Various Artists - Saga Jazz: Cherokee! (Amerindian Motifs in Jazz and Swing) (2008)

American Indian-inspired songs are legion in twentieth-century American popular music. Music hall and the cinema – primarily the Western genre – were the greatest purveyors of these melodies with their typical accents. Jazzmen also succumbed to the Indian theme craze, as witness Ray Noble’s Cherokee or Duke Ellington’s famous suite The Beautiful Indians.

Tracklist:
1-1. Ray Noble And His Orchestra - Seminole (02:19)
1-2. Joe Venuti And His Blue Five - Hiawatha's Lullaby (03:18)
1-3. Woody Herman & His Orchestra - Indian Boogie-Woogie (03:06)
1-4. Mildred Bailey - From The Land of Sky-Blue Water (02:47)
1-5. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra - Indian Cradle Song (03:01)
1-6. Chick Webb & His Orchestra - Swinging On The Reservation (03:03)
1-7. John Pidoux - Sioux War Dance (02:36)
1-8. Les Brown & His Orchestra - Comanche War Dance (02:53)
1-9. Gigi Gryce's Orchestra - Smoke Signal (03:41)
1-10. Eddie South And His Alabamians - By The Waters of Minnetonka (02:57)
1-11. Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Big Chief De Sota (02:54)
1-12. Nat Shilkret And His Orchestra - I'm The Medicine Man for The Blues (03:27)
1-13. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Hiawatha (02:45)
1-14. Sidney Bechet And His Feetwarmers - Indian Summer (03:06)
1-15. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Big Wig In The Wigwam (02:31)
1-16. Tony Pastor And His Orchestra - Wigwam Stomp (03:20)
1-17. Midge Williams And Her Jazz Jesters - Rosie The Redskin (02:34)
1-18. Rex Stewart & His Orchestraa - Pawnee (02:49)
1-19. Tex Beneke & His Orchestra - Cherokee Canyon (02:26)
1-20. Count Basie & His Orchestra - Cherokee (06:08)