Bix Beiderbecke - Collection1924-30 (CD)

Bix Beiderbecke was one of the most important figures in the early years of jazz, his trumpet and cornet performances influencing a host of contemporaries and later performers within the genre. Despite the brevity of his career - he succumbed to alcohol abuse at the age of 28 - he recorded a substantial body of work, both with his own early small bands such as the Wolverine Orchestra, and with the leading orchestras of the time led by Jean Goldkette, Frankie Trumbauer and Paul Whiteman. This great value 50-track 2-CD set brings together recordings from across his career, from his first session in 1924 through to his final session with Hoagy Carmichael in 1930. It features not only Bix, but many other top names of the era, and is a fine cross-section of Bix's work. It has been carefully selected to avoid duplication with any tracks on our existing Bix Beiderbecke CD on the Fabulous label (FABCD144) so the two together will provide a fine overview of his work.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Fidgety Feet
2. Oh Baby!
3. Copenhagen
4. Susie
5. I Need Some Pettin'
6. Tiger Rag
7. Sensation
8. Lazy Daddy
9. Tia Juana
10. Big Boy
11. I Didn't Know
12. Toddlin' Blues
13. Davenport Blues
14. Idolizing
15. Sunday
16. Proud of a Baby Like You
17. I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie
18. My Pretty Girl
19. Look at the World and Smile
20. Trumbology
21. Slow River
22. For No Reason at All in C Tram
23. In My Merry Oldsmobile
24. There's a Cradle in Caroline
25. In a Mist (Bixology)

Disc: 2

1. Clementine
2. Wringin' and Twistin'
3. Krazy Kat
4. Humpty Dumpty
5. There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland to Me
6. Just An Hour of Love
7. I'm Wonderin' Who
8. (What Are You Waiting for) Mary
9. Lonely Melody
10. There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears
11. Dardanella
12. Mississippi Mud
13. Sugar
14. Lovable
15. Thou Swell
16. My Pet
17. Taint So, Honey 'Taint So
18. Sentimental Baby
19. Futuristic Rhythm
20. I'm in Seventh Heaven
21. Reaching for Someone (And Not Finding Anyone There)
22. Oh Miss Hannah
23. Waiting at the End of the Road
24. I'll Be a Friend with Pleasure
25. Georgia on My Mind