VA - That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History Vol. 4 1946-1951 [9CD Box Set] (2006)
Artist: Various Artists
Title: That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History Vol. 4 1946-1951
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: West Hill Radio Archive [WHRA6006]
Genre: Jazz, Dixieland, Swing, Vocal, Bop, Big Band
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 10:35:12
Total Size: 1.43 gb / 3.13 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History Vol. 4 1946-1951
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: West Hill Radio Archive [WHRA6006]
Genre: Jazz, Dixieland, Swing, Vocal, Bop, Big Band
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 10:35:12
Total Size: 1.43 gb / 3.13 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
The 36-disc anthology bearing the antiquated title That Devilin' Tune covers a timeline extending from 1895 to 1951. During those years, sound recording technology and the increased rapidity of travel and communications caused jazz to evolve more quickly than anyone ever dreamt that it could or would. Vol. 4 revisits the cultural landscape in the U.S. during the years immediately following the Second World War, when singers like Doris Day and Peggy Lee were succeeding in a marketplace increasingly dominated by pop vocalists, even while musical innovators like Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Warne Marsh, and Lennie Tristano were expanding the possibilities of creative improvisation in ways that resonated with what was being accomplished in all of the arts throughout the world. Vol. 4's 195 tracks vividly illustrate the contrasting simultaneity that makes mid-20th century music so compelling in retrospect. Here, modernists such as Charles Mingus, Bud Powell, Dodo Marmarosa, Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Mariano mingle with survivors and living legends like blueswoman Hociel Thomas, bandleader and arranger Fletcher Henderson, pioneer jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and old-time jazz heroes Kid Ory, Big Eye Louis Nelson De Lisle, Omer Simeon, Knocky Parker, and Kid Thomas. There's also a rare live recording of the Dizzy Gillespie band when its lineup included a virtually unknown tenor saxophonist named John Coltrane. The variety in this set is stunningly variegated but never seems irrationally programmed, even if hyper-expressive vocalist Al Hibbler is in the same playlist with archetypal Cuban drummer Chano Pozo, Argentine bandoneon virtuoso Astor Piazzolla, ex-vaudevillian Al Jolson, and heavyweight country & western swing players Merle Travis, Moon Mullican, and Hank Penny, representing the rural honky tonk outgrowth of ragtime, barrelhouse, boogie, and swing. That Devilin' Tune was the title of Vol. 1, an action-packed anthology of vaudeville, ragtime, hot jazz, and novelty music dating back as early as 1895, and may at first seem odd as applied to this fourth installment, which is so filled with early modernity, but the lesson here is simple enough. As an overall title for the entire set and each of its volumes, ‘That Devilin' Tune' emphasizes the fact that jazz and anything it touches has always existed as one continuous braid of traditions. Furthermore, it is that healthy tendency to absorb and be absorbed by other genres that makes jazz so exciting, challenging, rewarding, and predictably unpredictable. That's what this gigantic anthology of great music is all about.
TRACKLIST:
CD 1
1. Frank Sinatra/L. Armstrong Blue Skies Aug., 1945
2. Rex Stewart/S. Scott/E. Bostic Big Chief Pawnee July 30, 1945
3. Kay Starr Good for Nothin’ Joe Dec., 1945
4. Doris Day/L. Brown We’ll Be Together Again Nov. 23, 1945
5. Joe Stafford Sometimes I’m Happy` 1945
6. Mel Powell Don’t Blame Me 1945
7. Louis Armstrong I Wonder 1945
8. Gatemouth Moore Did You Ever Love a Woman May 10, 1945
9. Merle Travis Cannonball Rag 1945
10. Lil Armstrong./Jonah Jones/J.C. Higginbotham I’m Confessin’ Jan. 9, 1945
11. Nat Cole/C. Shavers/H. Haymer Swingin’ on Central June 9, 1945
12. Harry Sweets Edison/Les Paul Get Happy Sept. 12, 1945
13. Ivy Anderson Tall, Dark, and Handsome Oct., 1945
14. D. Gillespie/C. Parker/A. Haig Dizzy Atmosphere Dec. 29, 1945
15. Coleman Hawkins/H. McGhee Rifftide Feb. 23, 1945
16. Billy Eckstein Orchestra Air Mail Special Feb. or March, 1935
17. Bill Eckstein/S. Vaughn Don’t Blame Me Feb. or March, 1945
18. Mezz Mezzrow Revolutionary Blues (Part 1) 1945
19. Fletcher Henderson Minor Riff 1945
20. Boyd Raeburn (D. Gillespie) Barefoot Boy With Cheek Jan. 7, 1945
21. Woody Herman (from) Ebony Concerto (composed 1945)
22. Bill Harris Mean to Me July 5, 1945
23. Peggy Lee Waiting for the Train to Come Home July 30, 1945
CD 2
1. Kid Ory 1919 Rag 1946
2. Lester Young/N. Cole/B. Rich Somebody Loves Me March or April, 1946
3. Tommy Dorsey (arr. B. Finegan) Hollywood Hi Hat April 8, 1946
4. Dizzy Gillespie 52nd Street Theme Feb. 22, 1946
5. Dodo Marmarosa (Lucky Thompson) Dodo’s Bounce 1946
6. Harry Gibson Who Put the Benzedrine… Feb. 8, 1946
7. Pete Johnson Pete’s Lonesome Blues Jan. 26, 1946
8. George Lewis/Original Zenith Brass Band ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do Feb. 26, 1946
9. Bebop Boys Bebop in Pastel Aug. 23, 1946
10. Stan Kenton (arr. G. Roland) Ecuador July 18, 1946
11. Woody Herman (R. Burns) Lady McGowran’s Dream Sept. 18, 1946
12. Frankie Trumbauer China Boy May 25, 1946
13. Benny Carter (S. White) Something to Remember You By April 22, 1946
14. Benny Goodman Up a Lazy River Oct. 14, 1946
15. Charles Mingus This Subdues My Passion May 6, 1946
16. Lucky Roberts Junkman Rag May 21, 1946
17. Jo Jo Adams When I’m in My Tea June 11, 1946
18. Mel Powell (Orchestra) Lover man June 3, 1946
19. Raymond Scott Naked City ca. 1946
20. Metronome All Stars/Frank Sinatra Sweet Lorraine Dec. 15, 1946
21. Hociel Thomas (Mutt Carey) Gambler’s Dream Aug. 30, 1946
22. Boyd Raeburn (arr. G. Handy) Over the Rainbow June 3, 1946
23. Howard McGhee Thermodynamics July 29, 1946
CD 3
1. Don Byas I Found a New Baby Aug. 21, 1946
2. Serge Chaloff (Rodney/Swope/DiNovi Serge’s Urge Aug. 21, 1946
3. Art Hodes (Jazz Record 6) Ballin’ the Jack March 15, 1946
4. Lecuona Cuban Boys Baila La Conga 1946
5. Wild Bill Davison Improvisation for the March of Time 1946
6. Frank Signorelli Save It Pretty Mama Oct. 16, 1946
7. Pete Dailey Jazz Me Blues Oct. 18, 1946
8. Ray McKinley Cyclops Dec. 31, 1947
9. Lenny Tristano Yesterdays 1947
10. Allan Eager (D. Jordan) And That’s for Sure July 15, 1947
11. Brew Moore Blue Brew July 15, 1947
12. Charlie Parker/D. Gillespie/L. Tristano/J. LaPorta./B. Bauer On the Sunny Side of the Street Sept. 20, 1947
13. Coleman Hawkins (F. Navarro) Half Step Down Dec. 10, 1947
14. Dexter Gordon (Leo Parker) So Easy Dec. 11, 1947
15. Duke Ellington New York City Blues Dec. 27, 1947
16. Lionel Hampton (C. Mingus) Mingus Fingers Nov. 10, 1947
17. Louis Armstrong I’m Confessin’ Feb. 8, 1947
18. Red Allen Sweet Lorraine March 18, 1947
19. Stan Kenton (arr. Graettenger) Thermopolae 1947
