Les Triomphes du jazz

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

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
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
#TitleArtistLength
1I Can’t Get Started
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars3:07
2Be Bop
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars3:07
3Groovin’ High
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet2:40
4All the Things You Are
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet2:46
5Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars3:14
6Diggin’ for Diz
producer:
Ross Russell
double bass:
Ray Brown (on 1946-02-06)
drums (drum set):
Stan Levey (on 1946-02-06)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1946-02-06)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1946-02-06)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1946-02-06)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1946-02-06)
recorded at:
Electro Broadcast Studios in Glendale, California, United States (on 1946-02-06)
recording of:
Diggin' Diz (on 1946-02-06)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and George Handy
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Limited
Tempo Jazzmen2:50
7Dynamo A
producer:
Ross Russell
double bass:
Ray Brown (on 1946-02-07)
drums (drum set):
Stan Levey (on 1946-02-07)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1946-02-07)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (on 1946-02-07)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1946-02-07)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1946-02-07)
recorded at:
Electro Broadcast Studios in Glendale, California, United States (on 1946-02-07)
recording of:
Dynamo (on 1946-02-07)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
Tempo Jazzmen3:02
8Fifty Second Street Theme
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra3:09
9Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra3:06
10Anthropology
recording of:
Anthropology
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra2:35
11Oop‐Bop‐Shbam
recording of:
Oop-Bop Sh’Bam
writer:
Gil Fuller and Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra2:59
12Things to Come
recording of:
Things to Come
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller and Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra2:45
13Ow
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra2:51
14Oop‐Pop‐A‐Da
recording of:
Oop-Pop-A-Da
composer:
Babs Gonzales
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra3:07
15Mantega
recording of:
Manteca
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra3:02
16Two Bass Hit
recording of:
Two Bass Hit
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and John Lewis
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra4:04
17Milestones
Miles Davis All Stars2:36
18Little Willie Leaps
Miles Davis All Stars2:52
19Half Nelson
Miles Davis All Stars2:45
20Sippin’ at Bells
Miles Davis All Stars2:23
21Move
Miles Davis and His Orchestra2:33
22Jeru
Miles Davis and His Orchestra3:11
23Budo
Miles Davis and His Orchestra2:35
24Godchild
Miles Davis and His Orchestra3:08
25Boplicity
Miles Davis and His Orchestra2:59
26Israel
Miles Davis and His Orchestra2:15
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