Classic Jazz: The Forties

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let Me Off Uptown
recording of:
Let Me Off Uptown
lyricist:
Redd Evans
composer:
Earl Bostic
Gene Krupa with Anita O’Day3:04
2Tickle Toe
recording of:
Tickle Toe
composer:
Lester Young (saxophonist)
Count Basie2:43
3Dear Old Southland
recording of:
Dear Old Southland (1921 Layton/Creamer jazz standard)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1921)
composer:
Ray Bloch (French-born composer/bandleader) and Turner Layton (in 1921)
Sidney Bechet4:06
4I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (in 1941)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson3:23
5Squatty Roo
recording of:
Squatty Roo
composer:
Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges2:25
6The Jitterbug Waltz
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1942-03-16)
alto saxophone:
Jackie Fields (on 1942-03-16), Lawrence Fields (saxophone) (on 1942-03-16) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1942-03-16)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1942-03-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1942-03-16) and Arthur Trappier (on 1942-03-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1942-03-16)
Hammond organ and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1942-03-16)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1942-03-16)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Carroll (jazz sax) (on 1942-03-16)
trombone:
Herb Fleming (on 1942-03-16) and George Wilson (jazz trombonist) (on 1942-03-16)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1942-03-16), John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1942-03-16), Joe Thomas (jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-03-16) and Nathaniel Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1942-03-16)
recording of:
Jitterbug Waltz (on 1942-03-16)
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Fats Waller3:25
7Loch Lomond
recording of:
Loch Lomond (Scottish folk song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9598)
Maxine Sullivan2:47
8Stuffy
recording of:
Stuffy
composer:
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins3:04
9Bouncing With Bud
recording of:
Bouncing With Bud
composer:
Bud Powell
Bud Powell3:05
10Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Lionel Hampton3:11
11Blowing the Blues Away
recording of:
Blowing the Blues Away
lyricist:
Billy Eckstine
composer:
Jerry Valentine (trombone, aka Jerry Valentine)
Billy Eckstine3:16
12If You Could See Me Now
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
recording of:
If You Could See Me Now (jazz standard)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1946)
composer:
Tadd Dameron (in 1946)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Sarah Vaughan2:52
13’round Midnight
alto saxophone:
Edmond Gregory (American jazz musician) (on 1947-11-21)
double bass:
Robert Paige (jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1947-11-21)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1947-11-21)
trumpet:
George Taitt (on 1947-11-21)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-21)
recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1947-11-21)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (Publisher, affiliated to BMI.), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
instrumental recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1947-11-21)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (Publisher, affiliated to BMI.), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
Thelonious Monk3:12
14Sweet Lorraine
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
The Nat King Cole Trio3:10
15Yardbird Suite
recording of:
Yardbird Suite (instrumental version)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (in 1946)
Claude Thornhill3:22
16A Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Dizzy Gillespie3:10
17Oop‐Pop‐A‐Da
alto saxophone:
Rudy Williams (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1947-02-21)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-11-23)
drums (drum set):
Charles Simon (US drummer) (on 1947-02-21) and Donald Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1956-06-18)
guitar:
Thornel Schwartz (on 1956-06-18)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1956-06-18)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1947-02-21) and Sonny Clark (on 1958-11-23)
tenor saxophone:
Eddy Williams (on 1958-11-23)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-11-23)
vocals:
Babs Gonzales (on 1947-02-24)
recorded at:
WOR in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-02-24)
part of:
Blue Note (by matrix number) (number: BN-297-1)
recording of:
Oop-Pop-A-Da (on 1947-02-24)
composer:
Babs Gonzales
Babs' Three Bips and a Bop2:53
18Lady Bird
recording of:
Lady Bird
composer:
Tadd Dameron
Tadd Dameron2:54
19Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone)
recording of:
Penthouse Steakhouse (When We’re Alone)
writer:
Val Burton (Isadore Harry Burns) and Will Jason
Erroll Garner3:02
20All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
recording of:
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Jurmann and Bronisław Kaper
Sonny Stitt2:57