Various Artists - Saga Jazz: Big Bands - Live !!! (2003)

Sixteen big bands, most of them illustrious, caught “live” in their hey-day. We all know that musicians loosen up a whole lot more in front of an audience than when they’re in a recording-studio. This CD is blinding proof of the fact, and lets us hear established soloists at their maximum (Joe Nanton, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Lionel Hampton) as well as some great young talents ready to leave their nests and fly into history (Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Stan Getz).

Tracklist:
1-1. Benny Carter - Jump Call (03:40)
1-2. Duke Ellington - Frankie and Johnny (07:12)
1-3. Count Basie & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump (05:44)
1-4. Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra - Oop Pop a Da (04:38)
1-5. Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - Lammar's Boogie (03:43)
1-6. Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra - Love Me or Leave Me (04:24)
1-7. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Apple Honey (04:04)
1-8. Artie Shaw - The Carioca (04:08)
1-9. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Don't Be That Way (04:24)
1-10. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - Marie (02:20)
1-11. Chick Webb & His Orchestra - My Wild Irish Rose (02:45)
1-12. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Ain't Misbehavin (03:16)
1-13. Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra - Well All Right Then (04:22)
1-14. Earl Hines & His Orchestra - Scoops Carry's Merry (02:58)
1-15. Django Reinhardt & The ATC Band - Moten Swing (03:27)
1-16. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Flying Home (07:51)