The Smithsonian Anthology

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IS A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAWS. WARNING: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION550 MADISON AVE | NEW YORK NY 10022-3211 2010 DISCS MANUFACTURED BY SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTpSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | WASHINGTON DC 20560History and Culture 2010 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS©National Museum of American HistoryNational Museum of African AmericanSFW CD 40820 WWW.FOLKWAYS.SI.EDU SmithsonianSmithsonian nited States national museum. 6 CDs, nearly 8 hours of music, 200-page book with historical photos. nd fulfills the educational mission of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the nonprofit record label of the egacy of Folkways Records founder Moses Asch’s commitment to letting the “people’s music” be heard here were a “jazz appreciation course in a box,” this is it. JAZZ: The Smithsonian Anthology renews the ssay as well as suggestions for listeners on appreciating the full richness of the performances. If ever roducing the incisive annotations. The accompanying book also features an informative background cores of leading jazz scholars, performers, and writers collaborated in selecting the recordings and nce again offering a wellspring resource for educators, students, musicians, beginners, and aficionados. emarkable anthology is the successor to the milestone Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz of 1973, ajor movement in between. With 111 tracks that showcase artists at their best and most influential, this ancock, Corea, Coltrane—and notable styles, from early ragtime to international modernism and every hrough its legendary innovators—among them Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Parker, Gillespie, Davis,

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THE SMITHSONIAN ANTHOLOGY
Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology
SFW CD 40820
Published in 2010 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560
www.folkways.si.edu
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ISBN-13: 978-0-9704942-2-1
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THE SMITHSONIAN ANTHOLOGY
FULL TRACK LISTING
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CURATOR’S FOREWORD
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PRODUCER’S NOTE
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INTRODUCTION
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TRACK NOTES
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SOURCES CITED
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CONTRIBUTORS’ BIOS
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CREDITS
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FUNDERS
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INDEX
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DISC 1
01 DICK HYMAN MAPLE LEAF RAG 2:27 (Scott Joplin)
02 BUNK’S BRASS BAND IN GLORYLAND 3:00 (Emmett S. Dean-James W. Acuff)
Courtesy of the George H. Buck Jazz Foundation
03 ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND LIVERY STABLE BLUES 3:07
04 KING OLIVER’S CREOLE JAZZ BAND DIPPER MOUTH BLUES 2:18
(Louis Armstrong-Joseph “King” Oliver/Universal MCA Music Publishing, ASCAP)
05 FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA THE STAMPEDE 3:14
(Fletcher Henderson/Anne-Rachel Music Corp., ASCAP)
06 JELLY ROLL MORTON AND HIS RED HOT PEPPERS
BLACK BOTTOM STOMP 3:12 (Jelly Roll Morton/Edwin H. Morris & Co. Inc., ASCAP)
07 FRANKIE TRUMBAUER AND HIS ORCHESTRA SINGIN’ THE BLUES (TILL
MY DADDY COMES HOME) 3:00 (Con Conrad-J. Russel Robinson-Sam M. Lewis-Joe Young)
08 BESSIE SMITH AND JAMES P. JOHNSON BACK WATER BLUES 3:17
(Bessie Smith/Frank Music Corp., ASCAP)
09 DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA BLACK AND TAN FANTASY 3:06
