Capitol Records' From The Vaults: Capitol Jumps

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 6, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00004TIR7
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,627 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweet Lorraine

2. Does Everyone Know About This?

3. Stuffy

4. Poinciana

5. Buzz Me

6. Artistry Jumps

7. Juice Head Baby

8. Cement Mixer

9. My Sugar Is So Refined

10. T-Town Jump

11. Fine Brown Frame

12. Robbins Nest

13. Move Your Hand, Body

14. I Got a Break Baby

15. King Size Papa

16. On a Slow Boat to China

17. How High the Moon

18. Don't Smoke in Bed

19. Be-Bop Spoken Here

20. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Sampler, But Could Have Used More "Jump", June 21, 2000

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Robert - See all my reviews

This review is from: Capitol Records' From The Vaults: Capitol Jumps (Audio CD)

I'm happy Capitol released this single CD, because I'd been looking at Mosaic's Capitol Jazz set for sometime but couldn't bring myself to drop the $200 it costs. This disc features a mix of vocal and instrumental tunes from 1943-1953, with a strong emphasis on jazz and early r&b. Although there are a few chestnuts thrown in, most of these cuts are pretty rare. Its great to hear so much "new" music from this era. The artists are mostly well-known (Kenton, Benny Carter, Billy May, Ellington), but there are a few I was unfamiliar with.

That said, what disappointed me was that a number of the selections strayed pretty far from the "jumpin" theme. It's not that the cuts aren't strong, but just how does Johnny Mercer doing "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" belong in here? This is definitely not a bad disc, but it didn't fully deliver what I'd expected.

Decent remastering job. Cool retro packaging.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best reissue albums ever, January 21, 2005

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James McLean "Jim" (Oakland, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Capitol Records' From The Vaults: Capitol Jumps (Audio CD)

this is an incredible album you will listen to over and over. Billy Vera has done an exceptional producing job here and I hope he gets back into the Capitol vaults for another one.