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Annotation

A 168-CD box, divided into 42 sets à 4 CDs in Sitofy cases. Each set has its own catalog #, ranging from 22757-382 to 22798-382, with /A-D added for CDs 1-4, respectively. Each CD is called "Menu" here and is dedicated to one musician or band, who mostly appears in different collaborations.

Includes two 180-page books with artist biographies.

Set 01-09: "Classic Jazz - Ragtime - Dixieland"
Set 10-16: "Blues"
Set 17: "Boogie Woogie"
Set 18-32: "Swing to Bebop - Modern Jazz"
Set 33-37: "Big Band"
Set 38-42: "Vocalists"

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-22 21:23 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
2CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
3CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
4CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
5CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
6CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
7CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
8CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
9CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
10CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
11CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
12CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
13CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
14CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
15CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
16CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
17CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
18CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
19CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
20CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
21CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
22CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
23CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
24CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
25CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
26CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
27CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
28CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
29CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
30CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
31CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
32CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
33CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
34CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
35CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
36CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
37CD: Blues – Bessie Smith
38CD: Blues – Ma Rainey
39CD: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
40CD: Blues – Tampa Red
41CD: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
42CD: Blues – Josh White
43CD: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
44CD: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
45CD: Blues – Leadbelly
46CD: Blues – Big Joe Williams
47CD: Blues – Robert Johnson
48CD: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
49CD: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
50CD: Blues – Sonny Terry
51CD: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
52CD: Blues – Brownie McGhee
53CD: Blues – Memphis Slim
54CD: Blues – Muddy Waters
55CD: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
56CD: Blues – Big Joe Turner
57CD: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
58CD: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
59CD: Blues – John Lee Hooker
60CD: Blues – Johnny Otis
61CD: Blues – B.B. King
62CD: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
63CD: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
64CD: Blues – Ray Charles
65CD: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
66CD: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
67CD: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
68CD: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
69CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
70CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
71CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
72CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
73CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
74CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
75CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
76CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
77CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
78CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
79CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
80CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
81CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
82CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
83CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
84CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
85CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
86CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
87CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
88CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
89CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
90CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
91CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
92CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
93CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
94CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
95CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
96CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
97CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
98CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
99CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
100CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
101CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Progression
Lennie Tristano Quintet3:02
2Tautology
Lennie Tristano Quintet2:46
3Retrospection
Lennie Tristano Quintet3:09
4Subconscious
Lennie Tristano Quintet2:49
5Judy
Lennie Tristano Quintet2:55
6Marshmallow
Lee Konitz2:55
7Fishin' Around
Lee Konitz3:47
8Tautology (2)
Lee Konitz2:56
9Sound-Lee
Lee Konitz4:07
10Rebecca
Lee Konitz3:04
11You Go to My Head
Lee Konitz2:37
12Ice Cream Konitz
Lee Konitz2:44
13Palo Alto
Lee Konitz2:34
14Odjenar
alto saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-03-08)
bass:
Arnold Fishkind
double bass:
Arnold Fishkind (on 1951-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
guitar:
Billy Bauer (US cool jazz guitarist) (on 1951-03-08)
piano:
Sal Mosca (on 1951-03-08)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1951-03-08)
recording of:
Odjenar (on 1951-03-08)
composer:
George Russell (American jazz pianist and composer)
Lee Konitz2:53
15Hibeck
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-03-08)
alto saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-03-08)
bass:
Arnold Fishkind
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
guitar:
Billy Bauer (US cool jazz guitarist) (on 1951-03-08)
instruments:
Arnold Fishkind (on 1951-03-08)
piano:
Sal Mosca (on 1951-03-08)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1951-03-08)
recording of:
Hibeck (Hi Beck) (on 1951-03-08)
composer:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist)
Lee Konitz3:06
16Yesterdays
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-03-08)
alto saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-03-08)
bass:
Arnold Fishkind
double bass:
Arnold Fishkind (on 1951-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
guitar:
Billy Bauer (US cool jazz guitarist) (on 1951-03-08)
piano:
Sal Mosca (on 1951-03-08)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1951-03-08)
instrumental recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1951-03-08)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
cover recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Lee Konitz2:26
17Ezz-Thetic
alto saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist)
bass:
Arnold Fishkind
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
guitar:
Billy Bauer (US cool jazz guitarist)
piano:
Sal Mosca
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
Ezz-Thetic
composer:
George Russell (American jazz pianist and composer)
Lee Konitz2:53
18Indian Summer
Lee Konitz2:34
19Duet for Saxophone and Guitar
Lee Konitz2:37
102CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
103CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
104CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
105CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
106CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
107CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
108CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
109CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
110CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
111CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
112CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
113CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
114CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
115CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
116CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
117CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
118CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
119CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
120CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
121CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
122CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
123CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
124CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
125CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
126CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
127CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
128CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
129CD: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
130CD: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
131CD: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
132CD: Big Bands – Chick Webb
133CD: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
134CD: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
135CD: Big Bands – Harry James
136CD: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
137CD: Big Bands – Count Basie
138CD: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
139CD: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
140CD: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
141CD: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
142CD: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
143CD: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
144CD: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
145CD: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
146CD: Big Bands – Woody Herman
147CD: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
148CD: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
149CD: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
150CD: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
151CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
152CD: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
153CD: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
154CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
155CD: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
156CD: Vocalists – Lena Horne
157CD: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
158CD: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
159CD: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
160CD: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
161CD: Vocalists – June Christy
162CD: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
163CD: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
164CD: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
165CD: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
166CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
167CD: Vocalists – Joe Williams
168CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday