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    07/18/2006 | Promo Sound 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Promo Sound's Golden Years of Jazz series is a massive, encyclopedic, and almost exhaustive year-by-year chronological history of jazz from 1917 to 1955, broken down into three eight-disc sets. It's hard to quibble with such an undertaking, and any collection that can move from James P. Johnson through to the Jazz Messengers without missing a single developmental step deserves a tip of the hat. Jazz is such a deep and wide pool, though, that even such a massive collection as this one still feels a bit like a CliffsNotes version of the genre. This first volume covers the years 1917 to 1939. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Dixie Jass Band One-Step
  • Original Dixieland Jass Band
  • 2:34
  • 2
  • Ole Miss Rag
  • Handy's Orchestra Of Memphis
  • 2:49
  • 3
  • Carolina Shout
  • Johnson, James P.
  • 2:48
  • 4
  • Tiger Rag
  • New Orleans Rhythm Kings
  • 2:25
  • 5
  • Dipper Mouth Blues (Sugar Foot Stomp)
  • Oliver's, King Creole Jazz Band
  • 2:32
  • 6
  • Wild Cat Blues
  • Williams', Clarnece Blue Five
  • 3:02
  • 7
  • Copenhagen
  • Henderson, Fletcher And His Orchestra
  • 2:54
  • 8
  • The St. Louis Blues
  • 3:12
  • 9
  • Davenport Blues
  • Bix And His Rhythm Jugglers
  • 2:43
  • 10
  • Cornet Chop Suey
  • Armstrong, Louis And His Hot Five
  • 3:09
  • 11
  • Here Comes the Hot Tamale Man
  • Cookie's Gingersnaps
  • 3:05
  • 12
  • Perdido Street Blues
  • New Orleans Wanderers
  • 3:11
  • 13
  • Snag It
  • Oliver, King And His Dixie Synopators
  • 3:07
  • 14
  • Doctor Jazz
  • Morton's, Jelly-Roll Red Hot Peppers
  • 3:27
  • 15
  • Potato Head Blues
  • Armstrong, Louis And His Hot Seven
  • 2:59
  • 16
  • Dear Heart
  • Moten's Bennie Kansas City Orchestra
  • 3:13
  • 17
  • Riverboat Shuffle
  • Nichols, Red And His Five Pennies
  • 3:05
  • 18
  • At the Jazz Band Ball
  • Beiderbecke, Bix & the Chicago Cornets
  • 2:53
  • 19
  • Creole Love Call
  • Ellington, Duke
  • 3:14
  • 20
  • Nobody's Sweetheart
  • McKenzie And Condon's Chicagoans
  • 3:06
  • 21 (2)
  • Black Beauty
  • Ellington, Duke
  • 2:53
  • 22 (2)
  • There'll Be Some Changes Made
  • Chicago Rhythm Kings
  • 2:58
  • 23 (2)
  • Wild Cat
  • Venuti, Joe Trio
  • 2:29
  • 24 (2)
  • West End Blues
  • Armstrong, Louis And His Hot Five
  • 3:19
  • 25 (2)
  • Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
  • Mole, Mike And His Molers
  • 2:58
  • 26 (2)
  • Four or Five Times
  • McKinney's Cotton Pickers
  • 2:50
  • 27 (2)
  • Apex Blues
  • Noone's, Jimmie Apex Club Orchestra
  • 3:06
  • 28 (2)
  • Craze-O-Logy
  • Freeman, Bud And His Orchestra
  • 2:59
  • 29 (2)
  • Weather Bird
  • 2:46
  • 30 (2)
  • Jazz Battle Smith
  • Smith's, Jabbo Rhythm Aces
  • 2:44
  • 31 (2)
  • Handful of Keys
  • Waller, Fats
  • 2:48
  • 32 (2)
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  • Armstrong, Louis And His Savoy Ballroom
  • 3:34
  • 33 (2)
  • Washboard Wiggles
  • Parham, Tiny And His Musicians
  • 3:11
  • 34 (2)
  • Beau Koo Jack
  • 2:44
  • 35 (2)
  • Hello Lola!
