The Ultimate Jazz Archive
Label: Membran Music Ltd.
Germany, 2005
Format: Box Set, 168xCD
A Jazz Lunch For Your Ears - Bon Appetit!
The archive contains of 3179 tracks from 1899 until 1956.
The Archive is split into 42 Sets x 4xCD. Each CD is untitled and dedicated to one musician, who mostly appears in different collaborations.
Set 01-09: 36 CDs - Classic Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland
Set 10-16: 28 CDs - Blues
Set 17: 4 CDs - Boogie Woogie
Set 18-32: 60 CDs - Swing To Bebop, Modern Jazz
Set 33-37: 20 CDs - Big Band
Set 38-42: 20 CDs - Vocalists
Set 01
01-1 Scott Joplin 1899-1917 (60:56)
01-2 Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917-1921 (53:54)
01-3 New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1922-1935 (60:05)
01-4 King Oliver 1923-1930 (53:01)
Set 02
02-1 Jelly Roll Morton 1923-1927 (58:26)
02-2 Duke Ellington 1924-1927 (60:25)
02-3 Bix Beiderbecke 1924-1928 (64:36)
02-4 Buster Bailey 1924-1942 (62:32)
Set 03
03-1 Johnny Dodds 1923-1929 (65:38)
03-2 Louis Armstrong 1926-1931 (68:08)
03-3 Luis Russell 1926-1934 (61:11)
03-4 Red Nichols 1927-1928 (47:37)
Set 04
04-1 McKinney's Cotton Pickers 1928-1929 (70:55)
04-2 Jack Teagarden 1928-1934 (50:36)
04-3 J.C. Higginbotham 1929-1940 (67:38)
04-4 Benny Carter 1929-1933 (70:30)
Set 05
05-1 Clarence Williams 1929-1930 (68:12)
05-2 Fletcher Henderson 1927 (71:39)
05-3 Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces 1929-1938 (74:33)
05-4 Rhythmakers, The 1932 (43:51)
Set 06
06-1 Sidney Bechet 1932-1939 (59:48)
06-2 Washboard Rhythm Kings 1933 (60:15)
06-3 Mezz Mezzrow 1936-1939 (60:46)
06-4 Pee Wee Russell 1938-1945 (65:40)
Set 07
07-1 Muggsy Spanier 1939-1944 (50:35)
07-2 Bud Freeman 1939-1940 (72:28)
07-3 Eddie Condon Dixieland All-Stars 1939-1946 (60:20)
07-4 George Wettling 1940-1944 (51:10)
Set 08
08-1 Lu Watters 1942 (60:12)
08-2 Bobby Hackett 1938-1944 (62:07)
08-3 Edmond Hall 1941-1944 (70:48)
08-4 Barney Bigard 1944 (59:24)
Set 09
09-1 Kid Ory 1948 (51:52)
09-2 Wilbur De Paris 1951-1952 (62:58)
09-3 George Lewis Ragtime Jazzband Of New Orleans, The 1952 (58:59)
09-4 Louis Armstrong 1955 (63:38)
Set 10
10-1 Bessie Smith 1923-1931 (70:48)
10-2 Ma Rainey 1924-1925 (50:11)
10-3 Mississippi John Hurt 1928 (38:21)
10-4 Tampa Red 1928-1942 (54:56)
Set 11
11-1 T-Bone Walker 1929-1946 (59:14)
11-2 Josh White 1932-1936 (61:30)
11-3 Blind Willie McTell 1931-1933 (70:08)
11-4 Big Bill Broonzy 1932-1946 (47:52)
Set 12
12-1 Leadbelly 1934-1940 (63:13)
