The Jazz Scene [Deluxe Edition]

Va-Jazz Scene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Deluxe Edition
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046TH
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,524 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Jazz Scene: Sono - Duke Ellington/Harry Carney/Billy Strayhorn

2. The Jazz Scene: Frustration - Duke Ellington/Harry Carney/Billy Strayhorn

3. The Jazz Scene: Rhumbacito - Neal Hefti

4. The Jazz Scene: Repetition - Neal Hefti

5. The Jazz Scene: I Want To Be Happy - Lester Young/Nat 'King' Cole/Buddy Rich

6. The Jazz Scene: Picasso - Coleman Hawkins

7. The Jazz Scene: Introspection - Ralph Burns

8. The Jazz Scene: The Bloos - George Hawkins

9. The Jazz Scene: The Bird - Charlie Parker

10. The Jazz Scene: Sophisticated Lady - Willie Smith

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Additional Sides: Halfway To Dawn - Billy Strayhorn

2. The Additional Sides: Tailspin - Billy Strayhorn

3. The Additional Sides: Halfway To Down - Billy Strayhorn

4. The Additional Sides: Back To The Land - Lester Young/Nat 'King' Cole/Buddy Rich

5. The Additional Sides: Tea For Two - Willie Smith

6. The Additional Sides: Tea For Two - Willie Smith

7. The Additional Sides: Not So Bop Blues - Willie Smith

8. The Additional Sides: Not So Bop Blues - Willie Smith

9. The Additional Sides: The Big Head - Coleman Hawkins

10. The Additional Sides: Skippy - Coleman Hawkins

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Jazz Time Capsule, July 7, 2007

By 

Herb Zigler (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jazz Scene (Audio CD)

Over a dozen years after receiving "The Jazz Scene" as a Christmas present, I'm still delighted by it and recommending it to others. Want to talk about a great gift for a Jazz fan that keeps on giving, this is it; recorded music to listen to, fine B&W photographs to look at, and an interesting text to read. It's a Jazz time capsule from 1950 and may be one of Norman Granz's most underrated achievements.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, December 15, 1999

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R. Patton (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jazz Scene (Audio CD)

The Jazz Scene is definitive and sublime in every aspect -- the packaging, the liner notes, and most of all the music. You will understand and enjoy jazz better once you have experienced this CD set. If you have friends or family who enjoy jazz and who are not familiar with the Jazz Scene, do them (and yourself) a favor and order a couple of these at the outset to share with them.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This IS jazz. Pure, simple, the essence of feeling. Great!!, February 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Jazz Scene (Audio CD)

I have bought this for two friends PLUS myself. If you want to experience the early makings of "modern" jazz then this CD is a must.