The Best Big Band Jazz (Classics from the 1950s)

Album by Various Artists

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    April in Paris
    3:52
  2. 2.
    Corner Pocket
    5:19
  3. 3.
    Didn't You?
    4:50
  4. 4.
    Sweetie Cakes
    4:04
  5. 5.
    Magic
    3:11
  6. 6.
    Shiny Stockings
    5:19
  7. 7.
    What Am I Here For
    3:26
  8. 8.
    Midgets
    3:18
  9. 9.
    Mambo Inn
    3:29
  10. 10.
    Dinner With Friends
    3:05
  11. 11.
    Avalon
  12. 12.
    Body and Soul
  13. 13.
    Bass-Ment
  14. 14.
    Early Autumn
  15. 15.
    Jones
  16. 16.
    Perdido
  17. 17.
    St. Louis Blues
  18. 18.
    Spacemen
  19. 19.
    Midnight Sun
  20. 20.
    Take the "A" Train

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    "C" Jam Blues
    3:06
  2. 2.
    In a Sentimental Mood
    2:59
  3. 3.
    Cotton Tail
    6:56
  4. 4.
    Just Squeeze Me
    6:18
  5. 5.
    Mood Indigo
    6:58
  6. 6.
    Take the "A" Train
    3:32
  7. 7.
    In a Mellow Tone
    5:09
  8. 8.
    Come Sunday
    3:34
  9. 9.
    In a Mellow Tone
    3:47
  10. 10.
    Things Ain't What They Used to Be
    4:53
  11. 11.
    Serenade to Sweden
    4:24
  12. 12.
    Chelsea Bridge
    2:35
  13. 13.
    Upper Manhattan Medical Group
    3:05
  14. 14.
    Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
    2:39
  15. 15.
    Caravan
    5:23
  16. 16.
    Sophisticated Lady
    3:21
  17. 17.
    Johnny Come Lately
    3:38
  18. 18.
    Perdido
    4:51
  19. 19.
    Come Sunday
    3:02

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Trane Whistle
    6:19
  2. 2.
    Whole Nelson
    3:35
  3. 3.
    You Are Too Beautiful
    5:12
  4. 4.
    The Stolen Moment
    7:54
  5. 5.
    Walk Away
    5:27
  6. 6.
    Jaws
    4:37
  7. 7.
    "Biddy's Beat"
  8. 8.
    "Theodora"
  9. 9.
    "Mood for Mendes"
  10. 10.
    "Daddy-O"
  11. 11.
    "Cu-Blu"
  12. 12.
    "Day Dreaming"
  13. 13.
    "Can You Tell by Looking at Me"
  14. 14.
    "Tune Up!"

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Four Brothers
    3:34
  2. 2.
    Like Some Blues Man
    10:04
  3. 3.
    Skoobeedoobee
    4:35
  4. 4.
    Monterey Apple Tree
    10:34
  5. 5.
    Skylark
    4:19
  6. 6.
    The Magpie
    2:39
  7. 7.
    Oleo
    8:40
  8. 8.
    Starfire
    4:35
  9. 9.
    The Mark of Jazz
    6:30
  10. 10.
    Night Life (aka Five Spot After Dark)
    4:20
  11. 11.
    Stella by Starlight
    5:45
  12. 12.
    Lonely Time (aka Velvet)
    4:24
  13. 13.
    Back in the Satellite Again
    2:40

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    St. Louis Blues
  2. 2.
    King Porter Stomp
  3. 3.
    Willow Tree
  4. 4.
    Struttin' With Some Barbeque
  5. 5.
    Lester Leaps In
  6. 6.
    'Round Midnight
  7. 7.
    Manteca
  8. 8.
    Bird Feathers
  9. 9.
    Kissin' Bug
    4:10
  10. 10.
    The Man I Love
    3:55
  11. 11.
    Goodbye
    3:30
  12. 12.
    You Got to My Head
    6:13
  13. 13.
    After You've Gone
    2:41
  14. 14.
    Far Down Below
    4:16
  15. 15.
    No Heat
    6:03
  16. 16.
    Theme & Variations #2
    4:25
  17. 17.
    Aura
    4:44

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    Nica's Dream
    5:59
  2. 2.
    Autumn Leaves
    5:13
  3. 3.
    Moanin'
    5:51
  4. 4.
    April in Paris
    4:03
  5. 5.
    Five Spot After Dark
    4:55
  6. 6.
    Stella by Starlight
    3:54
  7. 7.
    Minor Vamp
    3:56
  8. 8.
    Chromatic Universe
    3:33
  9. 9.
    Dimensions
    13:11
  10. 10.
    Chromatic Universe, Part 2
    3:47
  11. 11.
    The Lydiot
    10:05
  12. 12.
    Waltz From Outer Space
    6:59
  13. 13.
    Chromatic Universe, Part 3
    4:55

