Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn (on 1941-06-12)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Tempo (on 1943-02-19)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra54:38
2It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Joe Mondragon (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
violin:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
cover recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (from 1957-09-04 until 1957-09-16)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy "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)
Ella Fitzgerald4:16
3A Theme From the Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)
Louis Armstrong3:25
4Lullaby of Birdland
Mel Tormé4:54
5Misty
Erroll Garner Trio2:49
6God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday4:01
7The "In" Crowd
The Ramsey Lewis Trio5:54
8Take Five
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (bass) (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion (Part of Chrysalis Records), Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (Bibliothèque nationale de France) (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Take Five (original instrumental version) (on 1959-07-01)
composer:
Paul Desmond
publisher:
Derry Music Company, Desmond Music Company, 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
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet4.355:26
9The Girl From Ipanema
recording engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Creed Taylor
bass guitar:
Tommy Williams (jazz bassist) (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Milton Banana (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
guest piano and piano:
Antônio Carlos Jobim (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
guitar:
João Gilberto (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Stan Getz (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
vocals:
Astrud Gilberto (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19) and João Gilberto (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
recorded at:
A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
recording of:
The Girl From Ipanema (from 1963-03-18 until 1963-03-19)
lyricist:
Vinicius de Moraes (O poetinha)
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
translator:
Norman Gimbel
publisher:
Corcovado Music Corp., Duchess Music Corporation, MCA Music Ltd., New Thunder Music Co., Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
translated version of:
Garota de Ipanema
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto3.55:26
10My Funny Valentine
producer:
Richard Bock (record producer)
double bass:
Carson Smith (on 1954-02-15)
drums (drum set):
Bob Neel (on 1954-02-15)
piano:
Russ Freeman (pianist) (on 1954-02-15)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (on 1954-02-15)
vocals:
Chet Baker (on 1954-02-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1954) and Blue Note (in 1989)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-02-15)
cover recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1954-02-15)
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 and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, 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 (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
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)
Chet Baker2.52:20
11Exodus
Eddie Harris2:03
12(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1946-03-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1946-03-15)
instruments:
The Nat King Cole Trio (in 1946)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1946-03-15)
lead vocals:
King Cole
vocals:
Nat King Cole (in 1946, on 1946-03-15)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1946-03-15)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-03-15)
recording of:
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 (on 1946-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., E. H. Morris, LondonTown Music, Inc., Troup-London, LLC, 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 (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 and Burke-Van Heusen, Inc. (on 1946-04-22)
The Nat King Cole Trio3:03
13Flying Home
Illinois Jacquet3:13
14Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (on 1958-12-15)
double bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Payne (on 1958-12-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Ronnell Bright (on 1958-12-15)
reeds:
Marshall Royal (on 1958-12-15)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (from 1958-12-01 until 1958-12-15) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-12-15)
trombone:
Henry Coker (on 1958-12-15), Benny Powell (on 1958-12-15) and Al Grey (trombone) (on 1958-12-23)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (on 1958-12-15), Eugene Young (on 1958-12-15) and Thad Jones (on 1958-12-23)
woodwind:
Frank Wess (on 1958-12-15)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1958-12-15)
cover recording of:
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Redwood Music, T.B. Harms and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Sarah Vaughan4:00
15April in Paris
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1955-07-26) and Marshall Royal (on 1955-07-26)
alto saxophone, clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Frank Wess (on 1955-07-26)
baritone saxophone and bass clarinet:
Charlie Fowlkes (on 1955-07-26)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1955-07-26)
double bass:
Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (on 1955-07-26)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Payne (on 1955-07-26)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1955-07-26)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1955-07-26)
trombone:
Henry Coker (on 1955-07-26), Bill Hughes (trombone) (on 1955-07-26) and Benny Powell (on 1955-07-26)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (on 1955-07-26), Reunald Jones (on 1955-07-26), Thad Jones (on 1955-07-26) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1955-07-26)
arranger:
Wild Bill Davis
instrumental recording of:
April in Paris (on 1955-07-26)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:49
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Something's Gotta Give
Ella Fitzgerald2:36
2Cloudburst
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross2:18
3Killer Joe
Art Farmer & Benny Golson5:01
4Cast Your Fate to the Wind
Vince Guaraldi Trio3:09
5Since I Fell for You
cover recording of:
