Compil. DE 1989 on LaserLight Digital label
Jazz (Swing)
CD 1: Louis Armstrong: Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5 and 9: rec. Live In Europe July 1967 - probably Copenhagen Tracks 2 and 7: rec. Live in Europe July 1967 Track 8: Broadcast from "Bing Crosby Show" San Francisco - January 18, 1950 Track 11: rec. Nov. 23, 1948 New York City Track 13: rec. Live at "Carnegie Hall" - Febr. 8, 1947 New York City CD 2: Glenn Miller no credits and recording dates CD 3: Benny Goodman: Tracks 1, 2, 5, 10, 11 rec. 1937/8 (Live broadcasts) Track 6 rec. probably Nov. / Dec. 43 Track 12 rec. probably 1944 CD 4: Count Basie: Tracks 3 to 8, 10 to 12: Live at the "Savoy Ballroom", New York rec. 1954 CD 5: Ella Fitzgerald: Tracks 1 to 12: probably rec. 1939-1941 Tracks 13 to 16: Live from "Roseland Ballroom", New York, February 26, 1940 All other titles unknown Discs: Made in West Germany Delta Music GmbH
![]() | Louis Armstrong tr, voc, 1901-1971 US album by |
![]() | Glenn Miller tb, 1904-1944 US album by, written by |
![]() | Benny Goodman cl, 1909-1986 US clarinet, leader, clarinet, leader, probably, soloist, probably, album by, written by |
![]() | Count Basie p, 1904-1984 US album by, written by |
![]() | Ella Fitzgerald voc, 1917-1996 US album by, written by |
![]() | Buddy Kaye , 1918-2002 US alto saxophone, probably |
![]() | Hymie Schertzer sax, as, 1909-1977 alto saxophone, probably, saxophone |
![]() | Reggie Merrill , alto saxophone, probably |
![]() | Marshall Royal as, sax, 1912-1995 US alto saxophone, clarinet |
![]() | Charlie Fowlkes bs, sax, 1916-1980 US baritone saxophone |
![]() | Ernie Caceres bs, cl, 1911-1971 US baritone saxophone, probably |
![]() | Arvell Shaw b, 1923-2002 US bass |
![]() | Buddy Catlett b, cb, 1933-2014 US bass |
![]() | Eddie Jones b, 1929-1997 US bass |
![]() | Harry Goodman b, 1906-1997 US bass |
![]() | Jimmy Moore voc, dr, bass |
![]() | Beverly Peer b, 1912-1997 US bass, probably |
![]() | Gene Traxler b, *1913 US bass, probably |
![]() | Sid Weiss b, 1914-1994 US bass, probably |
![]() | Joe Muranyi cl, voc, 1928-2012 US clarinet |
![]() | Peanuts Hucko cl, 1918-2003 US clarinet |
![]() | Sidney Catlett dr, 1910-1951 US directed by, drums |
![]() | Danny Barcelona dr, 1929-2007 US drums |
![]() | Gene Krupa dr, 1909-1973 US drums, drums, probably |
![]() | Gus Johnson dr, 1913-2000 US drums |
![]() | Nick Fatool dr, 1915-2000 US drums |
![]() | Bill Beason dr, 1908-1988 US drums, probably |
![]() | Specs Powell dr, 1922-2007 US drums, probably |
![]() | Count Basie Orchestra , 1935-1950 US ensemble, piano |
![]() | Ella Fitzgerald And Her Famous Orchestra , 1939-1941 US ensemble, vocals, vocals, vocals, scat |
![]() | Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars , *1947 US ensemble, trumpet, trumpet, trumpet, vocals |
![]() | Louis Armstrong And His Band , ensemble |
![]() | Allan Reuss g, 1915-1988 US guitar, guitar, probably |
![]() | Eddie Condon g, 1905-1973 US guitar |
![]() | Elmer Warner g, US guitar |
![]() | Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar |
![]() | Perry Botkin g, 1907-1973 US guitar |
![]() | Chauncey Haughton cl, sax, as, 1909-1989 US guitar, probably |
![]() | John Trueheart g, 1900-1949 US guitar, probably |
