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2 The Jazz Age and The Swing Era
Track # Date Artist Song Title
CD1:25 1928 Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five listen West End Blues
CD1:26 1931 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra listen Lazy River
CD1:27 1928 Chicago Rhythm Kings listen I’ve Found a New Baby
CD1:28 1930 Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra listen Keep a Song in Your Soul
CD1:29 1928 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra listen Lonely Melody
CD1:30 1928 Duke Ellington and His (Cotton Club) Orchestra listen The Mooche
CD1:31 1940 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra listen Cotton Tail
CD1:32 1941 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra listen Take the “A” Train
CD1:33 1929 Fats Waller listen Handful of Keys
CD1:34 1940 Art Tatum listen Get Happy
CD1:35 1932 Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra listen Moten Swing
CD1:36 1938 Count Basie and His Orchestra listen Jumpin’ at the Woodside
CD1:37 1936 Jones-Smith, Inc. listen Lady Be Good
CD1:38 1935 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra listen King Porter Stomp
CD1:39 1936 Benny Goodman Quartet listen Moon Glow
CD1:40 1941 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra featuring Charlie Christian listen Solo Flight
CD1:41 1937 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra with Billie Holiday listen Mean to Me
CD1:42 1941 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra featuring Roy Eldridge listen Rockin’ Chair
CD1:43 1939 Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra listen Body and Soul
CD1:44 1939 Billie Holiday listen Strange Fruit
CD1:45 1947 Ella Fitzgerald listen How High the Moon
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