From spirituals to swing
- Imprint
- New York : Vanguard, 1973
- Physical description
- 2 audio discs (91 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.
- Series
- Vanguard recordings for the connoisseur.
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Recordings
Call number | Status |
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VANGUARD VSD-47/48 | In-library use |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Ammons, Albert, 1907-1949.
- Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967.
- Terry, Sonny.
- Turner, Joe, 1911-1985.
- Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958.
- Bull City Red.
- Humes, Helen.
- Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954.
- Johnson, James P. (James Peter), 1929-
- Cox, Ida, 1889-1967.
- Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964.
- Benny Goodman Sextet.
- Count Basie Big Band.
- Kansas City Six.
- New Orleans Feetwarmers (Musical group)
- Golden Gate Quartet.
- Mitchell's Christian Singers.
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- I got rhythm (Benny Goodman Sextet)
- Flying home (Benny Goodman Sextet)
- Memories of you (Benny Goodman Sextet)
- Blues with Helen (Helen Humes and Band)
- Mortgage stomp (Members of Basie Band)
- One o'clock jump (Count Basie Band)
- Blues with Lips ("Hot Lips" Page, with Basie Band)
- That rhythm man (Count Basie Band)
- Good morning blues (Kansas City Six)
- Way down yonder in New Orleans (Kansas City Six)
- I ain't got nobody (Count Basie)
- Don't be that way (Members of Basie Band)
- Mule walk stomp (James P. Johnson)
- Carolina shout (James P. Johnson)
- Weary blues (New Orleans Feetwarmers)
- I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate (New Orleans Feetwarmers)
- Stompin' at the Savoy (Benny Goodman Sextet)
- Honeysuckle rose (Benny Goodman Sextet)
- Gospel train (Golden Gate Quartet)
- I'm on my way (Golden Gate Quartet)
- Four day creep (Ida Cox and Band)
- Oh lady be good (Jam session) (Benny Goodman Sextet, Count Basie Band, and Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, and Albert Ammons)
- Mountain blues (Sonny Terry)
- The new John Henry (Sonny Terry and Bull City Red)
- It's all right baby (Joe Turner and Pete Johnson)
- Cavalcade of Boogie (Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons)
- Done got wise (Big Bill Broonzy)
- Louise, Louise (Big Bill Broonzy)
- What more can my Jesus do (Mitchell's Christian Singers)
- My mother died a'shoutin' (Mitchell's Christian Singers)
- Paging the devil (Kansas City Six)
Subjects
- Subjects
- Jazz > 1931-1940.
- Blues (Music) > 1931-1940.
- Popular music > 1931-1940.
- Spirituals (Songs)
- Blues > 1931-1940.
- Musique populaire > 1931-1940.
- Negro spirituals.
- Blues (Music)
- Jazz.
- Popular music.
- Genre
- Jazz.
- Popular music.
- Blues (Music)
- Spirituals (Songs)
- Blues.
- Musique populaire.
- Spirituals.
- Local subject
- Theodore Chandik Jazz Collection.
Bibliographic information
- Reprint/reissue date
- 1973
- Original date
- 1939
- Series
- Vanguard recordings for the connoisseur
- Note
- Jazz ensembles, blues and spirituals; Benny Goodman Sextet and other artists and ensembles
- Duration listed on labels
- Manual sequence
- Program notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, and Charles Edward Smith on container
- Participant
- Various performers
- Event
- Recorded live at concerts in Carnegie Hall, New York, on December 23, 1938 and December 24, 1939
- Included Work
- I got rhythm
- Flying home
- Memories of you
- Blues with Helen
- Mortgage stomp
- One o'clock jump
- Publisher number
- VSD-47/48 Vanguard
- VSD-47--VSD-48 Vanguard