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
▶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
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Oh! Lady, Be Good
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1936-11-09)
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
clarinet:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
double bass and double bass [string bass]:
Walter Page (on 1936-11-09)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1936-11-09)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1936-11-09)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1936-11-09)
trumpet:
Carl "Tatti" Smith (trumpeter) (on 1936-11-09)
instrumental recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good! (on 1936-11-09)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
Jones‐Smith Incorporated3:05
2I Want A Little Girl
instrumental recording of:
I Want a Little Girl (on 1938-09-08)
lyricist:
Billy Moll
composer:
Murray Mencher
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Kansas City Six2:49
3Stringin' The Blues
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang2:49
4Moonglow
The Benny Goodman Trio3:23
5Good Enough To Keep
The Benny Goodman Sextet2:53
6Rose Room
John Kirby Sextet2:37
7Don't Be A Baby, Baby
Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven3:14
8You'se A Viper
Stuff Smith3:06
9Crazy Rhythm
alto saxophone:
André Ekyan (on 1937-04-28)
clarinet:
Alix Combelle (on 1937-04-28)
double bass:
Eugène d’Hellemmes (on 1937-04-28)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Benford (on 1937-04-28)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-28)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1937-04-28)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1937-04-28)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1937-04-28)
part of:
The Gramophone Company Limited (by matrix number) (number: 0LA 1743-1) and Swing (by matrix number) (number: OLA 1743-1)
instrumental recording of:
Crazy Rhythm (on 1937-04-28)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
recording of:
Crazy Rhythm
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
Coleman Hawkins and His All-Star Jam Band3:01
10Profoundly Blue
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet4:09
11Stompin' At The Savoy
Cozy Cole All Stars2:41
12Just A Gigolo
Louis Prima4:23
13Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louis Jordan2:38
14Slim's Jam
Slim Gaillard3:13
15Slam Slam Blues
Red Norvo4:30
16Flyin' On A V Disc
Esquire All-Stars8:36
1752nd Street Theme
Kenny Clarke2:47
18Blues For Norman
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars8:37
19Round Midnight
alto saxophone:
Edmond Gregory (American jazz musician) (on 1947-11-21)
double bass:
Robert Paige (jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1947-11-21)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1947-11-21)
trumpet:
George Taitt (on 1947-11-21)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-21)
instrumental recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1947-11-21)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (Publisher, affiliated to BMI.), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
Thelonious Monk3:10
20Move
Fats Navarro All Stars2:36
21Dance Of The Infidels
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-08-08)
recording engineer:
Doug Hawkins
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1949-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-08-08)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1949-08-08)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (on 1949-08-08)
trumpet:
Fats Navarro (on 1949-08-08)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-08-08)
recording of:
Dance of the Infidels (on 1949-08-08)
composer:
Bud Powell
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music
Bud Powell2:52
▶CD 20: Chanteurs chanteuses