Early Black Swing: The Birth of Big Band Jazz: 1927-1934

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1St Louis Shuffle
recording of:
St Louis Shuffle
composer:
Jack Pettis and Fats Waller
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:50
2Sugar Foot Stomp
recording of:
Sugar Foot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
version of:
Dippermouth Blues
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:05
3Jimtown Blues
recording of:
Jim Town Blues
composer:
Charlie Davis (1920's Indianapolis Bandleader) and Fred Rose (songwriter)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:43
4Diga Diga Doo
recording of:
Diga Diga Doo
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:00
5Saratoga Swing
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra2:46
6Blue Feeling
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:13
7South
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra2:33
8Moten Swing
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:24
9Milenberg Joys
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-07-11)
alto saxophone:
Don Redman (on 1928-07-11) and Milton Senior (on 1928-07-11)
banjo:
Dave Wilborn (on 1928-07-11)
clarinet:
Don Redman (on 1928-07-11), Prince Robinson (on 1928-07-11), Milton Senior (on 1928-07-11) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (on 1928-07-11)
drums (drum set):
Cuba Austin (on 1928-07-11)
piano:
Todd Rhodes (on 1928-07-11)
tenor saxophone:
Prince Robinson (on 1928-07-11) and George Thomas (jazz saxophonist) (on 1928-07-11)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1928-07-11)
trumpet:
Langston Curl (on 1928-07-11) and John Nesbitt (on 1928-07-11)
tuba:
Ralph Escudero (on 1928-07-11)
recording of:
Milenberg Joys (on 1928-07-11)
writer:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Ferdinand Morton, Paul Mares and Leon Roppolo
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:54
10Plain Dirt
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-11-05)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1929-11-05) and Don Redman (on 1929-11-05)
celesta:
Fats Waller (on 1929-11-05)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1929-11-05) and Ted McCord (on 1929-11-05)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall (on 1929-11-05)
piano:
Leroy Tibbs (on 1929-11-05) and Fats Waller (on 1929-11-05)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1929-11-05)
trumpet:
Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1929-11-05), Sidney De Paris (on 1929-11-05) and Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1929-11-05)
tuba:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1929-11-05)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:40
11Grand Piano Blues
Earl Hines and His Orchestra2:57
12Everybody Loves My Baby
recording of:
Everybody Loves My Baby
composer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Pickwick Music Corp. and Salabert
Earl Hines and His Orchestra3:16
13Hot Tempered Blues
Charles Johnson's Paradise Ten3:16
14The Boy in the Boat (The Rock)
Charles Johnson's Paradise Ten3:44
15Market Street Stomp
recording of:
Market Street Stomp
composer:
R.Q. Dickerson (jazz trumpeter)
The Missourians3:26
16Prohibition Blues
The Missourians3:19
17Swing Out
Henry “Red” Allen and His Orchestra3:18
18Pleasin' Paul
Henry “Red” Allen and His Orchestra2:56
19White Heat
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:31
20Swingin' Uptown
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:39
21I've Got the World on a String
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and S.A. Music Co.
sub-publisher:
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 Armstrong & His Orchestra3:15
22Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:24