RCA Victor Jazz/The First Half-Century: The 40's

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Annotation

Single CD or part of a 5 CD set, The First Half-Century (20's through the 60's).

Annotation last modified on 2018-08-18 15:34 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jack The Bear
recording of:
Jack the Bear
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton3:16
2Concerto For Cootie
Cootie Williams3:20
3Cotton Tail
recording of:
Cotton Tail (on 1940-05-04)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Ben Webster3:11
4Mobile Bay
Rex Stewart3:05
5Day Dream
Johnny Hodges2:58
6Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Louis Armstrong3:40
7Little Jazz
recording of:
Little Jazz
writer:
Roy Eldridge and Buster Harding
Artie Shaw3:04
8Manteca
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1947)
recording of:
Manteca
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger), Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
Dizzy Gillespie3:06
9Victory Ball
recording of:
Victory Ball
composer:
Lennie Tristano
Charlie Parker2:42
10Epistrophy
Kenny Clarke2:53
11Half Step Down, Please
Coleman Hawkins3:03
12Spontaneous Combustion
Lennie Tristano2:57
13Stormy Monday
recording of:
Stormy Monday Blues
writer:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone), Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
7 Arts and Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases)
Earl Hines & Billy Eckstine3:09
14Bill's Mill
Count Basie2:39
15Yes, Indeed!
recording of:
Yes Indeed
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
Tommy Dorsey3:29
16Summertime
Artie Shaw5:02
17All of Me
Benny Carter3:21
18Old Man Blues
Sidney Bechet2:47
19Minor Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:37
20Fifth Dimension
Mary Lou Williams2:52
21Cherokee
instrumental recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Art Tatum3:01
22Erroll's Bounce
Erroll Garner2:58
23My Blue Heaven
recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
Oscar Peterson2:59