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Golden Greats: Greatest Swing

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AllMusic Review by Sean Westergaard

This is a three-CD budget collection of many great swing tunes performed by the biggest names in swing music. The sound quality is good, as are the performances, but the lack of discographical information could be frustrating to jazz aficionados.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Duke Ellington / Irving Mills	Duke Ellington	03:11
2	Bugle Call Rag Billy Meyers / Jack Pettis / Elmer Schoebel	Benny Goodman	02:57
3	Down South Camp Meeting Fletcher Henderson / Irving Mills	Fletcher Henderson	03:00
4	Walkin' and Swingin' Mary Lou Williams	Andy Kirk	02:58
5	Sophisticated Lady Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Mitchell Parish	Duke Ellington	03:37
6	Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) Stanley Adams / Hoagy Carmichael	Chick Webb	02:32
7	Jumpin' at the Woodside Count Basie	Count Basie	03:05
8	Grand Terrace Shuffle Earl Hines	Earl Hines	02:36
9	I'm Getting Sentimental over You George Bassman / Ned Washington	Tommy Dorsey	03:36
10	Maria Elena Lorenzo Barcelata / Bob Russell	Jimmy Dorsey	03:04
11	On a Little Street in Singapore Peter DeRose / Billy Hill	Glenn Miller	02:43
12	(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive Cab Calloway / Frank Froeba / Jack Palmer	Cab Calloway	02:45
13	Harlem Shout Eddie Durham / Jimmie Lunceford	Jimmie Lunceford	02:59
14	A String of Pearls Eddie DeLange / Jerry Gray	The Glenn Miller Orchestra	03:11
15	Goodbye Gordon Jenkins	Benny Goodman	03:25
16	You Made Me Love You Joseph McCarthy / James V. Monaco	Harry James	03:12
17	Drum Boogie Roy Eldridge / Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa	03:02
18	Special Delivery Cab Calloway / Andy Gibson	Cab Calloway	02:54
19	Chant of the Weed Don Redman	Don Redman	03:14
20	The Moose Ralph Burns	Charlie Barnet	02:36
21	Swingmatism Jay McShann / William Scott	Jay McShann	02:39
22	I Got the Sun in the Morning Irving Berlin	Artie Shaw	02:58
23	Jump Call Benny Carter	Benny Carter	02:50
24	Artistry in Rhythm Stan Kenton	Stan Kenton	03:17

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	In the Mood Joe Garland / Andy Razaf	Glenn Miller	03:33
2	Frenesi Alberto Dominguez / Leonard Whitcup	Artie Shaw	03:04
3	Don't Be That Way Benny Goodman / Mitchell Parish / Edgar Sampson	Benny Goodman	03:19
4	I Can't Get Started Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin	Bunny Berigan	04:51
5	Marle Benny Goodman / Mitchell Parish / Edgar Sampson	Benny Goodman	03:19
6	Cherokee Ray Noble	Charlie Barnet	03:27
7	A-Tisket, A-Tasket Van Alexander / Ella Fitzgerald	Chick Webb	02:37
8	I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk	Harry James	02:42
9	Besame Mucho Sunny Skylar / Consuelo Velázquez	Jimmy Dorsey	03:01
10	Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' Duke Ellington / Lee Gaines / Billy Strayhorn	Duke Ellington	03:33
11	Exactly Like You Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh	Count Basie	02:42
12	Drummin' Man Gene Krupa / Tiny Parham	Gene Krupa	02:59
13	Stompin' at the Savoy Benny Goodman / Andy Razaf / Edgar Sampson / Chick Webb	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	03:15
14	Organ Grinder's Swing Will Hudson / Irving Mills / Mitchell Parish	Jimmie Lunceford	02:40
15	South Rampart Street Parade Ray Bauduc / Bob Crosby / Bob Haggart	Bob Crosby	02:54
16	American Patrol Frank W. Meacham	Glenn Miller	03:23
17	Tuxedo Junction Julian Dash / Buddy Feyne / Erskine Hawkins / Buddy Johnson	Erskine Hawkins	03:16
18	Boog It Cab Calloway / Jack Palmer / Buck Ram	Cab Calloway	02:56
19	Song of India Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Traditional	Tommy Dorsey	03:10
20	Harlem Congo Harry White	Chick Webb	03:16
21	Casa Loma Stomp Gene Gifford	Casa Loma Orchestra	02:33
22	Stealin' Apples Andy Razaf / Fats Waller	Fletcher Henderson	03:03
23	Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller / Mitchell Parish	Glenn Miller	03:28

Track Listing - Disc 3

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time
1	Caldonia Fleecie Moore	Woody Herman	03:05
2	The Honeydripper Joe Liggins	Cab Calloway	02:56
3	Red Bank Boogie Count Basie / Buck Clayton	Count Basie	02:35
4	After You've Gone Henry Creamer / Turner Layton	Gene Krupa	02:37
5	Solo Flight Charlie Christian / Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy	Benny Goodman	02:50
6	Harlem Air Shaft Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	02:58
7	Second Balcony Jump Billy Eckstine / Gerald Valentine	Earl Hines	03:03
8	Little John Special Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder	03:08
9	Red Top Lionel Hampton / Ben Kynard	Lionel Hampton	03:05
10	Knock Me a Kiss Mike Jackson	Gene Krupa	03:01
11	Jersey Bounce Tiny Bradshaw / Edward Johnson / Bobby Plater / Robert Wright	Benny Goodman	02:53
12	Blues in the Night Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer	Jimmie Lunceford	05:28
13	Opus One Sy Oliver	Gene Krupa	02:53
14	Tampico Doris Fisher / Allan Roberts	Stan Kenton	02:43
15	Apple Honey Woody Herman	Woody Herman	03:19
16	The King Count Basie	Count Basie	03:08
17	I'm Beginning to See the Light Duke Ellington / Don George / Johnny Hodges / Harry James	Duke Ellington	03:16
18	Why Don't You Do Right? Kansas Joe McCoy	Benny Goodman	03:13
19	Washington Whirligig Andy Gibson	Charlie Barnet	03:15
20	Let Me off Uptown Earl Bostic / Redd Evans	Gene Krupa	03:04
21	The Peanut Vendor Louis Wolfe Gilbert / Moisés Simóns / Marion Sunshine	Stan Kenton	02:43
22	Air Mail Special Charlie Christian / Benny Goodman / Jimmy Mundy	Lionel Hampton	05:58

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