Great Black Music: Roots 1927–1962

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: 1927‐1952
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Seaboard Stomp
Arthur “Blind” Blake3:06
2Good Moves on Water
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
God Moves on the Water (on 1929-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:02
3Tiger Rag
Art Tatum2:21
4I’ve Found a New Baby
The Mills Brothers2:45
5Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
Robert Johnson2:54
6Why Do I Lie to Myself About You?
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1936-06-05)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Boling (on 1936-06-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1936-06-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1936-06-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1936-06-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1936-06-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1936-06-05)
Fats Waller2:54
7This Year’s Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
Billie Holiday3:12
8Caravan
recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1937) and Juan Tizol (in 1937)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
Duke Ellington2:44
9Winin’ Boy Blues
Jelly Roll Morton3:14
10Mbube
Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds2:46
11Jive at Five
recording of:
Jive at Five
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Harry “Sweets” Edison
Count Basie and His Orchestra2:53
12Parchman Farm
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Parchman Farm Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
recording of:
Parchman Farm (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:41
13Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can’t Bomb Me)
Una Mae Carlisle3:22
14Swing to Bop
Charlie Christian3:28
15Baby Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:51
16Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-23)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1946-01-23)
claves:
Vic Lourie (on 1946-01-23)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1946-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Byrd (US drummer) (on 1946-01-23)
electric guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1946-01-23)
maracas:
Harry Dial (on 1946-01-23)
piano:
Wild Bill Davis (on 1946-01-23)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1946-01-23)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1946-01-23)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1946-01-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1946)
recording of:
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie (on 1946-01-23)
writer:
Denver Darling, Milt Gabler and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Rytvoc (ASCAP) and Warner/Chappell
Louis Jordan52:49
17Dream a Little Dream of Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-10-28)
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-10-28)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1947-10-28)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-10-28)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-10-28)
recording of:
Dream a Little Dream of Me
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1931)
composer:
Fabian André (in 1931) and Wilbur Schwandt (in 1931)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Essex Music, Inc., Étienne Marrix Music, Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Infoswan Publications, One Less Car Music, Words & Music, Inc. (US work publisher) and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Nat “King” Cole2:55
18Mambo n.5
Pérez Prado2:14
19No Ceará não tem disso não
Luiz Gonzaga2:56
20Bloomdido
recording of:
Bloomdido
composer:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:28
21I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
Earl Hines4:08
22It Ain’t the Meat
The Swallows2:37
23Aged and Mellow
recording of:
Aged and Mellow
writer:
Preston Love and Johnny Otis
Little Esther2:48
24J.P. Morgan
Blind Blake & His Royal Victoria Hotel Calypso Orchestra2:42
▼ CD 2: 1952‐1958
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Feel Like I Wanna Cry
Dinah Washington3:24
2Little Rootie Tootie
recording of:
Little Rootie Tootie
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk3:09
3Hound Gog
Big Mama Thornton2:52
4Smokey Joe’s Cafe
The Robins2:48
5El bombón de Elena
Cortijo y su Combo3:16
6I Just Want to Make Love to You
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Muddy Waters2:52
7Sinner’s Prayer
cover recording of:
Sinner’s Prayer
writer:
Lowell Fulson and Lloyd Glenn
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Ray Charles3:25
8This May Be the Last Time
The Blind Boys of Alabama2:33
9Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley2:47
10Louie Louie
Richard Berry2:14
11Mack the Knife
recording of:
Mack the Knife (1954 Blitzstein translation)
lyricist:
Bertolt Brecht
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
translator:
Marc Blitzstein (in 1954)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
translated version of:
Die Dreigroschenoper: Vorspiel. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
Louis Armstrong3:25
12Oye Mama
Bienvenido Granda con La Sonora Matancera3:14
13Day‐O
Harry Belafonte3:05
14God Is So Good (to Me)
Mahalia Jackson4:25
15Please Please Please
James Brown2:47
16Roll Over Beethoven
recording of:
Roll Over Beethoven
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry (in 1956-01)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Dualtone Words and Songs, Isalee Music Publishing Company and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc. and Rock ’n’ Roll Music
Chuck Berry2:25
17I Put a Spell on You
recording of:
I Put a Spell on You
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins2:29
18All for You
E.T. Mensah and the Tempos2:44
19India
Sun Ra and the Arkestra4:52
20Cinemascope
Count Lasher3:12
21Miwela Miwela
Grand Kallé & African Jazz4:03
22Ran Kan Kan
recording of:
Ran kan kan
lyricist and composer:
Tito Puente
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Tito Puente3:13
23Milestones
recording of:
Milestones (originally titled “Miles”)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Champs Élysées Nouv Société, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Jazz Horn Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Miles Davis5:42
▼ CD 3: 1958‐1962
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1El Congo
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1958)
Celia Cruz con La Sonora Matancera2:34
2Good Golly, Miss Molly
recording of:
Good Golly Miss Molly
writer:
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell and John Marascalco
publisher:
Cedos Music, Jondora Music, PeerMusic AB, Prestige Music ltd. and Robin Hood Music Co.
