The Essence of Swing (2-CD)

by Various Artists

Tracks:

• 1.Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra
• 2.Goody Goody - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra featuring Helen Ward
• 3.Stealin' Apples - Fletcher Henderson
• 4.A - Tisket, A - Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald
• 5.Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
• 6.Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
• 7.Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
• 8.Ain't She Sweet - Bunny Berrigan
• 9.Relaxin' At The Touro - Muggsy Spanier
• 10.Tuxedo Junction - Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
• 11.Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
• 12.Hold Tight Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) - Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with The Andrews Sisters
• 13.In The Mood - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
• 14.Cherokee - Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
• 15.Boogie Woogie On St Louis Blues - Earl 'Fatha' Hines and His Orchestra
• 16.Oh Lady Be Good - Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
• 17.Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra
• 18.Frenesi - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
• 19.Pennsylvania 6 - 5000 - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
• 20.Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
• 21.Basie Boogie - Count Basie and His Orchestra
• 22.Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
• 23.Let Me Off Uptown - Gene Krupa and His Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge
• 24.Stardust - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
• 25.Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
• 26.I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James and His Orchestra featuring Helen Forrest
• 27.Flying Home - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
• 28.Why Don't You Do Right - Benny Goodman and His Orchestra featuring Peggy Lee
• 29.Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
• 30.I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) - Harry James and His Orchestra featuring Dick Haymes
• 31.Ac - cent - tchu - ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer
• 32.Shoo - Shoo Baby - Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
• 33.Besame Mucho - Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra featuring Kitty Kallen & Bob Eberly
• 34.I'm Beginning To See The Light - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra featuring Joyce Sherrill
• 35.Caldonia - Woody Herman and His Orchestra
• 36.Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief - Betty Hutton with Paul Weston and Orchestra
• 37.Sentimental Journey - Doris Day with Les Brown and His Orchestra
• 38.On The Sunny Side of The Street - Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
• 39.The Honeydripper - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
• 40.Rm Blues - Roy Milton and His Solid Senders
• 41.The Peanut Vendor - Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
• 42.Hop, Skip and Jump - Roy Milton
• 43.King Size Papa - Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends
• 44.Teresa - Dick Haymes and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra
• 45.Cadillac Baby - Roy Brown
• 46.Undecided - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra featuring Tommy Mercer and The Skyliners
• 47.The Blacksmith Blues - Ella Mae Morse with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra