Roger Hiles Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Has anyone out there listened to any of the "Jazz in the charts" series? It's a 100 disc series presenting the 2,211 recordings in the American Billboard charts in chronological order from 1917-1954. The discs are priced at $8.15 each at CD Universe, haven't checked anywhere else. The price is tempting, and some of the tracks are pretty rare overwise. Anybody know what the sound quality is like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What's jazz? According to whom? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hiles Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Yup, "jazz" in this series includes a lot of big band pop, but a lot of real jazz sold pretty well during this period, and there is a lot of good music here. I found this link with cover images and track listings from the label (Membran, in Germany): Look like there's a book in the series also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Yup, "jazz" in this series includes a lot of big band pop, but a lot of real jazz sold pretty well during this period, and there is a lot of good music here. I found this link with cover images and track listings from the label (Membran, in Germany): Look like there's a book in the series also. I couldn't find any track listings. The few volumes I tried to open for details said there weren't any at present. A pity. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gslade Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Looks interesting Goldberg click on the link below the cover image when new window opens click on the cover image for track listing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Looks interesting Goldberg click on the link below the cover image when new window opens click on the cover image for track listing Thanks - got it now. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Now I've had a look at what's in it, a bit anyway, it seems that different people have selected the music of different periods. In the teens and twenties, it looks like only "hardcore" jazz has been included. But in the thirties, particularly the late thirties, material with much less connection to jazz was included. So, for example, Glen Miller's recordings were included, but Paul Whiteman's weren't. Surely there's not much to chose between them? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Actually, some of Whiteman's stuff is better than you might think. It strikes me that the idea of this series is a very good one. 100 discs is a lot, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Actually, some of Whiteman's stuff is better than you might think. It strikes me that the idea of this series is a very good one. 100 discs is a lot, though. I'm sure it is - that's what makes it so strange that his records are excluded. 100 discs IS a lot - and including Whiteman would have added another 10 CDs. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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