Jazz of the 1950's

1. Chiquito Loco - Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra

2. Crimea River - Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Zoot Sims

3. Love Me or Leave Me

4. Sunday Afternoon - Benny Carter, Benny Carter

5. From This Moment On - Lena Horne

6. Perdido - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Clark Terry

7. I Love Paris - Manny Albam, Coleman Hawkins

8. Medley: Don't Get Around Much Anymore/In a Sentimental Mood/Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

9. Roses of Picardy

10. Salt Peanuts - Bud Powell Trio

11. Tijuana Gift Shop - Charles Mingus

12. April in Paris - Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

13. Night at Tony's - Art Blakey

14. Wailing Boat - Maynard Ferguson

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Average customer rating: Great collection of songs you'll recognize Song's of the great 50's

16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950's, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: 16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950's, Vol. 2 Big Hits of the 50's Chart Toppers: Romantic Hits of the 50's Chart Toppers: Dance Hits of the 50s The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 50's ASIN: B0000026ST Release Date: 1989-05-26

Tracks:

1. My Heart Cries For You - Guy Mitchell
2. Because Of You - Tony Bennett
3. Jezebel - Frankie Laine
4. The Little White Cloud That Cried - Johnnie Ray
5. Delicado - Percy Faith And His Orchestra
6. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - The Four Lads
7. Secret Love - Doris Day
8. Let Me Go Lover - Joan Weber
9. Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney
10. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett - Fess Parker
11. The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Mitch Miller And The Gang
12. Moments To Remember - The Four Lads
13. Just Walking In The Rain - Johnnie Ray
14. Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
15. 'S Wonderful - Ray Coniff And His Orchestra
16. Chances Are - Johnny Mathis

Customer Reviews:

Great collection of songs you'll recognize .......2007-07-13

This collection is a great mixture of the songs I was listening to on the radio in my pre-teen years. But they are 1000 times clearer now, the talent of the singers is more evident and the melodies are much more enjoyable.

Song's of the great 50's.......2000-06-11

I've heard and played all of these song's from back in the 50's on this CD. Some of the greatest music of all time's came from that era. I am looking for the song's "Love Walked Right In" & "Hernandoes Hideaway" from that era. The Singer's I can't remember. If you can be of help, I am Larry F. Rees "E" mail - lfr@ee.net Thank You

Average customer rating: Your age is important

16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950's, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: 16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950's, Vol. 1 Big Hits of the 50's Chart Toppers: Romantic Hits of the 50's Chart Toppers: Dance Hits of the 50s The Ultimate Rock & Roll Collection: The 50's ASIN: B0000026SU Release Date: 1989-07-26

Tracks:

1. Harbor Lights - Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
2. My Truly, Truly Fair - Guy Mitchell
3. Cry - Johnnie Ray
4. I Believe - Frankie Laine
5. Song From Moulin Rouge - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
6. Stranger In Paradise - Tony Bennett
7. This Ole House - Rosemary Clooney
8. Skokiaan - The Four Lads
9. I'll Never Stop Loving You - Doris Day
10. Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong
11. Standing On The Corner - The Four Lads
12. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day
13. Marianne - Terry Gilkyson
14. It's Not For Me To Say - Johnny Mathis
15. A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins
16. An Affair To Remember - Vic Damone

Customer Reviews:

Your age is important.......2007-01-10

Both Vol 1 and Vol 2 are good. This is only true if you are old enough to have listened to these selections on the radio and played them on a juke box. If you are the correct age, they will bring back many happy memories.

Average customer rating: Cole's best years were with the trio...

The Best of Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 2 (1947-1950) Nat King Cole Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics, Vol. 1 (1942-1946) Nat King Cole Trio: Instrumental Classics After Midnight: The Complete Session Cool Cole The Piano Style of Nat King Cole ASIN: B000005H12 Release Date: 1996-11-26

Tracks:

1. Meet Me At No Special Place (And I'll Be There At No Particular Time)
2. Naughty Angeline
3. I Miss You So
4. That's What
5. When I Take My Sugar To Tea
6. What'll I Do
7. This Is My Night To Dream
8. Makin' Whoopee
9. There I've Said It Again
10. I'll String Along With You
11. To Marvelous For Words
12. Love Nest
13. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
14. Little Girl
15. No Moon At All
16. If I Had You
17. For All We Know
18. 'Tis Autumn
19. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
20. I Used To Love You (But It's All Over Now)
21. Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping (For Your Heart)
22. Ooh Kickeroonie

Customer Reviews:

Cole's best years were with the trio..........2001-09-19

This 2nd volume of vocal numbers with the Trio covers the years of 1947 - 1950. Recorded before Nat was to become more of a "pop" vocalist and receive backing from arrangers like Gordon Jenkins and Nelson Riddle, the work done with the trio reveals a jazzier side of this great vocalist - not only can he sing but he was incredible jazz pianist with a style that was light and fun. The arrangements for piano, guitar, and bass are always tight and pulled off with perfection. Add to these numbers Nat's "smooth as silk" delivery and you've got a winning collection of standards including "What'll I Do", "Makin' Whoopee", "Too Marvelous for Words", and "Dream a Little Dream of Me".

The sound is slightly better than volume 1. There is a little hiss throughout BUT when you consider the age of these recordings and the generally quiet and open nature of a small jazz combo (i.e. nothing loud to cover up the hiss) it's perfectly understandable and it in no should detract from the enjoyment of the these performances.

Also pick up the 1942 - 1946 collection to round out the collection. There's a third volume which contains only istrumental numbers but part of the magic of these recordings is Nat's voice.

Average customer rating: Memories of High School and College Great collection, but short POP MEMORIES 1950-1954

Billboard Pop Memories: 1950-1954 Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950's, Vol. 1 Big Hits of the 50's 16 Most Requested Songs of the 1950's, Vol. 2 Chart Toppers: Romantic Hits of the 50's ASIN: B000003372 Release Date: 1994-02-22

Tracks:

1. Rags To Riches - Tony Bennett
2. The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
3. The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
4. How High The Moon - Les Paul/Mary Ford
5. You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford
6. Cry - Johnnie Ray/The Four Lads
7. Wheel Of Fortune - Kay Starr
8. Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
9. Come On-A My House - Rosemary Clooney
10. Goodnight Irene - Gordon Jenkins/The Weavers

Customer Reviews:

Memories of High School and College.......2007-03-22

I already owned this one, and bought it for a high school and college classmate who had fond memories of the songs on this recording. As one can imagine, it was "a hit". Delivered on time, as usual.

Great collection, but short.......2005-11-16

Whenever you think of 50's music, you usually think of rock & roll, yet that never grew until 1955. So, what was around in the 50's til then? That's why I bought this CD.

Surprisingly, some of the songs on here wouldn't be too out of place on a 50's RnR album, most notably, "How High the Moon", "Cry" and "Come On-a My House", all from 1951. The rest is post-war pop.

The least interesting thing about this album is that the 10 songs here are so short that the album doesn't even last half an hour. Like others have said about the series, they should've included more than 10 songs. Still, it's a worthwhile album if you're into vintage pop.

POP MEMORIES 1950-1954.......2000-09-02

IT'S EVERYTHING I REMEMBER I AM FROM THAT ERA. BOUGHT IT FOR CLASS REUNION OF 1953.LOVE ALL BUT LAST SONG. BUY IT!!!!

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Complete 1950-1954 Studio-Issued Recordings The Four Freshmen Manufacturer: Jazz Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Four Freshmen and Five Saxes/Four Freshmen and Five Guitars The Four Freshmen - Capitol Collectors Series Voices in Modern/Funny How Time Slips Away First Affair/Voices in Fun The Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones/4 Freshmen and 5 Trumpets ASIN: B0001J3VJC Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

1. Then I'll Be Happy
2. Mr. B's Blues
3. Now You Know
4. Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home)
5. It's a Blue World
6. Tuxedo Junction
7. Stormy Weather
8. Day Isn't Long Enough
9. Baltimore Oriole
10. Poinciana
11. It Happened Once Before
12. Holiday
13. Tenderly - The Four Freshmen, Stan Kenton
14. I'll Be Seeing You - The Four Freshmen, Stan Kenton
15. Seems Like Old Times
16. Over the Rainbow
17. Circus
18. Crazy Bones
19. Please Remember
20. Love Turns Winter to Spring
21. After You
22. Mood Indigo
23. We'll Be Together Again
24. My Heart Stood Still
25. Nearness of You
26. Street of Dreams
27. Laura
28. Basin Street Blues
29. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Album Description

This fabulous release includes all the recordings made by this top vocal quartet in the first half of the fifties.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of Recordings from the First Half of the 1950's by the Popular Vocal Group Whose Harmonies Inspirted the Arrangements that Brian Wilson Prepared for the Beach Boys and Other Vocal Groups that Followed in their Footsteps.

Average customer rating: Bird in his Natural Habitat: Live at the Royal Roost The worst production by Orrin Keepnews. The Parker Holy Bebop Jazz Trinity Supremely recommended A broad interpretation of the word "complete."

Complete Savoy Live Performances: Sept. 29, 1947-Oct. 25, 1950 Charlie Parker Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Charlie Parker: A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 The Complete Verve Master Takes Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B00000DC2I Release Date: 1999-10-05

Tracks:

1. 52nd Street Theme
2. Koko
3. Groovin' high
4. Big Foot
5. Ornithology
6. Slow Boat To China
7. Hot House
8. Salt Peanuts
9. Chasin' The Bird
10. Out Of Nowhere
11. How High The Moon
12. Half Nelson
13. White Christmas
14. Little Willie Leaps
15. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid/BeBop
16. Slow Boat To China

Tracks:

1. Ornithology
2. Groovin' High
3. East Of The Sun (and West of the Moon)
4. Cheryl
5. How High The Moon
6. Scrapple From The Apple
7. Be-Bop
8. Hot House
9. Oop Bop Sh' Bam
10. Scrapple From The Apple
11. Salt Peanuts
12. Groovin' High
13. Scrapple From The Apple
14. Barbados
15. Salt Peanuts
16. Scrapple From The Apple

Tracks:

1. Barbados
2. Be-Bop
3. Groovin' High
4. Confirmation
5. Salt Peanuts
6. Half-Nelson
7. A Night In Tunisia
8. Scrapple From The Apple
9. Deedle
10. What's This?
11. Cheryl
12. Anthropology
13. Hurry Home
14. Deedle
15. Royal Roost Bop
16. Cheryl
17. Slow Boat To China
18. Chasin' The Bird

Tracks:

1. There's A Small Hotel
2. These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You
3. Keen And Peachy
4. Hot House
5. Swivel Hips (Bird, Bass and Out)
6. Goodbye
7. A Night In Tunisia
8. Dizzy Atmosphere
9. Groovin' High
10. Confirmation
11. Koko

Amazon.com

For years, the audio quality of many of the performances gathered on these four CDs prevented a full-on embrace, what with all the other available Charlie Parker out there. But this collection restores these sessions to notoriety. They're mostly from New York's Royal Roost, 1948 to 1950, but with a 1947 Carnegie Hall supergroup concert and a 1950 Chicago pickup date that boasts some unknowns--and undersung guitarist George Freeman--with Parker. First, the single drawback: emcee and radio host "Symphony Sid" Torin's sometimes obsequious, faux-hipster shtick that bookends several of the tunes. Rest assured, though, Torin makes only brief intros and outros. Beyond that, these are all stellar works. The quintet on three of the CDs (the Royal Roost sessions) features Parker with Miles Davis on much of CD 1, highlighting the clipped fire of bebop's architecture being tunneled under by Davis's mellow-tone brass. Even when Kenny Dorham takes over on trumpet, the alchemy is built on contrast, Parker's raspy, fast wit and Dorham's wry (but often likemindedly fast) ripostes. Pianists Tadd Dameron and Al Haig make great showings, as does Max Roach, pushing the energy with a loose attack that defies the fact that the majority of these performances were for radio. The more-famed quintet fronted by Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and pianist John Lewis (famed cofounder of the Modern Jazz Quartet) closes the collection with five tunes from a 1947 Carnegie Hall concert. Parker seems more restrained, Gillespie gleeful, and Lewis characteristically spare. But the playing is first-rate, whether at light-speed (as on "Dizzy Atmosphere") or at the loping clip of "Groovin' High." --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Bird in his Natural Habitat: Live at the Royal Roost.......2007-01-09

Hearing Charlie Parker rip searing riffs on this Savoy set, while I imagine being among those lucky few who witnessed Bee Bop's prophet push the envelope at the Royal Roost, has taken me to whole new level of appreciation for the greatest jazz musician of our time. Live Parker recordings far surpass the studio ones because they allow the listener to hear the saxaphonist's pure power and genius. No editing, no muting, no time limit. Just pure, raw, genius. And this is the best live collection I've found of Parker's work. Some may argue that this collection is too raw in terms of sound quality, but I think that merely enhances the mystique and grit and authenticity of this incredible collection. This is a must-have for Ornithologists!

The worst production by Orrin Keepnews........2006-08-31

This is the worst production by great producer Orrin Keepnews. Music on this 4-cd is great(5 stars). Parker in his peak period and many great musicians (Davis, Dorham, Roach, Milt Jackson) play great too. There are great performances like Ornithology, Confirmation, Salt penauts (with Parker's vocal), Chasin' the bird and many others.
But: Title of this box names COMPLETE live performances on Savoy and this is problem. Royal Roost performances on this box are everything but no complete. There are missing most announcement by Symphony Sid Torin, his talking with Parker, and mainly Parker and his band playing with Symphony Sid voiceover on many stuffs.
There are missing: 52nd street theme, Jumping with Symphony Sid, Jingle bells in many versions. This titles draw club's atmosphere in this era and performances are incomplete without them.
I get off this fake and will buy true Columbia/Nippon Royal Roost complet with similar sound quality I guess.
4th disc contains Carnegie Hall concert but better way is to buy Diz'n Bird at Carnegie Hall. It includes Gillespie with his orchestra performances also.
If you are true fan of Parker dont' buy this 4cd box. It's patch-work.

The Parker Holy Bebop Jazz Trinity.......2004-08-04

Next to the studio Dial and Savoy, this set completes the Parker Holy Bebop Jazz Trinity. These live sessions, are pristine in compare with the Mosaic live set (that is important but only for those who have it all). If you play some instrument, you could learn from these live recordings and even develop your own individual style. I have been there. First, I just listened. Than, I started playing some of his tunes-compositions. I am still in the process of learning. You probably need a lifetime to study Parker's music in depth. On the other hand, you could just sit back and enjoy some fast, bluesy, sophisticated but lively and human playing: The watermark of a real musical genius.

Supremely recommended.......2003-03-24

Anyone who wants to hear Charlie Parker, please start here, with these Savoy recordings. There is a unique coherence and consistency of place and time - bringing the performer-audience electricity of 50 years ago straight into your living room. You experience CP's invention of that music all over again. This is Bird, pure, straight, no chaser, not shaken, not stirred.
Over the last 30 years I have spent many hours listening to Charlie Parker, and his tunes are etched in my mind like musical sculptures, but these recordings have a lot to add to what I had already learnt. This is the best Bird I have heard.
I also have the highest regard for the beautifully informative and intelligent comments by Orrin Keepnews, Paul Bacon, and Loren Schoenberg.

A broad interpretation of the word "complete.".......1999-06-15

Looks good, doesn't it? All the Roosts on four CDs. Looks mighty good. Then there's even more - recordings from Carnegie Hall in 1947 and Chicago in 1950. Still on four CDs. And you know the Roosts alone came out on four a few years back. Anyway...it looks good. And Orrin Keepnews, that dear leech, says "less is more," congratulating himself (again) on giving Symphony Sid the axe. What he doesn't mention, of course, is that an entire date from 1950 with Fats Navarro and Bud Powell has been similarly excised (vol. 3 of the old set, according to the Penguin guide). It should not even surprise, after all these years of being shafted by record companies, much less shock, and no-one will bat an eyelid when this stuff comes out again, even more complete(!), in a couple of years. But it's dishonest, it's self-serving, and particularly when Keepnews so tenaciously holds to painting himself into the picture of those who cared about jazz, it's disgraceful. Bird can have all the stars in the sky. Orrin gets none.

Average customer rating: Surprising quality

America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: 1950 Various Artists Manufacturer: Acrobat [Cit570] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: 1951 America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 1952 America's Greatest Hits Volume 6: 1955 America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4: 1953 America's Greatest Hits Volume 5: 1954 ASIN: B0006B6110 Release Date: 2004-11-08

Tracks:

1. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry, Pinafores
2. I Can Dream Can't I? - The Andrews Sisters
3. Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley
4. Rag Mop - The Ames Brothers
5. Cry of the Wild Goose - Frankie Laine
6. Music! Music! Music! - Teresa Brewer
7. If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked a Cake - Eileen Barton
8. Third Man Theme - Anton Karas
9. Hoop-Dee-Doo - Perry Como,
10. Sentimental Me - The Ames Brothers
11. I Wanna Be Loved - The Andrews Sisters
12. Mona Lisa - Nat King Cole
13. All My Love - Patti Page
14. Goodnight Irene - Gordon Jenkins, The Weavers
15. Harbour Lights - Sammy Kaye
16. Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
17. Thing - Phil Harris
18. My Heart Cries Out for You - Guy Mitchell
19. I Said My Pajamas and Put on My Prayers - Tony Martin, Fran Warren
20. It Isn't Fair - Don Cornell, Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
21. Bewitched - Bill Snyder Orchestra
22. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena - The Weavers
23. I'll Never Be Free - Kay Starr, Tennessee Ernie Ford
24. Sam's Song (The Happy Tune) - Gary Crosby & Friend, Matty Matlock's All Stars
25. Bamboo - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra

Album Description

25 of America's No. 1 & No. 2 hits. Acrobat label. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Surprising quality.......2006-07-01

Listening to this CD, it's hard to believe the songs are about 56 years old. With the mixed quality of budget import CD's, especially for pre-R&R music, we often order expecting the worst. For a budget CD, this one is a surprise with great fidelity, again considering these songs were recorded long before hi-fi, much less stereo. A great bargain!

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Enclosure Two: Harry Partch Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Partch, Harry | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 1 Harry Partch: Enclosure 7 Enclosure Five: Harry Partch The Harry Partch Collection, Volume 2 ASIN: B000004AF9 Release Date: 2000-12-06

Tracks:

1. I am Harry Partch - Harry Partch
2. By the Rivers of Babylon - Harry Partch
3. Texts and Music: A Wagnerian Wrestling Match - Harry Partch
4. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 1 - A Dream - Harry Partch
5. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 2 - An Encounter in the Field - Harry Partch
6. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 3 - On Hearing the Flute - Harry Partch
7. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 4 - The Intruder - Harry Partch
8. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 5 - I am a Peach Tree - Harry Partch
9. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 6 - With a Man of Leisure - Harry Partch
10. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 7 - A Midnight Farewell - Harry Partch
11. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 8 - Before the Cask of Wine - Harry Partch
12. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 9 - On the Ship of Spicewood - Harry Partch
13. Ten Li Po Lyrics: 10 - By the Great Wall - Harry Partch
14. The Use of English in Serious Music - Harry Partch
15. Barstow - Eight Hitch-Hiker's Inscriptions. . . - Harry Partch
16. San Francisco - Newsboy Cries - Harry Partch
17. Life is too precious to spend it with important people - Harry Partch
18. U. S. Highball - A Musical Account of Slim's Transcontinental Hobo Trip - Harry Partch
19. While my Heart Keeps Beating Time - Harry Partch
20. San Francisco II - Harry Partch

Tracks:

1. I'm going to start right off by giving you some sounds - Harry Partch
2. Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake: 1 - Isobel - Harry Partch
3. Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake: 2 - Annah the Allmaziful - Harry Partch
4. Dark Brother - Harry Partch
5. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 1 - Harry Partch
6. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 2 - Harry Partch
7. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 3 - Harry Partch
8. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 4 - Harry Partch
9. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 5 - Harry Partch
10. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 6 - Harry Partch
11. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 7 - Harry Partch
12. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 8 - Harry Partch
13. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 9 - Harry Partch
14. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 10 - Harry Partch
15. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 11 - Harry Partch
16. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 12 - Harry Partch
17. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 13 - Harry Partch
18. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 14 - Harry Partch
19. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 15 - Harry Partch
20. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 16 - Harry Partch
21. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 17 - Harry Partch
22. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 18 - Harry Partch
23. A Quarter-Saw Section of Motivations and Intonations - 19 - Harry Partch

