The Only Jazz Album You’ll Ever Need!

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CD 1: Swingin’
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1In the Mood
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-08-01)
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)
Glenn Miller3:33
2Samba de Orfeu
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
producer:
George Avakian (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25, on 1963-06-10)
double bass:
Gene Cherico (on 1963-06-10)
double bass [bass]:
Gene Cherico (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25, on 1963-06-10)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1963-06-10)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25, on 1963-06-10)
instrumental recording of:
Samba de Orfeu (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
writer:
Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria
cover recording of:
Samba de Orfeu (on 1963-06-10)
writer:
Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria
Paul Desmond4:29
3Is You Is or Is You Ain’t (Ma Baby)
alto saxophone and lead vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1943-11-22)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1943-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1943-11-22)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1943-11-22)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1943-11-22)
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (on 1943-11-22)
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Louis Jordan2:44
4Get Happy
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra3:09
5Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller3:59
6Johnny and Mary
engineer:
Calum Malcolm
guitar:
Martin Taylor (jazz guitarist)
Martin Taylor5:04
7Manhattan
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
bass:
Joe Mondragon (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (american bass trombone) (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
flugelhorn:
Vince DeRosa (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
flute and saxophone:
Bob Cooper (US jazz saxophonist) (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31), Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31), Bud Shank (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31) and Maurice Stein (American jazz saxophonist) (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31), Joe Howard (american trombone player) (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31) and Lloyd Ulyate (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31), Maynard Ferguson (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31), Conrad Gozzo (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31) and Ray Linn (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
arranger and orchestrator:
Buddy Bregman
recording of:
Manhattan (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1925)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1925)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Piedmont Music Company and Williamson Music Company
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
Ella Fitzgerald2:50
8Mas que Nada
Sérgio Mendes2:39
9Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
recording of:
Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby
lyricist and composer:
Herb Magidson
Louis Armstrong2:59
10Take the ‘A’ Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train
publisher:
Billy Strayhorn (on 1941-06-12)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Tempo (on 1943-02-19)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington2:54
11Watermelon Man
Mongo Santamaría2:29
12Cheek to Cheek
Count Basie3:20
13Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)
bass:
Ward Lay (on 1944-11-14)
cello:
E. Gara (on 1944-11-14), George Polikian (on 1944-11-14) and Avron Twerdowsky (on 1944-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1944-11-14)
French horn:
Karl Chlupse (French horn player) (on 1944-11-14)
guitar:
Matty Golizio (on 1944-11-14)
harp:
Ruth Hill (harpist) (on 1944-11-14)
piano:
Billy Rowland (on 1944-11-14)
saxophone:
Arthur Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist) (on 1944-11-14), Harold Feldman (woodwind player) (on 1944-11-14), Bernard Kaufman (on 1944-11-14), Peter Pumiglio (on 1944-11-14) and Henry Ross (on 1944-11-14)
trombone:
Charles Small (trombone) (on 1944-11-14), John D'Agostino (trombonist) (on 1944-11-14) and Andy Russo (Jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-14)
trumpet:
Carl Poole (on 1944-11-14), Sammy Shapiro (Big Band-era trumpeter) (on 1944-11-14) and Melvin "Red" Solomon (on 1944-11-14)
viola:
Morris Kahn (on 1944-11-14), Sol Paeff (on 1944-11-14) and Sol Rumberg (on 1944-11-14)
violin:
Julius Brand (on 1944-11-14), Fred Buldrini (on 1944-11-14), Sid Harris (on 1944-11-14), L. Kanter (on 1944-11-14), Murray Kellner (on 1944-11-14), Bernard Kundell (on 1944-11-14), William Lockwood (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Arthur Loesserman (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Harold Micklin (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Seymour Miroff (on 1944-11-14), Gene Orloff (on 1944-11-14) and Raoul Polikian (on 1944-11-14)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-11-14)
arranger:
George Siravo
recording of:
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week) (on 1944-11-14)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell Music Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Quaytor Productions LLC, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック, 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
Frank Sinatra42:44
14Guaglione
recording of:
Guaglione
lyricist:
Nicola Salerno (in 1956)
composer:
Giuseppe Fanciulli (in 1956)
additional translator:
Steve Crosby
publisher:
Accordo Edizioni Musicali Srl
Pérez Prado & His Orchestra2:25
15Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway3:36
16Marian McPartland
Dave Brubeck4:42
17It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)
Cleo Laine4:05
18Lullaby of Birdland
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
John Snyder
bass:
Neil Swainson (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
drums (drum set):
Dennis Mackrel (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
guitar:
Louis Stewart (Irish jazz guitarist) (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
piano:
George Shearing (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
vibraphone:
Steve Nelson (US vibraphonist) (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
recorded at:
Power Station Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
instrumental recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (in 1994-02)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
composer:
George Shearing
publisher:
Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
George Shearing6:21
19Cantaloupe Island
Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers3:44
CD 2: Chillin’

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