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The Jazz Singers

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The Jazz Singers
Box set by
various artists
ReleasedMay 19, 1998
Recorded1919–1994
GenreJazz
Length352:02
LabelSmithsonian Collection
ProducerBruce Talbot, Robert G. O'Meally
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The Jazz Singers: A Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Vocals from 1919-1994 is a box set containing five CDs released by the Smithsonian Institution in 1998. It is organized thematically, rather than chronologically. Half of the categories overlap from one disc to another.

Track listing

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(Disc 1)

Steeped In The Blues

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Straight Out Of Church

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Rhythm Singers: Let's Have A Party

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(Disc 2)

Swinging The Songbook

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(Disc 3)

After Hours: Slow-Dancing And Torching The Songbook

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(Disc 4)

Jazz Compositions

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Scat And Vocalese

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  • 4-18 Jelly Roll Morton - "Improvised Scat Song" (1:45)
  • 4-19 Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - "Hotter Than That" (2:59)

(Disc 5)

Novelties And Take-Offs

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See also

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