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    RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties

    03/25/2018


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    All Music Guide Review

    RCA has long had an up-and-down relationship with jazz and that is reflected in this very interesting five-CD boxed set drawn completely from their archives. Each disc focuses on a specific decade and the producers did an excellent job of picking representative recordings. The 1920s and '30s are covered particularly well (with 23 selections on each disc); virtually every major name is heard at their prime. The 1940s disc also contains many valuable recordings (although RCA had been slow to record bop), but by the '50s and '60s RCA was not in the forefront of discovering up-and-coming artists; there are only hints of the avant-garde and many of the giants (Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk to name three) never made it into the label's studios. However, even in the later decades, a variety of great veterans and modernists did make significant recordings for the label and there is not a loser among the 96 recordings. Overall this reissue gives one a superb overview of RCA jazz activities through the years (from Coleman Hawkins's "Body and Soul" to Sonny Rollins's "The Bridge") and is recommended to all jazz historians along with beginners just starting to explore this classic music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

    RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties Track Listing

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  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 16
  • Wild Cat
  • 2:25
  • Sound Clip for Wild Cat from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 31 (2)
  • XYZ
  • Hines, Earl
  • 2:19
  • Sound Clip for XYZ from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 33 (2)
  • Carioca
  • Shaw, Artie
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Carioca from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 34 (2)
  • Any Old Time
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for Any Old Time from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 35 (2)
  • Body and Soul
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Body and Soul from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 36 (2)
  • Life Goes to a Party
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for Life Goes to a Party from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 37 (2)
  • Swing Is Here
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for Swing Is Here from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 41 (2)
  • Dinah
  • Waller, Fats
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for Dinah from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 42 (2)
  • Really the Blues
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for Really the Blues from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 44 (2)
  • The Eel
  • Freeman, Bud
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for The Eel from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 47 (3)
  • Jack the Bear
  • 3:14
  • Sound Clip for Jack the Bear from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 49 (3)
  • Cotton Tail
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Cotton Tail from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 53 (3)
  • Little Jazz
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for Little Jazz from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 59 (3)
  • Stormy Monday
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Stormy Monday from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 62 (3)
  • Summertime
  • Shaw, Artie
  • 5:00
  • Sound Clip for Summertime from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 67 (3)
  • Cherokee
  • Tatum, Art
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Cherokee from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 75 (4)
  • Blues for Pablo
  • 4:50
  • Sound Clip for Blues for Pablo from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 79 (4)
  • Chiquito Loco
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Chiquito Loco from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 84 (4)
  • Perdido
  • 4:35
  • Sound Clip for Perdido from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 86 (5)
  • Blood Count
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for Blood Count from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 92 (5)
  • Star Eyes
  • Baker, Chet
  • 6:58
  • Sound Clip for Star Eyes from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 94 (5)
  • One O'Clock Jump
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for One O'Clock Jump from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • 96 (5)
  • Flying Home
  • 8:03
  • Sound Clip for Flying Home from RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties


  • Credits of RCA Victor Jazz: The First Half-Century - The Twenties Through the Sixties

    • Coleman Hawkins
    • Clarinet, Performer, Reeds (Multiple), Reeds, Sax (Tenor)
    • Al Cohn
    • Arranger, Sax (Tenor), Performer, Saxophone
    • Budd Johnson
    • Reeds, Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Reeds (Multiple)


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