  • Mound City Blue Blowers
  • 3:18
  • 36 (2)
  • Doctor Blues
  • Russell, Luis And His Orchestra
  • 3:20
  • 37 (2)
  • Horse Feathers
  • Jackson, Cliff And His Krazy Kats
  • 2:47
  • 38 (2)
  • Happy Feet
  • Whiteman, Paul Orchestra
  • 3:05
  • 39 (2)
  • Rockin' Chair
  • Carmichael, Hoggy And His Orchestra
  • 3:28
  • 40 (2)
  • Mood Indigo
  • Ellington, Duke And His Cotton Club Orchestra
  • 3:03
  • 41 (3)
  • Basin Street Blues
  • Charleston Chasers
  • 3:16
  • 42 (3)
  • Moanin'
  • Blue, Mills Rhythm Band
  • 3:17
  • 43 (3)
  • Do You Believe in Love at First Sight?
  • McKinney's Cotton Pickers
  • 2:59
  • 44 (3)
  • I Heard
  • Redman, Don & His Orchestra
  • 3:15
  • 45 (3)
  • Lazy River
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • 3:09
  • 46 (3)
  • It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  • Ellington, Duke
  • 3:13
  • 47 (3)
  • Spider Crawl (Stider Crawl)
  • Banks, Billy And His Orchestra
  • 3:03
  • 48 (3)
  • Mush Mouth
  • Hopkins, Claude & His Orchestra
  • 3:09
  • 49 (3)
  • Sweet Dear
  • New Orleans Feetwarmers
  • 2:51
  • 50 (3)
  • Moten Swing
  • Moten's, Bennie Kansas City Orchestra
  • 3:22
  • 51 (3)
  • Queen Notions
  • Henderson, Fletcher And His Orchestra
  • 2:34
  • 52 (3)
  • Blue Interlude
  • Chocolate Dundles
  • 3:27
  • 53 (3)
  • The Eel
  • 3:04
  • 54 (3)
  • I Got Rhythm
  • 2:59
  • 55 (3)
  • Your Mother's Son-in-Law
  • 2:48
  • 56 (3)
  • Stompin' at the Savoy
  • Webb's, Chick Savoy Orchestra
  • 3:13
  • 57 (3)
  • Cocktails for Two
  • Tatum, Art
  • 2:48
  • 58 (3)
  • Old Fashioned Love
  • Norvo, Red And His Swing Septet
  • 3:01
  • 59 (3)
  • Alligator Crawl
  • Waller, Fats
  • 2:41
  • 60 (3)
  • Dinah
  • Quintet of the Hot Club of France
  • 2:34
  • 61 (4)
  • I Believe in Miracles
  • Waller, Fats And His Rhythm
  • 2:59
  • 62 (4)
  • The Isle of Capri
  • Manone, Wingy & His Orchestra
  • 3:09
  • 63 (4)
  • In a Sentimental Mood
  • Ellington, Duke & His Orchestra
  • 3:20
  • 64 (4)
  • Swing, Brother, Swing
  • Smith, Willie "The Lion" And His Cubs
  • 2:53
  • 65 (4)
  • The Dixieland Band
  • Crosby, Bob And His Orchestra
  • 3:06
  • 66 (4)
  • Down Home Rag
  • Webb, Chick And His Orchestra
  • 2:58
  • 67 (4)
  • King Porter Stomp
  • Goodman, Benny & His Orchestra
  • 3:09
  • 68 (4)
  • What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  • 3:03
  • 69 (4)
  • Nagasaki
  • Calloway, Cab & His Orchestra
  • 3:00
  • 70 (4)
  • Who?
