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Annotation

A 168-CD box, divided into 42 sets à 4 CDs in Sitofy cases. Each set has its own catalog #, ranging from 22757-382 to 22798-382, with /A-D added for CDs 1-4, respectively. Each CD is called "Menu" here and is dedicated to one musician or band, who mostly appears in different collaborations.

Includes two 180-page books with artist biographies.

Set 01-09: "Classic Jazz - Ragtime - Dixieland"
Set 10-16: "Blues"
Set 17: "Boogie Woogie"
Set 18-32: "Swing to Bebop - Modern Jazz"
Set 33-37: "Big Band"
Set 38-42: "Vocalists"

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-22 21:23 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
▶ CD 2: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
▶ CD 3: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
▶ CD 4: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
▶ CD 5: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
▶ CD 6: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
▶ CD 7: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
▶ CD 8: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
▶ CD 9: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
▶ CD 10: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
▶ CD 11: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
▶ CD 12: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
▶ CD 13: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
▶ CD 14: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
▶ CD 15: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
▶ CD 16: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
▶ CD 17: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
▶ CD 18: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
▶ CD 19: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
▶ CD 20: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
▶ CD 21: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
▶ CD 22: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
▶ CD 23: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
▶ CD 24: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
▶ CD 25: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
▶ CD 26: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
▶ CD 27: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
▶ CD 28: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
▶ CD 29: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
▶ CD 30: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
▶ CD 31: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
▶ CD 32: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
▶ CD 33: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
▶ CD 34: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
▶ CD 35: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
▶ CD 36: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
▶ CD 37: Blues – Bessie Smith
▶ CD 38: Blues – Ma Rainey
▶ CD 39: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
▼ CD 40: Blues – Tampa Red
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1(Honey) It's Tight Like That
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-11)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1928-12-11)
piano:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1928-12-11)
lead vocals:
Papa Too Sweet (on 1928-12-11)
vocals:
Harry Jones (on 1928-12-11) and Papa Too Sweet (on 1928-12-11)
cover recording of:
It’s Tight Like That (on 1928-12-11)
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Tampa Red2:39
2Big Fat Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-11)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1928-12-11)
piano:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1928-12-11)
lead vocals:
Papa Too Sweet (on 1928-12-11)
vocals:
Harry Jones (on 1928-12-11) and Papa Too Sweet (on 1928-12-11)
Tampa Red3:39
3Juicy Lemon Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1929-01-09)
piano:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
vocals:
Tampa Red
Tampa Red3:04
4Uncle Bud
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1929-01, on 1929-01-12)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1929-01-12)
piano:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1929-01-12)
vocals:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1929-01-12) and Tampa Red (on 1929-01-12)
recording of:
Uncle Bud (on 1929-01-12)
writer:
Hudson Whittaker
Tampa Red2:42
5How Long, How Long Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-11-09, on 1929-01-16)
guitar:
Martell Pettiford (on 1928-11-09) and Tampa Red (on 1928-11-09, on 1929-01-16)
jug:
Carl Reid (jug band member) (on 1928-11-09)
kazoo and washboard:
Herman Brown (Kazoo player) (on 1928-11-09)
piano:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1928-11-09)
lead vocals:
Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon (on 1928-11-09)
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (on 1929-01-16)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Tampa Red3:06
6It's Tight Like That
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-01-16)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1929-01-16)
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That (on 1929-01-16)
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Tampa Red2:49
7Kunjine Baby
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1929-12-23)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1929-12-23)
piano:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1929-12-23)
vocals:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1929-12-23), Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon (on 1929-12-23) and Tampa Red (on 1929-12-23)
Tampa Red3:07
8Friendless Gal Blues
Tampa Red2:51
9Death Cell Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1928-10)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1928-10)
piano:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928-10)
lead vocals:
Madlyn Davis (1920s blues singer) (in 1928-10)
Tampa Red2:57
10Have Ever Been Worried in Mind, Part 1
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1930-07)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1930-07)
piano:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1930-07)
vocals:
Sweet Papa Tadpole (in 1930-07)
Tampa Red3:11
11Have Ever Been Worried in Mind, Part 2
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1930-07)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1930-07)
piano:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1930-07)
vocals:
Sweet Papa Tadpole (in 1930-07)
Tampa Red3:07
12You Rascal You
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1930-08)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1930-08)
jug:
Carl Reid (jug band member) (in 1930-08)
piano:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1930-08)
vocals:
Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon (in 1930-08)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (in 1930-08)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Tampa Red3:02
13Boogie Woogie Dance
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1931-01, on 1931-01-28)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1931-01-28)
solo guitar:
Tampa Red
recording of:
Boogie Woogie Dance
writer:
Hudson Whittaker
Tampa Red3:17
14Bumble Bee Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-01-28)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1931-01-28)
Tampa Red3:32
15Stop and Listen Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-06-01)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1931-06-01)
piano:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1931-06-01)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1931-06-01)
Tampa Red3:03
16Down in Spirit Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-06-01)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1931-06-01)
piano:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1931-06-01)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1931-06-01)
