Les Triomphes du jazz

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Annotation

Notes

This huge (20 disc) boxset (Fitzgerald only has one disc) was sold in French malls (Carrefour) - note an international edition existed at some point.
To some extent, this was carefully compiled and is not as indecent as the look suggests...
Still a Reader's Digest like bundle, though...

Recording Dates

1: 1936
2-5: 1937
6: 1940
7-8: 1941
9: 1938
10-12: 1939
13: 1943
14-17: 1945
18-20: 1946
21-22: 1947
23-25: 1949

Tracklist

1▶CD: Louis Armstrong
2▼CD: Sidney Bechet
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1Wild Cat Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-07-30)
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-07-30)
cornet:
Thomas Morris (on 1923-07-30)
piano:
Clarence Williams (on 1923-07-30)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1923-07-30)
trombone:
John Mayfield (on 1923-07-30)
recording of:
Wild Cat Blues (on 1923-07-30)
composer:
Thomas Waller and Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams’ Blue Five3:00
2Maple Leaf Rag
clarinet and soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1932-09-15)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Wilson Myers (on 1932-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Morris Morand (on 1932-09-15)
piano:
Hank Duncan (on 1932-09-15)
trombone:
Teddy Nixon (on 1932-09-15)
trumpet:
Tommy Ladnier (on 1932-09-15)
recording of:
Maple Leaf Rag (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1932-09-15)
composer:
Scott Joplin (in 1901)
arrangement of:
Maple Leaf Rag (piano rag)
New Orleans Feetwarmers2:56
3Shag
double bass [bass] and lead vocals [vocal]:
Wilson Myers (on 1932-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Morris Morand (on 1932-09-15)
piano:
Hank Duncan (on 1932-09-15)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1932-09-15)
trombone:
Teddy Nixon (on 1932-09-15)
trumpet:
Tommy Ladnier (on 1932-09-15)
vocals:
Wilson Myers
recording of:
Shag (on 1932-09-15)
lyricist and composer:
Sidney Bechet
New Orleans Feetwarmers3:06
4Blackstick
clarinet and soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1938-02-10)
double bass:
Jimmy Jones (on 1938-02-10)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-02-10)
guitar:
Jimmy Miller (on 1938-02-10)
piano:
Harry Brooks (on 1938-02-10)
tenor saxophone:
Gil White (on 1938-02-10)
trumpet:
Clarence Brereton (on 1938-02-10)
vocals:
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-02-10)
Sidney Bechet2:47
5When the Sun Sets Down South
Sidney Bechet3:12
6Jungle Drums
Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra2:29
7Really the Blues
Tommy Ladnier and His Orchestra3:36
8Perdido Street Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-05-27)
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1940-05-27)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1940-05-27)
guitar:
Bernard Addison (on 1940-05-27)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1940-05-27)
reeds:
Sidney Bechet (on 1940-05-27)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1940-05-27)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1940-05-27)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1940-05-27)
recording of:
Perdido Street Blues (on 1940-05-27)
composer:
Lil Armstrong
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:05
9Summertime
double bass:
Johnny Williams (on 1939-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1939-06-08)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1939-06-08)
piano:
Meade Lux Lewis (on 1939-06-08)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1939-06-08)
part of:
Blue Note (number: GM-533-14)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1939-06-08)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sidney Bechet Quintet4:09
10Saint Louis Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers2:27
11Indian Summer
double bass:
Wilson Myers (on 1940-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1940-02-05)
electric guitar and guitar:
Charlie Howard (on 1940-02-05)
piano:
Sonny White (on 1940-02-05)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1940-02-05)
vocals:
Wilson Myers (on 1940-02-05)
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:08
12Wild Man Blues
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:17
13Blues in Thirds
Sidney Bechet Trio2:57
14Strange Fruit
Sidney Bechet Trio2:31
15The Mooche
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:10
16Twelfth Street Rag
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers3:02
17Blue Horizon
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen4:27
18Muskrat Ramble
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen3:40
19The Sheik of Araby
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet2:58
20Gone Away Blues
Mezzrow-Bechet Septet2:45
21Tiger Rag
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen3:09
22When the Saints Go Marching In
Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen3:02
23Bechet Creole Blues
Sidney Bechet3:14
24Les Oignons
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1949-10-14)
recording of:
Les Oignons (on 1949-10-14)
composer:
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet2:41
3▶CD: Duke Ellington
4▶CD: Count Basie
5▶CD: Glenn Miller et son orchestre
6▶CD: Ella Fitzgerald
7▶CD: Billie Holiday
8▶CD: Django Reinhardt avec Stéphane Grappelli
9▶CD: Dizzy Gillepsie & Miles Davis
10▶CD: Charlie Parker
11▶CD: Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young
12▶CD: Lionel Hampton
13▶CD: Fats Waller & Art Tatum
14▶CD: New Orleans
15▶CD: Trompettistes
16▶CD: Saxophonistes
17▶CD: Pianistes
18▶CD: Grands Orchestres
19▶CD: Petites Formations
20▶CD: Chanteurs chanteuses