The Chronological Classics: John Kirby and His Orchestra 1941-1943

~ Release by John Kirby and His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Coquette
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (in 1941)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1941)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1941)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (in 1941)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1941)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1941)
instrumental recording of:
Coquette (in 1941)
writer:
Irving Berlin
3:02
2Royal Garden Blues
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (in 1941)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1941)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1941)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (in 1941)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1941)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1941)
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues (in 1941)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
1:45
3Close Shave
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-07-25)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-07-25)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-07-25)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1941-07-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-07-25)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1941-07-25)
2:32
4Bugler's Dilemma
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-07-25)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-07-25)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-07-25)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1941-07-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-07-25)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1941-07-25)
2:34
5It's Only a Paper Moon
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-07-25)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-07-25)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-07-25)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1941-07-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-07-25)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1941-07-25)
instrumental recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon (on 1941-07-25)
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, S.A. Music Co., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:10
6Fifi's Rhapsody
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-07-25)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-07-25)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-07-25)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1941-07-25)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-07-25)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1941-07-25)
3:00
7Night Whispers
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-10-07)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-10-07)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-10-07)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1941-10-07)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-10-07)
3:03
8Tweed Me
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-10-07)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-10-07)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-10-07)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1941-10-07)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-10-07)
2:49
9Move Over
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-10-07)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-10-07)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-10-07)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1941-10-07)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-10-07)
2:47
10Wondering Where
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1941-10-07)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-10-07)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1941-10-07)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1941-10-07)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1941-10-07)
2:45
11Schubert's Serenade
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (in 1941)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1941)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1941)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (in 1941)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1941)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1941)
2:32
12Toselli's Serenade
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (in 1941)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1941)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1941)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (in 1941)
piano:
Billy Kyle (in 1941)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1941)
instrumental recording of:
Toselli's Serenade (Dreams and Memories) (in 1941)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Enrico Toselli (Italian pianist & composer; Count of Montignoso)
is based on:
Serenade, op. 6
1:47
13Keep Smilin'
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1942-02-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1942-02-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1942-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1942-02-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1942-02-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1942-02-11)
vocals:
Buster Bailey (on 1942-02-11), Russell Procope (on 1942-02-11) and Charlie Shavers (on 1942-02-11)
3:09
14Comin' Back
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1942-02-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1942-02-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1942-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1942-02-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1942-02-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1942-02-11)
2:42
15No Blues at All
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1942-02-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1942-02-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1942-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1942-02-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1942-02-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1942-02-11)
2:03
16St. Louis Blues
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1942-02-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1942-02-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1942-02-11)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1942-02-11)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1942-02-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1942-02-11)
instrumental recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1942-02-11)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:46
17Do You Savvy
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (in 1943-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1943-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1943-11)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (in 1943-11)
piano:
Clyde Hart (in 1943-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1943-11)
3:09
18Tunisian Trail
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (in 1943-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1943-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1943-11)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (in 1943-11)
piano:
Clyde Hart (in 1943-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1943-11)
3:33
199:20 Special
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (in 1943-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1943-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1943-11)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (in 1943-11)
piano:
Clyde Hart (in 1943-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1943-11)
instrumental recording of:
9:20 Special (in 1943-11)
lyricist:
William Engvick (in 1941)
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) (in 1941)
composer:
William Engvick (in 1941) and Earle Warren (in 1941)
2:49
20Crossroads
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (in 1943-11)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1943-11)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1943-11)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (in 1943-11)
piano:
Clyde Hart (in 1943-11)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (in 1943-11)
2:18
21Can't We Be Friends?
alto saxophone:
George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe) (in 1943-12)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (in 1943-12)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (in 1943-12)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (in 1943-12)
piano:
Clyde Hart (in 1943-12)
instrumental recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends? (in 1943-12)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
2:41

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 792) (order: 301)