The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 3/5: Big Bands - The Giants of the Swing Big Band Era

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

CD 74 appears to have been badly processed -- the left channel looks as if it had been normalized to point of severe clipping, while the right channel looks 'normal'. The audio fingerprint attached is that of the right channel only, and as all CD's are in mono (or at least supposed to be in mono), this probably works.

FIXME: Has this been available only as part of the 500-CD set? (Ignore re-sellers! It's out of print, apparently.)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1931–32
2▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1932–33
3▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1934–36
4▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1936–37
5▶CD: Fletcher Henderson 1937–38
6▶CD: Don Redman 1931–32
7▶CD: Don Redman 1932–33
8▶CD: Don Redman 1933–37
9▶CD: Duke Ellington 1933
10▶CD: Duke Ellington 1934–35
11▶CD: Duke Ellington 1936–37
12▶CD: Duke Ellington 1938–39
13▶CD: Duke Ellington 1940
14▶CD: Duke Ellington 1940–41
15▶CD: Duke Ellington 1942–44
16▶CD: Duke Ellington 1945
17▶CD: Duke Ellington 1945–46
18▶CD: Duke Ellington 1941: The Hollywood Transcriptions
19▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931
20▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1931–32
21▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1932–34
22▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1934–35
23▶CD: Mills Blue Rhythm Band 1935–36
24▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1934
25▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1934–35
26▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1935–37
27▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1937–39
28▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1939
29▶CD: Jimmie Lunceford 1939–40
30▶CD: Earl Hines 1932–33
31▶CD: Earl Hines 1934
32▶CD: Earl Hines 1935–38
33▶CD: Earl Hines 1939–40
34▶CD: Earl Hines 1940–41
35▶CD: Earl Hines 1941–42
36▼CD: Chick Webb 1931–34
#TitleArtistLength
1Heebie Jeebies
banjo:
John Trueheart (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
double bass:
Elmer James (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1931-03-30)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
reeds:
Benny Carter (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30), Hilton Jefferson (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30) and Elmer Williams (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (on 1931-03-30)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
trumpet:
Louis Bacon (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30), Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30) and Louis Hunt (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
tuba:
Elmer James (on 1931-03-30)
arranger:
Benny Carter (on 1931-03-20, on 1931-03-30)
instrumental recording of:
Heebie Jeebies (on 1931-03-20)
lyricist and composer:
Boyd Atkins
recording of:
Heebie Jeebies (on 1931-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Boyd Atkins
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:06
2Blues in My Heart
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:09
3Soft and Sweet
banjo and guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1931-03-30)
double bass and tuba:
Elmer James (on 1931-03-30)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1931-03-30)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (on 1931-03-30)
reeds:
Benny Carter (on 1931-03-30), Hilton Jefferson (on 1931-03-30) and Elmer Williams (on 1931-03-30)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (on 1931-03-30)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1931-03-30)
trumpet:
Louis Bacon (on 1931-03-30), Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (on 1931-03-30) and Louis Hunt (on 1931-03-30)
arranger:
Benny Carter (on 1931-03-30)
later releases:
Soft and Sweet by Chick Webb and His Orchestra
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:06
4On the Sunny Side of the Street
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:53
5Darktown Strutters’ Ball
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:50
6If Dreams Come True
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra3:22
7Let’s Get Together
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra3:03
8I Can’t Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants)
recording of:
I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants
lyricist:
Lee Gaines
composer:
Clarence Williams
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:58
9Imagination
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra3:24
10Why Should I Beg for Love?
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra3:05
11Stompin‘ at the Savoy
recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog, Ragbag Music, Razaf Music, Rytvoc, フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and 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
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra3:11
12Blue Minor
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:45
13True
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:43
14Lonesome Moments
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:44
15If It Ain’t Love
recording of:
If It Ain’t Love
writer:
Andy Razaf, Don Redman and Fats Waller
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra2:59
16That Rhythm Man
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (on 1934-09-10) and Edgar Sampson (on 1934-09-10)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1934-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1934-09-10)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1934-09-10)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (on 1934-09-10) and Joe Steele (on 1934-09-10)
reeds:
Pete Clark (on 1934-09-10)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1934-09-10) and Sandy Williams (on 1934-09-10)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1934-09-10), Taft Jordan (on 1934-09-10) and Bobby Stark (on 1934-09-10)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1934-09-10)