  • Goodman, Benny Trio
  • 3:13
  • 71 (4)
  • Roll Along, Prairie Moon
  • Allen, Henry And His Orchestra
  • 2:52
  • 72 (4)
  • When Day Is Gone
  • Bailey, Mildred And Her Swing Band
  • 3:34
  • 73 (4)
  • I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
  • Dorsey, Tommy [1] & His Orchestra
  • 3:38
  • 74 (4)
  • China Boy
  • Grappelli, Stephanie And His Hot Four
  • 3:05
  • 75 (4)
  • Louisiana Liza
  • Calloway, Blance And Her Band
  • 2:52
  • 76 (4)
  • I've Got My Fingers Crossed
  • Prima, Louis And His New Orleans Gang
  • 2:58
  • 77 (4)
  • The Buzzard
  • Freeman, Bud And His Windy City Five
  • 3:13
  • 78 (4)
  • I'm Coming Virginia
  • Berigan, Bunny And His Blue Boys
  • 2:48
  • 79 (4)
  • Thanks a Million
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • 2:40
  • 80 (4)
  • My Blue Heaven
  • Lunceford, Jimmie And His Orchestra
  • 3:13
  • 81 (5)
  • Goody-Goody
  • Goodman, Benny & His Orchestra
  • 2:30
  • 82 (5)
  • Boogie Woogie Stomp
  • Ammons, Albert And His Rhythm Kings
  • 3:02
  • 83 (5)
  • Swing Is Here
  • Krupa's, Gene Swing Band
  • 2:58
  • 84 (5)
  • I Take to You
  • 2:47
  • 85 (5)
  • You're a Viper
  • Smith, Stuff & His Onyx Club Boys
  • 3:11
  • 86 (5)
  • My Melancholy Baby
  • 3:03
  • 87 (5)
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Henderson, Fletcher & His Orchestra
  • 3:03
  • 88 (5)
  • Uptown Rhapsody
  • Hill, Teddy & His Orchestra
  • 2:41
  • 89 (5)
  • Limehouse Blues
  • 2:48
  • 90 (5)
  • Go Harlem
  • Webb, Chick And His Orchestra
  • 2:24
  • 91 (5)
  • It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
  • Waller, Fats And His Rhythm
  • 2:57
  • 92 (5)
  • Did I Remember?
  • Holiday, Billie & Her Orchestra
  • 2:52
  • 93 (5)
  • Swing That Music
  • 2:51
  • 94 (5)
  • Organ Ginder's Swing
  • Lunceford, Jimmie And His Orchestra
  • 2:41
  • 95 (5)
  • Big John's Special
  • Hawkins, Erskine And his 'Bama State Collegians
  • 3:08
  • 96 (5)
  • Evenin'
  • Jones-Smith Incorporated
  • 2:58
  • 97 (5)
  • My Hi-De-Ho Man
  • Armstrong, Lil And Her Swing Orchestra
  • 2:43
  • 98 (5)
  • The Lady Who Swings the Band
  • 2:47
  • 99 (5)
  • Deep Elm
  • Pollack, Ben & His Orchestra
  • 2:51
  • 100 (5)
  • Caravan
  • Bigard, Barney And his Jazzopaters
  • 3:07
  • 101 (6)
  • Wabash Stomp
  • Edridge, Roy And His Orchestra
  • 3:09
  • 102 (6)
  • Dedicated to You
  • 3:15
  • 103 (6)
  • Runnin' Wild
  • Goodman, Benny Quartet
  • 2:39
  • 104 (6)
  • Diga Diga Doo
  • Williams, Cootie & His Rug Cutters
  • 2:54
  • 105 (6)
  • Manhattan Jam
  • Hayes, Edgar And His Orchestra
  • 2:57
  • 106 (6)
  • Rockin' Chair
  • Bailey, Mildred And Her Orchestra
  • 3:13
  • 107 (6)
  • Darling Nellie Gray
  • 2:49
  • 108 (6)
  • Characteristic Blues
  • Sissle's, Noble Swingers
  • 3:02
  • 109 (6)
  • Wolverine Blues
  • Marsala's Joe, Chicagoans
  • 2:55
  • 110 (6)
  • Rose Room
  • Reinhardt, Diango
  • 2:46
  • 111 (6)
  • On the Sunny Side of the Street
  • Hampton, Lionel & His Orchestra
  • 3:18
  • 112 (6)
  • Honeysuckle Rose
  • Hawkins, Coleman And His All Star Jam Band
  • 2:49
  • 113 (6)
  • Sing, Sing, Sing
  • Goodman, Benny & His Orchestra
  • 8:41
  • 114 (6)
  • The Onyx Hop
  • Newton, Frankie And His Uptown Serenaders
  • 2:49
  • 115 (6)
  • Loch Lomond
  • Sullivan, Maxine And Her Orchestra
  • 2:55
  • 116 (6)
  • I Can't Get Started
  • Berigan, Bunny & His Orchestra
  • 4:46
  • 117 (6)
  • Topsy
  • Basie, Count Orchestra
  • 3:12
  • 118 (6)
  • Trav'lin' All Alone
  • Holiday, Billie & Her Orchestra
  • 2:16
  • 119 (6)
  • Who's Sorry Now?
