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