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Annotation

A 168-CD box, divided into 42 sets à 4 CDs in Sitofy cases. Each set has its own catalog #, ranging from 22757-382 to 22798-382, with /A-D added for CDs 1-4, respectively. Each CD is called "Menu" here and is dedicated to one musician or band, who mostly appears in different collaborations.

Includes two 180-page books with artist biographies.

Set 01-09: "Classic Jazz - Ragtime - Dixieland"
Set 10-16: "Blues"
Set 17: "Boogie Woogie"
Set 18-32: "Swing to Bebop - Modern Jazz"
Set 33-37: "Big Band"
Set 38-42: "Vocalists"

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-22 21:23 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
▶ CD 2: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
▶ CD 3: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
▶ CD 4: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
▶ CD 5: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
▶ CD 6: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
▶ CD 7: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
▶ CD 8: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
▶ CD 9: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
▶ CD 10: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
▶ CD 11: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
▶ CD 12: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
▶ CD 13: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
▶ CD 14: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
▶ CD 15: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
▶ CD 16: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
▶ CD 17: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
▶ CD 18: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
▶ CD 19: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
▶ CD 20: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
▶ CD 21: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
▶ CD 22: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
▶ CD 23: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
▶ CD 24: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
▶ CD 25: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
▶ CD 26: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
▶ CD 27: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
▶ CD 28: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
▶ CD 29: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
▶ CD 30: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
▶ CD 31: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
▶ CD 32: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
▶ CD 33: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
▶ CD 34: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
▶ CD 35: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
▶ CD 36: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
▶ CD 37: Blues – Bessie Smith
▶ CD 38: Blues – Ma Rainey
▶ CD 39: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
▶ CD 40: Blues – Tampa Red
▶ CD 41: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
▶ CD 42: Blues – Josh White
▶ CD 43: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
▶ CD 44: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
▶ CD 45: Blues – Leadbelly
▶ CD 46: Blues – Big Joe Williams
▶ CD 47: Blues – Robert Johnson
▶ CD 48: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
▶ CD 49: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
▶ CD 50: Blues – Sonny Terry
▶ CD 51: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
▶ CD 52: Blues – Brownie McGhee
▶ CD 53: Blues – Memphis Slim
▶ CD 54: Blues – Muddy Waters
▶ CD 55: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
▶ CD 56: Blues – Big Joe Turner
▶ CD 57: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
▶ CD 58: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
▶ CD 59: Blues – John Lee Hooker
▶ CD 60: Blues – Johnny Otis
▶ CD 61: Blues – B.B. King
▶ CD 62: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
▶ CD 63: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
▶ CD 64: Blues – Ray Charles
▶ CD 65: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
▶ CD 66: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
▶ CD 67: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
▶ CD 68: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
▶ CD 69: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
▶ CD 70: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
▶ CD 71: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
▶ CD 72: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
▶ CD 73: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
▶ CD 74: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
▶ CD 75: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
▶ CD 76: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
▶ CD 77: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
▶ CD 78: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
▶ CD 79: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
▶ CD 80: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
▶ CD 81: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
▶ CD 82: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
▶ CD 83: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
▶ CD 84: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
▶ CD 85: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
▶ CD 86: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
▶ CD 87: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
▶ CD 88: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
▶ CD 89: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
▶ CD 90: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
▶ CD 91: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
▶ CD 92: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
▶ CD 93: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
▶ CD 94: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
▶ CD 95: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
▶ CD 96: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
▶ CD 97: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
▶ CD 98: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
▶ CD 99: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
▶ CD 100: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
▶ CD 101: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
▶ CD 102: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
▶ CD 103: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
▶ CD 104: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
▶ CD 105: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
▶ CD 106: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
▶ CD 107: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
▶ CD 108: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
▶ CD 109: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
▶ CD 110: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
▶ CD 111: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
▶ CD 112: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
▶ CD 113: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
▶ CD 114: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
▶ CD 115: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
▶ CD 116: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
▶ CD 117: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
▶ CD 118: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
▶ CD 119: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
▶ CD 120: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
▶ CD 121: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
▶ CD 122: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
▶ CD 123: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
▶ CD 124: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
▶ CD 125: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
▶ CD 126: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
▶ CD 127: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
▶ CD 128: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
▶ CD 129: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
