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Annotation

A 168-CD box, divided into 42 sets à 4 CDs in Sitofy cases. Each set has its own catalog #, ranging from 22757-382 to 22798-382, with /A-D added for CDs 1-4, respectively. Each CD is called "Menu" here and is dedicated to one musician or band, who mostly appears in different collaborations.

Includes two 180-page books with artist biographies.

Set 01-09: "Classic Jazz - Ragtime - Dixieland"
Set 10-16: "Blues"
Set 17: "Boogie Woogie"
Set 18-32: "Swing to Bebop - Modern Jazz"
Set 33-37: "Big Band"
Set 38-42: "Vocalists"

Annotation last modified on 2014-08-22 21:23 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Scott Joplin
2▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Original Dixieland Jazz Band
3▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – New Orleans Rhythm Kings
4▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – King Oliver
5▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jelly Roll Morton
6▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Duke Ellington
7▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bix Beiderbecke
8▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Buster Bailey
9▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Johnny Dodds
10▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong
11▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Luis Russell
12▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Red Nichols
13▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
14▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jack Teagarden
15▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – J.C. Higginbotham
16▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Benny Carter
17▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Clarence Williams
18▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Fletcher Henderson
19▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces
20▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – the Rhythmakers
21▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Sidney Bechet
22▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Washboard Rhythm Kings
23▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Mezz Mezzrow
24▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Pee Wee Russell
25▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Muggsy Spanier
26▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bud Freeman
27▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Eddie Condon Dixieland All‐Stars
28▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Wettling
29▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Lu Watters
30▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Bobby Hackett
31▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Edmond Hall
32▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Barney Bigard
33▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Kid Ory
34▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Wilbur de Paris
35▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband of New Orleans
36▶CD: Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland – Louis Armstrong [Louis Armstrong and His All‐Stars]
37▶CD: Blues – Bessie Smith
38▶CD: Blues – Ma Rainey
39▶CD: Blues – Mississippi John Hurt
40▶CD: Blues – Tampa Red
41▶CD: Blues – T‐Bone Walker
42▶CD: Blues – Josh White
43▶CD: Blues – Blind Willie McTell
44▶CD: Blues – Big Bill Broonzy
45▶CD: Blues – Leadbelly
46▶CD: Blues – Big Joe Williams
47▶CD: Blues – Robert Johnson
48▶CD: Blues – Kokomo Arnold
49▶CD: Blues – John Lee Williamson [Sonny Boy Williamson]
50▶CD: Blues – Sonny Terry
51▶CD: Blues – Sleepy John Estes
52▶CD: Blues – Brownie McGhee
53▶CD: Blues – Memphis Slim
54▶CD: Blues – Muddy Waters
55▶CD: Blues – Big Boy Crudup [Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup]
56▶CD: Blues – Big Joe Turner
57▶CD: Blues – Roosevelt Sykes
58▶CD: Blues – Lightnin’ Hopkins
59▶CD: Blues – John Lee Hooker
60▶CD: Blues – Johnny Otis
61▶CD: Blues – B.B. King
62▶CD: Blues – Jimmy Witherspoon
63▶CD: Blues – Howlin’ Wolf
64▶CD: Blues – Ray Charles
65▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Albert Ammons
66▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Meade “Lux” Lewis
67▶CD: Boogie Woogie – Pete Johnson
68▶CD: Boogie Woogie – the Big Band Boogie Woogie
69▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
70▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Waller
71▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Coleman Hawkins
72▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Tatum
73▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Ben Webster
74▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Django Reinhardt [Quintette Du Hot club de France]
75▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Goodman
76▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Roy Eldridge
77▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Earl “Fatha” Hines
78▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lester Young
79▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Teddy Wilson
80▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Benny Carter
81▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lionel Hampton
82▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Shavers [John Kirby and His Onyx club Boys]
83▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Christian
84▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dexter Gordon
85▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Erroll Garner
86▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Slam Stewart
87▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Wardell Gray
88▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lucky Thompson
89▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Don Byas
90▼CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Illinois Jacquet
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jumpin' Jacquet
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-07)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1946-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1946-01-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-01-07)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1946-01-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-01-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-01-07)
Illinois Jacquet Sextet2:56
2Blues Mood
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-07)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1946-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1946-01-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-01-07)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1946-01-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-01-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-01-07)
Illinois Jacquet Sextet2:49
3Jacquet in the Box
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-07)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1946-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1946-01-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-01-07)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1946-01-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-01-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-01-07)
Illinois Jacquet Sextet2:56
4Don't Blame Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-07)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1946-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1946-01-07)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-01-07)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1946-01-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-01-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-01-07)
instrumental recording of:
Don’t Blame Me (on 1946-01-07)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
Illinois Jacquet Sextet3:06
5Jacquet and No Vest
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-08)
double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1946-01-08)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-01-08)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1946-01-08)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-01-08) and Clay Nicholas (on 1946-01-08)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-01-08)
Illinois Jacquet2:50
6Jacqeut's Blues
Illinois Jacquet2:38
7Jacquet and Coat
Illinois Jacquet2:48
8Doggin' With Doggett
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-08)
double bass [bass]:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1946-01-08)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1946-01-08)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1946-01-08)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1946-01-08) and Clay Nicholas (on 1946-01-08)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1946-01-08)
Illinois Jacquet2:58
9You Left Me All Alone
engineered in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-01-08)
alto saxophone:
Ray Perry (on 1947-01-08) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1947-01-08)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-01-08)
double bass [bass]:
Al Lucas (Canadian jazz bassist) (on 1947-01-08)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-01-08)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-01-08)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1947-01-08), Leonard Feather (on 1947-01-08) and Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-01-08)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-01-08)
