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Music Played

  • Harry James & Harry James

    Flight of the Bumble Bee

    • Woody Allen's Movie Music.
    • SoundTrack Factory.
    • 8.

  • Charlie Byrd

    Speak Low

    • The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd.
    • Riverside Records.
    • 3.

  • Bessie Smith

    Empty Bed Blues Parts 1 And 2

    • The Complete Columbia Recordings.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Marion Underwood

    Coal Creek March

    • Mountain Banjo Songs and Tunes.
    • County.
    • 3.

  • Duke Ellington

    Harlem Airshaft

    • The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: Dec 1947.
    • Prestige.
    • 4.

  • Bix Beiderbecke

    Goose Pimples

    • In a Mist.
    • Phoenix.
    • 16.

  • Gene Krupa

    Blues For Benny

    • Complete 1955 Session.
    • Essential Jazz Classics.
    • 3.

  • Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

    Misty

    • Extra Time.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Clark Terry

    Buck's Business

    • Four Classic Albums.
    • AVID.
    • 8.

  • The Crusaders

    Spiral

    • Those Southern Knights.
    • ABC.
    • 1.

  • Clark Tracey-Dave Newton Band & Clark Tracey

    Bootleg Eric

    • Bootleg Eric.
    • ASC.
    • 3.

  • Ray Ellington

    The Best Man

    • Collection.
    • AVID.
    • 2.

Performers:

Artist Harry James
Title Flight of the bumble Bee
Composer Rimsky Korsakoff arr. James
Album Woody Allen’s Movie Music
Label Soundtrack Factory
Number SFCD33559
Duration 1.59
Performers: Harry James, Claude Bowen, Al Stearns, Nick Buono, t; Dalton Rizzotto, Hoyt Bohannon, Harry Rodgers, tb; Claude Lakey, Johnny Mezey, Vido Musso, Chuck Gentry, reeds; Al Lerner, p; Ben Heller, g; Thurman Teague, b; Mickey Scrima, d. Strings 13 Feb 1941.


Artist Charlie Byrd
Title Speak Low
Composer Weill
Album Four Classic Albums
Label Avid
Number 1123 CD 2 Track 11
Duration 3.46
Performers: Charlie Byrd, g; Keter Betts, b; Buddy Deppenschmidt, d. 1960.


Artist Bessie Smith
Title Empty Bed Blues parts 1 and 2
Composer J C Johnson
Album The Complete Columbia Recordings
Label Columbia
Number 88725403102 CD 4 tracks 4 and 5
Duration 3.03 and 3.22: total 6.25
Performers Bessie Smith, v; Charlie Green, tb; Porter Grainger, p; 20 March 1928.


Artist Marion Underwood
Title Coal Creek March
Album Mountain Banjo Songs and Tunes
Label County
Number 515
Duration 2.48
Performers Marion Underwood, bj. 27 April 1927


Artist Duke Ellington
Title Harlem Airshaft
Composer Ellington
Album The Carnegie Hall Concerts: Dec 1947
Label Prestige
Number 24075-2 CD 1 Track 4
Duration 3.44 (inc spoken intro)
Performers Harold Baker, Al Killian, Franc Williams, Shelton Hemphill, Ray Nance, t; Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Claude Jones, tb; Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Al Sears, Jimmy Hamilton, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Oscar Pettirford, Junior Raglin, b; Sonny Greer, d. 27 Dec 1947.


Artist Bix Beiderbecke
Title Goose Pimples
Composer Trent / Henderson
Album In a Mist
Label Phoenix
Number 131535 Track 16
Duration 3.21
Performers BIx Beiderbecke, c; Bill Rank, tb; Don Murray, cl; Adrian Rollini, bsx; Frank Signorelli, p; Chauncey Morehouse, d; 25 Oct 1927.


Artist Gene Krupa
Title Blues for Benny
Composer Krupa / Hampton / Wilson
Album Complete 1955 Session
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number 55469 Track 3
Duration 7.41
Performers Lionel Hampton, vib; Gene Krupa, d; Teddy Wilson, p; Red Callender, b. 31 July 1955.

Artist Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Title Misty
Composer Garner
Album Extra Time
Label Decca
Number 425 222-2 Track 1
Duration 4.07
Performers: Daniel Brüggen, Bertho Dreiver, Paul Leenhouts, Karel Van Steenhovben, recorders. 1991


Artist Clark Terry
Title Buck’s Business
Composer Terry
Album Four Classic Albums
Label Avid
Number 1102 CD 2 Track 8
Duration 3.26
Performers Clark Terry, fh; Thelonious Monk, p; Sam Jones, b; Philly Joe Jones, d. May 1958.


Artist The Crusaders
Title Spiral
Composer Sample
Album Those Southern Knights
Label ABC
Number 6024 Track 1
Duration 6.14
Performers: Wayne Henderson ,tb; Wilton Felder, ts; Joe Sample kb; Stix Hooper, d; Larry Carlton, g; Pops Popwell, b; Arthur Adams, g. 1975


Artist Clark Tracey /Dave Newton Band
Title Bootleg Eric
Composer Newton
Album Bootleg Eric
Label ASC
Number 23 Track 3
Duration 7.20
Performers: Guy Barker, t; Alan Barnes, Don Weller, Iain Dixon, reeds; Mark Nightingale, tb; David Newton, p; Andrew Cleyndert, b; Clark Tracey, d. 1998.

Artist Ray Ellington
Title The Best Man
Composer Alfred / Wise
Album Collection
Label Avid
Number AVC866 Track 2
Duration 2.53
Performers Ray Ellington, d, v; Lauderic Caton, g; Coleridge Goode, b; Dick Katz, p. 1948

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