The Champ

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

Notes

This late 50s Savoy compilation assembles cuts from the 1950-1952 period (mostly quintet formations, including such prestigious sidemen as the young Coltrane, Art Blakey, and many others).
Excellent selection, here presented with two extra tracks.

Annotation last modified on 2008-12-29 14:59 UTC.

Tracklist

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1The Champ, Parts 1 & 2
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-04-15)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-04-15)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-04-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
5:41
2Birk's Works
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1951-03-01)
bass and double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields (on 1951-03-01)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1951-03-01)
piano and vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-03-01)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-03-01)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-03-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
Birk's Works (on 1951-03-01)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
3:06
3Caravan
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields (on 1951-10-25) and Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
organ:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1951-10-25) and Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937) and Juan Tizol (in 1937)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
2:53
4Time on My Hands
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields (on 1951-10-25) and Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
organ:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1951-10-25) and Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
Time on My Hands
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell, Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
2:22
5On the Sunny Side of the Street
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields (on 1951-10-25) and Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
organ:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1951-10-25) and Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. 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
part of:
American Splendor
3:06
6Tin Tin Deo
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1951-03-01)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields (on 1951-03-01)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1951-03-01)
piano and vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-03-01)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-03-01)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-03-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
Tin Tin Deo
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger) and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Consolidated Music (a division of Music Sales Corp.), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Music Sales Corp. (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:40
7Stardust
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-10-25)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
violin:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1951-10-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1951-10-25)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:04
8They Can't Take That Away From Me
double bass:
Bernie Griggs (on 1952-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1952-07-18)
organ:
Milt Jackson (on 1952-07-18)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1952-07-18)
saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1952-07-18)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1952-07-18)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1952-07-18)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1952-07-18) and Milt Jackson (on 1952-07-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:44
9The Bluest Blues
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
organ:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1951-10-25) and Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
The Bluest Blues
composer:
Gary McFarland and Sir Charles Thompson (jazz)
2:53
10Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-16)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-08-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-08-16)
piano and vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-08-16)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-08-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-08-16)
vocals:
Melvin Moore (Trumpet, Violin, Voice) and Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1951-08-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Dizzy Gillespie
parody version of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
3:10
11Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee
baritone saxophone and saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1952-07-18)
double bass:
Bernie Griggs (on 1952-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1952-07-18)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1952-07-18)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (Jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1952-07-18)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1952-07-18)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer) (on 1952-07-18) and Dizzy Gillespie (on 1952-07-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. (holding company - do not use as release label)
recording of:
Ooh‐Shoo‐Be‐Doo‐Bee (on 1952-07-18)
lyricist:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
3:21
12Bopsie's Blues (alternate take)
3:17
13Blue Skies
recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
2:17

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