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

Annotation last modified on 2011-07-07 16:40 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Louis Armstrong
▶CD 2: Sidney Bechet
▶CD 3: Duke Ellington
▶CD 4: Count Basie
▶CD 5: Glenn Miller et son orchestre
▶CD 6: Ella Fitzgerald
▶CD 7: Billie Holiday
▶CD 8: Django Reinhardt avec Stéphane Grappelli
▶CD 9: Dizzy Gillepsie & Miles Davis
▼CD 10: Charlie Parker
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tiny's Tempo
Tiny Grimes Quintet2:53
2Red Cross
Tiny Grimes Quintet3:07
3Hot House
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars3:06
4Warning Up a Riff
Charlie Parker's Reboppers2:32
5Billie's Bounce
Charlie Parker's Reboppers3:09
6Now's the Time
Charlie Parker's Reboppers3:15
7Meandering
Charlie Parker's Reboppers3:14
8Koko
Charlie Parker's Reboppers2:53
9Moose the Mooch
Charlie Parker Septet3:03
10Yardbird Suite
Charlie Parker Septet2:55
11Ornithology
Charlie Parker Septet3:01
12Lover Man
Charlie Parker Quintet3:21
13Cool Blues
Charlie Parker Quartet3:09
14Relaxin' at Caramillo
Charlie Parker All-Stars3:08
15Donna Lee
Charlie Parker All-Stars2:32
16Embraceable You
Charlie Parker Quintet3:24
17Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
Charlie Parker Quintet3:07
18Scrapple From the Apple
Charlie Parker Quintet2:59
19My Old Flame
recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Charlie Parker Quintet3:15
20Out of Nowhere
Charlie Parker Quintet3:06
21Barbados
Charlie Parker All-Stars2:29
22Ah-Leu-Cha
recording of:
Ah-Leu-Cha
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker All-Stars2:55
23Parker's Mood
Charlie Parker All-Stars3:03
24Night in Tunisia
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1947-09-29)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (on 1947-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (on 1947-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1947-09-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1947-09-29)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-29)
live recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1947-09-29)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie5:11
▶CD 11: Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young
▶CD 12: Lionel Hampton
▶CD 13: Fats Waller & Art Tatum
▶CD 14: New Orleans
▶CD 15: Trompettistes
▶CD 16: Saxophonistes
▶CD 17: Pianistes
▶CD 18: Grands Orchestres
▶CD 19: Petites Formations
▶CD 20: Chanteurs chanteuses