This Box Set Is An Hommage To Harry
Lim, The Man Who Made Keynote The Legendary Jazz Label It Remains In The
History Of The Music Up To The Present Day.
Personnel:
Lester Young,
Dinah Washington, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Shavers,
Rex Stewart, Red Norvo, Jonah Jones, Chubby Jackson, Cozy Cole, Bill Harris, Willie
Smith, Bud Freeman, Arnold Ross, Juan Tizol, Benny Carter, Lennie Tristano
Reference: FSRCD 815_11
· 11 Cd Set
· 124-Page Booklet
· Detailed Notes & Sessionography
· 24 Bit Digitally Remastered
· Poster Included
Back In
1940, Keynote Recordings Inc. Was A New, Small And Independent New York Company
With Offices At 522 Fifth Ave., Recently Founded By Eric Bernay, The Owner Of A
Midtown Manhattan Record Store Called The Music Room. Bernay Was Musically
Openminded And, Looking For A Place In The Increasingly Convulsed American Record
Industry, He Launched A Catalog Of Varied Music And Performers.
The Nature
Of Keynotes Early Releases Stopped Them Reaching A Broader Market, But At The
End Of 1943 He Took A Decision That, For A While, Helped Move His Business In
The Right Direction: Keynote Turned To Jazz And For The Following Three And A
Half Years Built Up A Large 78 Rpm Record Catalog Of 10 And 12-Inch Albums
Which Contributed Greatly To Documenting The Jazz History Of Forties America.
Responsible For
This Impressive Venture Was An Unlikely Figure; A Javanese Fan Called Harry Lim.
During This Relatively Short Period He Used His Deep Knowledge And Great
Contacts To Record Some Of The Most Celebrated Jazz Soloists And Outstanding
Newcomers On The New York, Chicago And Los Angeles Jazz Scenesdiscs That
Rapidly Became Collectors Items. This Box Set Is A Homage To Harry Lim, Who
Made Keynote The Legendary Jazz Label It Is Today.
Tracklisting:
CD 1 · 1941-1944:
GEORGE HARTMAN And His Orchestra
01. Diga
Diga Doo 3:21
02. Jazz Me
Blues 2:59B
03. Muskrat
Ramble 3:26
04. Tin Roof
Blues 3:45
LESTER YOUNG
Quartet
05. Just You
Just Me 3:10
06. I Never
Knew 3:08
07. Afternoon
Of A Basie-Ite 3:08
08. Sometimes
I'm Happy 3:05
SEXTET With DINAH WASHINGTON
09. Evil Gal
Blues 2:54
10. I Know
How To Do It 3:11
11. Salty
Papa Blues 3:03
12. Homeward
Bound 2:50
LITTLE JAZZ (ROY ELDRIDGE) And His
Trumpet Ensemble
13. Don't Be
That Way 3:13
14. I Want To
Be Happy 2:58
15. Fiesta In
Brass 2:56
16. St. Louis
Blues 2:37
COLEMAN HAWKINS Quintet, Featuring
TEDDY WILSON
17. I Only
Have Eyes For You 3:08
18. 'S
Wonderful 2:37
19. I'm In
The Mood For Love 3:12
20. Bean At
The Met 3:00
COLEMAN
HAWKINS Quartet
21. Flamethrower
3:15
22. Imagination
2:48
23. Night And
Day 3:20
24. Cattin' At
Keynote 2:40
CD 2 · 1944:
COZY COLE All Stars
01. Blue
Moon 4:33
02. Father
Co-Operates 4:47
03. Just One
More Chance 4:51
04. Thru For
The Night 4:42
KANSAS CITY Seven / KANSAS CITY Five
05. After
Theatre Jump 4:43
06. Six Cats
And A Prince 4:09
07. Lester
Leaps Again 4:24
08. Destination
K.C. 3:50
CHARLIE SHAVERS Quintet, Featuring
EARL HINES
09. Mountain
Air 4:59
10. Curry In
And Hurry 4:40
11. Stardust
4:30
12. Rosetta 4:42
COLEMAN HAWKINS And His Sax Ensemble
13. On The Sunny
Side Of The Street 4:42
14. Three
Little Words 4:45
15. Battle Of
The Saxes 4:35
16. Louise 4:52
CD 3 · 1944:
COLEMAN HAWKINS All American Four
01. Make
Believe 4:42
02. Don't
Blame Me 4:50
03. Just One
Of Those Things 4:30
04. Hallelujah
3:58
BENNY MORTONS Trombone Choir
05. Where Or
When 4:39
06. Liza 4:22
07. Once In
A While 4:43
08. Sliphorn
Outing 4:33
REX STEWARTS Big Eight
09. The
Little Goose 3:47
10. Im True To
You 3:41
11. Zaza 3:59
12. Swamp
Mist 4:35
THE KEYNOTERS
13. You're
Driving Me Crazy 4:12
14. I'm In The
Market For You 4:35
15. Blue Lou
4:19
16. I Found A
New Baby 4:17
CD 4 · 1944:
PETE BROWNS All Star Quintet, Featuring
KENNY KERSEY
01. It All
Depends On You 4:27
02. That's
My Weakness Now 4:09
03. It's The
Talk Of The Town 4:35
04. I May Be
Wrong 4:03
RED NORVOS All Star Sextet
05. Subtle
Sextology 3:44
06. Blues A
La Red 4:13
07. The Man
I Love 4:14
08. Seven
Come Eleven 4:07
BILLY TAYLORS Big Eight
09. Passin'
Me By 2:53
10. Carney-Val
In Rhythm 2:43
11. Sam-Pan 2:40
12. Night
Wind 3:09
JONAH JONES And His Orchestra
13. Lust For
Kicks 2:26
14. Just
Like A Butterfly 3:03
15. B.H. Boogie
2:35
16. Twelfth
Street Rag 3:03
GEORGE HARTMAN And His Orchestra, Featuring
FRANK FROEBA
17. Hindustan
2:49
18. Always 2:59
19. Darktown
Strutters Ball 2:12
20. Angry 3:04
CD 5 · 1944-1945:
RED NORVOS All Star Septet
01. Russian
Lullaby 4:40
02. I Got
Rhythm 4:12
03. Sing
Something Simple 3:41
COLEMAN HAWKINS Quintet
04. I'm
Yours 3:26
05. Under A Blanket
Of Blue 3:07
06. Beyond The
Blue Horizon 2:55
07. A Shanty
In Old Shanty Town 2:57
CHARLIE SHAVERS All American Five
08. My Man 3:12
09. El Salon
De Gutbucket 2:57
10. Embraceable
You 3:00
11. Undecided
2:51
GEORGE WETTLINGS New Yorkers
12. Home 3:33
13. Too
Marvelous For Words 4:03
14. You
Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me 3:54
15. Somebody
Loves Me 3:47
CHUBBY JACKSON And His Orchestra
16. Northwest
Passage 2:50
17. Cryin'
Sands 3:06
COZY COLE And His Orchestra
18. Lover
Come Back To Me 2:43
19. Smiles 2:48
20. All Of Me
2:43
21. They
Didn't Believe Me 2:49
CD 6 · 1945:
BARNEY BIGARD Quintet
01. Rose
Room 3:12
02. Bojangles
2:53
03. Coquette
2:46
04. Borobudor
2:44
HORACE HENDERSON Orchestra
05. Deed I
Do 2:44
06. Make
Love To Me 3:02
07. Bunch Of
Rhythm 3:02
08. Smacks
Blues 3:25
BILL HARRIS And His Septet
09. Cross
Country 2:56
10. Characteristically,
B.H. 3:02
11. Mean To Me
3:25
12. She's
Funny That Way 3:19
WILLIE SMITH And His Orchestra
13. September
In The Rain 3:06
14. You
Ought To Be In Pictures 2:38
15. Moten
Swing 3:01
16. Willie
Weep For Me 3:02
CORKY CORCORAN And His Orchestra, Featuring
EMMETT BERRY
17. What Is
This Thing Called Love 2:55
18. Minor
Blues 3:12
19. You Know
It 2:35
20. Lullaby Of
The Leaves 3:02
MILT HINTON And His Orchestra
21. Broadway
Holdover 2:31
22. Bass
Pandemonioum 2:58
23. Everywhere
3:06
24. Beefsteak
Charlie 2:29
CD 7 · 1945:
J.C. HEARD Quintet
01. Why Do I
Love You? 2:35
02. All My
Life 2:58
03. Groovin'
With J.C. 3:16
04. What's The
Use? 3:14
JONAH JONES And His Orchestra
05. Poor
John 2:30
06. Trumpet
Interlude 3:21
07. Little
Sir Echo 2:53
08. Exactly
Like You 2:58
IRVING FAZOLAS Dixielanders
09. Someday
Sweetheart 3:05
10. Isle Of Capri
3:09
11. When
Your Love Has Gone 2:43
12. With You,
Anywhere You Are 2:55
13. Sweet
Lorraine 3:05
14. Mostly
Faz 3:17
15. Clarinet
Marmalade 2:51
16. Jazz Me
Blues 3:03
BUD FREEMAN And His Orchestra
17. Town
Hall Blues 3:13
CHUBBY JACKSONS Rhythm
18. Head
Quarters 2:55
19. Head
Hunters 2:41
20. Sams
Caravan 3:08
21. Two
Heads Are Better Than One 2:49
BUD FREEMANS All Star Orchestra
22. Tea For Two
2:50
23. Honeysuckle
Rose 2:48
24. Room With
A View 3:16
CD 8 · 1945-1946:
BUD FREEMAN And His Orchestra
01. You Took
Advantage Of Me 2:53
02. Sentimental
Baby 2:55
03. You're
My Everything 2:55
04. Blue
Room 2:57
05. Time On My
Hands 3:08
06. I Found A
New Baby 2:55
07. Royal
Garden Blues 2:44
08. Midnite At
Eddie Condons 2:53
09. Inside On
The Southside 2:43
TED NASH Quintet
10. The Girl
In My Dreams Tries To Look Like You 3:17
11. I've Got
A Pocketful Of Dreams 2:59
12. On The Sunny
Side Of The Street 2:43
13. Wicks
Kicks 2:46
THE KEYNOTERS
14. I Can't
Believe That You're In Love With Me 3:02
15. The Way
You Look Tonight 3:08
16. Airiness
A La Nat 2:35
17. My Old
Flame 3:00
BABE RUSSIN Quartet
18. Like
Someone In Love 3:03
19. All The Things
Your Are 2:46
20. I Heard
You Cry Last Night 2:52
21. Zing
Went The Strings Of My Heart 2:59
MANNY KLEIN All Stars
22. Give Me
Something To Remember You By 3:07
23. After
You've Gone 2:37
24. Bei Mir
Bist Du Schoen 2:38
25. At
Sundown 3:14
CD 9 · 1946:
BABE RUSSIN Quintet
01. Easy To Love
2:46
02. 5054 Whitsett
2:43
HERBIE HAYMERS Orchestra
03. I Saw
Stars 3:10
04. Sweet And
Lovely 2:58
05. China
Boy 3:02
CLYDE HURLEY And His Orchestra
06. I've Got
A Feeling Im Falling 2:57
07. Dancing On
The Ceiling 3:09
08. Out Of Nowhere
2:56
09. On The Trail
2:59
ARNOLD ROSS Quintet
10. The Moon
Is Low 2:50
11. Stairway
To The Stars 3:09
12. Bye Bye
Blues 2:45
13. I Don't
Know Why I Love You, Like I Do 3:06
JUAN TIZOL And His Orchestra
14. Keb-Lah 3:03
15. The
Sphinx 3:03
16. Zanzibar
3:03
17. You
Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It 2:37
BENNY CARTER Quintet
18. Moonglow
2:51
19. Give Me
Something To Remember You By 2:48
20. Lady Be
Good 2:39
21. Deep Purple
3:12
MARIE BRYANT
22. Blue
Skies 2:56
23. Ice
Cream Brick 3:02
BERNIE LEIGHTON Quintet
24. Waiting For
Leighton 2:31
CD 10 · 1946:
BILL HARRIS And His New Music
01. Everything
Happens To Me 3:07
02. Frustration
2:55
ANN HATHAWAY With ELLIS LARKINS And His
Orchestra
03. Come
Rain Or Come Shine 3:06
04. Between The
Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 2:59
BERNIE LEIGHTON Quartet
05. Beyond The
Moon 2:37
06. Have You
Met Miss Jones 2:58
07. I See
Your Face Before Me 3:05
08. Moten
Swing 2:55
09. Things
Are Looking Up 3:09
JOE THOMAS And His Orchestra
10. You Can
Depend On Me 3:03
11. She
Didn't Say Yes 3:08
12. Black
Butterfly 3:03
13. Pocatello
2:47
GEORGE BARNES Sextet
14. Windy
City Flash 2:36
15. Barnes At
Dublins 2:41
16. Laughing
At Life 3:07
17. Blue Lou
2:58
18. Quiet, Two
Gibsons At Work 3:01
19. Pink
Elephants 2:38
20. Lover
Come Back To Me 2:51
21. Whats The
Use 2:26
LENNIE TRISTANO Trio
22. Out Of A
Limb 2:42
23. I Can't
Get Started With You 2:57
24. I
Surrender Dear 3:07
25. Interlude
3:07
26. Untitled
Blues 3:48
CD 11 · 1946-1947:
DANNY HURD Orchestra
01. Available
Jones 3:04
02. You
Stepped Out Of A Dream 3:06
03. Long Ago
And Far Away 2:57
04. Dreamy
Afternoon 2:50
DAVE LAMBERT & BUDDY STEWART With
RED RODNEYS Be-Boppers
05. A Cent And
A Half 2:55
06. Perdido 3:03
07. Charge
Account 2:45
08. Gussie G
2:51
GENE SEDRIC Orchestra
09. Teasin' 2:59
10. T-I-L-L-I-E
2:56
11. I Can't
Give You Anything But Love 2:44
12. I Got
Rhythm 2:46
NEAL HEFTI And His Orchestra
13. Siboney 2:45
14. Mad
About The Boy 3:07
15. I Woke
Up Dizzy 3:03
16. Sloppy
Joes 2:50
RED RODNEYS Be-Boppers
17. All Gods
Chillun Got Rhythm 2:49
18. Elevation
2:56
19. Fine And
Dandy 2:42
20. The Goof
And I 3:01
LENNIE TRISTANO Trio
21. Blue Boy
2:49
22. Atonement
2:31
23. Coolin'
Off With Ulanov 2:50
All Tracks
Recorded In New Orleans, New York, Chicago & Los Angeles
Personnel, Discography
And Recording Information Full Detailed In The Booklet
All Sessions
Supervised By Harry Lim, Except Where Indicated (*) By Leonard Feather, Steve
Smith, Eric Bernay And John Hammond
This Compilation
And His Liner Notes Produced
For CD Release
By Jordi Pujol
Mastering: Pieter
De Wagter
Graphic Design
By Rafa Ros & Jordi Pujol
Photos: FSR Archives
24-Bit
Digitally Remastered