By the end of 1930s Jazz music was coming to abrupt changes due to sociopolitical conditions of the time: the Jazz Orchestra was still popular, but with the outbreak of the War the big bands struggled to keep going. Therefore a shift began to occur favoring smaller ensembles. This is a collection of early 1940s Jazz where the traditional forms were still very much used with a revival of the early Swing and Dixieland that absorbed traditional Blues as well, trulely the finest American Jazz of the 40s.
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1 . Johnny Dodds and His Orchestra – Gravier Street Blues
2 . Mahalia Jackson – Get Away Jordan
3 . Billlie Holiday and Frankie Newton Orchestra – Fine and Mellow
4 . Pete Johnson Trio – Death Rae Boogie
5 . Bechet-Spanier Big Four – China Boy
6 . Zutty Singleton and His Orchestra – King Porter Stomp
7 . Fats Waller – Jitterburg Waltz
8 . McKinney’s Cotton Pickers – I’d Love It
9 . Five Blind Boys of Mississippi – How Far Am I From Canaan
10 . Meade Lux Lewis – Honk Tonk Train Blues (Meade Lux Lewiis)
11 . Papa Celestin and His New Orleans Band – High Society
12 . Count Basie – Harvard Blues
13 . Mary Lou Williams and Her Kansas City Seven – Harmony Blues
14 . Duke Ellington – Mood Indigo
15 . Quintet Du Hot Club de France – Minor Swing
16 . Lu Watters Band – Memphis Blues
17 . Chick Webb and His Orchestra – Liza (All the Clouds Roll Away)
18 . Gene Krupa and His Orchestra – Let Me Off Uptown
19 . Maceo Merryweather – Chicago Breakdown
20 . Bunk Johnson with Turk Murphy Band – Careless Love Blues
21 . Albert Ammons – Boogie Woogie Blues
22 . Jean Goldkette Orchestra – Birmingham Bertha
23 . Ella Fritzgerald – A-Tisket A-Tisket
24 . Benny Goodman – All The Cats Join In
25 . Fats Waller – A Good Man Is Hard To Find
26 . Woody Herman and His Orchestra – Woodshoppers’ Blues
27 . Big Bill Broonzy – Why Don’t You Do Right
28 . Stuff Smith and Onyx Club Band – Twilight In Turkey
29 . James P. Johnson’s Blue Note Jazzmen – Tishomingo Blues
30 . Bunk Johnson’s Jazz Band – Sobbin’ Blues
31 . Turk Murphy Jazz Band – Sidewalk Blues
32 . Art Hodes Blue Five – Shake That Thing
33 . Louis Russell and His Burning Eight – Savoy Shout
34 . Edmond Hall’s Blue Note Jazzmen – Royal Garden Blues
35 . Count Basie – Rock-A-Bye Basie
36 . Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra – Rhythm Is Our Business
37 . Benny Moten – Rhumba Negro
38 . Muggsy Spanier’s Ragtime Band – Relaxin’ at the Touro
39 . Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet – Really the Blues
40 . Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Oh When I Come to the End of My Journey
41 . Jimmy Noone and His Orchestra – New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
42 . Eddie Durham and His Orchestra – Moten Swing
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Johnny Dodds and His Orchestra – “Gravier Street Blues” (press play to hear preview)