vocals:
Taft Jordan (on 1934-09-10)
part of:
Decca (number: 38593-A)
recording of:
That Rhythm Man (on 1934-09-10)
writer:
Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf and Thomas Waller
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:56
17On the Sunny Side of the Street
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:49
18Lona
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (on 1934-09-10) and Edgar Sampson (on 1934-09-10)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1934-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1934-09-10)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1934-09-10)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (on 1934-09-10) and Joe Steele (on 1934-09-10)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1934-09-10) and Sandy Williams (on 1934-09-10)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1934-09-10), Taft Jordan (on 1934-09-10) and Bobby Stark (on 1934-09-10)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1934-09-10)
part of:
Decca (number: 38595-A)
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:48
19Blue Minor
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:05
20It’s Over Because We’re Through
alto saxophone:
Edgar Sampson (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Pete Clark (on 1934-11-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1934-11-19)
piano:
Joe Steele (on 1934-09-19) and Don Kirkpatrick (on 1934-11-19)
reeds:
Pete Clark (on 1934-09-19)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Sandy Williams (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19), Taft Jordan (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Bobby Stark (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
vocals:
Taft Jordan (on 1934-11-19)
part of:
Decca (number: 39138-A)
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:16
21Don’t Be That Way
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:38
22What a Shuffle
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-11-19)
alto saxophone:
Edgar Sampson (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Pete Clark (on 1934-11-19)
bass:
John Kirby (on 1934-11-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
guitar and strings:
John Trueheart (on 1934-11-19)
piano:
Joe Steele (on 1934-09-19) and Don Kirkpatrick (on 1934-11-19)
reeds:
Pete Clark (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (on 1934-11-19)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Sandy Williams (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19), Taft Jordan (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Bobby Stark (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
orchestra:
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (on 1934-11-19)
part of:
Decca (number: 39141-A)
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:56
23Blue Lou
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-11-19)
alto saxophone:
Edgar Sampson (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Pete Clark (on 1934-11-19)
banjo, guitar and strings:
John Trueheart (on 1934-11-19)
bass and double bass [bass]:
John Kirby (on 1934-11-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
piano:
Joe Steele (on 1934-09-19) and Don Kirkpatrick (on 1934-11-19)
reeds:
Pete Clark (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
tenor saxophone:
Wayman Carver (on 1934-11-19) and Elmer Williams (on 1934-11-19)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Sandy Williams (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19), Taft Jordan (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19) and Bobby Stark (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1934-09-19, on 1934-11-19)
orchestra:
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (on 1934-11-19)
part of:
Decca (number: 39142-A)
recording of:
Blue Lou (on 1934-09-19)
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
recording of:
Blue Lou (on 1934-11-19)
composer:
Irving Mills and Edgar Sampson
Chick Webb and His Orchestra3:06
37▶CD: Chick Webb 1935–37
38▶CD: Chick Webb 1937–38
39▶CD: Chick Webb 1938–39
40▶CD: Claude Hopkins 1932–34
41▶CD: Claude Hopkins 1934–35
42▶CD: Count Basie 1937
43▶CD: Count Basie 1938–39
44▶CD: Count Basie 1939
45▶CD: Count Basie 1939–40
46▶CD: Count Basie 1940
47▶CD: Count Basie 1941
48▶CD: Count Basie 1941 II
49▶CD: Count Basie 1942
50▶CD: Count Basie 1944–45: The V‐Discs
51▶CD: Count Basie 1947
52▶CD: Count Basie 1947–49
53▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1932–33
54▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1933–34
55▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1935–36
56▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1936–38
57▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1938–39
58▶CD: Louis Armstrong 1940–42
59▶CD: Cab Calloway 1931–41
60▶CD: Teddy Hill 1935–37
61▶CD: Lionel Hampton 1951
62▶CD: Lionel Hampton 1954
63▶CD: Casa Loma Orchestra 1931–33
64▶CD: Casa Loma Orchestra 1933–37
65▶CD: Benny Goodman 1935
66▶CD: Benny Goodman 1935–36
67▶CD: Benny Goodman 1936
68▶CD: Benny Goodman 1936–37
69▶CD: Benny Goodman 1937
70▶CD: Benny Goodman 1938
71▶CD: Benny Goodman 1938 II
72▶CD: Benny Goodman 1938–39
73▶CD: Benny Goodman 1939–41
74▶CD: Benny Goodman 1941
75▶CD: Benny Goodman 1941–42
76▶CD: Charlie Barnet 1939–41
77▶CD: Charlie Barnet 1941–46
78▶CD: Bob Crosby
79▶CD: Artie Shaw 1939–40
80▶CD: Artie Shaw 1940
81▶CD: Artie Shaw 1940–41
82▶CD: Artie Shaw 1941–45
83▶CD: Woody Herman 1937–38
84▶CD: Woody Herman 1937–43
85▶CD: Woody Herman 1946
86▶CD: Woody Herman 1946–54
87▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1935–36
88▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1937
89▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1937–38
90▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1939–45
91▶CD: Tommy Dorsey 1946–50
92▶CD: Jimmy Dorsey
93▶CD: Jack Teagarden
94▶CD: Gene Krupa
95▶CD: Harry James
96▶CD: Georgie Auld
97▶CD: Stan Kenton
98▶CD: Pete Rugolo
99▶CD: Shorty Rogers
100▶CD: Glenn Miller