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

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Twenties
2▼CD: The Thirties
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1Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Louis Armstrong3:26
2Daybreak Express
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:59
3Moten Swing
performer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
recording of:
Moten Swing
writer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
composer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist), Ira E. "Buster" Moten, Count Basie (pianist) (in 1930) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1930)
Count Basie feat. Bennie Moten and His Orchestra43:25
4Hocus Pocus
recording of:
Hocus Pocus
composer:
Will Hudson
Fletcher Henderson3:20
5King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Benny Goodman3:10
6Swingin' Uptown
Jimmie Lunceford2:40
7Song of India
recording of:
Song of India
writer:
Red Bone (trombonist)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Edgar Fairchild
is based on:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Tommy Dorsey3:08
8XYZ
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Earl Hines2:21
9Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet3:25
10Carioca
recording of:
Carioca (from "Flying Down to Rio")
lyricist:
Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1934 nominee)
Artie Shaw3:09
11Any Old Time
recording of:
Any Old Time (Jazz Song - "any old time you want me...")
composer:
Artie Shaw
publisher:
Lincoln Music Corp
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra feat. Billie Holiday3:13
12Body and Soul
recording of:
Body and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Teddy Wilson feat. The Benny Goodman Trio3:29
13Life Goes to a Party
recording of:
Life Goes to a Party
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James feat. Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:05
14Swing Is Here
performer:
Gene Krupa
recording of:
Swing Is Here
composer:
Leon “Chu” Berry, Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa
Roy Eldridge feat. Gene King's Swing Band2:57
15Shufflin' at the Hollywood
recording of:
Shufflin' at the Hollywood
composer:
Lionel Hampton and Allan Reuss
Lionel Hampton3:05
16I'm in the Mood for Swing
recording of:
I'm in the Mood for Swing
composer:
Benny Carter
Benny Carter feat. Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:48
17Rockin' Chair
producer:
Barry Feldman
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1932-08-18)
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair (1929 Hoagy Carmichael song) (on 1932-08-18)
lyricist:
Hoagy Carmichael
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1929)
publisher:
Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Mildred Bailey3:01
18Dinah
Fats Waller3:08
19Really the Blues
Sidney Bechet feat. Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra3:35
20Relaxin' at the Touro
Muggsy Spanier3:17
21Eel
Bud Freeman2:46
22I Can't Get Started with You
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Bunny Berigan44:45
23Body and Soul
recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1939-07-01)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1939-10-11)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Coleman Hawkins3:01
3▶CD: The Forties
4▶CD: The Fifties
5▶CD: The Sixties