Finest Vintage Jazz (1917-1941) CD
ASV/Living Era's Finest Vintage Jazz 1917-1941 delivers just what the title promises, collecting early jazz hits like Bunny Berigan's "Marie," Louis Armstrong's "St. Louis Blues" and "Savory Blues," Benny Goodman's "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" and "Roll 'Em" and Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" and "Creole Love Call." Performances from Sidney Bechet, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Billie Holliday round out this compilation of jazz's first classics.
1 Livery Stable Blues (Marvin Lee / Ray Lopez / Alcide "Yellow" Nunez) - Original Dixieland Jazz Band 3:10
2 St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) - Louis Armstrong / Bessie Smith 3:15
3 Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) (Con Conrad / Sam M. Lewis / J. Russel Robinson / Joe Young) - Bix Beiderbecke / Frankie Trumbauer 3:03
4 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington 3:09
5 Creole Love Call (Duke Ellington) - Adelaide Hall / Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 3:21
6 Feelin' No Pain (Fud Livingston) - Red Nichols 2:58
7 Savoy Blues (Kid Ory) - Louis Armstrong 3:30
8 A Handful of Riffs -Lonnie Johnson / Eddie Lang 3:11
9 Symphony in Riffs - Benny Carter & His Orchestra 3:06
10 Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller & His Rhythm 2:40
11 I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin) - Quintet of the Hot Club of France / Stéphane Grappelli / Django Reinhardt 2:58
12 Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis 2:55
13 Walkin' and Swingin' - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy / Mary Lou Williams 2:59
14 Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) (Stanley Adams / Hoagy Carmichael) - Ella Fitzgerald / Chick Webb & His Orchestra 2:39
15 Marie (Irving Berlin) - Bunny Berigan / Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra 3:21
16 Crazy Rhythm (Irving Caesar / Roger Wolfe Kahn / Joseph Meyer) - Coleman Hawkins & His All Star Jam Band 3:03
17 Runnin' Wild (Arthur Gibbs / Joe Grey / Leo Wood) - Lionel Hampton / Benny Goodman & Quartet 2:40
18 I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra / Jack Teagarden 3:12
19 Roll 'Em (Mary Lou Williams) - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra 3:14
20 Easy Living (Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin) - Billie Holiday / Teddy Wilson 3:05
21 Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie Orchestra 3:10
22 The Big Noise from Winnetka - Ray Bauduc / Bob Haggart / Bob Crosby Orchestra 2:50
23 Relaxin' at the Touro - Muggsy Spanier's Ragtime Band 3:18
24 Blues in Thirds - Sidney Bechet / Earl Hines 2:59
25 When It's Sleepy Time Down South (Clarence Muse / Otis Rene / Leon René) - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 3:12
ASV Records, Living Era Series
