The Giants of Jazz Collection

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: 1902-1957
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Elite Sincopations
recording of:
Elite Syncopations
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1902)
Scott Joplin3:13
2Black Bottom Stomp
recording of:
Black Bottom Stomp
composer:
Ferdinand Morton
Jelly Roll Morton3:13
3West End Blues
recording of:
West End Blues (Armstrong recording) (on 1928-06-28)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (in 1928)
arranger:
Louis Armstrong (in 1928)
arrangement of:
West End Blues (original instrumental)
Louis Armstrong3:18
4Jazz Me Blues
recording of:
Jazz Me Blues
composer:
Tom Delaney
Bix Beiderbecke3:05
5Alexander Ragtime Band
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Bessie Smith3:02
6Dinah
vocals:
Fats Waller
recording of:
Dinah
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
B & G Akst Publishing Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
Fats Waller3:07
7I’ve Found a New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Sidney Bechet3:14
8King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Fletcher Henderson2:53
9Black and Tan Fantasy
recording of:
Black and Tan Fantasy
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Bubber Miley
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:26
10’Tain’t What You Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-01-03)
alto saxophone:
Ted Buckner (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1939-01-03) and Dan Grissom (on 1939-01-03)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1939-01-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1939-01-03)
guitar:
Al Norris (on 1939-01-03)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1939-01-03)
reeds:
Earl Carruthers (on 1939-01-03), Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1939-01-03) and Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1939-01-03)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1939-01-03), Elmer Crumbley (on 1939-01-03) and Trummy Young (on 1939-01-03)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1939-01-03), Eddie Tompkins (on 1939-01-03) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1939-01-03)
vocals:
Trummy Young (on 1939-01-03)
arranger:
Sy Oliver
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (on 1939-01-03)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
Jimmie Lunceford3:04
11Jumpin’ at the Woodside
recording of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (original instrumental)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
publisher:
PW Arrangements, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Count Basie3:03
12After You’ve Gone
cover recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
instrumental recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Benny Goodman2:47
13Ring Dem Bells
recording of:
Ring Dem Bells
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Lionel Hampton3:25
14Gone With the Wind
instrumental recording of:
Gone With the Wind
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
Art Tatum4:47
15Minor Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Publications Francis Day
Django Reinhardt3:15
16I Like to Riff
double bass:
Wesley Prince (on 1941-07-16)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1941-07-16)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1941-07-16)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1941-07-16)
recording of:
I Like To Riff (on 1941-07-16)
lyricist and composer:
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole2:50
17How Long Has This Been Going On?
instrumental recording of:
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Funny Face, 1957 film)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
New World Music Co. (in 1927)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
part of:
Rosalie
Coleman Hawkins3:57
18She’s Funny That Way
vocals:
Billie Holiday
recording of:
She’s Funny That Way
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1928)
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
Billie Holiday2:41
2▼CD: 1939-1960
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Seven Come Eleven
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-11-22)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-11-22)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-11-22)
electric guitar and guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-11-22)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-11-22)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-11-22)
recording of:
Seven Come Eleven (on 1939-11-22)
composer:
Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
Benny Goodman2:46
2Bird of Paradise
recording of:
Bird of Paradise
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:12
3Red Top
live recording of:
Red Top
composer:
Lionel Hampton and Ben Kynard
Erroll Garner3:12
4Blue Monk
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1954-09-22)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-09-22)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-09-22)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-09-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-09-22)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1954-09-22)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk7:42
5Quicksilver
recording of:
Quicksilver
composer:
Horace Silver
Art Blakey6:37
6Take Five
recording of:
Take Five (original instrumental version)
composer:
Paul Desmond
publisher:
Derry Music Company, Desmond Music Company (Paul Desmond), Valentine Music Group Ltd., Valentine Music Verlag and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Dave Brubeck6:51
7Makin’ Whoopee
live instrumental recording of:
Makin’ Whoopee!
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
translator:
Harrie Geelen
publisher:
Beth Dryer Music, Donaldson Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Tobago Music Co. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Gerry Mulligan3:37
8But Not for Me
vocals:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist)
recording of:
But Not for Me
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), New World Music Co. (in 1930) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Chet Baker3:03
9Stella by Starlight
instrumental recording of:
Stella by Starlight
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Stan Getz2:43
10’round Midnight
recording engineer:
Ray Moore (engineer, 1957–1995) (on 1956-09-10)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940-90s record producer)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-09-10)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-09-10)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-09-10)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-09-10)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-10)
instrumental cover recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1956-09-10)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
Miles Davis3.655:54
11Vendome
live recording of:
Vendôme
composer:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet)
Modern Jazz Quartet2:30
12Darn That Dream
instrumental recording of:
Darn That Dream
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1939)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1939)
publisher:
Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP)
part of:
Swingin’ the Dream
Dexter Gordon4:18
13St. Thomas
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
recording of:
St. Thomas (on 1956-06-22)
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
Sonny Rollins46:47
14Soultrane
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-11-30)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1956-11-30)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-11-30)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1956-11-30)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-11-30)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-11-30)
recording of:
Soultrane (on 1956-11-30)
composer:
Tadd Dameron
John Coltrane5:25
15A Foggy Day
instrumental recording of:
A Foggy Day (in London Town) (on 1955-12-23)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Gershwin Publishing Corp, Warner Chappell North America Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
Charles Mingus5:27

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Release

manufactured in:EEC (Europe)
Italy
manufactured by:Opti.Me.S. (Italian CD manufacturer)
distributed by:SAAR srl (not for release label use - for copyrights, distributor use only)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sarabandas srl (not for release label use! for copyrights, distribution, etc. only) (in 1992)
ASIN:UK: B00005825T [info]