Tracklist
- CD 1: The Top Twenty “Specials”
- 1Happy-Go-Lucky Local (Parts 1 & 2)Duke Ellington and His Orchestra5:32
- 2Coal Cart BluesLouis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet Quartet2:59
- 3I Want a Little GirlLester Young & Kansas City Six2:57
- 4’S WonderfulColeman Hawkins Quintet2:40
- 5St. Louis BluesArt Tatum2:32
- 6Groovin’ HighCharlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Quintet5:13
- 7Good Queen BessJohnny Hodges and His Orchestra3:01
- 8Improvisation No. 2Django Reinhardt2:43
- 9Cannon Ball BluesJelly Morton & His Red Hot Peppers2:57
- 10Mabel’s DreamKing Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band2:57
- 11Haven’t Named It YetLionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:58
- 12Georgia on My MindFats Waller3:04
- 13MargieBix Beiderbecke and His Gang2:58
- 14There Is No Greater LoveBillie Holiday3:00
- 15All God’s Chillun Got RhythmBud Powell Trio2:55
- 16Stay Stay ItThe Count Basie Orchestra3:28
- 17When Your Lover Has GoneJack Teagarden, Bobby Hackett with Eddie Condon and His Orchestra3:30
- 18AnthropologyTadd Dameron Band3:42
- 19Reminiscing at Blue NoteEarl Hines4:19
- 20Dear Old SouthlandMetronome All Stars3:17
- CD 2: “Interpretations” Superb Jazz Variations on Some of the Classics From Tin Pan Alley
- 1These Foolish ThingsDon Byas with Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:57
- 2Honeysuckle RoseJohn Kirby and His Orchestra4:27
- 3A Melody from the SkyFlip Phillips Fliptet3:12
- 4Just a GigoloLouis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:16
- 5Body and SoulAndré Previn4:41
- 6Love Walked InBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:06
- 7You Can’t Stop Me from DreamingTeddy Wilson and His Orchestra2:58
- 8I Want to Be HappyThe Nat King Cole Trio3:57
- 9(I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance (With You)Lionel Hampton Orchestra2:57
- 10On the Sunny Side of the StreetChu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble3:58
- 11StardustHoward McGhee and His Band2:59
- 12I Get the Blues When It RainsClaude Thornhill & His Orchestra2:45
- 13YesterdaysErroll Garner3:02
- 14The Way You Look TonightAllen Eager Quartet2:57
- 15I’ve Got You Under My SkinWoody Herman and His Orchestra3:01
- 16Sweet Sue, Just YouLouis Prima and His Orchestra2:51
- 17I Got RhythmClarence Profit Trio2:50
- 18Girl of My DreamsIke Quebec & His Quintet3:16
- 19You’re Driving Me CrazyThe Keynoters4:15
- 20Them There EyesPeggy Lee with Dave Barbour's Orchertra2:56
- CD 3: The Swingers Who Swung…and Some Big Band Specials
- 1My Baby Likes to BebopElla Fitzgerald2:43
- 2And Her Tears Flowed Like WineAnita O’Day with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra3:10
- 3I Thought About YouMildred Bailey with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:37
- 4Blue Turning Grey Over YouLouis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:30
- 5Sand in My ShoesConnee Boswell with Victor Young and His Orchestra3:15
- 6The Folks Who Live on the HillMaxine Sullivan3:02
- 7You Can Depend on MeJimmy Rushing with Count Basie & His Orchestra3:10
- 8If You Could See Me NowSarah Vaughan2:50
- 9I’ve Got Five DollarsLee Wiley with Joe Bushkin Orchestra2:51
- 10Corrine, CorrinaBig Joe Turner with Art Tatum and His Band2:30
- 11I Can’t Get StartedBillie Holiday with Count Basie & His Orchestra2:46
- 12Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)Bessie Smith6:24
- 13The World Is Mad (Parts 1 & 2)Count Basie5:30
- 14MantecaDizzy Gillespie3:08
