The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’s

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Tracklist

▶CD 1: 1950–1954
▶CD 2: 1955–1956
▶CD 3: 1956–1957
▶CD 4: 1957
▶CD 5: 1957–1958
▼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
▶CD 8: 1959

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ASIN:US: B004NTVMLA [info]