Album Details

Ken Burns Jazz, Vol. 1

RELEASE
April 02, 2002
LABEL
Columbia
GENRES
Jazz, Dixieland, Bop, Big Band, Swing, New Orleans Jazz, Cool, Hard Bop, Early Jazz, Standards, Progressive Jazz, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Album Review

This three-CD set compiles various recordings by three of the most famous names in swing jazz: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman. While the front cover claims to contain "3 classic albums," the set actually consists of three compilations: the Ken Burns Jazz collections of each artist, to be exact. So, as with the documentary series, it's a misleading presentation, but you still get some excellent music. Each over-70-minute disc provides a sampling of some of the best-loved songs by these artists.
– Joslyn Layne, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Chimes Blues
  2. Cake Walking Babies from Home
  3. Heebie Jeebies
  4. Potato Head Blues
  5. West End Blues
  6. Tight Like This
  7. Mahogany Hall Stomp
  8. Ain't Misbehavin'
  9. Black and Blue
  10. St. Louis Blues
  11. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
  12. Blue Again
  13. Lazy River
  14. Chinatown, My Chinatown
  15. Stardust
  16. Shadrack
  17. I Double Dare You
  18. When the Saints Go Marching In
  19. Marie
  20. Rockin' Chair
  21. Blueberry Hill
  22. Mack the Knife
  23. A Fine Romance
  24. Hello, Dolly!
  25. What a Wonderful World
  26. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  27. Black and Tan Fantasy
  28. Take It Easy
  29. The Mooche
  30. Rockin' in Rhythm
  31. Mood Indigo
  32. Creole Rhapsody
  33. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  34. Creole Love Call
  35. Sophisticated Lady
  36. Solitude
  37. Caravan
  38. Back Room Romp
  39. Ko Ko
  40. Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)
  41. Cotton Tail
  42. Take the "A" Train
  43. Satin Doll
  44. Jeep's Blues [Live]
  45. Come Sunday
  46. Black Beauty
  47. Waitin' for Katie
  48. Clarinetitis
  49. It's Tight Like That
  50. Who?
  51. Royal Garden Blues
  52. King Porter Stomp
  53. Body and Soul
  54. Roll 'em
  55. You Turned the Tables on Me
  56. Sing, Sing, Sing
  57. Don't Be That Way
  58. Avalon
  59. Flying Home
  60. Rose Room
  61. Let's Dance
  62. Memories of You
  63. Benny Rides Again
  64. Air Mail Special
  65. Why Don't You Do Right?
  66. Rachel's Dream
  67. Undercurrent Blues
  68. Goodbye

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