Tampa Red3:10
17Mean Old Tom Cat Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1935-02, on 1935-02-26)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1935-02-26)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1935-02-26)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1935-02-26)
Tampa Red2:48
18Don't Jive It Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-02-06)
drums (drum set):
Clifford "Snags" Jones (on 1942-02-06)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1942-02-06)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1942-02-06)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1942-02-06)
Tampa Red2:51
▶ CD 41: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
▶ CD 42: Blues – Josh White
▶ CD 43: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
▶ CD 44: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
▶ CD 45: Blues – Leadbelly
▶ CD 46: Blues – Big Joe Williams
▶ CD 47: Blues – Robert Johnson
▶ CD 48: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
▶ CD 49: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
▶ CD 50: Blues – Sonny Terry
▶ CD 51: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
▶ CD 52: Blues – Brownie McGhee
▶ CD 53: Blues – Memphis Slim
▶ CD 54: Blues – Muddy Waters
▶ CD 55: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
▶ CD 56: Blues – Big Joe Turner
▶ CD 57: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
▶ CD 58: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
▶ CD 59: Blues – John Lee Hooker
▶ CD 60: Blues – Johnny Otis
▶ CD 61: Blues – B.B. King
▶ CD 62: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
▶ CD 63: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
▶ CD 64: Blues – Ray Charles
▶ CD 65: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
▶ CD 66: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
▶ CD 67: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
▶ CD 68: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
▶ CD 69: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
▶ CD 70: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
▶ CD 71: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
▶ CD 72: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
▶ CD 73: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
▶ CD 74: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
▶ CD 75: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
▶ CD 76: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
▶ CD 77: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
▶ CD 78: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
▶ CD 79: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
▶ CD 80: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
▶ CD 81: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
▶ CD 82: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
▶ CD 83: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
▶ CD 84: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
▶ CD 85: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
▶ CD 86: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
▶ CD 87: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
▶ CD 88: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
▶ CD 89: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
▶ CD 90: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
▶ CD 91: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
▶ CD 92: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
▶ CD 93: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
▶ CD 94: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
▶ CD 95: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
▶ CD 96: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
▶ CD 97: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
▶ CD 98: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
▶ CD 99: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
▶ CD 100: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
▶ CD 101: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
▶ CD 102: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
▶ CD 103: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
▶ CD 104: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
▶ CD 105: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
▶ CD 106: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
▶ CD 107: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
▶ CD 108: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
▶ CD 109: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
▶ CD 110: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
▶ CD 111: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
▶ CD 112: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
▶ CD 113: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
▶ CD 114: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
▶ CD 115: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
▶ CD 116: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
▶ CD 117: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
▶ CD 118: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
▶ CD 119: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
▶ CD 120: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
▶ CD 121: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
▶ CD 122: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
▶ CD 123: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
▶ CD 124: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
▶ CD 125: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
▶ CD 126: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
▶ CD 127: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
▶ CD 128: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
▶ CD 129: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
▶ CD 130: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
▶ CD 131: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
▶ CD 132: Big Bands – Chick Webb
▶ CD 133: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
▶ CD 134: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
▶ CD 135: Big Bands – Harry James
▶ CD 136: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
▶ CD 137: Big Bands – Count Basie
▶ CD 138: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
▶ CD 139: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
▶ CD 140: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
▶ CD 141: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
▶ CD 142: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
▶ CD 143: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
▶ CD 144: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
▶ CD 145: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
▶ CD 146: Big Bands – Woody Herman
▶ CD 147: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
▶ CD 148: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
▶ CD 149: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
▶ CD 150: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
▶ CD 151: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
▶ CD 152: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
▶ CD 153: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
▶ CD 154: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
▶ CD 155: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
▶ CD 156: Vocalists – Lena Horne
▶ CD 157: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
▶ CD 158: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
▶ CD 159: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
▶ CD 160: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
▶ CD 161: Vocalists – June Christy
▶ CD 162: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
▶ CD 163: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
▶ CD 164: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
▶ CD 165: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
▶ CD 166: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
▶ CD 167: Vocalists – Joe Williams
▶ CD 168: Vocalists – Billie Holiday