The Jazz Singers 1919-1994 (1998)

About this title: The compilers of this five-CD/cassette box set anthology, which contains 104 tracks and runs over six hours, have taken an inclusive, open-ended approach to both their selections and their sequencing. Unconventionally, the album is organized not chronologically, but thematically, in eight categories -- "Steeped in the Blues," Straight out of Church," "Let's Have a Party," "Swinging the Songbook," "After Hours: Slow-Dancing and Torching the Songbook," "Jazz Compositions," and "Novelties and Take-Offs" (in other words, blues, gospel, dance, standards, slow standards, scatting and vocalese, and ... read more

Tracks:

1. West End Blues [King Oliver/William]
2. In the House Blues [Smith]
3. 2:19 Blues [Traditional]
4. I Left My Baby [Gibson/Rushing/Basi]
5. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do [Grainger/Williams]
6. Blues With Helen [Basie/Humes]
7. I Won't Be Here Long [Page/Smith]
8. Jelly, Jelly [Hines/Eckstine]
9. Lotus Blossom [Lee/Turner]
10. Goin' to Kansas City [Leiber/Stoller]
11. Goin' to Chicago Blues [Basie/Rushing]
12. Never Make Your Move Too Soon [Hooper/Jennings]
13. D.B. Blues [Young/King Pleasure]
14. Come on in My Kitchen [Johnson]
15. Nobody's Fault But Mine [Johnson]
16. One Day [Traditional]
17. I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song [Dorsey]
18. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) [Grant/Wilson]
19. Doctor Jazz [King Oliver/Melrose]
20. Shakin' the African [Koehler/Arlen]
21. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [Ellington/Mills]
22. The Man from Harlem [Hudson]
23. Let Me Off Uptown [Bostic/Evans]
24. Saturday Night Fish Fry [Walsh/Jordan]
25. Hog Wash [Jordan/Tennyson]
26. Good Rockin' Tonight [Brown]
27. All of Me [Simons/Marks]
28. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails [Berlin]
29. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [McHugh/Fields]
30. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [McHugh/Fields]
31. These Foolish Things [Strachey/Link/Marve]
32. Lover, Come Back to Me [Romberg/Hammerstein]
33. Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Ellington/Russell]
34. You're Driving Me Crazy [Donaldson]
35. Don't Be That Way [Sampson/Goodman/Par]
36. Night and Day [Porter]
37. Some of These Days [Brooks]
38. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) [Barris/Koehler/Moll]
39. I Get a Kick Out of You [Porter]
40. There's a Small Hotel [Rodgers/Hart]
41. Just You, Just Me [Greer/Klages]
42. Give Me the Simple Life [Bloom/Ruby]
43. Love Me or Leave Me [Donaldson/Kahn]
44. You Are My Sunshine [Davis/Mitchell]
45. What's Going On [Benson/Cleveland/Ga]
46. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) [Shand/Eaton]
47. Yesterdays [Kern/Harbach]
48. Strange Fruit [Allan]
49. You've Changed [Fischer/Carey]
50. Someone to Watch over Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
51. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Chaplin/Nichols/Cah]
52. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Chaplin/Nichols/Cah]
53. You Don't Know What Love Is [Raye/DePaul]
54. For All We Know [Coots/Lewis]
55. Angel Eyes [Dennis/Brent]
56. Lush Life [Strayhorn]

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