Topaz Jazz - The Box

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Label: Topaz Jazz

Disc 1 - The Great Bands
1. Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
2. Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven
3. West End Blues - King Oliver And His Dixie Syncopators
4. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You - McKinney's Cotton Pickers
5. Panama - Luis Russell And His Orchestra
6. After You've Gone - Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang
7. Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
8. Symphony In Riffs - Benny Carter And His Club Harlem Orchestra
9. Bubbling Over - Earl Hines And His Orchestra
10. Down South Camp Meeting - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
11. Don't Be That Way - Chick Webb And His Orchestra
12. Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
13. King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
14. Song Of India - Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
15. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie And His Orchestra
16. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
17. Floyd's Guitar Blues - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
18. At The Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman And His Orchestra
19. Chant Of The Weed - Don Redman And His Orchestra
20. Ko-Ko - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
21. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
22. Sepian Bounce - Jay McShann And His Orchestra
23. Skyliner - Charlie Bennet And His Orchestra

Disc 2 - Top Soloists
1. Singin' The Blues - Bix Biederbecke
2. Savoy Blues - Lois Armsrtong And His Hot Five
3. Swing Out - Henry 'Red Allen And His Orchestra
4. Moonglow - Jack Teagarden
5. Limehouse Blues - Django Reinhardt/Stephanie Grappelli
6. Vibraphone Blues - Lionel Hampton
7. Heckler's Hop - Roy Eldridge
8. I Can't Get Started - Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra
9. Lazy Afternoon - Benny Carter And His Orchestra
10. Just A Mood - Red Norvo/Harry James
11. The Rocks - Mary Lou Williams
12. Boy Meets Horn - Rex Stewart
13. Tea For Two - Art Tatum
14. Lester Leaps In - Lester Young
15. Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra
16. Rosetta - Earl Hines
17. Cotton Tail - Ben Webster
18. Day Dream - Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra
19. Solo Flight - Charlie Christian
20. Swingmatism - Charlie Parker
21. Little John Special - Dizzy Gillespie

Disc 3 - The Great Vocalists
1. Baby Doll - Bessie Smith
2. Creole Love Call - Adelaide Hall
3. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
4. St. Louis Blues - Bing Crosby
5. That's My Home - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
6. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Jack Teagarden
7. Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) - Ella Fitzgerald
8. Smoke Dreams - Mildred Bailey
9. Good Morning Blues - Jimmy Rushing
10. He's Funny That Way - Billie Holiday
11. T'ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) - James 'Trummy' Young
12. Blame It On My Last Affair - Helen Humes
13. Stormy Weather - Ivie Anderson
14. Let's Fly Away - Lee Wiley
15. Piney Brown Blues - Big Joe Turner And His Fly Cats
16. Sweet Lorraine - Nat 'King' Cole And His Trio
17. St. James Infirmary - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
18. Stormy Monday Blues - Billky Eckstine
19. Knock Me A Kiss - Roy Eldridge
20. 'Murder' He Says - Anita O'day
21. Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
22. Cherry Red Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson

Disc 4 - Legendary Sidemen
1. Beatin' The Dog - Joe Venuti's Blue Four
2. Black And Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
3. Shreveport Stomp - Omer Simeon
4. Pencil Papa - Johnny Dodds' Orchestra
5. Higginbotham Blues - J.C. Higginbotham And His Six Hicks
6. Just Blues - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
7. I've Found A New Baby - The New Orleans Footwarmers
8. Yeah Man! - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
9. In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
10. Clarinet Lament - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
11. Echoes Of Harlem - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
12. Swinging At The Daisy Chain - Count Basie And His Orchestra
13. Jada - Eddie Condon And His Windy City Seven
14. Swinging The Blues - Count Basie And His Orchestra
15. Prelude To A Kiss - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
16. Dicky's Dream - Count Basie And His Kansas City Seven
17. Till Tom Special - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
18. Chloe - John Kirby And His Orchestra
19. Portrait Of Bert Williams - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
20. April In Paris - Buster Bailey And His Sextet
21. I Want A Little Girl - Eddie Durham and his Band
22. Willow Weep For Me - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
23. Jonah Joins The Cab - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Disc 5 - Memorable Recordings
1. Steamboat Stomp - Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
2. Jazz Me Blues - Bix Beiderbecke And His Gang
3. Apex Blues - Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
4. Toby - Benny Moten And His Kansas City Orchestra
5. Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
6. Moods - Luis Russell And His Orchestra
7. Maple Leaf Rag - Earl Hines And His Orchestra
8. Nothin' But The Blues - Gene Gifford and his Orchestra
9. Barrelhouse - Jess Stacy
10. Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings
11. A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid - Mildred Bailey
12. Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra
13. The Mood That I'm In - Billie Holiday
14. Crazy Rhythm - Coleman Hawkins And His All-Star Jam Band
15. I Got Rhythm - Bud Freeman And His Trio
16. Shoe Shiner's Drag - Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
17. South Rampart Street Parade - Bob Crosby And His Orchestra
18. Ghost Of A Chance - Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
19. Blues In Thirds - Sidney Bechet Trio
20. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
21. Perdido - Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
22. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Mel Powell And His Orchestra
23. D.A. Blues - Pee Wee Russell's Hot Four