Tracklist

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Disc 1

• 1 Hello, Lola (New York, November 14, 1929) 3:14
• 2 One Hour (New York, November 14, 1929) 3:24
• 3 Dismal Dan (New York, April 4, 1930) 3:07
• 4 Poor Richard (New York, April 4, 1930) 3:02
• 5 Down Georgia Way (New York, April 4, 1930) 3:30
• 6 Georgia on My Mind (New York, June 30, 1931) 3:20
• 7 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me (New York, June 30, 1931) 3:07
• 8 The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (New York, June 30, 1931) 3:27
• 9 You Rascal, You (New York, June 30, 1931) 3:00
• 10 The Day You Came Along (New York, September 29, 1933) 3:37
• 11 Jamaica Shout (New York, September 29, 1933) 2:59
• 12 Heartbreak Blues (New York, September 29, 1933) 3:27
• 13 Happy Feet (New York, October 3, 1933) 2:49
• 14 Rhythm Crazy (New York, October 3, 1933) 3:16
• 15 Ol’ Man River (New York, October 3, 1933) 3:07
• 16 Minnie the Moocher’s Wedding Day (New York, October 3, 1933) 3:05
• 17 Ain’t Cha Glad (New York, October 3, 1933) 3:19
• 18 I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (New York, October 3, 1933) 3:37
• 19 It Sends Me (New York, March 8, 1934) 3:14
• 20 I Ain’t Got Nobody (New York, March 8, 1934) 3:16

Disc 2

• 1 On the Sunny Side of the Street (New York, March 8, 1934) 3:28
• 2 Lullaby (London, November 18, 1934) 2:56
• 3 Lady Be Good (London, November 18, 1934) 2:44
• 4 Lost in a Fog (London, November 18, 1934) 3:04
• 5 Honeysuckle Rose (London, November 18, 1934) 3:03
• 6 Some of These Days (The Hague, February 4, 1935) 2:32
• 7 After You’ve Gone (The Hague, February 4, 1935) 2:36
• 8 I Only Have Eyes for You (The Hague, February 4, 1935) 2:43
• 9 I Wish I Were Twins (The Hague, February 4, 1935) 2:33
• 10 Hands Across the Table (The Hague, February 4, 1935) 3:05
• 11 Blue Moon (Paris, March 2, 1935) 3:12
• 12 Avalon (Paris, March 2, 1935) 2:59
• 13 What a Difference a Day Made (Paris, March 2, 1935) 3:17
• 14 Stardust (Paris, March 2, 1935) 3:11
• 15 Chicago (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935) 3:02
• 16 Meditation (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935) 3:01
• 17 What Harlem Is to Me (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935) 2:43
• 18 Netcha’s Dream (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, August 26, 1935) 2:35
• 19 Love Cries (Zurich, May 4, 1936) 3:06
• 20 Sorrow (Zurich, May 4, 1936) 3:02

Disc 3

• 1 Tiger Rag (Zurich, May 4, 1936) 2:22
• 2 It May Not Be True (Zurich, May 4, 1936) 3:11
• 3 I Wanna Go Back to Harlem (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937) 2:58
• 4 Consolation (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937) 3:02
• 5 A Strange Fact (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937) 2:36
• 6 Original Dixieland One Step (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937) 1:57
• 7 Smiles (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937) 3:00
• 8 Something Is Gonna Give Me Away (Casino Hamdorff, Laren, April 27, 1937) 3:02
• 9 Honeysuckle Rose (Paris, April 28, 1937) 2:45
• 10 Crazy Rhythm (Paris, April 28, 1937) 3:00
• 11 Out of Nowhere (Paris, April 28, 1937) 3:16
• 12 Sweet Georgia Brown (Paris, April 28, 1937) 3:00
• 13 Lamentation (Hilversum, May 26, 1937) 2:57
• 14 Devotion (Hilversum, May 26, 1937) 2:47
• 15 Star Dust (Hilversum, August 18, 1937) 2:30
• 16 Well, All Right Then (Hilversum, August 18, 1937) 2:28
• 17 Blues Evermore (Hilversum, June 14, 1938) 2:44
• 18 Dear Old Southland (Hilversum, June 14, 1938) 2:42
• 19 ’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (Hilversum, June 14, 1938) 2:54

