Jazz Greatest Hits

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Chattanooga Choo-ChooGlenn Miller3:26
2Body and Soul
alto saxophone:
Jackie Fields (on 1939-10-11) and Eustis Moore (on 1939-10-11)
double bass:
William Oscar Smith (on 1939-10-11)
drums (drum set):
Arthur Herbert (Jazz drummer) (on 1939-10-11)
piano:
Gene Rodgers (on 1939-10-11)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1939-10-11)
trombone:
Earl Hardy (on 1939-10-11)
trumpet:
Joe Guy (trumpet) (on 1939-10-11) and Tommy Lindsay (on 1939-10-11)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-11)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1939-10-11)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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
Coleman Hawkins3:03
3Opus One
Tommy Dorsey2:59
4Do You Know What It Means to Miss New OrleansLouis Armstrong3:01
5All the Things You Are
Paul Desmond5:51
6Sing, Sing, Sing
recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Prima
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) (ended) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Benny Goodman58:41
7Honeysuckle Rose
drums (drum set):
George Wettling (on 1937-03-31)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1937-03-31)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1937-03-31)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-03-31)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1937-03-31)
instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1937-03-31)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Fats Waller3:09
8God Bless the Child
Sonny Rollins7:29
9It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing
double bass:
Ronald de Jong
guitar:
Daniel Versteegh
saxophone:
Thomas Streutgers
violin:
Jelle van Tongeren
vocals:
Kay Davis, Marie Ellington and Joya Sherrill
performer:
The Busquitos
recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Duke Ellington3:03
10Tenderly
recording of:
Tenderly
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
Lionel Hampton7:05
11Frenesi
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-03-03)
alto saxophone:
Bud Carlton (on 1940-03-03), Blake Reynolds (on 1940-03-03) and Jack Stacey (on 1940-03-03)
bass and double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1940-03-03)
bass clarinet and basset clarinet:
Joe Krechter (on 1940-03-03)
cello:
Irving Lipschultz (on 1940-03-03) and Jules Tannenbaum (on 1940-03-03)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Carl Maud (on 1940-03-03) and Carl Maus (on 1940-03-03)
flute:
Marty Ruderman (on 1940-03-03) and Morton Ruderman (on 1940-03-03)
French horn:
Jack Cave (on 1940-03-03) and John Cave (french horn) (on 1940-03-03)
guitar:
Bobby Sherwood (guitarist/trumpeter) (on 1940-03-03)
oboe:
Phil Nemoli (on 1940-03-03)
piano:
Stan Wrightsman (on 1940-03-03)
tenor saxophone:
Dick Clark (tenor saxophonist) (on 1940-03-03) and Jack Stacy (on 1940-03-03)
trombone:
Babe Bowman (on 1940-03-03), Randall Miller (on 1940-03-03) and Bill Rank (on 1940-03-03)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1940-03-03), Charlie Margulis (on 1940-03-03) and George Thow (on 1940-03-03)
viola:
Jack Gray (on 1940-03-03), Jacques Ray (on 1940-03-03), Stanley Spiegelman (on 1940-03-03), Dave Sterkin (on 1940-03-03) and David Sturkin (on 1940-03-03)
violin:
Robert Barene (on 1940-03-03), Harry Bluestone (on 1940-03-03), Sid Brokaw (on 1940-03-03), Dave Cracov (on 1940-03-03), Peter Eisenberg (on 1940-03-03), Jerry Joyce (on 1940-03-03), Alex Law (on 1940-03-03) and Mark Levant (on 1940-03-03)
orchestra:
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (on 1940-03-03)
conductor:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-03-03)
recording of:
Frenesi (on 1940-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
instrumental recording of:
Frenesi (on 1940-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Artie Shaw3:05
12Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Dizzy Gillespie3:10
13Bill's Mill
Count Basie2:38

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ASIN:US: B000003G3C [info]