Eine überaus stilvolle Zusammenstellung mit den besten und bekanntesten Jazz Legenden des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Zu hören sind unter anderen weltberühmte Standards wie “Take Five”, “Body and Soul” “Round Midnight”, und “In The Mood”. Egal ob für den beschwingten Start in den Tag oder zum entspannten Feierabend ist diese DCD in jeder Hinsicht die perfekte Wahl. CD – 1
1 – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Summertime (Porgy and Bess) (G.Gershwin) (1959) 4’57”
2 – Dizzy Gillespie – I Can’t Get Started (I Gershwin, Duke) (1958) 2’52”
3 – Dave Brubeck Quartet – Blue Rondo à La Turk (Brubeck) (1962) 6’41”
4 – Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker – Makin’ Whoopee (Khan, Donalson) (1953) 3’26”
5 – Maynard Ferguson – Round Midnight (Hanighen, Williams, Monk) (1959) 3’12”
6 – Anita O’ Day, Oscar Peterson – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (L.Hart,R. Rodgers) (1957) 3’54”
7 – Louis Armstrong feat Billie Holliday – You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart (Johnson, Miller) (1949) 3’13”
8 – Gerry Mulligan, Johnny Hodges – Bunny (Mulligan) (1961) 5’43”
9 – Count Basie And His Orchestra – Count Em (C.Basie, Q Jones) (1962) 5’19”
10 – Coleman Hawkins – Body And Soul (E.Heyman, R.Sour, F.Eyton, J.Green) (1956) 2’59”
11 – Lester Young, Oscar Peterson Trio – There Will Never Be Another You (Warren, Gordon) (1956) 3’25”
12 – Ben Webster – Stardust (Carmichael, Parish) (1962) 3’04”
13 – Thelonious Monk – Round Midnight (Williams, Monk) (1951) 3’10”
14 – Clifford Brown – Memories Of You (Razal, Blake) (1955) 3’30”
15 – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Under A Blanket Of Blue (Neiburg, Livingstone, Symes) (1956) 4’15”
16 – Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson – When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan) (1959) 3’57”
17 – Carmen McRae with The Dave Brubeck Orchestra – Take Five (P. Desmond) (1961) 2’53”
CD – 2
1 – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Bess You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess) (G.Gershwin) (1959) 5’26”
2 – Duke Ellington and Count Basie – Segue In C (F. Wess) (1961) 8’27”
3 – Louis Armstrong – A Kiss To Build A Dream On (Kalmar, Ruby, Hammerstein) (1951) 3’00”
4 – Gerry Mulligan and Shelly Manne – Black Nightgown (Mulligan, Manne) (1958) 3’31”
5 – Lester Young – These Foolish Things (1958) 3’09”
6 – Clifford Brown – Stardust (Clifford Brown, Max Roach) (1955) 3’24”
7 – Eddie Harris – Moonglow (Delange, Mills, Hudson) (1962) 2’44”
8 – Art Blakey – Moanin’ (B.Timmons) (1958) 9’30”
9 – Peggy Lee – Fever (Cooley, Davenport) (1960) 3’20”
10 – Doc Severinsen – Blues In the Night (H. Arlen) (1962) 4’08”
11 – Doris Day – Dream A Little Dream Of Me (André, Kahn, Schwandt) (1958) 3’42”
12 – Art Tatum & Ben Webster – My Ideal (Robin, Chase, Whiting) (1956) 7’13”
13 – Abbey Lincoln – Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me (Beggs) (1957) 2’15”
14 – Ella Fitzgerald – You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (Kahal, Norman, Fain) (1958) 2’18”
15 – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Lionel Hampton – Avalon (Jolson, DeSylva, Rose) (1956) 3’13”
16 – Art Pepper – Four Brothers (Jimmy Giuffre) (1959) 2’57”
17 – Dave Brubeck – Unsquar Dance (D.Brubeck)(1962) 1’59”