The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era

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Annotation

CD 74 appears to have been badly processed -- the left channel looks as if it had been normalized to point of severe clipping, while the right channel looks 'normal'. The audio fingerprint attached is that of the right channel only, and as all CD's are in mono (or at least supposed to be in mono), this probably works.

FIXME: Has this been available only as part of the 500-CD set? (Ignore re-sellers! It's out of print, apparently.)

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-31 08:07 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Fletcher Henderson 1931-32
▶ CD 2: Fletcher Henderson 1932-33
▶ CD 3: Fletcher Henderson 1934-36
▶ CD 4: Fletcher Henderson 1936-37
▶ CD 5: Fletcher Henderson 1937-38
▶ CD 6: Don Redman 1931-32
▶ CD 7: Don Redman 1932-33
▶ CD 8: Don Redman 1933-37
▶ CD 9: Duke Ellington 1933
▶ CD 10: Duke Ellington 1934-35
▼ CD 11: Duke Ellington 1936-37
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Clarinet Lament (Barney’s Concerto)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:10
2Echoes of Harlem (Cootie’s Concerto)
recording of:
Echoes of Harlem
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:01
3Shoe-Shine Boy
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:15
4It Was a Sad Night in Harlem
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
5Trumpet in Spades (Rex’s Concerto)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:11
6Yearning for Love (Lawrence’s Concerto)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:57
7In a Jam
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1936-07-29)
double bass:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1936-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1936-07-29)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1936-07-29)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1936-07-29)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1936-07-29), Otto Hardwick (on 1936-07-29) and Johnny Hodges (on 1936-07-29)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1936-07-29) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1936-07-29)
trumpet:
Arthur Whetsel (on 1936-07-29) and Cootie Williams (on 1936-07-29)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1936-07-29)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:59
8Exposition Swing
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:11
9Uptown Downbeat
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:23
10Scattin’ at the Cotton Club
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:19
11Black Butterfly
recording of:
Black Butterfly
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:05
12The New Birmingham Breakdown
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:49
13Scattin‘ at the Kit Kat
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:45
14I’ve Got to Be a Rug Cutter
recording of:
I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:35
15The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
recording of:
East St. Louis Toodle‐oo
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:02
16Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937) and Juan Tizol (in 1937)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:40
17Azure
recording of:
Azure
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
18All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
recording of:
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Jurmann and Bronisław Kaper
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:42
19Alabamy Home
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:42
20Chatter Box
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:46
21Jubilesta
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:56
22Diminuendo in Blue
recording of:
Diminuendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:46
23Crescendo in Blue
recording of:
Crescendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:18
24Harmony in Harlem
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:08
25Dusk in the Desert
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:05
▶ CD 12: Duke Ellington 1938-39
▶ CD 13: Duke Ellington 1940
▶ CD 14: Duke Ellington 1940-41
▶ CD 15: Duke Ellington 1942-44
▶ CD 16: Duke Ellington 1945
▶ CD 17: Duke Ellington 1945-46
▶ CD 18: Duke Ellington 1941: The Hollywood Transcriptions
▶ CD 19: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931
▶ CD 20: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931-32
▶ CD 21: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1932-34
▶ CD 22: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934-35
▶ CD 23: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1935-36
▶ CD 24: Jimmie Lunceford 1934
▶ CD 25: Jimmie Lunceford 1934-35
▶ CD 26: Jimmie Lunceford 1935-37
▶ CD 27: Jimmie Lunceford 1937-39
▶ CD 28: Jimmie Lunceford 1939
▶ CD 29: Jimmie Lunceford 1939-40
▶ CD 30: Earl Hines 1932-33
▶ CD 31: Earl Hines 1934
▶ CD 32: Earl Hines 1935-38
▶ CD 33: Earl Hines 1939-40
▶ CD 34: Earl Hines 1940-41
▶ CD 35: Earl Hines 1941-42
▶ CD 36: Chick Webb 1931-34
▶ CD 37: Chick Webb 1935-37
▶ CD 38: Chick Webb 1937-38
▶ CD 39: Chick Webb 1938-39
▶ CD 40: Claude Hopkins 1932-34
▶ CD 41: Claude Hopkins 1934-35
▶ CD 42: Count Basie 1937
▶ CD 43: Count Basie 1938-39
▶ CD 44: Count Basie 1939
▶ CD 45: Count Basie 1939-40
▶ CD 46: Count Basie 1940
▶ CD 47: Count Basie 1941
▶ CD 48: Count Basie 1941 II
▶ CD 49: Count Basie 1942
▶ CD 50: Count Basie 1944-45: The V-Discs
▶ CD 51: Count Basie 1947
▶ CD 52: Count Basie 1947-49
▶ CD 53: Louis Armstrong 1932-33
▶ CD 54: Louis Armstrong 1933-34
▶ CD 55: Louis Armstrong 1935-36
▶ CD 56: Louis Armstrong 1936-38
▶ CD 57: Louis Armstrong 1938-39
▶ CD 58: Louis Armstrong 1940-42
▶ CD 59: Cab Calloway 1931-41
▶ CD 60: Teddy Hill 1935-37
▶ CD 61: Lionel Hampton 1951
▶ CD 62: Lionel Hampton 1954
▶ CD 63: Casa Loma Orchestra 1931-33
▶ CD 64: Casa Loma Orchestra 1933-37
▶ CD 65: Benny Goodman 1935
▶ CD 66: Benny Goodman 1935-36
▶ CD 67: Benny Goodman 1936
▶ CD 68: Benny Goodman 1936-37
▶ CD 69: Benny Goodman 1937
▶ CD 70: Benny Goodman 1938
▶ CD 71: Benny Goodman 1938 II
▶ CD 72: Benny Goodman 1938-39
▶ CD 73: Benny Goodman 1939-41
▶ CD 74: Benny Goodman 1941
▶ CD 75: Benny Goodman 1941-42
▶ CD 76: Charlie Barnet 1939-41
▶ CD 77: Charlie Barnet 1941-46
▶ CD 78: Bob Crosby
▶ CD 79: Artie Shaw 1939-40
▶ CD 80: Artie Shaw 1940
▶ CD 81: Artie Shaw 1940-41
▶ CD 82: Artie Shaw 1941-45
▶ CD 83: Woody Herman 1937-38
▶ CD 84: Woody Herman 1937-43
▶ CD 85: Woody Herman 1946
▶ CD 86: Woody Herman 1946-54
▶ CD 87: Tommy Dorsey 1935-36
▶ CD 88: Tommy Dorsey 1937
▶ CD 89: Tommy Dorsey 1937-38
▶ CD 90: Tommy Dorsey 1939-45
▶ CD 91: Tommy Dorsey 1946-50
▶ CD 92: Jimmy Dorsey
▶ CD 93: Jack Teagarden
▶ CD 94: Gene Krupa
▶ CD 95: Harry James
▶ CD 96: Georgie Auld
▶ CD 97: Stan Kenton
▶ CD 98: Pete Rugolo
▶ CD 99: Shorty Rogers
▶ CD 100: Glenn Miller