The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz

The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz: Part 3

Album #174 - June 1973

Episode date - June 15, 2022

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This fabulous collection does an amazing job of not only collating some of the best tracks in the history of jazz music, but it also does a brilliant job of sequencing. 

This episode starts with the development of big bands, then moves to some of the most important piano tracks of the era, moves on to cover developments in improvisation, and then closes with two uniquely disparate tracks by one of the greatest jazz vocalists, Billie Holiday. 

Featured tracks include:

 

Four or Five Times – Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra

The Stampede – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

Wrappin’ It Up – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

Dinah – Red Nichols and his Five Pennies

Moten Swing – Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

I Ain’t Got Nobody – Fats Waller

Honky Tonk Train Blues – Meade “Lux” Lewis

Body and Soul – Benny Goodman Trio

Body and Soul – Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra

The Man I Love – Coleman Hawkins Quartet

He’s Funny That Way – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

These Foolish Things – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

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