The Encyclopedia of Jazz Swing Time The Heyday Of Jazz Vol 1 -6 (jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

The Encyclopedia of Jazz: Swing Time - The Heyday Of Jazz

Discs 1 - 6 of 100

Released : December 9, 2008

Label: Membran

Quality: Mp3@ 320







Disc 1 Henry 'Red' Allen 1933-35



Henry James "Red" Allen was born in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of bandleader Henry Allen. He took early trumpet lessons from Peter Bocage and Manuel Manetta.

Allen's career began in Sidney Desvigne's Southern Syncopators. He was playing professionally by 1924 with the Excelsior Brass Band and the jazz dance bands of Sam Morgan, George Lewis and John Casimir. After playing on riverboats on the Mississippi River he went to Chicago in 1927 to join King Oliver's band. Around this time he made recordings on the side in the band of Clarence Williams. After returning briefly to New Orleans, where he worked with the bands of Fate Marable and Fats Pichon, he was offered a recording contract with Victor Records and returned to New York City, where he also joined the Luis Russell band, which was later fronted by Louis Armstrong in the late 1930s.

In 1929 Allen joined Luis Russell's Orchestra where he was a featured soloist until 1932. Allen took part in recording sessions that year organized by Eddie Condon, some of which featured Fats Waller and/or Tommy Dorsey. He also made a series of recordings in late 1931 with Don Redman, and in 1933 he joined Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra where he stayed until 1934. He played with Lucky Millinder's Mills Blue Rhythm Band from 1934 to 1937, when he returned to Luis Russell for three more years by the time Russell's orchestra was fronted by Louis Armstrong. Allen very seldom received any solo space on recordings with Armstrong, but was prominently featured at the band's personal appearances, even getting billing as a featured attraction.

As a bandleader, Allen recorded for Victor from 1929 through 1930. He made a series of recordings as co-leader with Coleman Hawkins in 1933 for ARC (Banner, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo, etc.) and continued on as an ARC recording artist through 1935, when he was moved over to ARC's Vocalion label for a popular series of swing records from 1935 through late 1937. A number of these were quite popular at the time. He did a solitary session for Decca in 1940 and two sessions for OKeh in 1941. After World War II, he recorded for Brunswick in 1944, Victor in 1946, and Apollo in 1947.

Allen continued making many recordings under his own name, as well as recording with Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton, and accompanying such vocalists as Victoria Spivey and Billie Holiday. After a short stint with Benny Goodman, Allen started leading his own band at The Famous Door in Manhattan. He then toured with the band around the USA into the late 1950s.

In December 1957, Red Allen made an appearance on the "Sound Of Jazz" television show. In 1959 Allen made his first tour of Europe when he joined Kid Ory's band. From 1954 until the club ceased its jazz policy in 1965, Allen led the house band at New York's Metropole Cafe.







01. The River's Takin' Care Of Me [02:40]

02. Ain't Cha Got Music [02:48]

03. Stringin' Along On A Shoe String [02:47]

04. Shadows On The Swanee [02:44]

05. Hush My Mouth [03:03]

06. You're Gonna Lose Your Gal [03:01]

07. Dark Clouds [03:02]

08. My Galveston Gal [03:01]

09. I Wish I Were Twins [02:44]

10. I Never Slept A Wink Last Night [02:55]

11. Why Don't You Practice What You Preach [03:01]

12. Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong [02:45]

13. There's A House In Harlem For Sale [02:47]

14. Pardon My Southern Accent [02:56]

15. Rug Cutter Swing [02:41]

16. How's About Tomorrow Night [02:47]

17. Believe It Beloved [03:06]

18. Believe It Beloved [03:08]

19. It's Written All Over Your Face [03:03]

20. Smooth Sailing [We're Gonna Have] [02:48]

21. Whose Honey Are You [02:41]

22. Rosetta [03:06]

23. Body And Soul [03:05]

24. I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again [02:56]

25. Get Rhythm In Your Feet [02:40]



Henry Allen - Coleman Hawkins and Their Orchestra (Tracks 1-8 )

Henry Allen and His Orchestra (Tracks 9-25)



