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The Jazz Singers 1919-1994

Various Artists

Initial release : 1998

Smithsonian Folkways

This compilation includes a Etta Jones track with Jimmy Ponder on guitar.

Tracks / Performers

  • West End Blues - Eva Taylor
  • In the House Blues - Bessie Smith
  • 2:19 Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  • I Left My Baby - Jimmy Rushing
  • 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday
  • Blues With Helen - Helen Humes
  • I Won't Be Here Long - Hot Lips Page
  • Jelly, Jelly - Billy Eckstine
  • Lotus Blossom - Julia Lee
  • Goin' to Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
  • Goin' to Chicago Blues - Jon Hendricks, Joe Williams and Dave Lambert
  • Never Make Your Move Too Soon - Ernestine Anderson
  • D.B. Blues - Lorez Alexandria
  • Come on in My Kitchen - Cassandra Wilson
  • Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
  • One Day - Dixie Hummingbirds
  • I'm Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song - Mahalia Jackson
  • Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Bessie Smith
  • Doctor Jazz - Jelly Roll Morton
  • Shakin' the African - Don Redman & His Orchestra
  • It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Ivie Anderson
  • The Man from Harlem - Cab Calloway
  • Let Me Off Uptown - Anita O'Day
  • Saturday Night Fish Fry - "Moms" Mabley and Pearl Bailey
  • Hog Wash - Louis Jordan
  • Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris
  • All of Me - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  • Top Hat, White Tie and Tails - Louis Armstrong
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Ethel Waters
  • I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Billie Holiday
  • These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday
  • Lover, Come Back to Me - Mildred Bailey
  • Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Al Hibbler
  • You're Driving Me Crazy - Big Joe Turner
  • Don't Be That Way - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
  • Night and Day - Frank Sinatra
  • Some of These Days - Jimmy Rushing
  • Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away) - Sarah Vaughan
  • I Get a Kick Out of You - Dinah Washington
  • There's a Small Hotel - Joe Williams
  • Just You, Just Me - Nat King Cole
  • Give Me the Simple Life - Dakota Staton
  • Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone
  • You Are My Sunshine - Aretha Franklin
  • What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
  • I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) - Etta Jones
  • Yesterdays - Billie Holiday
  • Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
  • You've Changed - Billie Holiday
  • Someone to Watch over Me - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Until the Real Thing Comes Along - Fats Wallers & His Rhythm
  • You Don't Know What Love Is - Dinah Washington
  • For All We Know - June Christy
  • Angel Eyes - Chris Connor
  • In the Still of the Night - Billy Eckstine
  • Save Your Love for Me - Nancy Wilson
  • Trav'lin' Light - Shirley Horn
  • Prelude to a Kiss - Sarah Vaughan
  • My Little Brown Book - Gloria Lynne and the Ernie Wilkins's Orchestra
  • Lush Life - Johnny Hartman
  • I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Carmen McRae
  • This Is Always - Betty Carter
  • All of Me - Jimmy Scott
  • What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? - Earl Coleman
  • You're My Thrill - Helen Merrill
  • Could I Be the One? - Al Green
  • Jazz Me Blues - Lucille Hegamin
  • The Mooche - Baby Cox
  • Parker's Mood - King Pleasure
  • Lullaby of Birdland - Sarah Vaughan
  • Down for Double - Mel Torme
  • Jumpin' at the Woodside - Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks and Dave Lambert
  • Left Alone - Abbey Lincoln
  • Stolen Moments - Mark Murphy
  • Worry Now Later - Jeanne Lee
  • Get It Straight - Carmen McRae
  • 'Round Midnight - Bobby McFerrin
  • Doodlin' - Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • Improvised Scat Song - Jelly Roll Morton
  • Hotter Than That - Louis Armstrong
  • Sweet Sue, Just You - Louis Armstrong
  • My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Bing Crosby
  • Ool-Ya-Koo - Dizzy Gillespie
  • Disappointed - Eddie Jefferson
  • Them There Eyes - Ella Fitzgerald
  • The Way You Look Tonight - Anita O'Day
  • This Masquerade - George Benson
  • Frenesi - Betty Carter
  • Jazzola - Noble Sissle
  • Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train - Louis Armstrong
  • Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
  • 'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Trummy Young
  • Vol Vist du Gaily Star - George Tunnell
  • We've Got the Blues - Leo Watson & Spirits Of Rhythm
  • Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald
  • Babalu (Orooney) - Slim Gaillard
  • Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago - Nellie Lutche
  • Did You Call Her Today - Ben Webster
  • Takes Two to Tango - Lester Young
  • Mumbles - Clark Terry
  • Close Your Eyes (Shut Yo' Mouth) - Major Holley and Slam Stewart
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