Singer: Various
Title: Spirituals To Swing - Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 (I)
Label: AMIGA ‎– 8 50 060
Series: AMIGA JAZZ –
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Reissue
Country: German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Date of released: 1980
Category: Jazz
Style: Ragtime, Swing
Size MP3 zip: 1776 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1706 mb
Rating: 4.1✭
Format: MP3 MP1 MIDI VQF WMA WAV AHX AC3 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	–Benny Goodman Sextet	I Got Rhythm Written-By – Gershwin*	3:10
A2	–Benny Goodman Sextet	Flying Home Written-By – Goodman*, Christian*, Hampton*	3:11
A3	–Benny Goodman Sextet	Memories Of You Written-By – Blake*	2:52
A4	–Count Basie Combo	Blues With Helen Vocals – Helen HumesWritten-By – Basie*, Humes*	3:33
A5	–Count Basie Combo	Mortgage Stomp Written-By – Basie*	3:51
A6	–Count Basie Band	One O'Clock Stomp Written-By – Basie*	0:49
A7	–Count Basie Band	Blues With Lips Trumpet – Hot Lips PageWritten-By – Basie*	3:05
A8	–Count Basie Band	Rhythm Man Arranged By – Mundy*	2:40
B1	–Kansas City Six	Good Morning Blues Written-By – Basie*	3:44
B2	–Kansas City Six	Way Down Yander In New Orleans Written-By – Creamer*, Layton*	2:22
B3	–Count Basie, Walter Page, Jo Jones	I Ain't Got Nobody Written-By – S. Williams*	3:50
B4	–Count Basie Combo	Don't Be That Way Written-By – Sampson*	4:05
B5	–James Price Johnson	Mule Walk Written-By – James P. Johnson*	2:16
B6	–James Price Johnson	Carolina Shout Written-By – James P. Johnson*	2:13
B7	–Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers	Weary Blues Written-By – Artie Matthews	1:57
B8	–Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers	I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Written-By – Piron*	2:13

Credits

• Bass – Arthur Bernstein* (tracks: A1 to A3), Walter Page (tracks: A4 to B4, B7, B8)
• Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Design [Gestaltung] – Christoph Ehbets
• Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: A4 to B4, B7, B8), Nick Fatool (tracks: A1 to A3)
• Guitar – Charlie Christian (tracks: A1 to 3, B1, B2), Freddie Green (tracks: A6 to B2)
• Leader, Saxophone [Soprano] – Sidney Bechet (tracks: B7, B8)
• Liner Notes [1980] – Werner Sellhorn
• Piano – Count Basie (tracks: A4 to A8, B3, B4), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: A1 to A3), James Price Johnson (tracks: B5 to B8)
• Saxophone [Alto] – Earl Warren* (tracks: A6 to B8)
• Saxophone [Baritone] – Jack Washington (tracks: A6 to B8)
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Hershal Evans* (tracks: A6 to A8), Lester Young (tracks: A4 to B2,B4)
• Trombone – Benny Morton (tracks: A6 to A8), Dan Minor (tracks: A6 to A8, B7, B8), Dickie Wells (tracks: A6 to A8)
• Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: A4 to B2, B4), Ed Lewis (tracks: A6 to A8), Harry Edison (tracks: A6 to A8), Shad Collins (tracks: A6 to A8), Tommy Ladnier (tracks: B7, B8)
• Vibraphone – Lionel Hampton (tracks: A1 to A3)

Notes

Re-released within the AMIGA JAZZ Series.
some still with silver writing on plum-red label. AMIGA changed to blue labels during 1980-81.

A1 rec. 24.12.1939
A2 rec. 24.12.1939
A3 rec. 24.12.1939
A4 rec. 24.12.1939
A5 rec. 24.12.1939
A6 rec. 23.12.1938
A7 rec. 23.12.1938
A8 rec. 23.12.1938
B1 rec. 25.12.1938
B2 rec. 25.12.1938
B3 rec. 24.12.1939
B4 rec. 24.12.1939
B5 rec. 23.12.1938
B6 rec. 23.12.1938
B7 rec. 23.12.1938
B8 rec. 23.12.1938

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other: Ag 511/01/80

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
8 50 060	Various	Spirituals To Swing - Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	AMIGA	8 50 060	German Democratic Republic (GDR)	1967
TFL. 5187, 680 978 TL	Various	John Hammond's Spirituals To Swing Vol. 1 – The Legendary Carnegie Hall Concerts Of 1938/9 ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Fontana, Fontana	TFL. 5187, 680 978 TL	UK	1962
8 50 060	Various	Spirituals To Swing - Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 ‎(LP, Comp, Mono, RP)	AMIGA	8 50 060	German Democratic Republic (GDR)	1969

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