RCA Victor Jazz / The First Half Century: The Twenties Through The Sixties

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1. Disc 1: The Twenties
2. 1-1Black Bottom Stomp — Jelly Roll Morton
3. 1-2Heah Me Talkin' — Johnny Dodds
4. 1-3Black Beauty — Duke Ellington
5. 1-4Variety Stomp — Fletcher Henderson
6. 1-5Too Late — King Oliver
7. 1-6Peggy — McKinney's Cotton Pickers
8. 1-7The Boy in the Boat — Charlie Johnson
9. 1-8Bleeding Hearted Blues — James Price Johnson
10. 1-9Handful of Keys — Fats Waller
11. 1-10Glad Rag Doll — Earl Hines
12. 1-11Duet Stomp — Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight
13. 1-12Tiger Rag — Original Dixieland Jazz Band
14. 1-13She's Crying for Me — New Orleans Rhythm Kings
15. 1-14Lonely Melody — Bix Beiderbecke, Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
16. 1-15Delirium — Red Nichols
17. 1-16Wild Cat — Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
18. 1-17Waitin' for Katie — Benny Goodman
19. 1-18Doin' the Voom Voom — Bubber Miley, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
20. 1-19Swing Out — Henry "Red" Allen
21. 1-20One Hour (If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight) — Coleman Hawkins, The Mound City Blue Blowers
22. 1-21Hello Lola! — Pee Wee Russell, The Mound City Blue Blowers
23. 1-22That's a Serious Thing — Jack Teagarden, Eddie Condon And His Hot Shots
24. 1-23South — Bennie Moten
25. Disc 2: The Thirties
26. 2-1Basin Street Blues — Louis Armstrong
27. 2-2Daybreak Express — Duke Ellington
28. 2-3Moten Swing — Count Basie
29. 2-4Hocus Pocus — Fletcher Henderson
30. 2-5King Porter Stomp — Benny Goodman
31. 2-6Swingin' Uptown — Jimmie Lunceford
32. 2-7Song of India — Tommy Dorsey
33. 2-8XYZ — Earl Hines
34. 2-9Cherokee — Charlie Barnet
35. 2-10Carioca — Artie Shaw
36. 2-11Any Old Time — Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Billie Holiday
37. 2-12Body and Soul — Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman Trio
38. 2-13Life Goes to a Party — Harry James, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
39. 2-14Swing Is Here — Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa's Swing Band
40. 2-15Shufflin' at the Hollywood — Lionel Hampton
41. 2-16I'm in the Mood for Swing — Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
42. 2-17Rockin' Chair — Mildred Bailey
43. 2-18Dinah — Fats Waller
44. 2-19Really the Blues — Sidney Bechet, Tommy Ladnier, Tommy Ladnier And His Orchestra
45. 2-20Relaxin' at the Touro — Muggsy Spanier
46. 2-21The Eel — Bud Freeman
47. 2-22I Can't Get Started — Bunny Berigan
48. 2-23Body and Soul — Coleman Hawkins
49. Disc 3: The Forties
50. 3-1Jack the Bear — Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
51. 3-2Concerto for Cootie — Cootie Williams, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
52. 3-3Cotton Tail — Ben Webster, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
53. 3-4Mobile Bay — Rex Stewart
54. 3-5Day Dream — Johnny Hodges
55. 3-6Pennies from Heaven — Louis Armstrong
56. 3-7Little Jazz — Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Roy Eldridge
57. 3-8Manteca — Dizzy Gillespie
58. 3-9Victory Ball — Charlie Parker, Metronome All Stars
59. 3-10Epistrophy — Kenny Clarke
60. 3-11Half Step Down, Please — Coleman Hawkins
61. 3-12Spontaneous Combustion — Lennie Tristano
62. 3-13Stormy Monday — Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines And His Orchestra
63. 3-14Bill's Mill — Count Basie
64. 3-15Yes, Indeed! — Tommy Dorsey
65. 3-16Summertime — Artie Shaw
66. 3-17All of Me — Benny Carter
67. 3-18Old Man Blues — Sidney Bechet
68. 3-19Minor Swing — Django Reinhardt
69. 3-20Fifth Dimension — Mary Lou Williams
70. 3-21Cherokee — Art Tatum
71. 3-22Erroll's Bounce — Erroll Garner
72. 3-23My Blue Heaven — Oscar Peterson
73. DISC 4: The Fifties
74. 4-1Whisper Not — Art Blakey
75. 4-2Ysabel's Table Dance — Charles Mingus
76. 4-3Salt Peanuts — Bud Powell
77. 4-4Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair — Phineas Newborn Jr.
78. 4-5Concerto for Billy the Kid — George Russell, Bill Evans, George Russell & His Smalltet
79. 4-6Blues for Pablo — Gil Evans, Hal McKusik Ninentet
80. 4-7April in Paris — Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
81. 4-8The Wailing Boat — Maynard Ferguson
82. 4-9Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West — John Lewis
83. 4-10Chiquito Loco — Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers And His Orchestra
84. 4-11Roses of Picardy — Red Norvo
85. 4-12East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) — Al Cohn, Zoot Sims
86. 4-13Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea — Lee Wiley
87. 4-14Love Is Just Around the Corner — Henry "Red" Allen
88. 4-15Perdido — Clark Terry, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
89. Disc 5: The Sixties
90. 5-1The Bridge — Sonny Rollins
91. 5-2Blood Count — Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
92. 5-3So What — J.J. Johnson
93. 5-4Where Do You Go?/Girl from Ipanema — Stan Getz
94. 5-5Here's That Rainy Day — Paul Desmond
95. 5-6Blight of the Fumble Bee — Gerry Mulligan
96. 5-7Old Folks — Jackie McLean
97. 5-8Star Eyes — Chet Baker
98. 5-9Sing Me Softly of the Blues — Gary Burton
99. 5-10One O'Clock Jump — Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
100. 5-11Come Back Baby — Joe Williams
101. 5-12Flying Home — Lionel Hampton, Illinois Jacquet, Lionel Hampton And His All-Star Alumni Big Band