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, later on reprinted with a couple of additional tracks.

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

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
A1The Champ
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)
5:38
A2Birk'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
3:05
A3Caravan
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)
2:52
A4Time 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)
2:21
A5On 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
3:05
B1Tin 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)
2:38
B2Stardust
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
3:02
B3They 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)
3:42
B4The 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)
2:52
B5Swing 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
3:06
B6Ooh-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
3:19