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The Smithsonian collection of classic jazz
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Title
The Smithsonian collection of classic jazz [sound recording] / selected and annotated by Martin Williams ; prepared in cooperation with Columbia Special Products.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Division of Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.
Physical Description
6 sound discs : 33 1/3 rpm. ; 12 in.
Notes
In part stereophonic.
Program notes by the compiler (46 p. : ill.) laid in container.
Recorded 1916-1966.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 29, 2012
Performers
Jazz ensembles, piano music, and blues, performed by various artists.
Bibliography
Includes bibliography and discography.
Contents
[Record 1]. Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (Scott Joplin)
Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (Jelly Roll Morton)
Hellhound on my trail / Robert Johnson (Robert Johnson)
St. Louis blues / W. C. Handy (Bessie Smith)
Lost your head blues / Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith)
Dippermouth blues / Joe Oliver (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band)
Grandpa's spells ; Dead man blues ; Black bottom stomp / F. J. Morton (Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers)
Cake walking babies / C. Williams ; B. Smith ; A. Troy (Red Onion Jazz Babies)
Blue horizon / Sidney Bechet (Sidney Bechet and His Blue Note Jazzmen)
Carolina shout / J. P. Johnson (James P. Johnson)
Struttin' with some barbeque / Lillian Hardin Armstrong (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)
Potato head blues ; S. O. L. blues / Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven)
Hotter than that / Lillian Hardin Armstrong (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)
West End blues / Joe Oliver ; Clarence Williams (Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five)
[Record 2]. Weather bird / Louis Armstrong (Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines)
Sweethearts on parade / C. Lombardo ; C. Newman (Louis Armstron and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra)
I gotta right to sing the blues / Harold Arlen ; Ted Koehler (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra)
Singin' the blues / Dorothy Fields ; Jimmy McHugh (Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra)
Riverboat shuffle / Hoagy Carmichael ; Irving Mills ; Mitchell Parish (Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra)
The stampede ; Wrappin' it up / Fletcher Henderson (Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra)
Moten Swing / Buster and Benny Moten (Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra)
I ain't got nobody / S. Williams ; R. Graham (Fats Waller)
Honky tonk train / Meade Lewis (Meade "Lux" Lewis)
Body and soul / R. Sour ; J. Green ; E. Heyman (Benny Goodman Trio)
Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra)
The man I love / Gershwin (Coleman Hawkins Quartet)
He's funny that way / R. Whiting ; N. Moret (Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra)
All of me / S. Simons ; G. Marks (Billie Holiday ; Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra)
You'd be so nice to come home to / Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald)
[Record 3]. Willow weep for me / Ann Ronell (Art Tatum)
Too marvelous for words / Richard Whiting ; Johnny Mercer (Art Tatum)
Lunceford special / Eddie Durham (Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra)
Rockin' chair / H. Carmichael (Gene Krupa and His Orchestra)
I can't believe that you're in love with me / J. McHugh ; C. Gaskill (Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter)
When the lights are low / Benny Carter (Lionel Hampton)
Doggin' around / H. Evans ; W. Battle (Count Basie and His Orchestra) Taxi war dance / Lester Young ; Count Basie (Count Basie)
Lester leaps in / Lester Young (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven)
I found a new baby / Jack Palmer ; Spencer Williams (Benny Goodman Sextet)
Breakfast feud. Blues sequence / Benny Goodman (Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet)
East St. Louis toodle-oo ; New East St. Louis toodle-oo / Bubber Miley ; Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra)
Creole rhapsody ; Harlem air shaft ; Concerto for Cootie / Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
[Record 4]. In a mellotone ; Ko-Ko / Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
Blue serge / Mercer Ellingon (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
I got rhythm / Gershwin (Don Byas)
I can't get started / V. Duke ; I. Gershwin (Dizzy Gillespie Sextet)
Shaw 'nuff / D. Gillespie ; C. Parker (Dizzy Gillespie's All Star Quintet)
Ko-Ko / Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker's Re-Bobbers)
Embraceable you / Gershwin (Charlie Parker)
Klacktoveedsedsteen / Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker)
Little Benny / Benny Harris ( Charlie Parker Sextet)
Parker's mood / Charlie Parker (Charlie Parker's All Stars)
Fantasy on "Frankie and Johnny" / Erroll Garner (Erroll Garner Trio)
Somebody loves me / Macdonald ; Gershwin ; De Sylva (Bud Powell Trio)
Dancing in the dark / A. Schwartz ; H. Dietz (Sarah Vaughan)
Ain't no use / L. Kirkland ; S. Wyche (Sarah Vaughan)
Crosscurrent / Lennie Tristano (Lennie Tristano)
[Record 5]. Boplicity / Cleo Henry (Miles Davis and His Orchestra)
Lady Bird / Tadd Dameron (Tadd Dameron's Sextet)
Bikini / Dexter Gordon (Dexter Gordon Quartet)
Misterioso / Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk Quartet)
Criss-cross / Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk Quintet)
Evidence / Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk)
Smoke gets in your eyes / Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk Quintet)
I should care / P. Weston ; A. Stardahl ; S. Cohn (Thelonious Monk)
Bag's groove. Blues improvisation / Milt Jackson (Thelonious Monk)
Summertime / Gershwin (Miles Davis with Gil Evans' Orchestra)
Blue 7 / Sonny Rollins (Sonny Rollins Quartet)
Django / John Lewis (Modern Jazz Quartet)
Hora decubitus / Charles Mingus (Charles Mingus and His Orchestra)
[Record 6]. Pent-up house / Sonny Rollins (Sonny Rollins Plus Four)
Enter evening / Cecil Taylor (Cecil Taylor)
So what / Miles Davis (Miles Davis Sextet)
Lonely woman ; Congeniality ; Free jazz / Ornette Coleman (Ornette Coleman)
Alabama / John Coltrane (John Coltrane)
Issue number
P6 11891 (11892-11897) Smithsonian Institution
Also listed under
Smithsonian Institution. Division of Performing Arts.
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