The first 40 years - Looking at some major influencers
Track List
1a The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, “Clarinet Marmalade” 1918
1b Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, “Rhapsody in Blue” (Gershwin), 1924
1c Paul Whiteman (small group), “San”, 1928
2 Jesse Stone and his Serenaders, “Boot to Boot”, 1927
3 Alphonso Trent and his Orchestra, “Nightmare”, 1928
4 George Lee and his Orchestra, “Paseo Strut”, 1929
5 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Thick Lip Stomp”, 1926
6 Walter Page’s Blue Devils, “Squabblin’”, 1929
7 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Moten Swing”, 1932
8 The Count Basie Orchestra, “Doggin’ Around”, 1938
9 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Old Man Blues”, 1930
10 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Daybreak Express”, 1933
11 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra at Fargo, “On the Air”, 1940
12 Louis Armstrong and his Savoy Ballroom 5, (aka Luis Russell Orchestra) “Mahogany Hall Stomp”, 1929
13 Fats Waller and his Rhythm, “The Joint is Jumpin’”, 1935
14 Quintet du Hot Club de France, “Djangology”, 1935
15 Ella Fitzgerald with sextet, “Just a-sittin’ and a-rockin’”, 1956
16 Billie Holiday and her Orchestra, “Strange Fruit”, 1939
17 Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtime Band, “Livery Stable Blues”, 1939
18a Tommy Ladnier and Orchestra, “Really the Blues”, 1938
18b Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen, “Oh Didn’t he Ramble”, 1939
18c Mercury All Stars, “High Society”, 1944
19 Jay McShann and his Orchestra, “Swingmatism”, 1941
20 Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra, “Body and Soul”, 1939
