Disc One: Cotton Tail
1. Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys WITHOUT THAT GAL (Donaldson) 1931
2. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra TOBY(Moten, Barefield) 1932
3. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra THE BLUE ROOM (Rodgers, Hart) 1932
4. Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra HAPPY AS THE DAY IS LONG (Koehler, Arlen) 934
5. Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra HOTTER THAN 'ELL (Henderson) 1934
6. Benny Carter and his Orchestra DREAM LULLABY (Carter, Mills) 1934
7. Benny Carter and his Orchestra EVERYBODY SHUFFLE (Carter) 1934
8. Bob Howard and his Orchestra THE GHOST OF DINAH (Little, Young) 1935
9. Willie Bryant and his Orchestra RIGAMAROLE (Mooney) 1935
10. Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO (Woods) 1935
11. Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra A SUNBONNET BLUE (Kahal, Fain) 1935
12. Willie Bryant and his Orchestra THE VOICE OF OLD MAN RIVER (Whyte, Bryant) 1935
13. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra TRUCKIN' (Koehler, Bloom) 1935
14. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra IN A JAM (Ellington) 1936
15. Cab Calloway and his Orchestra THE WEDDING OF MR AND MRS SWING (Davis, Coots) 1936
16. Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra EASY TO LOVE (Porter) 1936
17. Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (Kahn, Jones) 1936
18. Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra SING YOU SINNERS (Coslow, Harling) 1937
19. Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra EARLY SESSION HOP (Wilson, Harding) 1939
20. Teddy Wilson and his Orchestra 71 (Webster) 1940
21. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra SOLITUDE (Ellington, De Lange, Mills) 1940
22 . Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra CONGO BRAVA (Ellington, Tizol) 1940
23. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra COTTON TAIL (Ellington) 1940
24. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra BOJANGLES (A PORTRAIT OF BILL ROBINSON) (Ellington) 1940

Disc Two: All Too Soon
1. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra ALL TOO SOON (Ellington, Sigman) 1940
2. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra SEPIA PANORAMA (Ellington) 1940
3. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra CHLOE (Song of the swamp) (Kahn, Moret) 1940
4. Rex Stewart and his Orchestra LINGER AWHILE (Rose, Owens) 1940
5. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra STARDUST (Carmichael) 1940
6. Barney Bigard and his Orchestra LAMENT FOR JAVANETTE (Strayhorn) 1940
7. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight ST. JAMES INFIRMARY (Primrose) 1941
8. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE (Lockhart, Seitz) 1941
9. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight BIG EIGHT BLUES (Fleagle) 1941
10. Jack Teagarden's Big Eight SHINE (Dabney, Mack, Brown) 1941
11. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra BLUE SERGE (M. Ellington) 1941
12. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra JUST A-SETTIN' AND A-ROCKIN' (Ellington, Strayhorn, Gaines) 1941
13. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra FIVE O'CLOCK DRAG (Ellington) 1941
14. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra CHELSEA BRIDGE (Strayhorn) 1941
15. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra PERDIDO (Tizol) 1941
16. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra THE "C" JAM BLUES (Ellington) 1942
17. Slim Gaillard & his Flat Foot Floogie Boys PALM SPRINGS JUMP (Gaillard) 1942
18. Slim Gaillard & his Flat Foot Floogie Boys RA-DA-DA-DA (Gaillard) 1942
19. Slim Gaillard & his Flat Foot Floogie Boys GROOVE JUICE SPECIAL (Gaillard) 1942
20. Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra MAIN STEM (Ellington) 1942
21. Ben Webster Quintet WOKE UP CLIPPED (Webster) 1943
22. Ben Webster Quintet TEEZOL (Webster) 1943
23. Ben Webster Quintet 'NUFF SAID (Webster) 1943

