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

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
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Saratoga Rag
Luis Russell and His Orchestra3:03
2Savage Rhythm
Mills Blue Rhythm Band3:04
3Moten Swing
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:05
4Chant of the Weed
Don Redman and His Orchestra3:14
5Polka Dot Rag
Noble Sissle & His International Orchestra2:44
6Symphony in Riffs
recording of:
Symphony in Riffs
composer:
Benny Carter and Irving Mills
Benny Carter and His Orchestra3:03
7Grand Terrace Shuffle
recording of:
Grand Terrace Shuffle
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Earl Hines and His Orchestra2:36
8Sing, Sing, Sing
recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Prima
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) (ended) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra4:02
9Cherokee
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 Orchestra3:18
10I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills Music, Inc., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:35
11Tuxedo Junction
Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra3:15
12Begin the Beguine
recording of:
Begin the Beguine
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
part of:
Jubilee
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:15
13Casa Loma Stomp
Casa Loma Orchestra2:40
14Liza
Chick Webb and His Orchestra2:42
15The Jumpin' Jive
recording of:
(Hep‐Hep!) The Jumpin’ Jive
writer:
Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba and Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France and Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:47
16Christopher Colombus
recording of:
Christopher Columbus
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Leon “Chu” Berry
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:03
17Blues in the Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra5:21
18Swingmatism
recording of:
Swingmatism
writer:
Jay McShann and William J. Scott
Jay McShann & His Orchestra2:37
19McGhee Special
Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy2:52
20Savoy
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra with Myra Johnson3:02
21I'm Beginning to See the Light
recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Harry James and His Orchestra3:08
22Disc Jockey Jump
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:09
23Apple Honey
recording of:
Apple Honey
composer:
Woody Herman
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:18
24Overtime
The Metronome All Stars3:07
▶CD 19: Petites Formations
▶CD 20: Chanteurs chanteuses