(Duke Ellington-Bubber Miley/EMI Mills Music Inc.-Sony ATV Harmony, ASCAP)
10 BIX BEIDERBECKE & PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA
FROM MONDAY ON 3:02 (Harry Barris-Bing Crosby/Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc., ASCAP)
11 LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS HOT FIVE WEST END BLUES 3:17
(Clarence Williams-Joseph “King” Oliver/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP)
12 LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND EARL HINES WEATHER BIRD 2:42
(Louis Armstrong/Louis Armstrong Music, ASCAP)
13 EDDIE CONDON’S HOT SHOTS THAT’S A SERIOUS THING 3:29
(Jack Teagarden-Eddie Condon-Joe Sullivan-Milton Mezzrow/Peer International Corp., BMI)
14 EDDIE LANG AND LONNIE JOHNSON HANDFUL OF RIFFS 3:04
(Eddie Lang/EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., ASCAP)
15 JAMES P. JOHNSON YOU’VE GOT TO BE MODERNISTIC 3:10 (James P. Johnson/
Universal MCA Music Publishing) Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
16 BENNIE MOTEN AND HIS KANSAS CITY ORCHESTRA MOTEN SWING 3:21
(Bennie Moten-Buster Moten/Sony ATV Tunes LLC, ASCAP-Peer International Corp., BMI)
17 THE BOSWELL SISTERS EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY 2:20
(Jack Palmer-Spencer Williams/Universal MCA Music Publishing, ASCAP)
18 SIDNEY BECHET MAPLE LEAF RAG 2:55 (Scott Joplin)
19 FATS WALLER AND HIS RHYTHM DINAH 3:06 (Harry Akst-Sam M. Lewis-Joe Young/
EMI Mills Music Inc./B&G Akst Publishing Co.-EMI Mills Music Inc.-Morley Music Co., ASCAP)
20 LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA SWING THAT MUSIC 2:49
(Louis Armstrong-Horace Gerlach/Louis Armstrong Music, ASCAP) Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under
license from Universal Music Enterprises
21 MEADE “LUX” LEWIS HONKY TONK TRAIN BLUES 2:57
(Meade “Lux” Lewis/Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc., ASCAP)
22 BILLIE HOLIDAY WITH TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
MEAN TO ME 3:06 (Fred E. Ahlert-Roy Turk/Fred Ahlert Music Group admin by Bug-Cromwell Music
Inc.-Pencil Mark Music Inc., ASCAP)
23 JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRA FOR DANCERS ONLY 2:37
(Sy Oliver-Don Raye-Victor Schoen/Universal Music Corp., ASCAP-Embassy Music Corp., BMI) Courtesy
G of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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K arr. Buster Smith/EMI Feist Catalog Inc., ASCAP) Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal
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FU Dixon/EMI Mills Music Inc., ASCAP) Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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DISC 2
01 QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE MINOR SWING 3:14 (Django
Reinhardt-Stéphane Grappelli/Jewel Music Publishing Co. Inc., ASCAP) Courtesy of EMI France S.A.,
under license from EMI Music Marketing
02 MARY LOU WILLIAMS WITH ANDY KIRK AND HIS CLOUDS OF JOY
MARY’S IDEA 2:56 (Mary Lou Williams/Jewel Music Publishing Co. Inc., ASCAP) Courtesy of The
Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
03 LIONEL HAMPTON WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW 2:12
(Benny Carter-Spencer Williams/Bee Cee Music Co.-Colgems EMI Music Inc., ASCAP)
04 COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA BODY AND SOUL 3:00
(Johnny Green-Edward Heyman-Frank Eyton-Robert Sour/Druropetal Music, BMI)
05 BENNY GOODMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA HONEYSUCKLE ROSE 2:59
(Fats Waller-Andy Razaf/Anne-Rachel Music Corp.-Razaf Music, ASCAP )
06 ART TATUM TIGER RAG 2:18 (Nick LaRocca)
07 DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA KO-KO 2:39
(Duke Ellington/EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., BMI)
08 CAB CALLOWAY AND HIS ORCHESTRA HARD TIMES (TOPSY TURVY)
3:17 (William Edgar Battle-Cab Calloway-Milt Noel/Warner Bros. Music, ASCAP)
09 THE CHOCOLATE DANDIES I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE
WITH ME 4:10 (Jimmy McHugh-Clarence Gaskill/EMI Music Publishing, ASCAP) Courtesy of The
Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
10 ARTIE SHAW AND HIS ORCHESTRA STARDUST 3:30 (Hoagy Carmichael-
Mitchell Parish, arr. Lennie Hayton/EMI Mills Music Inc.-Songs of Peer Ltd., ASCAP)
11 GENE KRUPA AND HIS ORCHESTRA LET ME OFF UPTOWN 3:30
(Earl Bostic-Redd Evans/Songs of Universal Inc., BMI-Music Sales Corp., ASCAP)
12 DIZZY GILLESPIE’S ALL-STAR QUINTETTE SHAW ’NUFF 3:03 (Dizzy
Gillespie-Charlie Parker/Consolidated Music Publishers, ASCAP-Atlantic Music Corp., BMI) Courtesy
of Savoy Label Group
13 DIZZY GILLESPIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA MANTECA 2:58 (Dizzy Gillespie-Gil
Fuller-Chano Pozo, arr. Gil Fuller/Consolidated Music Publishers-Twenty-Eighth Street Music, ASCAP)
14 MARY LOU WILLIAMS VIRGO FROM THE ZODIAC SUITE 3:06
(Mary Lou Williams, orchestration Milt Orent/Cecilia Music Publishing Company, ASCAP)
15 DEXTER GORDON DEXTER RIDES AGAIN 3:13
(Dexter Gordon/Screen Gems EMI Music Inc., BMI) Courtesy of Savoy Label Group
16 LESTER YOUNG–BUDDY RICH TRIO I WANT TO BE HAPPY 3:56 (Vincent
Youmans-Irving Caesar/WB Music Corp., ASCAP) Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from
Universal Music Enterprises
17 BUD POWELL INDIANA 2:43 (James F. Hanley-Ballard McDonald)
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
18 CHARLIE PARKER QUINTET EMBRACEABLE YOU 3:43
(George Gerswin-Ira Gershwin/WB Music Corp., ASCAP) Courtesy of Savoy Label Group
19 WOODY HERMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA FOUR BROTHERS 3:15
(Jimmy Giuffre/Edwin H. Morris & Co. Inc., ASCAP)
20 THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET MISTERIOSO 3:21 (Thelonious Monk/
Thelonious Music Corp., BMI) Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
21 TADD DAMERON SEXTET LADY BIRD 2:50 (Tadd Dameron/Consolidated Music
Publishers, ASCAP) Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
22 MACHITO AND HIS AFRO-CUBAN ORCHESTRA TANGA 3:50 (Mario Bauzá/ G
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24 LENNIE TRISTANO SEXTET WOW 3:20 (Lennie Tristano/Beechwood Music Corp., BMI) FU
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
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DISC 3
01 MILES DAVIS NONET BOPLICITY 2:59
(Miles Davis, arr. Gil Evans/Jazz Horn Music Corp.-Bopper Spock Suns Music, BMI)
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
02 COUNT BASIE OCTET THE GOLDEN BULLET 2:27
(Count Basie-Bernie Ebbins/WB Music Corp., ASCAP)
03 SHORTY ROGERS AND HIS GIANTS POPO 3:01
(Shorty Rogers/Atlantic Music Corp., BMI) Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
04 THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET WITH CHET BAKER
WALKIN’ SHOES 3:10 (Gerry Mulligan/Criterion Music Corp., ASCAP)
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
05 STAN KENTON 23 DEGREES NORTH, 82 DEGREES WEST 3:09
(Bill Russo/G Schirmer Inc., ASCAP) Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc., under license from EMI Music Marketing
06 CLIFFORD BROWN–MAX ROACH QUINTET DAAHOUD 4:02
(Clifford Brown/Second Floor Music, BMI)
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
07 THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET DJANGO 7:01
(John Lewis/MJQ Music Inc., BMI) Courtesy of Concord Music Group
08 HORACE SILVER AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS THE PREACHER 4:17
(Horace Silver/Ecaroh Music Inc., ASCAP) Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
09 ERROLL GARNER TRIO I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 4:20
(Gene De Paul-Patricia Johnston-Don Raye/Hub Music Company Inc.-Rytvoc Inc.-Universal Music Corp., BMI)
10 THE CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET JONALEH 2:18
