Harlem Was The Place (1929-1952)

Disc One: James P. Johnson: Over The Bars; Fats Waller: Handful Of Keys; Willie Smith "The Lion": Harlem Joys; Fats Waller: Yacht Club Swing; Fats Waller: The Joint Is Jumping; Jimmie Lunceford: Harlem Shout; Lucky Millinder: Apollo Jump; Lucky Millinder: Savoy; Duke Ellington: Echoes Of Harlem; Duke Ellignton: Harmony In Harlem; Duke Ellington: Cotton Club Stomp; Duke Ellington: Harlem Air Shaft; Duke Ellington: Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Chick Webb: Midnight In Harlem; Chick Webb: Harlem Congo; Chick Webb: Holiday In Harlem; Al Cooper: Frenzy; Teddy wilson: Early Session Hop; Teddy Wilson: Warmin' Up Disc Two: Pete Johnson-Albert Ammons: Barrelhouse Boogie; Hot Lips Page-Charlie Christian: Stomping At The Savoy; Hot Lips Page: Good For Jumping; Teddy Wilson-Billie Holiday: 24 Hours A Day; Chu Berry: 46 West 52; Erskine Hawkins: Tuxedo Junction; Cab Calloway: Jive; Benny Carter: Takin' My Time; Little Walter: Mean Old World; Buddy Tate: Skip A Page; Count Basie: Blue Room Jump; Count Basie: Taps Miller; Joe Thomas: Backstage At The Apollo; James P. Johnson: Victory Stride; Louis Jordan: Texas And Pacific; B.B. King: Blind Love; Johnny Hodges: Savoy Strut; Fletcher Henderson: Can You Take It; Louis Armstrong: What Is This Thing Called Swing

Harlem, with its legendary venues, was perhaps the place where jazz lived its greatest early years and became one with it audience. From the Cotton Club to the Apollo, Jacques Morgantini invites us to relive the golden days of Harlem, "Harlem was the place". - Patrick Frémeaux & Claude Colombini

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