Hollywood Swing and Jazz: Hot Numbers from Classic MGM, Warner Bros., and RKO Films > Various Artists

Recording Details

Date: 2000
Type: Audio / Film Cast / (Compilation)
Language: English
Music: Count Basie (45), Vernon Duke (141), Duke Ellington (144), George Gershwin (859), Arthur Herzog Jr. (3), Billie Holiday (173), Jimmy McHugh (230)
Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (369), Ira Gershwin (709), Arthur Herzog Jr. (3), Billie Holiday (173), John Latouche (73), Andy Razaf (53), Various (581)
Producer: George Feltenstein (55)
Engineer: Doug Schwartz (21)
Liner Notes: Will Friedwald (114)
Package Design: Julie Vlasak
Conductor: Ray Anthony (30), Louis Armstrong (199), Benny Carter (50), Jimmy Dorsey (20), Duke Ellington (144), Benny Goodman (78), Harry James (59), Jimmie Lunceford (5), André Previn (146), Freddie Rich (2), Artie Shaw (45)
Performer: Ivie Anderson (11), Louis Armstrong (199), Pearl Bailey (94), John W. Bubbles (7), Buck & Bubbles (5), Ford Buck, Hoagy Carmichael (125), Nat "King" Cole (139), Bing Crosby (463), Dorothy Dandridge (10), Johnny "Scat" Davis (6), Doris Day (370), Billy Eckstine (64), Stan Getz (29), Astrud Gilberto (13), Jeni Le Gon (2), The Hall Johnson Choir (10), Lena Horne (205), The King Sisters (20), Frances Langford (84), Marcy McGuire (7), Carmen McRae (78), The Mills Brothers (50), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (24), Ivy Scott (5), Six Hits and a Miss (15), The Three Symphonettes, Mel Tormé (158), Leslie Uggams (58), Thomas "Fats" Waller (72), Ethel Waters (73), Julie Wilson [1] (40)
Musician: Louis Armstrong (199) — trumpet, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (11), Buster Bailey (6) — clarinet, Dave Bailey (13) — drums, Danny Barcelona — drums, Benny Carter & His Orchestra (5), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (16), Red Calendar — bass, Buddy Catlett (4) — bass, Sidney drums Catlett, Buddy Clark (70) — bass, Count Basie & His Octet, Barrett Deems (3) — drums, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (8), Harry "Sweets" Edison (2) — trumpet, Bob Enevoldson — valve trombine, Art Farmer (35) — trumpet, Garland Finney — piano, Freddie Rich & His Orchestra, Russ Freeman (15) — piano, Tyree Glenn (6) — trombone, Ed Hall (2) — clarinet, Harry James & His Orchestra (7), The Hazel Scott Trio, Illinois Jaquet — tenor sax, Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra (3), Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra (8), Jo Jones (28) — drums, Billy Kyle (3) — piano, Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, Marlowe Morris (2) — piano, Gerry Mulligan (29) — bartitone sax, Art Pepper (24) — bartitone sax, Bill Perkins (21) — tenor sax, Benny Goodman Quartet (3), Ray Anthony & His Orchestra, Hazel Scott (16) — piano, Arvelle Shaw (2) — bass, John Simmons (17) — bass, Jack Teagarden (27) — trombone, Andre Previn Trio (2), Page Cavanaugh Trio (3), Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra (13), Lester Young (22) — tenor sax, Trummy Young (3) — trombone
Notes: Jazz numbers from MGM/Warner Bros/RKO movies
Shortcode: [r15003]

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Format: 2-CD
Label: Rhino
Released: 2002-06-24
Barcode: 081227980528
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Includes Tracks From: The Duchess Of Idaho - 1950 Film Soundtrack
High Society - 1956 Film Soundtrack
Hollywood Hotel - 1937 Film Soundtrack
Bathing Beauty - 1944 Film Soundtrack
Romance on the High Seas - 1948 Film Soundtrack
Cabin in the Sky - 1943 Film Soundtrack
Going Places - 1938 Film Soundtrack
Higher and Higher - 1943 Film Soundtrack
When the Boys Meet the Girls - 1965 Film Soundtrack
Blues in the Night - 1941 Film
A Day At The Races - 1937 Soundtrack
This Could Be the Night - 1957 Film Soundtrack
Broadway Rhythm - 1944 Film
Thrill of a Romance - 1945 Film
Dancing Co-Ed - 1939 Soundtrack
Hooray for Love - 1935 Film
Skirts Ahoy! - 1952 Film
Cairo - 1943 Film
Small Town Girl - 1953 Film Soundtrack
# Tracks: 51
Length: 2:35:33
Lists: 19 collectors / 2 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl21324]

