"Bands That Can Boogie Woogie" (103 Classic Original Recordings)

You may find a foot tapping, an arm twitching or even some head nobbing whilst experiencing some of these 'fine eight beats' - but don t worry, it's a natural reaction that seems to effect most living souls. This 103 track set contains tracks that you'd never expect to be given the boogie woogie treatment. - Jillem

Boogie-woogie had two major periods of popularity, first in the 1910s and '20s strictly as a solo-piano phenomenon, then during World War II as a large-group style and popular phenomenon. Bands That Can Boogie Woogie, Jasmine's four-disc compilation of boogie-woogie, could well have been an exhausting proposition if it had kept only to solo piano players, but since it expands the curriculum to the latter-day swing groups and big bands, it's a much more palatable set. Early on, the set airs Tommy Dorsey's "Boogie Woogie," the 1939 chart that led directly to the style's resurgence, and proceeds to great swing/boogie-woogie crossovers -- from Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Bob Crosby, and Jack Teagarden -- as well as a few of its original practitioners like Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson. Principle compiler Chas Hall also features a few flirtations with boogie-woogie by some of the greatest talents in jazz, including Earl Hines ("Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues"), Sidney Bechet ("Preachin' the Blues"), Count Basie (several titles), and Stan Kenton ("Artistry in Boogie"). ~ John Bush

trax disc 1:
1. Anitra's Boogie - Carmen Cavallero 2. Cow Cow Blues - Bob Zurke 3. House Rent Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 4. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey 5. Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues - Earl Hines & His Orchestra 6. K. K. Boogie - Henry Allen & His Orchestra 7. Carle Boogie - Franke Carle 8. Roll 'Em - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra 9. Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar, Pts. 1 & 2 - Will Bradley & His Orchestra 10. Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa 11. Basie Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 12. Yancey Special - Bob Crosby 13. Preachin' Blues - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers 14. Rock a Bye the Boogie - Will Bradley & His Orchestra 15. Ory's Boogie - Kid Ory 16. Back Beat Boogie - Harry James 17. Bach to Boogie - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra 18. Tempo's Boogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 19. Caldonia Boogie - Louis Jordan 20. Half Tight Boogie - Pete Johnson 21. The Calloway Boogie - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 22. After Hours - Erskine Hawkins 23. Bumble Boogie - Freddy Martin 24. Indian Boogie Woogie - Woody Herman & His Orchestra 25. Teddy Bear Boogie - Teddy Powell
trax disc 2:
1. Boogie in the Groove - Billy Penrose Quartet 2. Rhumboogie - Will Bradley & His Orchestra 3. Boogie Woogie - Jack Teagarden Orchestra 4. Be-Bop Boogie - Freddie Slack 5. Summertime - Chas Hall; Digby Fairweather 6. Boogie for 2 - Chas Hall; Digby Fairweather 7. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Bob Crosby 8. I Want to Boogie Woogie - Buster Bennett 9. Boogie Woogie March - Joe Hotshots Daniels 10. Trumpet Blues & Cantabile - Harry James 11. Hamp's Boogie Woogie #1 - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 12. Cross Hands Boogie - Harry Roy & His Orchestra 13. Rock House Boogie - Pete Johnson 14. Swanee River Boogie - Albert Ammons 15. Pinetop's Blues - Woody Herman & His Orchestra 16. Basin Street Boogie - Will Bradley & His Orchestra 17. Sabre Dance Boogie - Freddy Martin 18. Hob Nail Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 19. Cuban Bug Boogie - Bob Zurke 20. Kissin' Bug Boogie - John Eager; Sid Phillips 21. Mr. Freddie's Boogie - Freddie Slack 22. Boogie for Googie - Joe Hotshots Daniels 23. The Dirty Dozens - Sammy Price 24. State Street Boogie - Don Johnson 25. Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat - Will Bradley 26. Dinah Boogie - Ted Heath; Winifred Atwell
trax disc 3:
1. Boogie in C - Skyrockets Orchestra 2. Grand Slam - Benny Goodman Sextet 3. T-Bone Boogie - Marl Young Orchestra; T-Bone Walker 4. Choo Choo Ch-Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 5. Hamp's Walkin' Boogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 6. Wild Bill's Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 7. Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald; The Ink Spots 8. Strange Cargo - Freddie Slack 9. Shufflin' the Boogie - Albert Ammons 10. Bakers Boogie - Kenny Baker 11. Bluebird Boogie Woogie - Teddy Powell & His Orchestra 12. Boogie Woogie Conga - Will Bradley & His Orchestra 13. Chip's Boogie Woogie - Woody Herman & His Orchestra 14. Skid Row Boogie - Pete Johnson 15. Doby's Boogie - Freedie Mitchell 16. Jump the Boogie - Joe Alexander; Luke Jones 17. Southern Exposure - Bob Zurke 18. Can Can Boogie - Joe Hotshots Daniels 19. Society Boogie - Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats 20. The Mad Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 21. Two Finger Boogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 22. Chicken Gumboogie - Will Bradley 23. Southpaw Serenade - Freddie Slack 24. Hors d'Oeuvre - Sid Phillips 25. The Sheik of Araby - Albert Ammons 26. Boogie in Black and White - Billy Penrose Quartet
trax disc 4:
1. Beulah's Sister's Boogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 2. The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Woody Herman & His Orchestra 3. Boogie in G Minor - Freddie Slack 4. Shufflin' the Boogie - John Alexander; Luke Jones 5. K & H Boogie - Big Jay McNeely 6. Munson Street Breakdown - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 7. Twelfth Street Boogie - Albert Ammons 8. Downtown Café Boogie - Edmond Hall Sextet 9. Little Joe from Chicago - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy; Mary Lou Williams 10. Rampart Street Jump - Lloyd Glenn 11. Nightmare Boogie - Hadda Brooks 12. Boogie Woogie's Mother-In-Law - Buddy Johnson 13. Stardust Boogie - Stan Kenton 14. Bouncin' at the Beacon - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra 15. Boo Woo - Harry James; Pete Johnson 16. Woo-Woo - Albert Ammons; Harry James 17. Tom Cat on the Keys - Bob Zurke 18. Atlanta Boogie - Tommy Brown 19. Roll 'Em - Benny Goodman; Jess Stacy 20. Red Bank Boogie - Count Basie Orchestra 21. Artistry in Boogie - Stan Kenton 22. Wrinkle Head Boogie - Pete Johnson 23. Rhumboogie - Bob Zurke 24. I Boogied When I Should Have Woogied - Will Bradley &His Orchestra 25. Boogie Woogie Stomp - Albert Ammons 26. Wine O Baby Boogie - Big Joe Turner; Pete Johnson
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