RCA Victor Jazz / The First Half Century: The 20s - The 60s

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Tracklist

1▼CD: The Twenties
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Black Bottom Stomp
recording of:
Black Bottom Stomp
composer:
Ferdinand Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:11
2Hear Me Talkin'
Johnny Dodds3:13
3Black Beauty
recording of:
Black Beauty
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:54
4Variety Stomp
recording of:
Variety Stomp
composer:
Abel Green, Fletcher Henderson and Jo Trent
Fletcher Henderson3:05
5Too Late
King Oliver3:10
6Peggy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-11-07)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1929-11-07) and Don Redman (on 1929-11-07)
celesta and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1929-11-07)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1929-11-07) and Ted McCord (on 1929-11-07)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall (on 1929-11-07)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1929-11-07)
trumpet:
Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1929-11-07), Sidney De Paris (on 1929-11-07) and Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1929-11-07)
tuba:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1929-11-07)
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:18
7The Boy in the Boat
Charlie Johnson and His Paradise Band3:43
8Bleeding-Hearted Blues
James P. Johnson3:12
9Handful of Keys
Fats Waller2:48
10Glad Rag Doll
recording of:
Glad Rag Doll
lyricist:
Dan Dougherty and Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Morris Edwin H&O, Inc and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Earl Hines2:59
11Duet Stomp
Jones and Collins Astoria Hot Eight2:54
12Tiger Rag
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1918-03-25)
clarinet:
Larry Shields (on 1918-03-25)
cornet:
Nick LaRocca (on 1918-03-25)
drums (drum set):
Tony Sbarbaro (on 1918-03-25)
piano:
Henry Ragas (on 1918-03-25)
trombone:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist) (on 1918-03-25)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1918, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) (on 1918-03-25)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France
Original Dixieland Jazz Band3:08
13She's Cryin' for Me
New Orleans Rhythm Kings2:46
14Lonely 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 (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (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 (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer)
arranger:
Bill Challis (on 1928-01-04)
recording of:
Lonely Melody (on 1928-01-04)
writer:
Sam Coslow, Hal Dyson, Alfred Grünfeld (Austrian pianist and composer) and Benny Meroff (Band Leader, violin, saxophone and clarinetist.)
Bix Beiderbecke with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra2:57
15Delirium
Red Nichols' Stompers3:06
16Wildcat
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang2:27
17Waitin' for Katie
Benny Goodman with Ben Pollack & His Orchestra3:03
18Doin' the Voom Voom
Bubber Miley with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:12
19Swing Out
Henry “Red” Allen3:24
20One Hour
Coleman Hawkins with Mound City Blowers3:30
21Hello Lola
Pee Wee Russell with Mound City Blowers3:19
22That's a Serious Thing
recording of:
That’s a Serious Thing
writer:
Eddie Condon, Mezz Mezzrow, Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) and Jack Teagarden
Jack Teagarden with Eddie Condon's Hot Shots3:30
23South
Bennie Moten2:33
2▶CD: The Thirties
3▶CD: The Forties
4▶CD: The Fifties
5▶CD: The Sixties