Louis Armstrong / Ella Fitzgerald / Billie Holiday / Nina Simone / Nat King Cole: The Jazz Singers

These 5 CDs come in a cardboard box with a 12-page booklet with credits and a little story about every artist. Each CD has its own cardboard cover with on the back its tracks with duration.
– CD 1 tracks 1-12 recorded ca. 1962, 13-16 ca. 1965 – duration 62:47 equal with – [m1047411]
– CD 2 tracks 1-3 recorded June 2, 1936, 4-7 October 29, 1936, 8 & 9 November 1936, 10 March 24, 1937, 11-13 May 24, 1937, 14-17 October 27, 1937, 18-20 December 17, 1937 – duration 64:15 equal with – [r8072226]
– CD 3 tracks 1 & 2 recorded July 2, 1935, 3-5 October 25, 1935, 6 & 7 December 3, 1935, 8 September 29, 1936, 9 January 25, 1937, 12, 13, 15 & 16 May 11, 1937, 14 June 1, 1937, 17-19 June 15, 1937, 20-22 September 13, 1937 – duration 64:34 equal with – [r944757]
– CD 4 duration 61:18 equal with – [r6982843]
– CD 5 recorded at Los Angeles ca. 1943 – duration 64:01 no release on Discogs
– Made in Belgium (on back of box and covers and on CDs)
– Logo Jazz World on box, booklet, covers and CDs
– The song on track 3.9 ‘Please Keep Me In Your Arms’ is also known as ‘Please Keep Me In Your Dreams’
– Not all credits were mentioned on the covers. Most have been found in the Discogs Database and added as Uncredited.
– Track 1.6.a – “Free As A Bird” is incorrect on the cover of CD1 given to “Handy” but actually it is a traditional song.
– Track 1.6.b – “Oh! Didn’t He Ramble” is probably also incorrect given to “Handy”. As there are two “Handy”s [a782861] and [a1056766] in the Discogs Database Both single credited to this song. [url=https://www.preshallfoundation.org/didntheramble]The Preshall Foundation[/url] has a totally other opinion about where the credits should go.
– Track 1.7 – artist “[a407111]” is miscredited as “[url=https://www.discogs.com/release/11117528]Moritat[/url] Well”.

CD 1: Licensed from Phonoco International Ltd.
CD 2, 3, 5: LIcensed from Lafayette Music Group
CD 4: Licensed from Creative Sounds Ltd.