The Contemporary Records Story

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Big Girl	Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All‐Stars		3:07
2	Viva Zapata!	Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All‐Stars		8:14
3	You and the Night and the Music	Shelly Manne & His Men		3:10
4	Lullaby of Birdland engineer and audio engineer: Val Valentin producer: Lester Koenig alto saxophone, flute and woodwind: Bud Shank (on 1953-12-19) bass: Red Mitchell (jazz double-bassist, composer and lyricist) double bass [bass]: Harry Babasin (on 1953-12-19) drums (drum set): Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) and Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1953-12-19) guitar: Barney Kessel (on 1953-12-19) piano: Jimmy Rowles and Arnold Ross (on 1953-12-19) tenor saxophone: Harold Land trumpet: Pete Candoli vibraphone: Larry Bunker recorded at: Contemporary’s Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-12-19) and Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1953-12-19) instrumental recording of: Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1953-12-19) lyricist: B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss) composer: George Shearing (British jazz pianist) publisher: Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.	Barney Kessel		3:10
5	Bags' Groove	Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All‐Stars		3:15
6	Day by Day	Lennie Niehaus Quintet		3:40
7	Flip	Shelly Manne Trio		3:00
8	Billie's Bounce	Shelly Manne Trio		4:10
9	The Champ	Hampton Hawes Trio		5:26
10	Blues the Most	Hampton Hawes Trio		5:45
11	Blue Moon	Lyle "Spud" Murphy		3:02
12	Easy Terms	Duane Tatro		4:15
13	Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas	Shelly Manne & His Men		7:57
14	Ruby	Buddy Collette		3:52
15	I Could Have Danced All Night	Shelly Manne & His Men		3:02
16	A Fifth for Frank	Curtis Counce		7:11

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Serenade in Blue	Gerald Wiggins		4:03
2	All the Things You Are	Art Pepper		6:36
3	Star Eyes	Art Pepper		5:16
4	Paying the Dues Blues	Red Norvo		4:56
5	I'm an Old Cowhand	Sonny Rollins		5:43
6	Jordu	The Poll Winners		3:31
7	Scrapple From the Apple	Red Mitchell		5:33
8	Old Fashioned Love	Benny Carter		7:51
9	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Leroy Vinnegar		5:38
10	Whisper Not	Benny Golson		6:00
11	I Could Write a Book	André Previn and His Pals Shelly Manne & Red Mitchell		4:55
12	Grooveyard	Harold Land		7:08
13	Serpent's Tooth	Victor Feldman		3:27
14	Invisible	Ornette Coleman		4:13

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Hip	Hampton Hawes		6:18
2	Stablemates	Art Farmer		4:36
3	African Violets double bass: Buell Neidlinger (on 1958-06-09) drums (drum set): Denis Charles (drums) (on 1958-06-09) piano: Cecil Taylor (on 1958-06-09) vibraphone: Earl Griffith (vibraphonist, organist) (on 1958-06-09) recorded at: Nola’s Penthouse (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-06-09) recording of: African Violets composer: Earl Griffith (vibraphonist, organist) and Cecil Taylor	Cecil Taylor Quartet		5:15
4	Autumn in New York	André Previn		3:54
5	I've Told Ev'ry Little Star	Sonny Rollins		5:25
6	Someone to Watch Over Me	Benny Carter		2:41
7	Bill Bailey	Helen Humes		2:24
8	Peter Gunn	Shelly Manne & His Men		2:17
9	Barfly	Elmo Hope		6:18
10	Greensleeves	Bill Smith Quartet		5:03
11	Airegin	Art Pepper		3:03
12	Down Among the Sheltering Palms	Barney Kessel		4:05
13	Blue Daniel	Shelly Manne & His Men		8:37
14	Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise	Art Pepper		6:59
15	The Sermon	Teddy Edwards		7:03

▼ CD 4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Stardust	Ben Webster		11:12
2	Misty	Teddy Edwards		4:21
3	Summertime	Howard McGhee		3:16
4	Oleo	Phineas Newborn, Jr.		3:05
5	Exodus	Shelly Manne		4:39
6	A Deed for Dolphy	Woody Shaw		9:00
7	My Funny Valentine	Art Farmer		6:57
8	Morning	Hampton Hawes		7:31
9	Will You Still Be Mine?	Art Farmer		5:41
10	Beyond the Rain	Chico Freeman		3:30
11	Love Walked In	Ray Brown		5:26
12	Over the Rainbow	Art Pepper		6:47

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/11638697 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00023GFQI [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0000574562 [info]

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reviews:	https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-contemporary-records-story-by-david-rickert.php?width=1920 [info] https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-contemporary-records-story-various-artists-contemporary-review-by-charlie-b-dahan.php [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000452679 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 025218444125
Format:: 4×CD
Length:: 4:52:31

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Other
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Contemporary Records
4CCD-4441-2

Release events

United States
2004

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