The Encyclopedia of Jazz Swing Time The Heyday Of Jazz Vol 17 - 24(jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

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

Discs 17 -24 of 100

Released : December 9, 2008

Label: Membran

Quality: Mp3@ 320







Disc 17 - Duke Ellington, Barny Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams Vol.1 (1936-37)



Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974)[1] was an American composer, pianist, and jazz-orchestra leader. His career spanned more than 50 years: Ellington led his orchestra from 1923 until his death.

Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a "liberating principle," and referred his music to the more general category of "American Music," rather than to a musical genre such as "jazz." Born in Washington, D.C., he was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onwards, and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club. In the 1930s they toured in Europe.

Some of the musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are still, in their own right, considered to be among the best players in jazz, but it was Ellington who melded them into the best-known jazz orchestral unit in the history of jazz. Several members of the orchestra remained members for several decades. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm record format, Ellington often composed specifically for the style and skills of his individual musicians, such as "Jeep's Blues" for Hodges, and "Concerto for Cootie" for trumpeter Cootie Williams, which later became "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" with Bob Russell's lyrics.

Ellington originated over 1,000 compositions, often in collaboration with others; his extensive oeuvre is also the largest recorded legacy in jazz, with much of his extant work having passed into standards. Ellington also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan" and "Perdido" which brought the "Spanish Tinge" to big-band jazz.

After 1941, Ellington collaborated with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his "writing and arranging companion". With Strayhorn, he composed many extended compositions, or "suites", as well as further shorter pieces. Following an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1956, he enjoyed a major career revival and, with his orchestra, now embarked on world tours. Ellington recorded for most American record companies of his era at some point, and appeared in several films. scoring several, and composed stage musicals.

Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.

Gunther Schuller wrote in 1989: "Ellington composed incessantly to the very last days of his life. Music was indeed his mistress; it was his total life and his commitment to it was incomparable and unalterable. In jazz he was a giant among giants. And in twentieth century music, he may yet one day be recognized as one of the half-dozen greatest masters of our time."







01. Clouds In My Heart [02:59]

02. Frolic Sam [03:01]

03. Caravan [03:05]

04. Stompy Jones [02:46]

05. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me [02:51]

06. Downtown Uproar [02:41]

07. Digga Digga Doo [02:51]

08. Blue Reverie [02:55]

09. Whispering Tiger (Tiger Rag) [02:45]

10. My Honey's Lovin' Arms [02:48]

11. Did Anyone Ever Tell You [03:00]

12. Alabamy Home [03:02]

13. Where Are You [02:55]

14. Solace (Lament For A Lost Love) [02:44]

15. Four And One Half Street [02:36]

16. Demi-Tasse (Each Day) [02:37]

17. Jazz A La Carte [02:34]

18. Foolin' Myself [02:59]

19. A Sailboat In The Moonlight [03:06]

20. You'll Never Go To Heaven [02:29]

21. Peckin' [03:09]

22. Get It Southern Style [02:43]

23. Moonlight Fiesta [02:48]

24. Sponge Cake And Spinach [02:34]

25. If You're Ever In My Arms [02:55]



Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators (Tracks 1-4,14-17)

Cootie Williams and His Rugcutters (Tracks 5-9)

The Gotham Stompers (Tracks 10-13)

Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (Tracks 18-19)

Duke Ellington's Jazz Ensemble (Tracks 22-25)



Disc 18 Duke Ellington, Barny Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams Vol.2 (1937-1938 )



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In 1927 he joined Duke Ellington's orchestra in New York, where he remained until 1942. With Ellington, he was the featured clarinet soloist, while also doing some section work on tenor. After leaving Ellington's Orchestra, he moved to Los Angeles, California and did sound track work, including an onscreen featured role with an allstar band led by Louis Armstrong in the film New Orleans (1947).

He began working with trombonist Kid Ory's group during the late 1940s, and later worked with Louis Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars, and others. He appeared and played in the movie St. Louis Blues (1958 ), with Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and Eartha Kitt.

Bigard wrote an autobiography entitled With Louis and The Duke, and he is credited as composer or co-composer on several numbers, notably the Ellington standard "Mood Indigo".