![]() | Tommy Day guitar, probably |
![]() | Buddy Cole org, p, 1916-1964 US piano |
![]() | Dick Cary p, tr, 1916-1994 US piano |
![]() | Earl Mason p, US piano |
![]() | Jess Stacy p, 1904-1995 US piano, piano, probably |
![]() | Marty Napoleon p, 1921-2015 US piano |
![]() | Teddy Wilson p, 1912-1986 US piano, piano, probably |
![]() | Amos Gordon saxophone |
![]() | Arthur Dennis bs, US saxophone |
![]() | Arthur Rollini ts, sax, US saxophone, tenor saxophone, probably |
![]() | Babe Russin sax, ts, 1911-1984 US saxophone |
![]() | George Koenig sax, as, 1911-1999 US saxophone |
![]() | Joe Garland sax, 1903-1977 US saxophone, written by |
![]() | John Sparrow sax, US saxophone |
![]() | Lucky Thompson ts, 1924-2005 US saxophone |
![]() | Vido Musso ts, sax, 1913-1982 US saxophone |
![]() | Roy Eldridge tr, 1911-1989 US soloist, probably, trumpet, probably |
![]() | Vernon Brown tb, 1907-1979 US soloist, probably, trombone, trombone, probably |
![]() | Ernie Wilkins ts, 1922-1999 US tenor saxophone, written by |
![]() | Frank Foster ts, sax, 1928-2011 US tenor saxophone |
![]() | Al Klink sax, ts, 1915-1991 US tenor saxophone, probably |
![]() | Wolffe Tayne sax, tenor saxophone, probably |
![]() | Zoot Sims ts, 1925-1985 US tenor saxophone, probably |
![]() | Frank Wess fl, ts, sax, 1922-2013 US tenor saxophone, flute, written by |
![]() | "Big Chief" Russell Moore tb, 1912-1983 FR trombone |
![]() | Alton Moore tb, 1908-1978 US trombone |
![]() | Benny Powell tb, 1930-2010 US trombone |
![]() | Bill Hughes tb, *1930 US trombone |
![]() | Henry Coker tb, 1919-1979 US trombone |
![]() | Jack Teagarden tb, voc, 1905-1964 US trombone, trombone, vocals |
![]() | James Whitney tb, trombone |
![]() | Murray McEachern tb, 1915-1982 CA trombone |
![]() | Red Ballard tb, trombone |
![]() | Bill Harris tb, 1916-1973 US trombone, probably |
![]() | George Matthews tb, 1912-1982 US trombone, probably |
![]() | John Haughton tb, trombone, probably |
![]() | Mark Bennett tb, trombone, probably |
![]() | Sandy Williams tb, 1906-1991 US trombone, probably |
![]() | Ward Silloway tb, 1909-1965 US trombone, probably |
![]() | Tyree Glenn tb, vib, 1912-1974 US trombone, vocals |
![]() | Chris Griffin tr, *1915 trumpet |
![]() | Ed Mullens tr, 1916-1977 US trumpet |
![]() | Harry James tr, 1916-1983 US trumpet |
![]() | Joe Newman tr, 1922-1992 US trumpet |
![]() | Reunald Jones tr, 1930-1989 US trumpet |
![]() | Robert Butler trumpet |
![]() | Thad Jones tr, 1923-1986 US trumpet |
![]() | Thomas Grider tr, US trumpet |
![]() | Wendell Culley tr, 1906-1983 US trumpet |
![]() | William Scott tr, trumpet |
![]() | Ziggy Elman tr, 1914-1968 US trumpet |
![]() | Charles Frankhauser tr, US trumpet, probably |
![]() | Dick Vance tr, 1915-1985 US trumpet, probably, written by |
![]() | Irving Randolph tr, 1943-1997 US trumpet, probably |
![]() | Lee Castaldo tr, *1915 US trumpet, probably |
![]() | Mickey McMickle tr, US trumpet, probably |
![]() | Ralph Muzillo tr, trumpet, probably |
![]() | Taft Jordan tr, 1915-1981 US trumpet, probably |
![]() | Yank Lawson tr, 1911-1995 US trumpet, probably |
![]() | Lionel Hampton vib, 1908-2002 US vibraphone, written by |
![]() | Joe Venuti vn, 1903-1978 US violin, probably |
