American Big Bands

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume One: The Swing Kings
2▼CD: Volume Two: Let's Swing
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Yes Indeed
Harry James3:06
2Drop Me Off in Harlem
recording of:
Drop Me Off in Harlem
lyricist:
Nick Kenny (in 1933)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1933)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:03
3Unsophisticated Sue
recording of:
Unsophisticated Sue
writer:
Harold Raymond, Andy Razaf and Nat Simon
Jimmie Lunceford3:13
4Sweet Lorraine
Artie Shaw3:06
5More Than You Know
Teddy Wilson3:09
6I Can't Give You Anything but Love
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
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)
Louis Armstrong2:57
7The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Glenn Miller3:15
8All of Me
recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Jimmy Dorsey3:14
9Stop Look and Listen
Tommy Dorsey5:19
10Mean to Me
Phil Napoleon3:27
11King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Fletcher Henderson2:56
12California Here I Come
Lionel Hampton3:05
13All or Nothing at All
recording of:
All or Nothing at All
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Harry James2:59
14Creole Love Call
recording of:
Creole Love Call
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:16
15May I Never Love Again
Ted Weems and His Orchestra2:58
16Deep Purple
recording of:
Deep Purple
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1938)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Artie Shaw3:16
17I'm Coming Virginia
recording of:
I’m Coming Virginia
lyricist:
Will Marion Cook
composer:
Donald Heywood
Fletcher Henderson3:07
18Happy Feet
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1930-03-10)
recording of:
Happy Feet (on 1930-02-10)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1930)
Paul Whiteman3:02
19The Boogie Woogie Man
Casa Loma Orchestra2:29
20The Jitney Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-11-17)
alto saxophone:
Scoops Carry (on 1941-11-17) and Leroy Harris (on 1941-11-17)
bass:
Truck Parham (on 1941-11-17)
drums (drum set):
Rudy Traylor (jazz drummer, vibraphonist, pianist, arranger, producer) (on 1941-11-17)
guitar:
Hurley Ramey (on 1941-11-17)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1941-11-17)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone) (on 1941-11-17), Budd Johnson (on 1941-11-17) and Willie Randall (on 1941-11-17)
trombone:
George Hunt (on 1941-11-17), Joe McLewis (on 1941-11-17) and Gerald Valentine (on 1941-11-17)
trumpet:
Tommy Enoch (on 1941-11-17), Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (US trumpeter) (on 1941-11-17) and Jesse Miller (trumpet) (on 1941-11-17)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (on 1941-11-17)
orchestra:
Earl Hines and His Orchestra (on 1941-11-17)
Earl Hines and His Orchestra2:52
3▶CD: Volume Three: Once More Once

Credits

Release

manufactured in:England, United Kingdom
printed in:England, United Kingdom
phonographic copyright (℗) by and licensed to:Carlton Home Entertainment Ltd. (for copyrights use only, not for release label use)
licensed from:Phonographic Performance Ltd. (UK-based music licensing company, founded in 1934)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/24388568 [info]