Chick Webb was a jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who enjoyed huge success and popularity during the 1930s before his career was tragically cut short by his death from spinal tuberculosis in 1939 at the age of 34. He was renowned for introducing the teenaged Ella Fitzgerald to the scene as his featured vocalist. With a much-admired powerful virtuoso drumming technique, he was a highly influential figure, paving the way for the likes of Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson. This 98-track 4-CD collection comprises most of his releases under his own name on the Brunswick, Vocalion, Columbia, Okeh and Decca labels, plus early recordings with the Jungle Band. It contains a significant number of recordings featuring Ella Fitzgerald, who performed on several of his 17 career hits, all of which are included here, most notably the No. 1 “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”. Also featured is his original version of “Stompin’ At The Savoy”, plus many other classics of the era – “Don’t Be That Way”, “You’ll Have To Swing It”, “Rock It For Me”, “Undecided”, “T’Ain’t What You Do” and more. Other vocalists featured are Taft Jordan, Louis Jordan, Chuck Richards, Charles Linton and Louis Bacon, with his bands also including many notable names of the era. It’s a substantial and fairly comprehensive overview of his recording career, and a highly entertaining showcase for his distinctive approach, not to mention his important work with Ella Fitzgerald as an emerging star of the day.

CD1
1    Dog Bottom    The Jungle Band
2    Jungle Mama    The Jungle Band
3    I'm Left With Blues In My Heart    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
4    Soft And Sweet    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
5    Heebie Jeebies    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
6    When Dreams Come True    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
7    Let's Get Together    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
8    I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
9    Imagination    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
10    Why Should I Beg For Love    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
11    Stomping At The Savoy    Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
12    True    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
13    If It Ain't Love    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
14    Lonesome Moments    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
15    On The Sunny Side Of The Street    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
16    Blue Minor    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
17    That Rhythm Man    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
18    Lona    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
19    Don't Be That Way    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
20    It's Over Because We're Through    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
21    Love And Kisses    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
22    Are You Here To Stay?    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
23    Rhythm And Romance    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
24    Moonlight And Magnolias    Chick Webb & His Orchestra

CD2
1    I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
2    I'll Chase The Blues Away    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
3    Crying My Heart Out For You    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
4    Down Home Rag    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
5    Sing Me A Swing Song    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
6    Facts And Figures    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
7    A Little Bit Later On    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
8    Under The Spell Of The Blues    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
9    Go Harlem    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
10    Devoting My Time To You    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
11    Mr. Paganini (You'll Have To Swing It)    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
12    Vote For Mr. Rhythm    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
13    Swinging On The Reservation    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
14    Blue Lou    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
15    What A Shuffle    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
16    I Got The Spring Fever Blues    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
17    Love, You're Just A Laugh    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
18    There's Frost On The Moon    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
19    Gee, But You're Swell    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
20    Love Marches On    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
21    Take Another Guess    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
22    When I Get Low I Get High    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
23    You Showed Me The Way    Chick Webb's Orchestra
24    Rusty Hinge    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
25    Cryin' Mood    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
26    Wake Up And Live    Chick Webb & His Orchestra

CD3
1    It's Swell Of You    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
2    Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
3    Love Is The Thing, So They Say    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
4    That Naughty Waltz    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
5    In A Little Spanish Town    Chick Webb & His Little Chicks
6    I Ain't Got Nobody    Chick Webb & His Little Chicks
7    Just A Simple Melody    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
8    Holiday In Harlem    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
9    Strictly Jive    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
10    Rock It For Me    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
11    The Dipsy Doodle    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
12    Midnight In A Madhouse    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
13    I Got A Guy    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
14    Harlem Conga    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
15    If Dreams Come True    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
16    Squeeze Me    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
17    Sweet Sue, Just You    Chick Webb & His Little Chicks
18    I Got Rhythm    Chick Webb & His Little Chicks
19    A-Tisket, A Tasket    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
20    Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
21    Everybody Step    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
22    Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
23    I'm Just A Jitterbug    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
24    Azure    Chick Webb & His Orchestra

CD4
1    Spinnin' The Webb    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
2    Wacky Dust    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
3    I Let A Tear Fall In The River    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
4    McPherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
5    F.D.R Jones    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
6    I Love Each Move You Make    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
7    I Found My Yellow Basket    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
8    Ella    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
9    Gotta Pebble In My Shoe    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
10    Who Ya Hunchin'?    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
11    It's Foxy    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
12    My Heart Belongs To Daddy    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
13    It Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
14    I Can't Stop Loving You    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
15    Undecided    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
16    In The Groove At The Grove    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
17    Chew, Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
18    It's Slumbertime Along The Swanee    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
19    I'm Up A Tree    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
20    Have Mercy    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
21    Little White Lies    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
22    One Side Of Me    Chick Webb & His Orchestra
23    That Was My Heart    Chick Webb & His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald 
24    Sugar Pie    Chick Webb & His Orchestra With Ella Fitzgerald