Verve Jazz Masters 30

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Annotation

Label: Polygram Records - Catalog #: 21859 (initially released by Verve 3145218592)

Annotation last modified on 2006-05-23 00:22 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Love Me or Leave Me
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-13)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1956-01-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1956-01-13)
instrumental recording of:
Love Me or Leave Me (on 1956-01-13)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), Donaldson Publishing Co. (in 1928, in 1955) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company (in 1928, in 1955)
6:52
2Sometimes I'm Happy
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
3:09
3I've Found a New Baby
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (in 1946)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1946)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1946)
instrumental recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby (in 1946)
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
4:07
4Polka Dots and Moonbeams
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-17)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1949-09-17)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1949-09-17)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-09-17)
instrumental recording of:
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (on 1949-09-17)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Pocketful of Dreams Music Publisher and Reganesque Music Company
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
3:44
5On the Sunny Side of the Street
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-11-28)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1952-11-28)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1952-11-28)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-11-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1952-11-28)
instrumental recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street (on 1952-11-28)
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
3:29
6(Back Home Again In) Indiana
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-11-28)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1952-11-28)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1952-11-28)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-11-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1952-11-28)
instrumental recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1952-11-28)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
7:06
7Prisoner of Love
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-13)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1956-01-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1956-01-13)
instrumental recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1956-01-13)
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)
7:42
8In a Little Spanish Town
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1951-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1951-03-08)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1951-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1951-03-08)
instrumental recording of:
In a Little Spanish Town (’Twas on a Night Like This) (on 1951-03-08)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Mabel Wayne
3:17
9Just You, Just Me
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
Just You, Just Me (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Raymond Klages (in 1929)
composer:
Jesse Greer (in 1929)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) and Robbins Music Corporation
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
3:12
10Peg O' My Heart
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1946)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1946)
instrumental recording of:
Peg o’ My Heart (in 1946)
lyricist:
Alfred Bryan (US songwriter) (on 1913-03-15)
composer:
Fred Fisher (on 1913-03-15)
part of:
The Girl’s Suite
4:07
11Too Marvelous for Words
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1949-09-17)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1949-09-17)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1949-09-17)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-09-17)
instrumental recording of:
Too Marvelous for Words (on 1949-09-17)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1937)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1937)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Victoria Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Harms, Inc. (on 1937-01-25)
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
3:04
12All of Me
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1956-01-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-13)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1956-01-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1956-01-13)
instrumental recording of:
All of Me (on 1956-01-13)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部
5:13
13I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-11-28)
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1952-11-28)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1952-11-28)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1952-11-28)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-11-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1952-11-28)
instrumental recording of:
I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) (on 1952-11-28)
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Doc Daugherty (in 1930) and Ellis Reynolds (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd.
version of:
Lookin’ for Another Sweetie
3:44
14Mean to Me
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (in 1946)
piano:
Nat King Cole (in 1946)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1946)
instrumental recording of:
Mean to Me (in 1946)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
4:14
15I Never Knew
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1943-12-28)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1943-12-28)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1943-12-28)
instrumental recording of:
I Never Knew (on 1943-12-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Gilbert Keyes Music Company
3:08

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part of:Verve Jazz Masters (number: VJM 30) (order: 30)