12-2 Big Joe Williams 1935-1945 (63:59)
12-3 Robert Johnson 1936-1937 (37:55)
12-4 Kokomo Arnold 1936-1937 (50:14)
Set 13
13-1 John Lee Williamson 1937-1939 (63:37)
13-2 Sonny Terry 1937-1940 (48:47)
13-3 Sleepy John Estes 1937-1941 (73:29)
13-4 Brownie McGhee 1940-1941 (48:55)
Set 14
14-1 Memphis Slim 1940-1941 (70:54)
14-2 Muddy Waters 1941-1942 (51:14)
14-3 Big Boy Crudup 1941-1946 (60:00)
14-4 Big Joe Turner 1941-1946 (60:58)
Set 15
15-1 Roosevelt Sykes 1944-1950 (65:51)
15-2 Lightnin' Hopkins 1946-1948 (47:54)
15-3 John Lee Hooker 1948-1953 (51:15)
15-4 Johnny Otis 1949-1950 (66:09)
Set 16
16-1 B.B. King 1949-1952 (54:42)
16-2 Jimmy Witherspoon 1950-1951 (40:04)
16-3 Howlin' Wolf 1951-1952 (71:23)
16-4 Ray Charles 1952-1954 (57:05)
Set 17
17-1 Albert Ammons 1939-1946 (64:22)
17-2 Meade "Lux" Lewis 1940-1944 (55:31)
17-3 Pete Johnson 1944-1947 (56:40)
17-4 Various 1938-1956 (60:59)
Set 18
18-1 Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang 1926-1933 (53:26)
18-2 Fats Waller 1929-1938 (61:51)
18-3 Coleman Hawkins 1929-1935 (73:00)
18-4 Art Tatum 1933-1941 (50:58)
Set 19
19-1 Ben Webster 1932-1944 (63:47)
19-2 Django Reinhardt 1936-1937 (52:41)
19-3 Benny Goodman 1935-1936 (62:32)
19-4 Roy Eldridge 1935-1941 (53:24)
Set 20
20-1 Earl "Fatha" Hines 1934-1942 (53:25)
20-2 Lester Young 1936-1944 (61:04)
20-3 Teddy Wilson 1934-1946 (61:28)
20-4 Benny Carter 1936-1937 (49:05)
Set 21
21-1 Lionel Hampton 1937-1940 (71:31)
21-2 Charlie Shavers 1938-1941 (64:20)
21-3 Charlie Christian 1939-1941 (71:35)
21-4 Dexter Gordon 1943-1947 (55:24)
Set 22
22-1 Erroll Garner 1944-1947 (45:16)
22-2 Slam Stewart 1945-1946 (70:14)
22-3 Wardell Gray 1946-1949 (74:30)
22-4 Lucky Thompson 1945-1947 (55:25)
Set 23
23-1 Don Byas 1945-1947 (58:09)
23-2 Illinois Jacquet 1946-1947 (54:00)
23-3 Charlie Parker 1945-1947 (61:22)
23-4 Dizzy Gillespie 1945-1946 (56:44)
Set 24
24-1 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 1946-1948 (65:29)
24-2 Lennie Tristano 1946-1949 (64:49)
24-3 Thelonious Monk 1947 (70:22)
24-4 Fats Navarro 1947-1949 (52:39)
Set 25
25-1 George Shearing 1947-1953 (65:28)
25-2 Gene Ammons 1947-1953 (60:11)
25-3 Sonny Stitt 1949-1952 (72:24)
25-4 Bud Powell 1949-1950 (39:57)
Set 26
26-1 Lee Konitz 1949-1951 (55:52)
26-2 Miles Davis 1949-1953 (71:36)
26-3 Zoot Sims 1950-1953 (78:42)
26-4 Herbie Mann 1954-1956 (49:47)
Set 27
27-1 James Moody 1951-1955 (73:07)
27-2 Stan Getz 1950-1952 (60:20)
27-3 Dave Brubeck 1949-1953 (65:14)