Tracks:

1. June 11, 1935 - Santa Rosa, California - H. PARTCH
2. June 12 - Federal Shelter, Stockton - H. PARTCH
3. June 13 - H. PARTCH
4. June 14 - H. PARTCH
5. June 16 - Huntington Ranch, San Joaquin - H. PARTCH
6. June 17 - H. PARTCH
7. July 4 - H. PARTCH
8. July 14 - H. PARTCH
9. July 16 - H. PARTCH
10. July 19 - H. PARTCH
11. July 20 - Heading north, between Sacramento and Redding (Later incorporated into The Wind) - H. PARTCH
12. July 24 - Federal Shelter, Portland - H. PARTCH
13. July 25 - Blue Ox Lodge, Seattle, Washington - H. PARTCH
14. July 27 - H. PARTCH
15. July 29 - H. PARTCH
16. July 30 - H. PARTCH
17. August 7 - Between Grants Pass and Klamath Falls, Oregon - H. PARTCH
18. August 15 - H. PARTCH
19. October 22 - Nearing Monterey (reworked in 1943 as The Letter) - H. PARTCH
20. October 24 - Leaving Big Sur - H. PARTCH
21. October 25 - Near Slate's Hot Springs (Now the Esalen Institute) - H. PARTCH
22. October 26 - H. PARTCH
23. October 27 - H. PARTCH
24. October 28 - H. PARTCH
25. October 29 - H. PARTCH
26. October 30 - Big Creek - H. PARTCH
27. November 12 - Santa Barbara - H. PARTCH
28. November 14 - H. PARTCH
29. November 15 - Leaving Santa Barbara - H. PARTCH
30. November 16 - Ojai - H. PARTCH
31. November 17 - H. PARTCH
32. November 23 - Los Angeles - H. PARTCH
33. November 28 - H. PARTCH
34. December 4 - H. PARTCH
35. December, 1935 - H. PARTCH
36. Feburary 1, 1936 - San Bernardino - H. PARTCH

Tracks:

1. Yankee Doodle Birds - H. PARTCH
2. Y.D. Fantasy - On the Words of an Early American Tune - H. PARTCH
3. O Frabjous Day! - H. PARTCH
4. You are charged with being guilty. Are you drunk or not drunk? - H. PARTCH
5. Ring Around the Moon - A Dance Fantasm for Here - H. PARTCH
6. Bless This Home - H. PARTCH
7. Harrys Wake - H. PARTCH

Amazon.com

Enclosure 2, all four cds, is curated as a sprawling notebook filled with sounds and speech instead of sketches and words. Of any Partch recording extant, it gives the best picture of the man--as the curmudgeonly, extremely innovative misanthrope that he was, as the composer who was impossibly unlike anyone else before or since. The essence of Partch's music reflects the history of the world--from his particular perspective--the imaginings of ancient Greece to the influence of Chinese musical melodrama, all propelled by homemade instruments based on a 43-tone scale named things like the "Kithara" and the "Boo." These recordings also give the best sense of his philosophy of language in music. Lamenting the whole time how text in music had become detached from the language of everyday life, Partch ran music alongside newsboys' cries and hobos' diaries, following the forms, cadence, and dynamics of speech, rather than the other way around. From his juvenilia (a wonderful song he wrote at 18) to a 45-minute segment of his wake in 1974, the first steps towards exploring Partch's sparkling works fully are made here. --Robin Edgerton

Average customer rating: Superb material w/ ample sound Bebop Brilliance Exhaustive, detailed treatment of early Dizzy Not Bad For The Price & Period Considering Dizzy's Total Output. perfect selection, sound quality just fine

The Dizzy Gillespie Story: 1939-1950 Dizzy Gillespie Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bargain Box Sets | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Count Basie Story Tempus Fugue-It Masterpieces: 1926-1949 Sound The Music Master ASIN: B00005RDA9 Release Date: 2001-11-05

Tracks:

1. Blue Rhythm Fantasy - Teddy Hill & His Orchestra
2. Hot Mallets - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
3. Pickin' the Cabbage - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
4. Bye Bye Blues - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
5. Once in a Lovetime
6. Stardust - Kenny Clarke, Nick Fenton, Dizzy Gillespie, Ken Kersey
7. Little John Special - Lucky Millinder
8. Woody 'N' You - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
9. Disorder at the Border - Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
10. I Stay in the Mood for You - Billy Eckstine, Billy Eckstine
11. I Can't Get Started - Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
12. Good Bait - Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
13. Bebop - Dizzy Gillespie All Stars
14. Perdido - Joe Marsala
15. Cherokee - Joe Marsala
16. Night in Tunisia - Boyd Raeburn
17. Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
18. Blue 'N' Boogie - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
19. Groovin' High - Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Clyde Hart, Remo Palmieri, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart
20. All the Things You Are - Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Clyde Hart, Remo Palmieri, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart
21. Dizzy Atmosphere - Cozy Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Clyde Hart, Remo Palmieri, Charlie Parker, Slam Stewart
22. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie
23. Shaw 'Nuff - Dizzy Gillespie
24. Hot House - Dizzy Gillespie
25. Get Happy - Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet,
26. Congo Blues - Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet,

Tracks:

