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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

1▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
2▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
3▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
4▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
5▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
6▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
7▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
8▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
9▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
10▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
11▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
12▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
13▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
14▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
15▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
16▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
17▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
18▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
19▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
20▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
21▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
22▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
23▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
24▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
25▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
26▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
27▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
28▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
29▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
30▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
31▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
32▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
33▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
34▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
35▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
36▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
37▶CD: Blues – Bessie Smith
38▶CD: Blues – Ma Rainey
39▶CD: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
40▶CD: Blues – Tampa Red
41▶CD: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
42▶CD: Blues – Josh White
43▶CD: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
44▶CD: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
45▶CD: Blues – Leadbelly
46▶CD: Blues – Big Joe Williams
47▶CD: Blues – Robert Johnson
48▶CD: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
49▶CD: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
50▶CD: Blues – Sonny Terry
51▶CD: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
52▶CD: Blues – Brownie McGhee
53▶CD: Blues – Memphis Slim
54▶CD: Blues – Muddy Waters
55▶CD: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
56▶CD: Blues – Big Joe Turner
57▶CD: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
58▶CD: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
59▶CD: Blues – John Lee Hooker
60▶CD: Blues – Johnny Otis
61▶CD: Blues – B.B. King
62▶CD: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
63▶CD: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
64▶CD: Blues – Ray Charles
65▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
66▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
67▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
68▶CD: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
69▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
70▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
71▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
72▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
73▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
74▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
75▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
76▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
77▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
78▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
79▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
80▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
81▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
82▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
83▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
84▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
85▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
86▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
87▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
88▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
89▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
90▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
91▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
92▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
93▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
94▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
95▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
96▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
97▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
98▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
99▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
100▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
101▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
102▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
103▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
104▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
105▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
106▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
107▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
108▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
109▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
110▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
111▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
112▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
113▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
114▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
115▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
116▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
117▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
118▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
119▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
120▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
121▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
122▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
123▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
124▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
125▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
126▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
127▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
128▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
129▶CD: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
130▶CD: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
131▶CD: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
132▶CD: Big Bands – Chick Webb
133▶CD: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
134▼CD: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Weary Blues
recording of:
Weary Blues
lyricist:
George Cates and Mort Greene
composer:
Artie Matthews
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:14
2Royal Garden Blues
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:52
3Tea on the Terrace
Tommy Dorsey2:47
4I'm in a Dancing Mood
recording of:
I'm in a Dancing Mood
composer:
Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler
Tommy Dorsey2:46
5Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
recording of:
Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Razaf Music
Tommy Dorsey2:45
6Jamboree
Tommy Dorsey2:09
7Mr. Ghost Goes to Town
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:16
8Lookin' Around Corners for You
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:42
9Who'll Buy My Violets?
recording of:
Who’ll Buy My Violets?
lyricist:
E. Ray Goetz and Eduardo Montesinos
composer:
José Padilla Sánchez (composer)
is based on:
La violetera
Tommy Dorsey3:13
10On a Little Bamboo Bridge
Tommy Dorsey2:41
11Melody in F
Tommy Dorsey2:55
12Song of India
alto saxophone:
Clyde Rounds (on 1937-01-29) and Fred Stulce (on 1937-01-29)
clarinet:
Slats Long (on 1937-01-29)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-01-29)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-01-29)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-01-29)
piano:
Dick Jones (pianist, producer) (on 1937-01-29)
reeds:
Joe Dixon (on 1937-01-29)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-01-29)
trombone:
Red Bone (trombonist) (on 1937-01-29), Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-01-29), Artie Foster (on 1937-01-29) and Les Jenkins (on 1937-01-29)
trumpet:
Joe Bauer (on 1937-01-29), Bunny Berigan (on 1937-01-29), Bob Cusumano (on 1937-01-29), Andy Ferretti (on 1937-01-29) and Jimmy Welch (on 1937-01-29)
orchestra:
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (on 1937-01-29)
recording of:
Song of India (on 1937-01-29)
writer:
Red Bone (trombonist)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Edgar Fairchild
is based on:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Tommy Dorsey33:06
13Marie
recording of:
Marie (on 1937-01-29)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company
Tommy Dorsey3:16
14In a Little Hula Heaven
recording of:
In a Little Hula Heaven
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:19
15I'll Dream My Way to Heaven
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:38
16Liebestraum
Tommy Dorsey3:28
17Mendelssohn's Spring Song
Tommy Dorsey2:34
18The Sheik of Araby
recording of:
The Sheik of Araby
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven2:28
19Boogie Woogie
recording of:
Boogie Woogie
composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Tommy Dorsey3:08
20Hawaiian War Chant
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:04
135▶CD: Big Bands – Harry James
136▶CD: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
137▶CD: Big Bands – Count Basie
138▶CD: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
139▶CD: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
140▶CD: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
141▶CD: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
142▶CD: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
143▶CD: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
144▶CD: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
145▶CD: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
146▶CD: Big Bands – Woody Herman
147▶CD: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
148▶CD: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
149▶CD: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
150▶CD: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
151▶CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
152▶CD: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
153▶CD: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
154▶CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
155▶CD: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
156▶CD: Vocalists – Lena Horne
157▶CD: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
158▶CD: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
159▶CD: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
160▶CD: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
161▶CD: Vocalists – June Christy
162▶CD: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
163▶CD: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
164▶CD: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
165▶CD: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
166▶CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
167▶CD: Vocalists – Joe Williams
168▶CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday