CD WATCHING THE CLOSING..

Popis - WATCHING THE CLOSING..:
..(A History of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol. 1 1945-1959)
A brand new new Kris Needs compiled series that aims to chronicle the iconic tracks that have made up New Yorks sonic melting pot over the last 50 years. Volume 1 starts with the cool jazz, blues, latin, doo-wop, rock n roll and weird stuff coming outta New York in 40s and 50s and features, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Machito, Harry Belafonte, John Cage, Cab Calloway, Clyde McPhatter, Nina Simone, Raymond Scott, and Billie Holiday.
Available as a whopping 32 track 2CD with 72 page book written by Kris Needs himself.
Tracklisting: (Tracks marked ** also appear on 2LP format)
CD 1
1. DUKE ELLINGTON - Take The "A" Train **
2. COZY COLE - Bad **
3. FRANKIE LYMON & TEENAGERS- Why Do Fools Fall In Love **
4. MACHITO - Mucho Mambo
5. FAYE ADAMS - Shake A Hand **
6. LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Yellow Dog Blues **
7. ALMANAC SINGERS - Talking Union **
8. HARRY BELAFONTE - Matilda **
9. CAB CALLOWAY - Minnie The Moocher **
10. DANNY TAYLOR - Coffee Daddy Blues **
11. DIZZY GILLESPIE - Manteca **
12. NINA SIMONE - Little Girl Blue **
13. FIVE SATINS - In The Still Of The Nite **
14. BILLIE HOLIDAY - Autumn In New York **
15. MILES DAVIS - Summertime **
16. CHARLES MINGUS - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat **
17. JOHN CAGE - Indeterminacy Pt 2
CD2
1. COZY COLE -Topsy Pt 2
2. HONEYCONES - Op
3. HORACE SILVER - Senor Blues [Newport Jazz fest]
4. JOSH WHITE - Southern Exposure **
5. NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live **
6. DAVE VAN RONK - Duncan & Brady **
7. SONNY TERRY - Custard Pie Blues **
8. DRIFTERS - Money Honey **
9. BIG JOE TURNER - Morning Noon And Night **
10. THE EMBERS - Paradise Hill **
11. PARAGONS - Twilight **
12. BIG MAYBELLE - One Monkey Dont Stop No Show **
13. THELONIOUS MONK - Brilliant Corners
14. RAYMOND SCOTT - Ripples **
15. ALLEN GINSBERG - Howl