The Music Maker
Spreadin’ Knowledge Around
I’m Coming, Virginia
Peckin’
Just A Mood
Sugarfoot Stomp
Jubilee (With Helen Humes)
Life Goes To A Party
Texas Chatter
One O’clock Jump
Out Of Nowhere
Big John’s Special
I’m In The Mood For Swing
They Say (With Billie Holiday)
Boo-Woo
Woo-Woo
Ciribiribin
Two O’clock Jump
I’ve Found A New Baby
Feet Draggin’ Blues
All Or Nothing At All (With Frank Sinatra)
Sleepy Time Gal
Flash
Concerto For Trumpet
Back Beat Boogie
The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
I’ll Get By (With Dick Haymes)
You Made Me Love You
Yes, Indeed! (With Dick Haymes)
I Don’t Want To Walk Without You (With Helen Forrest)
Strictly Instrumental
By The Sleepy Lagoon
Trumpet Blues And Cantabile
Easter Parade
Crazy Rhythm
Cherry
I Had The Craziest Dream (With Helen Forrest)
I’ve Heard That Song Before (With Helen Forrest)
I’m Beginning To See The Light (With Kitty Kallen)
I’m Confessin’
It’s Been A Long, Long Time (With Kitty Kallen)
I Can’t Begin To Tell You (With Betty Grable)
Cotton Tail
Tuxedo Junction
Would I Love You, Love You, Love You? (With Doris Day)
You’ll Never Know (With Rosemary Clooney)
Lush Life
Ring For Porter
Harry, Not Jesse
My Inspiration
Weather Bird Rag

Harry James
Albert Ammons
Benny Carter
Dick Cathcart
Buck Clayton
Ray Conniff
Corky Corcoran
Carl "Ziggy" Elmer
Irving Fazola
Johnny hodges
Pete Johnson
Gene Krupa
Matty Matlock
Red Norvo
Buddy Rich
Willie Smith
Juan Tizol

Celebrating the centenary on 15th March of Harry James (1915-1983), this Retrospective compilation of 50 classics throws renewed light on a trumpeter who belongs amongst the very greatest in all of jazz music. The survey covers every aspect of his fabulous career, from his first recording sessions as a 21-year-old with Ben Pollack’s band (Spreadin’ Knowledge Around – already with a salvo-level solo), through to joyful examples of “Double Dixie” from 1962 with Matty Matlock (Weather Bird Rag). And all steps in between. These include his breakthrough as a member of Benny Goodman’s Orchestra (Sugar Foot Stomp), and with Teddy Wilson (Just A Mood). He formed his own orchestra in 1939, and thereafter every track has his dominant leadership stamped upon it. You Made Me Love You made him a household name in 1942, revealing the schmaltz that was an essential part of his repertoire – as was the staggering virtuosity displayed in such non-jazz items as The Flight Of The Bumble Bee. Then there was a certain 1939 recording made with a young Frank Sinatra that suddenly became a smash in 1943, All Or Nothing At All. Harry, of course, always had a superior cast of vocalists, and there are prime examples here of Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest, Kitty Kallen, Doris Day, Rosemary Clooney . . . and even wife No.2, Betty Grable. But, above all, Harry James was a hot jazz player par excellence, and the two discs are full of superlative examples of his artistry. Harry James – Retrospective salutes you!