Little Richard2:10
3Boogie Chillen
John Lee Hooker2:36
4Maybe I’m a Fool
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-01-10)
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1961-01-10)
drums (drum set):
Sticks Evans (on 1961-01-10)
guitar:
Lord Westbrook (on 1961-01-10)
piano:
Aretha Franklin (on 1961-01-10)
tenor saxophone:
Al Sears (on 1961-01-10)
arranger:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1961)
recording of:
Maybe I’m a Fool (on 1961-01-10)
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Aretha Franklin33:18
5Village Blues
recording of:
Village Blues
composer:
John Coltrane
John Coltrane5:24
6Moses
recorded in:
St. Simons, Georgia, United States (on 1960-04-11)
lead vocals:
John Davis (40s/50s US blues/gospel artist)
vocals:
Peter Davis (US Gospel/Blues musician), Bessie Jones, Henry Morrison (US gospel singer) and Willis Proctor
field recordings:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (on 1960-04-11)
John Davis4:18
7Samson & Delilah
Reverend Gary Davis4:06
8Spoonful
recording of:
Spoonful
lyricist:
Willie Dixon
composer:
Willie Dixon (until 1960)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Mathews Music
Howlin’ Wolf2:50
9My Own Fault
B.B. King3:34
10Alazi mwasi baponela ngai
Franco & Le Tout Puissant OK Jazz3:01
11Miss Ann
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1960-12-21)
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1960-12-21)
double bass [bass]:
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1960-12-21)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1960-12-21)
piano:
Jaki Byard (on 1960-12-21)
trumpet:
Booker Little (on 1960-12-21)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1960-12-21)
recording of:
Miss Ann (on 1960-12-21)
composer:
Eric Dolphy
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
Eric Dolphy4:19
12Umqokozo
Miriam Makeba2:09
13Tele Mina for Chango
Mongo Santamaría3:02
14Igwala
Charles Iwegbue and His Archibogs2:50
15Catfish Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins4:17
16Contre‐Danse #8
Ensemble Nemours Jean‐Baptiste3:53
17K. J.
Tabu Ley Rochereau & African Jazz4:47
18Trumpet Highlife
Dr. Victor Olaiya5:08
19Soul Bossa Nova
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra2:43
20La cumbia te está llamando
Gastón El Isleño & Jaime Simanca2:58
21Home in Your Heart
Solomon Burke2:06
22Judge Not
engineer:
Buddy Davidson (Jamaican recording engineer)
producer:
Leslie Kong
bass:
Lloyd Brevett
drums (drum set):
Arkland "Drumbago" Parks
harmonica:
Charlie Organaire
tenor saxophone:
Roland Alphonso
recorded at:
Federal Records Studio in Kingston, Jamaica (in 1962-02)
cover recording of:
Judge Not (in 1962-02)
lyricist and composer:
Helen Carter (country singer) and Dolores Dinning
Bob Marley2:27