Giants of Swing

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Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
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