All the Big Bands

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Take 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 Ellington & His Orchestra2:59
2Perfidia
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra3:01
3American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version) (in 1942)
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
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
4Song of IndiaTommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:11
5Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Ragbag Music (ASCAP) and Regent Music (BMI)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:17
6March of the Bob Cats
Bob Crosby's Bobcats2:37
7Frenesi
recording of:
Frenesi
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:07
8One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:01
9Stompin' at the SavoyBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:19
10At the Woodchopper's Ball
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:18
11Tangerine
recording of:
Tangerine (1941 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:13
12Ciribirbin
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Harry James and His Orchestra2:33
13Drum Boogie
recording of:
Drum Boogie (Krupa jazz song)
writer:
Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:12
14For Dancers Only
alto saxophone:
Ed Brown (1930s sax player) (on 1937-06-15), Dan Grissom (on 1937-06-15) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-06-15)
baritone saxophone:
Earl Carruthers (on 1937-06-15) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-06-15)
clarinet:
Ed Brown (1930s sax player) (on 1937-06-15), Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-06-15) and Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1937-06-15)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1937-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-15)
guitar:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1937-06-15) and Al Norris (on 1937-06-15)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1937-06-15)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1937-06-15)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1937-06-15), Elmer Crumbley (on 1937-06-15) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1937-06-15)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1937-06-15), Eddie Tompkins (on 1937-06-15) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1937-06-15)
conductor:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1937-06-15)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1937-06-15)
recording of:
For Dancers Only (on 1937-06-15)
writer:
Sy Oliver, Don Raye and Vic Schoen
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:42
15Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra3:05
CD 3