by Various · Saga (Harmonia Mundi) · CD · EAN 0044006647326
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«Jazzin' the Classics Vol. 1» is a various-artists compilation album, released on CD in 2003 by the Saga label (Harmonia Mundi).
A compilation of jazz versions of classical pieces recorded in the 1930s and 1940s. It ranges over Bach, Beethoven, Bizet and Liszt with arrangements by Benny Goodman, Art Tatum, Django Reinhardt or Duke Ellington. Includes «Liebestraum» by Nat King Cole, «Ebony Rhapsody» by Duke Ellington and «Humoresque» by Art Tatum.
Total duration of 73 minutes. Selection and concept by Philippe Baudoin; transfers and mastering by Art & Son.
For jazz and classical music listeners interested in the fusion of both repertoires and in the swing of the 1930s and 1940s.
