Giants of Jazz

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Tracklist

CD 1: Glenn Miller
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1In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra43:34
2Little Brown Jug
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:51
3A String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:15
4Chattanooga Choo ChooThe Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
5Song of the Volga Boatmen
recording of:
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Bill Finegan arrangement for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1941)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
version of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:26
6(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
vocals:
Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke (on 1942-05-20) and The Modernaires (1940s vocal group) (on 1942-05-20)
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo (on 1942-05-20)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra33:18
7Say “Si Si” (Para Vigo Me Voy)
recording of:
Say “si si”
lyricist:
Francia Luban and Al Stillman
composer:
Ernesto Lecuona
translated version of:
Para Vigo me voy
The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:41
8Anvil Chorus, Parts 1 & 2
The Glenn Miller Orchestra4:57
9Perfidia (Tonight)
recording of:
Perfidia
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:21
10On a Little Street in Singapore
recording of:
On a Little Street in Singapore
writer:
Peter de Rose and Billy Hill (US songwriter)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:45
11American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version) (in 1942)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
12Pennsylvania 6–5000
recording of:
PEnnsylvania 6‒5000
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra33:17
13Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:29
14Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
CD 2: Louis Armstrong
CD 3: Ella Fitzgerald
CD 4: Duke Ellington
CD 5: Count Basie
CD 6: Benny Goodman
CD 7: Billie Holiday
CD 8: Nat King Cole
CD 9: Frank Sinatra
CD 10: Django Reinhardt
CD 11: Dave Brubeck
CD 12: Stan Getz
CD 13: Miles Davis
CD 14: Sarah Vaughan
CD 15: Peggy Lee
CD 16: Charlie Parker
CD 17: Bing Crosby
CD 18: Dizzy Gillespie
CD 19: Sidney Bechet
CD 20: Lionel Hampton