# The Jazz Singers

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The Jazz Singers: A Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Vocals from 1919-1994 is a box set containing five CDs released by the Smithsonian Institution in 1998. It is organized thematically, rather than chronologically. Half of the categories overlap from one disc to another.

## Track listing

(Disc 1)

### Steeped In The Blues

* 1-01 Eva Taylor - "West End Blues" (3:09)
* 1-02 Bessie Smith - "In the House Blues" (2:59)
* 1-03 Louis Armstrong - "2:19 Blues" (2:52)
* 1-04 Jimmy Rushing - "I Left My Baby" (3:10)
* 1-05 Billie Holiday - "'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (3:19)
* 1-06 Helen Humes - "Blues With Helen" (4:08)
* 1-07 Hot Lips Page - "I Won't Be Here Long" (2:40)
* 1-08 Billy Eckstine - "Jelly, Jelly" (3:28)
* 1-09 Julia Lee - "Lotus Blossom" (3:17)
* 1-10 Jimmy Witherspoon - "Goin' To Kansas City" (3:11)
* 1-11 Joe Williams / Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Goin' To Chicago" (4:09)
* 1-12 Ernie Andrews - "She's Got To Go" (4:01)
* 1-13 Ernestine Anderson - "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (3:27)
* 1-14 Lorez Alexandria - "D.B. Blues" (2:56)
* 1-15 Cassandra Wilson - "Come On in My Kitchen" (4:53)

### Straight Out Of Church

* 1-16 Blind Willie Johnson - "Nobody's Fault but Mine" (3:09)
* 1-17 Angelic Gospel Singers / Dixie Hummingbirds, The - "One Day" (2:14)
* 1-18 Mahalia Jackson - "I'm Going To Live The Life I Sing About In My Song" (2:36)

### Rhythm Singers: Let's Have A Party

* 1-19 Bessie Smith - "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" (3:28)
* 1-20 Jelly Roll Morton - "Doctor Jazz" (3:20)
* 1-21 Don Redman - "Shakin' The African" (2:38)
* 1-22 Ivie Anderson - "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (3:09)
(Disc 2)
* 2-01 Cab Calloway - "The Man From Harlem" (3:06)
* 2-02 Anita O'Day - "Let Me Off Uptown" (3:02)
* 2-03 Pearl Bailey and Moms Mabley - "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (2:52)
* 2-04 Louis Jordan - "Hogwash" (2:57)
* 2-05 Wynonie Harris - "Good Rockin' Tonight" (2:46)

### Swinging The Songbook

* 2-06 Louis Armstrong - "All Of Me" (2:55)
* 2-07 Louis Armstrong - "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (4:08)
* 2-08 Ethel Waters - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (3:07)
* 2-09 Billie Holiday - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (3:26)
* 2-10 Billie Holiday - "These Foolish Things" (3:16)
* 2-11 Billie Holiday - "Me, Myself, and I" (2:35)
* 2-12 Mildred Bailey - "Lover, Come Back to Me" (3:09)
* 2-13 Al Hibbler - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (3:01)
* 2-14 Joe Turner - "You're Driving Me Crazy" (4:12)
* 2-15 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - "Don't Be That Way" (4:59)
* 2-16 Frank Sinatra - "Night and Day" (3:57)
* 2-17 Jimmy Rushing - "Some of These Days" (4:47)
* 2-18 Sarah Vaughan - "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" (2:30)
* 2-19 Dinah Washington - "I Get A Kick Out Of You" (6:17)
* 2-20 Joe Williams - "There's a Small Hotel" (2:15)
* 2-21 Nat King Cole - "Just You, Just Me" (3:00)
(Disc 3)
* 3-01 Dakota Staton - "Give Me the Simple Life" (2:13)
* 3-02 Nina Simone - "Love Me Or Leave Me" (4:04)
* 3-03 Aretha Franklin - "You Are My Sunshine" (4:18)
* 3-04 Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" (3:47)
* 3-05 Etta Jones - "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key)" (3:10)

### After Hours: Slow-Dancing And Torching The Songbook

* 3-06 Billie Holiday - "Yesterdays" (3:23)
* 3-07 Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" (3:06)
* 3-08 Billie Holiday - "You've Changed" (3:16)
* 3-09 Ella Fitzgerald - "Someone To Watch Over Me" (3:14)
* 3-10 Ella Fitzgerald - "Until The Real Thing Comes Along" (2:55)
* 3-11 Fats Waller & His Rhythm - "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (3:23)
* 3-12 Dinah Washington - "You Don't Know What Love Is" (4:00)
* 3-13 June Christy - "For All We Know" (2:46)
* 3-14 Chris Connor - "Angel Eyes" (3:41)
* 3-15 Billy Eckstine - "In the Still of the Night" (3:40)
* 3-16 Nancy Wilson - "Save Your Love For Me" (2:42)
* 3-17 Shirley Horn - "Travelin' Light" (2:46)
* 3-18 Sarah Vaughan - "Prelude to a Kiss" (2:45)
* 3-19 Gloria Lynne - "My Little Brown Book" (2:30)
* 3-20 Johnny Hartman - "Lush Life" (5:27)
* 3-21 Carmen McRae - "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (3:26)
(Disc 4)
* 4-01 Betty Carter - "This Is Always" (3:10)
* 4-02 Little Jimmy Scott - "All Of Me" (2:57)
* 4-03 Earl Coleman - "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (5:47)
* 4-04 Helen Merrill - "You're My Thrill" (3:16)
* 4-05 Al Green - "Could I Be The One?" (4:05)

### Jazz Compositions

* 4-06 Lucille Hegamin - "Jazz Me Blues" (2:33)
* 4-07 Baby Cox - "The Mooche" (3:11)
* 4-08 King Pleasure - "Parker's Mood" (2:58)
* 4-09 Sarah Vaughan - "Lullaby Of Birdland" (3:59)
* 4-10 Mel Tormé - "Down For Double" (2:31)
* 4-11 Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (3:17)
* 4-12 Abbey Lincoln - "Left Alone" (6:45)
* 4-13 Mark Murphy - "Stolen Moments" (5:43)
* 4-14 Jeanne Lee - "Worry Now Later" (1:25)
* 4-15 Carmen McRae - "Get It Straight" (3:54)
* 4-16 Bobby McFerrin - "'Round Midnight" (5:33)
* 4-17 Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Doodlin'" (6:04)

### Scat And Vocalese

* 4-18 Jelly Roll Morton - "Improvised Scat Song" (1:45)
* 4-19 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - "Hotter Than That" (2:59)
(Disc 5)
* 5-01 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - "Sweet Sue (Just You)" (2:44)
* 5-02 Bing Crosby / The Mills Brothers - "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" (2:56)
* 5-03 Dizzy Gillespie - "Ool Ya Koo" (6:00)
* 5-04 Eddie Jefferson - "Disappointed (Excerpt)" (2:48)
* 5-05 Ella Fitzgerald - "Them There Eyes" (5:05)
* 5-06 Anita O'Day - "The Way You Look Tonight" (2:10)
* 5-07 George Benson - "The Masquerade (Excerpt)" (3:17)
* 5-08 Betty Carter - "Frenesi" (2:30)

### Novelties And Take-Offs

* 5-09 Noble Sissle - "Jazzola" (2:51)
* 5-10 Louis Armstrong - "Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train" (3:03)
* 5-11 Louis Armstrong - "Rockin' Chair" (5:15)
* 5-12 Trummy Young - "'Tain't What You Do" (3:02)
* 5-13 George "Bon Bon" Tunnell - "Vol Vist Du Gaily Star" (3:03)
* 5-14 Leo Watson and The Spirits Of Rhythm - "We've Got The Blues" (3:18)
* 5-15 Ella Fitzgerald - "Cow-Cow Boogie" (2:52)
* 5-16 Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra - "Babalu (Orooney)" (3:30)
* 5-17 Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm - "Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago" (2:58)
* 5-18 Ben Webster - "Did You Call Her Today? (Excerpt)" (6:25)
* 5-19 Lester Young - "Takes Two to Tango" (3:26)
* 5-20 Clark Terry - "Mumbles" (2:00)
* 5-21 Slam Stewart and Major Holley - "Close Your Eyes (Shut Yo' Mouth)" (3:31)