by Various Artists, Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins · Verve · CD · EAN 0011105040020
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«The Commodore Story» is a various-artists compilation released in 1997 by Verve as a double CD.
It brings together forty recordings of Dixieland, swing and vocal jazz, with performances by Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Art Tatum and Sidney Bechet. It documents the catalogue of Commodore Records, considered the first jazz label in the United States.
Remastered edition on two CDs; includes a 52-page booklet with uncommon photographs.
Aimed at fans of classic jazz and swing interested in the history of the genre.
