Product Description

From Allen Lowe. Featuring rare recordings from: Frank Sinatra, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeks, Stan Kenton and more

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Frank Sinatra/L. Armstrong - Blue Skies (Aug., 1945)
2. Rex Stewart/S. Scott/E. Bostic - Big Chief Pawnee (July 30, 1945)
3. Kay Starr - Good for Nothin' Joe (Dec., 1945)
4. Doris Day/L. Brown - We'll Be Together Again (Nov. 23, 1945)
5. Joe Stafford - Sometimes I'm Happy (1945)
6. Mel Powell - Don't Blame Me (1945)
7. Louis Armstrong - I Wonder (1945)
8. Gatemouth Moore - Did You Ever Love a Woman (May 10, 1945)
9. Merle Travis - Cannonball Rag (1945)
10. Lil Armstrong./Jonah Jones/J.C. Higginbotham - I'm Confessin' (Jan. 9, 1945)
11. Nat Cole/C. Shavers/H. Haymer - Swingin' on Central (June 9, 1945)
12. Harry Sweets Edison/Les Paul - Get Happy (Sept. 12, 1945)
13. Ivy Anderson - Tall, Dark, and Handsome (Oct., 1945)
14. D. Gillespie/C. Parker/A. Haig - Dizzy Atmosphere (Dec. 29, 1945)
15. Coleman Hawkins/H. McGhee - Rifftide (Feb. 23, 1945)
16. Billy Eckstein Orchestra - Air Mail Special (Feb. or March, 1945)
17. Bill Eckstein/S.Vaughan - Don't Blame Me (Feb. or March, 1945)
18. Mezz Mezzrow - Revolutionary Blues (part 1) (1945)
19. Fletcher Henderson - Minor Riff (1945)
20. Boyd Raeburn (D. Gillespie) - Barefoot Boy With Cheek (Jan. 7, 1945)
21. Woody Herman - (from) Ebony Concerto (composed 1945)
22. Bill Harris - Mean to Me (July 5, 1945)
23. Peggy Lee - Waiting for the Train to Come Home (July 30, 1945)

Disc 2:

1. Kid Ory - 1919 Rag (1946)
2. Lester Young/N. Cole/B. Rich - Somebody Loves Me (March or April, 1946)
3. Tommy Dorsey (arr. B. Finegan) - Hollywood Hi Hat (April 8, 1946)
4. Dizzy Gillespie - 52nd Street Theme (Feb. 22, 1946)
5. Dodo Marmarosa (Lucky Thompson) - Dodo's Bounce (1946)
6. Harry Gibson - Who Put the Benzedrine . . . (Feb. 8, 1946)
7. Pete Johnson - Pete's Lonesome Blues (Jan. 26, 1946)
8. George Lewis/Original Zenith Brass Band - `Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Feb. 26, 1946)
9. Bebop Boys - Bebop in Pastel (Aug. 23, 1946)
10. Stan Kenton (arr. G. Roland) - Ecuador (July 18, 1946)
11. Woody Herman (R. Burns) - Lady McGowran's Dream (Sept. 18, 1946)
12. Frankie Trumbauer - China Boy (May 25, 1946)
13. Benny Carter (S. White) - Something to Remember You By (April 22, 1946)
14. Benny Goodman - Up a Lazy River (Oct. 14, 1946)
15. Charles Mingus - This Subdues My Passion (May 6, 1946)
16. Lucky Roberts - Junkman Rag (May 21, 1946)
17. Jo Jo Adams - When I'm in My Tea (June 11, 1946)
18. Mel Powell (Orchestra) - Lover Man (June 3, 1946)
19. Raymond Scott - Naked City (ca. 1946)
20. Metronome All Stars/Frank Sinatra - Sweet Lorraine (Dec. 15, 1946)
21. Hociel Thomas (Mutt Carey) - Gambler's Dream (Aug. 30, 1946)
22. Boyd Raeburn (arr. G. Handy) - Over the Rainbow (June 3, 1946)
23. Howard McGhee - Thermodynamics (July 29, 1946)

Disc 3:

1. Don Byas - I Found a New Baby (Aug. 21, 1946)
2. Serge Chaloff (Rodney/Swope/DiNovi) - Serge's Urge (Aug. 21, 1946)
3. Art Hodes (Jazz Record 6) - Ballin' the Jack (March 15, 1946)
4. Lecuona Cuban Boys - Baila La Conga (1946)
5. Wild Bill Davison - Improvisation for the March of Time (1946)
6. Frank Signorelli - Save It Pretty Mama (Oct. 16, 1946)
7. Pete Dailey - Jazz Me Blues (Oct. 18, 1946)
8. Ray McKinley - Cyclops (Dec. 31, 1947)
9. Lenny Tristano - Yesterdays (1947)
10. Allan Eager (D. Jordan) - And That's for Sure (July 15, 1947)
11. Brew Moore - Blue Brew (July 15, 1947)
12. Charlie Parker/D. Gillespie/L. Tristano/J. LaPorta./B. Bauer - On the Sunny Side of the Street (Sept. 20, 1947)
13. Coleman Hawkins (F. Navarro) - Half Step Down (Dec. 10, 1947)
14. Dexter Gordon (Leo Parker) - So Easy (Dec. 11, 1947)
15. Duke Ellington - New York City Blues (Dec. 27, 1947)
16. Lionel Hampton (C. Mingus) - Mingus Fingers (Nov. 10, 1947)
17. Louis Armstrong - I'm Confessin' (Feb. 8, 1947)
18. Red Allen - Sweet Lorraine (March 18, 1947)
19. Stan Kenton (arr. Graettenger) - Thermopolae (1947)
20. Ethel Waters (acc. Reginald Beane) - It's Only a Paper Moon (1947)
21. Miff Mole (B. Dodds et al.) - How Come You Do Me (1947)
22. Al Hibbler - My Little Brown Book (1947)

Disc 4:

1. Bing Crosby/Al Jolson - Alexander's Ragtime Band (March 25, 1947)
2. Sidney Bechet - Laura (July 31, 1947)
3. Chano Pozo - Ritmo Afro Cubano (1947)
4. Spanier/J.P. Johnson/Bechet/Nicholas - Blue Turning Grey Over You (1947)
5. Johnny Guarnieri - Exactly Like You (1947)
6. Art Tatum - Cherokee (1947)
7. Ella Fitzgerald - Lady Be Good (1947)
8. Lenny Tristano - Don't Blame Me (1947)
9. Mutt Carey - Slow Drivin' (part 1 and 2) (1947)
10. Mary Ann McCall - Time (June 1, 1947)
11. Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes - Shorty's Got to Go (March 15, 1947)
12. Astor Piazzolla - Quejas De Bandoneon (Aug. 21, 1947)
13. T. Texas Tyler - Who's to Blame (1947)
14. Hank Penny - Locked Out (1947)
15. Doc Pomus - Pomus Blues (Aug. or Sept., 1947)
16. James P. Johnson - Aintcha Got Music (June 21, 1947)
17. Allen Eager (Mettome, Wallington) - Nightmare Allen (Nov. 6, 1947)
18. Joe Turner (P. Johnson) - Jockey Blues (Dec. 27, 1947)
19. Kay Starr - Garbage Can Blues (Dec. 27, 1947)
20. Nellie Lutcher - I Thought About You (Aug. 19, 1947)
21. Buddy Rich (orchestra, arr. Finckl) - What Is This Thing Called Love (April, 1947)
22. Benny Goodman (orchestra, arr. L. Williams) - Lonely Moments (Jan. 28, 1947)
23. Charlie Parker - Out of Nowhere (Nov. 4, 1947)
24. Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Bop Alley (Dec. 22, 1947)

Disc 5:

1. Serge Chaloff (Haig, Rodney, T. Kahn) - Fine and Dandy (Jan. 29, 1947)
2. Dodo Marmarosa - Tone Painting (part 1 and 2) (1947)
3. Bud Powell - Somebody Loves Me (Jan. 10, 1947)
4. Thelonious Monk - Off Minor (Oct. 24, 1947)
5. Leo Parker/H. McGhee/G. Ammons - Leapin Leo (1947)
6. Django Reinhardt - Just One of Those Things (May 21, 1947)
7. Chubby Jackson (T. Aless/E. Carls) - L'Ana (May 20, 1947)
8. Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie - Koko (Sept. 29, 1947)
9. Dizzy Gillespie (big band, arr. George Russell) - Relaxin' at Camrillo (Sept. 29, 1947)
10. Thelonious Monk - Monk's Mood (Nov. 21, 1947)
11. Claude Thornhill (G. Evans) - Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Nov. 6, 1947)
12. Harry James - Tuxedo Junction (1947)
13. Dave Brubeck Octet - I Hear a Rhapsody (1948)
14. Hadda Brooks - Out of the Blue (1948)
15. Count Basie - Seventh Avenue Express (Oct. 19, 1948)
16. Tony Fruscella/Chick Maures/Bill Triglia - Little Orgg (1948)
17. Anita O'Day - What Is This Thing Called Love (1948)
18. Miles Davis (Konitz/Lewis/Roach) - Half Nelson (Sept. 25, 1948)
19. Miles Davis Nonet (arr. J. Lewis) - Sil Vous Plais (Sept. 4, 1948)
20. Tadd Dameron (Navarro, Eager, Williams) - Our Delight (Summer or Fall 1948)
21. James Moody's Modernists - The Fuller Bop Man (Oct. 19, 1948)

Disc 6:

1. Fats Navarro (E. Henry) -Boperation (Oct. 11, 1948)
2. Tommy Duncan and his Western All Stars - Wrong Road Blues (1948)
3. Stan Hasselgard (B. Carroll) - Cottontop (Nov. 18, 1948)
4. Lester Young - Just You Just Me (Nov. 27, 1948)
5. Charlie Parker - My Old Flame (1948)
6. Sir Charles Thompson - Robbin's Nest (May, 1948)
7. Rip Ramsey and His Texas Wanderers - Wanderer's Swing (1948)
8. Sonny Stitt - Relaxin' (May, 1948)
9. Charlie Barnet (G. Fuller) - Cuba (Feb. 7, 1949)
10. Billie Holiday - Keeps on Raining (Aug. 27, 1949)
11. Babs Gonzalez - Professor Bop (Jan. 20, 1949)
12. Metronome All Stars (Rugolo) - Overtime (Jan. 3, 1949)
13. J.J. Johnson (S. Rollins) - Bee Jay (May 11, 1949)
14. Johnny Carisi (wr., arr.) - Lestorian Mode (May 21, 1949)
15. Gerry Mulligan - Waterworks (Aug. 23, 1949)
16. Wardell Gray - Southside Swing (Nov. 11, 1949)
17. Tadd Dameron (Big Ten) - Focus (Feb. 19, 1949)
18. Jimmy Dorsey - Out of Nowhere (1949)
19. Buddy DeFranco (wr., arr. G. Russell) - A Bird in Igor's Yard (April 23, 1949)
20. Stan Getz (Walling, Swope, Gibbs, Rogers) - T & S (March 14, 1949)
21. Stan Getz (Rainey, Cohn) - Stan Gets Along (1949)
22. Charlie Parker (Haig, Rodney) - Bird of Paradise (1949)
23. Bud Powell - Tempus Fugit (Feb., 1949)

Disc 7:

1. Omer Simeon/Knocky Parker - Grandpa's Spells (1949)
2. Roy Porter (big band, Dolphy) - Gassin' the Wig (Jan. or Feb., 1949)
3. Art Pepper/Hampton Hawes - Perdido (April, 1949)
4. Charlie Mariano (Truitt) - Babylon (May 25, 1949)
5. Gil Fuller - The Scene Changes (July 11, 1949)
6. Errol Garner - I'm Confessin' (Summer 1949)
7. Lee Konitz/Tristano - Tautology (Jan. 11, 1949)
8. Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh - Marshmallow (June 28, 1949)
9. Julia Lee - When Your Lover Has Gone (April 29, 1949)
10. Walter Brown (J. Jackson/Ashby) - Cindy Lou (Oct. 31, 1949)
11. Don Lanphere (D. Jordan) - Spider's Webb (July 2, 1949)
12. James Moody (Arne Domnerus) - Out of Nowhere (Oct. 7, 1949)
13. Big Eye Louis Nelson Delisle - Clarinet Marmalade (July 19, 1949)
14. Bud Powell/Sonny Stitt - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Dec. 11, 1949)
15. Lester Young - Body and Soul (April 2, 1950)
16. Moon Mullican - Southern Hospitality (April 16, 1950)
17. Dickie Jones (Benny Leaders) - Salt Your Pillow Down (ca. 1950 or 1951)
18. Sarah Vaughan (M. Davis) - Nice Work if You Can Get It (May 19, 1950)
19. June Christy (Kenton, arr. Rigolo) - Come Rain or Come Shine (1950)
20. Teddi King - You May Not Love Me (Dec., 1950)
21. Chubby Jackson (orchestra, arr. T. Kahn, Mulligan, Aless) - Flying the Coop (March 15, 1950)
22. Nat Pierce Orchestra (Ralph Burns) - Red Hills and Green Barns (excerpt) (Nov. or Dec., 1950)
23. Stan Kenton (Russo) - Solitaire (Feb. 3, 1950)

Disc 8:

1. Joe Venuti - Apple Blossoms (ca. 1950)
2. Dave Brubeck - Singin' in the Rain (March, 1950)
3. Al Haig - Liza (Feb. 27, 1950)
4. Barbara Carroll - Dancing on the Ceiling (Feb. 15, 1950)
5. Duke Ellington (M. Roach) - The New Piano Roll Blues (Sept. 21, 1950)
6. Al Hibbler - Song of the Wanderer (1950)
7. Charlie Parker (Navarro, B. Powell) - Ornithology (June 30, 1950)
8. Tony Scott - Lover Come Back to Me (excerpt) (July, 1950)
9. Jack Teagarden - Love Lies (Feb. 21, 1950)
10. Maynard Ferguson (arr. S. Rogers) - Short Wave (Sept. 13, 1950)
11. Johnny Wiggs and His New Orleans Band - Zulu's Parade (June 11, 1950)
12. Earl Hines (trio) - I Hadn't Anyone `Til You (June 17, 1950)
13. Miles Davis & Metronome All Stars (wr., arr. Ralph Burns, Chaloff, Shearing, Gibbs, LaPorta)- Early Spring (Jan. 23, 1951)
14. Bud Powell - Dusky and Sandy (Feb., 1951)
15. DickeyWells - Black and Blue (1951)
16. Stan Getz (Haig, Rainey, T. Kahn) - Signal (Oct. 28, 1951)
17. Hank Garland - Seventh and Union (Aug. 31, 1951)
18. Kid Thomas and his Algerian Stompers - Panama (Sept. 3, 1951)
19. Eureka Brass Band - You Tell Me Your Dream (Aug., 1951)

Disc 9:

1. Johnny Otis, Linda Hopkins - Doggin' Blues (Jan. 9, 1951)
2. Ahmad Jamal - Will You Still Be Mine (Oct. 25, 1951)
3. Hampton Hawes - All The Things You Are (Sept. 22, 1951)
4. Bud Powell - It Could Happen to You (May 1, 1951)
5. Paul Gonsalvez - The Happening (April 17, 1951)
6. Miles Davis (J. McLean, S. Rollins) - Denial (Oct. 5, 1951)
7. Charlie Mariano (D. Twardzik) - Aviary (1951)
8. Red Norvo (Mingus, Farlow) - Godchild (April 13, 1951)
9. Red Rodney (J. Ford) - Mark (1951)
10. Sonny Rollins - With A Song (Dec. 17, 1951)
11. Miles Davis/Lee Konitz - Ezz-thetic (March 8, 1951)
12. Dinah Washington - I'm a Fool to Want You (June 2, 1951)
13. George Lewis - Weary Blues (Aug., 1951)
14. Dizzy Gillespie/J. Coltrane - Birk'sWorks (1951)
15. George Wallington - Polka Dot (1951)
16. Roy Eldridge/Claude Bolling - Fireworks (1951)
17. Ben Webster/Johnny Otis - Stardust (Dec. 26, 1951)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #168250 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-21
• Number of discs: 9
• Formats: Box set, Import