Lotta Sax Appeal Saxophone Retrospect (Bx) / Var Lotta Sax Appeal Saxophone Retrospect (Bx) / Var CD

The saxophone in all it's varieties has been, without a doubt, the dominant solo instrument in jazz, and this 4-CD, 74-track box collects essential sax sides all the way from the early, classic jazz years up to the Cool School of the late '40 s and early '50 s. Lots of legendary names AND numbers here- Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins; Lester Leaps in Lester Young; Summertime Sidney Bechet; Singin' the Blues Frankie Trumbauer; at the Jazz Band Ball Adrian Rollini; Stardust Ben Webster; Stompin' at the Savoy Charlie Ventura; Sophisticated Lady Willie Smith; the Happening Paul Gonsalves; These Foolish Things Tex Beneke; Ko Ko Charlie Parker; the Duel Dexter Gordon & Teddy Edwards; Out of the Blue Jackie McLean; Squattin' Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; Four Brothers Stan Getz, Zoot Sims & Serge Chaloff; Yardbird Suite Lee Konitz; Birk's Works John Coltrane; with a Song in My Heart Sonny Rollins, and more. Over five hours, with a 40-page booklet!

1. Singin' the Blues - Frankie Trumbauer ; His Orchestra 2. At the Jazz Band Ball - Bix Beiderbecke 3. Oh, Boy! 4. (If I Could Be with You) One Hour Tonight - the Mound City Blue Blowers 5. Maple Leaf Rag - the New Orleans Feetwarmers 6. Eel 7. Lotta Sax Appeal - Andy Kirk ; His Twelve Clouds of Joy 8. Shoe Shine Swing - Jones-Smith, Inc 9. Crazy Rhythm - Benny Carter ; His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins 10. Jeeps Blues - Johnny Hodges 11. At Sundown - Bud Freeman, Bud Freeman 12. I Hear You Talkin' 13. Summertime - Sidney Bechet 14. Lester Leaps in 15. Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins ; His Orchestra 16. Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington 17. Pick-Up Boys 18. D.B. Blues - Lester Young 19. Passion Flower - Duke Ellington ; His Orchestra 20. Frustration - Duke Ellington Orchestra 21. Picasso - Coleman Hawkins 22. Stardust - Johnny Otis ; His Orchestra, Ben Webster 23. Stardust - Oscar Peterson Trio, Lester Young 24. Dorsey Dervish - Jimmy Dorsey ; His Orchestra 25. Limehouse Blues - Chu Berry 26. Blue and Sentimental - Count Basie Orchestra 27. Saxa-Woogie - Louis Jordan 28. Windy City Jive - Earl Hines ; His Orchestra 29. Oh-Wee! 30. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Flip Phillips, Teddy Wilson 31. (Back Home Again in) Indiana - Don Byas 32. Stompin' at the Savoy - Gene Krupa 33. Body and Soul - Jimmie Lunceford ; His Orchestra 34. Come Back to Sorrento - Stan Kenton ; His Orchestra 35. Suburbanite - Duke Ellington ; His Orchestra 36. These Foolish Things - Tex Beneke, Glenn Miller Orchestra 37. Just One More Chance - Lucky Thompson 38. Sophisticated Lady - Willie Smith 39. Arnett Blows for 1300 - Arnett Cobb ; His Orchestra 40. Squattin' - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 41. Happening - the Coronets 42. Port of Rico - Illinois Jacquet 43. Blue and Sentimental - Count Basie 44. Koko - Charlie Parker 45. Sweet Georgia Brown 46. Groovin' High - Howard McGhee Sextet 47. Blue Lou - Wardell Gray 48. Chromatic Abberation - Dexter Gordon Quartet 49. Idaho - Gene Ammons 50. Duel - Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon 51. Swingin' on Savoy - Harold Land 52. Dexterious - James Moody 53. Fine and Dandy - Sonny Stitt 54. Who's Mad? - Leo Parker 55. Birk's Works - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 56. With a Song in My Heart - Sonny Rollins Quartet 57. Out of the Blue - Miles Davis Sextet 58. All the Things You Are - Ronnie Scott's Quintet 59. Yardbird Suite - Claude Thornhill ; His Orchestra 60. Four Brothers - Woody Herman ; His Orchestra 61. Early Autumn - Woody Herman ; His Orchestra 62. Four and One More 63. Spiders Webb 64. Sound-Lee - Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh 65. You Go to My Head - Stan Getz 66. Let's Get Away from It All - Al Cohn 67. Cheek to Cheek 68. Zoot Swings the Blues - Zoot Sims Quartet 69. Coops Solo 70. Mulligan Too - Allen Eager, Gerry Mulligan 71. Zootcase - Zoot Sims 72. Chili Pepper - Art Pepper Quartet 73. That Old Feeling - Straight Life 74. Straight Life - Tubby Hayes Quartet