trombone:
Gus Chappell (on 1947-01-08), J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1947-01-08), Ted Kelly (US jazz trombonist) (on 1947-01-08), Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1947-01-08) and Dicky Wells (on 1947-01-08)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1947-01-08), Marion Hazel (on 1947-01-08), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-01-08) and Slim Romero (on 1947-01-08)
recording of:
You Left Me All Alone (on 1947-01-08)
composer:
Bill Doggett
arranger:
Illinois Jacquet (from 1978-03-28 until 1978-03-30)
Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra3:01
10Blow, Illinois, Blow
Illinois Jacquet2:48
11Illinois Blows the Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-04-01)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-04-01)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-04-01)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-04-01)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-04-01)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1947-04-01)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-04-01)
Illinois Jacquet2:32
12Goofin' Off
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-10)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-09-10)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-09-10)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-09-10)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-09-10)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1947-09-10)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-09-10) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-09-10)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars2:26
13It's Wild
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-10)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-09-10)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-09-10)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-09-10)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-09-10)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1947-09-10)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-09-10) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-09-10)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars2:34
14Don't Push Daddy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-10)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-09-10)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-09-10)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-09-10)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-09-10)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1947-09-10)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-09-10) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-09-10)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars3:12
15Riffin' With Jacquet
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-09-10)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-09-10)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-09-10)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-09-10)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-09-10)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1947-09-10)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-09-10) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-09-10)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars2:55
16Sahara Heat
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars2:43
17I Surrender Dear
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-11-07)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-11-07)
double bass [bass]:
Al Lucas (Canadian jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-11-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-11-07)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-11-07) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-11-07)
instrumental recording of:
I Surrender Dear (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars3:06
18Destination Moon
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-11-07)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-11-07)
double bass [bass]:
Al Lucas (Canadian jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-11-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-11-07)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-11-07) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-11-07)
instrumental recording of:
Destination Moon (on 1947-11-07)
lyricist:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
composer:
Mark Fisher (early 20th century songwriter)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars2:50
19For Truly
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-11-07)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1947-11-07)
double bass [bass]:
Al Lucas (Canadian jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-07)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1947-11-07)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1947-11-07)
piano:
Sir Charles Thompson (jazz) (on 1947-11-07)
tenor saxophone:
Illinois Jacquet (on 1947-11-07)
trumpet:
Russell Jacquet (on 1947-11-07) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1947-11-07)
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars2:53
91▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
92▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
93▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
94▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lennie Tristano
95▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Thelonious Monk
96▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Fats Navarro
97▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – George Shearing
98▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gene Ammons
99▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Stitt
100▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Powell
101▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lee Konitz
102▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Miles Davis
103▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Zoot Sims
104▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Herbie Mann
105▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – James Moody
106▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Stan Getz
107▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dave Brubeck
108▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Modern Jazz Quartet
109▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jay Jay Johnson [J. J. Johnson]
110▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Gerry Mulligan
111▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Sonny Rollins
112▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Paul Quinichette
113▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Pepper
114▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Shorty Rogers
115▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Horace Silver
116▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Chet Baker
117▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Bud Shank
118▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Clifford Brown
119▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charlie Parker
120▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Barney Kessel
121▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Lou Donaldson
122▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Art Farmer
123▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Tal Farlow
124▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Charles Mingus
125▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Dizzy Gillespie
126▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Phil Woods
127▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd
128▶CD: Swing to Bebop, Modern Jazz – the Jazz Messengers [Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers]
129▶CD: Big Bands – Bennie Moten
130▶CD: Big Bands – Jimmie Lunceford
131▶CD: Big Bands – Fletcher Henderson
132▶CD: Big Bands – Chick Webb
133▶CD: Big Bands – Benny Goodman
134▶CD: Big Bands – Tommy Dorsey
135▶CD: Big Bands – Harry James
136▶CD: Big Bands – Earl “Fatha” Hines [Earl Hines and His Orchestra]
137▶CD: Big Bands – Count Basie
138▶CD: Big Bands – Artie Shaw
139▶CD: Big Bands – Glenn Miller
140▶CD: Big Bands – Bunny Berigan
141▶CD: Big Bands – Gene Krupa
142▶CD: Big Bands – Charlie Barnet
143▶CD: Big Bands – Erskine Hawkins
144▶CD: Big Bands – Lionel Hampton
145▶CD: Big Bands – Duke Ellington
146▶CD: Big Bands – Woody Herman
147▶CD: Big Bands – Stan Kenton
148▶CD: Big Bands – Shorty Rogers
149▶CD: Vocalists – the Boswell Sisters
150▶CD: Vocalists – the Mills Brothers
151▶CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday
152▶CD: Vocalists – Mildred Bailey
153▶CD: Vocalists – Ivie Anderson
154▶CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
155▶CD: Vocalists – the Andrews Sisters
156▶CD: Vocalists – Lena Horne
157▶CD: Vocalists – Anita O’Day
158▶CD: Vocalists – Billy Eckstine
159▶CD: Vocalists – Peggy Lee
160▶CD: Vocalists – Nat King Cole
161▶CD: Vocalists – June Christy
162▶CD: Vocalists – Frank Sinatra
163▶CD: Vocalists – Dinah Washington
164▶CD: Vocalists – Mel Tormé
165▶CD: Vocalists – Sarah Vaughan
166▶CD: Vocalists – Ella Fitzgerald
167▶CD: Vocalists – Joe Williams
168▶CD: Vocalists – Billie Holiday