Program notes by Martin Williams. Compact disc. Analog recording. "Digitally remastered"--Container. Recorded 1926-1964.
Contents:
Stampede ; Wrappin' it up / Fletcher Henderson (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) -- Dinah / Henry Akst (Red Nichols and his Five Pennies) -- Moten swing / Bennie and Buster Moten (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra -- I ain't got nobody / Spencer Williams (Fats Waller) -- Honky tonk train blues / Meade Lewis (Meade Lewis) -- Body and soul / Johnny Green (Benny Goodman Trio) -- Body and soul / Johnny Green (Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra) -- The man I love / George Gershwin (Coleman Hawkins Quartet -- He's funny that way / Robert Whiting (Billie Holiday and her orchestra) -- These foolish things / Jack Strachey and Harry Link (Billie Holiday and her orchestra) -- You'd be so nice to come home to / Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (Art Tatum) -- Too marvelous for words / Richard Whiting (Art Tatum) -- Organ grinder's swing / Will Hudson (Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra) -- Rockin Chair / Hoagy Carmichael (Gene Krupa and his orchestra) -- I can't believe that you're in love with me / Jimmy McHugh (The Chocolate Dandies, featuring Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter) -- When lights are low / Benny Carter (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) -- Dinah / Henry Akst (Quintette of the Hot Club of France) -- Doggin' around / Herschel Evans and Edgar W. Battle (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Taxi war dance / Count Basie and Lester Young (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Lester leaps in / Lester Young (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) -- I found a new baby / Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian and Count Basie) -- Breakfast Feud / Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian)
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