20. Ethel Waters (acc. Reginald Beane) It’s Only a Paper Moon 1947
21. Miff Mole (B. Dodds et al.) How Come You Do Me 1947
22. Al Hibbler My Little Brown Book 1947
CD 4
1. Bing Crosby/Al Jolson Alexander’s Ragtime Band March 25, 1947
2. Sidney Bechet Laura July 31, 1947
3. Chano Pozo Ritmo Afro Cubano 1947
4. Spanier/J.P. Johnson/Bechet/Nicholas Blue Turning Grey Over You 1947
5. Johnny Guarnieri Exactly Like You 1947
6. Art Tatum Cherokee 1947
7. Ella Fitzgerald Lady Be Good 1947
8. Lenny Tristano Don’t Blame Me 1947
9. Mutt Carey Slow Drivin’, Part 1 & 2 1947
10. Mary Ann McCall Time June 1, 1947
11. Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes Shorty’s Got to Go March 15, 1947
12. Astor Piazzolla Quejas De Bandoneon Aug. 21, 1947
13. T. Texas Tyler Who’s to Blame 1947
14. Hank Penny Locked Out 1947
15. Doc Pomus Pomus Blues Aug. or Sept., 1947
16. James P. Johnson Aintcha Got Music June 21, 1947
17. Allen Eager (Mettome, Wallington) Nightmare Allen Nov. 6, 1947
18. Joe Turner (P. Johnson) Jockey Blues Dec. 27, 1947
19. Kay Starr Garbage Can Blues Dec. 27, 1947
20. Nellie Lutcher I Thought About You Aug. 19, 1947
21. Buddy Rich (orch., arr. Finckl) What Is This Thing Called Love April, 1947
22. Benny Goodman (orch., arr. L. Williams) Lonely Moments Jan. 28, 1947
23. Charlie Parker Out of Nowhere Nov. 4, 1947
24. Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Bop Alley Dec. 22, 1947
CD 5
1. Serge Chaloff (Haig, Rodney, T. Kahn) Fine and Dandy Jan. 29, 1947
2. Dodo Marmarosa Tone Painting Pt. 1 & 2 1947
3. Bud Powell Somebody Loves Me Jan. 10, 1947
4. Thelonious Monk Off Minor Oct. 24, 1947
5. Leo Parker/H. McGhee/G. Ammon Leapin Leo 1947
6. Django Reinhardt Just One of Those Things May 21, 1947
7. Chubby Jackson (T. Aless/E. Carls) L’Ana May 20, 1947
8. Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie Koko Sept. 29, 1947
9. Dizzy Gillespie (big band, arr. George Russell) Relaxin’ at Camrillo Sept. 29, 1947
10. Thelonious Monk Monk’s Mood Nov. 21, 1947
11. Claude Thornhill (G. Evans) Polka Dots and Moonbeams Nov. 6, 1947
12. Harry James Tuxedo Junction 1947
13. Dave Brubeck Octet I Hear a Rhapsody 1948
14. Hadda Brooks Out of the Blue 1948
15. Count Basie Seventh Avenue Express Oct. 19, 1948
16. Tony Fruscella/Chick Maures/Bill Triglia Little Orgg 1948
17. Anita O’Day What Is This Thing Called Love 1948
18. Miles Davis (Konitz/Lewis/Roach) Half Nelson Sept. 25, 1948
19. Miles Davis Nonet (arr. J. Lewis) Sil Vous Plais Sept. 4, 1948
20. Tadd Dameron (Navarro, Eager, Williams) Our Delight Summer or Fall 1948
21. James Moody’s Modernists The Fuller Bop Man Oct. 19, 1948
CD 6
1. Fats Navarro (E. Henry) Boperation Oct. 11, 1948
2. Tommy Duncan and his Western All Stars Wrong Road Blues 1948
3. Stan Hasselgard (B. Carroll) Cottontop Nov. 18, 1948
4. Lester Young Just You Just Me Nov. 27, 1948
5. Charlie Parker My Old Flame 1948
6. Sir Charles Thompson Robbin’s Nest May, 1948
7. Rip Ramsey and His Texas Wanderers Wanderer’s Swing 1948
8. Sonny Stitt Relaxin’ May, 1948
9. Charlie Barnet (G. Fuller) Cuba Feb. 7, 1949
10. Billie Holiday Keeps on Raining Aug. 27, 1949
11. Babs Gonzalez Professor Bop Jan. 20, 1949
12. Metronome All Stars (Rugolo) Overtime Jan. 3, 1949
13. J.J. Johnson (S. Rollins) Bee Jay May 11, 1949
14. Johnny Carisi (wr., arr.) Lestorian Mode May 21, 1949
15. Gerry Mulligan Waterworks Aug. 23, 1949
16. Wardell Gray Southside Swing Nov. 11, 1949
17. Tadd Dameron (Big Ten) Focus Feb. 19, 1949
18. Jimmy Dorsey Out of Nowhere 1949
19. Buddy DeFranco (wr., arr. G. Russell) A Bird in Igor’s Yard April 23, 1949