1. Ten Lessons with Timothy - Tony Scott
2. Slim's Jam - Slim Gaillard
3. Dizzy Atmosphere - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
4. Diggin' Diz - Dizzy Gillespie
5. Confirmation - Dizzy Gillespie
6. Diggin' for Diz - Dizzy Gillespie
7. Dynamo A - Dizzy Gillespie
8. When I Grow Too Old to Dream - Dizzy Gillespie
9. 'Round About Midnight - Dizzy Gillespie
10. Way You Look Tonight - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards Orchestra
11. Why Do I Love You? - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards Orchestra
12. Who - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards Orchestra
13. All the Things You Are - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards Orchestra
14. 52nd Street Theme - Dizzy Gillespie
15. Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
16. Ol' Man Rebop - Dizzy Gillespie
17. Anthropology - Dizzy Gillespie
18. One Bass Hit, Pt. 1 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
19. Oop Bop Sh'bam - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
20. That's Earl, Brother - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
21. Our Delight - Dizzy Gillespie
22. Good Dues Blues - Dizzy Gillespie
23. Ray's Idea - Dizzy Gillespie
24. Things to Come - Dizzy Gillespie
25. For Hecklers Only - Be Bop Boys
26. Smokey Hollow Jump - Be Bop Boys
27. Boppin' the Blues - Be Bop Boys

Tracks:

1. Moody Speaks - Be Bop Boys
2. Emanon - Dizzy Gillespie
3. Ow! - Dizzy Gillespie
4. Oop-Pop-A-Da - Dizzy Gillespie
5. Two Bass Hit - Dizzy Gillespie
6. Stay on It - Dizzy Gillespie
7. Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie, , John Lewis, Al McKibbon, Charlie Parker
8. Dizzy Atmosphere - Dizzy Gillespie, , John Lewis, Al McKibbon, Charlie Parker
9. Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie, , John Lewis, Al McKibbon, Charlie Parker
10. Confirmation - Dizzy Gillespie, Barry Harris, John Lewis, Al McKibbon, Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker
11. Koko - Dizzy Gillespie, , John Lewis, Al McKibbon, Charlie Parker
12. Leap Here - The Metronome All-Stars
13. Algo Bueno (Woody 'N' You) - Dizzy Gillespie
14. Cool Breeze - Dizzy Gillespie
15. Cubana Be - Dizzy Gillespie
16. Cubana Bop - Dizzy Gillespie
17. Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie
18. Good Bait - Dizzy Gillespie
19. Ool-Ya-Koo - Dizzy Gillespie
20. Minor Walk - Dizzy Gillespie
21. Guarachi Guaro - Dizzy Gillespie
22. Duff Capers - Dizzy Gillespie

Tracks:

1. Lover, Come Back to Me - Dizzy Gillespie
2. I'm Be Boppin' Too - Dizzy Gillespie
3. Swedish Suite - Dizzy Gillespie
4. St. Louis Blues - Dizzy Gillespie
5. Katy (Dizzier and Dizzier) - Dizzy Gillespie
6. Jump Di-Le-Ba - Dizzy Gillespie
7. Hey Pete! Let's Eat Mo' Meat - Dizzy Gillespie
8. Jumpin' with Symphony Sid - Dizzy Gillespie
9. In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee - Dizzy Gillespie
10. Say When - Dizzy Gillespie
11. You Stole My Wife, You Horsethief - Dizzy Gillespie
12. Coast to Coast - Dizzy Gillespie
13. Oo-La-La - Dizzy Gillespie
14. Bloomdido - Charlie Parker & his Orchestra
15. Oscar for Treadwell - Charlie Parker & his Orchestra
16. Mohawk - Charlie Parker & his Orchestra
17. My Melancholy Baby - Charlie Parker & his Orchestra
18. Leap Frog - Charlie Parker & his Orchestra
19. Relaxin' with Lee - Charlie Parker & his Orchestra
20. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards
21. Lullaby of the Leaves - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards
22. What Is There to Say? - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards Orchestra
23. Alone Together - Dizzy Gillespie, , Johnny Richards Orchestra
24. On the Alamo - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards
25. Interlude in C - Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Richards

Album Description

UK box-set for the greatest bebop trumpeter ever. 99 tracks over 4 CD's from his early years with the bands of Teddy Hill, Lionel Hampton & Cab Calloway to the exciting trumpet virtuoso performances of the mid to late 1940's. 48 page booklet tells the story of this great musician & showman, includes session details & rare photos. 2001.

Album Details

Four CD Compilation with 100 Tracks Tracing the Career of Dizzie Gillespie from his Early Years with Theteddy Hill, Lionel Hampton, and Cab Calloway to his Virtuoso Trumpet Performances of the Mid Tolate 40's. Also Included is a 48 Page Booklet Including a Biography, Session Details and Rare Photos.

Customer Reviews:

Superb material w/ ample sound.......2007-02-19

Proper Records is doing a wonderful job at offering affordable box sets of the early legends of jazz music, and "The Dizzy Gillespie Story 1939-1950" is certainly no exception. While I understand how a previous reviewer came to surmise the sound quality is not what it could be, I have to say personally I find the sound ample and likewise rewarding. You'll spend oodles more in cash trying to obtain what you can get on this one set, only to find you wasted precious time and money in doing so.

