The Sound of America: The Singles Collection

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 18 November 2013

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Just Friends 1947 – 1956
  • 1
    Perdido, Pt 1 & Pt 2
    Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
    6:00
  • 2
    No Noise, Pt 1 & Pt 2
    Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Machito and His Orchestra
    5:55
  • 3
    Opera in Vout, Pt1 & Pt2
    Slim Gaillard
    4:51
  • 4
    Just Friends
    Charlie Parker
    3:31
  • 5
    I Cover the Waterfront
    Lester Young
    3:51
  • 6
    Bloomdido
    Charlie Parker
    3:26
  • 7
    There’s a Small Hotel
    Coleman Hawkins
    3:04
  • 8
    Debut
    Oscar Peterson
    2:51
  • 9
    Castle Rock
    Johnny Hodges
    2:52
  • 10
    Port of Rico
    Illinois Jacquet
    2:44
  • 11
    You Go to My Head
    Billie Holiday
    2:57
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Dale’s Wail
    Roy Eldridge
    3:39
  • 13
    Tenderly
    Billie Holiday
    3:23
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Tenderly
    Ben Webster
    3:04
    4.0 ★
  • 15
    Alright, Okay, You Win
    Count Basie with Joe Williams
    3:05
  • 16
    April in Paris
    Count Basie & His Orchestra
    3:51
  • 17
    I Can’t Get Started
    Dizzy Gillespie
    2:55
  • 18
    The Rock & Roll Waltz
    Anita O’Day
    2:47
  • 19
    Too Young for the Blues
    Ella Fitzgerald
    3:16
  • 20
    Boogie Blues
    Gene Krupa with Anita O’Day & Roy Eldridge
    3:51
  • CD 2: Stairway to the Stars 1956 – 1957
  • 1
    Hello Baby
    Fred Astaire
    2:52
  • 2
    (The End of a) Beautiful Friendship
    Ella Fitzgerald
    2:39
  • 3
    Stay There
    Ella Fitzgerald
    2:35
  • 4
    Stars Fell on Alabama
    Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
    3:34
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Mountain Greenery
    Bing Crosby
    3:39
  • 6
    Manhattan
    Ella Fitzgerald
    2:50
  • 7
    I Wonder
    Woody Herman
    2:28
  • 8
    I’ve Never Left Your Arms
    Oscar Peterson
    2:51
  • 9
    It’s All Right With Me
    Ella Fitzgerald
    3:09
  • 10
    I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
    Johnny Hodges
    3:30
  • 11
    Derek’s Blues
    Buddy Bregman
    2:51
  • 12
    Sayonara
    Teddy Wilson
    2:54
  • 13
    The Golden Striker
    Oscar Peterson
    5:14
  • 14
    Sing, Sing, Sing
    Gene Krupa
    4:50
  • 15
    Stairway to the Stars
    Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra Conducted by Frank DeVol
    2:54
  • 16
    Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac, Pt1 & Pt2
    Dizzy Gillespie
    7:06
  • 17
    Frenesi
    Mel Tormé
    2:35
  • 18
    Lulu’s Back in Town
    Louie Bellson
    2:32
  • 19
    Strange Fruit
    Billie Holiday
    2:59
  • 20
    Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
    Louis Armstrong with Orchestra Conducted by Russell Garcia
    4:51
  • CD 3: Bossa Nova 1958 – 1963
  • 1
    On the Street Where You Live
    Oscar Peterson
    5:34
  • 2
    Mack the Knife
    Ella Fitzgerald
    4:44
  • 3
    Let’s Do It
    Terry Gibbs
    3:04
  • 4
    I’m Gonna Go Fishin’, Pt1 & Pt2
    Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band
    5:54
  • 5
    How High the Moon
    Ella Fitzgerald
    7:08
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Bossa Nova
    Roy Eldridge Quartet
    2:45
  • 7
    Mr. Paganini
    Ella Fitzgerald
