Ultimate Jazz & Blues

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Annotation

One of these "listener-digest" huge budget sets compiling in 30 discs a range of jazz musicians, apparently drawing the takes from public domain material.
If cheap, maybe this is a good dig for absolute beginners who want an overview about things. Amateurs, obviously, stay away.

The Mingus disc consists exclusively of early 1945-49 singles, probably ripped from the (way superior) "West Coast" Mingus late anthology.

Annotation last modified on 2014-05-02 16:04 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Stan Getz
▶ CD 2: Astrud Gilberto
▶ CD 3: Django Reinhardt
▶ CD 4: Sarah Vaughan
▶ CD 5: Tony Bennett
▶ CD 6: B.B. King
▶ CD 7: Ray Charles
▶ CD 8: Miles Davis
▶ CD 9: Charles Mingus
▶ CD 10: John Coltrane
▶ CD 11: Nina Simone
▶ CD 12: Buddy Guy
▶ CD 13: Glenn Miller
▶ CD 14: Judy Garland
▶ CD 15: Count Basie
▶ CD 16: Charlie Parker
▶ CD 17: Billie Holiday
▶ CD 18: Benny Goodman
▶ CD 19: Sidney Bechet
▶ CD 20: Dizzy Gillespie
▶ CD 21: Duke Ellington
▶ CD 22: Ella Fitzgerald
▼ CD 23: Perry Como
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Till the End of Time
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra and Russ Case Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1945)
recording of:
Till the End of Time (on 1945-07-03)
lyricist:
Buddy Kaye (in 1945)
composer:
Ted Mossman (in 1945)
is based on:
Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
Perry Como3:11
2If I’m Lucky
recording of:
If I’m Lucky
composer:
Eddie DeLange and Josef Myrow
publisher:
Triangle Music Corp. (ASCAP), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music International Ltd. and Wise Brothers Music LLC
Perry Como2:57
3Bali Ha’i
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
recording of:
Bali Ha’i (South Pacific)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Perry Como3:33
4If
producer:
Charles R. Grean
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1950, on 1950-11-28)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (on 1950-11-28)
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1950)
cover recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
composer:
Tolchard Evans
Perry Como3:06
5I Wanna Go Home (With You)
Perry Como2:22
6Sonata
Perry Como3:18
7Some Enchanted Evening
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1949, on 1949-03-01)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1949)
recording of:
Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) (on 1949-03-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
part of:
South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
Perry Como3:29
8A Garden in the Rain
recording of:
A Garden in the Rain
lyricist:
James Dyrenforth (in 1928)
composer:
Carroll Gibbons (in 1928)
Perry Como3:04
9With a Song in My Heart
recording of:
With a Song in My Heart
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1929)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Imagen Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Perry Como2:14
10They Say It’s Wonderful
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
Perry Como2:34
11Far Away Places
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1948)
orchestra:
Henri René & His Orchestra
performer:
Henri René & His Orchestra (in 1948)
recording of:
Far Away Places
writer:
Alex Kramer (in 1948) and Joan Whitney (in 1948)
publisher:
Laurel Music Corp.
Perry Como3:03
12A Bushel and a Peck
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1950) and Betty Hutton (in 1950)
orchestra:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
performer:
Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (in 1950)
recording of:
A Bushel and a Peck
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
part of:
Guys and Dolls (full musical)
Perry Como2:45
13Long Ago and Far Away
recording of:
Long Ago (and Far Away)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (in 1944)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Perry Como3:09
14Prisoner of Love
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945, on 1945-12-18)
orchestra:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (on 1945-12-18)
performer:
Russ Case and His Orchestra (in 1945)
cover recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1945-12-18)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Perry Como43:31
15Temptation
vocals:
Perry Como (US pop singer & TV personality, 1912–2001) (in 1945)
orchestra:
Ted Steele and His Orchestra
performer:
Ted Steele and His Orchestra (in 1945)
recording of:
Temptation
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
Perry Como2:46
16Blue Room
recording of:
Blue Room
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1926)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1926)
Perry Como3:29
▶ CD 24: Louis Armstrong
▶ CD 25: Nat King Cole
▶ CD 26: Erroll Garner
▶ CD 27: Lionel Hampton
▶ CD 28: John Lee Hooker
▶ CD 29: Muddy Waters
▶ CD 30: Sonny Terry

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Release

ASIN:UK: B000A2GJA8 [info]