(Carson Smith/Calyork Music Inc.-Unichappel Music Inc., BMI)
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
11 LUCKY THOMPSON TRIO TRICROTISM 4:33
(Oscar Pettiford/Orpheus Music Inc., BMI)
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
12 SONNY ROLLINS ST. THOMAS 6:45
(Sonny Rollins/Prestige Music Co., BMI) Courtesy of Concord Music Group
13 SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA CALL FOR ALL DEMONS 5:11
(Sun Ra (Herman Blount)/Enterplanetary Koncepts, BMI) Courtesy of Delmark
14 NAT “KING” COLE AND HIS TRIO WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM 3:31
(Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammerstein II/EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., ASCAP)
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc., under license from EMI Music Marketing
15 LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND ELLA FITZGERALD STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY 5:12
(Benny Goodman-Edgar Sampson-Chick Webb-Andy Razaf/EMI Robbins Catalog Inc.-Ragbag Music
Publishing Corp.-Razaf Music Company-Rytvoc, Inc., ASCAP)
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
16 STAN GETZ AND J. J. JOHNSON BLUES IN THE CLOSET 9:02
(Oscar Pettiford/Orpheus Music Inc., BMI)
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
17 OSCAR PETERSON TRIO OL’ MAN RIVER 2:35
(Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II/Universal Polygram Publishing Inc., ASCAP)
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
18 MILES DAVIS: ORCHESTRA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GIL EVANS
SUMMERTIME 3:18 (George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward, arr. Gil Evans/WB Music
Corp., ASCAP)
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DISC 4
01 ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS MOANIN’ 9:33
(Bobby Timmons/Second Floor Music, BMI)
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
02 COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA MEET B. B. 3:27
(Quincy Jones/Silhouette Music, ASCAP)
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
03 MILES DAVIS SEXTET SO WHAT 9:22
(Miles Davis/Jazz Horn Music Corp., BMI)
04 JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET GIANT STEPS 4:43
(John Coltrane/Jowcol Music, BMI)
Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
05 CHARLES MINGUS BETTER GIT IT IN YOUR SOUL 7:22
(Charles Mingus/Flying Red Rhino-Jazz Workshop Inc., BMI)
06 THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET BLUE RONDO À LA TURK 6:43
(Dave Brubeck/Derry Music Company, BMI)
07 ORNETTE COLEMAN QUARTET RAMBLIN’ 6:34
(Ornette Coleman/Phrase Text Music, BMI)
Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
08 CANNONBALL ADDERLEY WORK SONG 5:06
(Nat Adderley-Oscar Brown Jr./Upam Music Co., BMI)
Courtesy of Concord Music Group
09 SARAH VAUGHAN WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS 2:30
(Harry Barris-Ted Koehler-Billy Moll/Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc.-Ted Koehler Music Co.,
admin by Bug, ASCAP) Courtesy of Blue Note Records, under license from EMI Music Marketing
10 JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET MY FAVORITE THINGS, PART 1
(SINGLE VERSION) 2:42 (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II/Williamson Music Co., ASCAP)
Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
11 BILL EVANS WALTZ FOR DEBBY 7:00
(Bill Evans-Gene Lees/TRO Folkways Music Publishers Inc., BMI)
Courtesy of Concord Music Group
12 GEORGE RUSSELL SEXTET ’ROUND MIDNIGHT 6:33
(Thelonious Monk-Cootie Williams-Bernie Hanighen/Thelonious Music Corp., BMI-Warner Bros.
Music, ASCAP) Courtesy of Concord Music Group
13 ELLA FITZGERALD WITH THE DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
COTTON TAIL 3:25 (Duke Ellington)
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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