The Keynote Jazz Collection - 1941-1947 (11 cd box set) w/124 page booklet

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11 CD Set · 124-Page Booklet · Detailed notes & sessionography · 24 Bit Digitally Remastered · Poster included  Back in 1940, Keynote Recordings Inc. was a new, small and independent New York company with offices at 522 Fifth Ave., recently founded by Eric Bernay, the owner of a midtown Manhattan record store called The Music Room. Bernay was musically openminded and, looking for a place in the increasingly convulsed American record industry, he launched a catalog of varied music and performers.  The nature of Keynotes early releases stopped them reaching a broader market, but at the end of 1943 he took a decision that, for a while, helped move his business in the right direction: Keynote turned to jazz and for the following three and a half years built up a large 78 rpm record catalog of 10 and 12-inch albums which contributed greatly to documenting the jazz history of forties America.  Responsible for this impressive venture was an unlikely figure; a Javanese fan called Harry Lim. During this relatively short period he used his deep knowledge and great contacts to record some of the most celebrated jazz soloists and outstanding newcomers on the New York, Chicago and Los Angeles jazz scenesdiscs that rapidly became collectors items. This box set is a homage to Harry Lim, who madeKeynote the legendary jazz label it is today. VOLUME 1 · 1941-1944 GEORGE HARTMAN and His Orchestra SEXTET with DINAH WASHINGTON LESTER YOUNG Quartet “LITTLE JAZZ” (Roy Eldridge) and His Trumpet Ensemble COLEMAN HAWKINS Quintet featuring TEDDY WILSON COLEMAN HAWKINS Quartet VOLUME 2 · 1944 COZY COLE All Stars KANSAS CITY Seven / KANSAS CITY Five CHARLIE SHAVERS Quintet featuring EARL HINES COLEMAN HAWKINS and His Sax Ensemble VOLUME 3 · 1944 COLEMAN HAWKINS’ All American Four BENNY MORTON’S Trombone Choir REX STEWART’S Big Eight THE KEYNOTERS VOLUME 4 · 1944 PETE BROWN’S All Star Quintet featuring KENNY KERSEY RED NORVO’S All Star Sextet BILLY TAYLOR’S Big Eight JONAH JONES and His Orchestra GEORGE HARTMAN and His Orchestra featuring FRANK FROEBA VOLUME 5 · 1944-1945 RED NORVO’S All Star Septet COLEMAN HAWKINS Quintet CHARLIE SHAVERS’ All American Five GEORGE WETTLING’S New Yorkers CHUBBY JACKSON and His Orchestra COZY COLE and His Orchestra VOLUME 6 · 1945 BARNEY BIGARD Quintet HORACE HENDERSON Orchestra BILL HARRIS and His Septet WILLIE SMITH and His Orchestra CORKY CORCORAN and His Orchestra featuring EMMETT BERRY MILT HINTON and His Orchestra VOLUME 7 · 1945 J.C. HEARD Quintet JONAH JONES and His Orchestra IRVING FAZOLA’S Dixielanders BUD FREEMAN and His Orchestra CHUBBY JACKSON’S Rhythm BUD FREEMAN’S All Star Orchestra VOLUME 8 · 1945-1946 BUD FREEMAN and His Orchestra TED NASH Quintet THE KEYNOTERS BABE RUSSIN Quartet MANNY KLEIN All Stars VOLUME 9 · 1946 BABE RUSSIN Quintet HERBIE HAYMER’S Orchestra CLYDE HURLEY and His Orchestra ARNOLD ROSS Quintet JUAN TIZOL and His Orchestra