Great Swing Bands of the Forties

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blue Lou
All Star Band3:25
2The Blues
All Star Band3:23
3Livery Stable Blues
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band3:03
4All the Jazz Band Ball
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band2:53
5Big Butter & Egg Man
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band3:05
6Dipper Mouth Blues
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band2:29
7Bach Goes to Town
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-12-15)
alto saxophone:
Bill Depew
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
double bass:
Harry Goodman
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer)
guitar:
Allan Reuss
piano:
Jess Stacy
tenor saxophone:
Jerry Jerome, Vido Musso and Art Rollini
trombone:
Red Ballard and Murray McEachern
trumpet:
Ziggy Elman, Chris Griffin (Gordon Claude Griffin, trumpeter) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
recording of:
Bach Goes to Town (Prelude and Fugue in Swing): Prelude
composer:
Alec Templeton
part of:
Bach Goes to Town (Prelude and Fugue in Swing)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:41
8Farewell Blues
recording of:
Farewell Blues
composer:
Leon Rappolo (until 1922), Paul Mares (until 1922) and Elmer Schoebel (until 1922)
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Lawrence Wright
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:14
9One O'Clock Jump
Metronome All Star Band3:11
10Bugle Call Rag
Metronome All Star Band3:15
11I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band2:55
12Eccentric
Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band2:40
13Uptown Blues
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1939-12-14)
recording of:
Uptown Blues (on 1939-12-14)
composer:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:56
14Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1939-09-14)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1939-09-14)
flute:
Ted Buckner (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-09-14), Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1939-09-14) and Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1939-09-14)
guitar:
Al Norris (on 1939-09-14)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1939-09-14)
reeds:
Earl Carruthers (on 1939-09-14), Dan Grissom (on 1939-09-14) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1939-09-14)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1939-09-14), Elmer Crumbley (on 1939-09-14) and Trummy Young (on 1939-09-14)
trumpet:
Eddie Tompkins (on 1939-09-14), Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1939-09-14) and Gerald Wilson (US jazz trumpeter/bandleader/composer/arranger) (on 1939-09-14)
recording of:
Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) (on 1939-09-14)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and Gus Khan
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
New World Music Corp. (in 1929)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:41
15Cheatin' on Me
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:48
16'Tain't What You Do
alto saxophone:
Ted Buckner (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-01-03), Dan Grissom (on 1939-01-03) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1939-01-03)
baritone saxophone:
Earl Carruthers (on 1939-01-03)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1939-01-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-03)
guitar:
Al Norris (on 1939-01-03)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1939-01-03)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1939-01-03)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1939-01-03), Elmer Crumbley (on 1939-01-03), Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1939-01-03) and Trummy Young (on 1939-01-03)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1939-01-03), Eddie Tompkins (on 1939-01-03) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1939-01-03)
vocals:
Trummy Young (on 1939-01-03)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (on 1939-01-03)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:07
17Four or Five Times
recording of:
Four or Five Times
composer:
Byron Gay (in 1928) and Marco H. Hellman (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:51
18I've Found a New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:56
19Blues
Tommy Dorsey3:01
20Honeysuckle Rose
Tommy Dorsey3:10