Ultimate Jazz

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Three Blind Mice
alto saxophone:
Don Ryker (on 1927-08-25)
baritone saxophone and bass saxophone:
Adrian Rollini (on 1927-08-25)
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (on 1927-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Chauncey Morehouse (on 1927-08-25)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1927-08-25)
piano:
Itzy Riskin (on 1927-08-25)
reeds:
Don Murray (1920s jazz clarinetist) (on 1927-08-25)
saxophone [C-melody saxophone]:
Frankie Trumbauer (on 1927-08-25)
trombone:
Bill Rank (on 1927-08-25)
recording of:
Three Blind Mice (on 1927-08-25)
composer:
Chauncey Morehouse and Frankie Trumbauer
Chauncey Morehouse / Frankie Trumbauer3:01
2Night and Day
reeds:
Jess Smith (reeds in Leo Reisman & His Orchestra) (on 1932-11-22) and Burt Williams (on 1932-11-22)
trombone:
Ernie Gibbs (on 1932-11-22)
trumpet:
Lew Sherwood (on 1932-11-22)
violin:
Lew Conrad (on 1932-11-22) and Sammy Schklar (on 1932-11-22)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1932-11-22)
orchestra:
Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (on 1932-11-22)
conductor:
Leo Reisman (violinist, bandleader, arranger) (on 1932-11-22)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #1 (Cherokee A) in New York, New York, United States (on 1932-11-22)
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1932-11-22)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Cole Porter53:26
3Black and White
recording of:
Black and White
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Stéphane Grappelli / Django Reinhardt3:03
4Dixieland Shuffle
Bob Haggart / Nappy Lamare / Matty Matlock3:21
5Alexander’s Ragtime Band
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Irving Berlin2:12
6You’ll First Have to Swing It
Irving Berlin2:53
7Steeplechase
recording of:
Steeplechase
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:04
8I Told You Once, I Told You Twice
banjo:
Buddy Vallis (on 1949-11-13)
clarinet:
Wally Fawkes (on 1949-11-13)
double bass:
John Wright (bassist) (on 1949-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Seward (on 1949-11-13)
piano:
George Webb (pianist and bandleader) (on 1949-11-13)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1949-11-13)
trombone:
Keith Christie (on 1949-11-13)
trumpet:
Humphrey Lyttelton (British jazz musician & broadcaster) (on 1949-11-13)
Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton2:56
9Lady Luck Blues
Clarence Williams3:04
10Interlude (A Night in Tunisia)
Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli3:08
11Bluebirds in the Moonlight
Ralph Rainger2:53
12Stormy Weather
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler2:30
13Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael2:25
14Bird of Paradise
recording of:
Bird of Paradise (on 1947-10-28)
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:07
15Texas Tea Party
Benny Goodman / Jack Teagarden3:20
16Mean to Me
Fred Ahlert2:40
17Why Don’t You Do Right
Joe McCoy3:11
18Pennsylvania 6‐5000
Jerry Gray / Carl Sigman2:40
19Sweet Georgia Brown
Ben Bernie / Kenneth Casey / Maceo Pinkard3:02
20Mysterioso
recording of:
Misterioso
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk3:19
21My Twilight Dream
Eddy Duchin / Lew Sherwood3:27
22Can’t Help Loving That Man
Eddy Duchin / Lew Sherwood3:12