Essential Jazz CD Set

Not so long ago, "the new American Invasion" of jazz made British hearts beat to new rhythms, new harmonies, and the swinging sounds of clarinets and saxophones. Your heart will beat, too, every time you listen to this new collection of 43 great performances by the original stars, created exclusively for our shop. On Disc 1, swing to "Stompin' at the Savoy" by Benny Goodman, "Twelfth Street Rag" by Louis Armstrong, "One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie, and more. On Disc 2, relax into the wee small hours with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and more. About 2 hours on 2 CDs.

Disc 1:
Essential Jazz Classics
Iconic performances from the best of the best

The best of New Orleans jazz, brought together in a single album which celebrates those early years: the good tunes, foot-stomping rhythms and rich harmonies which marked out jazz as a unique and new art form created to charm and delight the ear.

1 High Society - Kid Ory & His Band
2 Mahogany Hall Stomp - Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven
3 At the Jazz Band Ball - Bix Beiderbecke
4 Who's Sorry Now? - Bob Crosby's Bob Cats
5 It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
6 Bugle Call Rag - Benny Goodman
7 South Rampart Street Parade - Bob Crosby
8 Dippermouth Blues - Muggsy Spanier
9 Hindustan - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers
10 When the Saints Go Marchin' In - Bunk Johnson
11 Riverboat Shuffle - Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
12 Twelfth Street Rag - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
13 Clarinet Marmalade - Frankie Trambauer
14 Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman
15 Kansas City Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
16 Royal Garden Blues - Bix Beiderbecke
17 Bill Bailey, Won't You Please - Kid Ory & His Creole Jazz Band
18 Sweet Sue, Just You - Muggsy Spanier
19 St. Louis Blues - Sidney Bechet & His Orch.
20 Darktown Strutters Ball - Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Band
21 Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
22 One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie
23 Basin Street Blues - Eddie Condon & His Band

Disc 2:
Late Night Jazz
Our second jazz collection is deliberately easy listening; relaxing and enjoyable, with strong melodies and a gentle swing. Sinatra, Holliday, Ella, Nat and many more stars in possibly the ultimate fantasy night club programme! Relax into the small wee hours with numbers like Sweet Lorraine, or enjoy April in Paris, and dream a little dream with Armstrong.

1 Sweet Lorraine - Frank Sinatra
2 You go to my head - Billie Holliday
3 Laura - Nat King Cole
4 But not for me - Ella Fitzgerald
5 September in the rain - George Shearing
6 Skylark - Billy Eckstine with Earl Hines
7 One for my baby (and one more for the road) - Frank Sinatra
8 September song - Sarah Vaughan with Teddy Wilson
9 April in Paris - Coleman Hawkins
10 Out of nowhere - Lena Horne with Teddy Wilson
11 I can't get started - Nat King Cole with Lester Young
12 Any time, any day, anywhere - Lee Wiley with Joe Bushkin &
Buddy Hackett
13 I'll never be the same - Billie Holliday with Teddy Wilson
14 Taking a chance on love - Billy Eckstine with George Shearing
15 Dream a little dream of me - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
16 My old flame - Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman
17 Lover man, oh where can you be - Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie
18 Deep in a dream - Connie Boswell with Woody Herman
19 Yesterdays - Stan Getz
20 No moon at all - Nat King Cole