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Table of Contents:

• Drop me off in Harlem (Adelaide Hall, vocals)
• Harlem twist (Red Nichols, trumpet)
• Harlem fuss (Fats Waller, piano)
• Jungle nights in Harlem (Duke Ellington, piano)
• Underneath the Harlem moon (Fletcher Henderson, piano)
• Old man Harlem (Dorsey Brothers)
• There's a house in Harlem for sale (Red Allen, trumpet)
• Harlem joys (Willie "The Lion" Smith, piano)
• Harlem lullaby (Mildred Bailey, vocals)
• Go Harlem (Chick Webb, drums)
• Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto) (Duke Ellington, piano)
• Christmas night in Harlem (Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocals ; Johnny Mercer, vocals)
• Harlem shout (Jimmie Lunceford, conductor)
• It was a sad night in Harlem (Duke Ellington, piano ; Ivie Anderson, vocals)
• Harlem Congo (Chick Webb, drums)
• Reunion in Harlem (Joe Marsala, clarinet)
• Bojangles of Harlem (Fred Astaire, vocals, tap-dancing)
• Harlem air shaft (Duke Ellington, piano)
• Harlem in my heart (Elisabeth Welch, vocals)
• Harlem rhumbain' the blues (Hot Lips Page, trumpet)

• I dreamt I dwelt in Harlem (Glenn Miller, trombone)
• Holiday in Harlem (Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; Chick Webb, drums)
• Harlem hotcha (Carnival Three ; James P. Johnson, piano)
• Harlem nocturne (Woody Herman, saxophone ; David Rose, conductor)
• Fare thee well to Harlem (Jack Teagarden, trombone, vocals ; Johnny Mercer, vocals).

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Contributors:

Hall, Adelaide , singer

Nichols, Red , instrumentalist

Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 , instrumentalist

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 , instrumentalist

Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 , instrumentalist

Allen, Henry, 1908-1967 , instrumentalist

Smith, Willie, 1897-1973 , instrumentalist

Bailey, Mildred , singer

Webb, Chick , instrumentalist

Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 , instrumentalist, singer

Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 , singer

Lunceford, Jimmie , conductor

Anderson, Ivie , singer

Marsala, Joe, 1907-1978 , instrumentalist

Astaire, Fred , singer, instrumentalist

Welch, Elisabeth , singer

Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954 , instrumentalist

Miller, Glenn, 1904-1944 , instrumentalist

Fitzgerald, Ella , singer

Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 , instrumentalist

Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 , instrumentalist

Rose, David, 1910-1990 , arranger of music, conductor

Dorsey Brothers Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Omer Simeon Trio , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Accompanying materials: English

Related Series:

Living era

Subjects:

Big band music

Jazz — New York (State) — New York

Jazz vocals

Jazz

New York (State) — New York

General Notes:

Jazz ensembles and big band music; includes vocal works.
Various featured musicians.
Title from disc label.
Recorded 1928-1952.
Compiled by Ray Crick from previously-released analog recordings.
Program notes, complete list of personnel, and discographical data (8 unnumbered pages : portrait, illustrations) inserted in container.
From the collection of Joe Morris.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 743625550429
Publisher Number, Sanctuary Classics: CD AJA 5504

OCLC Numbers:

159958487