52nd Street: Street of Jazz

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: April 22, 1998
• Type: Collection (various artists), Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

The locale in New York City where swing met bop, 52nd Street was littered with clubs that might have Art Tatum on one side and Charlie Parker on the other on any given night during the '40s. Charly celebrates the diversity with a hefty 44 tracks spread out over two discs. In addition to big band sides from Count Basie, Woody Herman, and Charlie Barnet, there are several standout combo numbers featuring Red Norvo, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Hot Lips Page, and John Kirby. The variety continues with vocal highlights by Lee Wiley, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole, and Billy Eckstine. And for those bop fans -- and swing-to-bop fans, too -- the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Dexter Gordon, Ike Quebec, and Coleman Hawkins are given their due on the last ten or so cuts. The absence of any Parker material is, of course, a crime, but with this much prime terrain to take in who's worrying? ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Tea for Two	Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar	Art Tatum
Let's Have a Jubilee	Irving Mills, Alex Hill	Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang
Honeysuckle Rose	Fats Waller, Andy Razaf	Red Norvo
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn	Teddy Wilson
I'm Coming Virginia	Will Marion Cook, Donald Heywood	Bunny Berigan
The Music Goes 'Round and Around	Mike Riley, Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson	Tommy Dorsey
Swingin' on That Famous Door		Delta Four
I Se a-Muggin' (Pts. 1 & 2)		Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys
Swingin' for Joy	Mary Lou Williams	Mary Lou Williams
A Fine Romance	Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields	Billie Holiday
Loch Lomond	Traditional	Maxine Sullivan
Morning Air	Willie "The Lion" Smith	Willie "The Lion" Smith
The Flat Foot Floogie		Slim & Slam
Jim Jam Stomp		Joe Marsala
Jumpin' at the Woodside	Count Basie, Jon Hendricks	Count Basie Orchestra
Yacht Club Swing	Fats Waller, Herman Autrey, J.C. Johnson, J.C. Jones	Fats Waller & His Rhythm
At the Woodchoppers Ball	Woody Herman, Joe Bishop	Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Cherokee	Ray Noble	Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Ja-Da		Leo Watson
Let's Fly Away	Cole Porter	Lee Wiley
Hot and Bothered	Duke Ellington	Clarence Profit Trio
Front and Center	John Kirby, Charlie Shavers	John Kirby Sextet

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Body and Soul	Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton	Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
South	Bennie Moten, Thamon Hayes	Hot Lips Page
Hit That Jive, Jack!	Skeets Tolbert, John Alston	Nat King Cole
Flying Home	Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sydney Robin	Lionel Hampton
Desert Sands	Stuff Smith	Stuff Smith
Moonglow	Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson	Art Tatum
Fiesta in Brass	Cabell "Cab" Calloway	Roy Eldridge
I Surrender, Dear	Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford	Ben Webster Quartet
Lover Man (Lyrics)	Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman, Jimmy Davis	Billie Holiday
Blue Harlem	Tiny Grimes, Ike Quebec	Ike Quebec Quintet
I May Be Wrong	Harry Ruskin, Henry Sullivan	Pete Brown
Seven Come Eleven	Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman	Red Norvo Quintet
Fast Company	Erroll Garner	Erroll Garner
Gutbucket Blues		Art Hode's Blue Five
I Want to Talk About You	Billy Eckstine	Billy Eckstine
Hot House	Tadd Dameron	Dizzy Gillespie Quintet
Three Blind Micesky		Slam Stewart
Blue and Sentimental	Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David	Don Byas All Stars
Spotlite		Coleman Hawkins' Fifty Second Street All Stars
Long Tall Dexter	Dexter Gordon	Dexter Gordon
52nd Street Theme	Thelonious Monk	Dizzy Gillespie
All Too Soon	Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman	Sarah Vaughan

Credits

Dicky Wells (Trombone), Tutti Camarata (Arranger), Abe Bolar (Bass), Slam Stewart (Vocals), Marshall Royal (Sax (Alto)), Big Sid Catlett (Drums), Eddie Barefield (Clarinet), Milt Hinton (Bass), Herschel Evans (Sax (Tenor)), Ike Quebec Quintet (Performer), Charlie Barnet (Sax (Tenor)), J.C. Heard (Drums), Erroll Garner (Performer), Eddie Barefield (Sax (Alto)), Karl George (Trumpet), Earle Warren (Sax (Alto)), Cedric Wallace (Bass), Benny Morton (Trombone), Hy White (Guitar), Russell Procope (Sax (Alto)), Paul Ricci (Clarinet), Aaron Sachs (Clarinet), Ray Perry (Violin), Ray Biondi (Violin), Chu Berry (Sax (Tenor)), Ben Thigpen (Drums), Earl Hardy (Trumpet), Al McKibbon (Bass), Bill Miller (Piano), Booker Collins (Bass), Howard Scott (Trombone), Artie Shapiro (Bass), Don Byas (Trumpet), Ernie Royal (Trumpet), Jerry Neary (Trumpet), Ed Lewis (Trumpet), Trummy Young (Trombone), John Malachi (Piano), Hot Lips Page (Performer), Ben Webster (Sax (Tenor)), Sidney Arodin (Clarinet), Georg Brunis (Trombone), Lee Wiley (Vocals), Buck Clayton (Trumpet), Ike Quebec (Sax (Tenor)), Sonny Craven (Trombone), Art Hodes (Piano), Shelly Manne (Drums), A.G. Godley (Drums), Walter Page (Bass), Clarence Willard (Trumpet), Ray Michaels (Drums), Ed Nicholson (Drums), Ray Hopfner (Sax (Alto)), Red Norvo Quintet (Performer), Nat King Cole (Piano), Bill Frazier (Sax (Alto)), Milt Jackson (Vibraphone), Bunny Berigan (Performer), Ben Webster Quartet (Performer), Mary Lou Williams (Performer), Dan Minor (Trombone), James Lamare (Sax (Tenor)), Ray Bauduc (Drums), Billy May (Arranger), Nat King Cole (Vocals), Don Byas (Sax (Tenor)), Billy Eckstine (Vocals), Don Stovall (Sax (Alto)), Jimmy Jones (Piano), John Mintz (Clarinet), Slim Gaillard (Guitar), Fats Navarro (Trumpet), Billie Holiday (Performer), Al Casey (Guitar), Joe Thomas (Trumpet), Leo Parker (?), John Collins (Guitar), Eddie Safranski (Bass), Joe Marsala (Clarinet), Woody Herman & His Orchestra (Performer), Irving Fazola (Clarinet), Jo Jones (Drums), Artie Bernstein (Bass), Herman Autrey (Trumpet), Earle Warren (Clarinet), Max Roach (Drums), Ray Perry (Sax (Alto)), Gene DePaul (Piano), Pete Brown (Sax (Alto)), Maxine Sullivan (Vocals), Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys (Performer), Jack Cressey (Sax (Alto)), Roger "Ram" Ramirez (Piano), Sarah Vaughan (Vocals), Gene Kinsey (Sax (Alto)), Wesley Prince (Bass), Dexter Gordon (Performer), Slam Stewart (Bass), Marshall Royal (Clarinet), Wendell Marshall (Bass), Ray Brown (Bass), Tommy Dorsey (Performer), Ben Brown (Bass), Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra (Performer), Connie Wainwright (Guitar), Stuff Smith (Vocals), Claude Thornhill (Arranger), Frank Victor (Guitar), Leo Watson (Performer), Jonah Jones (Vocals), Dick Jones (Piano), Slim Gaillard (Vocals), Billy May (Trumpet), Frank Carlson (Drums), David Booth (Drums), Gene Ammons (Sax (Tenor)), Charlie Parker (Sax (Alto)), Hymie Schertzer (Sax (Alto)), Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Ralph Muzillo (Trumpet), Irving Ashby (Guitar), Pete Johns (Sax (Tenor)), Charlie Shavers (Trumpet), Gail Brockman (Trumpet), Arthur Herbert (Drums), Oscar Smith (Bass), Joe Bishop (Flute), Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet), Teddy Wilson (Piano), Gene Traxler (Bass), Jack McVea (Sax (Baritone)), George Van Eps (Guitar), Coleman Hawkins (Sax (Tenor)), Lionel Hampton (Arranger), Sterling Bose (Trumpet), Gene Sedric (Sax (Tenor)), Carl Kress (Guitar), Dave Bowman (Piano), Oscar Moore (Guitar), Harry Sloan (Trombone), Eddie Dell (Drums), Joe Bushkin (Piano), Woody Herman (Sax (Alto)), Edgar Sampson (Sax (Alto)), Edythe Wright (Vocals), Mack Walker (Bass), Louis Prima (Vocals), Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra (Performer), Fats Waller & His Rhythm (Performer), Emmett Berry (Trumpet), Boonie Hazel (Trumpet), Grachan Moncur II (Bass), Chips Outcalt (Trombone), John McGhee (Trumpet), Stuff Smith (Violin), Lee Wiley (Performer), Bus Etri (Guitar), Woody Herman (Clarinet), Leonard Hawkins (Trumpet), John Kirby (Bass), Sid Stoneburn (Clarinet), Al Haig (Piano), Roy Eldridge (Performer), Frankie Newton (Trumpet), Charlie Barnet (Sax (Alto)), Jimmy Shirley (Guitar), Carmen Mastren (Guitar), John Owens (Trumpet), Bob Fishel (Trombone), Phil Stevens (Bass), Gene Ramey (Bass), Count Basie (Piano), Harold "Doc" West (Drums), Gene Sedric (Clarinet), Taswell Baird (Trombone), Clarence Profit (Piano), Max Kaminsky (Trumpet), Allen Eager (Sax (Tenor)), Don McCook (Sax (Tenor)), Art Tatum (Piano), Dexter Gordon (Sax (Tenor)), Israel Crosby (Bass), John Van Eps (Sax (Tenor)), Fats Waller (Piano), Cozy Cole (Drums), George Jenkins (Drums), Nat King Cole (Performer), Kurt Bloom (Sax (Alto)), Bobby Bennett (Guitar), John Jackson (Sax (Alto)), Jack Jenney (Trombone), Freddie Green (Guitar), Tony Scott (Clarinet), Joe Guy (Trumpet), Art Tatum Trio (Performer), Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet), Maxine Sullivan (Performer), Eddie Miller (Clarinet), Shorty McConnell (Trumpet), Art Blakey (Drums), Louis Prima (Trumpet), Stan King (Drums), Larry Binyon (Sax (Tenor)), Joseph Estren (Sax (Alto)), Sarah Vaughan (Performer), Dick Jones (Arranger), Billy Kyle (Piano), Milt Buckner (Piano), Jack Washington (?), Tutti Camarata (Conductor), Joe Newman (Trumpet), Tiny Grimes (Piano), Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra (Performer), Fred Beckett (Trombone), Adele Girard (Harp), Mary Lou Williams (Piano), Pete Johnson (Piano), Ben Hall (Trombone), Leo Watson (Vocals), Cliff Jackson (Piano), John Levy (Bass), Paul Ricci (Sax (Tenor)), Leo Watson (Drums), Pops Foster (Bass), Bill DeArango (Guitar), Eddie Miller (Sax (Tenor)), Tommy Linehan (Piano), Tommy Lindsay (Trumpet), Hot Lips Page (Trumpet), O'Neill Spencer (Drums), Count Basie Orchestra (Performer), Sid Weiss (Bass), Mezz Mezzrow (Clarinet), Dick McDonough (Guitar), Johnny Blowers (Drums), Teddy Wilson (Performer), George Wettling (Drums), Budd Johnson (Sax (Tenor)), Dizzy Gillespie (Performer), Tommy Dorsey (Vocals), Oscar Pettiford (Bass), Danny Alvin (Drums), Gene Krupa (Drums), Jack McVea (?), Walter Yoder (Bass), Sam Weiss (Drums), Red Norvo (Xylophone), Ken Kersey (Piano), Billie Holiday (Vocals), B. Bopstein (Trumpet), Babe Russin (Sax (Tenor)), Willie "The Lion" Smith (Performer), Gene Rodgers (Piano), Neil Reid (Trombone), John Washington (Drums), Benny Pottle (Bass), Jerry Valentine (Trombone), Art Tatum (Performer), Tommy Dorsey (Trombone), Jackie Fields (Sax (Alto)), Eustis Moore (Sax (Alto)), Johnny Guarnieri (Piano), Clyde Hart (Piano), Curly Russell (Bass), Sam Allen (Piano), Leo Parker (Sax (Baritone)), Saxie Mansfield (Sax (Tenor)), Lester Young (Sax (Tenor)), Marty Marsala (Trumpet), Mary Osborne (Guitar), Slick Jones (Drums), Jonah Jones (Trumpet), Red Norvo (Vibraphone), Remo Palmieri (Guitar), Bud Powell (Piano), Jack Le Maire (Guitar), Lionel Hampton (Vibraphone), Buddy Rich (Drums), Bunny Berigan (Trumpet), Jack Washington (Sax (Baritone)), Raymond Smith (Piano), Roy Eldridge (Trumpet), Claude Thornhill (Piano), Russ Case (Trumpet)