For casual fans of Gillespie, the most influential of early bebop trumpeters, this collection might be all you ever buy. The insert provides listeners with a wealth of material both on the specific recordings present as well as critical artist biographical info. Unless you really know what you are doing, remastering work like this can often ruin and not enhance the material in question. I am completely satisfied with the quality and am thankful they did not harm the integrity of recordings, while admittedly they appear to have done little if anything to enhance it.

Five stars for showcasing a great musician with wonderful packaging and sufficient sound, this box set is an absolute treat. Bravo to Proper Records, for knowing what fans want and delivering. So toss this one in your cart or place it on your to-buy list and prepare to be delighted!

Bebop Brilliance.......2006-08-22

The breadth of Dizzy's work covered in this box set is staggering. You could easily spend 4 times the amount of money gathering these sessions together. I am a big fan of Charlie Parker, and I especially love the music in which Bird and Diz played together. I have to admit though, that while Charlier Parker contributed the phrasing and the genius that launched bebop, it was Dizzy that provided the leadership and the mentoring that kept it moving forward. The recognition of Dizzy's contributions seems to be sorely lacking, then and even now.

This box set captures Dizzy's efforts during this most crucial period that shaped what modern jazz sounds like today. It covers his early work with Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine, and Coleman Hawkins, and the early small group work with Bird leading up to their trip to California. It includes Dizzy's bebop big band after returning to New York, as well as his earliest Afro-Cuban recordings with Chano Pozo.

If this wasn't enough, the box set includes Bird and Diz's 1947 Carnegie Hall concert, and the famous Bird/Diz/Monk recordings from 1950, when Norman Granz got exactly what he didn't want, and we bebop fans got exactly what we did want (thank you Mr. Granz).

Dizzy's energy, power, and enthusiasm never diminish throughout these selections, and the bands, small and large, swing with incredible precision. It is so good to hear his fluttering trumpet lines soaring over the lush big band background and settling back to earth.

Finally a word about the sound quality- An early review of this box set decried the sound quality, and frankly that is what kept me from purchasing it for a long time. Having nearly worn out the CDs now, I think the sound quality is just fine. I have duplicates of many of the songs in this set, including the early small group bebop sessions and the master takes of the Bird/Diz/Monk set, and I can tell you that the sound quality is as good or better in this set than in the duplicates.

Exhaustive, detailed treatment of early Dizzy.......2005-10-02

Most of us that love and follow the origins of modern jazz seem to know all about the early recordings of Charlie Parker, for instance, the Jay McShann recordings, the Redcross acetates, the Tiny Grimes session, and finally the Bird/Diz output of 1945 for Guild and the Comet session with Red Norvo.

This CD box covers the early years of bebop via the recordings of Dizzy Gillespie. It includes all important sessions leading up to the Bird/Diz recordings (Teddy Hill, Cab Calloway, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins), and after the split with Bird, covers his output with his big band and small groups up to 1950.

Some very rare recordings are included, such as his 1st recording of Groovin' High, with Dexter Gordon, and a session with strings of Jerome Kern's compositions, that was pulled because the estate of Kern objected to Dizzy's liberties.

I have never seen so complete a box set dealing with Dizzy Gillespie's early work. The liner notes are quite complete as well.

Highly recommended!

Not Bad For The Price & Period Considering Dizzy's Total Output........2005-06-05

Complete with an an informative booklet, colorfuly packaged,a lot of early band sides and "hits" a la Ken Burns style,much Savoy Groovin High period as well as some Bird and the RCA period nicely covered.
No one can say after you get this box set you were robbed..OK, they are not the Original Masters but are pretty good to my ears.The sound is pretty clean and this box remains a great overview even Penguin's Guide To Jazz says so. It is a great sampler not a composite whole in listening to the man.

perfect selection, sound quality just fine.......2005-04-27

This is a very inexpensive way to get all the key early Bebop sides in one place, plus a bunch of stuff you don't need as well. Some of these recordings are among the most important ever made. An earlier reviewer complained about the sound quality. I found nothing wrong; maybe he didn't know what to expect from magnetic recordings that have been transferred onto CD from 60-year-old 78 RPMs.

I would totally buy this box set if I were you. I compared the sound quality to the "complete RCA/victor recordings" and there was virtually no difference. It's maybe not top of the line quality, but its totally worth it, because the music is completely enjoyable still and the fuzz isn't bad at all... it's like you're actually listening to the record, instead of a small piece of plastic onto which data is written and read.

Also, Charlie Parker, my fave, appears on MANY of these tracks, including some FANTASTIC live ones that I haven't seen anywhere else. When they get together they really soar!

If you want to get into Dizzy and his pals in their prime development, ca. 1945-50, and catch a glimpse at his vitruoso playing before that, this is the set to go with. Don't worry about the sound quality.

Finally, if you like this I must recommend the inexpensive CD box-set "Bebop Spoken Here" on the same label. It contains many of the songs here but it is a selection of various artists from 1944-50, tracing the birth and development of BOP! Maybe you should start there, as it highlights this set as well as others.

Average customer rating: A worthy addition to JSP's first two Django box sets Vive le Django, Vive le JSP

Django in Rome 1949-1950 Django Reinhardt Manufacturer: Jsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music European Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: Paris and London: 1937-1948, Vol. 2 The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-1957 Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend ASIN: B0001AV562 Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

1. Over The Rainbow
2. Night And Day
3. Minor Blues
4. Nature Boy
5. The World Is Waiting For The Sunshine
6. Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir
7. Hallelujah
8. Nagasaki
9. I'll Never Be The Same
10. Swing '39
11. Clopin Clopant
12. Honeysuckle Rose
13. All The You Are
14. Djangology
15. Liza
16. For Sentimental Reasons
17. Daphne
18. La Mer
19. Sweet Georgia Brown
20. Lover Man
21. Marie
22. Stormy Weather
23. Minor Swing

Tracks:

1. To Each His Own
2. What Is This Thing Called Love
3. Ou Es-Tu Mon Amour
4. Undecided
5. Swing '42
6. I Surrender Dear
7. After You've Gone
8. I Got Rhythm
9. I Saw Stars
10. Artillerie Lourde
11. It's Only A Paper Moon
12. Time On My Hands
13. Brick Top
14. Tchaikovsky's Starry Night
15. My Blue Heaven
16. Menilmontant
17. Swing Guitars
18. My Melancholy Baby
19. Webster
20. Micro
21. Micro
22. Dream Of You
23. Begin The Beguine

Tracks:

1. How High The Moon
2. Nuages
3. I Can't Get Started
4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
5. The Man I Love
6. The Peanut Vendor
7. Just A Gigolo
8. Troublant Bolero
9. Rosetta
10. Blue Skies
11. It Might As Well Be Spring
12. Blue Lou
13. Brazil
14. What A Difference A Day Made
15. Pigalle
16. Manoir De Mes Reves
17. Improvisation No.4
18. Anniversary Song
19. Stormy Weather
20. Russian Songs Melody
21. Jersey Bounce

Tracks:

1. Dinette
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. Micro
4. Dream Of You
5. Nuages
6. Darktown Strutters Ball
7. Greig's Norwegian Dance
8. A Tisket A Tasket
9. Manoir De Mes Reves
10. Place De Brouckere
11. September Song
12. Royal Garden Blues
13. St Louis Blues
14. Sweet Georgia Brown
15. Minor Swing
16. Double Whiskey
17. Artillerie Lourde
18. St. James' Ifirmary
19. C Jam Blues
20. Honeysuckle Rose
21. Debussy's Reverie
22. Black Night
23. Boogie Woogie

Customer Reviews:

A worthy addition to JSP's first two Django box sets.......2006-02-08

This is JSP's third great box set of Django Reinhardt recordings, and anyone who likes jazz guitar or just great music in general has to really appreciate their contribution. Taken together, these three sets provide a fairly complete (and very skillfully remastered) compilation of most of Django's known recordings.

I first hesitated to get this third set (Django in Rome 1949-1950) because many of the songs were included in "The Indispensable Django Reinhardt" which I already owned. Having listened to it now, though, I have no regrets about the purchase. Not only is the sound quality much better than "The Indispensible Django Reinhardt," but the additional songs included turn out to be many of Django's best recordings.

Of the four disks, the first three consist mainly of Django playing in 1949 in Rome with his old partner on violin, Stephane Grappelli, and the last disk contains recordings in 1950 with another old friend, Andre Ekyan, on alto sax and clarinet. In both cases the soloists are backed by competent Italian backup bands consisting of piano, bass and drums. Many of the recordings with Grappelli, in particular, rank with the very best of the original Quintet of the Hot Club of France, and it's quite interesting to see how they rework some of the same songs that they'd first recorded together a decade earlier.

One thing that should be mentioned is that, contrary to the title shown on the Amazon page, these are not live recordings and the name on the box set itself doesn't say "live." It would be great to have a box set like this of live recordings of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, but as far as I know nothing like that exists. In any case, it's at least fortunate that so many remarkable studio recordings have been preserved and now remastered.

Vive le Django, Vive le JSP.......2005-01-02

Pros:
* 90 sides for less than $30
* Beautiful remastering by Ted Kendall with minimal noise make these old recordings sound modern
* Django playing brilliantly as always on the electric and acoustic guitar in a variety of settings including solo, reunions with Stephane Grappelli, and a reconfigured Quintette du Hot Club du France featuring clarinet, sax, piano, and drums
* As opposed to the second JSP box where Django plays with huge ensembles and is featured less prominently, this box has Django performing with 4 musicians or less
* Mr. Kendall includes a slow and sublime version of Nuages with an electric guitar solo by Django including one of the more ridiculous runs up the fretboard ever recorded

Cons:
* A question of taste: Swing enthusiasts infatuated with the 3 guitar, bass, and violin sound of the early QHCF may prefer the first JSP box, but any fan of Le Django will be quite satisfied with these exquisite late masters
* Minimal packing and notes

Bottom line: Staggering value

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2. Lestorian Mode [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
3. Live at Newport [Import]
4. Live At Slades
5. Live at the East [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live] [Original recording remastered]
6. Live at the Village Vanguard [Live]
7. Live in 1951 at the Hollywood Palladium, Vol. 1 [Live]
8. Live in Europe [Live]
9. Looking In
10. Masterpieces, Vol. 15

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