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VA - Bebop Spoken Here [2000] (4 x CD's)
Anyone wanting to dive into the world of jazz would do very well to check out this and the many other stellar box sets put out by England's Proper label. Showing how it should be done in the compilation game, the label packs this four-disc set with prime material and a 56-page booklet that includes extensive notes, a detailed sessionography, and amazing period photos. And the topper? Well, how does a 20-25-dollar price tag grab you? Besides key sides by the usual suspects (Parker, Gillespie, Powell, Davis, and Monk), the 1943-1949 mix features several fine vocalists (Anita O'Day, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, etc.), West Coast stars (Howard McGhee, Wardell Gray), and even swing veterans (Coleman Hawkins, Red Norvo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa). And that's not to forget the relatively obscure likes of Serge Chaloff, Claude Thornhill, Sonny Berman, and Boyd Raeburn. Amazing. (All Music Guide, Stephen Cook)
Just look at all the artists here - all recorded between 1944-1949 (and cleaned up very nicely for CD issue). This is the real deal. If you weren't old enough to live through the bop era and want to hear examples of the coolest jazz of all time, this box is for you. The cover art is nostalgic and colorful, all discs clock in at over an hour, and the booklet is packed with photos and informative text. To collect all this elsewhere would cost a small fortune. This is an amazing collection of music.
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Track lists
CD1 Disorder At The Border
01 Coleman Hawkins & Orchestra Woody'n You 2:55
02 Coleman Hawkins & Orchestra Disorder At The Border 2:52
03 Charlie Barnet & Orchestra The Moose 2:35
04 Tiny Grimes Quintet Tiny's Tempo 2:55
05 Dizzy Gillespie All Stars Good Bait 3:01
06 Oscar Pettiford & All Stars Something For You 2:30
07 Boyd Raeburn & Orchestra Night In Tunisia 3:07
08 George Auld & Orchestra In The Middle 3:12
09 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Groovin' High 2:38
10 Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Atmosphere 2:46
11 Billy Eckstine & Orchestra Opus X 2:30
12 Frank Socolow's Duke Quintet Reverse The Charges 2:55
13 Sarah Vaughan Loverman 3:22
14 Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet Hot House 3:06
15 Red Norvo And His Selected Sextet Hallelujah 3:58
16 Charlie Parker's Reboppers Koko 2:56
17 Billy Eckstine & Orchestra Second Balcony Jump 2:54
18 Dizzy Gillespie Septet Night In Tunisia 3:05
19 Charlie Parker Septet Ornithology 3:01
20 Sarah Vaughan If You Could See Me Now 2:50
21 Jay Jay Johnson's Beboppers Jay Bird 3:01
22 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Our Delight 2:30
23 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Things To Come 2:44
24 Sonny Stitt All Stars Bebop In Pastel 2:57
25 Bebop Boys Webb City 5:38
CD2 Confirmation
01 Stan Getz Quartet Opus De Bop 2:34
02 Dodo Marmarosa Dodo's Bounce 1:43
03 Dodo Marmarosa; Lucky Thompson Quartet Smooth Sailing 2:39
04 Sonny Berman's Big Eight Woodchopper's Holiday 2:55
05 Wardell Gray Quartet The Man I Love 3:23
06 Bud Powell Trio Indiana 2:38
07 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra Disc Jockey Jump 3:10
08 Red Rodney's Be-Boppers All God's Children Got Rhythm 2:49
09 Bab's Three Bips And A Bop Oop-Pop-A-Da 2:53
10 Dexter Gordon - Wardell Gray The Chase 6:52
11 Allen Eager With The Be-Bop Boys All Night, All Frantic 2:38
12 Sir Charles Thompson's All Stars Mad Lad 2:34
13 Miles Davis All Stars Milestones 2:47
14 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Ow! 2:58
15 Dizzy Gillespie; Charlie Parker Confirmation 5:37
16 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra Thrivin' On A Riff 3:05
17 Tadd Dameron Sextet The Squirrel 3:00
18 Thelonious Monk Ruby My Dear 3:08
19 Charlie Parker Quintet Embraceable You 3:24
20 Anita O'day What Is This Thing Called Love? 2:40
21 Charlie Parker Quintet Scrapple From The Apple 2:59
22 Thelonious Monk In Walked Bud 2:56
23 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra Donna Lee 3:05
24 Ella Fitzgerald How High The Moon 3:15
CD3 How High The Moon
01 Dexter Gordon & Teddy Edwards The Duel 5:31
02 Fats Navarro Nostalgia 2:45
03 Dexter Gordon Quintet Dexter's Riff 3:01
04 Dexter Gordon & His Boys Dexter's Mood 2:54
05 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Cool Breeze 2:46
06 Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Manteca 3:06
07 Leo Parker's All Stars Wee Dot 2:29
08 Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra Yardbird Suite 3:21
09 Stan Kenton & His Orchestra How High The Moon 2:31
10 Jay Jay Johnson's Bop Quintet Bone-O-Logy 3:02