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    Big "P"
    3:56
  2. 2.
    Old Fashioned Fun
    4:36
  3. 3.
    Mona's Mood
    4:55
  4. 4.
    Dat Dere
    4:31
  5. 5.
    Nails
    4:49
  6. 6.
    On Green Dolphin Street
    4:45
  7. 7.
    My Ideal
    4:12
  8. 8.
    The Picture of Heath
    4:35
  9. 9.
    Flamingo
    3:38
  10. 10.
    Dance One
    3:15
  11. 11.
    Bright One
    2:35
  12. 12.
    Last One
    2:56
  13. 13.
    Cry Baby Blues
    2:51
  14. 14.
    It Ain't Necessarily So
    3:17
  15. 15.
    Heat Wave
    2:38
  16. 16.
    Guess What
    3:00
  17. 17.
    Peanut Vendor
    2:36
  18. 18.
    Ill Wind
    2:50
  19. 19.
    Malaguena
    3:17
  20. 20.
    You Stepped Out of a Dream
    2:37
  21. 21.
    Siboney
    2:49
  22. 22.
    No Te Importe Saber
    2:18

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    Skin Deep
    7:56
  2. 2.
    Caxton Hall Swing
    3:10
  3. 3.
    Phalanges
    3:23
  4. 4.
    For Europeans Only
    3:07
  5. 5.
    Copasetic
    5:01
  6. 6.
    Fascinatin' Rhythm
    4:20
  7. 7.
    Percussionistically Speaking
    8:02
  8. 8.
    All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
    2:59
  9. 9.
    Loris
    4:02
  10. 10.
    A Pearl for Louie
    3:58
  11. 11.
    Here's Pete
    2:25
  12. 12.
    My Funny Valentine
    2:51
  13. 13.
    Mixin' the Blues
    3:13
  14. 14.
    Poinciana (Song of the Tree)
    3:20
  15. 15.
    Rugolo Meets Shearing
    2:49
  16. 16.
    Sambamba
    2:24
  17. 17.
    King Porter Stomp
    2:49
  18. 18.
    You Are Too Beautiful
    2:53
  19. 19.
    Jingle Bells Mambo
    2:52
  20. 20.
    There Will Never Be Another You
    2:22
  21. 21.
    Conversation
    3:52
  22. 22.
    Good Evening Friends Boogie
    3:22

Disc 9

  1. 1.
    Neckbones
    4:02
  2. 2.
    Dues Blues
    6:58
  3. 3.
    Long Before I Knew You
    4:00
  4. 4.
    Soft Winds
    3:55
  5. 5.
    Tee Jay
    4:09
  6. 6.
    Lassus Trombone
    3:08
  7. 7.
    It's All Right With Me
    3:28
  8. 8.
    Polka Dots and Moonbeams
    3:54
  9. 9.
    Old Devil Moon
    3:58
  10. 10.
    Impossible
    4:55
  11. 11.
    Heat Wave
    3:20
  12. 12.
    Brassmen's Holiday
    2:32
  13. 13.
    Autumn Leaves
    2:58
  14. 14.
    Love Is the Thing
    2:18
  15. 15.
    Ping Pong
    2:15
  16. 16.
    Moonlight Becomes You
    2:18
  17. 17.
    Pawn Ticket
    2:20
  18. 18.
    Solving the Riddle
    2:26
  19. 19.
    Invitation
    2:56
  20. 20.
    The Continental
    2:26
  21. 21.
    Return of the Zombie
    2:45
  22. 22.
    On a Little Street in Singapore
    2:10
  23. 23.
    Joom Jooms
    2:52

Disc 10

  1. 1.
    It's All Right With Me
    3:34
  2. 2.
    I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
    3:45
  3. 3.
    I've Never Been in Love Before
    4:18
  4. 4.
    I Love Paris
    6:14
  5. 5.
    Too Close for Comfort
    3:51
  6. 6.
    Younger Than Springtime / The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
    4:07
  7. 7.
    If I Were a Bell
    3:39
  8. 8.
    Lazy Afternoon
    3:29
  9. 9.
    Just in Time
    3:12
  10. 10.
    Dancing in the Dark
    2:05
  11. 11.
    Sophisticated Lady
    2:34
  12. 12.
    Softly
    3:01
  13. 13.
    Eager Beaver
    3:30
  14. 14.
    Women Usually Do
    2:45
  15. 15.
    After You
    3:22
  16. 16.
    Temptation
    2:30
  17. 17.
    Walk Softly
    2:52
  18. 18.
    Opus in Chartreuse
    3:00
  19. 19.
    All About Ronnie
    3:04
  20. 20.
    Interlude
    2:37
  21. 21.
    Lullaby of the Leaves
    2:02

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