Jazz Legends

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Tracklist

CD 1: Bebop and Beyond
CD 2: The Grand Masters
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Muskrat Ramble
recording of:
Muskrat Ramble (1926 original instrumental version)
composer:
Kid Ory (in 1926)
Louis Armstrong2:30
2One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie3:02
3Who?
The Benny Goodman Trio & Freddie Wilson3:12
4Blues Skies (Trumpet No End)Duke Ellington2:31
5Body and Soul
Coleman Hawkins2:59
6St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins6:45
7How High the Moon?
Ella Fitzgerald3:15
8Perdido
recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
composer:
Juan Tizol
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra3:09
9Lester Leaps In
Lester Young & Kansas City Five3:12
10I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Oscar Peterson3:17
11The Mooche
Sidney Bechet3:09
12Kansas City StompsJelly Roll Morton & Red Hot Peppers2:58
13Sugar Foot Stomp
recording of:
Sugarfoot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra2:48
14St. Louis Blues
Art Tatum2:28
15Sweet Georgia Brown
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli & Quintette du Hot Club de France3:04
16Georgia on My Mind
Fats Waller3:00
17Lonely Melody
alto saxophone, bass clarinet and clarinet:
Chester Hazlett (on 1928-01-04)
banjo:
Mike Pingitore (on 1928-01-04)
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Charles Strickfaden (on 1928-01-04)
bass:
Steve Brown (1920s jazz bassist) (on 1928-01-04)
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (on 1928-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Harold McDonald (drummer active in the 1920’s) (on 1928-01-04)
reeds:
Rube Crozier (on 1928-01-04) and Jimmy Dorsey (on 1928-01-04)
trombone:
Wilbur Hall (on 1928-01-04) and Bill Rank (on 1928-01-04)
trumpet:
Henry Busse (on 1928-01-04) and Charlie Margulis (on 1928-01-04)
tuba [brass bass]:
Mike Trafficante (on 1928-01-04)
violin:
Kurt Dieterle (on 1928-01-04)
performer:
Bix Beiderbecke
arranger:
Bill Challis (on 1928-01-04)
recording of:
Lonely Melody (on 1928-01-04)
writer:
Sam Coslow, Hal Dyson, Alfred Grünfeld and Benny Meroff (Band Leader, violin, saxophone and clarinetist.)
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra & Bix Beiderbecke2:58
18Public Melody Number One
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-07-02)
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1937-07-02)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1937-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1937-07-02)
guitar:
Lee Blair (on 1937-07-02)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1937-07-02)
reeds:
Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1937-07-02), Bingie Madison (on 1937-07-02) and Albert Nicholas (on 1937-07-02)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1937-07-02), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1937-07-02) and George Washington (jazz trombonist) (on 1937-07-02)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1937-07-02), Louis Armstrong (on 1937-07-02), Louis Bacon (on 1937-07-02) and Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1937-07-02)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1937-07-02)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1937-07-02)
recording of:
Public Melody Number One (on 1937-07-02)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Harold Arlen
Louis Armstrong3:08
19Snake Rag
cornet:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-06-22)
recording of:
Snake Rag (on 1923-06-22)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1923-04-06)
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band3:14
20Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
Original Dixieland Jazz Band3:37
21Vout Orenee
Slim Gaillard3:03
22Misty
Erroll Garner2:45