ’em Down Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-09-02)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-09-02)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-09-02)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-09-02)
piano:
Lil Armstrong (on 1927-09-02)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1927-09-02)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-09-12)
recording of:
Put 'Em Down Blues (on 1927-09-02)
composer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong3:11
5Potato Head Blues
recording of:
Potato Head Blues
composer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong3:03
6Gully Low Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-05-14)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-05-14)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-05-14)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Baby Dodds (on 1927-05-14)
piano:
Lil Armstrong (on 1927-05-14)
trombone:
John Thomas (early jazz trombonist) (on 1927-05-14)
tuba:
Pete Briggs (on 1927-05-14)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-14)
recording of:
Gully Low Blues (on 1927-05-14)
writer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong3:23
7Struttin’ With Some BarbecueLouis Armstrong3:03
8Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
Louis Armstrong3:15
9Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now
cover recording of:
Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Razaf Music
Louis Armstrong3:37
10Rockin’ Chair
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Louis Armstrong3:22
11St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Louis Armstrong3:02
12Alexander’s Ragtime Band
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-07-07)
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-07-07)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1937-07-07)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1937-07-07)
guitar:
Lee Blair (on 1937-07-07)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1937-07-07)
reeds:
Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1937-07-07), Bingie Madison (on 1937-07-07) and Albert Nicholas (on 1937-07-07)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1937-07-07), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1937-07-07) and George Washington (jazz trombonist) (on 1937-07-07)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1937-07-07), Louis Armstrong (on 1937-07-07), Louis Bacon (on 1937-07-07) and Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1937-07-07)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-07-07)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1937-07-07)
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1937-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Louis Armstrong2:36
13Shine
recording of:
Shine
lyricist:
Lew Brown (in 1910) and Cecil Mack (in 1910)
composer:
Ford Dabney (, in 1910)
Louis Armstrong3:25
14Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Louis Armstrong3:24
15Keyhole Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1927-05-13)
banjo:
Johnny St. Cyr (on 1927-05-13)
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1927-05-13)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-13)
drums (drum set):
Warren “Baby” Dodds (on 1927-05-13)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1927-05-13)
trombone:
John Thomas (early jazz trombonist) (on 1927-05-13)
tuba:
Pete Briggs (on 1927-05-13)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1927-05-13)
recording of:
Keyhole Blues (on 1927-05-13)
composer:
Wesley A. Wilson
Louis Armstrong3:36
16High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Louis Armstrong3:33
17New Orleans FunctionLouis Armstrong6:44
18Gone Fishin’
recording of:
Gone Fishin’
writer:
Charles Kenny (songwriter, violinist) and Nick Kenny
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Louis Armstrong2:30
CD 2: Count Basie
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Beaver JunctionCount Basie3:00
2Blow Mr. Low
Count Basie2:51
3Everyday
Count Basie2:38
4After You’ve Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Count Basie2:35
5It’s Raining Again
Count Basie2:45
6Safe, Sane and Single
Count Basie2:27
7Mine, Too
Count Basie2:32
8Nails
recording of:
Nails
composer:
Buster Harding
Count Basie3:32
9Time for Moving
Count Basie2:24
10Kansas City Blues
Count Basie3:02
11Thes Didn’t Believe Me
Count Basie2:44
12Rat Race
Count Basie2:27
13When the Sun Goes Down
Count Basie3:08
14Detour Ahead
Count Basie2:58
15Sweets
Count Basie2:24
16Always on the Blue Side
Count Basie3:03
17Solid as a Rock
Count Basie3:02
18Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?Count Basie2:29
19Normania (Blee Blop Blues)
Count Basie2:57
20Rocky Mountain Blues
Count Basie3:12
21She’s a Wine‐O
Count Basie2:54
22Shoutin’ Blues
Count Basie2:33
CD 3: Glenn Miller
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Glenn Miller43:35
2Careless
Glenn Miller3:06
3Moonlight Serenade
