Various Artists "The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music (3 CDs)" [RCA 61144-2]
Disc I: Rock It In Rhythm - A Blues and Gospel Heritage
1. Beale Street Blues [1927, "Fats" Waller and Albert Hunter]
2. Statesboro Blues [1928, Blind Willie McTell]
3. Canned Heat Blues [1928, Tommy Johnson]
4. Old Dog Blue [1928, Jim Jackson]
5. Death's Black Train Is Coming [1926, Rev. J.M. Gates]
6. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [1926, Paul Robeson]
7. Walk Right In [1929, Cannon's Jug Stompers]
8. Bumble Bee Blues [1930, The Memphis Jug Band with Memphis Minnie]
9. Milk Cow Blues [1930, Sleepy John Estes]
10. Sun Gonna Shine in My Door Someday [1935, Big Bill Broonzy]
11. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [1937, Sonny Boy Williamson]
12. Rock It in Rhythm [1938, Tampa Red and The Chicago Five]
13. Precious Lord, Take My Hand [1937, The Heavenly Gospel Singers]
14. What a Time [1939, The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet]
15. Midnight Special [1940, Leadbelly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Qurtet]
16. Baby Please Don't Go [1941, Big Joe Williams]
17. Why Don't You Do Right? [1941, Lil Green]
18. He's a Jelly Roll Baker [1942, Lonnie Johnson]
19. Lift Every Voice and Sing [1942, The Southern Sons]
20. Chicago Breakdown [1945, Big Maceo Merriweather]
21. I'm Her Honeydripper [1947, Roosevelt Sykes and His Original Honey Drippers]
22. My Baby Left Me [1950, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup]
Disc II: Parade of Giants - The Story of Jazz
1. Black and Tan Fantasy [1945, Duke Ellington]
2. St. Louis Blues [1933, Louis Armstrong]
3. Too Late [1929, King Oliver]
4. Black Bottom Stomp [1926, Jelly Roll Morton]
5. Indian Summer [1940, Sidney Bechet]
6. Sugar Foot Stomp [1931, Fletcher Hendrson]
7. Everybody Loves My Baby [1940, "Fats" Waller]
8. Body and Soul [1939, Coleman Hawkins]
9. Hot Mallets [1939, Lionel Hampton]
10. Piano Man [1939, Earl Hines]
11. Brand New Wagon [1947, Count Basie]
12. Out of Nowhere [1947, Art Tatum]
13. Cocktails for Two [1940, Benny Carter]
14. Manteca [1947, Dizzy Gillespie]
15. Shaw 'Nuff [1957, Bud Powell]
16. Dizzy Moods [1957, Charles Mingus]
17. Evidence [1958, Art Blakey]
18. Just Friends [1963, Sonny Rollins]
19. Confidentiality [1989, Roy Hargrove]
20. Black and Tan Fantasy [1990, Marcus Roberts]
Disc III: Pop, Rock Soul and Beyond
1. Banana Boat Song (Day-O) [1955, Harry Belafonte]
2. Love Me or Leave Me [1955, Lena Horne]
3. God Bless the Child [1961, Sam Cooke]
4. C'Est Si Bon [1953, Eartha Kitt]
5. Shout (Parts I & II) [1959, The Isley Brothers]
6. Love Is Strange [1956, Mickey & Sylvia]
7. (I'm) All Shook Up [1957, Elvis Presley]
8. To Be Young, Gifted and Black [1968, Nina Simone]
9. Everybody Plays the Fool [1971, The Main Ingredient]
10. Cave Man (Troglodyte) [1971, Jimmy Castor]
11. Rock the Boat [1973, Hues Corporation]
12. Shame [1977, Evelyn "Champagne" King]
13. Native New Yorker [1979, Odyssey]
14. I'm So Excited [1982, Ponter Sisters]
15. Parents Just Don't Understand [1987, D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]
16. Wild Wild West [1987, Kool Moe Dee]
17. I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) [1990, Hi-Five]
18. Girls Nite Out [1989, Tyler Collins]
19. You're Gonna Get Served [1991, Gene Rice]
とある中古ショップにて，\1,700 (^_^)v １９９２年にリリースされた編集盤 CD。
かなり以前から目には留まっていたものの，１枚目の Blues は日本が世界に誇る『RCA ブルースの古典』(企画・選曲・解説 中村とうよう・日暮泰文・鈴木啓志) という名編集盤と重複する曲があるし，２枚目の Jazz には大して興味が無いし，３枚目に収録されている Sam Cooke "God Bless The Child" はそれほど珍しい曲でも無いし・・・ということで，見送っていたのだが・・・。
『東京大学のアルバート・アイラー―東大ジャズ講義録』 を読んで，Jazz を最初から聴き直してみようかなという気になって，購入。
アルバム・タイトルには "The 1st Note" とあるが，曲目リストを御覧いただければ分かるように１９９１年の楽曲も収録されていて，"Black Music" という大きなジャンルが発達・展開していく歴史を駆け足ではあるけれども，たどれるようになっている。
レコーディング・データや曲目解説も，簡潔なものだが充実していて，非常に参考になる。
あらためて "Black Music" というジャンルの底深さや幅広さに圧倒されてしまった。
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