Reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews. Digitally remastered analog recordings. Notes on the music and performers by Doug Ramsey on insert.
Contents:
Basin Street blues (Louis Armstrong) (3:23) -- Daybreak Express (Duke Ellington) (2:57) -- Moten swing (Count Basie w/Bennie Moten Orch.) (3:23) -- Hocus pocus (Fletcher Henderson) (3:18) -- King Porter stomp (Benny Goodman) (3:08) -- Swingin' uptown (Jimmie Lunceford) (2:38) -- Song of India (Tommy Dorsey) (3:06) -- XYZ (Earl Hines) (2:19) -- Cherokee (Charlie Barnet) (3:24) -- Carioca (Artie Shaw) (3:07) -- Any old time (Artie Shaw Orchestra, Billie Holiday) (3:11) -- Body and soul (Teddy Wilson w/Benny Goodman Trio) (3:28) -- Life goes to a party (Harry James w/B. Goodman Orch.) (3:03) -- Swing is here (Roy Eldridge w/Gene Krupa's Swing Band) (2:55) -- Shufflin' at the Hollywood (Lionel Hampton) (3:03) -- I'm in the mood for swing (Benny Carter w/L. Hampton Orch.) (2:46) -- Rockin' chair (Mildred Bailey) (2:59) -- Dinah (Fats Waller) (3:06) -- Really the blues (Sidney Bechet, Tommy Ladnier) (3:34) -- Relaxin' at the Touro (Muggsy Spanier) (3:15) -- The eel (Bud Freeman) (2:44) -- I can't get started with you (Bunny Berigan) (4:43) -- Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) (3:01).
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