  • Crosby's, Bob Bob Cats
  • 2:54
  • 120 (6)
  • I Know That You Know
  • Noone, Jimmie And His Orchestra
  • 2:55
  • 121 (7)
  • Don't Be That Way
  • Goodman, Benny & His Orchestra
  • 4:23
  • 122 (7)
  • Ja Da
  • Candon, Eddie And His Windy City Seven
  • 2:42
  • 123 (7)
  • Ring Dem Bells
  • Hampton, Lionel & His Orchestra
  • 3:24
  • 124 (7)
  • More Rain, More Rest
  • Smith, Jabbo And His Orchestra
  • 2:48
  • 125 (7)
  • The Flat Foot Floogie
  • 2:51
  • 126 (7)
  • Old Man Ben
  • Page, Hot Lips And His Band
  • 3:04
  • 127 (7)
  • A-Tisket, A-Tasket
  • 2:40
  • 128 (7)
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • 2:45
  • 129 (7)
  • Rosie the Redskin
  • Williams, Midge And Her Jazz Jesters
  • 2:32
  • 130 (7)
  • My Own Blues
  • Chittison, Herman
  • 2:52
  • 131 (7)
  • The Sheik of Araby
  • Dorsey, Tommy And His Clambake Seven
  • 2:31
  • 132 (7)
  • Begin the Beguine
  • Shaw, Artie & His Orchestra
  • 3:14
  • 133 (7)
  • Prelude to a Kiss
  • Ellington, Duke & His Orchestra
  • 3:03
  • 134 (7)
  • Jumpin' at the Woodside
  • Basie, Count Orchestra
  • 3:04
  • 135 (7)
  • Sobbin' Blues
  • Brown, Les And His Orchestra
  • 3:25
  • 136 (7)
  • The Fives
  • Basie, Count And his Rhthm Session
  • 2:50
  • 137 (7)
  • Really the Blues
  • Ladnier, Tommy
  • 3:39
  • 138 (7)
  • Mary's Idea
  • Kirk, Andy And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
  • 3:04
  • 139 (7)
  • Margie
  • Redman, Don & His Orchestra
  • 2:22
  • 140 (7)
  • Roll 'Em Pete
  • 2:51
  • 141 (8)
  • Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
  • 3:07
  • 142 (8)
  • Oh, Lady Be Good
  • Basie, Count Orchestra
  • 3:12
  • 143 (8)
  • Undecided
  • 3:19
  • 144 (8)
  • Dooji Wooji
  • Hodges, Jognny And His Orchestra
  • 2:56
  • 145 (8)
  • At the Woodchopper's Ball
  • Herman, Woody & His Orchestra
  • 3:18
  • 146 (8)
  • Big Butter and Egg Man
  • Spanier, Muggsy And His Ragtime Band
  • 3:05
  • 147 (8)
  • Piano Man
  • Hines, Earl & His Orchestra
  • 2:37
  • 148 (8)
  • Cherokee
  • Barnet, Charlie And His Orchestra
  • 3:22
  • 149 (8)
  • Aunt' Hagger's Blues
  • Teagarden, Jack And His Orchestra
  • 2:49
  • 150 (8)
  • I Found a New Baby
  • Freeman, Bud And His Summa Cum Laude Orchestra
  • 2:44
  • 151 (8)
  • Opus 5
  • Kirby, John And His Orchestra
  • 2:47
  • 152 (8)
  • In the Mood
  • Miller, Glenn And His Orchestra
  • 3:36
  • 153 (8)
  • Squeeze Me
  • Waller, Fats And His Rhythm
  • 3:09
  • 154 (8)
  • High Society
  • Morton's, Jelly-Roll New Orleans Jazzmen
  • 2:50
  • 155 (8)
  • Body and Soul
  • Hawkins, Coleman And His Orchestra
  • 3:03
  • 156 (8)
  • Plucked Again
  • 3:07
  • 157 (8)
  • Seven Come Eleven
  • 2:47
  • 158 (8)
  • Concerto for Trumpet
  • James, Harry And His Orchestra
  • 2:54
  • 159 (8)
  • Liza
  • Wilson, Teddy And His Big Band
  • 2:27
  • 160 (8)
  • The Man I Love
  • Holiday, Billie & Her Orchestra
  • 3:04

  • Credits

    • Otto Hardwick
    • Sax (Alto), Sax (Bass), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Baritone)
    • Don Redman
    • Clarinet, Vocals, Sax (Soprano), Arranger, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Director