Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Louis Armstrong
2. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya? - Ruby Braff
3. Lover Man - Sonny Stitt
4. I Can't Get Started - Teddy Wilson
5. Satin Doll - Bud Freeman
6. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) - Ben Webster
7. Honeysuckle Rose - Sidney Bechet
8. Doxy - Dexter Gordon
9. Black Lion Blues - Earl Hines
10. In Case You Didn't Know - Count Basie

Disc 2:

1. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
2. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) - Duke Pearson
3. Falling in Love With Love - Grant Green
4. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Stéphane Grappelli, Barney Kessel
5. Stalag 414 - Oscar Pettiford
6. Out of This World - Donald Byrd
7. I Will Wait for You - Barney Kessel
8. I'm Beginning to See the Light - Jay McShann
9. Nearness of You - Freddie Hubbard
10. Mean to Me - Ruby Braff

Disc 3:

1. Swingin' on Central - Nat King Cole
2. It's Only a Paper Moon - Bud Freeman
3. Moonglow - Teddy Wilson
4. Sophisticated Lady - Johnny Griffin
5. Something in Blue - Thelonious Monk
6. Bags' Groove - Duke Pearson
7. Jeep Is Jumpin' - Ben Webster
8. Skylark - Lee Konitz
9. Take Me Back to New Orleans - Chris Barber, Dr. John
10. Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong

Disc 4:

1. Ain't It the Truth? - Count Basie
2. What Am I Here For? - Count Basie
3. C Jam Blues - Sidney Bechet
4. All I Do Is Dream of You - Serge Chaloff
5. Mo' Joe - Philly Joe Jones
6. Man I Love - Thelonious Monk
7. Time After Time - Freddie Hubbard
8. Autumn Leaves - Barney Kessel
9. What a Diff'rence a Day Made - Stéphane Grappelli, Barney Kessel
10. Struttin' With Some Barbecue - Louis Armstrong

Disc 5:

1. Take the "A" Train - Ruby Braff
2. Over the Rainbow - Stéphane Grappelli, Earl Hines
3. There Will Never Be Another You - Oscar Pettiford
4. Just You, Just Me - Bud Powell
5. I Can't Get Started - Buck Clayton, Big Joe Turner
6. Kicks - Nat King Cole, Buddy Rich
7. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry - Dexter Gordon
8. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Ruby Braff, Buddy Tate
9. Stardust - Sonny Stitt
10. Chicago - Bud Freeman

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57990 in Music
• Released on: 1993-10-01
• Number of discs: 5
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Dabble in Jazz
This set was bought for me. I used to eat lunch at small sub shop on Belmont Ave. in Chicago. It was named the Jazzy Cafe. You went not just to eat and listen to whatever Jazz the owner was playing that day but to listen to whatever the owner wanted to tell you. He knew enough about Jazz to be dangerous. His subs would have a different taste depending on the music he was playing that day. He recommended this set to me one day and I never got around to getting it, so he bought for me.

To this day I am very greatful for this set and for the many subs I ate there.'

Put this set in and hit random and you'll get a real taste of the Jazzy Cafe as I remember it.

These jazz cd's rock...er...swing...are cool!
I bought all five of these at once so I could get "jazz literate" without spending a lot of money. They are a very cost effective introduction to jazz, and you get a lot of classics so eventually you can impress people by telling them about your favorite jazz tunes and artists. Just make sure to change the subject before you have to go into any detail.

Great recording quality considering the source material (old hissy tapes sometimes) and an almost-free price make this an unbeatable bargain with a jazzy beat!

*****x5 Black Bowl Christmas Trees Globular Clusters
Say you're trying to be kool. Your perhaps thinking of inviting some people over to your house. You maybe have designs about impressing them with your worldly tastes. You may even know a lady you want to slice, but you're unsure as to how to get her off her guard. Get this set and all your dreams will come true. The song selection is A+, but some of the old tapes have some hiss that carried over onto the digital format. It is noticable, but primo if you have a mono state on your amp- you do have an amp...WHAT! You ain't got an amp and you wanna impress somebody with your stereo? Nevermind your in the wrong genre`- you must've got to this by mistake. Over the Rainbow, written by H.Carmichael and performed here by "Fatha" Hines on the ivory and Stephen Grapelli on the violin is worth the price of this set. Not to mention Theopolis Monk. Peace