RDA129 - Easy Listening Jazz - Readers Digest - RDA129

5 CD set

An All-Star Salute to Duke Ellington: do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Louis Armstrong with Russell Garcia and His Orchestra), I'm Beginning to See the Light (Johnny Hodges and Earl "Fatha" Hines), It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell), Caravan (The George Shearing Quintet), Black and Tan Fantasy (Johnny Hodges and The Ellington All Stars)

Lookin' Back Warmly - Some Links to the Jazz Past: Basin Street Blues (Bobby Hackett), Nobody's Sweetheart (Eddie Condon and His All Stars), Sugar (That Sugar Baby o' Mine) (Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong), I've Found a New Baby (Bud Freeman and His Orchestra), I've Got a Crush on You (Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five), Love Is Here to Stay (Billy Butterfield and Bobby Hackett), Honeysuckle Rose (Benny Goodman), Tin Roof Blues (Louis Armstrong and His All Stars) Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) (Teddy Wilson Trio), Oh Lady Be Good (The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell), a Cottage for Sale (Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra)

Singin' the Blues: Every Day I Have the Blues (Joe Williams with Count Basie and His Orchestra), Blues in the Night (Louis Armstrong with Oscar Peterson), Wee Baby Blues (Joe Turner and Pete Johnson), Fine and Mellow (Billie Holiday), Salty papa Blues (Dinah Washington/ Orchestra directed by Quincy Jones), Basin Street Blues (Herb Jeffries), Goin' to Chicago (Count Basie and His Orchestra/ Al Hibber, Vocal), Born to Be Blue (Mel Torme with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra), Boogie Blues (Gene Krupa and His Orchestra/ Anita O'Day, Vocal), Sent for You Yesterday (and Here You Come Today) Jimmy Rushing with (Count Basie and His Orchestra)

Jazz Masters and Masterpieces: I Never Knew (Lester Young Quartet), Sweet Lorraine (Louis Armstrong with Oscar Peterson and His Trio), (You Came Along from) Out of Nowhere (Charlie Parker), September in the Rain (The George Shearing Quintet), Mack the Knife (Oscar Peterson Trio with Clark Terry), Rustic Hop (Stan Getz Quintet with Bob Brookmeyer), I Must Have That Man (Billie Holiday with Tony Scott and His Orchestra), Rosetta (Earl "Fatha" Hines and Johnny Hodges), I'm in the Mood for Love (Coleman Hawkins Quintet), Deep Purple (Erroll Garner), I Know That You Know (Sonny Rollins,Dizzy Gillespie, and Sonny Stitt)

Big-Band Jazz: April in Paris (Count Basie and His Orchestra), Blue Lou (Woody Herman and His Orchestra), That's What You Think (Gene Krupa and His Orchestra/ Anita O'Day, Vocal), Undecided (Harry James and His Orchestra), Four Others (Woody Herman and The New Third Herd)

Amazin' Greats - Two by Two: Anything Goes (Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan), My Melancholy Baby (Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker), Stormy Weather (Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis), A Foggy Day (Billy Butterfield and Bobby Hackett), You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (The Al Cohn and Zoot Sims Quintet)

12 Great Stylists: I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (Erroll Garner), Lullaby of Birdland (The George Shearing Quintet), Tenderly (Ben Webster and His Orchestra), Prelude to a Kiss (Johnny Hodges with Oliver Nelson and His Orchestra), Night and Day 9Teddy Wilson), Easy to Love (Charlie Parker with Strings), Let's Fall In Love (Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson), Tea for Two (Earl "Fatha" Hines and His Quartet), Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Bobby Hackett and His Orchestra), There's a Small Hotel (Coleman Hawkins and His All Stars), Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Gerry Mulligan), Nancy (Milt Jackson and Ray Brown)

Swingin' the Blues: St. Louis Blues (Count Basie and His Orchestra), Blues for Basic (Oscar Peterson), Gravy Blues (Ray Brown and Milt Jackson), Royal Garden Blues (Bobby Hackett and His Orchestra), Stan's Blues (Stan Getz Quartet), Blues for Charlie Parker (Tony Scott Quartet), John Brown Blues (Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz All Stars), Wild Bill Blues (Wild Bill Davis and Johnny Hodges), Gene's Boogie (Gene Krupa and His Orchestra/ Carolyn Grey, Vocal), Blues for Lynda (Gerry Mulligan), New Basic Blues (Count Basie and His Orchestra)