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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]
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1After You've Gone
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stephane Grappelly (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1936-05-04)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1060-1)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1936-05-04)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Quintette du Hot Club de France3:07
2I Can't Give You Anything but Love
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1936-05-04)
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1936-05-04)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Quintette du Hot Club de France3:21
3Limehouse Blues
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
instrumental recording of:
Limehouse Blues (on 1936-05-04)
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:46
4Oriental Shuffle
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-05-04)
double bass:
Lucien Simoens (on 1936-05-04)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-05-04), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-05-04) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-05-04)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-05-04)
recording of:
Oriental Shuffle (on 1936-05-04)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:38
5Nagasaki
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Nagasaki (on 1936-10-15)
lyricist:
Mort Dixon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1928)
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:50
6Swing Guitars
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:24
7Georgia on My Mind
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
vocals:
Freddy Taylor (jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1936-10-15)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1292-1)
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1936-10-15)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Quintette du Hot Club de France3:15
8Shine
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:57
9Sweet Chorus
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1936-10-15)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1936-10-15)
guitar:
Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1936-10-15), Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1936-10-15) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1936-10-15)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1936-10-15)
recording of:
Sweet Chorus (on 1936-10-15)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:44
10Exactly Like You
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-21)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-04-21)
guitar:
Marcel Bianchi (on 1937-04-21), Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1937-04-21) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-21)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-04-21)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1702-1)
instrumental recording of:
Exactly Like You (on 1937-04-21)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
writer:
Fritz Löhner-Beda (librettist, lyricist, writer)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:29
11Charleston
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-21)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-04-21)
guitar:
Marcel Bianchi (on 1937-04-21) and Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1937-04-21)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-21)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-04-21)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1703-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 1703-1)
instrumental recording of:
Charleston (on 1937-04-21)
lyricist:
Cecil Mack (in 1923)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1923)
publisher:
Salabert
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:53
12You're Driving Me Crazy
recording of:
You’re Driving Me Crazy
lyricist:
Walter Donaldson
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1930)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Donaldson Publishing Co., Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:54
13Ain't Misbehavin'
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-22)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-04-22)
guitar:
Marcel Bianchi (on 1937-04-22) and Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1937-04-22)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-22)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-04-22)
performer:
Django Reinhardt et son quintette (on 1937-04-22)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1708-1)
instrumental recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1937-04-22)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:54
14Rose Room
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:43
15When Day Is Done
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1941-04-22)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-04-22)
guitar:
Marcel Bianchi (on 1937-04-22), Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1937-04-22) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-22)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-04-22)
instrumental recording of:
When Day Is Done (on 1937-04-22)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva (in 1926)
composer:
Robert Katscher (in 1926)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
is based on:
Madonna, du bist schöner als der Sonnenschein
Quintette du Hot Club de France3:11
16Runnin' Wild
Quintette du Hot Club de France2:53
17Chicago
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-26)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-04-26)
guitar:
Marcel Bianchi (on 1937-04-26) and Pierre “Baro” Ferret (on 1937-04-26)
solo guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-26)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-04-26)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1713-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 1713-1)
recording of:
Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town) (on 1937-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Fisher (in 1922)
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp. and Salabert
Quintette du Hot Club de France3:27
18Minor Swing
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-11-25)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1937-11-25)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-11-25), Joseph Reinhardt (on 1937-11-25) and Eugène Vées (on 1937-11-25)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-11-25)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1990-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 1990-1)
recording of:
Minor Swing (on 1937-11-25)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Quintette du Hot Club de France13:13
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
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