Since I Fell for You
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Johnson (in 1945)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (ended) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
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 (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
Dinah Washington3:15
6Seven Steps to Heaven
recording of:
Seven Steps to Heaven
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (in 1963) and Victor Feldman (jazz musician) (in 1963)
Miles Davis6:26
7Lush Life
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1963-03-07)
producer:
Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter)
double bass:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1963-03-07)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1963-03-07)
piano:
McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1963-03-07)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1963-03-07)
vocals:
Johnny Hartman (jazz singer) (on 1963-03-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-03-07)
recording of:
Lush Life (on 1963-03-07)
lyricist:
Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
composer:
Gary Fuhrmann and Billy Strayhorn (from 1933 until 1938)
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn Songs, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Reservoir Media Music, ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment) and Tempo Music Inc (from 1949 to present)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman5:30
8The Cat
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Phil Woods (US jazz woodwind player) (on 1964-04-29)
bass:
George Duvivier (on 1964-04-29)
bass trombone:
Tony Studd (on 1964-04-29)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate (on 1964-04-29)
French horn:
Ray Alonge (french horn) (on 1964-04-29), Earl Chapin (on 1964-04-29), Bill Corea (on 1964-04-29), Bill Correa (Hornist) (on 1964-04-29) and Jim Buffington (US jazz, studio and classical hornist) (on 1964-04-29)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1964-04-29)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1964-04-29)
percussion:
Phil Kraus (on 1964-04-29)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1964-04-29), Jimmy Cleveland (on 1964-04-29) and Urbie Green (on 1964-04-29)
trumpet:
Bernie Glow (on 1964-04-29), Thad Jones (on 1964-04-29), Marky Markowitz (on 1964-04-29), Jimmy Maxwell (Trumpet) (on 1964-04-29), Ernie Royal (on 1964-04-29) and Snooky Young (on 1964-04-29)
tuba:
Don Butterfield (on 1964-04-29)
conductor:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer) (on 1964-04-29)
arranger:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1964-04-29)
recording of:
The Cat (original music (no lyrics) by Lalo Schifrin) (on 1964-04-29)
composer:
Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
Jimmy Smith3:27
9Watermelon Man
Mongo Santamaría2:30
10Fly Me to the Moon
engineer:
Val Valentin (on 1962-10-12)
producer:
Creed Taylor (on 1962-10-12)
double bass [bass]:
Andy Simpkins (on 1962-10-12)
drums (drum set):
Bill Dowdy (on 1962-10-12)
piano:
Gene Harris (on 1962-10-12)
vocals:
Anita O’Day (on 1962-10-12)
recording of:
Fly Me to the Moon (on 1962-10-12)
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard (in 1954)
premiered by:
Kaye Ballard (in 1954)
publisher:
Almanac Music-Inc., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Kensington Music Ltd., Palm Valley Music LLC and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
Anita O’Day3:46
11Night Train
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1962-12-15)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1962-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1962-12-15)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1962-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1963)
recording of:
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest's original instrumental version) (on 1962-12-15)
composer:
Jimmy Forrest
The Oscar Peterson Trio4:53
12Chicago
producer:
Teddy Reig
alto saxophone:
Marshall Royal (in 1959-01) and Frank Wess (in 1959-01)
baritone saxophone:
Charlie Fowlkes (in 1959-01)
double bass:
Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (in 1959-01)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Payne (in 1959-01)
guitar:
Freddie Green (in 1959-01)
piano:
Ralph Sharon and Count Basie (pianist) (in 1959-01)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (in 1959-01) and Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1959-01)
trombone:
Henry Coker (in 1959-01), Al Grey (trombone) (in 1959-01) and Benny Powell (in 1959-01)
trumpet:
Wendell Culley (in 1959-01), Thad Jones (in 1959-01), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (in 1959-01) and Snooky Young (in 1959-01)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist) (in 1959-01)
performer:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
arranger:
Ralph Sharon
live cover recording of:
Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town) (in 1959-01)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Fisher (in 1922)
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp. and Salabert
cover recording of:
Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Fisher (in 1922)
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp. and Salabert
Count Basie & Tony Bennett42:09
13I'm in the Mood for Love
instrumental recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love (in 1950-03)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963)
Charlie Parker2:54
14Cry Me a River
engineer:
John Kraus (in 1955-08)
producer:
Bobby Troup
vocals:
Julie London (in 1955-08)
recording of:
Cry Me a River (in 1955-08)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Hamilton
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Co. Inc., Harmony Grace Publishing, Saunders Publications Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Daksel Music Corp. (in 1982) and Song and Dance Music Co. (in 1982)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label)
Julie London42:59
15Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint "Blue Note") (in 1991, in 1997) and Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 2004)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 201)
live recording of:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
composer:
Josef Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player)
publisher:
Zawinul Music
Cannonball Adderley5:13

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part of:Classic Jazz (Time-Life Music) (order: 2)