RCA Victor's Jazz of the 1950s is an entertaining collection of some of the biggest crossover jazz hits of the '50s, featuring such tracks as Red Allen's "Love Me or Leave Me," Coleman Hawkins' "I Love Paris," Red Norvo's "Roses of Picardy," Charles Mingus' "Tijuana Gift Shop," Art Blakey's "A Night at Tony's," Maynard Ferguson's "The Wailing Boat" and a Duke Ellington medley.
Jazz of the 1950's
Various Artists
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Jazz of the 1950's Review
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shorty Rogers & His Orchestra / Art Pepper / Shorty Rogers | 03:27 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | Al Cohn / Zoot Sims | 03:09 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | Henry "Red" Allen | 05:12 | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Benny Carter | 02:56 | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Lennie Hayton / Lena Horne | 01:56 | Amazon | ||||
| 6 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / Clark Terry | 04:30 | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Manny Albam / Coleman Hawkins | 03:30 | Amazon | ||||
| 8 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06:47 | Amazon | ||||
| 9 | Red Norvo | 03:36 | Amazon | ||||
| 10 | Bud Powell Trio | 02:21 | Amazon | ||||
| 11 | Charles Mingus | 03:46 | Amazon | ||||
| 12 | The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra | 02:52 | Amazon | ||||
| 13 | Art Blakey | 04:21 | Amazon | ||||
| 14 | Maynard Ferguson | 03:07 | Amazon |
