Description
DESCRIPTION
2008 compilation from the British Jazz great that spans the years 1953-60 and features two of his biggest hits: 'African Waltz' and 'Experiments with Mice'..Back in the late '40s, Johnny Dankworth joined Geraldo's Navy, working as an alto saxophone player with dance bands aboard transatlantic liners. A colleague from those days was Ronnie Scott and they both haunted Jazz clubs in New York on their frequent visits there. Bop innovators such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell and Dizzy Gillespie left a strong impression on the young men, then barely out of their teens. They brought the message back to Britain and spearheaded the Bop movement in the UK. EMI.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 S' Wonderful
2 African Waltz
3 Perdido
4 Somebody Loves Me
5 Ain't Misbehavin'
6 Indiana
7 Crazy Rhythm
8 Stompin' at the Savoy
9 Feather Merchant
10 Jersey Bounce
11 Adios
12 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
13 I Know You're Mine
14 Moonglow
15 Jive at Five
16 Applecake
17 Moanin'
18 All Clare
19 Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
20 Honeysuckle Rose
21 Idaho
22 Limehouse Blues
23 Stardust
24 Experiments with Mice
- Disc 2 -
1 It's the Talk of the Town
2 Get Happy
3 Four of a Kind
4 I Got Rhythm (Crazy for You)
5 Younger Every Day
6 You Go to My Head
7 How Deep Is the Ocean
8 Colonel's Tune
9 Melbourne Marathon
10 I Can't Get Started
11 Jim and Andy's
12 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
13 Honeydew Melon
14 Memories of You
15 Kool Kate
16 Desperate Dan
17 Joe and Lol's Blues
18 Export Blues
19 Easy Living
20 Swingin' the Blues
21 Runnin' Wild
22 Breeze and I
23 Big Jazz Story
