The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’s

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: 1950–1954
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Bloomdido
Charlie Parker Quintet3:26
2Subconscious Lee
Lee Konitz2:49
3Bouncing with Bud
recording of:
Bouncing With Bud
composer:
Bud Powell
Bud Powell3:04
4My Funny Valentine
recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), 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) 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)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker2:56
5The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
instrumental recording of:
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company (from 1943 to present)
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Ahmad Jamal2:51
6Au Privave
Charlie Parker Quintet2:45
7Straight No Chaser
recording of:
Straight, No Chaser
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Monk2:57
8Lullaby of Birdland
instrumental recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
George Shearing2:44
9Almost Like Being in Love
Lester Young3:33
10Black Coffee
double bass:
Max Wayne (on 1953-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1953-05-04)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1953-05-04)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1953-05-04)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1953-05-04)
cover recording of:
Black Coffee (1948 song) (on 1953-05-04)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1948)
composer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Sondot Music Corp. and Webster Music Co.
Peggy Lee3:09
11Nuages
double bass:
Pierre Michelot (in 1953-03)
drums (drum set):
Jean‐Louis Viale (French jazz drummer 1933-1984) (in 1953-03)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1953-03)
piano:
Maurice Vander (jazz musician and conductor, not the lyricist) (in 1953-03)
recording of:
Nuages (instrumental) (in 1953-03)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
recording of:
Nuages (with lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Larue (French lyricist)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
version of:
Nuages (instrumental)
Django Reinhardt33:18
12Django
The Modern Jazz Quartet7:03
13Walkin’
recording of:
Walkin’ (usually credited to Richard Carpenter)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Miles Davis13:27
14Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
Dizzy Gillespie7:21
15If There’s Someone Lovelier Than You
Tal Farlow2:44
16On the Sunny Side of the Street
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1954-07-02)
double bass:
John Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1954-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Louis Bellson (on 1954-07-02)
piano:
Call Cobbs (on 1954-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1954-07-02)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1954-07-02)
trumpet:
Harold “Shorty” Baker (on 1954-07-02)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1954-07-02)
instrumental recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1954-07-02)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Ancar Enterprises Inc., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Vydia Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
Johnny Hodges2:58
17Lover Man
cover recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Sarah Vaughan3:17
18Joy Spring
Clifford Brown & Max Roach6:49
2▶CD: 1955–1956
3▶CD: 1956–1957
4▶CD: 1957
5▶CD: 1957–1958
6▶CD: 1958–1959
7▶CD: 1958–1959
8▶CD: 1959

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ASIN:US: B004NTVMLA [info]