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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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