| Description |
4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Smithsonian collection of recordings
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| Note |
Compact discs. |
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"80 original recordings"--Container. |
| Performer |
Various performers and their orchestras. |
| Event |
Recorded between Oct. 30, 1924 and July 20, 1955. |
| Contents |
v.1 Changes ; Lonely melody (Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra) -- Copenhagen ; 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 (Missourians) -- Casa Loma stomp (Casa Loma Orchestra) -- Toby ; 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 ; v.2 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) -- 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 ; Jumpin' at the Woodside ; v.3 Volcano ; 9:20 special ; Shiny stockings (Count Basie and his Orchestra) -- Cherokee ; Skyliner (Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra) -- Begin the beguine ; Rose room ; 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) -- 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 ; v.4 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) -- Down under ; Apple honey ; Bijou (Rhumba a la jazz) ; Four brothers (Woody Herman and his Orchestra) -- Cool breeze (Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra) -- A night in Tunisia (interlude) ; 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). |
| Subject |
Jazz -- Sound recordings.
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Big band music -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Martin, 1924-1992.
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Schuller, Gunther.
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Smithsonian Institution.
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| Music No. |
RD 030 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings |
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DMC4-0610-1 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings |
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DMC4-0610-4 Smithsonian Collection of Recordins |
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