Disc 2 Leon 'Chu' Berry Vol.1 1937-38



Considering the brevity of Chu's life, and that his recording career spans a mere decade, it is remarkable that his name continues to loom large in the annals of jazz. Had he lived, there is no doubt that he would be ensconced in the jazz pantheon alongside Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. He was that good. – Dan Morgenstern, director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University







01. Now You're Talking My Language [02:58]

02. Indiana (1) [02:50]

03. Indiana (2) [02:48]

04. Too Marvelous For Words [02:57]

05. Limehouse Blues [02:56]

06. Chuberry Jam [02:21]

07. Maelstrom [02:51]

08. My Secret Love Affair [02:55]

09. Ebb Tide [02:50]

10. Annie Laurie [02:50]

11. Loch Lomond [02:32]

12. Down Stream [03:04]

13. Where's The Waiter [02:33]

14. My Mariuccia Take A Steamboat [02:35]

15. In The Land Of Yamo Yamo [02:42]

16. Sittin' In [02:11]

17. Star Dust [03:55]

18. Body And Soul [03:51]

19. Forty Six West Fifty Two [02:27]



Chu Berry and His Stompers Stevedires (Tracks 1-9)

Wingy Malone and His Orchestra (Tracks 10-15)

Chu Berry and His "Little Jazz" Ensemble (Tracks16-19 )



Disc 3 Leon 'Chu' Berry Vol.2 1939-41



Berry graduated from Lincoln High School, in Wheeling, then attended West Virginia State College, near Charleston, for three years. His sister Ann played piano and Chu became interested in music at an early age, playing alto saxophone at first with local bands. He was inspired to take up the tenor sax after hearing Coleman Hawkins on tour. Although Berry based his style on Hawkins' playing, the older man regarded Berry as his equal, saying "'Chu' was about the best."

Most of Chu Berry's career was spent in the sax sections of major swing bands:

• Sammy Stewart, 1929–1930, with whom he switched to tenor sax

• Benny Carter, 1932–1933

• Teddy Hill, 1933–1935

• Fletcher Henderson, 1935–1937

• Cab Calloway, his best-known affiliation, from 1937 to 1941

"Although it has been stated in some publications that Chu Berry joined Count Basie's orchestra, this is erroneous. He did not take the place of Herschel Evans, but did, however, deputize for him at a recording date..."

Throughout his brief career, Chu Berry was in demand as a sideman for recording sessions under the names of various other jazz artists, including Spike Hughes (1933), Bessie Smith (1933), The Chocolate Dandies (1933), Mildred Bailey (1935–1938 ), Teddy Wilson (1935–1938 ), Billie Holiday (1938–1939 ), Wingy Manone (1938–1939) and Lionel Hampton (1939 ).

During the period 1934-1939, while saxophone pioneer Coleman Hawkins was playing in Europe, Chu Berry was one of several younger tenor saxophonists, such as Budd Johnson, Ben Webster and Lester Young who vied for supremacy on their instrument. Berry's mastery of advanced harmony and his smoothly-flowing solos on uptempo tunes influenced such young innovators as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. The latter named his first son Leon in Chu's honor. Chu Berry was one of the jazz musicians who took part in jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse in New York City which led to the development of bebop.

"Christopher Columbus", which Berry composed with lyrics by Andy Razaf, was the last important hit recording of the Fletcher Henderson orchestra, recorded in 1936. It is one of the most popular riff tunes from the swing era. It was incorporated into Jimmy Mundy's arrangement of Sing, Sing, Sing for Benny Goodman's band. This was used as the final showstopper in Goodman's first Carnegie Hall jazz concert of January 16, 1938.







01. Downright Disgusted Blues [02:26]

02. Corrine Corrina [02:13]

03. I'm Real Kinda Papa [02:50]

04. Jumpy Nerves [02:48]

05. Casey Jones [02:15]

06. Boogie Woogie [02:31]

07. Royal Garden Blues [02:34]

08. Beale Street Blues [02:25]

09. In The Barrel [02:27]

10. Farewell Blues [02:38]

11. Fare Thee, My Baby, Fare-Thee-Well [02:33]

12. Limehouse Blues [02:17]

13. Blue Lou [02:53]

14. Sudan [02:48]

15. How Long Blues [03:08]

16. When The Saints Go Marching In [02:28]

17. My Honey's Lovin' Arms [02:47]

18. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street [02:51]

19. Blowing Up A Breeze [02:43]

20. On The Sunny Side Of The Street [03:58]

21. Monday At Minton's [02:59]

22. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You [04:12]



Wingy Malone and His Orchestra (Tracks1-18)

Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble (Tracks 19-22)



Disc 4 - Benny Carter Vol.1 1946-52



Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the 1930s to the 1990s, and was recognized as such by other jazz musicians who called him King. In 1958, he performed with Billie Holiday at the legendary Monterey Jazz Festival.

