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Annotation

A 168-CD box, divided into 42 sets à 4 CDs in Sitofy cases. Each set has its own catalog #, ranging from 22757-382 to 22798-382, with /A-D added for CDs 1-4, respectively. Each CD is called "Menu" here and is dedicated to one musician or band, who mostly appears in different collaborations.

Includes two 180-page books with artist biographies.

Set 01-09: "Classic Jazz - Ragtime - Dixieland"
Set 10-16: "Blues"
Set 17: "Boogie Woogie"
Set 18-32: "Swing to Bebop - Modern Jazz"
Set 33-37: "Big Band"
Set 38-42: "Vocalists"

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-22 21:23 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
▶CD 2: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
▶CD 3: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
▶CD 4: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
▶CD 5: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
▶CD 6: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
▶CD 7: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
▶CD 8: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
▶CD 9: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
▶CD 10: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
▶CD 11: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
▶CD 12: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
▶CD 13: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
▶CD 14: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
▶CD 15: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
▶CD 16: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
▶CD 17: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
▶CD 18: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
▶CD 19: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
▶CD 20: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
▶CD 21: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
▶CD 22: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
▶CD 23: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
▶CD 24: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
▶CD 25: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
▶CD 26: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
▶CD 27: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
▶CD 28: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
▶CD 29: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
▶CD 30: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
▶CD 31: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
▶CD 32: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
▶CD 33: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
▶CD 34: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
▶CD 35: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
▶CD 36: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
▶CD 37: Blues – Bessie Smith
▶CD 38: Blues – Ma Rainey
▶CD 39: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
▶CD 40: Blues – Tampa Red
▶CD 41: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
▶CD 42: Blues – Josh White
▶CD 43: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
▶CD 44: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
▶CD 45: Blues – Leadbelly
▶CD 46: Blues – Big Joe Williams
▶CD 47: Blues – Robert Johnson
▶CD 48: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
▶CD 49: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
▶CD 50: Blues – Sonny Terry
▶CD 51: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
▶CD 52: Blues – Brownie McGhee
▶CD 53: Blues – Memphis Slim
▶CD 54: Blues – Muddy Waters
▶CD 55: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
▶CD 56: Blues – Big Joe Turner
▶CD 57: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
▶CD 58: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
▶CD 59: Blues – John Lee Hooker
▶CD 60: Blues – Johnny Otis
▶CD 61: Blues – B.B. King
▶CD 62: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
▶CD 63: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
▶CD 64: Blues – Ray Charles
▶CD 65: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
▶CD 66: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
▶CD 67: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
▶CD 68: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
▶CD 69: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
▶CD 70: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
▶CD 71: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
▶CD 72: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
▶CD 73: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
▶CD 74: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
▶CD 75: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
▶CD 76: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
▶CD 77: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
▶CD 78: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
▶CD 79: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
▶CD 80: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
▶CD 81: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
▶CD 82: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
▶CD 83: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
▶CD 84: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
▶CD 85: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
▶CD 86: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
▶CD 87: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
▶CD 88: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
▶CD 89: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
▶CD 90: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
▶CD 91: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
▶CD 92: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
▶CD 93: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
▶CD 94: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
▶CD 95: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
▶CD 96: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
▶CD 97: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
▶CD 98: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
▶CD 99: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
▶CD 100: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
▶CD 101: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
▶CD 102: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
▶CD 103: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
▶CD 104: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
▶CD 105: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
▶CD 106: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
▶CD 107: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
▶CD 108: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
▶CD 109: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
▶CD 110: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
▶CD 111: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
▶CD 112: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
▶CD 113: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
▶CD 114: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
▶CD 115: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
▶CD 116: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
▶CD 117: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
▶CD 118: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
▶CD 119: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
▶CD 120: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
▶CD 121: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
▶CD 122: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
▶CD 123: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
▶CD 124: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
▶CD 125: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
▶CD 126: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
▶CD 127: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
▶CD 128: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
▶CD 129: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
▶CD 130: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
▶CD 131: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
▶CD 132: Big Bands – Chick Webb
▶CD 133: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
▶CD 134: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
▶CD 135: Big Bands – Harry James
▶CD 136: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
▶CD 137: Big Bands – Count Basie
▶CD 138: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
▶CD 139: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
▶CD 140: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
▶CD 141: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
▶CD 142: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
▶CD 143: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
▶CD 144: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
▶CD 145: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
▶CD 146: Big Bands – Woody Herman
▶CD 147: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
▶CD 148: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
▶CD 149: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
▶CD 150: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
▶CD 151: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
▶CD 152: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
▶CD 153: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
▶CD 154: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
▶CD 155: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
▶CD 156: Vocalists – Lena Horne
▶CD 157: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
▶CD 158: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
▶CD 159: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
▶CD 160: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
▶CD 161: Vocalists – June Christy
▶CD 162: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
▶CD 163: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
▶CD 164: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
▼CD 165: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nice Work If You Can Get It
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-05-19)
producer:
George Treadwell
bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist) (on 1950-05-19)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1950-05-19)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1950-05-19)
electric guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1950-05-19)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1950-05-19)
solo trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1950-05-19)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1950-05-19)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1950-05-19)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1950-05-19)
orchestra:
with George Treadwell and his All Stars (on 1950-05-19)
performer:
George Treadwell & His All Stars
cover recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1950-05-19)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway Musical)
Sarah Vaughan2:38
2Can’t Get Out of This Mood
double bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist) (on 1950-05-18)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1950-05-18)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1950-05-18)
solo clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1950-05-18)
solo tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1950-05-18)
solo trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1950-05-18)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1950-05-18)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1950-05-18)
orchestra:
with George Treadwell and his All Stars (on 1950-05-18)
recording of:
Can’t Get Out of This Mood (on 1950-05-18)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
cover recording of:
Can’t Get Out of This Mood
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
Sarah Vaughan2:52
3Mean to Me
bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard
electric guitar:
Mundell Lowe
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975)
solo tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson
solo trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
cover recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Sarah Vaughan2:56
4Come Rain or Come Shine
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States
producer:
George Treadwell
bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist) (on 1950-05-19)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1950-05-19)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1950-05-19)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1950-05-19)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1950-05-19)
solo electric guitar:
Mundell Lowe
solo tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1950-05-19)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1950-05-19)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1950-05-19)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1950-05-19)
orchestra:
with George Treadwell and his All Stars (on 1950-05-19)
cover recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (on 1950-05-19)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Sarah Vaughan3:27
5It Might as Well Be Spring
producer:
George Treadwell
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1950-05-18)
double bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist) (on 1950-05-18)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1950-05-18)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1950-05-18)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1950-05-18)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1950-05-18)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1950-05-18)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1950-05-18)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1950-05-18)
orchestra:
with George Treadwell and his All Stars (on 1950-05-18)
engineered at:
Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, New York, United States (on 1950-05-18)
cover recording of:
It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair) (on 1950-05-18)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1945)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1945)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music, Inc. 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 (holding company - do not use as release label)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 18)
part of:
State Fair
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
Sarah Vaughan3:14
6Ain’t Misbehavin’
producer:
George Treadwell
bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1950-05-18)
double bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist) (on 1950-05-18)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1950-05-18)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1950-05-18)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1950-05-18)
solo clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
solo tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson
solo trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist)
solo trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1950-05-18)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1950-05-18)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1950-05-18)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1950-05-18)
orchestra:
with George Treadwell and his All Stars (on 1950-05-18)
engineered at:
Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, New York, United States (on 1950-05-18)
cover recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1950-05-18)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Sarah Vaughan3:02
7The Nearness of You
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
cover recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
Sarah Vaughan3:22
8If You Could See Me Now
Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra2:52
9Can’t Get Out of This Mood (2)
George Treadwell & His All Stars2:51
10Shulie a Bop
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio2:41
11Lover Man
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio3:18
12They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio2:45
13Prelude to a Kiss
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio2:48
14Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio2:35
15Body and Soul
Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio3:13
16You’re Not That Kind
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-16)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1954-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1954-12-16)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1954-12-16)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1954-12-16)
trumpet:
Clifford Brown (trumpet) (on 1954-12-16)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1954-12-16)
conductor:
Ernie Wilkins (on 1954-12-16)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
cover recording of:
You’re Not the Kind (on 1954-12-16)
writer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Sarah Vaughan4:44
17September Song
cover recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell, 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 (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Sarah Vaughan5:47
18He’s My Guy
cover recording of:
He’s My Guy (on 1954-12-16)
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
Sarah Vaughan4:14
19April in Paris
cover recording of:
April in Paris (on 1954-12-16)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Sarah Vaughan6:22
20Lullaby of Birdland
cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
composer:
George Shearing
publisher:
Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
Sarah Vaughan4:00
▶CD 166: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
▶CD 167: Vocalists – Joe Williams
▶CD 168: Vocalists – Billie Holiday