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Annotation

A 168-CD box, divided into 42 sets à 4 CDs in Sitofy cases. Each set has its own catalog #, ranging from 22757-382 to 22798-382, with /A-D added for CDs 1-4, respectively. Each CD is called "Menu" here and is dedicated to one musician or band, who mostly appears in different collaborations.

Includes two 180-page books with artist biographies.

Set 01-09: "Classic Jazz - Ragtime - Dixieland"
Set 10-16: "Blues"
Set 17: "Boogie Woogie"
Set 18-32: "Swing to Bebop - Modern Jazz"
Set 33-37: "Big Band"
Set 38-42: "Vocalists"

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-22 21:23 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
2▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
3▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
4▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
5▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
6▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
7▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
8▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
9▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
10▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
11▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
12▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
13▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
14▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
15▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
16▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
17▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
18▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
19▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
20▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
21▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
22▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
23▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
24▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
25▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
26▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
27▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
28▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
29▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
30▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
31▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
32▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
33▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
34▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
35▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
36▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
37▶CD: Blues – Bessie Smith
38▶CD: Blues – Ma Rainey
39▶CD: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
40▶CD: Blues – Tampa Red
41▶CD: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
42▶CD: Blues – Josh White
43▶CD: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
44▶CD: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
45▶CD: Blues – Leadbelly
46▶CD: Blues – Big Joe Williams
47▶CD: Blues – Robert Johnson
48▶CD: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
49▶CD: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
50▶CD: Blues – Sonny Terry
51▶CD: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
52▶CD: Blues – Brownie McGhee
53▶CD: Blues – Memphis Slim
54▶CD: Blues – Muddy Waters
55▶CD: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
56▶CD: Blues – Big Joe Turner
57▶CD: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
58▶CD: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
59▶CD: Blues – John Lee Hooker
60▶CD: Blues – Johnny Otis
61▶CD: Blues – B.B. King
62▶CD: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
63▶CD: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
64▶CD: Blues – Ray Charles
65▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
66▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
67▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
68▶CD: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
69▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
70▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
71▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
72▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
73▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
74▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
75▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
76▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
77▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
78▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
79▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
80▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
81▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
82▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
83▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
84▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
85▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
86▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
87▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
88▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
89▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
90▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
91▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
92▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
93▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
94▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
95▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
96▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
97▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
98▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
99▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
100▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
101▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
102▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
103▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
104▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
105▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
106▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
107▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
108▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
109▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
110▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
111▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
112▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
113▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
114▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
115▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
116▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
117▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
118▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
119▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
120▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
121▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
122▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
123▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
124▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
125▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
126▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
127▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
128▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
129▶CD: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
130▶CD: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
131▶CD: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
132▶CD: Big Bands – Chick Webb
133▶CD: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
134▶CD: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
135▶CD: Big Bands – Harry James
136▶CD: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
137▶CD: Big Bands – Count Basie
138▶CD: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
139▶CD: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
140▶CD: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
141▶CD: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
142▶CD: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
143▶CD: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
144▼CD: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Vibe Boogie
drums (drum set):
Fred Radcliffe (jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-22)
recording of:
Vibe Boogie
writer:
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton5:27
2Screamin’ Boogie
drums (drum set):
Fred Radcliffe (jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-22)
recording of:
Screamin’ Boogie
writer:
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton5:48
3Doublin’ With Dublin
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
