Birth Of Be Bop: Wichita - New York - 1940-1945

(2-CD set) "I was working over Cherokee, and found (.) I could play the thing I'd been hearing. I came alive." Charlie PARKER. This 2-CD set offers an historic study of the birth of be-bop. After hearing it, you may be able to answer Dizzy's question : "To be or not to bop" ? Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.

Disc 1
1: Shoe Shine Boy - Jones-Smith Inc
2: Swing Is Here - Gene Krupa's Swing Band
3: Mighty Lak a Rose - Art Tatum
4: Blue Rhythm Fantasy - Teddy Hill and His NBC Orchestra
5: Honeysuckle Rose - Jay McShann and His Orchestra
6: Pickin' the Cabbage - Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
7: I Got Rhythm - Clark Monroe's Band
8: Nice Work If You Can Get It - Minton's Playhouse Band
9: Honeysuckle Rose - Minton's Playhouse Band
10: Stardust - Minton's Playhouse Band
11: Cherokee - Clark Monroe's Band
12: Sepian Bounce - Jay McShann and His Orchestra
13: McGhee Special - Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
14: Little John's Special - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
15: Floogie Boo - Cootie Williams Sextet
16: Woody'n You - Coleman Hawkins
17: 'Round Midnight - Cootie Williams And His Orchestra
18: Redcross - Tiny Grimes Quintet

Disc 2
1: Blowing the Blues Away - Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra
2: Little Benny - Clyde Hart And His Orchestra
3: Drifting On a Reed - Coleman Hawkins Quartet
4: Interlude - Sarah Vaughan And Her All Stars
5: Sorta Kinda - Clyde Hart's All Stars
6: Be-bop - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
7: Something for You - Oscar Pettiford And His 18 All Stars
8: At The El Grotto - Earl Hines and His Orchestra
9: A Night in Tunisia - Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra
10: Apple Honey - Woody Herman & His Orchestra
11: Opus X - Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra
12: Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet
13: Hot House - Dizzy Gillespie and His All Star Quintet
14: Mad Hype - Howard McGhee
15: September in the Rain - Frank Socolow Quintet
16: Dexter Minor Mad - Dexter Gordon
17: Now's the Time - Charlie Parker's Re Boppers
18: Koko - Charlie Parker's Be Bop Boys

Number of Discs: 2

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