1.	Living in a Great Big Way -- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Jeni Le Gon song from Hooray for Love track from Hooray for Love [1935 Film]
2.	Congo Fever (Jungle Fever) (from Operator 13) -- The Mills Brothers
3.	Let That Be a Lesson to You -- Johnny "Scat" Davis, Frances Langford, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra song from Hollywood Hotel track from Hollywood Hotel [1937 Film Soundtrack]
4.	I've Got a Heartful of Music -- The Benny Goodman Quartet song from Hollywood Hotel track from Hollywood Hotel [1937 Film Soundtrack]
5.	You're an Education (from the short Freddie Rich and His Orchestra) -- The Three Symphonettes, Freddie Rich & His Orchestra
6.	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm -- Allan Jones, Ivie Anderson, Benny & The Chrinoline Choir, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra song from A Day at the Races track from A Day At The Races [1937 Soundtrack]
7.	Jeepers Creepers -- Louis Armstrong song from Going Places track from Going Places [1938 Film Soundtrack]
8.	Nightmare -- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra song from Dancing Co-Ed track from Dancing Co-Ed [1939 Soundtrack]
9.	Traffic Jam -- Artie Shaw & His Orchestra song from Dancing Co-Ed track from Dancing Co-Ed [1939 Soundtrack]
10.	Blues in the Night (outtake) -- Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra song from Blues in the Night track from Blues in the Night [1941 Film]
11.	You've Got to Know How to Dance (from the short Six Hits and a Miss) -- Six Hits and a Miss, Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra
12.	Buds Won't Bud -- Ethel Waters song from Hooray For What! track from Cairo [1943 Film]
13.	Medley: -- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra track from Cabin in the Sky [1943 Film Soundtrack]
	Things Ain't What They Used to Be song from Sophisticated Ladies
	Going Up song from Cabin in the Sky
14.	Shine -- (Ford) Buck & (John W.) Bubbles, Hall Johnson Choir song from Cabin in the Sky track from Cabin in the Sky [1943 Film Soundtrack]
15.	Mrs. Whiffen (outtake) -- Mel Tormé, Marcy McGuire, Ivy Scott song from Higher and Higher track from Higher and Higher [1943 Film Soundtrack]
16.	One O'Clock Jump (from I Dood It!) -- Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
17.	Body and Soul (outtake) -- The Hazel Scott Trio song from Three's a Crowd track from Broadway Rhythm [1944 Film]
18.	Toot Suite -- Harry James & His Orchestra song from Bathing Beauty track from Bathing Beauty [1944 Film Soundtrack]
19.	Hong Kong Blues (from To Have and Have Not) -- Hoagy Carmichael
20.	Baltimore Oriole (from To Have and Have Not) -- Hoagy Carmichael
21.	Please Don't Say No -- The King Sisters song from Thrill of a Romance track from Thrill of a Romance [1945 Film]
22.	Jammin' the Blues (from the short Jammin' the Blues) -- Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Illinois Jaquet, Marlowe Morris & Garland Finney, John Simmons & Red Calendar, Sidney Catlett & Jo Jones
23.	On the Sunny Side of the Street (from the short Jammin' the Blues) -- Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Illinois Jaquet, Marlowe Morris & Garland Finney, John Simmons & Red Calendar, Sidney Catlett & Jo Jones song from The International Revue
24.	It's You Or No One -- Doris Day, Page Cavanaugh Trio song from Romance on the High Seas track from Romance on the High Seas [1948 Film Soundtrack]
25.	You Do Something to Me -- Lena Horne song from Fifty Million Frenchmen track from The Duchess Of Idaho [1950 Film Soundtrack]
26.	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) -- Lena Horne (Private studio recording made expressly for Louis B. Mayer) (1949)
1.	Medley: -- Benny Carter & His Orchestra track from An American in Paris [1951 Film Soundtrack]
	Do, Do, Do song from Oh, Kay!
	Bidin' My Time song from Girl Crazy
	I've Got a Crush on You song from Treasure Girl
	Love Is Here song from The Goldwyn Follies
2.	Ain't Misbehavin' (from The Strip) -- Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars song from Hot Chocolates
3.	Hold Me Close to You -- Billy Eckstine song from Skirts Ahoy! track from Skirts Ahoy! [1952 Film]
4.	Taking a Chance on Love (from Remains to Be Seen) -- Dorothy Dandridge song from Cabin in the Sky
5.	My Flaming Heart -- Nat "King" Cole song from Small Town Girl track from Small Town Girl [1953 Film Soundtrack]
6.	Now You Has Jazz -- Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong with Ed Hall, Trummy Young, Barrett Deems, Billy Kyle, Arvelle Shaw song from High Society track from High Society [1956 Film Soundtrack]
7.	I Love You, Samantha -- Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong song from High Society track from High Society [1956 Film Soundtrack]
8.	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) -- Julie Wilson, Ray Anthony & His Orchestra song from Jump for Joy track from This Could Be the Night [1957 Film Soundtrack]
	Tracks 9-17 from The Subterraneans (1960)
9.	Improvisation -- André Previn Trio
10.	Red Drum Blues -- André Previn Trio
11.	Improvisation -- André Previn Trio
12.	Coffee Time -- Carmen McRae, André Previn Trio
13.	Spaghetti Fantasy -- Russ Freeman, Bill Perkins, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Bob Enevoldson, Buddy Clark, Dave Bailey
14.	Alarm Clock -- Russ Freeman, Bill Perkins, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Bob Enevoldson, Buddy Clark, Dave Bailey
15.	Should I? -- André Previn Trio
16.	Things Are Looking Down -- Russ Freeman, Bill Perkins, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Bob Enevoldson, Buddy Clark, Dave Bailey
17.	Bread and Wine -- Russ Freeman, Bill Perkins, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Bob Enevoldson, Buddy Clark, Dave Bailey
18.	God Bless the Child -- Pearl Bailey
19.	Don't Blame Me (from Two Weeks in Another Town) -- Leslie Uggams song from Clowns in Clover
20.	Sunday in New York (from Sunday in New York) -- Mel Tormé
21.	Girl from Ipanema (from Get Yourself a College Girl) -- Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto with Gary Burton, Gene Cherrico, Joe Hunt
	Tracks 22-24 from Made in Paris (1966)
22.	Skol Sister -- Count Basie & His Octet
23.	Goof Proof -- Count Basie & His Octet
24.	Lottie -- Count Basie & His Octet
25.	I Got Rhythm -- Louis Armstrong with Tyree Glenn, Buster Bailey, Billy Kyle, Buddy Catlett, Danny Barcelona song from Girl Crazy track from When the Boys Meet the Girls [1965 Film Soundtrack]