▶ CD 130: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
▶ CD 131: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
▶ CD 132: Big Bands – Chick Webb
▶ CD 133: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
▶ CD 134: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
▶ CD 135: Big Bands – Harry James
▶ CD 136: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
▶ CD 137: Big Bands – Count Basie
▼ CD 138: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Begin the Beguine
recording of:
Begin the Beguine
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Jubilee
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:12
2Indian Love Call
recording of:
Indian Love Call (from the 1924/1936 musicals “Rose Marie”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart (composer)
publisher:
Bill-Bob Publ. Company, Chappell Music Ltd. and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-09-02)
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
part of:
Rose-Marie (1936 musical film)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:10
3Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:23
4Nightmare
recording of:
Nightmare
composer:
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra2:52
5Jungle Drums
Artie Shaw3:32
6Rosalie
recording of:
Rosalie (from “Rosalie”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1937)
Artie Shaw2:45
7The Man I Love
Artie Shaw3:15
8Carioca
recording of:
Carioca (from "Flying Down to Rio")
lyricist:
Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
The 7th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Artie Shaw3:11
9The Donkey Serenade
Artie Shaw3:12
10Deep Purple
recording of:
Deep Purple
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1938)
composer:
Peter de Rose
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Artie Shaw3:15
11Serenade to a Savage
recording of:
Serenade to a Savage
composer:
Joe Garland (saxophonist, composer)
Artie Shaw2:40
12Lady Be Good
Artie Shaw3:11
13I Surrender Dear
Artie Shaw3:41
14All the Things You Are
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Artie Shaw3:18
15I Didn't Know What Time It Was
alto saxophone:
Hank Freeman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-11-09) and Les Robinson (on 1939-11-09)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1939-11-09)
double bass:
Sid Weiss (on 1939-11-09)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1939-11-09)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1939-11-09)
piano:
Bob Kitsis (on 1939-11-09)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1939-11-09) and Tony Pastor (on 1939-11-09)
trombone:
George Arus (on 1939-11-09) and Les Jenkins (on 1939-11-09)
trumpet:
Harry Geller (on 1939-11-09), Chuck Peterson (trumpet) (on 1939-11-09) and Bernie Privin (on 1939-11-09)
vocals:
Helen Forrest (on 1939-11-09)
recording of:
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (Pal Joey) (on 1939-11-09)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1939)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1939)
publisher:
Lorenz Hart Publishing Co. and Williamson Music Company
part of:
Pal Joey
Artie Shaw2:58
16Diga Diga Doo
Artie Shaw2:42
17Ferenesi
recording of:
Frenesi
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:06
18Gloomy Sunday
alto saxophone:
Bud Carlton (on 1940-03-03), Jack Stacy (on 1940-03-03) and Blake Reynolds (on 1940-03-03)
bass clarinet:
Joe Krechter (on 1940-03-03)
cello:
Irving Lipschultz (on 1940-03-03) and Jules Tannenbaum (on 1940-03-03)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-03-03)
double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1940-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Carl Maus (on 1940-03-03)
flute:
Morton Ruderman (on 1940-03-03)
French horn:
Jack Cave (french horn) (on 1940-03-03)
guitar:
Bobby Sherwood (guitarist/trumpeter) (on 1940-03-03)
oboe:
Phil Nemoli (on 1940-03-03)
piano:
Stan Wrightsman (on 1940-03-03)
trombone:
Babe Bowman (on 1940-03-03), Randall Miller (on 1940-03-03) and Bill Rank (on 1940-03-03)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1940-03-03), Charlie Margulis (on 1940-03-03) and George Thow (on 1940-03-03)
viola:
Jack Gray (on 1940-03-03), Stanley Spiegelman (on 1940-03-03) and Dave Sterkin (on 1940-03-03)
violin:
Robert Barene (on 1940-03-03), Harry Bluestone (on 1940-03-03), Sid Brokaw (on 1940-03-03), Dave Cracov (on 1940-03-03), Peter Eisenberg (on 1940-03-03), Jerry Joyce (on 1940-03-03), Alex Law (on 1940-03-03) and Mark Levant (on 1940-03-03)
vocals:
Pauline Byrne (on 1940-03-03)
recording of:
Gloomy Sunday (on 1940-03-03)
lyricist:
Jávor László (Hungarian poet)
composer:
Rezső Seress
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
translated version of:
Szomorú vasárnap
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:42
19Mister Meadowlark
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra2:31
20Temptation
alto saxophone:
Bus Bassey (on 1940-09-07) and Neely Plumb (on 1940-09-07)
cello:
F. Goerner (on 1940-09-07)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-09-07)
double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1940-09-07)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1940-09-07)
electric guitar:
Al Hendrickson (on 1940-09-07)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1940-09-07)
tenor saxophone:
Jerry Jerome (on 1940-09-07) and Les Robinson (on 1940-09-07)
trombone:
Vernon Brown (on 1940-09-07) and Jack Jenney (American jazz trombonist) (on 1940-09-07)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1940-09-07), J. Cathcart (on 1940-09-07) and George Wendt (Swing trumpeter) (on 1940-09-07)
viola:
A. Harshman (on 1940-09-07) and K. Collins (viola) (on 1940-09-07)
violin:
Al Beller (on 1940-09-07), B. Bower (on 1940-09-07), B. Morrow (on 1940-09-07), E. Lamas (on 1940-09-07), T. Boardman (on 1940-09-07) and T. Klages (on 1940-09-07)
conductor:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-09-07)
instrumental recording of:
Temptation (on 1940-09-07)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:05
21Blues From 'Lenow Avenue Suite', Part 1
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:21
22Blues From 'Lenow Avenue Suite', Part 2
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:17
23Moonglow
recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:31
▶ CD 139: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
▶ CD 140: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
▶ CD 141: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
▶ CD 142: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
▶ CD 143: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
▶ CD 144: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
▶ CD 145: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
▶ CD 146: Big Bands – Woody Herman
▶ CD 147: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
▶ CD 148: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
▶ CD 149: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
▶ CD 150: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
▶ CD 151: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
▶ CD 152: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
▶ CD 153: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
▶ CD 154: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
▶ CD 155: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
▶ CD 156: Vocalists – Lena Horne
▶ CD 157: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
▶ CD 158: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
▶ CD 159: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
▶ CD 160: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
▶ CD 161: Vocalists – June Christy
▶ CD 162: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
▶ CD 163: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
▶ CD 164: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
▶ CD 165: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
▶ CD 166: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
▶ CD 167: Vocalists – Joe Williams
▶ CD 168: Vocalists – Billie Holiday