The history of jazz. The swing era.
| Format: | CD Audio |
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| Language: | English |
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Enfield, England :
Prism Leisure Corp.,
[2001]
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Table of Contents:
- Begin the beguine (Artie Shaw and his Orchestra))
- Prelude to a kiss (Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra)
- Jumpin' at the woodside (Count Basie and his Orchestra (featuring Lester Young))
- Finger buster (Willie 'The Lion' Smith)
- Grand terrace shuffle (Earl Hines and his Orchestra)
- Cherokee (Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra)
- In the mood (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra)
- Lester leaps in (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven (featuring Lester Young))
- Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra)
- Your feet's too big (Fats Waller and his Rhythm)
- Bouncing with bean (Coleman Hawkins All Star Octet-- Grand slam (boy meets goy) (Benny Goodman and his Sextet (featuring Charlie Christian and Lionel Hampton))
- Cotton tail (Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra (featuring Ben Webster))
- Perdido Street blues (Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (featuring Sidney Bechet))
- Day dream (Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra)
- Baby dear (Mary Lou Williams and her Kansas City Seven)
- On the Alamo (Benny Goodman and his Sextet (featuring Count Basie))
- Drum boogie (Gene Krupa and his Orchestra (vocal: Irene Daye))
- Take the 'A' train (Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra)
- Swingmatism (Jay McShann and his Orchestra)
- God bless the child (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra)
- Solitude (Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood and his Orchestra)
- I'm coming Virginia (Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers)
- American patrol (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra)
- I've got a gal in Kalamazoo (Glenn Miller and his Orchestra (vocals: Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and the Modernaires)).