Research Catalog

Title

Big band jazz [sound recording] : from the beginnings to the fifties / [selected and annotated by Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams].

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, p1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schuller, Gunther.
• Williams, Martin T.

Description

6 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm; 12 in.

Subjects

• Big bands > Bibliography
• Jazz musicians > Biography
• Big band music

Note

• Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: R 030 (additional no.: DMM 6-0610).
• "Produced in association with RCA Special Products."
• Source recordings from the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, private collectors, and participating record companies.
• Manual sequence.
• Program notes by the compilers including A selected bibliography of big bands and A biographical index by Leonard Guttridge (52 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Contents

• Disc 1. Changes ; Lonely melody (Paul Whiteman and his orchestra) -- Copehnagen ; Henderson stomp ; Hop off ; New King Porter stomp ; Down south camp meetin' (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) -- Put it there ; Stop kidding (McKinney's Cotton Pickers) -- Ol' man river (Luis Russell and his orchestra) -- Starvation blues (Jesse Stone and his Blue Serenaders) -- Market Street stomp (The Missourians) -- Casa loma stomp (The Casa Loma Orchestra) -- Toby (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra).
• Disc 2. Moten swing (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra) -- Madhouse ; Fat babes ; Rock and rye ; Grand terrace shuffle (Earl Hines and his orchestra) -- Stomping at the Savoy (Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra) -- Don't be that way ; That naughty waltz ; Harlem congo (Chick Webb and his orchestra) -- Mood indigo ; Stratosphere ; Stomp it off ; Organ grinder's swing ; Uptown blues (Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra).
• Disc 3. Sometimes I'm happy ; King Porter ; Sing, sing, sing ; Ridin' high ; Mission to Moscow (Benny Goodman and his orchestra) -- Big Jim blues (Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy) -- Song of India ; Well, git it! ; On the sunny side of the street ; Opus no. one (Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra) -- One o'clock jump ; Sent for you yesterday (Count Basie and his orchestra).
• Disc 4. Jumpin' at the woodside ; Volcano ; 9:20 special ; Shiny stockings (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Cherokee ; Skyliner (Charlie Barnet and his orchestra) -- Begin the beguine ; Rose bloom ; Star dust (Artie Shaw and his orchestra) -- I got rhythm ; In the mood ; A string of pearls (Glenn Miller and his orchestra) -- The mole ; Friar rock (Harry James and his orchestra).
• Disc 5. Shufflebug shuffle (Benny Carter and his orchestra) -- Tuxedo junction ; Midnight stroll (Erskine Hawkins and his orchestra) -- A gypsy without a song ; Take the "A" train ; Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' ; Perdido ; The "C" jam blues ; Main stem ; Happy go lucky local (Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra) -- Leap frog (Louis Armstrong and his orchestra) -- Till tom special ; Flying home (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra).
• Disc 6. Down under ; Apple honey ; Bijou ; Four brothers (Woody Herman and his orchestra) -- Cool breeze (Billy Eckstine and his orchestra) -- A night in Tunisian ; Boyd meets Stravinsky (Boyd Raeburn and his orchestra) -- Our delight ; Things to come (Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra) -- Robbins nest ; Donna Lee (Claude Thornhill and his orchestra) -- Elevation (Elliot Lawrence and his orchestra) -- What's new? (Stan Kenton and his orchestra).

Call Number

*LZR 43575

LCCN

95786811

OCLC

21829739

Title

Big band jazz [sound recording] : from the beginnings to the fifties / [selected and annotated by Gunther Schuller and Martin Williams].

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, p1983.

Performer

Various performers and jazz bands.

Added Author

Schuller, Gunther.

Williams, Martin T.

Publisher No.

R 030 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings

DMM 6-0610 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings

Research Call Number

*LZR 43575 Program notes on file.