The Voice of Jazz: The Complete Recordings 1933-1940

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Your Mother’s Son‐in‐Law
  2:45
• 2
  Riffin’ the Scotch
  2:36
• 3
  I Wished on the Moon
  3:08
• 4
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  3:01
• 5
  Miss Brown to You
  3:03
• 6
  A Sunbonnet Blue
  2:52
• 7
  What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl
  2:59
• 8
  I’m Painting the Town Red
  3:01
• 9
  It’s Too Hot for Words
  2:49
• 10
  24 Hours a Day
  3:03
• 11
  Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town
  2:48
• 12
  Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
  3:15
• 13
  If You Were Mine
  3:14
• 14
  These ’n’ That ’n’ Those
  3:15
• 15
  You Let Me Down
  2:55
• 16
  Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
  2:59
• 17
  Life Begins When You’re in Love
  3:03
• 18
  It’s Like Reaching for the Moon
  3:22
• 19
  These Foolish Things
  3:20
  3.0 ★
• 20
  I Cried for You
  3:13
• 21
  Guess Who?
  3:10
• 22
  Did I Remember
  2:52
• 23
  No Regrets
  2:35
• CD 2
• 1
  Summertime
  2:55
• 2
  Billie’s Blues
  2:40
• 3
  A Fine Romance
  2:52
• 4
  I Can’t Pretend
  3:06
• 5
  One, Two, Button Your Shoe
  2:50
• 6
  Let’s Call a Heart a Heart
  3:03
• 7
  Easy to Love
  3:12
• 8
  With Thee I Swing
  3:18
• 9
  The Way You Look Tonight
  3:06
• 10
  The Way You Look Tonight
  3:01
  4.5 ★
• 11
  Who Loves You
  3:15
• 12
  Who Loves You
  3:17
• 13
  Pennies From Heaven
  3:18
• 14
  That’s Life I Guess
  3:09
• 15
  I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
  3:28
• 16
  One Never Knows, Does One
  3:05
• 17
  I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  2:55
• 18
  I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  2:57
• 19
  If My Heart Could Only Talk
  3:05
• 20
  Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
  2:18
• 21
  He Ain’t Got Rhythm
  2:51
• 22
  This Year’s Kisses
  3:11
• 23
  Why Was I Born
  2:51
• 24
  I Must Have That Man
  2:53
• CD 3
• 1
  The Mood That I’m In
  3:02
• 2
  You Showed Me the Way
  3:02
• 3
  Sentimental and Melancholy
  2:40
• 4
  (This Is) My Last Affair
  3:10
• 5
  Carelessly
  3:09
• 6
  How Could You
  2:33
• 7
  Moanin’ Low
  3:06
• 8
  Where Is the Sun
  2:49
• 9
  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  2:39
• 10
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  3:04
• 11
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  3:05
• 12
  Don’t Know If I’m Coming or Going
  2:47
• 13
  Don’t Know If I’m Coming or Going
  2:56
• 14
  Sun Showers
  3:08
• 15
  Yours and Mine
  3:18
• 16
  I’ll Get By
  3:09
• 17
  I’ll Get By
  3:08
• 18
  Mean to Me
  3:09
• 19
  Mean to Me
  3:08
• 20
  Foolin’ Myself
  3:02
• 21
  Easy Living
  3:03
• 22
  I’ll Never Be the Same
  3:05
• 23
  Me Myself and I
  2:37
• 24
  Me Myself and I
  2:32
• CD 4
• 1
  A Sailboat in the Moonlight
  2:50
• 2
  Born to Love
  2:40
• 3
  Without Your Love
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Without Your Love
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Getting Some Fun Out of Life
  3:03
• 6
  Who Wants Love?
