Ultimate Jazz & Blues

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

Annotation

One of these "listener-digest" huge budget sets compiling in 30 discs a range of jazz musicians, apparently drawing the takes from public domain material.
If cheap, maybe this is a good dig for absolute beginners who want an overview about things. Amateurs, obviously, stay away.

The Mingus disc consists exclusively of early 1945-49 singles, probably ripped from the (way superior) "West Coast" Mingus late anthology.

Annotation last modified on 2014-05-02 16:04 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Stan Getz
2▶CD: Astrud Gilberto
3▶CD: Django Reinhardt
4▶CD: Sarah Vaughan
5▶CD: Tony Bennett
6▶CD: B.B. King
7▶CD: Ray Charles
8▶CD: Miles Davis
9▶CD: Charles Mingus
10▶CD: John Coltrane
11▶CD: Nina Simone
12▶CD: Buddy Guy
13▼CD: Glenn Miller
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1In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
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)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Glenn Miller3.753:35
2The Jumpin’ Jive
Glenn Miller2:33
3A String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
Glenn Miller3:20
4Song of the Volga Boatmen
recording of:
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Bill Finegan arrangement for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1941)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
version of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
Glenn Miller3:27
5Sunrise Serenade
alto saxophone:
Hal McIntyre (on 1939-04-10) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1939-04-10)
baritone saxophone:
Stanley Aronson (on 1939-04-10)
clarinet:
Stanley Aronson (on 1939-04-10) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1939-04-10)
double bass:
Rolly Bundock (on 1939-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Moe Purtill (on 1939-04-10)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1939-04-10)
piano:
Chummy MacGregor (on 1939-04-10)
tenor saxophone:
Tex Beneke (on 1939-04-10) and Al Klink (on 1939-04-10)
trombone:
Al Mastren (on 1939-04-10), Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-10) and Paul Tanner (on 1939-04-10)
trumpet:
Legh Knowles (on 1939-04-10), Dale McMickle (on 1939-04-10) and Bob Price (Big band trumpet player) (on 1939-04-10)
orchestra:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (use only for releases Glenn Miller performed with) (on 1939-04-10)
conductor:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-10)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
recorded at:
Victor Studio #1 (Cherokee A) in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-10)
instrumental recording of:
Sunrise Serenade (on 1939-04-10)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Frankie Carle (in 1939)
Glenn Miller33:25
6Pennsylvania 6–5000
recording of:
Pennsylvania 6‒5000 (PEnnsylvania 6‒5000)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
Glenn Miller3:18
7Farewell Blues
recording of:
Farewell Blues
composer:
Leon Rappolo (until 1922), Paul Mares (until 1922) and Elmer Schoebel (until 1922)
publisher:
Herman Darewski Music Publishing Co Ltd. and Lawrence Wright
Glenn Miller3:10
8Tuxedo Junction
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-02-05)
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction (on 1940-02-08)
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
instrumental recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller3:31
9Perfidia
recording of:
Perfidia
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Glenn Miller3:17
10Moonlight Serenade
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-04)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller3.53:25
11American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
Glenn Miller3:20
12Sun Valley Jump
recording of:
Sun Valley Jump
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
Glenn Miller2:29
13Anvil Chorus
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
Glenn Miller4:53
14Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), 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:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
Glenn Miller3:29
15St. Louis Blues March
Glenn Miller3:33
14▶CD: Judy Garland
15▶CD: Count Basie
16▶CD: Charlie Parker
17▶CD: Billie Holiday
18▶CD: Benny Goodman
19▶CD: Sidney Bechet
20▶CD: Dizzy Gillespie
21▶CD: Duke Ellington
22▶CD: Ella Fitzgerald
23▶CD: Perry Como
24▶CD: Louis Armstrong
25▶CD: Nat King Cole
26▶CD: Erroll Garner
27▶CD: Lionel Hampton
28▶CD: John Lee Hooker
29▶CD: Muddy Waters
30▶CD: Sonny Terry

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Release

ASIN:UK: B000A2GJA8 [info]