Introduction to Jazz History

 

LISTENING GUIDE TO GREAT RECORDINGS

"Check out some of these great recordings.  They are SLAMMIN!
This list is very helpful when you get to the record store and want to make some excellent buys!" 
Scott Wilson

DISC 1

1.  A Night In Tunesia                4:09        ella fitzgerald       compact jazz                                   

2.  A String Of Pearls              3:05        Glenn Miller          Dinner Party Jazz (Disc 1)                                                  

3.  Another Life         7:13        Pat Group Methany            Speaking of Now                                           

4.  Autumn Leaves   7:05        Paul Desmond     The Best of Paul Desmond                                         

5.  Basement Boogie               2:43        Pete Johnson      King of Boogie                                      

6.  Begin the Beguine              3:50        Glenn Miller          Lost Recordings Disc 1                                

7.  Birdland                4:12        Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau        One More Trip to Birdland                                                     

8.  Blues For Smedley             6:59        Oscar Peterson Trio          Plus One Clark Terry        

9.  Body And Soul     3:03        Coleman Hawkins              The Best Of Swing Jazz    Jazz                                      

10.  Cantaloupe Island              5:34        Herbie Hancock  The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note Years                              

11.  Ceora     6:24        Lee Morgan          The Best of Lee Morgan                               

12.  Chameleon 5:03  Christian McBride/Mark Whitfield/Nicholas Payton   Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock

13.  Cherokee              5:44        Clifford Brown     Study in Brown                                      

14.  Come Rain Or Come Shine              4:25        Billie Holiday        Billie's Best                                                    

15.  Cotton Club Stomp (Wall Street Wail)           2:57        Duke Ellington     Cotton Club                

                                 

DISC 2

1.  David and Goliath                4:29        Take 6   Take 6   Religious                                         

2..  Death Ray Boogie               2:46        Pete Johnson      King of Boogie                                          

3.  Dizzy Atmosphere              2:45        Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie         Jazz Collector Edition                                             

4.  Do Nothin' 'Till You Hear From Me  3:13        Mose Allison        Greatest Hits                                           

5.  Don't Worry, Be Happy      4:51        Bobby McFerrin   The Best Of Bobby McFerrin                                                    

6.  Concerto for Cootie          3:21  - Duke Ellington                                                                                              

7.  Easy to Love        3:49        Cannonball Adderley         Nippon Soul                                            

8.  Eyesight To The Blind        1:44        Mose Allison        Greatest Hits                                          

9.  Georgia On My Mind           3:36        Ray Charles         20 Greatest Hits  Blues                                    

10.  Honeysuckle Rose             2:41        Fats Waller           Jazz Piano Anthology - In The Beginning     

11.  I'm Getting Sentimental Over You   3:36        Tommy Dorsey    Big Band Legends  Disc 3                                               

12.  I've Never Been In Love Before       4:30        Chet Baker           Chet Baker Sings                                                   

13.  In Case You Missed It     6:27        Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers  Album of the Year                                                    

14.  In the Swamp      6:28        University Of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band     Scott Wilson Lab 95                                     

15.  Just Made Up      7:36        Blue Mitchell        Blue's Blues                                            

16.  Kalamazoo           2:42        Glen Miller                                                                           

17.  King Porter Stomp             3:02        Harry James & His Orchestra        Harry James And His Orchestra [UK]                                         

18.  Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries       2:24        HiLo        Suddenly It's The Hi-Lo's-Harmony In Jazz 

              

Disc 3

1.  Manteca                6:27        Dizzy Gillespie     The Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best of Verve Years Disc 3                                             

2.  Mood Indigio        3:07        Duke Ellington     Early Ellington (1927 - 1934)                                                

3.  Moose the Mooche            3:01        Charlie Parker/Davis Miles              Bird & Miles        

4.  Now's the Time   4:18        Charlie Parker     Charlie Parker at Storyville                                                   

5.  On The Sunny Side Of The Street    3:25        Lester Young       1950 - 1958         

6.  Pennsylvania 6-5000         3:12        Glenn Miller          In the Digital Mood                                                

7.  Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 3:41        Albert Ammons   Master of Boogie                                                   

8.  Play        7:12        Mike Stern            Play                                             

9.  Raisin' the Roof     2:42        Fletcher Henderson   1927~1931                                                          

10.  Robert Johnson - Sweet Home       2:59                                                                            

11.  Rockin' Chair       3:27        Bobby Hackett/Jack Teagarden/Louis Armstrong    The Legendary Louis Armstrong [1995]                                      

12.  Sandu    4:28        Freddie Hubbard Double Take                                              

13.  Shaw 'Nuff            2:55        Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie         Jazz Collector Edition                                            

14.  Sing You Sinners            2:44       Fletcher Henderson    1932~1938                                                          

15.  Struttin'with Some Barbecue          3:02        Louis Armstrong                Giants of Music                                       

16.  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot               2:23        Tommy Dorsey    A Tribute To Tommy Dorsey                                              

17.  Take Five              5:26        Dave Brubeck Quartet      Time Out                                                  

18.  The Preacher      4:19        Horace Silver       The Best of Horace Silver, Vol. 1       

     

Disc 4                              

1.  The Thrill Is Gone                4:54        B.B. King                                               

2. The Way You Look Tonight   5:15  - Sonny Rollins                                                                                 

3.  Things Ain't What They Used to Be                2:44        Red Nichols          Red Nichols and His Five Pennies [Laserlight]  

4.  Tiger Rag     4:32  Jack Teagarden & Louis Armstrong & Fats Waller  Kevin's Jack Teagarden Mix                                                          

5.  Tiger Rag              3:01        Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band             1944-1946                                              

6.  Trumpet Blues    2:27        Harry James        I've Heard That Song Before                                                 

7.  Twelfth Street Rag             3:00        Duke Ellington     Early Ellington (Disk 3)                                        

8.  Viper Mad Blues               2:51      - cootie williams & his rug cutt                                                                                         

9.  West End Blues  3:19        Louis Armstrong                Giants of Music                                      

10.  What a Wonderful World  2:19        Louis Armstrong                Giants of Music                                       

11.  When the saints go marching in    3:15        Louis Armstrong                Giants of Music                      

12.  Whoopin' Blues   5:59        Nicholas Payton  Gumbo Nouveau Jazz                                      

13.  You Call This A Living        4:52        Wayne Bergeron                You Call This a Living              

14.  You Got It              4:11        Maynard Ferguson & Big Bop Nouveau        One More Trip to Birdland