The Perfect Jazz Collection

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Annotation

A remastered version of the original release, plus three previously unreleased alternate takes, and one alternate take supposedly released (#9-12).
Not clear exactly which one is it, and wether #9 is really an a.t. or an unedited version.
It's also unclear if this material was issued before in the Columbia boxset.


Recorded February - March 1966 in New York.

Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 15, 16), Jimmy Lovelace, Ray Lucas (tracks: 2, 3, 13)
Mastered By (Digitally) – Mark Wilder
Organ – Lonnie Smith
Producer – John Hammond
Reissue Producer – Didier C. Deutsch, Steve Berkowitz
Saxophone (Baritone) – Ronnie Cuber
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 15, 16)
Vocals, Guitar – George Benson


The Herbie Hancock Group

  • Herbie Hancock: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, ARP Soloist synthesizer, pipes.
  • Bennie Maupin: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute.
  • Paul Jackson: electric bass, marimbula.
  • Bill Summers': congas, shekere, balafon, agogo, cabasa, hindewho, tambourine, log drum, surdo, gankoqui, beer bottle.

Notes

This release is known as the "track 1 slow fade" corrected speed version.
See the original for details.


Remastered edition of 1950's album, issued with additional alternate takes.

Label: Sony - Catalog #: 65144 - UPC: 074646514429


barcode/cat # entered in Edit #14383252 — way after release was originally added, and refers to a 25cd boxset The Perfect Jazz Collection: 25 Original Albums, of which this is apparently disc #6. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003IY49S4/

Annotation last modified on 2015-07-14 00:03 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1: Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
CD 2: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi
CD 3: Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers
CD 4: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
CD 5: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
CD 6: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
CD 7: Duke Ellington & Count Basie - The Count Meets the Duke
CD 8: Helen Merrill - Parole e musica
CD 9: Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
CD 10: Chet Baker - Chet Is Back!
CD 11: The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream
CD 12: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Meets Hawk!
CD 13: Martial Solal - At Newport '63
CD 14: Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1All the Things You Are
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-07-03)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-07-03)
double bass [bass]:
Wendell Marshall (on 1962-07-03)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-07-03)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-03)
instrumental cover recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1962-07-03)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan5:51
2Star Dust
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-07-03)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-07-03)
double bass [bass]:
Wendell Marshall (on 1962-02-08)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-07-03)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-03)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1962-07-03)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan8:23
3Two of a Mind
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-08-13)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-08-13)
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1962-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-08-13)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-08-13)
recording of:
Two of a Mind
composer:
Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan6:00
4Blight of the Fumble Bee
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-26)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-26)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-06-26)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-26)
recording of:
Blight of the Fumble Bee
composer:
Gerry Mulligan
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan7:02
5The Way You Look Tonight
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-26)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-26)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-06-26)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1962-06-26)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan7:21
6Out of Nowhere
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford, Ray Hall (engineer) and Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
George Avakian and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-08-13)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-08-13)
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1962-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-08-13)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-08-13)
instrumental cover recording of:
Out of Nowhere (on 1962-08-13)
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan6:35
7Easy Living
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-26)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-26)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-06-26)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-26)
instrumental recording of:
Easy Living (on 1962-06-26)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan7:29
8All the Things You Are (alternate take)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-07-03)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-07-03)
double bass [bass]:
Wendell Marshall (on 1962-07-03)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1962-07-03)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-03)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1962-07-03)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan6:59
9The Way You Look Tonight (alternate take)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-08-13)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-08-13)
double bass [bass]:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1962-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-08-13)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-08-13)
instrumental recording of:
The Way You Look Tonight (from “Swing Time”) (on 1962-08-13)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Polygram Music, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., The Songwriters Guild and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (in 1936)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 9)
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan7:53
10Untitled Blues Waltz
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-08)
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-08)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1962-06-08)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1962-06-08)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-08)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan9:46
11Untitled Blues Waltz (breakdown)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1962-06-08)
double bass [bass]:
John Beal (American Broadway bassist) (on 1962-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1962-06-08)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1962-06-08)
piano:
Gerry Mulligan (on 1962-06-08)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-06-08)
Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan1:38
CD 15: Benny Goodman - Together Again!
CD 16: George Benson - It's Uptown
CD 17: Nina Simone - Sings the Blues
CD 18: Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
CD 19: Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
CD 20: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
CD 21: Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds
CD 22: Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
CD 23: Weather Report - Heavy Weather
CD 24: Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Volume 1
CD 25: Charlie Parker - Bird

Credits

Release

art direction:Howard Fritzson
design/illustration:Randall Martin (US art director, graphic designer, and illustrator)
photography:Don Hunstein (photographer)
Jay Maisel (photographer)
Sandy Speiser
additional liner notes:Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)
liner notes:Bill Evans (pianist)
Pat Metheny
Scott H. Thompson (in 1992)
mixer and mastering:Charles Harbutt (sound engineer and reissue producer)
additional engineer:Ted Brosnan
Ted Hammond
engineer:David Palmer (Engineer)
Fred Plaut
Don Puluse
additional producer:Bob Belden
producer:George Avakian
Bobby Colomby
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Teo Macero
David Rubinson
Irving Townsend
Ben Young (producer, jazz historian, radio host, engineer)
recording engineer:Mickey Crofford
Ray Hall (engineer)
Fred Plaut
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], shekere, slit drum [log drum], surdo and tambourine:Bill Summers
alto flute, bass clarinet, saxophone [saxello], soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:Bennie Maupin
alto saxophone:Paul Desmond
bass:Eugene Wright (bass)
clavinet [Hohner D6 clavinet], other instruments [pipes], Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes electric piano] and synthesizer [ARP Odyssey synthesizer] and synthesizer [ARP Soloist synthesizer]:Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
double bass:Robert Hurst (jazz bassist composer)
electric upright bass and marímbula:Paul Jackson (jazz bassist)
membranophone:Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
Joe Morello
Jeffrey “Tain” Watts
piano:Dave Brubeck
Marcus Roberts (American jazz pianist)
trumpet:Wynton Marsalis
remaster of:Monk’s Dream by Thelonious Monk
Monk’s Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Nina Simone Sings the Blues by Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3509725 [info]
ASIN:UK: B003IY49S4 [info]
US: B000P46Q18 [info]
US: B000002AIT [info]
US: B0012GN2GA [info]
US: B0013DCCS6 [info]
US: B00000269G [info]
FR: B003IY49S4 [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/731762/ [info]

Release group

part of:The Perfect Collection / La Discothèque idéale (order: 2)