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Title Black legends of jazz.

Publication Info.

New York, NY : GRP Records, p1994.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Wethersfield Public Library - Compact Discs	CD MJ VARIOUS ARTISTS BLACK DISC 1-2 c.2	Check Shelf

Edition	Limited edition.
Description	2 audio discs (119 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (79 pages).
Series	GRP presents the legendary masters of jazz
	Decca jazz
	GRP presents the legendary masters of jazz.
	Decca jazz.
Performer	Various performers.
Event	Recorded between Apr. 1926 and Mar. 1959.
Note	"The original Decca recordings"--Container.
	Compact discs.
	Booklet contains program notes by Robert O'Meally and discography.
Contents	Somewhere along the way (Gene Ammons) (2:57) -- Mahogany Hall stomp (2:50) ; Solitude (2:59) (Louis Armstrong) -- Jumpin' at the Woodside (Count Basie) (3:08) -- When the sun sets down south (Sidney Bechet) (3:05) -- Night hop (Benny Carter) (3:04) -- Blues in the dark (Buck Clayton) (3:02) -- Sweet Lorraine (Nat King Cole) (2:58) -- Melancholy (Johnny Dodds) (2:35) -- After you've gone (Roy Eldridge) (2:46) --
	Mood indigo (Duke Ellington) (2:54) -- Lullaby of Birdland (Ella Fitzgerald) (2:49) -- Midnight sun (Lionel Hampton) (3:18) -- Body and soul (Coleman Hawkins) (4:22) -- Down south camp meetin' (Fletcher Henderson & Henry "Red" Allen) (2:56) -- Cavernism (Earl Hines) (2:54) -- Good morning heartache (Billie Holiday) (3:06) -- Flying home (Illinois Jacquet) (3:10) -- Tishomingo blues (Bunk Johnson) (3:18) -- Snowy morning blues (James P. Johnson) (2:30).
	Yancey special (Meade Lux Lewis) (3:16) -- Coquette (Jimmie Lunceford) (3:08) -- Something to live for (Carmen McRae) (3:11) -- Sepian bounce (Jay McShann & Charlie Parker) (3:06) -- King Porter stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) (2:50) -- Bump it (Jimmie Noone) (3:19) -- Sugar foot stomp (King Oliver) (2:53) -- For dancers only (Sy Oliver) (2:37) -- I won't be here long (Hot Lips Page) (2:40) -- Chant of the weed (Don Redman) (3:14) --
	Good morning blues (Jimmy Rushing) (3:12) -- Passionette (Willie "The Lion" Smith) (2:26) -- Blue serge (Billy Strayhorn) (2:51) -- Liza : all the clouds'll roll away (Art Tatum) (3:02) -- Rebecca (Joe Turner) (2:40) -- Blow top blues (Dinah Washington) (3:18) -- Clap hands! Here comes Charlie (Chick Webb) (2:27) -- Keep it in the groove (Mary Lou Williams) (2:59) -- One o'clock jump (Lester Young) (3:01).
Note	GMD: sound recording.
Subject	Jazz.
Music No.	GRD-2-641 GRP Records

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