BENNY CARTER Quintet MARIE BRYANT BERNIE LEIGHTON Quintet VOLUME 10 · 1946 BILL HARRIS and His New Music ANN HATHAWAY with ELLIS LARKINS and His Orchestra BERNIE LEIGHTON Quartet JOE THOMAS and His Orchestra GEORGE BARNES Sextet LENNIE TRISTANO Trio VOLUME 11 · 1946-1947 DANNY HURD Orchestra DAVE LAMBERT and BUDDY STEWART with RED RODNEY’S Be-Boppers GENE SEDRIC Orchestra NEAL HEFTI and His Orchestra RED RODNEY’S Be-Boppers LENNIE TRISTANO CD 1 · 1941-1944 GEORGE HARTMAN and His Orchestra 01. Diga Diga Doo 3:21 02. Jazz Me Blues 2:59B 03. Muskrat Ramble 3:26 04. Tin Roof Blues 3:45 LESTER YOUNG Quartet 05. Just You Just Me 3:10 06. I Never Knew 3:08 07. Afternoon of a Basie-ite 3:08 08. Sometimes I'm Happy 3:05 SEXTET with DINAH WASHINGTON (*) 09. Evil Gal Blues 2:54 10. I Know How to Do It 3:11 11. Salty Papa Blues 3:03 12. Homeward Bound 2:50 LITTLE JAZZ (ROY ELDRIDGE) And His Trumpet Ensemble 13. Don't Be That Way 3:13 14. I Want to Be Happy 2:58 15. Fiesta in Brass 2:56 16. St. Louis Blues 2:37 COLEMAN HAWKINS Quintet, Featuring TEDDY WILSON 17. I Only Have Eyes for You 3:08 18. 'S Wonderful 2:37 19. I'm in the Mood for Love 3:12 20. Bean at the Met 3:00 COLEMAN HAWKINS Quartet 21. Flamethrower 3:15 22. Imagination 2:48 23. Night and Day 3:20 24. Cattin' at Keynote 2:40 CD 2 · 1944 COZY COLE All Stars 01. Blue Moon 4:33 02. Father Co-Operates 4:47 03. Just One More Chance 4:51 04. Thru for the Night 4:42 KANSAS CITY Seven / KANSAS CITY Five 05. After Theatre Jump 4:43 06. Six Cats and a Prince 4:09 07. Lester Leaps Again 4:24 08. Destination K.C. 3:50 CHARLIE SHAVERS Quintet, Featuring EARL HINES 09. Mountain Air 4:59 10. Curry In and Hurry 4:40 11. Stardust 4:30 12. Rosetta 4:42 COLEMAN HAWKINS and His Sax Ensemble 13. On the Sunny Side of the Street 4:42 14. Three Little Words 4:45 15. Battle of the Saxes 4:35 16. Louise 4:52 CD 3 · 1944 COLEMAN HAWKINS All American Four 01. Make Believe 4:42 02. Don't Blame Me 4:50 03. Just One of Those Things 4:30 04. Hallelujah 3:58 BENNY MORTONS Trombone Choir 05. Where or When 4:39 06. Liza 4:22 07. Once in a While 4:43 08. Sliphorn Outing 4:33 REX STEWARTS Big Eight (*) 09. The Little Goose 3:47 10. Im True to You 3:41 11. Zaza 3:59 12. Swamp Mist 4:35 THE KEYNOTERS 13. You're Driving Me Crazy 4:12 14. I'm in The Market for You 4:35 15. Blue Lou 4:19 16. I Found a New Baby 4:17 CD 4 · 1944 PETE BROWNS All Star Quintet, Featuring KENNY KERSEY 01. It All Depends on You 4:27 02. That's My Weakness Now 4:09 03. It's the Talk of the Town 4:35 04. I May Be Wrong 4:03 RED NORVOS All Star Sextet 05. Subtle Sextology 3:44 06. Blues a la Red 4:13 07. The Man I Love 4:14 08. Seven Come Eleven 4:07 BILLY TAYLORS Big Eight (*) 09. Passin' Me By 2:53 10. Carney-Val in Rhythm 2:43 11. Sam-Pan 2:40 12. Night Wind 3:09 JONAH JONES and His Orchestra 13. Lust for Kicks 2:26 14. Just Like a Butterfly 3:03 15. B.H. Boogie 2:35 16. Twelfth Street Rag 3:03 GEORGE HARTMAN and His Orchestra, Featuring FRANK FROEBA 17. Hindustan 2:49 18. Always 2:59 19. Darktown Strutters