The best jazz performances selected by Ted GioiaยทVallcarca Penitents Bibbcn

  1. Maple Leaf Rag

    Scott Joplin

    02:50

  2. Livery Stable Blues

    Original Dixieland Jazz Band

    03:07

  3. Memphis Blues

    James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry "Hell Fighters" Band

    02:42

  4. Carolina Shout (10-18-21)

    James P. Johnson

    02:46

  5. Weary Blues (03-12-23)

    New Orleans Rhythm Kings

    02:44

  6. Froggie Moore (04-06-23)

    King Oliver

    03:03

  7. Dipper Mouth Blues (04-06-23)

    King Oliver

    02:30

  8. Tears (10-25-23)

    King Oliver

    03:10

  9. See See Rider Blues

    Ma Rainey

    03:14

  10. St. Louis Blues

    Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong

    03:09

  11. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - 1st Version

    Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra

    02:54

  12. The Stampede (05-14-26)

    Fletcher Henderson

    03:17

  13. Sidewalk Blues (09 - 21 - 26)

    Jelly Roll Morton

    03:30

  14. Dead Man Blues (09 - 21 - 26)

    Jelly Roll Morton

    03:16

  15. Grandpa's Spells (12 - 16 - 26)

    Jelly Roll Morton

    02:55

  16. Stringin the Blues

    Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Eddie Lang, Joe Venuti

    02:37

  17. Potato Head Blues

    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven

    02:55

  18. Struttin' with Some Barbecue - 78 rpm Version

    Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

    03:03

  19. Riverboat Shuffle (feat. Bix Beiderbecke)

    Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra, Bix Beiderbecke

    03:07

  20. I'm Coming Virginia

    Bix Beiderbecke

    03:09

  21. Singin' the Blues - Bix Beiderbecke

    Jean Goldkette Orchestra

    03:02

  22. In a Mist (Bixology)

    Bix Beiderbecke

    02:48

  23. Black and Tan Fantasy - Okeh session

    Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians

    03:23

  24. Hop Off (11-04-27)

    Fletcher Henderson

    02:54

  25. Whiteman Stomp (05-11-27)

    Fletcher Henderson

    02:46

  26. Honky Tonk Train Blues

    Meade "Lux" Lewis

    03:14

  27. China Boy

    McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans

    02:47

  28. Nobody's Sweetheart

    The Chicagoans, McKenzie, Condon's Chicagoans

    03:11

  29. Changes (feat. Bing Crosby)

    Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, Bing Crosby

    02:53

  30. West End Blues

    Louis Armstrong

    03:14

  31. Weather Bird

    Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines

    02:41

  32. A Monday Date (12-08-28)

    Earl Hines

    02:55

  33. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (07-06-28)

    Miff Mole

    03:03

  34. Four Or Five Times (05-16-28)

    Jimmie Noone

    03:17

  35. Empty Bed Blues

    Bessie Smith

    06:15

  36. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

    Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five

    03:22

  37. One Hour

    Coleman Hawkins

    03:22

  38. Pony Blues

    Charley Patton

    03:01

  39. Basin Street Blues

    Jack Teagarden, Red Nichols, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman, Joe Sullivan, Dave Tough

    03:16

  40. Knockin' A Jug

    Jack Teagarden

    03:27

  41. Sweethearts On Parade

    Louis Armstrong

    03:13

  42. Casa Loma Stomp

    Casa Loma Orchestra

    02:52

  43. Night Life (c.04-24-30)

    Mary Lou Williams

    02:58

  44. Shine

    Louis Armstrong

    03:24

  45. Minnie The Moocher - 1931 Version

    Cab Calloway & His Orchestra

    03:07

  46. I Found a New Baby

    Sidney Bechet

    03:08

  47. Maple Leaf Rag

    Sidney Bechet

    02:58

  48. Moten Swing (12 - 13 - 32)

    Bennie Moten

    03:21

  49. Prince Of Wails (12 - 13 - 32)

    Bennie Moten

    02:52

  50. Queer Notions (08-18-33)

    Fletcher Henderson

    02:50

  51. Cavernism (02-13-33)

    Earl Hines

    02:50

  52. White Heat (01-26-34)

    Jimmie Lunceford

    02:31

  53. Dance Of The Octopus (11-21-33)

    Red Norvo

    03:19

  54. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

    Jack Teagarden, Jack Teagarden And His Orchestra

    02:48

  55. African Ripples - Remastered

    Fats Waller

    03:08

  56. Viper's Drag

    Fats Waller

    02:56

  57. King Porter Stomp

    Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman Rhythm Makers

    02:50

  58. Sometimes I'm Happy

    Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman Rhythm Makers

    03:44

  59. After You've Gone - 1996 Remastered - Take 1

    Benny Goodman Trio, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa

    02:45

  60. Body And Soul

    Benny Goodman Trio, Benny Goodman

    02:57

  61. When Lights Are Low (06-20-36)

    Benny Carter

    02:53

  62. Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)

    Ella Fitzgerald with Orchestra

    02:34

  63. Walkin' And Swingin' (03-02-36)

    Andy Kirk

    02:57

  64. Organ Grinder's Swing (08-31-36)

    Jimmie Lunceford

    02:40

  65. Oh Lady Be Good

    Lester Young

    03:12

  66. One O'Clock Jump

    Count Basie

    03:03

  67. I Can't Get Started (08-07-37)

    Bunny Berigan

    04:45

  68. South Rampart Street Parade

    Bob Crosby & His Orchestra

    03:35

  69. Song of India

    Bunny Berigan;Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Bunny Berigan, Tommy Dorsey

    03:04

  70. Heckler's Hop (01-23-37)

    Roy Eldridge

    02:36

  71. After You've Gone (01-28-37)

    Roy Eldridge

    03:01

  72. Sing, Sing, Sing ("With a Swing") (1937) - Instrumental

    Louis Prima, John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra

    08:20

  73. Avalon - 1996 Remastered - Take 1

    Benny Goodman Quartet

    02:50

  74. Mean To Me (05-11-37)

    Billie Holiday

    03:09

  75. He's Funny That Way (09-13-37)

    Billie Holiday

    02:40

  76. Hellhound on My Trail

    Robert Johnson

    02:34

  77. Love In Vain

    Robert Johnson

    02:23

  78. For Dancers Only (06-15-37)

    Jimmie Lunceford

    02:43

  79. Minor Swing (1937)

    Django Reinhardt

    03:18

  80. The Joint Is Jumpin'

    Fats Waller

    02:47

  81. Don't Blame Me (11-12-37)

    Teddy Wilson

    03:03

  82. Braggin' in Brass - From the Broadway Revue, "Cotton Club Parade of 1938"

    Duke Ellington

    02:42

  83. Begin the Beguine - 1938

    Artie Show

    03:02

  84. Taxi War Dance

    Lester Young And His Band

    05:16

  85. Dickie's Dream (Take 1)

    Lester Young, Count Basie & Kansas City Seven

    03:21

  86. Summertime

    Sidney Bechet

    04:13

  87. Body and Soul

    Coleman Hawkins

    03:01

  88. Strange Fruit (04-20-39)

    Billie Holiday

    03:09

  89. Moonlight Serenade

    Glenn Miller

    03:22

  90. The Crave (12 - 14 - 39)

    Jelly Roll Morton

    03:05

  91. Big Butter And Egg Man (07-07-39)

    Muggsy Spanier

    03:02

  92. Lester Leaps In (feat. Lester Young)

    Count Basie, Lester Young

    03:11

  93. A Ghost Of A Chance

    Chu Berry

    03:00

  94. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me

    The Chocolate Dandies

    04:23

  95. Ko-Ko

    Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra

    02:22

  96. Cotton Tail

    Duke Ellington, Ben Webster

    03:10

  97. Harlem Air-Shaft

    Duke Ellington

    02:56

  98. Sepia Panorama

    Duke Ellington

    01:15

  99. Nuages (Paris, December 13, 1940) [Live]

    Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club France

    03:17

  100. Stardust

    Artie Shaw Orchestra

    03:28