Giants of Swing

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Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tuxedo Junction
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-02-05)
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction (on 1940-02-08)
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
instrumental recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller3:31
2Swingin' Uptown
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:39
3Don't Fence Me In
Swing & Sway With Sammy Kaye2:42
4Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra3:19
5The Joint Is Jumpin'
Fats Waller2:49
6It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Duke Ellington3:01
7Stompin' at the SavoyBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:12
8Blue Moon - Fox Trot
recording of:
Blue Moon
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., 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 (holding company - do not use as release label)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Vaughn Monroe3:05
9Heart and Soul
Larry Clinton3:09
10Sophisticated Swing
Count Basie2:41
CD 2
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1High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Louis Armstrong3:27
2Moten Swing
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:24
3Minor Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:38
4One O'Clock Jump - Fox Trot
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers2:30
5Jelly Jelly
recording of:
Jelly, Jelly
writer:
Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Earl Hines & Billy Eckstine3:29
6All of Me
Louis Prima2:40
7I Can't Give You Anything but Love
Cab Calloway2:19
8I Can't Get Started
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra4:46
9After You've Gone
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:02
10St. James Infirmary
Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars3:37
CD 3
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1Perfidia: Canción Bolero
Xavier Cugat2:58
2Deep in the Heart of Texas
Alvino Rey2:37
3The Sheik of Araby
Gene Krupa2:43
4Straight, No ChaserBuddy Rich4:14
5Dance With a Dolly (With a Hole in Her Stocking)
Tony Pastor2:18
6Sabre Dance Boogie
The Freddy Martin Orchestra2:45
7Holiday for Strings
David Rose2:26
8Tippin' In
Erskine Hawkins3:21
9It's Been a Long, Long Time
Charlie Spivak2:46
10Five Minutes More
recording of:
Five Minutes More
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Melrose Music Corp.
Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:28