The Big Band Era

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Swing That Music
2▼CD: In the Groove
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1Long About Midnight
alto saxophone:
Stanley Payne (on 1935-05-08)
double bass:
Louis Thompson (early jazz bassist) (on 1935-05-08)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-05-08)
guitar:
Arnold Adams (on 1935-05-08)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-05-08)
reeds:
Glyn Paque (on 1935-05-08)
tenor saxophone:
Ben "Frog" Webster (on 1935-05-08) and Johnny Russell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-05-08)
trombone:
John "Shorty" Haughton (trombone) (on 1935-05-08) and Robert "Mack" Horton (trombone, Robert H. Horton) (on 1935-05-08)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1935-05-08), Dick Clarke (US jazz trumpeter, active 1930s) (on 1935-05-08) and Edgar "Pudding Head" Battle (on 1935-05-08)
vocals:
Willie Bryant (on 1935-05-08)
recording of:
Long About Midnight (on 1935-05-08)
writer:
Alex Hill (20th century US jazz pianist) and Irving Mills
Willie Bryant and His Orchestra3:06
2The Voice of Old Man River
alto saxophone:
Stanley Payne (on 1935-08-01)
double bass:
Ernest "Bass" Hill (on 1935-08-01)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-08-01)
guitar:
Arnold Adams (on 1935-08-01)
piano:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (on 1935-08-01)
reeds:
Glyn Paque (on 1935-08-01)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Russell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1935-08-01) and Ben Webster (on 1935-08-01)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1935-08-01) and George Matthews (trombone) (on 1935-08-01)
trumpet:
Edgar Battle (on 1935-08-01), Otis Johnson (trumpet) (on 1935-08-01) and Dick Clarke (US jazz trumpeter, active 1930s) (on 1936-08-01)
vocals:
Willie Bryant (on 1935-08-01)
Willie Bryant and His Orchestra3:11
3King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:09
4Swingtime in the Rockies
recording of:
Swingtime in the Rockies
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Jimmy Mundy
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:09
5I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
alto saxophone:
Noni Bernardi (on 1935-10-18)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1935-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Sam Rosen (on 1935-10-18)
guitar:
Mac Cheikes (on 1935-10-18)
piano:
Paul Mitchell (piano) (on 1935-10-18)
reeds:
Sid Stoneburn (on 1935-10-18)
saxophone:
Clyde Rounds (on 1935-10-18)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1935-10-18), Dave Jacobs (jazz trombonist) (on 1935-10-18) and Ben Pickering (on 1935-10-18)
trumpet:
Sterling Bose (on 1935-10-18), Andy Ferretti (on 1935-10-18), Bill Graham (trumpet) (on 1935-10-18) and Cliff Weston (on 1935-10-18)
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (on 1935-10-18)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills Music, Inc., 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)
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:38
6Marie
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-01-29)
recording of:
Marie (on 1937-01-29)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra3:14
7Organ Grinder's Swing
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:38
8For Dancers Only
alto saxophone:
Ed Brown (1930s sax player) (on 1937-06-15), Dan Grissom (on 1937-06-15) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-06-15)
baritone saxophone:
Earl Carruthers (on 1937-06-15) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-06-15)
clarinet:
Ed Brown (1930s sax player) (on 1937-06-15), Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-06-15) and Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1937-06-15)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1937-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1937-06-15)
guitar:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1937-06-15) and Al Norris (on 1937-06-15)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1937-06-15)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1937-06-15)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1937-06-15), Elmer Crumbley (on 1937-06-15) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1937-06-15)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1937-06-15), Eddie Tompkins (on 1937-06-15) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1937-06-15)
conductor:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader) (on 1937-06-15)
arranger:
Sy Oliver (on 1937-06-15)
recording of:
For Dancers Only (on 1937-06-15)
writer:
Sy Oliver, Don Raye and Vic Schoen
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:42
9That Foolish Feeling
alto saxophone:
Toots Mondello (on 1936-11-23)
double bass:
Mort Stuhlmacher (on 1936-11-23)
drums (drum set):
George Wettling (on 1936-11-23)
guitar:
Eddie Condon (on 1936-11-23)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1936-11-23)
tenor saxophone:
Babe Russin (on 1936-11-23)
trombone:
Red Jessup (on 1936-11-23)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Art Gentry (on 1936-11-23)
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra2:47
10I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra4:45
11House Hop
Les Brown & The Duke Blue Devils2:31
12Joltin' Joe di Maggio
Les Brown and His Orchestra3:05
13In the Groove
alto saxophone:
Earl Miller (jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-02-15)
double bass:
Booker Collins (on 1937-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Ben Thigpen (on 1937-02-15)
guitar:
Ted Robinson (jazz guitarist) (on 1937-02-15)
piano:
Mary Lou Williams (American jazz pianist and composer) (on 1937-02-15)
reeds:
John Harrington (jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-02-15)
saxophone:
John Williams (jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-02-15)
tenor saxophone:
Dick Wilson (on 1937-02-15)
trombone:
Ted Donnelly (on 1937-02-15) and Henry Wells (jazz trombonist) (on 1937-02-15)
trumpet:
Paul King (jazz trumpeter) (on 1937-02-15), Harry Lawson (on 1937-02-15) and Earl Thompson (trumpeter) (on 1937-02-15)
violin:
Claude Williams (jazz violinist and guitarist) (on 1937-02-15)
Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy3:06
14McGhee Special
Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy2:25
15King Porter Stomp
Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra3:00
16Blue Rhythm Fantasy
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1937-05-17)
recording of:
Blue Rhythm Fantasy (on 1937-05-17)
composer:
Teddy Hill and Chappie Willett
Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra2:39
17Edgar Steps Out
alto saxophone:
Roger Boyd (swing-era sax player) (on 1937-05-25)
double bass:
Elmer James (on 1937-05-25)
guitar:
Andy Jackson (early jazz banjoist) (on 1937-05-25)
piano:
Edgar Hayes (on 1937-05-25)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Garland (saxophonist, composer) (on 1937-05-25) and Crawford Wethington (on 1937-05-25)
trombone:
Clyde Bernhardt (on 1937-05-25), Joe Britton (trombonist) (on 1937-05-25) and Robert Horton (trombone, Robert H. Horton) (on 1937-05-25)
trumpet:
Bernard Flood (on 1937-05-25), Henry Goodwin (on 1937-05-25) and Leonard Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1937-05-25)
vibraphone:
Kenny Clarke (on 1937-05-25)
Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra3:03
18Meet the Band
Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra3:18
19South Rampart Street Parade
alto saxophone:
Joe Kearns (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-11-16)
double bass:
Bob Haggart (on 1937-11-16)
drums (drum set):
Ray Bauduc (on 1937-11-16)
guitar:
Nappy Lamare (on 1937-11-16)
piano:
Bob Zurke (on 1937-11-16)
reeds:
Matty Matlock (on 1937-11-16), Eddie Miller (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-11-16) and Gil Rodin (on 1937-11-16)
tenor saxophone:
Deane Kincaide (on 1937-11-16)
trombone:
Ward Silloway (US jazz trombonist) (on 1937-11-16) and Warren Smith (jazz trombonist) (on 1937-11-16)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1937-11-16), Yank Lawson (on 1937-11-16) and Zeke Zarchy (on 1937-11-16)
arranger:
Bob Haggart and Deane Kincaide
recording of:
South Rampart Street Parade (original 1937 instrumental version) (on 1937-11-16)
composer:
Ray Bauduc (in 1937) and Bob Haggart (in 1937)
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra3:29
20I'm Prayin' Humble
drums (drum set):
Ray Bauduc (on 1938-10-19)
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra3:07
21Life Goes to a Party
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-12-01)
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1937-12-01) and Jack Washington (on 1937-12-01)
baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1937-12-01)
double bass [string bass]:
Walter Page (on 1937-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-12-01)
piano:
Jess Stacy (on 1937-12-01)
tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1937-12-01)
trombone:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (on 1937-12-01)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-12-01) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1937-12-01)
conductor:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1937-12-01)
arranger:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
recording of:
Life Goes to a Party (on 1937-12-01)
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James and His Orchestra2:49
22One O'Clock Jump
trumpet:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1938-01-05)
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump (on 1938-01-05)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Harry James and His Orchestra2:55
3▶CD: Jumpin' for Joy
4▶CD: Swingmatism