The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’s

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Tracklist

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CD 1: 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 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)
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
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 ChaserThelonious 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)
composer:
George Shearing
publisher:
Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
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 (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)
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 1937) and Juan Tizol (in 1937)
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
Johnny Hodges2:58
17Lover Man
cover recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (songwriter, "Lover Man") (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (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
CD 2: 1955–1956
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Doodlin’
Horace Silver6:47
2Confirmation
recording of:
Confirmation
lyricist:
Cathrine Legardh
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music/BMI (BMI)
Dexter Gordon7:51
3AfrodisiaKenny Dorham5:04
4New Rhumba
Ahmad Jamal4:41
5’Round Midnight
cover recording of:
’Round Midnight
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 Davis5:57
6Misty
Erroll Garner2:52
7St. Thomas
Sonny Rollins6:47
8Blue Monk
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-05-14)
bass:
Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest (on 1957-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-05-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-05-14)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Griffin (on 1957-05-14)
trumpet:
Bill Hardman (on 1957-05-14)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1957-05-14)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk7:52
9The Champ
recording of:
The Champ
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
Skyview Music
Jimmy Smith8:37
10I Was Doing All Right
Carmen McRae2:49
11Avila and Tequila
Hank Mobley4:31
12Guarachi Guaro
Cal Tjader2:59
13April in Paris
Coleman Hawkins3:57
14Route 66
Nat King Cole3:43
15Have You Met Miss Jones
Art Tatum & Ben Webster4:47
CD 3: 1956–1957
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Senor Blues
Horace Silver7:04
2I Remember Clifford
Lee Morgan7:07
3Mack the Knife
bass:
Arvell Shaw (in 1955)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Barrett Deems (in 1955)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1955)
trombone:
Trummy Young (in 1955)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Louis Armstrong (in 1955)
cover recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation) (on 1955-09-28)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Louis Armstrong3:24
4The Kid from the Red Bank
recording of:
The Kid From Red Bank
composer and arranger:
Neal Hefti
Count Basie2:40
5The Maid of Cadiz
Miles Davis3:57
6Blue Train
recording of:
Blue Train
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane10:43
7Funk in a Deep Freeze
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1957-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-03-08)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1957-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1957-03-08)
trumpet:
Art Farmer (on 1957-03-08)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-03-08)
Hank Mobley6:48
8I Want to be Happy
Stan Getz7:36
9Birk’s Work
recording of:
Birk's Works
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie4:57
10They Say It’s Spring
Blossom Dearie3:41
11Russian Lullaby
cover recording of:
Russian Lullaby
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
John Coltrane5:32
12Well You Needn’t
alto saxophone:
Gigi Gryce (on 1957-06-26)
double bass:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-06-26)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-06-26)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1957-06-26) and Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-06-26)
trumpet:
Ray Copeland (on 1957-06-26)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-26)
recording of:
Well, You Needn’t (on 1957-06-26)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Thelonious Monk11:24
13One O’clock Jump
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross3:00
CD 4: 1957
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Line for Lyons (with Paul Desmond)
recording of:
Line for Lyons
composer:
Gerry Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan3:09
2Playful Flute
Yusef Lateef4:15
3Billie’s Bounce
Red Garland9:24
4Come Fly With MeFrank Sinatra3:19
5Haitian Fight SongCharles Mingus12:01
6Soulville
Ben Webster8:05
7Dial S for Sonny
Sonny Clark7:25
8I’ll Close My Eyes
Kenny Burrell4:49
9’s Wonderful / They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Anita O’Day2:58
10You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
Art Pepper5:25
11Farmer’s Market
Art Farmer5:50
12Landslide
The Curtis Counce Group8:36
CD 5: 1957–1958
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Whisper Not
Benny Golson5:59
2My Baby Just Cares for Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
double bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1957-12)
piano:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1957-12)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bethlehem Records (US jazz label, active 1950s–) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Beltone Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
cover recording of:
My Baby Just Cares for Me (in 1957-12)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Co. Inc., Donaldson Publishing Company, Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild and Tobago Music Co.
Nina Simone43:38
3Stockholm Sweetnin’
Quincy Jones5:42
4Dawn Ray
recording of:
Dawn Ray
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles5:02
5Dimenuendo and Crescendo in Blue
recording of:
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
medley of:
Crescendo in Blue
medley of:
Diminuendo in Blue
Duke Ellington14:22
6Poinciana
The Ahmad Jamal Trio8:09
7Summertime
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-08-18)
double bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1957-08-18)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1957, on 1957-08-18)
French horn:
Vincent DeRosa (on 1957-08-18)
guitar:
Tony Rizzi (on 1957-08-18)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (in 1957, on 1957-08-18)
trombone:
Buddy Childers (on 1957-08-18)
trumpet:
Frank Beach (trombone, trumpet) (on 1957-08-18)
violin:
Victor Arno (on 1957-08-18)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (in 1957, on 1957-08-18) and Ella Fitzgerald (in 1957, on 1957-08-18)
orchestra:
Russ Garcia and His Orchestra (in 1957)
conductor:
Russell Garcia (on 1957-08-18)
