This four-LP set, which is now also available as a three-CD box, is easily the definitive Fletcher Henderson package. Between 1923-38, Henderson's orchestra was one of the finest swing bands in the world, and during 1923-27 (until Duke Ellington's emergence) it was the first and the best. The arrangements of Don Redman in the early days set the pace for jazz; Benny Carter and Horace Henderson also wrote some important charts before Henderson himself finally developed into a major arranger in 1932. This Columbia set is not complete, but it includes 64 selections, at least 60 of them gems. This essential box (which contains three wonderful versions of "King Porter Stomp") belongs in everyone's jazz collection.
CD1:
01. The Dicty Blues - 2:35
02. Teapot Dome Blues - 2:55
03. Go 'Long Mule - 3:04
04. Shanghai Shuffle - 3:18
05. Copenhagen - 2:50
06. Everybody Loves My Baby - 2:50
07. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - 3:10
08. Alabamy Bound - 3:05
09. Sugar Foot Stomp - 2:47
10. What-Cha-Call-'Em Blues - 2:50
11. T.N.T. - 2:53
12. The Stampede - 3:15
13. Jackass Blues - 3:11
14. Henderson Stomp - 2:50
15. The Chant - 2:54
16. Snag It - 3:09
17. Rocky Mountain Blues - 2:43
18. Tozo! - 2:55
19. St. Louis Shuffle - 2:58
20. Whiteman Stomp - 2:45
21. I'm Coming Virginia - 3:03
22. Variety Stomp - 3:01
23. St. Louis Blues - 3:03
24. Goose Pimples - 2:59
CD2:
01. Hop Off - 2:52
02. King Porter Stomp - 3:09
03. D Natural Blues - 3:25
04. Oh Baby - 2:43
05. Feeling Good - 3:24
06. I'm Feeling Devilish - 2:41
07. Old Black Joe's Blues - 2:13
08. Easy Money - 3:03
09. Come on Baby - 2:50
10. Freeze and Melt - 3:03
11. Raisin' the Roof - 2:38
12. Blazin' - 2:53
13. Wang Wang Blues - 3:00
14. Chinatown, My Chinatown - 3:00
15. Somebody Loves Me - 3:00
16. Keep a Song in Your Soul - 3:15
17. Sweet and Hot - 3:23
18. My Gal Sal - 3:25
19. Sugar Foot Stomp - 3:18
20. Clarinet Marmalade - 3:11
21. Hot and Anxious - 3:19
22. Comin' and Goin' - 3:08
23. Singin' the Blues (Till My Daddy Comes Home) - 3:04
24. Sugar - 2:57
CD3:
01. Blue Moments - 2:31
02. New King Porter Stomp - 3:05
03. Underneath the Harlem Moon - 3:13
04. Honeysuckle Rose - 3:10
05. Yeah Man! - 2:54
06. Queer Notions - 2:47
07. Can You Take It? - 2:47
08. King Porter Stomp - 2:54
09. Christopher Columbus - 3:01
10. Stealin' Apples - 2:55
11. Blue Lou - 3:06
12. Rhythm of the Tambourine - 2:37
13. Back in Your Own Backyard - 2:30
14. Chris and His Gang - 3:00
15. Sing You Sinners - 2:40
16. Moten Stomp - 2:43
