25 Jazz Greats, Volume 1

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Annotation

Issues

Unknown rel info, but confirmed on ebay.
Apparently Time Life Music stuff.
Sleeve is grey or sepia, with a big "25".

Annotation last modified on 2007-12-06 13:21 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1On the Sunny Side of the Street
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
Nat King Cole2:56
2Let's Jump
Count Basie4:01
3Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway3:16
4Mood Indigo
Sidney Bechet3:13
5Just a Simple Melody
recording of:
Just a Simple Melody
writer:
Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
Ella Fitzgerald3:02
6Special Delivery Stamp
recording of:
Special Delivery Stomp
composer:
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw2:47
7Miss Brown to You
recording of:
Miss Brown to You
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
Billie Holiday1:49
8Crazy Rhythm
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Alix Combelle (on 1935-08-20)
double bass:
Louis Vola (on 1935-08-20)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1935-08-20) and Joseph Reinhardt (on 1935-08-20)
piano:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1935-08-20)
instrumental recording of:
Crazy Rhythm (on 1935-08-20)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
Django Reinhardt2:26
9At the Jazz Band Ball
banjo:
Howdy Quicksell (on 1927-10-05)
bass saxophone:
Adrian Rollini (on 1927-10-05)
clarinet:
Don Murray (1920s jazz clarinetist) (on 1927-10-05)
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (on 1927-10-05)
drums (drum set):
Chauncey Morehouse (on 1927-10-05)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1927-10-05)
trombone:
Bill Rank (on 1927-10-05)
recording of:
At the Jazz Band Ball (on 1927-10-05)
composer:
Nick LaRocca and Larry Shields
Bix Beiderbecke2:54
10Jackass Blues
recording of:
Jackass Blues
writer:
Art Kassel and Mel Stitzel
Fletcher Henderson3:17
11Raggin the Scale
Joe Venuti2:46
12Rhythm Rhythm (I Got Rhythm)
recording of:
Rhythm Rhythm
Lionel Hampton2:54
13Sing 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 Goodman7:59
14What a Difference a Day Makes
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1947-12-29)
cover recording of:
What a Diff’rence a Day Made (on 1947-12-29)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
María Grever
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Estate of Stanley Adams, Maurice Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Stanley Adams Music, Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Golden Sands Enterprises, Inc.
is based on:
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
Sarah Vaughan2:49
15Parker's Mood
recording of:
Parker's Mood
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:04
16Skyliner
recording of:
Skyliner (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader)
arranger:
Bill Geldard (British trombone player and composer)
arrangement of:
Skyliner
Charlie Barnet2:30
17Amapola
Monte Bay2:53
18At Woodchoppers Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Woody Herman2:26
19Embraceable
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-12-15)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1943-12-15)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-12-15)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-12-15), Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-12-15) and Oscar Moore (on 1943-12-15)
recorded at:
C. P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1943-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Embraceable You (on 1943-12-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Nat King Cole3:25
20Darktown Strutters' Ball
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1936-11-19)
double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1936-11-19)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1936-11-19)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-11-19)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1936-11-19)
reeds:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-11-19)
trombone:
Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1936-11-19)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1936-11-19)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-11-19)
part of:
Decca (by matrix number) (number: 61422-B)
recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball (on 1936-11-19)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight3:08
21Boogie Woogie
recording of:
Boogie Woogie
composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Count Basie2:30
22Panama
recording of:
Panama
composer:
William H. Tyers
Louis Armstrong2:50
23The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
Glenn Miller3:16
24I'll Never Be the Same
Gene Krupa3:44
25Happy Feet
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1930-03-10)
recording of:
Happy Feet (on 1930-02-10)
lyricist:
Jack Yellen
composer:
Milton Ager
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1930)
Paul Whiteman3:02

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ASIN:US: B000K9HNXI [info]