A Century of Glory

Original Release Date:  July 30, 2002

Track Listing

• 1. Swanee
• 2. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
• 3. Yankee Doodle Blues
• 4. Nashville Nightingale
• 5. Phapsody in Blue [Original Version]
• 6. Lady Be Good Medley: Fascinating Rhythm/The Half of It, Dearie Blues
• 7. Tip-Toes Medley: Looking for a Boy/Sweet and Low-Down
• 8. That Certain Feeling
• 9. Oh, Kay! Medley: Someone to Watch Over Me/Clap Yo' Hands
• 10. The Man I Love
• 11. 'S Wonderful
• 12. My One and Only
• 13. How Long Has This Been Going On?
• 14. Somebody Loves Me
• 15. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
• 16. I've Got a Crush on You
• 17. Sam and Delilah
• 18. Lady Be Good
• 19. I Got Rhythm
• 20. I Got Rhythm
• 21. Embraceable You
• 22. An American in Paris
• 23. Summertime
• 24. It Ain't Necessarily So
• 25. They Can't Take That Away from Me
• 26. Let's Call the Whole Thig Off
• 27. Nice Work If You Can Get It
• 28. A Foggy Day
• 29. I Was Doing Allright
• 30. Love Walked In
• 31. Strike Up the Band
• 32. But Not for Me
• 33. The Man I Love
• 34. The Babbitt and the Bromide
• 35. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
• 36. Summertime
• 37. Embraceable You

Credits

• George Gershwin: Piano, Celeste, Composer
• Fred Astaire: Vocals, Dance (Tap), Chant
• Josephine Baker: Vocals, Chant
• Judy Garland: Vocals, Chant
• Gene Kelly: Vocals, Dance (Tap)
• Paul Robeson: Vocals, Chant
• Paul Barbarin: Drums
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Count Basie: Piano, Leader
• Henry Busse: Trumpet
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet
• Eddie Condon: Guitar
• Miles Davis: Trumpet
• Ella Fitzgerald: Vocals, Chant
• Stéphane Grappelli: Violin
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Bobby Hackett: Cornet
• Art Hodes: Piano
• Johnny Hodges: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Al Jolson: Vocals, Chant
• Jo Jones: Drums
• Duke Jordan: Piano
• Max Kaminsky: Trumpet
• John Kirby: Bass
• Ray Nance: Trumpet
• Albert Nicholas: Clarinet
• Oscar Pettiford: Bass
• Django Reinhardt: Guitar
• Max Roach: Drums
• Pee Wee Russell: Clarinet
• Muggsy Spanier: Cornet
• Rex Stewart: Cornet
• Maxine Sullivan: Vocals, Chant
• Joe Venuti: Violin
• Fats Waller: Piano
• Fred Waring: Arranger, Leader
• Paul Whiteman: Violin, Director, Leader
• Lee Wiley: Vocals, Chant
• Luis Russell: Piano, Arranger
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor)
• Georg Brunis: Trombone
• Joe Bushkin: Piano, Cello
• Phil Napoleon: Clarinet
• Brad Gowans: Arranger
• Horace Henderson: Piano
• Taft Jordan: Trumpet
• Vido Musso: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Tommy Potter: Bass
• Chick Webb: Drums
• George Wettling: Drums
• Sophie Tucker: Vocals, Chant
• Maurice Chevalier: Vocals, Chant
• Coleman Hawkins: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Wellman Braud: Bass
• Sonny Greer: Drums
• Walter Page: Bass
• Jean-Claude Petit: Banjo
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Vocals
• Baby Dodds: Drums
• Sidney Bechet: Sax (Soprano)
• Emmett Berry: Trumpet
• Vic Berton: Drums
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Billie Holiday: Vocals, Chant
• Lee Blair: Guitar
• Dalbert Bright: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Irving Caesar: Composer
• Harry Carney: Clarinet, Sax (Baritone)
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Doc Cheatham: Trumpet
• Rupert Cole: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Lem Davis: Sax (Alto)
• Buddy DeSylva: Composer
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Jimmy Dorsey: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Herschel Evans: Sax (Tenor)
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano, Arranger, Leader
• Pops Foster: Bass
• Tommy Fulford: Piano
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Coleridge Goode: Bass
• Fred Guy: Banjo, Guitar
• Jimmy Harrison: Trombone
• Lennie Hayton: Arranger, Director
• Shelton Hemphill: Trumpet
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Clarence Holiday: Banjo, Guitar
• Charlie Holmes: Sax (Alto)
• Freddy Jenkins: Trumpet
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Stan King: Drums
• Jack Llewelyn: Guitar
• Jimmy Lytell: Clarinet
• Bingie Madison: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Teddy McRae: Saxophone, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Dan Minor: Trombone
• Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton: Trombone
• Charlie Parker: Sax (Alto)
• Beverly Peer: Bass
• Allan Reuss: Guitar
• Mickey Rooney: Vocals, Chant
• Jack Roth: Drums
• Artie Shapiro: Bass
• Frank Signorelli: Piano
• Jesse "Po" Simpkins: Bass
• Axel Stordahl: Arranger
• Juan Tizol: Trombone (Valve)
• Teddy Walters: Guitar
• Earle Warren: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Jack Washington: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Elmer Williams: Sax (Tenor)
• Chick Bullock: Vocals
• Fred Campbell: Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
• Don Clark: Clarinet, Saxophone
• William Coles: Drums
• J. Harrison: Vocals
• Elton Cockerill: Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone
• Nelson Keller: Poss
• Poley McClintock: Drums
• Harold McDonald: Drums
• Sandy Williams: Trombone
• Ross Gorman: Clarinet, Flute, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Alto)
• Chester Hazlett: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Walter Johnson Jr.: Drums
• Slats Long: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Tom Waring: Piano
• Leo McConville: Trumpet
• Bobby Stark: Trumpet
• Harvey Boone: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Ed Lewis: Trumpet
• Ken Binford: Guitar
• Fred Buck: Banjo
• Edward Fant: Trombone
• Patrick Frémeaux: Concept
• Tommy Gott: Trumpet
• DuBose Heyward: Composer
• Ted Shapiro: Piano, Leader
• Leo Vauchant: Arranger
• Studio Orchestra: Accompaniment
• Oliver Coleman: Drums
• Ferde Grofé: Piano, Arranger
• Adele Astaire: Vocals, Dance (Tap)
• Milt Rettenberg: Piano
• Hale Byers: Clarinet, Saxophone
• Jimmy Mullen: Tuba
• Dave Young Orchestra: Sax (Tenor)
• Si Sharp: Sax (Alto)
• Bill Townsend: Violin
• Carl "Tatti" Smith: Trumpet
• Bobby Johnson: Guitar
• Charles Panelli: Trombone
• Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra: Piano, Leader
• Sammy Heiss: Tuba
• Roger Jeanjean: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Laure Wright: Adaptation
• Eddie Heywood & His Jazz Six: Piano
• Claude Colombini: Concept
• Bernard Frémeaux: Recording Editor
• George Tjordy: Violin
• Ed Rubsam: Drums
• Sammy Lewis: Trombone
• Ed Brader: Bass
• Nat Atkins: Trombone
• Jim Gilliland: Trombone
• Allan Hodgkiss: Guitar