A Jazz Holiday
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A Jazz Holiday is a jazz compilation released in 1973. It contains tracks recorded between 1928 and 1934 by Benny Goodman
, Ben Pollack
, Red Nichols
, Ted Lewis
, Irving Mills
, Jack Pettis, Rube Bloom
, The Charleston Chasers
, and The Venuti-Lang All Star Orchestra.
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...
, Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack
Ben Pollack was a drummer and bandleader from the mid 1920s through the swing era. His eye for talent led him to either discover or employ, at one time or another, musicians such as Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Jimmy McPartland and Harry James...
, Red Nichols
Red Nichols
Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols was an American jazz cornettist, composer, and jazz bandleader.Over his long career, Nichols recorded in a wide variety of musical styles, and critic Steve Leggett describes him as "an expert cornet player, a solid improviser, and apparently a workaholic, since he is...
, Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis
Ted Lewis may refer to:*Ted Lewis , Edward Morgan Lewis*Ted Lewis , US bandleader, musician, entertainer, singer*Ted Lewis , English crime novelist...
, Irving Mills
Irving Mills
Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
, Jack Pettis, Rube Bloom
Rube Bloom
Reuben Bloom was a Jewish American multi-faceted entertainer, and in addition to being a songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and writer .During his career, he worked with many well-known performers, including Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Ruth Etting,...
, The Charleston Chasers
The Charleston Chasers
The Charleston Chasers was a name used between 1925 and 1930 for a series of recording groups that did not exist outside of the studios. Nobody ever heard this group perform in front of the public, although each of the players had plenty of bandstand experience. The Charleston Chasers existed only...
, and The Venuti-Lang All Star Orchestra.
Track listing
- "A Jazz Holiday" – Benny Goodman's Boys
- "'Deed I Do" – Ben Pollack & His Orchestra
- "Buy, Buy For Baby" – Ben Pollack & His Park Central Orchestra
- "Bashful Baby" – Ben Pollack & His Park Central Orchestra
- "Yellow Dog Blues" – Ben's Bad Boys
- "DinahDinah (song)"Dinah" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Akst, and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. It was introduced by Eddie Cantor in Kid Boots in Pittsburgh...
" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies - "Carolina In The Morning" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
- "Who" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
- "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies
- "Royal Garden BluesRoyal Garden Blues"Royal Garden Blues" is a blues song composed by Clarence and Spencer Williams in 1919. Popularized in jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, it has since been recorded by numerous artists and has become a jazz standard...
" – Ted Lewis And His Band - "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" – Ted Lewis And His Band
- "Crazy 'Bout My Gal" – Irving Mills And His Orchestra
- "Railroad Man" – Irving Mills And His Orchestra
- "Sweetest Melody" – Jack Pettis & His Orchestra
- "Mysterious Mose" – Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys
- "That's A Plenty" – Benny Goodman
- "Clarinetitis" – Benny Goodman
- "Jungle Blues" – Benny Goodman's Boys
- "Room 1411Room 1411Room 1411 is a 1928 instrumental composed by Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman and released as a Brunswick 78 by Bennie Goodman's Boys. The song was Glenn Miller's first known composition and was an early collaboration between Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman, who would become the most successful...
" – Benny Goodman's Boys - "Blue" – Benny Goodman's Boys
- "After A While" – Benny Goodman's Boys
- "Basin Street BluesBasin Street Blues"Basin Street Blues" is a song often performed by Dixieland jazz bands, written by Spencer Williams. The song was published in 1926 and made famous in a recording by Louis Armstrong in 1928...
" – The Charleston Chasers - "Farewell BluesFarewell Blues"Farewell Blues" is a 1922 jazz standard written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel. The song was recorded on August 29, 1922 in Richmond, Indiana and released as Gennett 4966A. It was first released by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings and soon was covered by several jazz bands...
" – The Venuti-Lang All Star Orchestra