Big Band and Swing – Essentials (4CD)

Tracklist:

01. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra – Begin The Beguine   3:17
02. Woody Herman And His Orchestra – Woodchopper’s Ball   3:14
03. Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra – The Moose   2:35
04. Anita O’day – Let Me Off Uptown (Album Version)   3:03
05. Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb And His Orchestra – Undecided   3:21
06. Duke Ellington – Take The ‘a’ Train   8:01
07. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra – Hot And Anxious   3:22
08. Glenn Miller – In The Mood   3:36
09. Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra, Bix Beiderbecke – Riverboat Shuffle (Feat. Bix Beiderbecke)   3:07
10. Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra – After Hours (Digitally Mastered – September 1991)   3:24
11. Mills Blue Rhythm Band – Harlem Heat   3:03
12. Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra – Milenberg Joys   2:50
13. Fletcher Henderson – Sugarfoot Stomp   3:19
14. Jimmie Lunceford – For Dancers Only   2:43
15. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra – Well, Git It! (1990 Remastered)   3:01
16. Red Nichols – Indiana   2:38
17. Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra – After You’ve Gone   3:03
18. Billy Eckstine – Oop Bop Sh’bam (Alternate Version)   3:01
19. Cab Calloway – Minnie The Moocher   3:14
20. Lucky Millinder – Shout Sister Shout   2:47
21. Hot Lips Page And His Band – Lafayette   2:49
22. Duke Ellington & His Harlem Footwarmers – Rockin’ In Rhythm   3:14
23. Count Basie & His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing – Goin’ To Chicago Blues   3:25
24. Benny Carter – Symphony In Riffs   3:06
25. The Gerald Wilson Orchestra – Dissonance In Blues   3:01
26. Bunny Berigan – I Can’t Get Started   4:49
27. Ray Mckinley & His Orchestra – Hangover Square   3:19
28. George Handy Orchestra – The Bloos (Alternate Version)   4:43
29. Glenn Miller – Pennsylvania 6-5000   3:13
30. Ziggy Elman And His Orchestra – I Have Everything To Live For – Original   2:50
31. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – Superman   4:32
32. Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra – Dream Of You   3:12
33. Stan Kenton And His Orchestra – Unison Riff   3:11
34. Maynard Ferguson – 20, Rue De Madrid   5:07
35. Clark Terry – In A Mist   4:06
36. Gil Evans – Lester Leaps In   4:18
37. Gerry Mulligan & His Orchestra – Motel (Take 5)   6:21
38. The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band – 2nd Movement: Solarisation   7:40
39. Louie Bellson – Phalanges   3:19
40. Coleman Hawkins – Honeysuckle Rose   2:47
41. Les Brown – Sentimental Journey   3:49
42. Harry James – Sleepy Lagoon (From “Requests On The Road” Side A)   3:00
43. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Jack Leonard, Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan – Marie   3:20
44. Mike Douglas, The Campus Kids – Ole Buttermilk Sky (Album Version)   3:06
45. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Benny Goodman – Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing) (Live)   12:02
46. Boyd Raeburn – Little Boyd Blue   2:40
47. Chick Webb And His Orchestra – Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!   2:27
48. Mary Lou Williams, Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Walkin’ And Swingin’   2:44
49. Count Basie And His Orchestra – Broadway (Album Version)   3:01
50. Jimmie Lunceford – My Blue Heaven   3:16
51. Louis Armstrong – Stardust (Album Version)   3:35
52. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra – Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise   3:12
53. Claude Hopkins – In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree   2:30
54. Hal Kemp, Skinnay Ennis – Got A Date With An Angel   2:36
55. The Dorsey Brothers – By Heck   3:14
56. Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra – Cherokee   3:23
57. Bob Crosby – What S New   2:59
58. Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra – Charlie Horse   4:23
59. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Charlie Christian – Solo Flight (Feat. Charlie Christian) (78 Rpm Version)   2:48
60. Jay Mcshann And His Orchestra – Swingmatism   2:46
61. The International Sweethearts Of Rhythm – Blue Lou   2:23
62. Count Basie And His Orchestra – Splanky   3:36
63. Lionel Hampton – Flying Home   3:12
64. Bennie Moten – Moten Swing   3:26
65. Stan Kenton – Tampico   2:46
66. Duke Ellington – Perdido   8:21
67. Chick Webb – Blues In My Heart   3:07
68. Earl Hines And His Orchestra – Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues   2:45
69. Buddy Rich – Dateless Brown   3:34
70. Gene Krupa – Mulligan Stew   3:58
71. Gerald Wilson Big Band – Milestones   5:33
72. Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra – California   2:44
73. Bill Holman – Bright Eyes   4:45
74. Marty Paich – Easy Listnin’   5:12
75. Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra – Three In One   5:49
76. Jimmy Heath Orchestra – The Picture Of Heath   4:33
77. Quincy Jones And His Orchestra – The Hucklebuck   2:25
78. Stan Kenton And His Orchestra – Artistry In Rhythm   3:18
79. Artie Shaw – Moon Ray   3:08
80. Harry James And His Orchestra, Kitty Kallen – I’m Beginning To See The Light   3:17
81. Bob Crosby – I’m Free   2:53
82. Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra – Linger Awhile   2:57
83. Woody Herman And His Orchestra – Early Autumn   3:14
84. Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra – Red Top (Single Version)   3:05
85. Duke Ellington – Sophisticated Lady   3:14
86. Bob Brookmeyer – Air Conditioned   4:55
87. Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra – Tanga   5:11
88. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra – Manteca   3:07
89. Benny Goodman And His Orchestra – Benny Rides Again   4:43
90. Muggsy Spanier – Big Butter And Egg Man   3:03
91. Spike Hughes, Benny Carter, Chu Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Henry ‘red’ Allan, J.C. Higgenbotham, The Spike Hughes Negro Orchestra, Dicky Wells – Firebird   3:13
92. Red Norvo Orchestra – Remember   3:15
93. Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans – When I Grow Too Old To Dream   2:29
94. Harry James – I’ve Heard That Song Before (Harry James In Hi-Fi) (Remastered)   2:58
95. Woody Herman & His Orchestra – Caldonia (78rpm Version)   3:00