![]() | Bob Crawford , 1927-2018 AU vocals |
![]() | Louis Prima voc, tr, 1910-1978 US written by, uncredited |
![]() | Douglas Furber , 1885-1961 GB written by, uncredited |
![]() | Philip Braham , 1881-1934 GB written by, uncredited |
![]() | Al Killian tr, 1916-1950 US written by, uncredited |
![]() | Chet Forrest , *1915 written by, uncredited |
![]() | Robert Craig Wright key, 1914-2005 US written by, uncredited |
Hugo Gneipelt compilation producer |
Adam Backhausen design, cover |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cabaret | Louis Armstrong | Kander And Ebb | 3:57 |
2 | A Kiss To Build A Dream On | Louis Armstrong | Bert Kalmar, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:59 |
3 | Please Don't Talk About Me | Louis Armstrong | Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare | 3:24 |
4 | Blueberry Hill | Louis Armstrong | Al Lewis, Larry Stock, Vincent Rose | 3:18 |
5 | Hello Dolly | Louis Armstrong | Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart | 2:32 |
6 | St. Louis Blues | Louis Armstrong | W. C. Handy | 2:53 |
7 | That's My Desire | Louis Armstrong | Al Feldman, Helmy Kresa | 2:52 |
8 | Royal Garden Blues | Louis Armstrong | Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams | 2:05 |
9 | Mack The Knife | Louis Armstrong | Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill | 3:26 |
10 | Basin Street Blues | Louis Armstrong | Jacques Plante, Spencer Williams | 2:45 |
11 | King Porter Stomp | Louis Armstrong | Jelly Roll Morton | 4:11 |
12 | Black And Blue | Louis Armstrong | Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks | 5:35 |
13 | Stompin' At The Savoy | Louis Armstrong | Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson | 2:51 |
14 | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Louis Armstrong | Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields | 2:54 |
15 | Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller | Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish | 2:25 |
16 | St. Louis Blues | Glenn Miller | W. C. Handy | 3:31 |
17 | Rhapsody In Blue | Glenn Miller | George Gershwin | 3:23 |
18 | Londonderry Air | Glenn Miller | Fred E. Weatherly, Traditional | 1:40 |
19 | American Patrol | Glenn Miller | Jerry Gray | 3:50 |
20 | Little Brown Jug | Glenn Miller | Bill Finegan, Traditional | 3:19 |
21 | Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair | Glenn Miller | Stephen Foster, Young | 1:49 |
22 | Serenade In Blue | Glenn Miller | Harry Warren, Mack Gordon | 2:34 |
23 | Georgia On My Mind | Glenn Miller | Hoagy Carmichael | 3:47 |
24 | Tchaikovsky's Piano Concert | Glenn Miller | Bill Finegan, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3:15 |
25 | In A Sentinental Mood | Glenn Miller | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills | 4:01 |
26 | I've Got A Girl In Kalamazoo | Glenn Miller | Harry Warren, Mack Gordon | 2:37 |
27 | In The Mood | Glenn Miller | Andy Razaf, Joe Garland | 4:03 |
28 | Tuxedo Junction | Glenn Miller | Buddy Feyne, Erskine Hawkins, Julian Dash, William Johnson | 4:59 |
29 | String Of Pearls | Glenn Miller | Eddie Delange, Jerry Gray | 3:10 |
30 | At Last | Glenn Miller | Harry Warren, Mack Gordon | 2:28 |
