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, “Rapsody in Blue” (Gershwin), 1924
1c Paul Whiteman (small group), “San”, 1928
2 Jesse Stone and his Serenaders, “Starvation Blues”, 1927
3 Slim Lamar & His Southeners "That's a Plenty", 1929
4 Andy Kirk & his 12 Clouds of Joy, “Froggy Bottom”, 1929
5 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Midnight Mama”, 1926
6 Walter Page’s Blue Devils, “Squabblin’”, 1929
7 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Lafayette”, 1932
8 The Count Basie Orchestra, “One O'clock Jump”, 1938
9 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Ring Dem Bells”, 1930
10 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Show Boat Shuffle”, 1935
11 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra at Fargo, “Bojangles”, 1940
12 Luis Russell Orchestra “Jersey Lightening”, 1929
13 Fats Waller and his Rhythm, “Lulu's Back in Town”, 1935
14 Quintet du Hot Club de France, “Runnin' Wild”, 1935
15 Ella Fitzgerald with sextet, “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me’”, 1956
16 Billie Holiday and her Orchestra, “When A Woman Loves A Man”, 1938
17 Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtime Band, “Mandy Make Up Your Mind”, 1939
18a Tommy Ladnier and Orchestra, “Weary Blues”, 1938
18b Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen, “Climax Rag”, 1939
18c Mercury All Stars, “High Society”, 1944
19 Jay McShann and his Orchestra, “Hootie Blues”, 1941
20 Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra, “Body and Soul”, 1939