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Trav’lin’ All Alone
  2:14
• 8
  He’s Funny That Way
  2:40
• 9
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  3:09
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Things Are Looking Up
  3:21
• 11
  My Man
  3:03
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
  3:17
• 13
  My First Impressions of You
  2:51
• 14
  My First Impressions of You
  2:49
• 15
  When You’re Smiling
  2:51
• 16
  When You’re Smiling
  3:00
• 17
  I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
  2:50
• 18
  I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
  2:46
• 19
  If Dreams Come True
  3:04
• 20
  If Dreams Come True
  3:04
• 21
  Now They Call It Swing
  3:05
• 22
  Now They Call It Swing
  3:00
• 23
  On the Sentimental Side
  3:05
• 24
  On the Sentimental Side
  3:04
• CD 5
• 1
  Back in Your Own Backyard
  2:42
• 2
  Back in Your Own Backyard
  3:15
• 3
  When a Woman Loves a Man
  2:27
• 4
  You Go to My Head
  2:54
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Moon Looks Down and Laughs
  2:57
• 6
  If I Were You
  2:26
• 7
  Forget If You Can
  2:53
• 8
  Having Myself a Time
  2:29
• 9
  Having Myself a Time
  2:27
• 10
  Says My Heart
  2:42
• 11
  Says My Heart
  2:53
• 12
  I Wish I Had You
  2:52
• 13
  I Wish I Had You
  2:50
• 14
  I’m Gonna Lock My Heart
  2:10
• 15
  I’m Gonna Lock My Heart
  2:08
• 16
  Any Old Time
  3:12
• 17
  The Very Thought of You
  2:47
• 18
  I Can’t Get Started
  2:49
• 19
  I Can’t Get Started
  2:48
• 20
  I’ve Got a Date With a Dream
  2:49
• 21
  I’ve Got a Date With a Dream
  2:44
• 22
  You Can’t Be Mine
  2:28
• 23
  You Can’t Be Mine
  2:20
• CD 6
• 1
  Everybody’s Laughing
  3:05
• 2
  Here It Is Tomorrow Again
  2:46
• 3
  Say It With A Kiss
  2:36
  5.0 ★
• 4
  April in My Heart
  3:09
• 5
  April in My Heart
  3:10
• 6
  I’ll Never Fail You
  3:00
• 7
  They Say
  3:15
• 8
  They Say
  3:07
• 9
  You’re So Desirable
  2:55
• 10
  You’re So Desirable
  2:48
• 11
  You’re Gonna See a Lot of Me
  2:59
• 12
  You’re Gonna See a Lot of Me
  3:01
• 13
  Hello My Darling
  2:45
• 14
  Hello My Darling
  2:43
• 15
  Let’s Dream in the Moonlight
  2:57
• 16
  Let’s Dream in the Moonlight
  2:55
• 17
  That’s All I Ask of You
  2:57
• 18
  That’s All I Ask of You
  2:56
• 19
  Dream of Life
  2:45
• 20
  What Shall I Say
  3:09
• 21
  It’s Easy to Blame the Weather
  3:01
• 22
  More Than You Know
  3:09
• 23
  More Than You Know
  3:06
• 24
  Sugar
  2:45
• CD 7
• 1
  You’re Too Lovely to Last
  2:50
• 2
  You’re Too Lovely to Last
  2:57
• 3
  Under a Blue Jungle Moon
  3:00
• 4
  Under a Blue Jungle Moon
  2:57
• 5
  Everything Happens for the Best
  2:51
• 6
  Why Did I Always Depend on You
  2:33
• 7
  Long Gone Blues
  3:09
• 8
  Strange Fruit
  3:17
• 9
  Strange Fruit
  3:10
• 10
  Yesterdays
  3:23
• 11
  Yesterdays
  2:58
• 12
  Fine and Mellow
  3:15
• 13
  I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  2:50
• 14
  I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  2:51
• 15
  Some Other Spring
  3:03
• 16