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01. Jubilesta (Emperor Jones) [02:48]

02. Watchin' [02:55]

03. Pigeons and Peppers [02:54]

04. I Can't Give You Anything but Love [02:37]

05. Drummer's Delight (Jump Barney Jump) [02:28]

06. If I Thought You Cared (Imagination) [03:01]

07. Have a Heart (Lost in meditation) [02:43]

08. Echoes of Harlem [03:17]

09. My Day [03:05]

10. Silvery Moon and Golden Sands [03:16]

11. Jeep's Blues [02:55]

12. (What Would You Do) If You Were in My Place [02:58]

13. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart [03:03]

14. Rendezvous with Rhythm [03:02]

15. A Lesson in C [02:35]

16. Swingtime in Honolulu [02:45]

17. Carnival in Caroline [02:24]

18. Ol' Man River [02:50]

19. You Walked Out of the Picture [02:50]

20. Pyramid [02:52]

21. Empty Ballroom Blues [02:31]

22. Lost in Meditation [02:47]



[color=orange]Cootie Williams and His Rugcutters (Tracks1-4,7-8,15-18 )

Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators (Tracks 5-6)

Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (Tracks 9-14,19-22)



Disc 19 Duke Ellington, Barny Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams Vol.3 (1938)



John Keith "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1906 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years, except the period between 1932 and 1946 when Otto Hardwick generally played first chair. Hodges was also featured on soprano saxophone, but refused to play soprano after 1946, when he was given the lead chair.[1] He is considered one of the definitive alto saxophones players of the Big Band Era (alongside Benny Carter).

Hodges started playing with Lloyd Scott, Sidney Bechet, Lucky Roberts and Chick Webb. When Ellington wanted to expand his band in 1928, Ellington's clarinet player Barney Bigard recommended Hodges. His playing became one of the identifying voices of the Ellington orchestra. From 1951 to 1955, Hodges left the Duke to lead his own band, but returned shortly before Ellington's triumphant return to prominence – the orchestra's performance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival.



01. A Blues Serenade [02:45]

02. Love In Swingtime [02:54]

03. Swingin' In The Dell [02:39]

04. Jitterbug's Lullaby [03:02]

05. Chasin‘ Chippies [03:01]

06. Blue Is The Evening [03:11]

07. Sharpie [02:45]

08. Swing Pan Alley [02:33]

09. Prelude To A Kiss [02:42]

10. There's Something About An Old Love [02:43]

11. The Jeep Is Jumpin' [02:28]

12. Krum Elbow Blues [02:36]

13. I'm In Another World [03:04]

14. Hodge Podge [02:37]

15. Dancing On The Stars [02:56]

16. Wanderlust [03:02]

17. Delta Mood [02:46]

18. The Boys From Harlem [02:17]

19. Mobile Blues [02:31]

20. Gal-Avantin' [02:20]

21. Like A Ship In The Night [02:41]

22. Mississippi Dream Boat [02:39]

23. Swingin' On The Campus [02:41]

24. Dooji Wooji [03:00]



Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (Tracks 1-4,9-16,21-24)

Cootie Williams and His Rugcutters (Tracks 5-8,17-20)



Disc 20 Duke Ellington, Barny Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams Vol.4 (1939)



Born in Mobile, Alabama, United States, Williams began his professional career with the Young Family band, which included saxophonist Lester Young, when he was 14 years old. According to Williams he acquired his nickname as a boy when his father took him to a band concert. When it was over his father asked him what he'd heard and the lad replied "Cootie, cootie, cootie".

In 1928, he made his first recordings with pianist James P. Johnson in New York, where he also worked briefly in the bands of Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson.[2] He rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, with which he first performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen. Williams also sang occasionally, a notable vocal collaboration with Ellington was the piece, "Echoes of the Jungle".[2] Cootie Williams was renowned for his growling "jungle" style trumpet playing (in the manner of Ellington's earlier trumpeter Bubber Miley and trombonist Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton) and for his use of the plunger mute.

In 1940 he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra, a highly publicized move that caused quite a stir at the time[4] (commemorated by Raymond Scott with the song "When Cootie Left the Duke"), then in 1941 formed his own orchestra, in which over the years he employed Charlie Parker, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bud Powell, Eddie Vinson, and other young players.

In 1947, Williams wrote the song "Cowpox Boogie" while recuperating from a bout with smallpox. He contracted the disease from a vaccination he insisted all band members receive.

By the late 1940s Williams had fallen somewhat into obscurity, having had to reduce his band numbers and finally to disband. In the 1950s, he began to play more rhythm and blues, and toured with small groups. In the late 1950s he formed a small jazz group and recorded a number of albums with Rex Stewart, as well as his own album, Cootie in Hi-Fi (1958).In 1962, he rejoined Ellington and stayed with the orchestra until 1974, after Ellington's death. In 1975, he performed during the Super Bowl IX halftime show.

Cootie Williams died in New York on September 15, 1985, at age 74. Williams is a 1991 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame







01. A Beautiful Romance [02:44]

02. Boudoir Benny [02:50]

03. Ain' the Gravy Good? [03:08]

04. She's Gone [03:01]

05. Savoy Strut [02:32]

06. Rent Party Blues [02:40]

07. Dance of the Goon [02:36]

08. Good Gal Blues [02:59]

09. Finesse (Night Wind) [02:39]

10. Kitchen Mechanic's Day [02:31]

11. My Heart Jumped Over the Moon [02:38]

12. You can Count on Me [03:16]

13. Home Town Blues [02:40]

14. Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song) [02:48]

15. Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble-Gum) [02:42]

16. Barney Ain't Easy [02:57]

17. Just Another Dream [02:43]

18. Night Song [02:47]

19. Blues a 'Poppin' [02:52]

20. Top and Bottom [02:54]

21. Black Beauty [02:47]

22. The Rabbit's Jump [02:41]

23. Moon Romance [02:47]

24. Truly Wonderful [02:22]

25. Dream Blues [03:00]



Cootie Williams and His Rugcutters (Tracks 1-4,18-21)

Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (Tracks 5-8,10-13,22-25)

Duke Ellington Teio (Track 9)

Barney Bigard and His Jazzopators / The Quintones (Tracks 14-17)



Disc 21 Duke Ellington, Barny Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart Vol.5 (1940-1941)



Rex Stewart (22 February 1907 – 7 September 1967) was an American jazz cornetist best known for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra.

After stints with Elmer Snowden, Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and Luis Russell, Stewart joined the Ellington band in 1934, in replacement of Freddie Jenkins. Ellington arranged many of his pieces to showcase Stewart's half-valve effects, muted sound, and forceful style.

Stewart co-wrote "Boy Meets Horn" and "Morning Glory" while with Ellington, and frequently supervised outside recording sessions by members of the Ellington band. After eleven years Stewart left to lead his own groups - " little swing bands, that were a perfect setting for his solo playing." He also toured Europe and Australia with Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1947 to 1951. From the early 1950s on he worked in radio and television and published highly regarded jazz criticism. The book Jazz Masters of the Thirties [2] is a selection of his criticism.

Rex also wrote for Playboy, Downbeat and several other print outlets during his life. He lived in upstate New York after purchasing a 100+ year old farmhouse. He hosted a jazz radio program in Troy, New York and owned a small restaurant for a very short time near a drag racing stadium in Vermont. While living in France, he attended the Cordon Bleu school of cooking and dedicated his life to being a fine cook.

Rex moved to Los Angeles, California to be near his three children - Rex Jr., Helena and Regina. His other son Paul Albert Hardy lived in New York City. While in Los Angeles he re-connected to many of the Ellington side-men who lived there and played a lot of "jam" sessions in clubs in the Los Angeles area. Rex was also one of the regular studio musicians seen on the Steve Allen TV show. He hosted and coproduced (with George Cole) two radio shows about jazz music from his era, "Dixieland Doings" and "Things Aint What They Used To Be".

Rex Stewart was a vivacious, funny and talented man. He wrote many articles and was considered an expert on the history of jazz.







01. Pitter Panther Patter [03:01]

02. Body And Soul [03:09]

03. Sophisticated Lady [02:44]

04. Mr. J.B. Blues [03:04]

05. Day Dream [02:57]

06. Good Queen Bess [03:00]

07. That's The Blues Old Man [02:55]

08. Junior Hop [03:08]

09. Charlie The Chulo [03:03]

10. Lament For Javanette [02:51]

11. A Lull At Dawn [03:28]

12. Ready Eddy [03:12]

13. Some Saturday [03:01]

14. Subtle Slough [03:18]

15. Menelik (The Lion Of Judah) [03:19]

16. Poor Bubber [03:20]

17. Squatty Roo [02:24]

18. Passion Flower [03:06]

19. Things Ain't What They Used To Be [03:38]

20. Goin' Out The Back Way [02:42]

21. Brown Suede [03:08]

22. Noir Bleu [03:15]

23. 'C' Blues [02:54]

24. June [03:15]



Duke Ellington - Jimmie Blanton (Tracks 1-4)

Johnny Hodges and His Oechestra (Tracks 5-8,17-20)

Barney Bigard and Orchestra (Tracks 9-12,21-24)

Rex Stewart and His Orchestra (Tracks 13-16)



Disc 22 Benny Goodman Groups Vol.1 (1935-36)

[size=4][color=orangered]Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman[1] (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an Ame