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
#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
▶CD 5: 1957–1958
▶CD 6: 1958–1959
▶CD 7: 1958–1959
▶CD 8: 1959

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ASIN:US: B004NTVMLA [info]