Swing Kings

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Tracklist

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1West End Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-28)
banjo:
Mancy Cara (on 1928-06-28)
clarinet:
Jimmy Strong (on 1928-06-28)
cymbal:
Zutty Singleton (on 1928-06-28)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-06-28)
trombone:
Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-06-28)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-28)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1928-06-28)
recording of:
West End Blues (Armstrong recording) (on 1928-06-28)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1928)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong (in 1928)
arrangement of:
West End Blues (original instrumental)
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five33:17
2I'm Coming Virginia
recording of:
I’m Coming Virginia (on 1927-05-13)
lyricist:
Will Marion Cook
composer:
Donald Heywood
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:12
3Solo Flight
recording of:
Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)
composer:
Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
arranger:
Jimmy Mundy
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:49
4The Stampede
recording of:
The Stampede
composer:
Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:08
5The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
recording of:
East St. Louis Toodle‐oo
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:01
6Moten Swing
recording of:
Moten Swing
writer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
composer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist), Ira E. "Buster" Moten, Count Basie (pianist) (in 1930) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1930)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:21
7Lunceford Special
recording of:
Lunceford Special
writer:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:51
8I've Got Rhythm
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:03
9Those Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
Billie Holiday3:19
10Harlem Lullaby
clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1933-04-08)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1933-04-08)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1933-04-08)
guitar:
Carl Kress (on 1933-04-08)
piano:
Fulton McGrath (on 1933-04-08)
tenor saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1933-04-08)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1933-04-08)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1933-04-08)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1933-04-08)
arranger:
Herbert Winfield Spencer (composer and orchestrator)
recording of:
Harlem Lullaby (on 1933-04-08)
writer:
Margod Millhane and Willard Robison
Mildred Bailey & The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra2:59
11Lester Leaps In
Lester Young3:14
12Taxi War Dance
Lester Young2:50
13Drum Boogie
recording of:
Drum Boogie (Krupa jazz song)
writer:
Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:09
14Swingin' on the Teagarden Gate
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra2:49
15Tiger Rag
Art Tatum2:22
16Weatherbird
recording of:
Weather Bird
composer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong2:44
17I Was Doing All Right
recording of:
I Was Doing All Right
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
Mildred Bailey3:01
18Singin' the Blues
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:03
19When You're Smiling
Billie Holiday2:52
20Let Me Off Uptown
Anita O’Day3:02