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
3▶CD: Duke Ellington
4▼CD: Count Basie
#TitleArtistLength
1Honeysuckle Rose
alto saxophone:
Caughey Roberts (on 1937-01-21)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1937-01-21)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1937-01-21) and Lester Young (on 1937-01-21)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-01-21)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-01-21)
guitar:
Claude Williams (on 1937-01-21)
piano:
Count Basie (on 1937-01-21)
trombone:
George Hunt (on 1937-01-21) and Dan Minor (on 1937-01-21)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-01-21), Joe Keyes (on 1937-01-21) and Carl Smith (on 1937-01-21)
orchestra:
Count Basie and His Orchestra (on 1937-01-21)
arranger:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1937-01-21)
part of:
Decca (number: 61542-A)
instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1937-01-21)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:58
2Roseland Shuffle
recording of:
Roseland Shuffle
composer:
Count Basie (in 1937)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:32
3One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:01
4John’s Idea
recording of:
John's Idea
composer:
Count Basie and Eddie Durham
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:53
5Topsy
recording of:
Topsy
composer:
Edgar Battle and Eddie Durham
publisher:
Leosong Copyright Service Ltd.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:12
6Out the Window
recording of:
Out the Window
composer:
Eddie Durham (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:47
7Sent for You Yesterday
recording of:
Sent for You Yesterday
lyricist:
Jimmy Rushing
composer:
Count Basie and Eddie Durham
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:56
8Every Tub
recording of:
Every Tub
writer:
Count Basie and Eddie Durham
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:14
9Swinging the Blues
recording of:
Swingin’ the Blues
composer:
Count Basie (in 1938) and Eddie Durham (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:46
10Doggin’ Around
recording of:
Doggin' Around
composer:
Herschel Evans (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:02
11Texas Shuffle
recording of:
Texas Shuffle
composer:
Herschel Evans
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:07
12Jumpin’ at the Woodside
recording of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (original instrumental)
composer:
Count Basie
publisher:
PW Arrangements, Universal Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 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, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:08
13How Long Blues
Count Basie2:55
14Panassié Stomp
recording of:
Panassié Stomp
composer:
Count Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:47
15Jive at Five
recording of:
Jive at Five
composer:
Count Basie and Harry “Sweets” Edison
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:48
16Rock‐A‐Bye Basie
recording of:
Rock-A-Bye Basie
composer:
Count Basie (in 1939), Shad Collins (in 1939) and Lester Young (in 1939)
publisher:
WB Music Corp.
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:59
17Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
recording of:
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald and Billy Rose
composer:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1925), Joseph Meyer (in 1925) and Billy Rose (in 1925)
publisher:
Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (on 1937-03-24)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:30
18Tickle Toe
recording of:
Tickle Toe
composer:
Lester Young
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:39
19Boradway
recording of:
Broadway
writer:
Bill Bird, Teddy McRae and William Henri Woode
publisher:
Rayven Music
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:23
209:20 Special
recording of:
9:20 Special
lyricist:
William Engvick (in 1945)
writer:
Jack Palmer
composer:
Earle Warren (in 1941)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:09
21Going to Chicago
recording of:
Goin’ to Chicago
writer:
Count Basie and Jimmy Rushing
publisher:
WB Music Corp.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:22
22Fiesta in Blue
recording of:
Fiesta in Blue
writer:
Benny Goodman (in 1941) and Jimmy Mundy (in 1941)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:08
23Harvard Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-11-17)
producer:
John Hammond
alto saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1941-11-17) and Earle Warren (on 1941-11-17)
baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1941-11-17)
double bass and double bass [string bass]:
Walter Page (on 1941-11-17)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1941-11-17)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1941-11-17)
piano:
Count Basie (on 1941-11-17)
saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1941-11-17)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1941-11-17) and Buddy Tate (on 1941-11-17)
trombone:
Eli Robinson (on 1941-11-17), Robert Scott (on 1941-11-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1941-11-17)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1941-11-17), Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1941-11-17), Al Killian (on 1941-11-17) and Ed Lewis (on 1941-11-17)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1941-11-17)
vocals:
Jimmy Rushing (on 1941-11-17)
conductor:
Count Basie (on 1941-11-17)
recording of:
Harvard Blues (on 1941-11-17)
lyricist:
George Frazier
composer:
Count Basie and Tab Smith
publisher:
Chappell Paris
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:19
24Taps Miller
recording of:
Taps Miller
lyricist:
Bob Russell
composer:
Count Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:22
25The King
alto saxophone:
Preston Love (on 1946-02-04), Jimmy Powell (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06) and Earle Warren (on 1946-02-06)
baritone saxophone:
Rudy Rutherford (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06)
clarinet:
Rudy Rutherford (on 1946-02-06)
double bass:
Rodney Richardson (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-02-04)
piano:
Count Basie (on 1946-02-06)
solo piano:
Count Basie (on 1946-02-04)
solo tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-02-04)
solo trombone:
J.J. Johnson (on 1946-02-04)
solo trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Buddy Tate (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06) and Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-02-06)
trombone:
Ted "Muttonleg" Donnelly (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06), George Matthews (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06), Eli Robinson (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06) and J.J. Johnson (on 1946-02-06)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06), Ed Lewis (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06), Snooky Young (on 1946-02-04, on 1946-02-06), Emmett Berry (on 1946-02-06) and Joe Newman (on 1946-02-06)
instrumental recording of:
The King (on 1946-02-04)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Count Basie
publisher:
Chappell Paris
recording of:
The King (on 1946-02-06)
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Count Basie
publisher:
Chappell Paris
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:08
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