The First Forty Years - some of the complexities
Track List1a 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 George E Lee & his Orchestra "Ruff Scuffin'", 1929
4 Slim Lamar & his Southerners, “Misissipppi Stomp”, 1929
5 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “K.C. Shuffle”, 1926
6 Walter Page’s Blue Devils, “Squabblin’”, 1929
7 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra, “Milenburg Joys”, 1932
8 The Count Basie Orchestra, “One O'clock Jump”, 1937
9 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Rockin' in Rhythm”, 1930
10 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, “Chatterbox”, 1937
11 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra at Fargo, “Jack the Bear”, 1940
12 Luis Armstrong & his Savoy Ballroom 5 “Mahogany Hall Stomp”, 1929
13 Fats Waller and his Rhythm, “Lulu's Back in Town”, 1935
14 Quintet du Hot Club de France, “Stompin' at Decca”, 1938
15 Ella Fitzgerald with sextet, “In a Mellow Tone’”, 1956
16 Billie Holiday and her Orchestra, “Strange Fruit, 1939
17a Tommy Ladnier and Orchestra, “Weary Blues”, 1938
17b Jelly Roll Morton's NO Jazzmen, “Oh Didn't he Ramble”, 1939
17c Mercury All Stars, “High Society”, 1944
18 Humphrey LIttleton and his Band, “Ole Miss Rag”, 1944
19 Jay McShann and his Orchestra, “The Jumpin' Blues”, 1942
20 Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra, “Body and Soul”, 1939
