Various performers. Recorded between 1927 and 1977 in Hollywood, New York, and Chicago.
Contents:
Sing, sing, sing / Louis Prima (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (8:38). Stompin' at the Savoy / Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (3:11) -- Take the "A" train / Billy Strayhorn (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) (2:54) -- Four brothers / Jimmy Giuffre (Woody Herman and his new Thundering Herd) (4:15) -- Tempo and swing / Gladys Hampton (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) (3:20) -- Begin the beguine / Cole Porter (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) (3:13) -- Song of India / Rimsky-Korakov, Tommy Dorsey, Red Bone (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) (3:08) -- In the mood / Joseph Garland, Andy Razaf (Glenn Miller and his orchestra) (3:30) -- Margie / Con Conrad, J.R. Robinson, Benny Davis (Cab Calloway and his orchestra) (3:07) -- Bill's mill / Count Basie, Gene Roland (Count Basie and his orchestra) (2:39) -- King Porter stomp / Jelly Roll Morton (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (3:06) -- Ya gotta try / Sammy Nestico (Buddy Rich and his orchestra) (3:33) -- It don't mean a thing / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Duke Ellington and his orchestra) (3:00) -- Variety stomp / Jo Trent, Fletcher Henderson, Abel Green (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) (3:03) -- Cherokee / Ray Noble (Charlie Barnet and his orchestra) (3:19) -- (I've got a gal in) Kalamazoo / Mark Gordon, Harry Warren (Glenn Miller and his orchestra) (3:13) -- I'm in the mood for love / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) (3:20) -- Frenesí / Alberto Dominguez (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) (3:02) -- Tuxedo Junction / William Johnson, Julian Dash, Erskine Hawkins (Erskine Hawkins and his orchestra) (3:16) -- Sing, sing, sing / Louis Prima (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) (8:38).
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