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The Greatest Black Big Bands 1930-1956

by Various Artists
40 SONGS
Nov 2010
Wolverine Blues
Louis Armstrong, Bernard Flood, Shelton Hemphill
Just Blues
Fletcher Henderson, Bobby Stark, Russell Smith
Swinging the Blues
Count Basie, Harry Edison Ed Lewis
Shanghai Shuffle
Fletcher Henderson, Russell Smith Irving Randolph
Stealin' Apples
Earl Hines, Dick Vance, Roy Eldridge
Jump the Blues Away
Count Basie, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison
Father Steps In
Earl Hines, Walter Fuller, Milton Fletcher
Basie Strides Again
Count Basie, Harry Edison, Al Killian
Jonah Joins the Cab
Cab Calloway, Jonah Jones, Dizzy Gillespie
Boogie Woogie On Saint Louis Blues
Earl Hines, Walter Fuller, Milton Fletcher,
Take the A Train
Cab Calloway, Jonah Jones, Dizzy Gillespie
Deep Forest
Earl Hines, Walter Fuller, Milton Fletcher
Slow Freight
Benny Carter, Benny Carter, Russell Smith
Doctor Jive Jives
Buddy Johnson, Frank Royal, Andrew Wood
Okay for Baby
Benny Carter, Bill Coleman, Shad Collins
Buddy's Boogie
Buddy Johnson, Frank Royal, Andrew Wood
Dunkin' a Doughnut
Andy Kirk, Clarence Trice, Harry Lawson
Sunday
Benny Carter, Nathaniel Williams, Emmett Berry
Skee
Harlan Leonard, Edward Johnson, William Smith
Shout' Em Aunt Tillie
Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins
Organ Grinders Swing
Jimmie Lunceford, Eddie Thompkins, Paul Webster
Saddest Tale
Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins
Annie Laurie
Jimmie Lunceford, Eddie Thompkins, Paul Webster
Never No Lament
Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Joe Nanton
Hop Skip Jump
Duke Ellington, Wallace Jones, Taft Jordan
Uptown Blues
Jimmie Lunceford, Paul Webster, Elmer Crumbley
Flying Home No. 1
Lionel Hampton, Cat Anderson, Lammar Wright
Dexter Blues
Jay McShann, Orville Minor, Harold Bruce
Flying Home No. 2
Lionel Hampton, Cat Anderson, Lammar Wright
Little John Special
Lucky Millinder, William Scott, Dizzy Gillespie
The Lamplighter
Lionel Hampton, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley
Moten's Swing
Bennie Moten, Oran Page, Joe Keyes Dee Stewart
Turkey Hop, Part 1 and 2
Lionel Hampton, Benny Bailey, Duck Garette
I Got Rhythm
Don Redman, Sidney de Paris, Shirley Clay
Bicycle Bounce
Erskine Hawkins, Dud Bascomb, Marcellus Green
Undecided
Chick Webb, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan
Steel Guitar Rag
Erskine Hawkins, Sammy Lowe, John Grimes
In the Groove At the Groove
Chick Webb, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan
Smooth Sailing
Horace Henderson, Emmett Berry, Nate Bates
Blue Garden Blues
Cootie Williams, Emmett Perry, George Treadwell