Big Band Madness - The War Years

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
3-01In the MoodThe BBC Big Band3:30
3-02The Very Thought of You
The BBC Big Band3:36
3-03American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
The BBC Big Band3:28
3-04Begin the Beguine
recording of:
Begin the Beguine
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., 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
part of:
Jubilee
The BBC Big Band3:10
3-05Hamp's Boogie Woogie
The BBC Big Band3:23
3-06I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
The BBC Big Band4:40
3-07St. Louis Blues March
The BBC Big Band3:27
3-08Mood Indigo
The BBC Big Band4:16
3-09Jersey Bounce
The BBC Big Band2:47
3-10S'Wonderful
The BBC Big Band2:56
3-11Sing Sing Sing
The BBC Big Band7:38
3-12Serenade in Blue
recording of:
Serenade in Blue
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
The BBC Big Band3:25
1-01Little Brown Jub
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
The BBC Big Band2:25
1-02King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
The BBC Big Band3:05
1-03Chatanooga Choo ChooThe BBC Big Band4:51
1-04Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
The BBC Big Band3:25
1-05Take the "A" Train
The BBC Big Band3:20
1-06Sweet Georgia Brown
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
The BBC Big Band2:50
1-07I Get A Kick Out of You
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
The BBC Big Band3:00
1-08Down South Camp Meeting
The BBC Big Band3:10
1-09Anvil Chorus
recording of:
Anvil Chorus (arr. Gray for big band)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
arrangement of:
Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari) (“Anvil Chorus”)
The BBC Big Band4:53
1-10You Make Me Love You
The BBC Big Band3:15
1-11Moonlight Sonata
Glenn Miller4:16
1-12Leapfrog
The BBC Big Band2:31
2-01Pennsylvania 6-5000
recording of:
PEnnsylvania 6‒5000
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
The BBC Big Band3:16
2-02One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
The BBC Big Band3:00
2-03String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
The BBC Big Band3:25
2-04Apple Honey
The BBC Big Band3:26
2-05I'm Getting Sentimental
The BBC Big Band3:36
2-06Harlem Nocturne
The BBC Big Band2:46
2-07Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP)
The BBC Big Band4:01
2-08Cotton Tail
The BBC Big Band3:25
2-09Body and Soul
The BBC Big Band4:00
2-10Stardreams
The BBC Big Band2:50
2-11Skyliner
The BBC Big Band3:02
2-12Hot Toddy
The BBC Big Band3:10