orchestra:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (use only for releases Glenn Miller performed with)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca (WARNING: NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE!!!!!!!!!! A division of Universal Music Operations Limited) (in 2009)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP)
Glenn Miller13:23
4Ciribiribin
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Glenn Miller3:22
5Hear My Song, Violetta
recording of:
Hear My Song, Violetta (1937 song, version of "Hör' mein Lied, Violetta")
lyricist and translator:
Harry S Pepper (songwriter)
composer:
Othmar Klose, Rudolf Lukesch and Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
is based on:
Hör mein Lied, Violetta
Glenn Miller2:50
6Chapel in the Valley
Glenn Miller2:57
7Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
Glenn Miller2:35
8Fifth Avenue
recording of:
Fifth Avenue
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Glenn Miller3:06
9Helpless
recording of:
Helpless
composer and arranger:
Jack Lathrop
Glenn Miller2:44
10Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Glenn Miller2:56
11Five O’Clock Whistle
recording of:
Five O’Clock Whistle
writer:
Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin (aranger, writer) and Josef Myrow
Glenn Miller2:56
12Happy in Love
recording of:
Happy in Love
writer:
Sammy Fain and Jack Yellen
Glenn Miller2:57
13Fooled
Glenn Miller3:11
14Dreamsville, Ohio
Glenn Miller3:00
15Boulder Buff
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1941-05-07)
recording of:
Boulder Buff
writer:
Fred Norman and Eugene Novello
Glenn Miller3:30
16Chattanooga Choo ChooGlenn Miller3:29
17Delilah
recording of:
Delilah
writer:
Henry Manners and Jimmy Shirl (Songwriter)
Glenn Miller3:03
18Chip of the Old Block
Glenn Miller2:43
19Caribbean Clipper
recording of:
Caribbean Clipper
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
Glenn Miller2:41
20Dearly Beloved
recording of:
Dearly Beloved (from “You Were Never Lovelier”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jerome Kern
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Glenn Miller2:52
21Rhapsody in Blue
recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (Glenn Miller arrangement)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
arrangement of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
Glenn Miller3:04
22When the Roses Bloom Again
Glenn Miller3:29
23St. Louis Blues March
Glenn Miller3:33
CD 4: Benny Goodman
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Alexander’s Ragtime Band
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Benny Goodman2:08
2(I’ve Been) Saving Myself for You
Benny Goodman3:17
3All I Do Is Dream of You
recording of:
All I Do Is Dream of You (Singin’ in the Rain)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (stage musical)
Benny Goodman2:40
4Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Benny Goodman2:54
5Always
recording of:
Always
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Inc. and Irving Berlin Music
Benny Goodman2:45
6Bedlam
Benny Goodman3:06
7A Little Kiss at Twilight
Benny Goodman3:08
8I Would Do Anything for You
recording of:
I Would Do Anything for You
composer:
Alexander Hill (20th century US jazz pianist), Claude Hopkins and Bobby Williams (jazz composer)
Benny Goodman2:50
9And the Angels SingBenny Goodman3:11
10Ballad in Blue
Benny Goodman2:36
11Air Mail Special
Benny Goodman3:38
12(You Got Me in Between) The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Benny Goodman2:43
13Bach Goes to Town
recording of:
Bach Goes to Town
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
Benny Goodman2:43
14After Hours
recording of:
After Hours (blues piano composition by Avery Parrish)
composer:
Avery Parrish
Benny Goodman3:07
15A Home in the Clouds
Benny Goodman3:12
16As Long as I Live
recording of:
As Long as I Live
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1934)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1934)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp.
Benny Goodman3:09
17Afraid to Dream
recording of:
Afraid to Dream
lyricist and composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Revel (British-born American composer)
Benny Goodman2:40
18At Sundown
recording of:
At Sundown
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1927)
publisher:
Donaldson Publishing Co. and Leo Feist, Inc.
Benny Goodman2:27
19Jumpin’ at the WoodsideBenny Goodman3:29
20Rock Rimmon
recording of:
Rock Rimmon
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Mel Powell
Benny Goodman3:27
21Somebody Stole My Gal
recording of:
Somebody Stole My Gal
lyricist and composer:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929) (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter
sub-publisher:
Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag
Benny Goodman3:23
CD 5: Lionel Hampton
CD 6: Django Reinhardt
CD 7: The Golden Gate Quartet
CD 8: Ella Fitzgerald
CD 9: Dizzy Gillespie
CD 10: Charlie Parker
CD 11: Oscar Peterson
CD 12: Stan Getz