Ol’ Man River

~ Recording by Count Basie & His Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.3Ol’ Man River5:35Count Basie & His OrchestraThe Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His OrchestraCount Basie & His OrchestraAlbum + Compilation
Mosaic Records (US jazz reissues)MD10-149

Relationships

baritone saxophone:Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1958-04-28)
double bass:Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (on 1958-04-28)
drums (drum set):Sonny Payne (on 1958-04-28)
guitar:Freddie Green (on 1958-04-28)
piano:Count Basie (pianist) (on 1958-04-28)
reeds:Marshall Royal (on 1958-04-28)
tenor saxophone:Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1958-04-28)
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-04-28)
trombone:Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-04-28)
Al Grey (trombone) (on 1958-04-28)
Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-04-28)
trumpet:Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-04-28)
Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-04-28)
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1958-04-28)
Snooky Young (on 1958-04-28)
woodwind:Frank Wess (on 1958-04-28)
recording of:Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (on 1958-04-28)

Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)

lyricist:Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
referred to in medleys:Lilla Amerika
later translated versions:Ol’ Man River (french lyrics)
part of:Show Boat (1951 film)
Show Boat: Act I
orchestrations:Ol’ Man River (orchestrated by R. Williams)