Disc Three: 52nd Street Days
1. Ben Webster Quintet THE HORN (Webster) 1943
2. Ben Webster Quintet DIRTY DEAL (Webster) 1943
3. Ben Webster Quintet DON'T BLAME ME (Fields, McHugh) 1943
4. Ben Webster Quintet I SURRENDER DEAR (Barris, Clifford) 1943
5. Ben Webster Quintet TEA FOR TWO (Youmans) 1943
6. Woody Herman and his Orchestra NOAH (Bishop) 1944
7. Woody Herman and his Orchestra CRYIN' SANDS (Jackson) 1944
8. James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen VICTORY STRIDE (Johnson) 1944
9. James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen AFTER YOU'VE GONE (Creamer, Layton) 1944
10. Cozy Cole All Stars JOSHUA (Trad.) 1944
11. Cozy Cole All Stars TALK TO ME (Cole) 1944
12. Cozy Cole All Stars BODY AND SOUL (Green, Heyman, Sour, Eyton) 1944
13. Big Sid Catlett Quartet SLEEP (Liebig, Gerbel) 1944
14. Big Sid Catlett Quartet LINGER AWHILE (Rose, Owens) 1944
15. Big Sid Catlett Quartet MEMORIES OF YOU (Blake, Razaf) 1944
16. Big Sid Catlett Quartet JUST A RIFF (Catlett) 1944
17. Walter "Foots" Thomas and his Jump Cats BLUES ON THE DELTA (Thomas) 1944
18. Ben Webster Quartet HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Waller, Razaf) 1944
19. Ben Webster Quartet I SURRENDER DEAR (Barris, Clifford) 1944
20. Ben Webster Quartet BLUE SKIES (Berlin) 1944
21. Ben Webster Quartet KAT'S FUR (Webster) 1944
22. Benny Morton All Stars MY OLD FLAME (Coslow, Johnston) 1945
23. Benny Morton All Stars THE SHEIK OF ARABY (Snyder) 1945

Disc Four: Stardust
1. Benny Morton All Stars CONVERSING IN BLUE (Morton) 1945
2. Benny Morton All Stars LIMEHOUSE BLUES (Furber, Braham) 1945
3. Woody Herman All Stars JOHN HARDY'S WIFE (M. Ellington) 1945
4. Ben Webster and his Orchestra THE JEEP IS JUMPIN' (Ellington, Hodges) 1946
5. Ben Webster and his Orchestra I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN'T GOOD) (Ellington, Webster) 1946
6. Ben Webster and his Orchestra DARK CORNERS (Webster) 1946
7. Ben Webster and his Orchestra BLUES, MISTER BRIM (Webster) 1946
8. Ben Webster Quintet FROG AND MULE (Webster) 1946
9. Ben Webster Quintet SPANG (Webster) 1946
10. Ben Webster Quintet DOCTOR KEETS (Webster) 1946
11. Ben Webster Quintet PARK AND TILFORD BLUES (Webster) 1946
12. Tony Scott Sextet YOU'RE ONLY HAPPY WHEN I'M BLUE (Scott, Marino) 1946
13. Jay McShann and his Orchestra NEW STYLE BABY (Brown, McShann) 1949
14. Jay McShann and his Orchestra LET'S LOVE AWHILE (Brown, McShann) 1949
15. Jay McShann and his Orchestra NASTY ATTITUDE (Brown, McShann) 1949
16. Jay McShann and his Orchestra SLOW DOWN BABY (Brown, McShann) 1949
17. Jay McShann and his Orchestra THE DUKE AND THE BRUTE (Webster, McShann) 1951
18. Jay McShann and his Orchestra REACH (McShann) 1951
19. Johnny Otis and his Orchestra ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (Basie, Lee) 1951
20. Johnny Otis and his Orchestra STARDUST (Carmichael) 1951
21. Ben Webster Sextet RANDLE'S ISLAND (Webster) 1951
22. Ben Webster Sextet OLD FOLKS (Robinson, Hill) 1951
23. Ben Webster Sextet KING'S RIFF (Turner) 1951
24. Ben Webster Sextet YOU'RE MY THRILL (Clare, Gorney) 1951

Compiled and produced for release by Joop Visser.

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