The Commodore story.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Performer), Commodore Records
Other Authors:	Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (Performer), Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (Performer), Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (Performer), Byas, Don (Performer), Stewart, Slam (Performer), Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (Performer), Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (Performer), Hawkins, Coleman (Performer), Wiley, Lee (Performer), Tatum, Art, 1909-1956 (Performer), Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (Performer), Catlett, Sid, 1910-1951 (Performer), Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (Performer), Hall, Edmond (Performer), Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (Performer), Berry, Chu (Performer), Carter, Benny (Performer), Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (Performer), Powell, Mel (Performer), Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941 (Performer), Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949 (Performer), Wilber, Bob (Performer), Davison, Wild Bill, 1906-1989 (Performer), Hackett, Bobby (Performer), Spanier, Muggsy, 1901-1967 (Performer), De Paris, Sidney (Performer), Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954 (Performer), Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (Performer), Brunis, George, 1902-1974 (Performer), Mole, Miff, 1898-1961 (Performer), Russell, Pee Wee (Performer), Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (Performer), Hodes, Art, 1904-1993 (Performer), Sullivan, Joe, 1906-1971 (Performer), Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995 (Performer), Heywood, Eddie, 1915-1989 (Performer), Ammons, Albert, 1907-1949 (Performer), Zack, George (Performer), Smith, Willie, 1897-1973 (Performer), Sutton, Ralph, 1922-2001 (Performer)
Format:	CD Audio
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : GRP Records, [1997]
Subjects:	Commodore Records. Jazz > 1931-1940. Jazz > 1941-1950. Jazz vocals.

Table of Contents:

[Disc] 1. Some Commodore highlights. Love is just around the corner (Eddie Condon) (3:03) ; Strange fruit (Billie Holiday) (3:10) ; A good man is hard to find. pt. 1 (jam session) (4:25) ; (You're some) Pretty doll (Fats Waller with Eddie Condon) (2:49) ; (Back home in) Indiana (Don Byas, Slam Stewart) (5:13) ; At a Georgia camp meeting (Sidney Bechet) (3:13)
A handful of stars. Way down yonder in New Orleans (Lester Young) (2:57) ; Dedication (Coleman Hawkins) (2:55) ; Sugar (that sugar baby o' mine) (Lee Wiley) (4:36) ; Billie's blues (Billie Holiday) (3:07)
A handful of guest stars. My ideal (Art Tatum with Coleman Hawkins) (3:07) ; Memories of you (Ben Webster with Sid Catlett) (3:37) ; Night and day (Teddy Wilson with Edmond Hall) (2:53) ; Body and soul (Roy Eldridge with Chu Berry) (3:51) ; Smack (Benny Carter with Coleman Hawkins) (2:38) ; The world is waiting for the sunrise (Benny Goodman with Mel Powell) (2:29)
Revival and reminiscence. Mamie's blues (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:44) ; Franklin street blues (Bunk Johnson) (3:26) ; Willie the Weeper (Bob Wilber) (2:56) ; Lazy daddy (Original Dixeland Jazz Band) (2:26).
[Disc] 2. Trumpets (and cornets). That's a plenty (Wild Bill Davison) (4:16) ; New Orleans (Bobby Hackett) (3:20) ; Memphis blues (Muggsy Spainer) (4:10) ; The sheik of Araby (Sidney de Paris) (2:43) ; You need coachin' (Hot Lips Page) (3:12)
Trombones. Diana (Jack Teagarden) (3:02) ; Tin roof blues (George Brunies) (2:56) ; Peg o' my heart (Miff Mole) (4:35)
Reeds. Keeping out of mischief now (Pee Wee Russell) (2:57) ; The man I love (Edmond Hall) (3:17) ; The blue room (Bud Freeman) (3:02) ; Sunny side of the street (Chu Berry) (4:00)
Pianists. A selection from the gutter (Art Hodes) (3:01) ; Summertime (Joe Sullivan) (3:11) ; Ec-stacy (Jess Stacy) (4:46) ; Begin the beguine (Eddie Heywood) (5:10) ; Jammin' the boogie (Albert Ammons) (4:04) ; Lazy river (George Zack) (3:04) ; Finger buster (Willie "The Lion" Smith) (3:02) ; Squeeze me (Ralph Sutton) (2:38).