Ball 2:12 20. Angry 3:04 CD 5 · 1944-1945 RED NORVOS All Star Septet 01. Russian Lullaby 4:40 02. I Got Rhythm 4:12 03. Sing Something Simple 3:41 COLEMAN HAWKINS Quintet 04. I'm Yours 3:26 05. Under a Blanket of Blue 3:07 06. Beyond the Blue Horizon 2:55 07. A Shanty in Old Shanty Town 2:57 CHARLIE SHAVERS All American Five 08. My Man 3:12 09. El Salon de Gutbucket 2:57 10. Embraceable You 3:00 11. Undecided 2:51 GEORGE WETTLINGS New Yorkers 12. Home 3:33 13. Too Marvelous for Words 4:03 14. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me 3:54 15. Somebody Loves Me 3:47 CHUBBY JACKSON and His Orchestra 16. Northwest Passage 2:50 17. Cryin' Sands 3:06 COZY COLE and His Orchestra 18. Lover Come Back to Me 2:43 19. Smiles 2:48 20. All of Me 2:43 21. They Didn't Believe Me 2:49 CD 6 · 1945 BARNEY BIGARD Quintet 01. Rose Room 3:12 02. Bojangles 2:53 03. Coquette 2:46 04. Borobudor 2:44 HORACE HENDERSON Orchestra 05. Deed I Do 2:44 06. Make Love to Me 3:02 07. Bunch of Rhythm 3:02 08. Smacks Blues 3:25 BILL HARRIS and His Septet 09. Cross Country 2:56 10. Characteristically, B.H. 3:02 11. Mean to Me 3:25 12. She's Funny That Way 3:19 WILLIE SMITH and His Orchestra 13. September in the Rain 3:06 14. You Ought to Be in Pictures 2:38 15. Moten Swing 3:01 16. Willie Weep for Me 3:02 CORKY CORCORAN and His Orchestra, Featuring EMMETT BERRY 17. What Is This Thing Called Love 2:55 18. Minor Blues 3:12 19. You Know It 2:35 20. Lullaby of the Leaves 3:02 MILT HINTON and His Orchestra 21. Broadway Holdover 2:31 22. Bass Pandemonioum 2:58 23. Everywhere 3:06 24. Beefsteak Charlie 2:29 CD 7 · 1945 J.C. HEARD Quintet 01. Why Do I Love You? 2:35 02. All My Life 2:58 03. Groovin' with J.C. 3:16 04. What's the Use? 3:14 JONAH JONES and His Orchestra 05. Poor John 2:30 06. Trumpet Interlude 3:21 07. Little Sir Echo 2:53 08. Exactly Like You 2:58 IRVING FAZOLAS Dixielanders 09. Someday Sweetheart 3:05 10. Isle of Capri 3:09 11. When Your Love Has Gone 2:43 12. With You, Anywhere You Are 2:55 13. Sweet Lorraine 3:05 14. Mostly Faz 3:17 15. Clarinet Marmalade 2:51 16. Jazz Me Blues 3:03 BUD FREEMAN and His Orchestra (*) 17. Town Hall Blues 3:13 CHUBBY JACKSONS Rhythm 18. Head Quarters 2:55 19. Head Hunters 2:41 20. Sams Caravan 3:08 21. Two Heads Are Better Than One 2:49 BUD FREEMANS All Star Orchestra (*) 22. Tea for Two 2:50 23. Honeysuckle Rose 2:48 24. Room with a View 3:16 CD 8 · 1945-1946 BUD FREEMAN and His Orchestra (*) 01. You Took Advantage of Me 2:53 02. Sentimental Baby 2:55 03. You're My Everything 2:55 04. Blue Room 2:57 05. Time on My Hands 3:08 06. I Found a New Baby 2:55 07. Royal Garden Blues 2:44 08. Midnite at Eddie Condons 2:53 09. Inside on the Southside 2:43 TED NASH Quintet 10. The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You 3:17 11. I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams 2:59 12. On the Sunny Side of the Street 2:43 13. Wicks Kicks 2:46 THE KEYNOTERS 14. I Can't Believe That You're In Love with Me 3:02 15. The Way You Look Tonight 3:08 16. Airiness A La Nat 2:35 17. My Old Flame 3:00 BABE RUSSIN Quartet 18. Like Someone In Love 3:03 19. All the Things Your Are 2:46 20. I Heard You Cry Last Night 2:52 21. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart 2:59 MANNY KLEIN All Stars 22. Give Me Something to Remember You By 3:07 23. After You've Gone 2:37 24. Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 2:38 25. At Sundown 3:14 CD 9 · 1946 BABE RUSSIN Quintet 01. Easy to Love 2:46 02. 5054 Whitsett 2:43 HERBIE HAYMERS Orchestra 03. I Saw Stars 3:10 04. Sweet and Lovely 2:58 05. China Boy 3:02 CLYDE HURLEY and His Orchestra 06. I've Got a Feeling Im Falling 2:57 07. Dancing on the Ceiling 3:09 08. Out of Nowhere 2:56 09. On the Trail 2:59 ARNOLD ROSS Quintet 10. The Moon Is Low 2:50 11. Stairway to the Stars 3:09 12. Bye Bye Blues 2:45 13. I Don't Know Why I Love You, Like I Do 3:06 JUAN TIZOL and His Orchestra 14. Keb-Lah 3:03 15. The Sphinx 3:03 16. Zanzibar 3:03 17. You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It 2:37 BENNY CARTER Quintet 18. Moonglow 2:51 19. Give Me Something to Remember You By 2:48 20. Lady Be Good 2:39 21. Deep Purple 3:12 MARIE BRYANT (*) 22. Blue Skies 2:56 23. Ice Cream Brick 3:02 BERNIE LEIGHTON Quintet (*) 24. Waiting for Leighton 2:31 CD 10 · 1946 BILL HARRIS and His New Music 01. Everything Happens to Me 3:07 02. Frustration 2:55 ANN HATHAWAY with ELLIS LARKINS and His Orchestra (*) 03. Come Rain or Come Shine 3:06 04. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2:59 BERNIE LEIGHTON Quartet 05. Beyond the Moon 2:37 06. Have You Met Miss Jones 2:58 07. I See Your Face Before Me 3:05 08. Moten Swing 2:55 09. Things Are Looking Up 3:09 JOE THOMAS and His Orchestra 10. You Can Depend On Me 3:03 11. She Didn't Say Yes 3:08 12. Black Butterfly 3:03 13. Pocatello 2:47 GEORGE BARNES Sextet 14. Windy City Flash 2:36 15. Barnes at Dublins 2:41 16. Laughing at Life 3:07 17. Blue Lou 2:58 18. Quiet, Two Gibsons at Work 3:01 19. Pink Elephants 2:38 20. Lover Come Back to Me 2:51 21. Whats the Use 2:26 LENNIE TRISTANO Trio 22. Out of a Limb 2:42 23. I Can't Get Started with You 2:57 24. I Surrender Dear 3:07 25. Interlude 3:07 26. Untitled Blues 3:48 CD 11 · 1946-1947 DANNY HURD Orchestra 01. Available Jones 3:04 02. You Stepped Out of a Dream 3:06 03. Long Ago and Far Away 2:57 04. Dreamy Afternoon 2:50 DAVE LAMBERT & BUDDY STEWART with RED RODNEYS Be-Boppers 05. A Cent and a Half 2:55 06. Perdido 3:03 07. Charge Account 2:45 08. Gussie G 2:51 GENE SEDRIC Orchestra 09. Teasin' 2:59 10. T-I-L-L-I-E 2:56 11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 2:44 12. I Got Rhythm 2:46 NEAL HEFTI and His Orchestra 13. Siboney 2:45 14. Mad About the Boy 3:07 15. I Woke Up Dizzy 3:03 16. Sloppy Joes 2:50 RED RODNEYS Be-Boppers 17. All Gods Chillun Got Rhythm 2:49 18. Elevation 2:56 19. Fine and Dandy 2:42 20. The Goof and I 3:01 LENNIE TRISTANO Trio (*) 21. Blue Boy 2:49 22. Atonement 2:31 23. Coolin' Off with Ulanov 2:50 All tracks recorded in New Orleans, New York, Chicago & Los Angeles