The Contemporary Records Story

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

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Big Girl
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All‐Stars3:07
2Viva Zapata!
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All‐Stars8:14
3You and the Night and the Music
Shelly Manne & His Men3:10
4Lullaby of Birdland
engineer and audio engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Lester Koenig
alto saxophone, flute and woodwind:
Bud Shank (on 1953-12-19)
bass:
Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist)
double bass [bass]:
Harry Babasin (on 1953-12-19)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) and Shelly Manne (on 1953-12-19)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1953-12-19)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles and Arnold Ross (on 1953-12-19)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Land
trumpet:
Pete Candoli
vibraphone:
Larry Bunker
recorded at:
Contemporary’s Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-12-19) and Radio Recorders Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-12-19)
instrumental recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1953-12-19)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
composer:
George Shearing
publisher:
Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
Barney Kessel3:10
5Bags' Groove
Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All‐Stars3:15
6Day by Day
Lennie Niehaus Quintet3:40
7Flip
Shelly Manne Trio3:00
8Billie's Bounce
Shelly Manne Trio4:10
9The Champ
Hampton Hawes Trio5:26
10Blues the Most
Hampton Hawes Trio5:45
11Blue Moon
Lyle "Spud" Murphy3:02
12Easy Terms
Duane Tatro4:15
13Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas
Shelly Manne & His Men7:57
14Ruby
Buddy Collette3:52
15I Could Have Danced All Night
Shelly Manne & His Men3:02
16A Fifth for Frank
Curtis Counce7:11
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