- 15Oop Bop Sh’BamBuddy Rich2:58
- 16ElevationWoody Herman3:00
- 17Interlude (A Night in Tunisia)Boyd Raeburn3:13
- 18ScarecrowBenny Goodman3:05
- 19Air Mail SpecialBilly Eckstine3:33
- 20I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of TownJimmie Lancelot6:01
- CD 4: Classic Combo Discs
- 1Swing to Bop (Charlie’s Choice)Charlie Christian8:56
- 2Bird’s NestCharlie Parker Quartet2:54
- 3BughouseRed Norvo & His Swing Octet2:51
- 4Curbstone ShuffleSonny Berman’s Big Eight3:09
- 5Boogie MisteriosoMary Lou Williams Girl Stars2:49
- 6Big Butter and Egg ManMuggsy Spanier and His Ragtime Band3:03
- 7Wolverine BluesNew Orleans Rhythm Kings3:07
- 8EvidenceThelonious Monk Quartet2:36
- 9Walkin’ the DogJoe Marsala and His Chosen Seven3:00
- 10OscalypsoThe Oscar Pettiford Quartet2:41
- 11CaravanBarney Bigard and His Jazzopaters3:06
- 12Four Men on a HorseWoody Herman and His Woodchoppers3:11
- 13Papa DipNew Orleans Wanderers2:55
- 14The World Is Waiting for the SunriseFrankie Newton and Orchestra3:13
- 15Half-Step Down, PleaseColeman Hawkins and His All Stars3:06
- 16Muskrat RambleRay Ellington and his Orchestra2:46
- 17Takin’ OffSir Charles Thompson & His All Stars3:10
- 18The ChaseMiles Davis Sextet6:20
- 19EpistrophyThelonious Monk2:55
- 20Easy SwingWardell Gray Quartet3:04
Release credits
- guitar [2.10, 4.14]
- double bass [6]
- double bass [10]
- piano [3.10, 1.5], solo [5]
- double bass [4.3, 1.11]
- clarinet [6]
- double bass [10]
- guitar [6]
- trumpet [17]
- tenor saxophone [16]
- trumpet [3]
- electric guitar [11]
- trombone [12]
- clarinet [4]
- alto saxophone [4.17, 1.6]
- piano [1.11, 2.10]
- trumpet [7]
- piano [16]
- drums (drum set) [14]
- guitar [17]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- trumpet [6]
- piano [7]
- alto saxophone [11]
- trumpet [16]
- recording [5]
- trombone [1.16, 4.16]
- trumpet [16]
- trumpet [14]
- tenor saxophone [16]
- guitar [16]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- double bass [4]
- trombone [6], vocal [6]
- trombone [16]
- cornet [13]
- guitar [3]
- baritone saxophone [7]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- trumpet [16]
- trumpet [3.4, 1.11]
- trumpet [10]
- tenor saxophone [16]
- drums (drum set) [17]
- trombone [3.4, 1.11]
- trombone [3]
- baritone saxophone [16]
- piano [14]
- double bass [7]
- double bass [17]
- drums (drum set) [3, 16]
- alto saxophone [13]
- alto saxophone [16]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- clarinet [9]
- trumpet [10]
- guitar [16]
- double bass [14]
- piano [6]
- clarinet [13]
- saxophone [7]
- clarinet [3]
- banjo [13]
- piano [16]
- trombone [13]
- cornet [10]
- trombone [7]
- instrument [10], tenor saxophone [2.10, 4.3]
- tenor saxophone [3]
- piano [13]
- vibraphone [11]
- performing orchestra [11]
- trumpet [4], vocal [4]
- trombone [16]
- piano [4]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- clarinet [14]
- cornet [6]
- guitar [10]
- trumpet [4]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- double bass [6]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- alto saxophone [14]
- piano [12]
- alto saxophone [16]
- tenor saxophone [16]
- xylophone [3]
- clarinet [6]
- trumpet [16]
- alto saxophone [16]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- piano [17]
- performing orchestra [17]
- trumpet [16]
- drums (drum set) [7]
- trombone [16]
- double bass [16]
- clarinet [4]
- piano [3]
- double bass [16]
- guitar [4]
- clarinet [4]
- drums (drum set) [10]
Issues
J4x CD1999