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André Françis et Jean Schwarz présentent "La grande histoire du Jazz".
Box-Set Series, CDs no. 1-25
Textes de présentation en français. English texts and full credits inside.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-07 11:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Bouncin' Around
recording of:
Bouncin' Around
composer:
Gus Deloof (Belgian jazz trumpeter & band leader)
Django Reinhardt2:46
2He's Funny That Way
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1937-09-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-09-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-09-13)
piano:
Claude Thornhill (on 1937-09-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-09-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-09-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-09-13)
recording of:
She’s Funny That Way (on 1937-09-13)
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1928)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
Billie Holiday2:42
3Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
recording of:
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
medley of:
Diminuendo in Blue
medley of:
Crescendo in Blue
Duke Ellington6:01
4Eddie's Blues
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-09-29)
banjo:
Everett Barksdale (on 1933-06-12)
bell [bells] and drums (drum set):
Jimmy Bertrand (on 1933-06-12)
double bass:
Milton Hinton (on 1933-06-12)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1933-06-12) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-09-29)
piano:
Antonia Spaulding (on 1933-06-12)
violin:
Eddie South (on 1937-09-29)
vocals:
Everett Barksdale (on 1933-06-12), Milton Hinton (on 1933-06-12), Eddie South (on 1933-06-12) and Antonia Spaulding (on 1933-06-12)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 2145-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 2145-1)
recording of:
Eddie’s Blues (on 1937-09-29)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) and Eddie South
Eddie South3:08
5Harlem Congo
Chick Webb3:17
6Minor's Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Publications Francis Day
Django Reinhardt3:16
7Impro 1er Mut Concerto En Ré M. De J.-S. Bach
Eddie South, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt3:23
8Gone With the Wind
Art Tatum2:53
9Swinging With Django
recording of:
Swingin' with Django
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:52
10Struttin' With Some BarbecueLouis Armstrong2:59
11Dizzy Spells
recording of:
Dizzy Spells
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wilson
Benny Goodman5:44
12Sing Sing Sing
Benny Goodman12:12
13Ring Dem Bells
recording of:
Ring Dem Bells
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Lionel Hampton3:24
14Swinging the Blues
recording of:
Swingin’ the Blues
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1938) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1938)
Count Basie2:49
15The Flat Foot Boogie
Slim & Slam1:50
16A Tisket a Tasket
recording of:
A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and Van Alexander (aka Al Feldman)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13188)
Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald2:40
17I Ain't Got Nobody
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Count Basie3:52
18My Own Blues
piano:
Herman Chittison (on 1938-06-13, on 1938-06-17)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 37-2)
recording of:
My Own Blues (on 1938-06-17)
writer:
Herman Chittison
Herman Chittison2:51
19Begin the Beguine
Artie Shaw3:16
20Battle of Swing
alto saxophone:
Barney Bigard (on 1938-12-19), Harry Carney (on 1938-12-19), Otto Hardwick (on 1938-12-19) and Johnny Hodges (on 1938-12-19)
baritone saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1938-12-19)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1938-12-19), Harry Carney (on 1938-12-19) and Johnny Hodges (on 1938-12-19)
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1938-12-19)
double bass:
Billy Taylor (jazz bassist) (on 1938-12-19)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1938-12-19)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1938-12-19)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1938-12-19)
soprano saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1938-12-19)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1938-12-19) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1938-12-19)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1938-12-19) and Cootie Williams (on 1938-12-19)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1938-12-19)
Duke Ellington2:58
21Mess-A-Stomp
Andy Kirk3:03
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