Track list

1. CD
Louis Armstrong - when the Saints Go Marching in
Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong - Jack Armstrong Blues
Louis Armstrong - Muggles
Louis Armstrong - Rockin Chair
Louis Armstrong - Dallas Blues
Louis Armstrong - I Ain T Got Nobody
Louis Armstrong - Swing That Music
Sidney Bechet - Petite Fleur (Live)
Sidney Bechet - Maple Leaf Rag
Sidney Bechet - Lazy River
Sidney Bechet - Oh, Didn T He Ramble
Sidney Bechet - Blues in the Air
Sidney Bechet - Viper Mad
Sidney Bechet - Four or Five Times
Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden S Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - Freakish
Jelly Roll Morton - Billy Goat Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton with Miss Billie Young - when
Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton - Michigan Water Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - Ponchartrain
Jelly Roll Morton - Kansas City Stomps

2. CD
Sidney Bechet - Summertime
Sidney Bechet - Sweet Lorraine
Sidney Bechet - Sweet Sue
Sidney Bechet - Si Tu Vois Ma Mere
Sidney Bechet - China Boy
Sidney Bechet - the Mooche
Sidney Bechet - when the Sun Sets Down South
Sidney Bechet - Laughin in Rhythm
Jelly Roll Morton - Mamie S Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - Winin Boy Blues
Jelly Roll Morton - the Seattle Hunch
Jelly Roll Morton - Pep
Jelly Roll Morton - Shreveport Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton - Wolverine Blues
Jelly Roll Morton with Lizzie Miles - Don T Tell
Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues
Louis Armstrong - Coal Cart Blues
Louis Armstrong - Weather Bird
Louis Armstrong - St. James Infirmary
Louis Armstrong - Marie
Louis Armstrong - You Rascal, You
Louis Armstrong - Ain T Misbehavin (Live)
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues

Track list
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
The Peanut Vendor
Struttin' with Some Barbeque
Up a Lazy River
I'll Be Glad when You're Dead
Rockin' Chair
St. Louis Blues
A Kiss to Build a Dream on
Swing That Music
Black and Blue
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
What a Wonderful World
Philosophy of Life

"An occasion to appreciate Dexter's resounding musical genius as well as his wish for major social transformation."-Angela Y. Davis, political activist, scholar, author, and speaker Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo" turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present. Reading like a jazz composition, the blend of research, anecdote, and a selection of Dexter's personal letters reflects his colorful life and legendary times. It is clear why the celebrated trumpet genius Dizzy Gillespie said to Dexter, "Man, you ought to leave your karma to science." Dexter Gordon the icon is the Dexter beloved and celebrated on albums, on film, and in jazz lore--even in a street named for him in Copenhagen. But this image of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the multidimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. This essential book is an attempt to fill in the gaps created by our misperceptions as well as the gaps left by Dexter himself.

James Bond (this time played by George Lazenby) hands in his licence to kill after being banned from hunting down his arch-nemesis Blofeld (Telly Savalas). Continuing his investigations alone, he follows a lead to Portugal, meets and falls in love with Tracey Draco (Diana Rigg), and is told by her crimelord father that Blofeld is now in Switzerland. Pretty soon its snow, kilts, girls, secret bases and ski chases, as Bond chases down his enemy and attempts to foil a plan to unleash a deadly chemical weapon.

"In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd stroll up and down the floor and the bar. Those guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy, and there was lots of just plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all, I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn." So says Louis Armstrong, a tough kid who just happened to be a musical genius, about one of the places where he performed and grew up. This raucous, rich tale of his early days in New Orleans concludes with his departure to Chicago at twenty-one to play with his boyhood idol King Oliver, and tells the story of a life that began, mythically, on July 4, 1900, in the city that sowed the seeds of jazz.

Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his "solo" turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present. Reading like a jazz composition, the blend of research, anecdote, and a selection of Dexter's personal letters reflects his colorful life and legendary times. It is clear why the celebrated trumpet genius Dizzy Gillespie said to Dexter, "Man, you ought to leave your karma to science." Dexter Gordon the icon is the Dexter beloved and celebrated on albums, on film, and in jazz lore--even in a street named for him in Copenhagen. But this image of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the multidimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. This essential book is an attempt to fill in the gaps created by our misperceptions as well as the gaps left by Dexter himself.

Musical comedy of romantic errors set in 1920s New York. Dolly Gallagher Levi (Barbra Streisand), recently widowed and living in Yonkers, New York, is something of a society matchmaker. Hired to find the perfect beau for the also just widowed millionaire Horace Vandergelder (Walther Matthau), Dolly can't help but conclude that it is she whom he should be marrying. Horace has his eye on Irene Molloy, a pretty young thing that Dolly simply must get out of the way if her plan is to succeed. Meanwhile two of Horace's young employees Cornelius (Michael Crawford) and Barnaby decide to take advantage of the boss's romantic mission to the city and follow him for a glimpse of the urban high-life. Through a series of coincidences the pair have to escape being discovered by Horace, only to take refuge in Irene Molloy's hat emporium, with Cornelius immediately falling in love with the owner, and Barnaby with her assistant Minnie. The young lovers end up at a very expensive restaurant with Dolly desperately trying to make sure that everyone ends up with the right partner, and to claim Horace for her own.

Louis Daniel Armstrong was born in August 1901 (yet he always claimed to be born on the 4th of July) and is probably the most famous Jazz musician of the 20th Century. He achieved fame as a trumpeter but it was his unique voice and gentlemanly manner that endeared him to the general public. His biggest selling record "Hello Dolly" was released in 1964 and topped the pop charts around the world making him the oldest person ever to have hit the top, at 63! Watch these performances of Armstrong throughout different times in his career and admire his unique talent. See him perform "Hello Dolly", among many others on this brilliant collection then sit back and listen to his distinctive voice in the collection of audio tracks. This set really is the definitive Louis Armstrong!