The National Endowment for the Arts honored Benny Carter with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award for 1986. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, winner of the Grammy Award in 1994 for his solo "Prelude to a Kiss", and also the same year, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2000 awarded the National Endowment for the Arts, National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton.







01. The Moon Is Low [02:51]

02. Stairway To The Stars [03:09]

03. Bye Bye Blues [02:46]

04. I Don't Know Why I Love You, Like I Do [03:06]

05. Isn't It Romantic [03:41]

06. Some Other Spring [03:46]

07. These Things You Left Me [03:40]

08. Gone With the Wind [02:57]

09. I Got It Bad [02:53]

10. Long Ago (And Far Away) [03:05]

11. I've Got The World On A String [03:19]

12. ‘Round Midnight [03:17]

13. Alone Together [02:40]

14. Bewitched [03:16]

15. Cocktails For Two [03:01]

16. Key Largo [03:08]

17. Street Scene [03:18]

18. Imagination [03:31]

19. Pick Yourself Up [02:32]

20. I Get A Kick Out Of You [02:49]



Arnold Ross Quintet (Tracks 1-4)

Benny Carter with The Oscar Peterson Trio (Tracks 5-20)



Disc 5 Benny Carter Vol.2 1954



Born in New York City in 1907, the youngest of six children and the only boy, received his first music lessons on piano from his mother. Largely self-taught, by age fifteen, Carter was already sitting in at Harlem night spots. From 1924 to 1928, Carter gained valuable professional experience as a sideman in some of New York's top bands. As a youth, Carter lived in Harlem around the corner from Bubber Miley who was Duke Ellington's star trumpeter, Carter was inspired by Miley and bought a trumpet, but when he found he couldn't play like Miley he traded the trumpet in for a saxophone. For the next two years he played with such jazz greats as cornetist Rex Stewart, clarinetist-soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, pianists Earl Hines, Willie "The Lion" Smith, pianist Fats Waller, pianist James P. Johnson, pianist Duke Ellington and their various groups.







01. Moonglow [02:46]

02. My One And Only Love [03:53]

03. Our Love Is Here To Stay [03:37]

04. This Can't Be Love [03:25]

05. Tenderly [03:39]

06. Unforgettable [03:23]

07. Ruby [04:34]

08. Moon Song [03:58]

09. Laura [07:40]

10. That Old Black Magic [06:46]

11. Angel Eyes [03:28]

12. The Song Is You [04:47]

13. Just One Of Those Things [07:42]

14. Marriage Blues [06:07]



Benny Carter Quartet (Tracks1-8 )

New Jazz Sounds (Tracks 9-14)



Disc 6 Art Tatum & Benny Carter Vol. 3 1954



Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr., October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso who played with phenomenal facility despite being nearly blind from birth.

Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, and he was a major influence on later generations of jazz pianists. He was hailed for the technical proficiency of his performances, which set a new standard for jazz piano virtuosity. Critic Scott Yanow wrote, "Tatum's quick reflexes and boundless imagination kept his improvisations filled with fresh (and sometimes futuristic) ideas that put him way ahead of his contemporaries."



01. My Blue Heaven [04:02]

02. Blues in B Flat [05:45]

03. Blues in C [08:03]

04. A Foggy Day [05:28]

05. (I'm Left with the) Blues in My Heart [05:57]

06. Street of Dreams [03:51]

07. Idaho [04:14]

08. You're Mine, You [05:10]

09. Undecided [04:52]

10. Under a Blanket of Blue [06:15]

11. Makin' Whoopee [06:12]

12. Old Fashioned Love [04:59]

13. 'S Wonderful [03:19]

14. Hands Across the Table [03:44]



Art Tatum - piano

Benny Carter – alto sax

Louis Bellson – drums