The Ultimate Jazz Archive, Set 35: Big Band

~ Release by Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Bunny Berigan (see all versions of this release, 44 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Count Basie
2▶CD: Artie Shaw
3▼CD: Glenn Miller
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Glenn Miller3:31
2Runnin’ Wild
recording of:
Runnin’ Wild
lyricist:
Joe Grey (in 1922) and Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929) (in 1922)
composer:
Arthur Harrington Gibbs (in 1922)
Glenn Miller2:49
3Sliphorn Jive
recording of:
Sliphorn Jive
writer:
Edgar Battle and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
Glenn Miller3:12
4Sold American
recording of:
Sold American (Lucky Strike ad jingle, c. 1939)
composer:
Chummy MacGregor and Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
Glenn Miller3:04
5Pagan Love Song
recording of:
Pagan Love Song
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
Glenn Miller3:16
6Glen Island Special
recording of:
Glen Island Special
composer:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
Glenn Miller3:03
7Wham (Re‐Bop‐Boom‐Bam)
vocals:
Marion Hutton
recording of:
Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
lyricist:
Marion Joseph "Taps" Miller
composer:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
publisher:
Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Glenn Miller3:36
8I Want to Be Happy
recording of:
I Want to Be Happy (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Glenn Miller2:57
9My Isle of Golden Dreams
recording of:
My Isle of Golden Dreams
writer:
Walter Blaufuss (US band leader, composer and radio personality) and Gus Kahn
Glenn Miller3:18
10Rug Cutter’s Swing
recording of:
Rug Cutter’s Swing
composer:
Fletcher Henderson
Glenn Miller3:01
11Slow Freight
recording of:
Slow Freight (instrumental vers.)
composer:
Ray Bryant (US jazz pianist, composer, and arranger) and Esmond Edwards
Glenn Miller3:14
12Bugle Call Rag
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag
composer:
Billy Meyers (US jazz songwriter), Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
Glenn Miller3:12
13My Blue Heaven
recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
Glenn Miller3:15
14What’s Your Story, Morning Glory?
recording of:
What's Your Story, Morning Glory?
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Mary Lou Williams (American jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Advanced Music corp.
Glenn Miller2:59
15I Dream I Dwelt in Harlem
recording of:
I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem
lyricist:
Robert B. Wright
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor), Leonard W. Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer) and Ben Smith (big band songwriter)
Glenn Miller3:40
16When That Man Is Dead and Gone
recording of:
When That Man Is Dead and Gone
writer:
Irving Berlin
Glenn Miller2:43
17The Spirit Is Willing
recording of:
The Spirit Is Willing
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
Glenn Miller3:30
18Take the ’a’ Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Glenn Miller3:27
19Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
recording of:
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Glenn Miller5:36
20Long Tall Mama
recording of:
Long Tall Mama
composer:
Billy May
Glenn Miller3:03
21Chip Off the Black
Glenn Miller2:44
22Keep ’em Flying
recording of:
Keep 'em Flying
lyricist and composer:
Bill Coleman (40s US army PR songwriter)
Glenn Miller2:58
4▶CD: Bunny Berigan