  Our Love Is Different
  3:16
• 17
  Them There Eyes
  2:50
• 18
  Swing Brother Swing
  2:57
• 19
  Night and Day
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Night and Day
  2:57
  4.0 ★
• 21
  The Man I Love
  3:06
• 22
  You’re Just a No Account
  2:58
• 23
  You’re a Lucky Guy
  2:43
• CD 8
• 1
  Ghost of Yesterdays
  2:40
• 2
  Body and Soul
  2:59
  3.0 ★
• 3
  What Is This Going to Get Us
  2:41
• 4
  Falling in Love Again
  3:00
• 5
  Falling in Love Again
  2:46
• 6
  I’m Pulling Through
  3:11
• 7
  Tell Me More
  3:09
• 8
  Laughing at Life
  2:57
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Laughing at Life
  3:01
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Time on My Hands
  3:05
• 11
  I’m All for You
  3:11
• 12
  I’m All for You
  3:27
• 13
  I Hear Music
  2:40
• 14
  I Hear Music
  2:42
• 15
  It’s the Same Old Story
  3:12
• 16
  It’s the Same Old Story
  3:11
• 17
  It’s the Same Old Story
  3:11
• 18
  Practice Makes Perfect
  2:41
• 19
  Practice Makes Perfect
  2:37
• 20
  Practice Makes Perfect
  2:44
• 21
  St. Louis Blues
  2:50
• 22
  St. Louis Blues
  3:00
• 23
  Loveless Love
  3:18
• 24
  Loveless Love
  3:15

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Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [9-14, 17-19]
• Al Hall
  double bass [13-17]
• Allan Reuss
  guitar [2.8, 2.10, 2.17-18, 3.5]
• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [5.4, 8.2]
• Artie Bernstein
  double bass [3]
• Artie Shaw
  clarinet [22-23]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [5.4, 8.2]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [2.8, 2.10, 2.17-18, 8.2, 1.5]
• Benny Carter
  alto saxophone [21-22], clarinet [21-22], saxophone [20-23]
• Benny Goodman
  clarinet [2.24, 1.5]
• Bernard Addison
  guitar [15]
• Bill Coleman
  trumpet [21-22]
• Billie Holiday
  lead vocals [13-14], vocal [3.5, 4.3-4, 4.9, 4.11, 1.1-2, 1.5, 1.14-15, 1.17, 1.19-20, 1.22-23, 6.9-14, 6.17-23, 5.4, 7.3-6, 7.15, 7.19-20, 7.22-23, 2.3, 2.8, 2.10, 2.17-18, 2.24, 8.2, 8.6, 8.8-10, 8.15-17, 8.21-22]
• Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
  performer [17-18]
• Billy Bowen
  alto saxophone [6, 8-10]
• Bobby Hackett
  cornet [9-14]
• Buck Clayton
  trumpet [7.19-20, 7.22-23, 2.24, 4.3-4]
• Bud Freeman
  tenor saxophone [9-14]
• Bunny Berigan
  trumpet [2.3, 1.22-23]
• Charlie Shavers
  trumpet [7.15, 6.17-19, 5.4]
• Chris Griffin
  trumpet [17]
• Clyde Hart
  piano [3]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [5]
• Cozy Cole
  drums (drum set) [2.3, 2.17-18, 6.9-14, 6.17-23, 3.5, 1.5, 1.17, 1.19-20, 1.22-23]
• Danny Barker
  guitar [20-23]
• Dave Barbour
  guitar [14-15]
• Dick Clarke
  trumpet [14-15]
• Dick McDonough
  guitar [2.3, 1.22-23]
• Don Byas
  tenor saxophone [13-17]
• Don Redman
  alto saxophone [13-17]
• Earle Warren
  alto saxophone [19-20, 22-23]
• Eddie Dougherty
  drums (drum set) [3-6, 15]
• Edgar Sampson
  alto saxophone [17-18], clarinet [17-18]
• Edmond Hall
  clarinet [3-4]
• Ernie Powell
  reeds [20-23]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [4.3-4, 4.11, 8.6, 8.8-10, 2.24, 7.19-20, 7.22-23]
