RCA Victor Beginner's Guide to Jazz: Greatest Hits (1996)

About this title: This CD is a sampler of a sampler series. RCA Victor's introduction to jazz program (which exclusively focuses on its own artists, mostly from the swing era) is erratic at best with random programming and a lack of discographical data (such as who are the sidemen). This particular CD draws its dozen selections from eight "greatest hits" collections with two songs apiece from Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman and one tune from Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Fats Waller and Lionel Hampton plus Tommy Dorsey's "Song of India" (not yet included in the series). With the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Beginner's Guide to Jazz [CD-ROM]
2. Stompin' at the Savoy [Goodman/Razaf/Samps]
3. In the Mood [Garland/Razaf]
4. What a Wonderful World [Weiss/Thiele]
5. Song of India [Rimsky-Korsakov]
6. Take the "A" Train [Strayhorn]
7. Seventh Avenue Express [Clayton/Basie]
8. Begin the Beguine [Porter]
9. Ain't Misbehavin' [Waller/Brooks/Razaf]
10. Toledo Blade [Hampton]
11. Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) [Prima]
12. Mood Indigo [Ellington/Bigard/Mi]
13. Moonlight Serenade [Parish/Miller]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.