50 Best of Blue Note

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Tracklist

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1Groovin’ High (live - Storyville)
live recording of:
Groovin’ High
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker5:05
2It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1961-04-03)
producer:
Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1961-04-03)
double bass:
Mort Herbert (on 1961-04-03)
drums (drum set):
Danny Barcelona (on 1961-04-03)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1961-04-03)
trombone:
Trummy Young (on 1961-04-03)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1961-04-03)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1961-04-03)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-04-03)
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (on 1961-04-03)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Louis Armstrong & The Duke Ellington Orchestra43:57
3Trav’lin’ Light
banjo:
Mike Pingitore (on 1942-06-12)
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1942-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Willie Rodriguez (Latin jazz drummer and percussionist) (on 1942-06-12)
piano:
Buddy Weed (on 1942-06-12)
saxophone:
Danny d'Andrea (on 1942-06-12), Lenny Hartman (on 1942-06-12) and Alvy West (on 1942-06-12)
trombone:
Skip Layton (on 1942-06-12) and Murray McEachern (on 1942-06-12)
trumpet:
Monty Kelly (on 1942-06-12), Larry Neill (on 1942-06-12) and Don Waddilove (on 1942-06-12)
lead vocals:
Lady Day (on 1942-06-12)
orchestra:
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (on 1942-06-12)
recording of:
Trav’lin’ Light (on 1942-06-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Jimmy Mundy (in 1942) and Trummy Young (in 1942)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., Commander Publishing, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Billie Holiday & Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra3:17
4Whirly Bird
recording of:
Whirly-bird
composer and arranger:
Neal Hefti
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:50
5Big Sur
Gil Fuller, The Montreal International Jazz Festival Orchestra & Dizzy Gillespie4:36
6Don’t Git Sassy (live)
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis7:19
7Wig Wise
producer:
Alan Douglas (American record producer)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1962-09-17)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1962-09-17)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1962-09-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
United Artists Records, Inc. (not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Sound Makers in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-09-17)
recording of:
Wig Wise (on 1962-09-17)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington3:19
8Bernie’s Tune
recording engineer:
Phil Turetsky (on 1952-08-16)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1952-08-16)
bass and double bass:
Bob Whitlock (Jazz bassist) (on 1952-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1952-08-16)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1952-08-16)
recorded at:
Phil Turetsky’s House in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1952-08-16)
instrumental recording of:
Bernie’s Tune (on 1952-08-16)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
composer:
Bernie Miller (US jazz pianist 1919-1945; wrote 'Bernie's Tune')
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
recording of:
Bernie’s Tune (on 1952-08-16)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
composer:
Bernie Miller (US jazz pianist 1919-1945; wrote 'Bernie's Tune')
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
Gerry Mulligan2:52
9Split Kick
Stan Getz2:54
10In a Sentimental Mood
cover recording of:
In a Sentimental Mood
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1935)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd., Lafleur Music Ltd., Mills Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
Sarah Vaughan4:03
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