31 | Let's Dance | Benny Goodman | Fanny May Baldridge, Gregory Stone, Joseph Bonime | 2:37 |
32 | Memories Of You | Benny Goodman | Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake | 3:13 |
33 | Stompin' At The Savoy | Benny Goodman | Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson | 5:57 |
34 | One O' Clock Jump | Benny Goodman | Buck Clayton, Count Basie | 7:32 |
35 | King Porter Stomp | Benny Goodman | Jelly Roll Morton | 2:54 |
36 | Henderson Stomp | Benny Goodman | Fletcher Henderson | 2:28 |
37 | Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) | Benny Goodman | Louis Prima | 7:56 |
38 | Limehouse Blues | Benny Goodman | Douglas Furber, Philip Braham | 2:36 |
39 | After You've Gone | Benny Goodman | Henry Creamer, Turner Layton | 3:24 |
40 | Down South Camp Meeting | Benny Goodman | Fletcher Henderson, Irving Mills | 3:03 |
41 | Bugle Call Rag | Benny Goodman | Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, Jack Pettis | 2:29 |
42 | Avalon | Benny Goodman | Al Jolson, Vincent Rose | 4:02 |
43 | One O' Clock Jump | Count Basie | Count Basie, Jimmy Mundy | 4:12 |
44 | Dance Of The Gremlins | Count Basie | Count Basie | 4:18 |
45 | Basie Talk | Count Basie | Ernie Wilkins | 3:58 |
46 | Blee Blop Blues | Count Basie | A.K. Salim, Count Basie | 2:51 |
47 | Bubbles | Count Basie | Neal Hefti | 4:08 |
48 | You For Me | Count Basie | Neal Hefti | 3:48 |
49 | Basie Goes Wess | Count Basie | Frank Wess | 2:50 |
50 | Straight Live | Count Basie | Johnny Mandel | 4:59 |
51 | Let's Jump | Count Basie | Al Killian | 3:38 |
52 | Ska-Di-De-Dee-Doo | Count Basie | Neal Hefti | 3:22 |
53 | Slow But Sure | Count Basie | Manny Albam | 4:26 |
54 | Two For The Blues | Count Basie | Neal Hefti | 3:18 |
55 | Jazz Me Blues | Count Basie | Tom Delaney | 2:50 |
56 | Lover Come Back To Me | Ella Fitzgerald | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | 1:59 |
57 | Basin Street Blues | Ella Fitzgerald | Spencer Williams | 3:04 |
58 | Starlit Hour | Ella Fitzgerald | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 3:04 |
59 | We Can't Go On This Way | Ella Fitzgerald | D. P. | 3:01 |
60 | Stairway To The Stars | Ella Fitzgerald | Frank Signorelli, M. Malpeck, Mitchell Parish | 3:08 |
61 | Is There Somebody Else | Ella Fitzgerald | Dick Robertson, Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels | 2:32 |
62 | A Tisket - A Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald | Al Feldman, Ella Fitzgerald | 2:31 |
63 | Sing Song Swing | Ella Fitzgerald | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 2:40 |
64 | That Old Black Magic | Ella Fitzgerald | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 2:28 |
65 | Sugar Blues | Ella Fitzgerald | Clarence Williams, Lucy Fletcher | 2:59 |
66 | It's A Blue World | Ella Fitzgerald | Chet Forrest, Robert Craig Wright | 3:40 |
67 | Flying Home | Ella Fitzgerald | Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin | 2:27 |
68 | Who Ya Hunchin | Ella Fitzgerald | Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald | 3:47 |
69 | Chewin Gum | Ella Fitzgerald | Betty Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Innemee | 3:22 |
70 | Goin And Gettin It | Ella Fitzgerald | Dick Vance | 3:40 |
71 | I Wanna Be A Rug Cutter | Ella Fitzgerald | Duke Ellington | 2:10 |