From Spirituals to Swing

	£		25
	$		33

Album Features
UPC: 015707016926
Artist: Various Artists
Format: CD
Release Year: 1999
Record Label: Vanguard
Genre: Blues, Piano
Number Of Discs: 3

Track Listing
1938 CONCERT: DISC 1: THE DECEMBER 23
1. Swingin' the Blues - Count Basie & His Orchestra (previously unreleased)
2. One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie & His Orchestra
3. Introduction - John Hammond
4. Blues With Lips - Hot Lips Page/Count Basie & His Orchestra
5. I Never Knew - Kansas City Five (previously unreleased)
6. Don't Be That Way - Kansas City Five
7. Introduction - John Hammond
8. Blues With Helen - Helen Humes/Kansas City Five
9. Introduction - John Hammond
10. I Ain't Got Nobody - Count Basie/Walter Page/Jo Jones (studio)
11. Jumpin' Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis/Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson (previously unreleased)
12. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis (previously unreleased)
13. Low Down Dog - Big Joe Turner/Pete Johnson (previously unreleased)
14. It's All Right Baby - Big Joe Turner/Pete Johnson
15. Boogie Woogie - Albert Ammons (previously unreleased)
16. Cavalcade of Boogie - Meade "Lux" Lewis/Albert Ammons/Pete Johnson/Walter Page/Jo Jones
17. Rock Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Albert Ammons (previously unreleased)
18. That's All - Sister Rosetta Tharpe/Albert Ammons (previously unreleased)
19. What More Can My Jesus Do? - Mitchell's Christian Singers
20. My Poor Mother Died A'Shoutin - Mitchell's Christian Singers
21. Are You Living Humble - Mitchell's Christian Singers (previously unreleased)

DISC 2:
1. Weary Blues - The New Orleans Feetwarmers
2. Milenburg Joys - The New Orleans Feetwarmers (previously unreleased)
3. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - The New Orleans Feetwarmers
4. It Was Just a Dream - Big Bill Broonzy/Albert Ammons (previously unreleased)
5. Fox Chase - Sonny Terry (previously unreleased)
6. Carolina Shout - James P. Johnson
7. Every Tub - Count Basie & His Orchestra (previously unreleased)
8. Stealin' Blues - Jimmy Rushing/Count Basie & His Orchestra (previously unreleased)
9. After You've Gone - Kansas City Six (previously unreleased)
10. Lady Be Good - Kansas City Five (previously unreleased) Oh
11. Allez-Oop - Kansas City Five
12. Mortgage Stomp - Kansas City Five (previously unreleased)
13. Spoken Introduction - Sterling A. Brown (previously unreleased)
14. Gospel Train - Golden Gate Quartet
15. I'm on My Way - Golden Gate Quartet
16. Noah - Golden Gate Quartet (previously unreleased)

CONTINUED: DISC 3: THE 1939 CONCERT
1. I Got Rhythm - Benny Goodman Sextet
2. Flying Home - Benny Goodman Sextet
3. Memories of You - Benny Goodman Sextet
4. Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman Sextet
5. Honeysuckle Rose - Benny Goodman Sextet
6. Blueberry Rhyme - James P. Johnson (previously unreleased)
7. The - James P. Johnson Mule Walk
8. Lowdown Dirty Shame - Ida Cox/James P. Johnson/Jo Jones/Walter Page/Freddie Green/Shad Collins/Dicky Wells/Buddy Tate (previously unreleased)
9. Four Day Creep - Ida Cox/James P. Johnson/Jo Jones/Walter Page/Freddie Green/Shad Collins/Dicky Wells/Buddy Tate
10. Done Got Wise - Big Bill Broonzy/Albert Ammons
11. Louise - Big Bill Broonzy/Albert Ammons Louise
12. Mountain Blues - Sonny Terry
13. The - Sonny Terry/Bull City Red New John Henry
14. Paging the Devil - Kansas City Six
15. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Kansas City Six
16. Good Morning Blues - Kansas City Six
17. Old Fashioned Love - Count Basie & His Orchestra/Helen Humes/James P. Johnson (previously unreleased)
18. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight - Count Basie & His Orchestra/Helen Humes/James P. Johnson (previously unreleased)
19. That Rhythm Man - Count Basie & His Orchestra
20. Lady Be Good - Jam Session Oh

Details
Playing Time: 171 min.
Distributor: Welk
Recording Type: Live
Recording Mode: Mono
SPAR Code: n/a

Album Notes
Producer: John Hammond.Compilation producer: Steve Buckingham.Principally recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York in 1938 and 1939. Includes liner notes by Steve Buckingham, John Hammond, John Sebastian, Charles Edward Smith, and Harry "Sweets" Edison.Digitally remastered by Doug Pomeroy.This two-CD set was, in its time, considered a prime live music document of its period, capturing performances by Benny Goodman and a host of other jazz, blues, and gospel performers at a legendary Carnegie Hall concert (most renowned among blues enthusiasts because concert organizer John Hammond headed south seeking Robert Johnson as a performer, only to learn of his death, and choosing Big Bill Broonzy to play in Johnson's place). The recordings were surprisingly good for their time, and as a musical document this show was about equal in importance to Goodman's own 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. This version is still worth hearing and owning (especially for those living on a budget), although Vanguard has superceded it with a much more extensive (and expensive) box set that assembles tapes found since the original LP release, and identifies tapes that were re-recordings of material done at the concert. ~ Bruce Eder