11 Woody Herman & His Orchestra Four Brothers 3:17
12 Art Blakey's Messengers The Thin Man 3:00
13 Art Blakey's Messengers Bop Alley 3:07
14 Charlie Parker All-Stars Bluebird 2:56
15 Howard McGhee Sextet with Milt Jackson The Talk Of The Town 2:54
16 Kenny Clarke And His Fifty Second Street Boys Confirmation 2:39
17 Kenny Clarke And His Fifty Second Street Boys Jumpin' There 3:08
18 Thelonious Monk Epistrophy 3:07
19 Benny Goodman Septet Stealin' Apples 3:09
20 Charlie Parker All-Stars Ah-Leu-Cha 2:57
21 Charlie Parker All-Stars Parker's Mood 3:05
22 Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro The Skunk 2:58
23 Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro Double Talk 5:35
24 Brew Moore Blue Brew 2:56
25 James Moody's Modernists Cu-Ba 2:36
CD4 Tempus Fugit
01 James Moody's Modernists Tin Tin Deo 2:48
02 Tony Fruscella Quintet Foo's 2:52
03 Ella Fitzgerald Ool-Ya-Koo 2:51
04 Gene Ammons - Tom Archia Jam For Boppers 5:12
05 Woody Herman & His Orchestra That's Right 3:04
06 Metronome All-Stars Victory Ball 4:14
07 Tadd Dameron & His Orchestra Casbah 3:01
08 Babs Gonzales & His Orchestra Professor Bop 2:28
09 Miles Davis & His Orchestra Move 2:35
10 Miles Davis & His Orchestra Israel 2:18
11 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Undercurrent Blues 3:08
12 Tadd Dameron & His Orchestra Focus 3:02
13 Benny Goodman Septet Blue Lou 3:01
14 Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra Bebop Spoken Here 2:48
15 Kai Winding Sextet Wallington's Godchild 2:53
16 Kai Winding Sextet Crossing The Channel 2:51
17 Bud Powell I'll Keep Loving You 2:42
18 Bud Powell Tempus Fugit 2:28
19 Charlie Ventura Euphoria 6:35
20 Stan Getz Quartet Crazy Chords 2:36
21 Bud Powell's Modernists Wail 2:44
22 Wardell Gray Quartet Twisted 3:09
23 Serge Chaloff Move 5:33
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Thank you for all that Jazz, Butter - Stephen Cook's review, and your own, tip my balance of interest; most of my vault's Jazz tracks come from the first third of the twentieth century. This should be a particularly educational and enjoyable listen.
ReplyDeleteHi Aging Child.
DeleteI've listened to it a few times recently. I am sure you will enjoy it.
Have fun.
Cheers.
Big thanks for this. Bebop is my main interest in jazz, and there are certainly lots of excellent tracks to hear in this collection.
ReplyDeleteHi Bob Mac,
DeleteI have a lop of Bebop and feel i should share more. Ill try a jazz post at least once a week after i get through my currently prepared files are exhausted.
Enjoy the music and the feeling of this set.
Cheers.
great collection, wonderful era - much thanks
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome Suzanne.
DeleteCheers.
Hi BB, nice share and always looking forward
ReplyDeleteto hearing some jazz -
In HS, my next door neighbor was Larry Vuckovich - pianist
who played with Jon Hendricks in his Evolution Of The Blues show
which he took me to - he also was house pianist for awhile at the
Keystone Korner jazz club in San Francisco - he took me to see Leon Thomas,
Heath Brothers and I even met Dexter Gordon who was extra nice -
anyway, those were the days, the SF jazz and psychedelic years -
Appreciate all you share = Cheers!!!
Hi Coffee Messiah,
DeleteThanks for sharing your story. What a wonderful time that would have been. Wow.
Cheers.
If there is one music that can put me in the best mood at any time of day or night, it is still the BeBop sound. Thank you for this suggestion, very much appreciated!
ReplyDeleteHi WOODY,
DeleteI am glad that this set has sparked your interest.
That makes me happy.
Cheers.
Thanks Butterboy,
ReplyDeleteall the jazz you share is always welcome!
Cheers
Il Commendatore
DeleteIts always a welcome change.
Cheers.
Sounds a worthy download - thx for the "ALL" link BB :)
ReplyDeleteHi puw,
Deletewelcome back.
Glad you like the ALL links. They are popular.
Cheers.
Thank you very much for this! And goog health.
ReplyDeleteThank you Unknown for you kind greeting.
DeleteEnjoy the music.
Cheers.
If you every have a chance, will you please reup this set. I'm listening to your Benny Goodman set now, but would like to hear some additional artists. I remember my Mom & Dad playing some of this type of music, but I have not heard it for years.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the time that you put into this site.
Cheers,
Mike M
Hi Mike,
DeleteThe attached Pixeldrain link is still working. If you can't use it for some reason I will post new links in a few days.
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Hi Mike,
DeleteI've just added an additional link.
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ImageNetz.de worked fine this morning.
DeleteThanks,
Mike M
Good to hear, Mike.
DeleteEnjoy!
Cheers.