Research Catalog

Title

The Smithsonian collection of classic jazz. Vol. 2.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings : Manufactured by CBS Records, ℗1987.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952.
• Nichols, Red.
• Waller, Fats, 1904-1943.
• Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964.
• Hawkins, Coleman.
• Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
• Fitzgerald, Ella.
• Tatum, Art, 1909-1956.
• Lunceford, Jimmie.
• Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973.
• Hampton, Lionel.
• Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
• Moten, Bennie, 1894-1935.
• Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
• Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra. prf
• Benny Goodman Trio. prf
• Coleman Hawkins Quartet. prf
• McKinney's Cotton Pickers. prf
• Hot Club de France. Quintette. prf
• Kansas City Seven. prf
• Benny Goodman Sextet.
• Five Pennies (Musical group) prf

Description

1 audio disc (73 : 08); 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Classic jazz

Subject

• 1921-1970
• Jazz > 1921-1930
• Jazz > 1931-1940
• Jazz > 1941-1950
• Jazz > 1961-1970
• Piano music (Jazz)
• Blues (Music)
• Jazz

Genre/Form

• jazz.
• Jazz.

Note

• Program notes by Martin Williams.
• Compact disc.
• Analog recording.

Event (note)

• Recorded 1926-1964.

Contents

• Stampede ; Wrappin' it up / Fletcher Henderson (Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra) -- Dinah / Henry Akst (Red Nichols and his Five Pennies) -- Moten swing / Bennie and Buster Moten (Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra -- I ain't got nobody / Spencer Williams (Fats Waller) -- Honky tonk train blues / Meade Lewis (Meade Lewis) -- Body and soul / Johnny Green (Benny Goodman Trio) -- Body and soul / Johnny Green (Coleman Hawkins and his orchestra) -- The man I love / George Gershwin (Coleman Hawkins Quartet -- He's funny that way / Robert Whiting (Billie Holiday and her orchestra) -- These foolish things / Jack Strachey and Harry Link (Billie Holiday and her orchestra) -- You'd be so nice to come home to / Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald).
• Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (Art Tatum) -- Too marvelous for words / Richard Whiting (Art Tatum) -- Organ grinder's swing / Will Hudson (Jimmie Lunceford and his orchestra) -- Rockin Chair / Hoagy Carmichael (Gene Krupa and his orchestra) -- I can't believe that you're in love with me / Jimmy McHugh (The Chocolate Dandies, featuring Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter) -- When lights are low / Benny Carter (Lionel Hampton and his orchestra) -- Dinah / Henry Akst (Quintette of the Hot Club of France) -- Doggin' around / Herschel Evans and Edgar W. Battle (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Taxi war dance / Count Basie and Lester Young (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Lester leaps in / Lester Young (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) -- I found a new baby / Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian and Count Basie) -- Breakfast Feud / Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian).

OCLC

• ocm24255709
• 24255709
• SCSB-14614826

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library