''A Jazz Holiday'' is a jazz compilation released in 1973. It contains tracks recorded between 1928 and 1934 by

Benny Goodman Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...

Ben Pollack Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903 – June 7, 1971) was an American drummer and bandleader from the mid-1920s through the swing era. His eye for talent led him to employ musicians such as Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Glenn Miller, Jimmy McPartland, ...

Red Nichols Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965) was an American jazz cornetist, composer, and jazz bandleader. Biography Early life and career Nichols was born in Ogden, Utah, United States. His father was a college music profes ...

, Ted Lewis,

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, Jack Pettis,

Rube Bloom Reuben Bloom (April 24, 1902 – March 30, 1976) was an American songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and author. Life and career Bloom was born and died in New York City. He was Jewish. During his career, he wo ...

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, and The Venuti-Lang All Star Orchestra.

Track listing

# "A Jazz Holiday" – Benny Goodman's Boys # "'Deed I Do" – Ben Pollack & His Orchestra # "Buy, Buy For Baby" – Ben Pollack & His Park Central Orchestra # "Bashful Baby" – Ben Pollack & His Park Central Orchestra # " Yellow Dog Blues" – Ben's Bad Boys # "

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" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies # "

Carolina In The Morning "Carolina in the Morning" is a popular song with words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson, first published in 1922 by Jerome H. Remick & Co. The song debuted on Broadway in the elaborate and risqué musical revue '' The Passing Show of ...

" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies # "Who" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies # "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" – Red Nichols & His Five Pennies # "

Royal Garden Blues "Royal Garden Blues" is a blues song composed by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams in 1919. Popularized in jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band,

" – Ted Lewis And His Band # "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" – Ted Lewis And His Band # "Crazy 'Bout My Gal" – Irving Mills And His Orchestra # "Railroad Man" – Irving Mills And His Orchestra # "Sweetest Melody" – Jack Pettis & His Orchestra # "

Mysterious Mose ''Mysterious Mose'' is a 1930 Fleischer Studios animated short released through Paramount Pictures as part of the '' Talkartoons'' series. This film contains an early version of Betty Boop and the studio's star, Bimbo. "Mysterious Mose" is a ...

" – Rube Bloom & His Bayou Boys # "

That's A Plenty "That's a Plenty" is a 1914 ragtime piano composition by Lew Pollack. Lyrics by Ray Gilbert (born 1912) were added decades later. Several popular vocal versions have been recorded, but it is more often performed as an instrumental. The compositi ...

" – Benny Goodman # "Clarinetitis" – Benny Goodman # "Jungle Blues" – Benny Goodman's Boys # "

Room 1411 "Room 1411" is a 1928 instrumental composed by Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman and released as a Brunswick 78 by Benny Goodman's Boys. The song was Glenn Miller's first known composition and was an early collaboration between Glenn Miller and Benny ...

" – Benny Goodman's Boys # "Blue" – Benny Goodman's Boys # "After A While" – Benny Goodman's Boys # "

Basin Street Blues "Basin Street Blues" is a song often performed by Dixieland jazz bands, written by Spencer Williams in 1928 and recorded that year by Louis Armstrong. The verse with the lyric "Won't you come along with me / To the Mississippi..." was later added ...

" – The Charleston Chasers # "

Farewell Blues "Farewell Blues" is a 1922 jazz standard written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel. Background The song was recorded on August 29, 1922, in Richmond, Indiana and released as Gennett 4966A, Matrix #11179, as by the Friars Society Orches ...

" – The Venuti-Lang All Star Orchestra

References

1973 compilation albums Benny Goodman albums {{1970s-jazz-album-stub