Kings of Swing

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Trumpet Blues and Cantabile
recording of:
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
arranger:
Bill Geldard (British trombone player and composer)
Harry James2:51
2Feet Draggin' Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-08-31)
recording of:
Feet Draggin’ Blues
writer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:55
3Life Goes To A Party
recording of:
Life Goes to a Party
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:41
4Back Beat Boogie
recording of:
Back Beat Boogie
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:42
5Sleepy-Time Girl
recording of:
Sleepy Time Gal
writer:
Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting
Harry James2:40
6Flash
recording of:
Flash
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:55
7Texas Chatter
recording of:
Texas Chatter
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James2:48
8Bye Bye Blues
recording of:
Bye Bye Blues
additional composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter) and Herbert Rehbein
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Harry James3:16
9Apple Honey
recording of:
Apple Honey
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman3:12
10Steps
Woody Herman3:17
11Woodchopper's Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Woody Herman3:05
12Goosey Gander
recording of:
Goosey Gander
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman3:17
13Someday Sweetheart
Woody Herman3:18
14Four Brothers
recording of:
Four Brothers
composer:
Jimmy Giuffre (in 1947)
Woody Herman3:13
15Let's Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:37
16Henderson Stomp
Benny Goodman2:28
17King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Benny Goodman2:56
18Avalon
recording of:
Avalon
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
Benny Goodman4:01
▼ CD 2
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1I've Got A Girl In Kalamazoo
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Glenn Miller2:38
2American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
Glenn Miller3:50
3Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
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 Miller2:26
4Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller4:59
5St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Glenn Miller3:32
6Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
Glenn Miller3:19
7In The Mood
recording of:
In the Mood
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 Miller4:05
8Battle Axe
Jimmie Lunceford3:20
9State And Tioga Stomp
Jimmie Lunceford2:15
10Jay Gee
Jimmie Lunceford2:43
11Annie Laurie
Jimmie Lunceford3:03
12O.K. For Baby
Jimmie Lunceford2:58
13The Morning After
Jimmie Lunceford4:36
14Stardust
Artie Shaw3:34
15Blues In the Night
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-09-02)
alto saxophone:
Chuck DiMaggio (on 1941-09-02) and Les Robinson (on 1941-09-02)
baritone saxophone:
Artie Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist) (on 1941-09-02)
cello:
Fred Goerner (on 1941-09-02), Ed Sodero (on 1941-09-02) and George Taliarkin (on 1941-09-02)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1941-09-02)
double bass:
Eddie McKinney (jazz bassist) (on 1941-09-02)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1941-09-02)
guitar:
Mike Bryan (Musician - Guitar Player) (on 1941-09-02)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1941-09-02)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-09-02) and Mickey Folus (on 1941-09-02)
trombone:
Ray Conniff (on 1941-09-02), Jack Jenney (American jazz trombonist) (on 1941-09-02) and Morey Samel (on 1941-09-02)
trumpet:
Lee Castle (on 1941-09-02), Max Kaminsky (on 1941-09-02), Steve Lipkins (on 1941-09-02) and Hot Lips Page (on 1941-09-02)
viola:
Lenny Atkins (on 1941-09-02), Morris Kohn (on 1941-09-02) and Sam Rosenblum (on 1941-09-02)
violin:
Alex Beller (on 1941-09-02), Max Berman (on 1941-09-02), Truman Boardman (on 1941-09-02), Bill Ehrenkranz (on 1941-09-02), Leo Persner (on 1941-09-02), Raoul Polikian (on 1941-09-02), Leonard Posner (on 1941-09-02), Irving Raymond (on 1941-09-02) and Bernie Tinterow (on 1941-09-02)
vocals:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-09-02)
orchestra:
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (on 1941-09-02)
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (on 1941-09-02)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Artie Shaw3:14
16Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Artie Shaw3:15
17My Blue Heaven
Artie Shaw2:50
18Frenesi
Artie Shaw3:03
▼ CD 3
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1One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie4:14
2Jazz Me Blues
recording of:
Jazz Me Blues
composer:
Tom Delaney
Count Basie2:52
3Let's Jump
Count Basie4:02
4Blee Blop Blues
recording of:
Blee Blop Blues
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and A.K. Salim
Count Basie2:52
5Basie Talk
recording of:
Basie Talks
composer:
Ernie Wilkins
Count Basie4:00
6Dance of the Gremlins
Count Basie4:22
7Take The "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington4:36
8Perdido
recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
composer:
Juan Tizol
Duke Ellington3:11
9Rain Check
recording of:
Raincheck
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington4:34
10The Mooche
recording of:
The Mooche
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
Duke Ellington & Baby Cox3:16
11Black And Tan Fantasy
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington3:25
12Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:20
13Black Beauty
recording of:
Black Beauty
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington3:10
14Jumpin' Jive
recording of:
(Hep‐Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive
writer:
Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Cab Calloway2:47
15Hi De Ho Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-02-03)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1947-02-03)
remixer:
Jaden (Jaden Smith)
recording of:
Hi‐De‐Ho Man (That’s Me) (on 1947-02-03)
writer:
Cab Calloway, Buster Harding and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
Cab Calloway3:02
16Ill Wind
cover recording of:
Ill Wind
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1934)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1934)
Lena Horne2:31
17Jubilee Stomp
recording of:
Jubilee Stomp
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington2:42