Billy Eckstine Sings With Benny Carter

~ Release by Billy Eckstine, Benny Carter special guest Helen Merrill (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18) and Helen Merrill (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker
recorded at:
Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Billy Eckstine & Helen Merrill5:26
2My Funny Valentine
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover 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)
Billy Eckstine3:36
3Here’s That Rainy Day
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
Here’s That Rainy Day
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Morris Ltd., Dorsey Bros. Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
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
Billy Eckstine3:54
4Summertime
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
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)
Billy Eckstine3:56
5A Kiss From You
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
Billy Eckstine3:57
6Memories of You
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
Memories of You (in 1986-11)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Billy Eckstine3:49
7I’ve Got the World on a String
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String (in 1986-11)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Billy Eckstine4:44
8Now That I Need You
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
Billy Eckstine3:56
9Over the Rainbow
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (in 1986-11)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
Billy Eckstine4:44
10September Song
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song (in 1986-11)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell, 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), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
Billy Eckstine & Benny Carter4:00
11Autumn Leaves
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (in 1986-11)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (in 1986-11)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (in 1986-11)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (in 1986-11)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker (in 1986-11)
cover recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, english lyrics) (in 1986-11)
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
Billy Eckstine3:47
12Didn’t We
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
drums (drum set):
Vernell Fournier (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
piano:
Bobby Tucker (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18) and Helen Merrill (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
arranger:
Bobby Tucker
recorded at:
Mediasound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
cover recording of:
Didn’t We? (from 1986-11-17 until 1986-11-18)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Canopy Music and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Billy Eckstine & Helen Merrill5:25

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Wikidata:Q4912510 [info]