Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Blanton, Jimmy, 1918-1942 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Williams, Cootie, instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Stewart, Rex, 1907-1967 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Hodges, Johnny instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Clarke, Kenny, 1914-1985 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Hawkins, Coleman instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Tristano, Lennie, instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Hines, Earl, 1903-1983, instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Eckstine, Billy instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Basie, Count, 1904-1984 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Carter, Benny instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Brechet, Sidney, 1897-1959, instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Tatum, Art, 1909-1956 instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Garner, Erroll instrumentalist. |
Other author/creator | Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007 instrumentalist. |
Contents |
Jack the bear (Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, with Duke Ellington Orchestra) (3:14) -- Concerto for Cootie (Cootie Williams, with Duke Ellington Orchestra) (3:17) -- Cotton tail (Ben Webster, with Duke Ellington Orchestra) (3:10) -- Mobile Bay (Rex Stewart) (3:03) -- Day dream (Johnny Hodges) (2:55) -- Pennies from heaven (Louis Armstrong) (3:37) -- Little jazz (Roy Eldridge, with Artie Shaw Orchestra) (3:03) -- Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie) (3:04) -- Victory ball (Charlie Parker, with Metronome All-Stars) (2:39) -- Epistrophy (Kenny Clarke) (2:51) -- Half step down, please (Coleman Hawkins) (3:01) -- Spontaneous combustion (Lennie Tristano) (2:54) -- Stormy Monday (Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, with Earl Hines Orchestra) (3:07) -- Bill's mill (Count Basie) (2:38) -- Yes, indeed! (Tommy Dorsey) (3:27) -- Summertime (Artie Shaw) (5:00) -- All of me (Benny Carter) (3:19) -- Old man blues (Sidney Bechet) (2:45) -- Minor swing (Django Reinhardt) (2:35) -- Fifth dimension (Mary Lou Williams) (2:50) -- Cherokee (Art Tatum) (2:51) -- Erroll's bounce (Erroll Garner) (2:56) -- My blue heaven (Oscar Peterson) (2:58) |
General note | RCA Victor/Bluebird: 07863-66087-2 (on insert: 66087-2; on outer container: 07863 66084-2) |
General note | Compact disc. |
General note | Biographical and program notes by Bob Blumenthal, with full credits and discographic data ([7] p.) inserted in container. |
Performer |
Various performers and ensembles. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between Mar. 6, 1940 and Jan. or Feb., 1949; previously released as 78-rpm records or analog discs. |
Other title | Jazz: the first half-century. |
Other title | Jack the bear (D. Ellington) |
Other title | Concerto for Cootie (C. Williams) |
Other title | Cotton tail (B. Webster) |
Other title | Mobile Bay (R. Stewart) |
Other title | Day dream (J. Hodges) |
Other title | Pennies from heaven (L. Armstrong) |
Other title | Little jazz (R. Eldridge) |
Other title | Manteca (D. Gillespie) |
Other title | Victory ball (C. Parker) |
Other title | Epistrophy (K. Clarke) |
Other title | Half step down, please (C. Hawkins) |
Other title | Spontaneous combustion (L. Tristano) |
Other title | Stormy Monday (E. Hines) |
Other title | Bill's mill (C. Basie) |
Other title | Yes, indeed! (T. Dorsey) |
Other title | Summertime (A. Shaw) |
Other title | All of me (B. Carter) |
Other title | Old man blues (S. Bechet) |
Other title | Minor swing (D. Reinhardt) |
Other title | Fifth dimension (M.L. Williams) |
Other title | Cherokee (A. Tatum) |
Other title | Erroll's bounce (E. Garner) |
Other title | My blue heaven (O. Peterson) |
UPC |
7863660872 |
Publisher number | 07863-66087-2 RCA Victor/Bluebird |
Publisher number | 66087-2 RCA Victor/Bluebird |
Publisher number | 07863 66084-2 RCA Victor/Bluebird |