Lionel Hampton & His Septet3:07
4Ribs and Hot Sauce
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
Lionel Hampton & His Septet2:31
5Blow Top Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-05-21)
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Herbie Fields (on 1945-05-21)
double bass [bass]:
Charles Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1945-05-21)
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
guitar:
Billy Mackel (on 1945-05-21)
piano:
Johnny Mehegan (on 1945-05-21)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Arnett Cobb (on 1945-05-21)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1945-05-21)
vibraphone and vibraphone [vibes]:
Lionel Hampton (on 1945-05-21)
vocals:
Dinah Washington (on 1945-05-21, on 1956-05-21)
cover recording of:
Blow Top Blues (on 1945-05-21)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Feather
recording of:
Blow Top Blues (on 1945-05-21)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Feather
Lionel Hampton & His Septet3:25
6Two Finger Boogie
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
Lionel Hampton & His Septet3:16
7Someday
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
Lionel Hampton Orchestra2:43
8Beulah’s Boogie
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
Lionel Hampton Orchestra3:14
9Playboy
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
Lionel Hampton Orchestra3:22
10Punch & Judy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-05-21)
alto saxophone:
Gus Evans (on 1945-05-21) and Herbie Fields (on 1945-05-21)
baritone saxophone:
Charley Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1945-05-21)
double bass:
Charles Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1945-05-21) and Ted Sinclair (on 1945-05-21)
drums (drum set):
George Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1945-05-21)
electric guitar:
Billy Mackell (on 1945-05-21)
piano:
Dardanelle Breckenbridge (on 1945-05-21)
tenor saxophone:
Arnett Cobb (on 1945-05-21) and Jay Peters (saxophone) (on 1945-05-21)
trombone:
Al Hasye (trombonist) (on 1945-05-21), Abdul Hamid (Swing trombonist) (on 1945-05-21), John Morris (swing trombonist) (on 1945-05-21) and Andrew Penn (jazz trombonist) (on 1945-05-21)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1945-05-21), Al Killian (on 1945-05-21), Lamar Wright jr. (on 1945-05-21), Joe Morris (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1945-05-21) and Dave Page (jazz trumpeter) (on 1945-05-21)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1945-05-21)
recording of:
Punch and Judy (Swing) (on 1945-05-21)
writer:
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton Orchestra3:16
11Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (feat. Bing Crosby)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-21)
recording of:
Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
lyricist and composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:12
12On the Sunny Side of the Street (feat. Bing Crosby)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-21)
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1946-01-21)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Ancar Enterprises Inc., Cotton Club Publishing, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Vydia Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:44
13Rockin’ in Rhythm, Part 1
alto saxophone:
Ben Kynard (on 1946-01-29) and Bobby Plater (on 1946-01-29)
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1946-01-29)
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-29) and Ted Sinclair (on 1946-01-29)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-29)
guitar:
William "Billy" Mackel (on 1946-01-29)
piano:
Milt Buckner (US jazz pianist/organist) (on 1946-01-29)
tenor saxophone:
Arnett Cobb (on 1946-01-29) and Johnny Griffin (on 1946-01-29)
trombone:
Al Hayes (trombonist) (on 1946-01-29), Mitchell "Bootie" Wood (on 1946-01-29) and Andrew Penn (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-29)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29), Joe Morris (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29), Jimmy Nottingham (on 1946-01-29), Dave Page (jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29) and Lammar Wright, Jr. (on 1946-01-29)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:56
14Rockin’ in Rhythm, Part 2
alto saxophone:
Ben Kynard (on 1946-01-29) and Bobby Plater (on 1946-01-29)
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1946-01-29)
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-29) and Ted Sinclair (on 1946-01-29)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-29)
guitar:
William "Billy" Mackel (on 1946-01-29)
piano:
Milt Buckner (US jazz pianist/organist) (on 1946-01-29)
tenor saxophone:
Arnett Cobb (on 1946-01-29) and Johnny Griffin (on 1946-01-29)
trombone:
Al Hayes (trombonist) (on 1946-01-29), Mitchell "Bootie" Wood (on 1946-01-29) and Andrew Penn (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-29)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29), Joe Morris (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29), Jimmy Nottingham (on 1946-01-29), Dave Page (jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29) and Lammar Wright, Jr. (on 1946-01-29)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:53
15Gay Notes
alto saxophone:
Ben Kynard (on 1946-01-29) and Bobby Plater (on 1946-01-29)
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1946-01-29)
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-29) and Ted Sinclair (on 1946-01-29)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-29)
guitar:
William "Billy" Mackel (on 1946-01-29)
piano:
Milt Buckner (US jazz pianist/organist) (on 1946-01-29)
tenor saxophone:
Arnett Cobb (on 1946-01-29) and Johnny Griffin (on 1946-01-29)
trombone:
Al Hayes (trombonist) (on 1946-01-29), Mitchell "Bootie" Wood (on 1946-01-29) and Andrew Penn (jazz trombonist) (on 1946-01-29)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29), Joe Morris (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29), Jimmy Nottingham (on 1946-01-29), Dave Page (jazz trumpeter) (on 1946-01-29) and Lammar Wright, Jr. (on 1946-01-29)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:09
16Tempo’s Birthday
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-30)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-30)
guitar:
William "Billy" Mackel (on 1946-01-30)
piano:
Dan Burley (on 1946-01-30)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1946-01-30)
Lionel Hampton Quartet2:38
17Hamp’s Salty Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-29)
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-30)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-30)
electric guitar:
Billy Mackell
piano:
Dan Burley (on 1946-01-30)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1946-01-30)
vocals:
Lionel Hampton (on 1946-01-30)
recording of:
Hamp's Salty Blues (Swing)
writer:
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton Quartet3:13
18Ridin’ on the L & N
double bass:
Charlie Harris (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-30)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1946-01-30)
guitar:
William "Billy" Mackel (on 1946-01-30)
piano:
Dan Burley (on 1946-01-30)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1946-01-30)
vocals:
Lionel Hampton (on 1946-01-30)
recording of:
Riding on the L&N (on 1946-01-30)
writer:
Dan Burley and Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton Quartet2:51
145▶CD: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
146▶CD: Big Bands – Woody Herman
147▶CD: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
148▶CD: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
149▶CD: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
150▶CD: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
151▶CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
152▶CD: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
153▶CD: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
154▶CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
155▶CD: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
156▶CD: Vocalists – Lena Horne
157▶CD: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
158▶CD: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
159▶CD: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
160▶CD: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
161▶CD: Vocalists – June Christy
162▶CD: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
163▶CD: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
164▶CD: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
165▶CD: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
166▶CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
167▶CD: Vocalists – Joe Williams
168▶CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday