The Smithsonian collection of classic jazz.

Table of Contents: “…Battle (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Taxi war dance / Count Basie and Lester Young (Count Basie and his orchestra) -- Lester leaps in / Lester Young (Count Basie's Kansas City Seven) -- I found a new baby / Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian and Count Basie) -- Breakfast Feud / Benny Goodman (Benny Goodman Sextet, featuring Charlie Christian)…”

Ella and Louis again. by Fitzgerald, Ella

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Swingsation sampler.

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The drum battle : Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich at JATP. by Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973

Table of Contents: “…Introduction by Norman Granz (:43) -- Idaho / Jesse Stone (6:46) -- Sophisticated lady / Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Lawrence Brown, Otto Hardwicke (4:39) -- Flying home / Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman, Lionel Hampton (5:56) -- Drum boogie / David Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa (9:04) -- The drum battle / N. …”
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Ella in Rome : the birthday concert.

Table of Contents: “…Burke (3:40) -- The lady is a tramp / Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (2:46) -- Sophisticated lady / Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills (3:58) -- Caravan / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol (2:43) -- Stompin' at the Savoy / Benny Goodman ... [et al.] (7:10).…”
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The essential George Gershwin by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…Prelude no. 2 for piano (George Gershwin) (2:39) -- I got rhythm (Ethel Waters) (3:03) -- Oh lady, be good (Buck & Bubbles) (3:28) -- Summertime (Billie Holiday) (2:53) -- Nice work if you can get it (Maxine Sullivan and her orchestra) (2:49) -- They can't take that away from me (Fred Astaire) (3:06) -- Swanee (Al Jolson) (1:33) -- Liza (Benny Goodman) (3:00) -- Someone to watch over me (Frank Sinatra) (3:19) -- 'S wonderful (Dinah Shore and Buddy Clark) (2:36) -- Do it again (Jane Russell) (3:15) -- Soon (Dorothy Kirsten) (2:56) -- Fascinating rhythm/Someone to watch over me (Morton Gould, his piano and orchestra) (8:06) -- The man I love (Billie Holiday) (3:04) -- Let's call the whole thing off (Fred Astaire) (3:13) -- Love is here to stay (Gene Kelly) (4:06) -- How long has this been going on (Felicia Sanders) (3:04) -- Blues (Harry James and his orchestra) (4:10) -- But not for me (Doris Day) (2:36) -- A foggy day (Rosemary Clooney) (2:51) -- I'll build a stairway to paradise (Georges Guetary) (2:34) -- Concerto in F. …”

The war years (1941-1947) / by Fitzgerald, Ella

Table of Contents: “…Flying home (Take B) / Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Sid Robin (2:25) -- Stone cold dead in the market / Frederick Hendricks (2:37) -- Petootie pie / Raymond Leveen, Lorenzo Pack, Frank Paparelli (2:35) -- You won't be satisfied (until you break my heart) / Freddy James, Larry Stock (2:52) -- The frim fram sauce / Joe Ricardel, Redd Evans (3:11) -- I'm just a lucky so and so / Mack David, Duke Ellington (2:53) -- I didn't mean a word I said / Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh (3:16) -- For sentimental reasons / Deek Watson, William Best (3:07) -- It's a pity to say goodnight / William Gordon Reid (2:37) -- Guilty / Gus Kahn, Harry Akst, Richard Whiting (3:10) -- Sentimental journey / Bud Green, Les Brown, Ben Homer (3:15) -- A Sunday kind of love / Barbara Belle, Louis Prima, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes (3:12) -- That's my desire / Helma Kresa, Carroll Loveday (2:59) -- Oh, lady be good / George & Ira Gershwin (3:13) -- Don't you think I ought to know / William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen (3:06) -- You're breakin' in a new heart / Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl (2:25) -- I want to learn about love / Lester Lee, Allan Roberts (2:21) -- That old feeling / Lew Brown, Sammy Fain (2:24) -- My baby likes to bebop (and I like to bebop too) / Walter Bishop (2:39) -- No sense / Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Brown (2:56) -- How high the moon (1st take) / Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton (3:18) -- How high the moon (3rd take) / Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton (3:13).…”
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