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
Tracklist
Louis Armstrong CD 1: |
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Sidney Bechet CD 2: |
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Duke Ellington CD 3: | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | East St. Louis Toodle‐oo | Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra | 3:02 | |
2 | Black and Tan Fantasy
| The Washingtonians | 3:19 | |
3 | Creole Love Call
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:11 | |
4 | The Mooche | Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra | 3:10 | |
5 | Black Beauty
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:02 | |
6 | Mood Indigo
| The Jungle Band | 2:53 | |
7 | Rockin’ in Rhythm
| The Harlem Footwarmers | 3:13 | |
8 | Echoes of the Jungle
| Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra | 3:27 | |
9 | It Don’t Mean a Thing
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:08 | |
10 | Solitude
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:25 | |
11 | Caravan
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:39 | |
12 | Saddest Tale
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:18 | |
13 | Clarinet Lament | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:09 | |
14 | Echoes of Harlem
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:01 | |
15 | Prelude to a Kiss
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:56 | |
16 | Sophisticated Lady
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:50 | |
17 | Koko
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:44 | |
18 | Warm Valley
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:13 | |
19 | Cotton Tail
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:10 | |
20 | In a Mellotone
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:17 | |
21 | Take the “A” Train
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:55 | |
22 | “C” Jam Blues | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:39 | |
23 | Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 3:16 | |
24 | In a Sentimental Mood
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:59 | |
25 | Swamp Fire
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 2:49 |
Count Basie CD 4: |
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Glenn Miller et son orchestre CD 5: |
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Ella Fitzgerald CD 6: |
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Billie Holiday CD 7: |
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Django Reinhardt avec Stéphane Grappelli CD 8: |
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Dizzy Gillepsie & Miles Davis CD 9: |
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Charlie Parker CD 10: |
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Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young CD 11: |
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Lionel Hampton CD 12: |
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Fats Waller & Art Tatum CD 13: |
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New Orleans CD 14: |
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Trompettistes CD 15: |
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Saxophonistes CD 16: |
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Pianistes CD 17: |
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Grands Orchestres CD 18: |
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Petites Formations CD 19: |
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Chanteurs chanteuses CD 20: |
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Credits
Release
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/488906 [info] |
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Release group
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/311907 [info] |
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