Between January of 1958 and April of 1959, famed English jazz writer Stanley Dance produced nine glorious LPs of traditional jazz for the Felsted label. Among the performers were many superb jazzmen who had been forgotten for decades or had rarely recorded as leaders. This 5-CD box set puts together, for the first time ever, all of the Felsted swing albums in their complete form, half of which had never previously appeared on CD, while many others have been long unavailable and truly hard to find. The leaders on the nine albums are clarinettist Buster Bailey, trombonist Dicky Wells (two LPs), tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Tate and Budd Johnson, pianists Earl Hines and Billy Strayhorn, and drummer Cozy Cole. Also featured are: Buck Claytonlayton, Charlie Shavers (tp),Johnny Hodges (as), Vic Dickenson (tb), Willie “The Lion” Smith, Hank Jones, Dick Caryary (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Rayay Brown (b),Jo Jones (d), among many others.
CD1 {Rex Stewart & Dicky Wells} - 01:14:33
01. Tillie’s Twist 4:37
02. Pretty Ditty 6:25
03. Tell Me More 8:32
04. Danzon D’amor 7:28
05. My Kind Of Gal 5:14
06. Blue Echo 7:47
07. Bones For The King 6:37
08. Sweet Daddy Spo-de-o 7:27
09. You Took My Heart 6:01
10. Hello, Smack! 6:17
11. Come And Get It 8:04
CD2 {Dicky Wells & Earl Hines} - 01:05:23
01. Stan’s Dance 6:35
02. Blue Moon 3:39
03. Airlift 6:32
04. It’s All Over Now 3:56
05. Wine-o Junction 5:30
06. Heavy Duty 6:35
07. Short, Tall, Fat And Small 6:25
08. Girl Hunt 6:24
09. Brussels’ Hustle 7:56
10. Oooh! 5:02
11. Backroom At The Villa D’este 6:43
CD3 {Cozy Cole, Buster Bailey, Budd Johnson} - 01:12:53
01. Caravan 9:58
02. Phatz’s Blues 5:17
03. Margie 4:27
04. Bear Wallow 7:27
05. Hatton Avenue And Gayoso Street 4:10
06. Sunday Parade 5:34
07. Beale Street Blues 4:09
08. Memphis Blues 7:37
09. Chickasaw Bluff 6:09
10. Hot Water Bayou 4:22
11. Foggy Nights 5:38
12. Leave Room In Your Heart For Me 7:16
13. Destination Blues 5:19
CD4 {Buddy Tate & Coleman Hawkins} - 01:12:53
01. À La Mode 7:32
02. Sed Blues 7:06
03. Blues By Five 6:10
04. Bottle It 6:03
05. Walk That Walk 8:36
06. Miss Sadie Brown 5:59
07. Moon Eyes 7:40
08. Rockin’ Steve 7:02
09. Rompin’ With Buck 5:25
10. Bird Of Prey Blues 11:15
CD5 {Billy Strayhorn} - 01:09:08
01. My One And Only Love 7:25
02. Vignette 4:3
03. Ooh-wee, Miss G.P.! 3:58
04. You’ve Changed 7:43
05. Get Set 4:55
06. Cue’s Blue Now 10:03
07. Gone With The Wind 4:19
08. Cherry 5:54
09. Watch Your Cue 3:1
10. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me 7:23
11. When I Dream Of You 3:33
12. Rose Room 6:09
CD1 [1-6]: REX STEWART: Rendezvous with Rex (Felsted 7001)
CD1 [7-11] & CD2 [1]: DICKY WELLS: Bones for the King (Felsted 7006)
CD2 [2-8]: DICKY WELLS: Trombone-Four-in-Hand (Felsted 7009)
CD2 [9-11]: EARL HINES: Earl’s Backroom (Felsted 7002 –Side A)
CD3 [1-3]: COZY COLE: Cozy’s Caravan (Felsted 7002 –Side B)
CD3 [4-10]: BUSTER BAILEY: All About Memphis (Felsted 7003)
CD3 [11-13] & CD4 [1-3]: BUDD JOHNSON: Blues à la Mode (Felsted 7007)
CD4 [4-9]: BUDDY TATE: Swinging Like Tate (Felsted 7004)
CD4 [10] & CD5 [1-5]: COLEMAN HAWKINS: The High and Mighty Hawk (Felsted 7005)
CD5 [6-12]: BILLY STRAYHORN: Cue for Saxophone (Felsted 7008)