Disc 4

• 1 I Know That You Know (Hilversum, June 14, 1938) 2:51
• 2 When Buddah Smiles (Hilversum, June 14, 1938) 2:44
• 3 Swinging in the Groove (Hilversum, June 14, 1938) 3:06
• 4 The Darktown Strutter’s Ball (London, May 26, 1939) 2:39
• 5 My Melancholy Baby (London, May 26, 1939) 2:48
• 6 Meet Doctor Foo (New York, October 11, 1939) 2:34
• 7 Fine Dinner (New York, October 11, 1939) 2:34
• 8 She’s Funny That Way (New York, October 11, 1939) 3:15
• 9 Body and Soul (New York, October 11, 1939) 3:01
• 10 It’s Tight Like That (New York, December 14, 1939) 2:37
• 11 Easy Rider (New York, December 14, 1939) 3:19
• 12 Scratch My Back (New York, December 14, 1939) 3:16
• 13 Save It, Pretty Mama (New York, December 14, 1939) 3:01
• 14 When Day Is Done (New York, January 3, 1940) 3:22
• 15 The Sheik of Araby (New York, January 3, 1940) 3:00
• 16 My Blue Heaven (New York, January 3, 1940) 2:50
• 17 Bouncing With Bean (New York, January 3, 1940) 3:06
• 18 How Long, How Long Blues (New York, January 15, 1940) 3:14
• 19 Shake It and Break It (New York, January 15, 1940) 2:57
• 20 A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody (New York, January 15, 1940) 2:48

Disc 5

• 1 Pom Pom (New York, January 15, 1940) 3:11
• 2 Dedication (New York, May 25, 1940) 2:52
• 3 Passin’ It Around (New York, August 9, 1940) 3:14
• 4 Serenade to a Sleeping Beauty (New York, August 9, 1940) 3:05
• 5 Rocky Comfort (New York, August 9, 1940) 3:10
• 6 Forgive a Fool (New York, August 9, 1940) 2:55
• 7 Esquire Bounce (New York, December 4, 1943) 3:14
• 8 Boff Boff (Mop Mop) (New York, December 4, 1943) 3:09
• 9 My Ideal (New York, December 4, 1943) 3:07
• 10 Esquire Blues (New York, December 4, 1943) 3:15
• 11 Voodte (New York, December 8, 1943) 3:06
• 12 How Deep Is the Ocean (New York, December 8, 1943) 3:23
• 13 Hawkins Barrel House (New York, December 8, 1943) 2:57
• 14 Stumpy (New York, December 8, 1943) 3:19
• 15 Lover Come Back to Me (New York, December 18, 1943) 3:04
• 16 Blues Changes (New York, December 18, 1943) 4:12
• 17 Crazy Rhythm (New York, December 23, 1943) 3:14
• 18 Get Happy (New York, December 23, 1943) 3:23
• 19 The Man I Love (New York, December 23, 1943) 5:05

Disc 6

• 1 Sweet Lorraine (New York, December 23, 1943) 4:18
• 2 I Only Have Eyes for You (New York, January 31, 1944) 3:08
• 3 ’S Wonderful (New York, January 31, 1944) 2:37
• 4 I’m in the Mood for Love (New York, January 31, 1944) 3:12
• 5 Bean at the Met (New York, January 31, 1944) 3:00
• 6 Woodyn’ You (New York, February 16, 1944) 3:01
• 7 Bu‐Dee‐Daht (New York, February 16, 1944) 3:14
• 8 Yesterdays (New York, February 16, 1944) 2:57
• 9 Ol’ Man River (New York, May 1, 1944) 2:53
• 10 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (New York, May 1, 1944) 2:42
• 11 Flame Thrower (New York, February 17, 1944) 3:15
• 12 Imagination (New York, February 17, 1944) 2:48
• 13 Night and Day (New York, February 17, 1944) 3:19
• 14 Cattin’ at Keynote (New York, February 17, 1944) 2:40
• 15 Disorder at the Border (New York, February 22, 1944) 2:58
• 16 Feeling Zero (New York, February 22, 1944) 3:00
• 17 Rainbow Mist (New York, February 22, 1944) 2:59
• 18 Pick‐Up Boys (New York, May 17, 1944) 3:03
• 19 Porgy (New York, May 17, 1944) 3:04

Disc 7

• 1 On the Sunny Side of the Street (New York, May 24, 1944) 4:42
• 2 Three Little Words (New York, May 24, 1944) 4:45
• 3 Battle of the Saxes (New York, May 24, 1944) 4:35
• 4 Louise (New York, May 24, 1944) 4:52
• 5 Make Believe (New York, May 29, 1944) 4:43
• 6 Don’t Blame Me (New York, May 29, 1944) 4:50
• 7 Just One of Those Things (New York, May 29, 1944) 4:30
• 8 Hallelujah (New York, May 29, 1944) 3:59
• 9 Step on It (New York, July 27, 1944) 3:06
• 10 Riding on 52nd Street (New York, July 27, 1944) 2:49
• 11 Memories of You (New York, July 27, 1944) 2:56
• 12 Out to Lunch (New York, October 11, 1944) 2:52
• 13 In the Hush of the Night (New York, October 11, 1944) 2:55
• 14 Look Out Jack! (New York, October 11, 1944) 2:45
• 15 Every Man for Himself (New York, October 11, 1944) 2:50
• 16 I’m Yours (New York, October 12, 1944) 3:27
• 17 Under a Blanket of Blue (New York, October 12, 1944) 3:07
• 18 Beyond the Blue Horizon (New York, October 12, 1944) 2:53

Disc 8

• 1 A Shanty in Old Shanty Town (New York, October 12, 1944) 2:57
• 2 My Man (New York, October 18, 1944) 3:12
• 3 El Salon de Gutbucket (New York, October 18, 1944) 2:57
• 4 Embraceable You (New York, October 18, 1944) 2:59
• 5 Undecided (New York, October 18, 1944) 3:03
• 6 Recollections (New York, October 19, 1944) 2:52
• 7 Drifting on a Reed (New York, October 19, 1944) 3:02
• 8 Flyin’ Hawk (New York, October 19, 1944) 2:48
• 9 On the Bean (New York, October 19, 1944) 2:40
• 10 Sportsman’s Hop (New York, January 11, 1945) 2:57
• 11 Bean Stalking (New York, January 11, 1945) 3:06
• 12 Ladies Lullaby (New York, January 11, 1945) 3:03
• 13 The Night Ramble (New York, January 11, 1945) 2:26
• 14 Leave My Heart Alone (New York, January 11, 1945) 2:37
• 15 Hawk’s Variations – Part I (New York, January, 1945) 2:20
• 16 Hawk’s Variations – Part II (New York, January, 1945) 2:20
• 17 April in Paris (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 2:56
• 18 Rifftide (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 2:55
• 19 Stardust (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 3:15
• 20 Stuffy (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 3:00

Disc 9

• 1 Hollywood Stampede (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 3:09
• 2 I’m Through With Love (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 3:13
• 3 What Is There to Say (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 3:09
• 4 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Los Angeles, February 23, 1945) 3:06
• 5 Too Much of a Good Thing (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945) 2:53
• 6 Bean Soup (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945) 3:04
• 7 Someone to Watch Over Me (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945) 2:49
• 8 It’s the Talk of the Town (Los Angeles, March 9, 1945) 3:06
• 9 Just a Riff (Los Angeles, October, 1945) 3:18
• 10 What’s Happenin’ (Los Angeles, October, 1945) 2:55
• 11 Mop de Mop Mop (Los Angeles, October, 1945) 3:11
• 12 My Ideal (New York, January 8, 1944) 3:17
• 13 Indian Summer (New York, December 4, 1946) 3:13
• 14 Phantomesque (New York, June, 1947) 2:55
• 15 April in Paris (New York, December 11, 1947) 3:08
• 16 How Strange (New York, December 11, 1947) 3:02
• 17 Half Step Down Please (New York, December 11, 1947) 3:02
• 18 Angel Face (New York, December 11, 1947) 3:12
• 19 Jumpin’ for Jane (New York, December 11, 1947) 3:08
• 20 Picasso (July‐August, 1948) 3:12

Disc 10

• 1 It’s Only a Paper Moon (Paris, December 21, 1949) 3:02
• 2 Sih – Sah (Paris, December 21, 1949) 3:13
• 3 Bean’s Talking Again (Paris, December 21, 1949) 3:15
• 4 Bah – U – Bah (Paris, December 21, 1949) 3:21
• 5 I Surrender Dear (Paris, December 21, 1949) 3:12
• 6 Sophisticated Lady (Paris, December 21, 1949) 3:11
• 7 (It’s No) Sin (New York, October 19, 1951) 2:58
• 8 And So to Sleep Again (New York, October 19, 1951) 2:58
• 9 Spellbound (New York, January 31, 1952) 3:06
• 10 Lost in a Fog (New York, January 31, 1952) 3:07
• 11 Carioca (New York, January 31, 1952) 2:27
• 12 Midnight Sun (New York, February 26, 1952) 2:55
• 13 If I Could Be With You (New York, July 30, 1952) 3:13
• 14 I Can’t Get Started (New York, July 30, 1952) 2:56
• 15 My Blue Heaven (New York, Mid 1950) 2:58
• 16 Honeysuckle Rose (New York, Mid 1950) 3:35
• 17 Organ Grinder’s Swing (New York, Mid 1950) 3:07
• 18 Perdido (New York, Mid 1950) 4:34
• 19 Sweethearts on Parade (New York, Mid 1950) 3:41
• 20 Ruby (New York, April 27, 1953) 2:27
• 21 Song From Moulin Rouge (New York, April 27, 1953) 2:57

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