That's Jazz: The Collection

Artist: Various Artists Label: Drive Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Box set Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 3 UPC: 723724035423 EAN: 0723724035423 ASIN: B000056VZT Release Date: 2001-02-06

Tracks:

1. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie,
2. Prelude to a Kiss - Lionel Hampton
3. Lover, Come Back to Me - Billie Holiday
4. C'Est Si Bon - Louis Armstrong
5. Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller
6. Besame Mucho - Nat King Cole
7. Spiritual - John Coltrane
8. Black Butterfly - Duke Ellington
9. Perdido - Herbie Mann
10. More I See You - Sarah Vaughan
11. Limehouse Blues - Benny Goodman
12. Hot House - Dizzy Gillespie
13. Solitude - Nina Simone
14. Bird of Paradise - Charlie Parker
15. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith
16. My Funny Valentine - Stan Getz

Tracks:

1. Quasimodo - Charlie Parker
2. Somebody Loves Me - Erroll Garner
3. Just in Time - Gerry Mulligan
4. Don't Be That Way - Chick Webb
5. I Want to Be Happy - Lester Young
6. April in Paris - Coleman Hawkins
7. Blue Skies - Tommy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey
8. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
9. Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
10. China Boy - Teddy Wilson
11. Blackstick - Sidney Bechet
12. In a Mellow Tone - Duke Ellington
13. Oleo - Sonny Rollins
14. Doctor Jazz - Jelly Roll Morton
15. Piano Man - Earl Hines
16. I Can't Get Started - Dizzy Gillespie

Tracks:

1. Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
2. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Smith
3. Eccentricity - James P. Johnson & his Orchestra
4. King Porter Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
5. Suitcase Blues - Albert Ammons
6. Yancey's Mixture - Jimmy Yancey
7. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis
8. Carolina Shout - Fats Waller
9. Humoresque - Art Tatum
10. Fifty Seven Varieties - Earl Hines
11. Swampy River - Duke Ellington
12. Body and Soul - Teddy Wilson
13. Fives - Count Basie,
14. Swingin' for Joy - Mary Lou Williams
15. I'm in the Mood for Love - Johnny Guarnieri
16. Little Rock Getaway - Joe Sullivan
17. Piano Stomp (Shine) - Lionel Hampton
18. Sweet Georgia Brown - Nat King Cole

Customer Reviews:

Not Very Comprehensive.......2002-12-05

A big faux pas is the lack of one Myles Davis tune. The man was a pioneer of jazz and its embarrasing that he was omitted from this extensive collection. Although the John Coltrane song Spiritual isn't bad, somehow I think a better tune by him could have been included. Heck he should have at least two songs. Same with Louis Armstrong. He's done better songs. We need Ella Fitzgerald as well as more modern artists like Herb Alpert or George Benson.

There are some good songs on here. Gerry Mulligan's Don't Be That Way offers some nice interplay between the instruments. Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is a classic with beautiful piano. The Fats Waller tunes are cool. Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan give good performances. However, unless your music tastes are regulated to big band or rollicking piano jazz, it is recommended that you look elsewhere for a suitable collection.

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1. Revue: Best of Paul Reddick ~ Paul Reddick
2. I Like Big Girls
3. Well Runs Dry
4. Electric Blues - The Life, Times & Music Series
5. Feelin' Good: Best of Sun Blues ~ Various Artists
6. Relaxing Blues Harmony with Nature and Music
7. Mississippi Mud ~ Mississippi Mud
8. Hangin Tree ~ Mississippi Mud
9. Blazing Hot ~ Nice & Smooth
10. R&B from the Marquee ~ Alexis Korner

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Statesboro Blues ~ Dave Van Ronk

The Bone Brothers ~ The Bone Brothers

Sulk ~ Associates

Me & Bobby Mcgee ~ Janis Joplin

Hellbound Train ~ Savoy Brown

Teenage Shutdown: You Treated Me Bad! ~ Various Artists

Smash the Ships and Raise the Beams ~ Duotang

White Lightning Strikes Twice 1968-1969 ~ White Lightning

The Ref ~ David A. Stewart

In Stereo ~ Bomfunk MC's