An Anthology of Big Band Swing (1930-1955)

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1993
• Total Time: 119:55
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

This two-CD set is an unusually successful sampler. Although there are a few hits among the 40 selections, many obscurities are also included, and not all of the big bands represented are major names, such as Tiny Bradshaw, Noble Sissle, Spud Murphy, Teddy Powell and Jan Savitt. The emphasis is very much on jazz, and this worthy reissue is overflowing with forgotten classics. The music is programmed in chronological order, so one can experience the evolution of big bands from Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson and Luis Russell to postwar recordings from Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Rockin' in Rhythm	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Harry Carney	Duke Ellington	(2:58)
The House of David Blues	Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, Irving Mills	Fletcher Henderson	(3:07)
Saratoga Drag	Greely Walton, Luis Russell	Luis Russell	(3:03)
Savage Rhythm	Benny Goodman	Mills Blue Rhythm Band	(3:04)
Chant of the Weed	Don Redman	Don Redman	(3:13)
St. Louis Blues	W.C. Handy	The Dorsey Brothers	(3:05)
Rock and Rye	Jimmy Mundy	Earl Hines	(3:11)
Down South Camp Meeting	Irving Mills, Fletcher Henderson	Fletcher Henderson	(2:56)
Avalon	Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Vincent Rose	Jimmie Lunceford	(2:58)
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Egbert VanAlstyne, Harry Williams	Claude Hopkins	(2:47)
The Darktown Strutters' Ball	Shelton Brooks	Tiny Bradshaw	(2:59)
Polka Dot Rag	James Toliver, Noble Sissle, Sidney Bechet	Noble Sissle	(2:43)
Stompin' at the Savoy	Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf	Isham Jones	(2:44)
Peg O' My Heart	Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher	Glenn Miller	(2:28)
One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie	Count Basie	(3:01)
Casa Loma Stomp	Gene Gifford	Casa Loma Orchestra	(2:40)
South Rampart Street Parade	Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Bob Crosby	Bob Crosby	(3:30)
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn	Chick Webb	(2:41)
Dunkin' a Doughnut	Mary Lou Williams	Andy Kirk	(2:49)
You Rascal You	Sam Theard	Louis Armstrong	(3:01)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Panassie Stomp	Count Basie	Count Basie	(2:47)
Transcontinental	Benny Goodman, David Rose	Spud Murphy	(2:55)
Jamaica Jam	Teddy Powell, Fred Norman	Teddy Powell	(2:40)
O. K. For Baby	Benny Carter	Benny Carter	(2:57)
Blues in the Groove	Eddie Durham, Edgar Battle	Jan Savitt	(3:01)
Murderistic	Joe Lipman	Jimmy Dorsey	(2:49)
Swingmatism	William Scott, Jay McShann	Jay McShann	(2:36)
Savoy	Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder	(3:02)
Blue River	Victor Young, Ned Washington	Jack Teagarden	(3:11)
Chicago	Fred Fisher	Muggsy Spanier	(2:34)
Fish Market	Roy Eldridge	Roy Eldridge	(3:09)
Gambler's Blues	Traditional	Stan Kenton	(4:27)
I've Got You Under My Skin	Cole Porter	Woody Herman	(2:53)
Skyliner	Charlie Barnet	Charlie Barnet	(3:00)
Million Dollar Smile	Porter Roberts, Lionel Hampton	Lionel Hampton	(3:05)
Midriff	Billy Strayhorn	Duke Ellington	(3:21)
Bear Mash Blues	Sammy Lowe	Erskine Hawkins	(2:54)
The Continental	Herbert Magidson, Con Conrad	Artie Shaw	(3:07)
The Blue Room	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Tommy Dorsey	(3:19)
One O'Clock Jump	Count Basie	Benny Goodman	(3:10)

Credits

Artie Shaw (Clarinet), Claude Jones (Trombone), Ramón "Moncho" Usera (Reeds), Milt Buckner (Piano), Jack Teagarden (Vocals), Benny Carter (Performer), Lionel Hampton (Vibraphone), Ted McCord (Reeds), Barney Kessel (Guitar), Jimmy Mitchelle (Reeds), Warren Smith (Trombone), Claude Hopkins (Performer), Cliff Hoff (Reeds), Stafford Simon (Reeds), Trummy Young (Trombone), Sharon Franklin (Assistant Production Coordination), Wardell Jones (Trumpet), Harry Carney (Reeds), Vernon Brown (Trombone), Ed Wasserman (Reeds), Nick Caiazza (Reeds), Quinn Wilson (Bass), Junior Raglin (Bass), Clarence Trice (Trumpet), Milton Raksin (Piano), Claude Lakey (Reeds), Archie Johnson (Trumpet), Earle Warren (Reeds), Paul Webster (Trumpet), Steve Lasker (Series Consultant), Artie Shaw (Performer), Harry Forbes (Trombone), Louis Armstrong (Trumpet), Murray McEachern (Trombone), Walter Smith (Trumpet), Willie Lynch (Leader), Jimmy Mundy (Reeds), Tony Briglia (Drums), Glen Gray (Reeds), Leroy Kirkland (Guitar), Ben Stabler (Trumpet), Dave Grusin (Executive Producer), Teddy Powell (Performer), Jimmy Campbell (Trumpet), Crawford Wethington (Reeds), Ken Broadhurst (Guitar), Joe Ferdinando (Reeds), Ed Clausen (Reeds), Jimmy Raney (Guitar), Edgar Sampson (Violin), Noble Sissle (Leader), Tommy Dorsey (Performer), Sonny Mediana (Production Director), Bob Crosby (Performer), Henry Wells (Trombone), Michael Robinson (Trombone), Gil Barrios (Piano), Skeets Herfurt (Reeds), Keg Purnell (Drums), Dave Williams (Drums), Stanley Brauner (Reeds), Dan Minor (Trombone), Andrew Penn (Trombone), John Carlson (Trumpet), Al Leopold (Trombone), Jackie Mills (Drums), Booker Collins (Bass), Noble Sissle (Performer), Tommy Dorsey (Trombone), Chico Álvarez (Trumpet), Ray McKinley (Drums), Louis Jordan (Reeds), Chris Griffin (Trumpet), Panama Francis (Drums), Louis Taylor (Trombone), Muggsy Spanier (Performer), Trevor Bacon (Vocals), Bobby Holmes (Reeds), Dick Cole (Trombone), Sam Hyster (Trombone), Fred Simon (Reeds), Allan Reuss (Guitar), John Williams (Reeds), Irving Goodman (Trumpet), Tony Antonelli (Reeds), Tommy Fulford (Piano), Bob Zurke (Piano), Clyde Hart (Piano), Lyle "Spud" Murphy (Sax (Alto)), Hilton Jefferson (Reeds), Leon Schwartz (Trumpet), Count Basie (Performer), Duke Ellington (Piano), Harold Smith (Piano), Al Costi (Guitar), Joe Herde (Reeds), Ralph Galluccio (Reeds), Joe Thomas (Reeds), Ted Romersa (Reeds), Al Sherman (Trombone), Jan Savitt (Leader), Beverly Peer (Bass), Sonny Russo (Trombone), Hayes Alvis (Bass), Wilbur DeParis (Trombone), Ray Nance (Trumpet), Castor McCord (Reeds), Al Sears (Reeds), Jo Jones (Drums), Don Redman (Reeds), Mario Bauzá (Trumpet), Russell Procope (Reeds), Bernard Anderson (Trumpet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), George Koenig (Reeds), Bob Haggart (Bass), John Harrington (Reeds), Joe Baird (Trombone), Freddy Webster (Trumpet), Scott Johnson (Art Direction), Fletcher Henderson (Performer), Martin George (Drums), Loren Schoenberg (Liner Notes), Bob Johnson (Trumpet), Ted Brinson (Guitar), Jack Hansen (Trumpet), Roc Hillman (Guitar), Don Lanphere (Reeds), Jimmy Dorsey (Performer), Edward Lewis (Trumpet), Charles Coolidge (Trombone), Ralph Muzillo (Trumpet), Charlie Fowlkes (Reeds), Wendell Culley (Trumpet), Greely Walton (Reeds), Benny Goodman (Performer), Walter Yoder (Bass), Stan Kenton (Performer), George Dixon (Trumpet), Eddie Miller (Reeds), Russell Smith (Trumpet), Laforest Dent (Reeds), Don Carter (Drums), Dave Hallett (Trombone), Sonny Craven (Trombone), Henry Hicks (Trombone), Erskine Hawkins (Performer), Irving "Mouse" Randolph (Trumpet), Henderson Chambers (Trombone), Phil Washburn (Trombone), Bobby Stark (Trumpet), Snooky Young (Trumpet), Fred Beckett (Trombone), Frank Cudwib (Reeds), Allen Eager (Reeds), Sidney Bechet (Reeds), George Simon (Drums), Herschel Evans (Reeds), Daryl Campbell (Trumpet), Walter Fuller (Trumpet), Johnny Hodges (Reeds), Buster Bailey (Reeds), Michael Landy (Post Production), Oliver Suderman (Trumpet), Truman Quigley (Trumpet), Gene Ramey (Bass), Gus Bivona (Reeds), Henry "Red" Allen (Trumpet), Sandy Williams (Trombone), Ben Webster (Reeds), Ed Kiefer (Trombone), George Esposito (Trumpet), Julian Dash (Reeds), Sonny Payne (Drums), Curby Alexander (Reeds), Allen Durham (Trombone), Bobby Guyer (Trumpet), Frank Langone (Reeds), Jimmy Harris (Trumpet), Albert Nicholas (Reeds), Jimmy Henderson (Trombone), Albert Block (Reeds), Ace Harris (Piano), Dick Wilson (Reeds), Norman Greene (Trombone), David Page (Trumpet), Walter Page (Bass), Cat Anderson (Trumpet), Dan d'Andrea (Reeds), Victor Hauprich (Reeds), Joseph Doughney (Post Production), Johnny Martel (Trumpet), Billy Rauch (Trombone), Edwin Wilcox (Piano), George Washington (Trombone), Ted Lee (Reeds), Nappy Lamare (Guitar), Earl Miller (Reeds), Manny Klein (Trumpet), Grady Watts (Trumpet), Chester Burrill (Trombone), Lee Castle (Trumpet), Kenny Sargent (Reeds), Arnold Fishkind (Bass), Cozy Cole (Drums), Lucky Millinder (Performer), Don Mattison (Trombone), Al Jordan (Trombone), Jose Gutierrez (Trombone), Vic Dickenson (Trombone), Charlie Barnet (Reeds), Don Redman (Performer), Michael Pollard (Production Coordination), Moses Allen (Bass), Earl Carruthers (Reeds), Joe Britton (Trombone), Sterling Bose (Trumpet), Jack Carter (Drums), Bob Poland (Reeds), Loren Schoenberg (Annotation), Jack Teagarden (Performer), Joe Meyer (Trumpet), Otis Johnson (Trumpet), Lincoln Mills (Trumpet), Alba Acevedo (Graphic Design), George Bohn (Reeds), Eddie Durham (Trombone), Frank Zullo (Trumpet), Robert Carroll (Reeds), Buck Clayton (Trumpet), Arthur Beck (Reeds), Hal McIntyre (Reeds), Russ Jenner (Trombone), Frank Beach (Trumpet), Teddy Kotick (Bass), Shelton Hemphill (Trumpet), Jimmy Crawford (Drums), Eddie Tompkins (Trumpet), Don Lodice (Reeds), Art Moore (Reeds), Freddie Jenkins (Trumpet), Jan Savitt (Performer), Bob Stark (Trumpet), Mills Blue Rhythm Band (Performer), Willie Smith (Reeds), Jack Ryan (Bass), Jack Stacey (Reeds), Lucky Millinder (Leader), Leonard Davis (Trumpet), Hal Singer (Reeds), Joe Kearns (Reeds), Howard Hill (Guitar), Chelsea Quealey (Trumpet), Nick Travis (Trumpet), Sam Genuso (Trombone), Arthur Whetsol (Trumpet), Andy Kirk (Performer), Sonny Greer (Drums), Billy Butterfield (Trumpet), Chubby Jackson (Bass), Harold Hahn (Drums), Cutty Cutshall (Trombone), Little Sammy Davis (Reeds), Bob Johnson (Guitar), Jerry Jerome (Reeds), Claude Hopkins (Piano), George Duvivier (Bass), Peanuts Holland (Trumpet), Clarence Hutchenrider (Reeds), Paul Cohen (Trumpet), Harry Brooks (Piano), Carl Frye (Reeds), Glen Gray (Leader), Oscar Madera (Violin), Arnold Bolden (Drums), Seymour Goldfinger (Trombone), Eddie Stone (Violin), Albert Snaer (Trumpet), Jay McShann (Piano), Stanley Dennis (Bass), Darnell Howard (Reeds), Jack Mootz (Trumpet), Gene Price (Trumpet), Count Basie (Piano), John Best (Trumpet), Woody Herman (Clarinet), Clarence Holiday (Guitar), Bob Crosby (Leader), John Kirby (Tuba), Red Dorris (Reeds), Barney Bigard (Reeds), Cappy Lewis (Trumpet), Fred Robinson (Trombone), Gene Johnson (Reeds), Joe Eldridge (Reeds), Chick Webb (Drums), Jack Ordean (Reeds), Yank Lawson (Trumpet), Joe Meisner (Reeds), George Hunt (Trombone), Paul Barbarin (Drums), Casa Loma Orchestra (Performer), Pinky Savitt (Trumpet), Bill Shine (Reeds), Clarence Brereton (Trumpet), Bob Mabane (Reeds), Dicky Wells (Trombone), Buddy Schutz (Drums), Pokey Carriere (Trumpet), Ward Silloway (Trombone), Don Hammond (Reeds), George Thow (Trumpet), Edgar Courance (Reeds), Cootie Williams (Trumpet), Arnett Cobb (Reeds), Ted Repay (Piano), Jackie Salway (Graphic Design), Teddy Powell (Leader), Woody Herman (Reeds), Louis Armstrong (Vocals), Spud Murphy (Performer), Dan Grissom (Reeds), Felix Giobbe (Bass), Jack Teagarden (Trombone), Charlie Allen (Trumpet), Bobby Sands (Reeds), Woody Buchell (Bass), Bob Ysaguirre (Tuba), Harry Rodgers (Trombone), Ralph Burns (Piano), Billy Taylor, Sr. (Bass), Conrad Gozzo (Trumpet), Ovie Alston (Trumpet), James Toliver (Reeds), Joe Lipman (Piano), Sonny White (Piano), Hillard Brown (Drums), Lionel Hampton (Performer), Erskine Hawkins (Trumpet), Frank Galbreath (Trumpet), Vic Ford (Trumpet), Sy Oliver (Trumpet), Chuck Edwards (Piano), Gerald Foster (Trombone), Clarence Willard (Trumpet), Bud Katzel (Project Director), Carl Biesacker (Reeds), Eddie Durham (Guitar), Urbie Green (Trombone), Coleman Hawkins (Reeds), Jimmie Lunceford (Performer), Shorty Solomson (Trumpet), Nate Kazebier (Trumpet), Harry Lawson (Trumpet), Dick McDonough (Guitar), Harry Ferguson (Reeds), Pops Foster (Bass), J.C. Higginbotham (Trombone), Snags Allen (Guitar), Lyle "Spud" Murphy (Clarinet), Sam Herman (Guitar), Joe Morris (Trumpet), Lawrence Dixon (Guitar), Harvey Boone (Reeds), Stan Kenton (Leader), Pat Davis (Reeds), Erick Labson (Digital Transfers), Shad Collins (Trumpet), Dave Bowman (Piano), Jimmy Dorsey (Sax (Alto)), Benny Goodman (Reeds), Ted Sinclair (Bass), Edgar Hayes (Piano), Sylvester Lewis (Trumpet), Johnny Austin (Trumpet), Bob Carter (Piano), Delmar Kaplan (Bass), Earl Hines (Piano), Benny Goodman (Clarinet), Pee Wee Hunt (Trombone), Bob Smith (Trombone), Sidney DeParis (Trumpet), Pete Mondello (Reeds), Leemie Stanfield (Bass), Tom Macey (Reeds), Bill Coleman (Trumpet), Robert Mason (Trumpet), Big Sid Catlett (Drums), Isham Jones (Leader), Orville Minor (Trumpet), Frank Bruno (Trumpet), Kurt Bloom (Reeds), Fernando Arbello (Trombone), Luis Russell (Piano), Joe Ferrall (Trombone), Charlie Barnet (Performer), Fred Guy (Banjo), Robert Range (Trombone), Johnny Amoroso (Trumpet), George Siravo (Reeds), Blake Reynolds (Reeds), Danny Polo (Reeds), Tiny Bradshaw (Bass), Hymie Schertzer (Reeds), Joe Hall (Piano), Nelson Bryant (Trumpet), Happy Caldwell (Reeds), George Wartner (Guitar), Tak Takvorian (Trombone), George Stevenson (Trombone), Hy White (Guitar), Louis Armstrong (Performer), Billy Mackel (Guitar), Wellman Braud (Bass), Harold Bruce (Trumpet), Bob Lessey (Guitar), Harry White (Trombone), Charles French (Drums), Walter Jones (Guitar), Joe Pamelia (Reeds), Jimmy Priddy (Trombone), Bob Moore (Trumpet), The Dorsey Brothers (Performer), Charles Frazier (Reeds), Cliff Leeman (Drums), Lester Young (Sax (Tenor)), Willie Lynch (Drums), Lammar Wright, Sr. (Trumpet), Benny Carter (Sax (Alto)), Bobby Van Eps (Piano), Pete Jacobs (Drums), Al Mastren (Trombone), Andy Kirk (Leader), Lawrence Brown (Trombone), Eddie Pripps (Reeds), Woody Herman (Performer), Fritz Hummel (Trombone), George Dorsey (Reeds), Eugène Green (Trombone), Joe Harris (Trombone), Jack Kelleher (Bass), Art Ralston (Reeds), Ray Bauduc (Drums), George James (Reeds), Manzie Johnson (Drums), Dan Serrano (Art Direction), Roy Eldridge (Trumpet), Orrin Keepnews (Liner Notes), Vincent Allotta (Violin), Max Maddox (Trumpet), Earl Hines (Performer), Luis Russell (Performer), Babe Russin (Reeds), Gus Evans (Reeds), Orrin Keepnews (Producer), Charlie Spivak (Trumpet), Wayman Carver (Reeds), Isham Jones (Performer), Gene DePaul (Piano), Irving Fazola (Clarinet), Matty Matlock (Reeds), Demas Dean (Trumpet), Charlie Harris (Bass), Edmond Hall (Reeds), Cecil Irwin (Reeds), Ed Anderson (Trumpet), Stan Getz (Reeds), Ernest Purce (Reeds), Bob Gioga (Reeds), Benny Heller (Guitar), Billy Cronk (Bass), Freddie Green (Guitar), Teddy Wilson (Piano), Lyman Vunk (Trumpet), Ernie Hughes (Piano), Joe Tricky Sam Nanton (Trombone), Earl Thompson (Trumpet), Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet), Muggsy Spanier (Cornet), Mary Lou Williams (Piano), Ted Donnelly (Trombone), Gil Rodin (Reeds), Jack Ferrier (Reeds), Russell Bowles (Trombone), Jack Moola (Trumpet), Roy Eldridge (Performer), Guy Smith (Guitar), Charlie Holmes (Reeds), Ramón "Moncho" Usera (Violin), Benny Carter (Clarinet), Saxie Mansfield (Reeds), Jake "Vernon" Porter (Trombone), Bill Bowen (Reeds), Gene Krupa (Drums), Edgar Sampson (Reeds), Lorin Aaron (Trombone), Will Johnson (Guitar), Walter Johnson (Drums), Ray Wetzel (Trumpet), Omer Simeon (Reeds), Charlie DiMaggio (Reeds), Elmer Crumbley (Trombone), George Matthews (Trombone), Prince Robinson (Reeds), Charlie Parker (Reeds), Jack Burdette (Guitar), Burt Johnson (Trombone), John Smith (Reeds), Jack Washington (Reeds), Dodo Marmarosa (Piano), Taft Jordan (Trumpet), Duke Ellington (Performer), Trevor Bacon (Guitar), Jerry Neary (Trumpet), Keg Johnson (Trombone), Garvin Bushell (Reeds), Bobby Green (Reeds), Chick Webb (Performer), Bill Covey (Reeds), Johnny Bothwell (Reeds), Glenn Miller (Performer), Rex Stewart (Cornet), Ted Kotsoftis (Bass), Benny James (Banjo), Joe Garland (Reeds), Porky Cohen (Trombone), Paul Collins (Drums), Al Norris (Guitar), Howard Rumsey (Bass), Glenn Miller (Trombone), Jay McShann (Performer), Larry Rosen (Executive Producer), Steve Lasker (Digital Transfers), Andy Baltimore (Creative Director), Clarence Johnson (Piano), John Jackson (Reeds), Fred Norman (Trombone), Dave McRae (Reeds), Bill DePew (Reeds), Fred Guy (Guitar), Sam Lowe (Trumpet), Haywood Henry (Reeds), Jimmy Dorsey (Clarinet), Elmer James (Bass), Teddy Brannon (Piano), Franz Jackson (Reeds), Ben Thigpen (Drums), Mark Bennett (Trombone), Ernest Williamson (Bass), Fred Radcliffe (Drums), Tiny Bradshaw (Performer), Lawrence Lucie (Guitar), Diane Dragonette (Assistant Production Coordination), Edward Inge (Reeds), Milt Yaner (Reeds), Horace Henderson (Piano), Kenneth Stuart (Trombone), Otto Hardwick (Reeds), Eddie Bert (Trombone), Skippy de Sair (Reeds), Rupert Cole (Reeds), Erick Labson (Audio Restoration), Jimmy Dorsey (Reeds), Jesse Ralph (Trombone), Talcott Reeves (Banjo), Sonny Lee (Trombone), Benny Morton (Trombone), Ulysses Livingston (Guitar), Wallace Bishop (Drums), Henry Turner (Bass), Nat Story (Trombone), Teddy McRae (Reeds), Jimmy Hamilton (Reeds), Zeke Zarchy (Trumpet)