VIOLON JAZZ (1927-1944)

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Label
Frémeaux
Release Date
November 1, 1996
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 1996
    • UPC
      3448960205221
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FA052
    • LABEL
      Frémeaux
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Dinah

      Composer: Samuel M. Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Akst

      Ensemble: Stephane Grappelli Quartet

    2. Body and Soul

      Composer: Johnny Green

      Ensemble: Stephane Grappelli Quartet

    3. Them There Eyes

      Composer: Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber

      Ensemble: Stephane Grappelli Quartet

    4. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight

      Composer: Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson

      Ensemble: Stephane Grappelli Quartet

    5. Calling All Keys

      Composer: Hugo Rignold

      Ensemble: Hugo Rignold Quintet

    6. The Wild Cat

      Composer: Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti

      Ensemble: Joe Venuti Trio

    7. My Syncopated Melody Man

      Composer: Eddie Cox, Blanche Merrill

      Ensemble: Red McKenzie Music Box

    8. Goin' Places

      Composer: Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang

      Ensemble: Joe Venuti Trio

    9. 4 String Joe

      Composer: Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti

      Ensemble: Joe Venuti Blue Four

    10. Running Ragged (Bamboozling the Bassoon)

      Composer: Lennie Hayton, Eddie Lang, Frankie Trumbauer, Joe Venuti

      Ensemble: Joe Venuti Blue Four

    11. Kansas City Kitty

      Composer: Edgar Leslie

      Ensemble: Noble Sissle Orchestra

    12. After You've Gone

      Composer: Turner Layton

      Ensemble: Stuff Smith Onyx Club Boys

    13. Onyx Club Spree

      Composer: Stuff Smith

      Ensemble: Stuff Smith Onyx Club Boys

    14. Midway

      Composer: Lee Konitz

      Ensemble: Stuff Smith Onyx Club Boys

    15. Desert Sands

      Composer: Leroy Smith

      Ensemble: Stuff Smith Onyx Club Boys

    16. Skip It

      Composer: Stuff Smith

      Ensemble: Stuff Smith Trio

    17. C-Jam Blues

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra

    18. Moon Mist

      Composer: Mercer Ellington

      Ensemble: Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra

    19. My Melancholy Baby

      Composer: Ernie Burnett

      Performer: Svend Asmussen

    20. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

      Composer: Duke Ellington

      Performer: Svend Asmussen

    21. Ring Dem Bells

      Composer: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills

      Performer: Svend Asmussen

    22. Smart Alec

      Composer: Lionel Hampton, Irving Ashby

      Ensemble: Lionel Hampton Orchestra

    23. Eddie's Blues

      Composer: Eddie South

      Performer: Eddie South

    24. Lady, Be Good!: Oh, Lady Be Good!

      Composer: George Gershwin

      Performer: Eddie South

    25. Fiddleditty

      Composer: Eddie South

      Performer: Eddie South

    26. Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace (arr. S. Grappelli, D. Reinhardt and E. South for jazz ensemble)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eddie South

    27. Minor Swing

      Composer: Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli

      Ensemble: Claude Laurence Orchestra

    28. Vous et moi

      Composer: Robert Bosmans

      Performer: Django Reinhardt

    29. Strange Harmony

      Composer: Michel Warlop

      Ensemble: Michel Warlop Orchestra

    30. Harmoniques

      Composer: Michel Warlop

      Ensemble: Michel Warlop Orchestra

    31. Oui

      Composer: Alix Combelle

      Ensemble: Michel Warlop Orchestra

    32. Christmas Swing

      Composer: Django Reinhardt

      Ensemble: Michel Warlop Orchestra

    33. Jig in G (Beatiful Stomp)

      Composer: Emilio Bobadilla Caceres

      Ensemble: Emilio Caceres Trio

    34. Solo Flight

      Composer: Paul Nero

      Ensemble: Paul Nero Trio

    35. Gut Gelaunt

      Composer: Helmut Zacharias

      Performer: Helmut Zacharias

    36. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7. Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major (arr. for jazz ensemble)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marshall Sosson


The violin is not an instrument that one readily associates with jazz. And yet it has always been part of black American music. This 2-CD set covers the 1927-1944 period and presents the best violin players in the history of jazz. Features Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Svend Asmussen, Eddie South Michel Warlop and many others. Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.