VA - The Second Esquire Jazz Concert, 17 January 1945 (2001) [Swing, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz]; FLAC (tracks+.cue)

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Artist: Various
Album: The Second Esquire Jazz Concert, 17 January 1945
Genre: Swing, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz
Label: Jazz Band Records
Released: 2001
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:

CD 1:

1. Glenn Riggs - Introduction (2:50)
2. Leon Prima - Tin Roof Blues (3:45)
3. Mary Osborne - Rose Room (3:07)
4. Louis Armstrong - Back O'Town Blues (2:58)
5. James P. Johnson - Arkansas Blues (3:11)
6. Louis Armstrong - I'm Confessin' That I Love You (4:37)
7. Peter Kennedy - Esky awards presentations (1:54)
8. J.C. Higginbotham - Dear Old Southland (3:56)
9. William Zetmann - Renaming of Basin Street (1:54)
10. Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues & Closing (1:13)
11. Unknown Artist - Introduction (0:34)
12. Benny Goodman - Air Mail Special (3:48)
13. Mildred Bailey - Downhearted Blues (5:25)
14. Beatrice Lillie - Esky awards presentations (1:56)
15. Jack Benny - No Title (2:54)
16. Benny Goodman - The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise (3:36)
17. Danny Kaye - Introduction (0:54)
18. Duke Ellington - Esquire Jump (3:25)
19. Danny Kaye - Esky awards presentation (1:01)
20. Willie Smith - Tea for Two (4:12)
21. Judy Garland - Esky awards presentation (0:57)
22. Anita O'Day - Wish You Were Waiting for Me (2:17)

CD 2:

1. Lena Horne - Esky awards presentation (1:16)
2. Duke Ellington - Midriff (3:52)
3. Duke Ellington - Esky awards presentation (0:37)
4. Art Tatum - The Man I Love (2:46)
5. Art Tatum - I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (2:40)
6. Lionel Barrymore - Esky awards presentations (1:44)
7. Johnny Hodges - Mood to Wooed (4:40)
8. Jerome Kern - Esky awards presentation (0:59)
9. Billie Holiday - I Cover the Waterfront (3:12)
10. Danny Kaye - Esky awards presentations (1:20)
11. Al Casey - Honeysuckle Rose (2:46)
12. Danny Kaye - Introduces Leonard Feather (0:30)
13. Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington - Things Ain't What They Used to Be & Fade Out (1:38)
14. Fred Robbins - Introduction (0:54)
15. Louis Armstrong - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (2:32)
16. Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues (4:04)
17. Louis Armstrong - Muskrat Ramble (2:15)
18. Louis Armstrong - Dear Old Southland (3:19)
19. Louis Armstrong - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (3:52)
20. Louis Armstrong - Someday (You'll Be Sorry) (4:07)
21. Louis Armstrong - Tiger Rag & Closing (3:31)

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This disc is broken into two sections. The majority of the disc is devoted to archive recordings of the Second Esquire Jazz Concert. The legendary event took place on January 17, 1945, in New Orleans, New York, and Los Angeles. The concert featured many of the day's best-known jazz performers: Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and more. The second section of the disc highlights a performance by Louis Armstrong at the Winter Garden Theater in New York on June 19, 1947. This particular performance by Armstrong commemorated the world debut of the film New Orleans.
Review by Jason Birchmeier