27-4 Modern Jazz Quartet, The 1951-1955 (56:52)
Set 28
28-1 Jay Jay Johnson 1949-1953 (53:47)
28-2 Gerry Mulligan 1950-1953 (48:41)
28-3 Sonny Rollins 1951-1953 (72:37)
28-4 Paul Quinichette 1951-1953 (66:45)
Set 29
29-1 Art Pepper 1950-1954 (62:27)
29-2 Shorty Rogers 1951-1956 (76:36)
29-3 Horace Silver 1952 (44:15)
29-4 Chet Baker 1952-1954 (51:00)
Set 30
30-1 Bud Shank 1953 (45:31)
30-2 Clifford Brown 1953 (73:36)
30-3 Charlie Parker 1949-1954 (70:56)
30-4 Barney Kessel 1952-1954 (55:11)
Set 31
31-1 Lou Donaldson 1952-1954 (64:54)
31-2 Art Farmer 1953-1956 (36:14)
31-3 Tal Farlow 1952-1955 (55:45)
31-4 Charles Mingus 1954 (41:52)
Set 32
32-1 Dizzy Gillespie 1953-1954 (58:22)
32-2 Phil Woods 1954-1955 (52:59)
32-3 Jackie McLean & Donald Byrd 1955 (40:10)
32-4 Jazz Messengers, The 1955 (61:55)
Set 33
33-1 Bennie Moten 1930-1932 (68:51)
33-2 Jimmie Lunceford 1930-1934 (59:00)
33-3 Fletcher Henderson 1934-1936 (56:57)
33-4 Chick Webb 1934-1937 (58:06)
Set 34
34-1 Benny Goodman 1935-1939 (65:01)
34-2 Tommy Dorsey 1935-1938 (57:35)
34-3 Harry James (2) 1937-1939 (62:42)
34-4 Earl "Fatha" Hines 1937-1946 (55:19)
Set 35
35-1 Count Basie 1937-1944 (71:32)
35-2 Artie Shaw 1938-1941 (72:50)
35-3 Glenn Miller 1938-1941 (72:09)
35-4 Bunny Berigan 1937-1939 (62:30)
Set 36
36-1 Gene Krupa 1938-1941 (50:21)
36-2 Charlie Barnet 1939 (63:44)
36-3 Erskine Hawkins 1940-1945 (59:09)
36-4 Lionel Hampton 1945-1946 (59:46)
Set 37
37-1 Duke Ellington 1941-1947 (62:25)
37-2 Woody Herman 1945-1954 (74:11)
37-3 Stan Kenton 1950-1953 (65:21)
37-4 Shorty Rogers 1951-1953 (50:52)
Set 38
38-1 Boswell Sisters, The 1931-1939 (72:58)
38-2 Mills Brothers, The 1932-1937 (55:10)
38-3 Billie Holiday 1933-1936 (57:24)
38-4 Mildred Bailey 1935-1939 (58:43)
Set 39
39-1 Ivie Anderson 1932-1942 (68:08)
39-2 Ella Fitzgerald 1936-1940 (56:12)
39-3 Andrews Sisters, The (No Information) (44:59)
39-4 Lena Horne 1936-1944 (70:43)
Set 40
40-1 Anita O'Day 1940-1945 (68:35)
40-2 Billy Eckstine 1944-1947 (60:21)
40-3 Peggy Lee 1941-1953 (60:34)
40-4 Nat King Cole 1943-1946 (60:49)
Set 41
41-1 June Christy 1945-1947 (62:57)
41-2 Frank Sinatra 1944-1949 (67:45)
41-3 Dinah Washington 1945-1953 (64:05)
41-4 Mel Torme 1946-1954 (57:02)
Set 42
42-1 Sarah Vaughan 1946-1954 (69:41)
42-2 Ella Fitzgerald 1946-1954 (62:54)
42-3 Joe Williams 1946-1955 (55:28)
42-4 Billie Holiday 1952-1955 (68:16)
* Cada set va con la correspondiente biografía de cada músico incluido, y el detalle de los temas contenidos en cada CD.