20. Stan Getz (Walling, Swope, Gibbs, Rogers) T & S March 14, 1949
21. Stan Getz (Rainey, Cohn) Stan Gets Along 1949
22. Charlie Parker (Haig, Rodney) Bird of Paradise 1949
23. Bud Powell Tempus Fugit Feb., 1949
CD 7
1. Omer Simeon/Knocky Parker Grandpa’s Spells 1949
2. Roy Porter (big band, Dolphy) Gassin’ the Wig Jan. or Feb., 1949
3. Art Pepper/Hampton Hawes Perdido April, 1949
4. Charlie Mariano (Truitt) Babylon May 25, 1949
5. Gil Fuller The Scene Changes July 11, 1949
6. Errol Garner I’m Confessin’ Summer 1949
7. Lee Konitz/Tristano Tautology Jan. 11, 1949
8. Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh Marshmallow June 28, 1949
9. Julia Lee When Your Lover Has Gone April 29, 1949
10. Walter Brown (J. Jackson/Ashby) Cindy Lou Oct. 31, 1949
11. Don Lanphere (D. Jordan) Spider’s Webb July 2, 1949
12. James Moody (Arne Domnerus) Out of Nowhere Oct. 7, 1949
13. Big Eye Louis Nelson Delisle Clarinet Marmalade July 19, 1949
14. Bud Powell/Sonny Stitt All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm Dec. 11, 1949
15. Lester Young Body and Soul April 2, 1950
16. Moon Mullican Southern Hospitality April 16, 1950
17. Dickie Jones (Benny Leaders) Salt Your Pillow Down ca. 1950 or 1951
18. Sarah Vaughn (M. Davis) Nice Work if You Can Get It May 19, 1950
19. June Christy (Kenton, arr. Rigolo) Come Rain or Come Shine 1950
20. Teddi King You May Not Love Me Dec., 1950
21. Chubby Jackson (orch., arr. T. Kahn, Mulligan, Aless) Flying the Coop March 15, 1950
22. Nat Pierce Orchestra (Ralph Burns) Red Hills and Green Barns (excerpt) Nov. or Dec., 1950
23. Stan Kenton (Russo) Solitaire Feb. 3, 1950
CD 8
1. Joe Venuti Apple Blossoms ca. 1950
2. Dave Brubeck Singin’ in the Rain March, 1950
3. Al Haig Liza Feb. 27, 1950
4. Barbara Carroll Dancing on the Ceiling Feb. 15, 1950
5. Duke Ellington (M. Roach) The New Piano Roll Blues Sept. 21, 1950
6. Al Hibbler Song of the Wanderer 1950
7. Charlie Parker (Navarro, B. Powell) Ornithology June 30, 1950
8. Tony Scott Lover Come Back to Me (excerpt) July, 1950
9. Jack Teagarden (as above) Love Lies Feb. 21, 1950
10. Maynard Ferguson (arr. S. Rogers) Short Wave Sept. 13, 1950
11. Johnny Wigg’s and His New Orleans Band Zulu’s Parade June 11, 1950
12. Earl Hines (trio) I Hadn’t Anyone ‘Til You June 17, 1950
13. Miles Davis & Metronome All Stars (wr., arr. Ralph Burns, Chaloff, Shearing, Gibbs, LaPorta) Early Spring Jan. 23, 1951
14. Bud Powell Dusky and Sandy Feb., 1951
15. Dickey Wells Black and Blue 1951
16. Stan Getz (Haig, Rainey, T. Kahn) Signal Oct. 28, 1951
17. Hank Garland Seventh and Union Aug. 31, 1951
18. Kid Thomas and his Algerian Stompers Panama Sept. 3, 1951
19. Eureka Brass Band You Tell Me Your Dream Aug., 1951
CD 9
1. Johnny Otis, Linda Hopkins Doggin’ Blues Jan. 9, 1951
2. Ahmad Jamal Will You Still Be Mine Oct. 25, 1951
3. Hampton Hawes All The Things You Are Sept. 22, 1951
4. Bud Powell It Could Happen to You May 1, 1951
5. Paul Gonsalvez The Happening April 17, 1951
6. Miles Davis (J. McLean, S. Rollins) Denial Oct. 5, 1951
7. Charlie Mariano (D. Twardzik) Aviary 1951
8. Red Norvo (Mingus, Farlow) Godchild April 13, 1951
9. Red Rodney (J. Ford) Mark 1951
10. Sonny Rollins With A Song Dec. 17, 1951
11. Miles Davis/Lee Konitz Ezz-thetic March 8, 1951
12. Dinah Washington I’m a Fool to Want You June 2, 1951
13. George Lewis Weary Blues Aug., 1951
14. Dizzy Gillespie/J. Coltrane Birk’s Works 1951
15. George Wallington Polka Dot 1951
16. Roy Eldridge/Claude Bolling Fireworks 1951
17. Ben Webster/Johnny Otis Stardust Dec. 26, 1951