    4:05
  • 8
    Cry Me a River
    Ella Fitzgerald
    4:16
  • 9
    Walk on the Wild Side
    Jimmy Smith
    5:57
  • 10
    Desafinado
    Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
    2:03
  • 11
    Ol’ Man River
    Jimmy Smith
    3:58
  • 12
    Teach Me Tonight
    Blossom Dearie
    2:41
  • 13
    The Hippie Twist
    Terry Gibbs
    2:33
  • 14
    Desafinado
    Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra Conducted by Marty Paich
    2:12
  • 15
    Manhã de Carnaval (Carnival Morning)
    Stan Getz
    5:49
  • 16
    Hobo Flats
    Jimmy Smith
    4:46
  • 17
    Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home
    Ella Fitzgerald
    3:26
  • 18
    Sambalero
    Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá
    2:11
  • 19
    On Broadway
    Bill Evans
    2:33
  • 20
    More (Theme from Mondo Cane)
    Kai Winding
    2:01
  • CD 4: Goldfinger 1963 – 1965
  • 1
    Theme from The V.I.P.’s
    Bill Evans
    2:25
  • 2
    What’d I Say?
    Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith
    2:54
  • 3
    Theme from Any Number Can Win
    Jimmy Smith
    2:13
  • 4
    Hymn to Freedom
    Oscar Peterson
    5:36
  • 5
    Corcovado
    Antônio Carlos Jobim
    2:27
  • 6
    Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
    Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
    3:20
    4.5 ★
  • 7
    If That’s the Way You Want It
    Wynton Kelly
    2:39
  • 8
    Mondo Cane #2
    Kai Winding
    1:55
  • 9
    Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Pt 1&2
    Jimmy Smith
    9:28
  • 10
    Blowin’ in the Wind
    Stan Getz
    2:33
  • 11
    The Girl from Ipanema
    Getz, Gilberto, vocal by Astrud Gilberto
    2:49
  • 12
    Hello, Dolly!
    Ella Fitzgerald
    2:54
  • 13
    Makin’ Whoopee
    Louis Armstrong
    3:57
  • 14
    The Cat
    Jimmy Smith
    3:26
  • 15
    Bachianas Brasileiras, No 5
    Lalo Schifrin
    3:54
  • 16
    Ringo Beat
    Ella Fitzgerald
    1:49
  • 17
    You’ve Been Talkin’ ’bout My Baby
    Donald Byrd
    2:42
  • 18
    Soul Sauce
    Cal Tjader
    2:26
  • 19
    Goldfinger
    Jimmy Smith
    2:48
  • 20
    Agua de Beber
    Astrud Gilberto
    2:17
  • CD 5: Bumpin’ on Sunset 1965 – 2001
  • 1
    Organ Grinder Swing
    Jimmy Smith with Kenny Burrell & Grady Tate
    2:14
  • 2
    Loie
    Kenny Burrell
    3:19
  • 3
    Imagine My Frustration
    Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
    4:50
  • 4
    Spanish Grease
    Willie Bobo
    2:49
  • 5
    Goin’ Out of My Head
    Wes Montgomery
    2:14
  • 6
    Got My Mojo Workin’, Pt1 & Pt2
    Jimmy Smith
    8:02
  • 7
    Pavane
    Bill Evans Trio
    3:59
  • 8
    Hoochie Coochie Man, Pt1 & Pt2
    Jimmy Smith
    5:59
  • 9
    Bumpin’ on Sunset
    Wes Montgomery
    4:52
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Sunshine Superman
    Willie Bobo
    2:57
  • 11
    California Dreaming
    Wes Montgomery
    3:08
  • 12
    Dindi
    Astrud Gilberto
    2:43
  • 13
    Evil Ways
    Willie Bobo
    2:41
  • 14
    Manteca
    Chico O’Farrill
    2:47
  • 15
    Chain of Fools
    Jimmy Smith
    5:02
  • 16
    The Word
    Don Sebesky
    3:48
  • 17
    The Preacher
    Kenny Burrell
    2:59
  • 18
    Agnus Dei
    Lalo Schifrin
    4:20
  • 19
    Communications ’72
    Stan Getz
    2:32
  • 20
    The Look of Love
    Diana Krall
    4:41

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