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
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Honeysuckle Rose
alto saxophone:
Caughey Roberts (on 1937-01-21)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1937-01-21)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Herschel Evans (on 1937-01-21) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1937-01-21)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-01-21)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1937-01-21)
guitar:
Claude Williams (jazz violinist and guitarist) (on 1937-01-21)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1937-01-21)
trombone:
George Hunt (on 1937-01-21) and Dan Minor (on 1937-01-21)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-01-21), Joe Keyes (on 1937-01-21) and Carl Smith (trumpeter) (on 1937-01-21)
orchestra:
Count Basie and His Orchestra (on 1937-01-21)
arranger:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1937-01-21)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61542-A)
instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1937-01-21)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:58
2Roseland Shuffle
recording of:
Roseland Shuffle
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:32
3One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:01
4John’s Idea
recording of:
John's Idea
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:53
5Topsy
recording of:
Topsy
composer:
Edgar Battle and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
publisher:
Leosong Copyright Service Ltd.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:12
6Out the Window
recording of:
Out the Window
composer:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:47
7Sent for You Yesterday
recording of:
Sent for You Yesterday
lyricist:
Jimmy Rushing
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:56
8Every Tub
recording of:
Every Tub
writer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:14
9Swinging the Blues
recording of:
Swingin’ the Blues
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1938) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:46
10Doggin’ Around
recording of:
Doggin' Around
composer:
Herschel Evans (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:02
11Texas Shuffle
recording of:
Texas Shuffle
composer:
Herschel Evans
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:07
12Jumpin’ at the Woodside
recording of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (original instrumental)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
publisher:
PW Arrangements, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 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), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:08
13How Long Blues
Count Basie2:55
14Panassié Stomp
recording of:
Panassié Stomp
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:47
15Jive at Five
recording of:
Jive at Five
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Harry “Sweets” Edison
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:48
16Rock‐A‐Bye Basie
recording of:
Rock-A-Bye Basie
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1939), Shad Collins (in 1939) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1939)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:59
17Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
recording of:
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
composer:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1925), Joseph Meyer (US songwriter) (in 1925) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1925)
publisher:
Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (on 1937-03-24)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:30
18Tickle Toe
recording of:
Tickle Toe
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:39
19Boradway
recording of:
Broadway
writer:
Bill Bird (US composer mostly known for co-writing "Broadway" in 1940), Teddy McRae and William Henri Woode
publisher:
Rayven Music
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:23
209:20 Special
recording of:
9:20 Special
lyricist:
William Engvick (in 1941)
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) (in 1941)
composer:
William Engvick (in 1941) and Earle Warren (in 1941)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:09
21Going to Chicago
recording of:
Goin’ to Chicago
writer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Jimmy Rushing
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:22
22Fiesta in Blue
recording of:
Fiesta in Blue
writer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (in 1941) and Jimmy Mundy (in 1941)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:08
23Harvard Blues
recording of:
Harvard Blues
lyricist:
George Frazier
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Tab Smith
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:19
24Taps Miller
recording of:
Taps Miller
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:22
25The King
recording of:
The King
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:08
▶ 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
▶ CD 20: Chanteurs chanteuses