• Gene Krupa
  drums (drum set) [8, 10]
• Georgie Auld
  alto saxophone [13-17], tenor saxophone [21-22]
• Grachan Moncur II
  double bass [14-15, 17]
• Gus Johnson
  drums (drum set) [11]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [19-20], clarinet [19-20], reeds [5]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [8.2, 7.19-20, 7.22-23]
• Hot Lips Page
  trumpet [3-6]
• Irving Fazola
  clarinet [3]
• Irving Randolph
  trumpet [8, 10]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [4.11, 8.6, 8.8-10]
• Jack Washington
  alto saxophone [19-20, 22-23], baritone saxophone [22-23]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  tenor saxophone [13-17]
• Jimmy McLin
  guitar [3-6]
• Jimmy Rowles
  piano [2]
• Jimmy Sherman
  piano [3-4]
• Jo Jones
  drums (drum set) [2.24, 4.3-4, 7.19-20, 7.22-23]
• Joe Bushkin
  piano [22-23]
• Joe Eldridge
  alto saxophone [6, 8-10]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [11]
• Joe Sullivan
  piano [19-20, 22-23]
• John Collins
  guitar [13-17]
• John Kirby
  double bass [3.5, 2.17, 2.17-18, 2.18, 1.5, 1.19-20]
• John Trueheart
  guitar [5, 17]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [1.14-15, 1.19-20, 3.5]
• Johnny Williams
  double bass [6.17-19, 7.3-6, 7.15]
• Jonah Jones
  trumpet [1.19-20, 2.17-18]
• Ken Kersey
  piano [3-6]
• Kenneth Hollon
  tenor saxophone [3-6, 15]
• Kenny Clarke
  drums (drum set) [13-17]
• Kermit Scott
  tenor saxophone [6, 8-10]
• Lawrence Lucie
  guitar [19-20]
• Leon “Chu” Berry
  tenor saxophone [9-14, 17-19]
• Lester Young
  tenor saxophone [7.19-20, 7.22-23, 4.3-4, 2.24, 8.6, 8.8-10]
• Mal Waldron All-Stars
  performing orchestra [12]
• Milt Hinton
  double bass [2.8, 2.10, 6.9-14, 6.20-23]
• Norman Granz
  producer [2]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [4.11, 5.4]
• Paul Quinichette
  tenor saxophone [11]
• Pete Peterson
  double bass [22-23]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [4.11, 5.4]
• Red Mitchell
  double bass [2]
• Roy Eldridge
  trumpet [1.5, 6.20-23, 8.6, 8.8-10, 8.13-17]
• Rudy Powell
  clarinet [17]
• Sonny White
  piano [8.21-22, 6.17-19, 7.15]
• Stanley Payne
  tenor saxophone [3-6, 15]
• Tab Smith
  saxophone [3-6, 15]
• Ted Buckner
  alto saxophone [9-14]
• Teddy McRae
  tenor saxophone [17]
• Teddy Wilson
  piano [3.5, 8.6, 8.8-10, 8.13-17, 1.5, 1.14-15, 1.17, 1.19-20, 2.8, 2.10, 2.17-18, 2.24, 6.9-14, 6.20-23]
• Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
  performer [9-14], performing orchestra [2.24, 1.5]
• Tom Mace
  clarinet [14-15]
• Toots Mondello
  alto saxophone [9-14]
• Trummy Young
  trombone [9-14]
• Tyree Glenn
  trombone [17-19]
• Ulysses Livingston
  guitar [21-22]
• Vido Musso
  clarinet [8, 10]
• Walter Page
  double bass [4.3-4, 8.6, 8.8-10, 7.19-20, 7.22-23, 2.24]
• Wilson Myers
  double bass [21-22]
• Yank Porter
  drums (drum set) [21-22]
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Issues

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  The Voice of Jazz: The Complete Recordings 1933-1940

  8x CD
  1991