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Various Artists
Jazz Singers 1919-94
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks, Classic Rock, Broadway & Vocalists, Gospel

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. West End Blues - King Oliver
2. In the House Blues - Smith, Bessie
3. 2:19 Blues - Traditional
4. I Left My Baby - Basie, Count
5. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Grainger, Percy
6. Blues With Helen - Basie, Count
7. I Won't Be Here Long - Page, Hot Lips
8. Jelly, Jelly - Eckstine, Billy
9. Lotus Blossom - Lee, Julia
10. Goin' to Kansas City - Leiber, Jerry
11. Goin' to Chicago Blues - Basie, Count
12. Never Make Your Move Too Soon - Hooper, Stix
13. D.B. Blues - King Pleasure [1]
14. Come on in My Kitchen - Johnson, Robert [01
15. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Johnson, Blind Will
16. One Day - Traditional
17. I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song - Dorsey, Thomas A.
18. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Grant, Coot
19. Doctor Jazz - King Oliver
20. Shakin' the African - Arlen, Harold
21. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ellington, Duke
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
1. The Man from Harlem - Hudson, Will
2. Let Me Off Uptown - Bostic, Earl
3. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Jordan, Louis [1]
4. Hog Wash - Jordan, Louis [1]
5. Good Rockin' Tonight - Brown, Roy [1]
6. All of Me - Marks, Gerald
7. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Berlin, Irving
8. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Fields, Dorothy
9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Fields, Dorothy
10. These Foolish Things - Link, Harry
11. Lover, Come Back to Me - Hammerstein, Oscar
12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Ellington, Duke
13. You're Driving Me Crazy - Donaldson, Walter
14. Don't Be That Way - Goodman, Benny
15. Night and Day - Porter, Cole
16. Some of These Days - Brooks, Shelton
17. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) - Barris, Harry
18. I Get a Kick Out of You - Porter, Cole
19. There's a Small Hotel - Hart, Lorenz
20. Just You, Just Me - Greer, Jesse
Track Listings (21) - Disc #3
1. Give Me the Simple Life - Bloom, Rube
2. Love Me or Leave Me - Donaldson, Walter
3. You Are My Sunshine - Davis, Jimmie
4. What's Going On - Benson, Renaldo
5. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) - Eaton, Jimmy
6. Yesterdays - Harbach, Otto
7. Strange Fruit - Allan, Lewis
8. You've Changed - Carey, Bill
9. Someone to Watch over Me - Gershwin, George
10. Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Cahn, Sammy
11. Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Cahn, Sammy
12. You Don't Know What Love Is - DePaul, Gene
13. For All We Know - Coots, J. Fred
14. Angel Eyes - Brent, Earl
15. In the Still of the Night - Porter, Cole
16. Save Your Love for Me - Johnson, Buddy [1]
17. Trav'lin' Light - Mercer, Johnny
18. Prelude to a Kiss - Ellington, Duke
19. My Little Brown Book - Strayhorn, Billy
20. Lush Life - Strayhorn, Billy
21. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Ellington, Duke
Track Listings (19) - Disc #4
1. This Is Always - Gordon, Mack
2. All of Me - Marks, Gerald
3. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? - Bergman, Alan
4. You're My Thrill - Clare, Sidney
5. Could I Be the One? - Green, Al [Vocals]
6. Jazz Me Blues - Delaney, Tom [1]
7. The Mooche - Ellington, Duke
8. Parker's Mood - Beeks, Clarence
9. Lullaby of Birdland - Shearing, George
10. Down for Double - Green, Freddie
11. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Basie, Count
12. Left Alone - Holiday, Billie
13. Stolen Moments - Murphy, Mark [Vocal
14. Worry Now Later - Monk, Thelonious
15. Get It Straight - Monk, Thelonious
16. 'Round Midnight - Hanighen, Bernie
17. Doodlin' - Silver, Horace
18. Improvised Scat Song
19. Hotter Than That - Armstrong, Louis
Track Listings (21) - Disc #5
1. Sweet Sue, Just You - Harris, Will J.
2. My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Meyer, Joseph [Comp
3. Ool-Ya-Koo - Fuller, Gil
4. Disappointed [Excerpt] - Jefferson, Eddie
5. Them There Eyes - Pinkard, Maceo
6. The Way You Look Tonight - Fields, Dorothy
7. This Masquerade [Excerpt] - Russell, Leon
8. Frenesi - Dominguez, Alberto
9. Jazzola - Kendall, Al M.
10. Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train - Armstrong, Louis
11. Rockin' Chair - Carmichael, Hoagy
12. 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Oliver, Sy
13. Vol Vist du Gaily Star - Block, Martin
14. We've Got the Blues - Bunn, T.
15. Cow Cow Boogie - Carter, Benny [1]
16. Babalu (Orooney) - Hansen, Thel
17. Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago - Lutcher, Nellie
18. Did You Call Her Today [Excerpt] - Webster, Ben
19. Takes Two to Tango - Hoffman, Al
20. Mumbles - Terry, Clark
21. Close Your Eyes (Shut Yo' Mouth) - Petkere, Bernice

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CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Jazz Singers 1919-94
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Smithsonian Collect.
Release Date: 5/19/1998
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks, Classic Rock, Broadway & Vocalists, Gospel
Styles: Contemporary Blues, Vocal Blues, Regional Blues, East Coast Blues, Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Cool Jazz, Jazz Fusion, New Orleans Jazz, Swing Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bebop, Dixieland, Oldies, Vocal Pop, By Decade, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Soul, Traditional Vocal Pop, Contemporary
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 033251113021

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Singing begot jazz. Sure, that's a vast oversimplification, but there's probably no better way to say it. The voice as the foundation and essential instrument of jazz's evolution is expansively presented in this five-CD box set compiled by Robert O'Meally, biographer of Billie Holiday. His goal, he writes in an accompanying 100-page booklet, is to show the sweep and the development of jazz singing in all its permutations, including blues, bebop, and scat, from the greatest figures--Bessie Smith, Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jon Hendricks-to smaller or newer gems like Mildred Bailey and Cassandra Wilson. O'Meally has also endeavored to represent styles related to or dependent on jazz voicings, so the likes of soulful Marvin Gaye and June Christy are also represented. This set handily orients listeners and entices even more exploration. --Peter Monaghan

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CD Reviews

Superb and Masterful Collection of the Jazz Greats

M. Allen Greenbaum | 07/16/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This box set contains every essential hit from every essential jazz artist. Armstrong, Holliday, Fitzgerald, Cole, and a little Simone, they're all here! This has to be the greatest compilation of jazz greats I have seen in my few years of living."

Another One I Am Glad I Bought Way Back When....

Jim Z | 01/28/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Way back when this slice of history was still in print , and at a reasonable price.....The Jazz Singers 1919*1994 contains track after track of vital jazz vocal pieces. Considering the age of some of these tracks , the sound is just remarkable. Can we look forward to a set from 1995 and beyond ? Probably not. Assemble your own , and store it in paper sleeves inside this masterpiece. When I want to relax and drift away , this is the set that spins in my changer."

Amazing Box Set

D. Latham | Savannah, Georgia | 12/26/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an absolutly amazing box set of Jazz Vocals. It seems to include just about everyone that you can think of. I especally love that the early recordings were NOT digitally cleaned-up. I really enjoy listing to them exactly how they sounded when they were first released on 78's back in the 1920' & 30's. This box set is a Must-Have for all fans of 20th Century Jazz & Blues."