performer:
Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 20)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1957-08-18)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald0.64:59
8Milestones
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Jazz Horn Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Miles Davis5:45
9Way Out West
Sonny Rollins6:32
10Autumn Leaves
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (on 1958-03-09)
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (on 1958-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-03-09)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1958-03-09)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-03-09)
performer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1958-03-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint "Blue Note") (in 1999, in 2012), Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1999), Mastercorp Pty Ltd (in 2011) and Count Records (in 2013)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1958-03-09)
instrumental recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics) (on 1958-03-09)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (composer) (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney-related, NYC-based company)
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes
Cannonball Adderley510:55
CD 6: 1958–1959
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Moanin’
recording of:
Moanin’
composer:
Bobby Timmons
publisher:
Orphum Music Inc.
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers9:32
2Hip Strut
Jackie McLean11:16
3Do It the Hard Way
recording of:
Do It the Hard Way (Pal Joey)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
part of:
Pal Joey
Chet Baker3:02
4Cherokee
Johnny Griffin6:46
5Let’s Face the Music & Dance
Ella Fitzgerald2:57
6Ginza Samba
Cal Tjader & Stan Getz11:00
7In the Wee Small Hours
Ben Webster3:12
8You’ve Changed
recording of:
You’ve Changed
lyricist:
Bill Carey
composer:
Carl T. Fischer (Native American jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Company
Billie Holiday3:19
9The Night We Called It a Day
Chris Connor3:24
10Along Came Betty
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers6:11
11Cheek to Cheek
Ella Fitzgerald3:47
12Peace Piece
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1958-12-15, from 1958 until 1962)
solo piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-12-15, on 1958-12-15)
recording of:
Peace Piece (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
recording of:
Peace Piece (from 1958 until 1962)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
recording of:
Peace Piece (on 1968-12-15)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
Bill Evans4.56:43
13It Ain’t Necessary So
recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
Oscar Peterson2:46
CD 7: 1958–1959
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cool Struttin’
Sonny Clark9:22
2The Sermon
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1958-02-25)
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Lou Donaldson (on 1958-02-25)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-02-25)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1958-02-25)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1958-02-25)
tenor saxophone:
Tina Brooks (on 1958-02-25)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (on 1958-02-25)
recorded at:
Manhattan Towers in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-02-25)
recording of:
The Sermon (on 1958-02-25)
composer:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
Jimmy Smith520:11
3Here I Am
Donald Byrd8:27
4Let the Good Times Roll
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:
Marshall Royal (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
flute and saxophone:
Frank Wess (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23) and Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23) and Melba Liston (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
trumpet:
Marcus Belgrave (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Ernie Royal (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23), Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23) and Snookie Young (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
arranger:
Quincy Jones
recorded at:
6 West Recording in New York, New York, United States (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
cover recording of:
Let the Good Times Roll (from 1959-05-06 until 1959-06-23)
writer:
Fleecie Moore (in 1946) and Sam Theard (in 1946)
publisher:
Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP), Theard Swanson Publishing and Warock Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
Ray Charles2:52
5Better Git It in Your SoulCharles Mingus7:22
6Manhattan
George Russell10:35
7What a Difference a Day MakesDinah Washington2:30
8The End of a Love Affair
Wes Montgomery3:16
9Polka Dots & Moonbeams
recording of:
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Pocketful of Dreams Music Publisher and Reganesque Music Company
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
Chet Baker7:57
CD 8: 1959
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1So What
recording of:
So What
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Miles Davis9:24
2Lonely Woman
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Lonely Woman (instrumental) (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman
publisher:
MJQ Music
version of:
Lonely Woman
Ornette Coleman5:01
3Take 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 Quartet4.355:27
4Keep It Moving
Wynton Kelly7:32
5Ramblin’
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-10-09)
recording engineer:
Bones Howe
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (on 1959-10-09)
bass and double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-10-09)
pocket trumpet:
Donald Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-10-09)
trumpet:
Don Cherry (Jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-10-09)
recording of:
Ramblin' (on 1959-10-09)
composer:
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman6:36
6Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
recording of:
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
lyricist:
Roland Kirk
composer:
Charles Mingus
is based on:
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (instrumental)
Charles Mingus5:44
7Blue in Green
recording of:
Blue in Green
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, Musical Frontiers Pub. Co. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bill Evans5:23
8Naima
recording of:
Naima (original instrumental version)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane4:23
9Blue Rondo a la Turk
The Dave Brubeck Quartet6:45
10Giant Steps
recording of:
Giant Steps
composer:
John Coltrane
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
John Coltrane4:44

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