Black legends of jazz.
| Format | Audio (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : MCA Records : GRP Records, ℗©1994. |
| Description | 1 online resource (119 min.). |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?JAZZ;683388 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Allen, Henry, 1908-1967. |
| Other author/creator | Ammons, Gene. |
| Other author/creator | Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971. |
| Other author/creator | Basie, Count, 1904-1984. |
| Other author/creator | Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959. |
| Other author/creator | Carter, Benny. |
| Other author/creator | Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991. |
| Other author/creator | Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965. |
| Other author/creator | Dodds, Johnny, 1892-1940. |
| Other author/creator | Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. |
| Other author/creator | Fitzgerald, Ella. |
| Other author/creator | Hampton, Lionel. |
| Other author/creator | Hawkins, Coleman. |
| Other author/creator | Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952. |
| Other author/creator | Hines, Earl, 1903-1983. |
| Other author/creator | Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959. |
| Other author/creator | Jacquet, Illinois. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955. |
| Other author/creator | Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964. |
| Other author/creator | Lunceford, Jimmie. |
| Other author/creator | McRae, Carmen. |
| Other author/creator | McShann, Jay. |
| Other author/creator | Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941. |
| Other author/creator | Noone, Jimmie, 1895-1944. |
| Other author/creator | Oliver, King, 1885-1938. |
| Other author/creator | Oliver, Sy. |
| Other author/creator | Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954. |
| Other author/creator | Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. |
| Other author/creator | Redman, Don. |
| Other author/creator | Rushing, Jimmy. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Willie, 1897-1973. |
| Other author/creator | Strayhorn, Billy. |
| Other author/creator | Tatum, Art, 1909-1956. |
| Other author/creator | Turner, Joe, 1911-1985. |
| Other author/creator | Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963. |
| Other author/creator | Webb, Chick. |
| Other author/creator | Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981. |
| Other author/creator | Young, Lester, 1909-1959. |
| Other author/creator | GRP Records. |
| Other author/creator | MCA Records, Inc. |
| Series | Decca jazz GRP presents the legendary masters of jazz Decca jazz. ^A1046815 GRP presents the legendary masters of jazz. ^A303518 |
| Contents | Disc 1: Somewhere along the way (Gene Ammons) (2:57) -- Mahogany Hall stomp (2:50) ; Solitude (2:59) (Louis Armstrong) -- Jumpin' at the Woodside (Count Basie) (3: 08) -- When the sun sets down south (Sidney Bechet) (3: 05) -- Night hop (Benny Carter) (3:04) -- Blues in the dark (Buck Clayton) (3:02) -- Sweet Lorraine (Nat King Cole) (2:58) -- Melancholy (Johnny Dodds) (2:35) -- After you've gone (Roy Eldridge) (2:46) -- Mood indigo (Duke Ellington) (2:54) -- Lullaby of Birdland (Ella Fitzgerald) (2:49) -- Midnight sun (Lionel Hampton) (3:18) -- Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) (4: 22) -- Down south camp meetin' (Fletcher Henderson & Henry "Red" Allen) (2:56) -- Cavernism (Earl Hines) (2 :54) -- Good morning heartache (Billie Holiday) (3:06) -- Flying home (Illinois Jacquet) (3:10) -- Tishomingo blues (Bunk Johnson) (3:18) -- Snowy morning blues (James P. Johnson) (2:30). |
| Contents | Disc 2: Yancey special (Meade Lux Lewis) (3:16) -- Coquette (Jimmie Lunceford) (3:08) -- Something to live for (Carmen McRae) (3:11) -- Sepian bounce (Jay McShann & Charlie Parker) (3:06) -- King Porter stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:50) -- Bump it (Jimmie Noone) (3:19) -- Sugar foot stomp (King Oliver) (2:53) -- For dancers only (Sy Oliver) (2:37) -- I won't be here long (Hot Lips Page) (2:40) -- Chant of the weed (Don Redman) (3:14) -- Good morning blues (Jimmy Rushing) (3:12) -- Passionette (Willie "The Lion" Smith) (2:26) -- Blue serge (Billy Strayhorn) (2:51) - - Liza : all the clouds'll roll away (Art Tatum) (3:02) -- Rebecca (Joe Turner) (2:40) -- Blow top blues (Dinah Washington) (3:18) -- Clap hands! Here comes Charlie (Chick Webb) (2:27) -- Keep it in the groove (Mary Lou Williams) (2:59) -- One o'clock jump (Lester Young) (3:01). |
| General note | "The original Decca recordings"--booklet cover. |
| General note | Booklet contains program notes by Robert O'Meally and discography. |
| Performer | Various performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between Apr. 1926 and Mar. 1959. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |