4053796005342

Jazz Piano Divas

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Cat No: 600534

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Release Date:  15 November 2019

Label:  Documents

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  10

Barcode:  4053796005342

Genres:  Jazz  Jazz  

  • Description

    • The first ever box-set featuring the main works of the finest female piano players in Jazz • Ranging from Chicago-Jazz with Lil Hardin and Louis Armstrong via the Boogie and Swing of Hadda Brooks or Hazel Scott and on to the Bebop of Barbara Carroll, Toshiko Akiyoshi, or Jutta Hipp • 18 original albums plus rare bonus tracks



    Early on in the history of blues and jazz, women, especially as singers and pianists, made an important contribution to the development of these African-American music styles, the formative roots of the popular music of the 20th century. Lil Hardin (1988-1971) was a highly talented, classically trained pianist, who joined the turbulent music scene of the early jazz center Chicago in the 20s. There she played with the best groups, such as King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, where she met a young trumpeter named Louis Armstrong from New Orleans. With her experience, sense of taste and style, she motivated her soon-to-be husband, Armstrong, to emerge from the shadow of his mentor, King Oliver, and make a career as a soloist. The rest is history. Armstrong's recordings of his Hot 5 and Hot 7s of the 1920s, with Hardin as pianist and a repertoire to which she contributed world-famous compositions, are among the milestones in jazz history. She remained a very active musician even after the divorce. The outstanding female musician of the swing and bebop era was Mary Lou Williams. From the 1940s, the stylistic range of the many wonderful female piano players gathered here was getting ever wider. Boogie Queen Hadda Brooks, Dorothy Donegan, Beryl Booker, Hazel Scott and Nina Simone all combine soul with class, playing in a more modern style were Barbara Carroll, Lorraine Geller, Bertha Hope and Toshiko Akiyoshi from Japan, as well as the German Jutta Hipp. All of them were excellent individualists, whose music definitely deserves to be heard again.600534405379600534210 CD Box46M2WW-US-BR-MX-PRJazz Piano DivasJazzMilestones of Jazz LegendsDocuments23/08/2019

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Clarence Williams - Spencer Williams - Royal Garden Blues
      • 2. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Jackson - Red Arrow Blues
      • 3. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Ory - Gilbert - Muskrat Ramble
      • 4. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Lil Hardin Armstrong - Boogie Me
      • 5. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Lil Armstrong - Clip Joint
      • 6. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Spencer Williams - Basin Street Blues
      • 7. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Lil Armstrong - Eastown Boogie
      • 8. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra Chicago - Count Basie - Bugle Blues
      • 9. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Louis Armstrong - Raye - Armstrong - Struttin' With Some Barbecue
      • 10. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong - Potato Head Blues
      • 11. Lil Hardin Armstrong and Louis Armstrong - Lil Hardin - Jelly Roll Morton - Wild Man Blues
      • 12. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Juke Box Boogie
      • 13. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Bully Wully Boogie
      • 14. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Sunset Limited
      • 15. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Boogie at the Bandbox
      • 16. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Down Beat Boogie
      • 17. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Humoresque Boogie
      • 18. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Griegïs Concerto Boogie In A Minor
      • 19. Hadda Brooks - Hadda Brooks - Hungarian Rhapsody No Two In Boogie
      • 20. Hadda Brooks - Spencer Williams - Basin Street Blues

      Disc 2

      • 1. Mary Lou Williams - Wild Bill Davis - Titoros
      • 2. Mary Lou Williams - G.Gershwin - I.Gershwin - They Can't Take That Away From Me
      • 3. Mary Lou Williams - Monk - Williams - Hanighen - Round About Midnight
      • 4. Mary Lou Williams - J.Tizol - E.Drake - H.Lenk - Perdido
      • 5. Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou Williams - Koolbongo
      • 6. Mary Lou Williams - Alexander Dubin - Joe Burke - For You
      • 7. Mary Lou Williams - Dorothy Fields - Jimmy McHugh - Don't Blame Me
      • 8. Mary Lou Williams - Tadd Dameron - Lady Bird
      • 9. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart - My Funny Valentine
      • 10. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - John Latouche - Ted Fetter - Vernon Duke - Taking A Chance On Love
      • 11. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart - You Took Advantage Of Me
      • 12. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Henry Nemo - Tis Autumn
      • 13. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Frank Loesser - Burton Lane - The Lady's In Love With You
      • 14. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Cole Porter - Love Of My Life
      • 15. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Vernon Duke - Autumn In New York
      • 16. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Buddy G. DeSylva - Lew Brown - Ray Henderson - You're The Cream In My Coffee
      • 17. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein - Surrey With The Fringe On Top
      • 18. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci
      • 19. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Herb Nichols - Mary Lou Williams - Opus Z
      • 20. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Cole Porter - From This Moment On
      • 21. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Mary Lou Williams - In The Purple Grotto
      • 22. Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - S Wonderful

      Disc 3

      • 1. Barbara Carroll Trio - Hugh Martin - Ralph Blaine - The Trolley Song
      • 2. Barbara Carroll Trio - Frederick Loewe - Al Lerner - I've Grown Accustomed To His Face
      • 3. Barbara Carroll Trio - Ray Henderson - Lew Brown - Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries
      • 4. Barbara Carroll Trio - Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II - It Might As Well Be Spring
      • 5. Barbara Carroll Trio - Tom Adair - Matt Dennis - Will You Still Be Mine
      • 6. Barbara Carroll Trio - Lewis Gensler - Leo Robin - Love Is Just Around The Corner
      • 7. Barbara Carroll Trio - Leo Robin - Ralph Rainger - Easy Living
      • 8. Barbara Carroll Trio - Frank Loesser - Happy To Make Your Acquaintance
      • 9. Barbara Carroll Trio - Barbara Carroll - Blues For Blue-Eyes
      • 10. Bess Bonnier Trio - Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein - All The Things You Are
      • 11. Bess Bonnier Trio - Ray Henderson - Lew Brown - The Thrill Is Gone
      • 12. Bess Bonnier Trio - Nick Fiore - Tones For Bones
      • 13. Bess Bonnier Trio - Nick Fiore - Theme For The Tall One
      • 14. Bess Bonnier Trio - Bess Bonnier - Dorian
      • 15. Bess Bonnier Trio - Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart - Blue Room
      • 16. Bess Bonnier Trio - Billy Strayhorn - A-Train
      • 17. Bess Bonnier Trio - Hugh Martin - Ralph Blaine - Trolley Song

      Disc 4

      • 1. Marian McPartland - Mary Lou Williams - Easy Blues
      • 2. Marian McPartland - Deutsch - Altman - Laurence - Play Fiddle Play
      • 3. Marian McPartland - Van Heusen - Like Someone In Love
      • 4. Marian McPartland - Billy Taylor - Tune For Tex
      • 5. Marian McPartland - Marian McPartland - Signature Blues
      • 6. Marian McPartland - Marian McPartland - Blues Intro
      • 7. Marian McPartland - Charlie Parker - Steeplechase
      • 8. Marian McPartland - Ruby - Bloom - Give Me The Simple Life
      • 9. Marian McPartland - Arnheim - Tobias - Lemare - Sweet And Lovely
      • 10. Marian McPartland - Marian McPartland - So Many Things
      • 11. Toshiko Akiyoshi - I.Gershwin - G.Gershwin - The Man I Love
      • 12. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Brown - Minor Mood
      • 13. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Turner Layton - Henry Creamer - After You've Gone
      • 14. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Carl Fisher - Frank Laine - We'll Be Together Again
      • 15. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Studio J
      • 16. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Tosh's Fantasy - Down A Mountain / Phrygian Waterfall / Running Stream
      • 17. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Milt Jackson - Bag's Groove
      • 18. Toshiko Akiyoshi - Johnny Burke - Jimmy Van Heusen - Imagination

      Disc 5

      • 1. Hazel Scott - Jimmy Van Heusen - Johnny Burke - Like Someone In Love
      • 2. Hazel Scott - Hazel Scott - Peace Of Mind
      • 3. Hazel Scott - J. J. Johnson - Lament
      • 4. Hazel Scott - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Johnny Hodges - The Jeep Is Jumpin'
      • 5. Hazel Scott - Hazel Scott - Git Up From There
      • 6. Hazel Scott - George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - A Foggy Day
      • 7. Hazel Scott - Thelonious Monk - Cootie Williams - Round Midnight
      • 8. Hazel Scott - De Sylva - Brown - Henderson - Just Imagine
      • 9. Hazel Scott - Jerome Styne - Sammy Cahn - It's You or no One
      • 10. Hazel Scott - Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart - It's Easy to Remember
      • 11. Hazel Scott - Leonard Bernstein - Betty Comden - Adolph Green - Lucky to Be Me
      • 12. Hazel Scott - George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - Gus Kahn - Maybe
      • 13. Hazel Scott - Frank Loesser - I Wish I Didn't Love You So
      • 14. Hazel Scott - David Mann - Bob Hilliard - (In the) Wee Small Hours (of the Morning)
      • 15. Hazel Scott - Frank Loesser - Warm All Over
      • 16. Hazel Scott - Ned Washington - Victor Young - Love Is the Thing
      • 17. Hazel Scott - Hugh Martin - Ralph Blane - Ev'ry Time
      • 18. Hazel Scott - George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - For You, for Me, for Evermore

      Disc 6

      • 1. Beryl Booker - Cole Porter - Let's Do It
      • 2. Beryl Booker - Jimmy Van Heusen - Eddie DeLange - Darn That Dream
      • 3. Beryl Booker - Irving Berlin - Remember Me
      • 4. Beryl Booker - Burke - Van Heusen - But Beautiful
      • 5. Beryl Booker - Mack Gordon - Harry Revel - Stay As Sweet As You Are
      • 6. Beryl Booker - Ned Washington - Victor Young - Love Is The Thing
      • 7. Beryl Booker - Bernie Hanighen - Gordon Jenkins - Johnny Mercer - When A Woman Loves A Man
      • 8. Beryl Booker - Graham - Reichner - You Better Go Now
      • 9. Beryl Booker - Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II - Why Do I Love You
      • 10. Beryl Booker - Irving Kahal - Harry Richman - Moonlight Saving Time
      • 11. Beryl Booker - Jack Lawrence - Ted Shapiro - A Handful Of Stars
      • 12. Beryl Booker - Beryl Booker - Where were you?
      • 13. Shirley Scott - Juan Tizol - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Caravan
      • 14. Shirley Scott - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Just Squeeze Me
      • 15. Shirley Scott - Ellington - C Jam Blues
      • 16. Shirley Scott - Ellington - Gordon - Mills - Prelude To A Kiss
      • 17. Shirley Scott - Edward "Duke" Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood
      • 18. Shirley Scott - Ellington - Garler - In A Mellow Tone
      • 19. Shirley Scott - Paul Webster - Edward "Duke" Ellington - I've Got It Bad
      • 20. Shirley Scott - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Billy Strayhorn - Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

      Disc 7

      • 1. Joyce Collins Trio - Ellington - Nemo - Mills - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
      • 2. Joyce Collins Trio - Comden - Green - Styne - Just In Time
      • 3. Joyce Collins Trio - Richard Carpenter - Walkin'
      • 4. Joyce Collins Trio - Carmichael - I Get Along Without You Very Well
      • 5. Joyce Collins Trio - Redding - The End Of A Love Affair
      • 6. Joyce Collins Trio - Turk - Ahlert - Day In, Day Out
      • 7. Joyce Collins Trio - Mercer - Something's Got To Give
      • 8. Joyce Collins Trio - Cohn - Ah, Moore
      • 9. Joyce Collins Trio - Collins - Blue Jay
      • 10. Jutta Hipp - Herb Magidson - Allie Wrubel - Gone With the Wind
      • 11. Jutta Hipp - Avery Parrish - After Hours
      • 12. Jutta Hipp - Tadd Dameron - The Squirrel
      • 13. Jutta Hipp - Carl Fisher - Frank Laine - We'll Be Together Again
      • 14. Jutta Hipp - Jutta Hipp - Horacio
      • 15. Jutta Hipp - Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers - I Married an Angel
      • 16. Jutta Hipp - John Blackburn - Karl Suessdorf - Moonlight in Vermont
      • 17. Jutta Hipp - Gene de Paul - Don Raye - Star Eyes
      • 18. Jutta Hipp - Shapiro - Campbell - Connelly - If I Had You
      • 19. Jutta Hipp - Lorenz Hart - Richhard Rogers - My Heart Stood Still

      Disc 8

      • 1. Elmo Hope - Elmo Hope - Underneath
      • 2. Elmo Hope - Otto Harbach - Jerome Kern - Yesterdays
      • 3. Elmo Hope - Traditional - When Johnny Comes Marching Home
      • 4. Elmo Hope - Elmo Hope - Most Beautiful
      • 5. Elmo Hope - Elmo Hope - Blues Left and Right
      • 6. Elmo Hope - George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin - Gus Kahn - Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
      • 7. Elmo Hope - Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers - My Heart Stood Still
      • 8. Elmo Hope - Elmo Hope - Moonbeams
      • 9. Joanne Grauer Trio - Joanne Grauer - Mood For Mode
      • 10. Joanne Grauer Trio - Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers - Have You Met Miss Jones
      • 11. Joanne Grauer Trio - Branislau Kaper - Invitation
      • 12. Joanne Grauer Trio - Marv Belew - Happy Is The Sheepherder
      • 13. Joanne Grauer Trio - Don Raye - Gene De Paul - Patricia Johnston - I'll Remember April
      • 14. Joanne Grauer Trio - Bill Holman - Dancing Nitely
      • 15. Joanne Grauer Trio - Tommy Dorsey - Paul Madeira - I'm Glad There Is You
      • 16. Joanne Grauer Trio - Oscar Hammerstein - Jerome Kern - The Song Is You

      Disc 9

      • 1. Dorothy Donegan - Harold Arlen - Johnny Mercer - That Old Black Magic
      • 2. Dorothy Donegan - E. Y. Harburg - Herold Arlen. - Over The Rainbow
      • 3. Dorothy Donegan - Ben Bernie - Kenneth Casey - Maceo Pinkard - Sweet Georgia Brown
      • 4. Dorothy Donegan - Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart - My Funny Valentine
      • 5. Dorothy Donegan - Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart - This Can't Be Love
      • 6. Dorothy Donegan - Dorothy Donegan - D.D.T.
      • 7. Dorothy Donegan - Comden - Green - Styne - Just In Time
      • 8. Dorothy Donegan - Kurt Weill - Maxwell Anderson - September Song
      • 9. Dorothy Donegan - Dorothy Donegan - Donegan Walk
      • 10. Dorothy Donegan - Dorothy Donegan - Humoresque
      • 11. Dorothy Donegan - Johnny Mercer - Joseph Cosma - Autumn Leaves
      • 12. Dorothy Donegan - George Forster - George Shearing - Lullaby Of Birdland
      • 13. Dorothy Donegan - Turner Layton - Henry Creamer - After You've Gone
      • 14. Dorothy Donegan - Green - Heyman - Sour - Eyton - Body And Soul
      • 15. Dorothy Donegan - Mc Gree - von Tilzer - Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
      • 16. Dorothy Donegan - Cole Porter - It's All Right With Me
      • 17. Dorothy Donegan - Walter Donaldson - Little White Lies
      • 18. Dorothy Donegan - Hamilton - Lewis - How High The Moon
      • 19. Dorothy Donegan - Juan Tizol - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Caravan
      • 20. Dorothy Donegan - Gus Kahn - Isham Jones - It Had To Be You
      • 21. Dorothy Donegan - Whiting - Robin - Louise
      • 22. Dorothy Donegan - Joe Young - Bernice Petkere - Lullaby Of The Leaves
      • 23. Dorothy Donegan - Spikes - Someday Sweetheart
      • 24. Dorothy Donegan - Chas Johnson - Fine And Dandy

      Disc 10

      • 1. Nina Simone - Edward Ellington - Bob Russell - Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
      • 2. Nina Simone - Edward Ellington - Paul Francis Webster - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
      • 3. Nina Simone - Edward Ellington - Billy Strayhorn - Hey Buddy Bolden
      • 4. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Merry Mending
      • 5. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Billy Strayhorn - Something to Live For
      • 6. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - You Better Know It
      • 7. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - I Like the Sunrise
      • 8. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Eddie DeLange - Irving Mills - Solitude
      • 9. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Irving Mills - The Gal From Joe's
      • 10. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Johnny Mercer - Billy - Satin Doll (instrumental)
      • 11. Nina Simone - Edward "Duke" Ellington - Irving Mills - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
      • 12. Red Mitchell - Charlie Parker - Scrapple From The Apple
      • 13. Red Mitchell - Red Mitchell - Rainy Night
      • 14. Red Mitchell - Red Mitchell - I Thought Of You
      • 15. Red Mitchell - Miles Davis - Out Of The Blue
      • 16. Red Mitchell - Sonny Rollins - Paulïs Pal
      • 17. Red Mitchell - Clifford Brown - Sandu
      • 18. Red Mitchell - Irving Berlin - Cheek To Cheek