The Chronological Classics: John Kirby and His Orchestra 1938-1939

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Rehearsin' for a Nervous Breakdown
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1938-10-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1938-10-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1938-10-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-10-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1938-10-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1938-10-28)
John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys2:41
2From A Flat to C
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1938-10-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1938-10-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1938-10-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-10-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1938-10-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1938-10-28)
John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys2:37
3Pastel Blue
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1938-10-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1938-10-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1938-10-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-10-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1938-10-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1938-10-28)
vocals:
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-10-28)
recording of:
Pastel Blue (on 1938-10-28)
composer:
Charlie Shavers and Artie Shaw
John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys3:11
4Undecided
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1938-10-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1938-10-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1938-10-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-10-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1938-10-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1938-10-28)
instrumental recording of:
Undecided (on 1938-10-28)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys3:02
5By the Waters of Minnetonka
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1938-10-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1938-10-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1938-10-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-10-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1938-10-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1938-10-28)
instrumental recording of:
By the Waters of Minnetonka (on 1938-10-28)
lyricist:
James Mulloy Cavanass
composer:
Thurlow Lieurance
John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys3:10
6It Feels So Good
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-01-09)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-01-09)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-09)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-01-09)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-01-09)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-01-09)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:45
7Effervescent Blues
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-01-09)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-01-09)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-09)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-01-09)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-01-09)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-01-09)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:50
8The Turf
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-01-09)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-01-09)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-09)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-01-09)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-01-09)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-01-09)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:53
9Dawn on the Desert
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-01-09)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-01-09)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-01-09)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-01-09)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-01-09)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-01-09)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:55
10Anitra's Dance
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-05-19)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-05-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-05-19)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-05-19)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-05-19)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-05-19)
recording of:
Anitra’s Dance (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1939-01-09)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
arrangement of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Anitras dans
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:48
11Sweet Georgia Brown
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-05-19)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-05-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-05-19)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-05-19)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-05-19)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-05-19)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (on 1939-05-19)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:51
12Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-05-19)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-05-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-05-19)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-05-19)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-05-19)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-05-19)
instrumental recording of:
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (on 1939-05-19)
lyricist:
Ben Johnson (English playwright & poet) (in 1616)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
John Kirby and His Orchestra3:00
13Minute Waltz
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-05-19)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-05-19)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-05-19)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-05-19)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-05-19)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-05-19)
recording of:
Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz” (on 1939-05-19)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:33
14Front and Center
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-07-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-07-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-07-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-07-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-07-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-28)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:57
15Royal Garden Blues
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-07-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-07-28)
double bass and double bass [string bass]:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-07-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-07-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-07-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-28)
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues (on 1939-07-28)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:33
16Opus 5
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-07-28)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-07-28)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-07-28)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-07-28)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-07-28)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-07-28)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:49
17Fantasy Impromptu
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-08-10)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-08-10)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-08-10)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-08-10)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-08-10)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-08-10)
recording of:
Fantaisie-impromptu in C-sharp minor, op. 66 (on 1939-08-10)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (in 1834)
part of:
Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 66)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:39
18Blue Skies
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-08-10)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-08-10)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-08-10)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-08-10)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-08-10)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-08-10)
instrumental recording of:
Blue Skies (on 1939-08-10)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
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
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:40
19Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland)
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-08-10)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-08-10)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-08-10)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-08-10)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-08-10)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-08-10)
instrumental recording of:
Rose Room (on 1939-08-10)
lyricist:
Harry Williams (American songwriter, co-writer of “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree”) (in 1917)
composer:
Art Hickman (in 1917)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Miller Music (publisher), Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd, Universal Music Publishing Group and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:38
20I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-08-10)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-08-10)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-08-10)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-08-10)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-08-10)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-08-10)
instrumental recording of:
I May Be Wrong (but I Think You’re Wonderful) (on 1939-08-10)
lyricist:
Harry Ruskin
composer:
Henry Sullivan
John Kirby and His Orchestra3:02
21Little Brown Jug
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-10-12)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-10-12)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-10-12)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-10-12)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-10-12)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-10-12)
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (catch all for arrangements) (on 1939-10-12)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:46
22Nocturne
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1939-10-12)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1939-10-12)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1939-10-12)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1939-10-12)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1939-10-12)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1939-10-12)
John Kirby and His Orchestra2:44

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 750) (order: 259)