Les Triomphes du jazz

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Notes

This huge (20 disc) boxset (Fitzgerald only has one disc) was sold in French malls (Carrefour) - note an international edition existed at some point.
To some extent, this was carefully compiled and is not as indecent as the look suggests...
Still a Reader's Digest like bundle, though...

Recording Dates

1: 1936
2-5: 1937
6: 1940
7-8: 1941
9: 1938
10-12: 1939
13: 1943
14-17: 1945
18-20: 1946
21-22: 1947
23-25: 1949

Annotation last modified on 2011-07-07 16:40 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Louis Armstrong
▶ CD 2: Sidney Bechet
▶ CD 3: Duke Ellington
▶ CD 4: Count Basie
▶ CD 5: Glenn Miller et son orchestre
▶ CD 6: Ella Fitzgerald
▶ CD 7: Billie Holiday
▶ CD 8: Django Reinhardt avec Stéphane Grappelli
▶ CD 9: Dizzy Gillepsie & Miles Davis
▶ CD 10: Charlie Parker
▶ CD 11: Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young
▶ CD 12: Lionel Hampton
▶ CD 13: Fats Waller & Art Tatum
▶ CD 14: New Orleans
▼ CD 15: Trompettistes
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1West End Blues
King Oliver3:36
2Weary Blues
Tommy Ladnier3:00
3Franklin Street Blues
Bunk Johnson3:35
4Singin’ the Blues
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (on 1927-02-04)
performer:
Bix Beiderbecke
recording of:
Singin’ the Blues (on 1927-02-04)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson
Bix Beiderbecke3:01
5I Can’t Get Started
Bunny Berigan4:51
6Davenport Blues
Red Nichols3:04
7St James Infirmary
Bubber Miley3:37
8Boy Meets Horn
Rex Stewart3:02
9Concerto for Cootie
Cootie Williams3:19
10Bill Coleman Blues
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-11-19)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1937-11-19)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1983-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 1983-1)
recording of:
Bill Coleman Blues (on 1937-11-19)
composer:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter)
Bill Coleman2:44
11St Louis Blues
Sidney De Paris4:47
12Black and Blue
Muggsy Spanier2:39
13The Blues My Baby Gave To Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-01-13)
alto saxophone:
Pete Brown (Swing altoist active 40s-60s) (on 1939-01-13)
clarinet:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1939-01-13)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-01-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-13)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1939-01-13)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1939-01-13)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0A 031462-x) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OA 031462-x)
Frankie Newton3:12
14Embraceable You
Bobby Hackett2:57
15Ride, Red, Ride
Henry “Red” Allen3:03
16Skull Duggery
Hot Lips Page2:25
17Jonah Joins the Cab
Jonah Jones2:36
18Ain’t Cha Gonna Do It
Harry “Sweets” Edison3:13
19On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Buck Clayton3:27
20After You’ve Gone
Roy Eldridge3:00
21A Gathering in a Clearing
William “Cat” Anderson3:08
22Down Home
Howard McGhee2:47
23Nostalgia
Fats Navarro2:44
24Trumpet No End (Blue Skies)
Taft Jordan2:31
▶ CD 16: Saxophonistes
▶ CD 17: Pianistes
▶ CD 18: Grands Orchestres
▶ CD 19: Petites Formations
▶ CD 20: Chanteurs chanteuses