Jazz Greats, Volume 28: Dizzy Gillespie: Early Years

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blue Rhythm Fantasy
alto saxophone:
Howard Johnson (saxophone (1905-1991)) (on 1937-05-17) and Russell Procope (on 1937-05-17)
double bass [bass]:
Richard Fullbright (on 1937-05-17)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1937-05-17)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1937-05-17)
piano:
Sam Allen (Jazz pianist) (on 1937-05-17)
tenor saxophone:
Robert Carroll (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1937-05-17) and Teddy Hill (on 1937-05-17)
trombone:
Dicky Wells (on 1937-05-17)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1937-05-17), Bill Dillard (on 1937-05-17) and Dizzy Gillespie (on 1937-05-17)
recording of:
Blue Rhythm Fantasy (on 1937-05-17)
composer:
Teddy Hill and Chappie Willett
Teddy Hill and His Orchestra2:45
2Pluckin’ the Bass
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-08-30)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1939-08-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1939-08-30)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1939-08-30)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1939-08-30)
reeds [clarinet, alto, baritone saxophone]:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1939-08-30)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1939-08-30) and Walter "Foots" Thomas (on 1939-08-30)
trombone:
Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-08-30), Claude Jones (on 1939-08-30) and DePriest Wheeler (on 1939-08-30)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1939-08-30), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1939-08-30) and Lammar Wright (on 1939-08-30)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1939-08-30)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1939-08-30)
arranger:
Chappie Willett
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1067-A)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:45
3Paradiddle
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-03-08)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1940-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1940-03-08)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1940-03-08)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1940-03-08)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1940-03-08)
reeds [clarinet, alto saxophone]:
Jerry Blake (on 1940-03-08), Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-03-08) and Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-03-08)
saxophone:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1940-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Chu Berry (on 1940-03-08) and Walter Thomas (on 1940-03-08)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1940-03-08), Quentin Jackson (on 1940-03-08) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-03-08)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1940-03-08), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1940-03-08) and Lammar Wright (on 1940-03-08)
vocals and conductor:
Cab Calloway (on 1940-03-08)
orchestra:
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (on 1940-03-08)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WC-2985)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra3:07
4Bye Bye Blues
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:54
5Cupid’s Nightmare
alto saxophone:
Hilton Jefferson (on 1940-08-28)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1940-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1940-08-28)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1940-08-28)
piano:
Benny Payne (jazz pianist and vocalist) (on 1940-08-28)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1940-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1940-08-28) and Walter Thomas (on 1940-08-28)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1940-08-28), Quentin Jackson (on 1940-08-28) and Keg Johnson (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-08-28)
trumpet:
Mario Bauzá (on 1940-08-28), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1940-08-28) and Lammar Wright (on 1940-08-28)
recording of:
Cupid’s Nightmare (on 1940-08-28)
writer:
Don Redman
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra2:43
6Jersey Bounce
Les Hite & His Orchestra2:47
7Little John Special
alto saxophone:
Billy Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1942-07-29) and Tab Smith (on 1942-07-29)
baritone saxophone:
Ernest Purce (on 1942-07-29)
double bass:
Nick Fenton (on 1942-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1942-07-29)
guitar:
Trevor Bacon (on 1942-07-29)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1942-07-29)
tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1942-07-29) and Dave Young (saxophone) (on 1942-07-29)
trombone:
Joe Britton (trombonist) (on 1942-07-29) and George Stevenson (Jazz trombone player) (on 1942-07-29)
trumpet:
Nelson Bryant (on 1942-07-29), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1942-07-29) and William Scott (jazz trumpeter, 1940s-1950s) (on 1942-07-29)
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra3:08
8Disorder at the Border
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1944-02-22)
recording of:
Disorder at the Border (on 1944-02-22)
composer:
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra2:59
9Opus X
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-12-05)
alto saxophone:
Bill Frazier (jazz saxophonist) (on 1944-12-05) and John Jackson (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1944-12-05)
baritone saxophone:
Leo Parker (on 1944-12-05)
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1944-12-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1944-12-05)
guitar:
Connie Wainwright (on 1944-12-05)
piano:
John Malachi (on 1944-12-05)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Ammons (on 1944-12-05), Taswell Baird (on 1944-12-05) and Dexter Gordon (on 1944-12-05)
trombone:
Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt (on 1944-12-05), Taswell Baird (on 1944-12-05), Howard Scott (trombonist active in the 1940s/50s) (on 1944-12-05) and Gerald Valentine (trombone, aka Jerry Valentine) (on 1944-12-05)
trumpet:
Boonie Hazel (on 1944-12-05), Gail Brockman (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1944-12-05), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1944-12-05) and Shorty McConnell (on 1944-12-05)
vocals and conductor:
Billy Eckstine (on 1944-12-05)
orchestra:
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (on 1944-12-05)
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra2:40
10East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-12-31)
clarinet:
Aaron Sachs (on 1944-12-31)
double bass:
Jack Lesberg (on 1944-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Morey Feld (on 1944-12-31)
guitar:
Chuck Wayne (on 1944-12-31)
piano:
Leonard Feather (on 1944-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1944-12-31)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1944-12-31)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1944-12-31)
orchestra:
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (on 1944-12-31)
cover recording of:
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) (on 1944-12-31)
lyricist and composer:
Brooks Bowman (in 1934)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co.
Sarah Vaughan and The All Star Band2:53
11Something for You (Max Is Making Wax)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-01-09)
producer:
Irving Berman (on 1945-01-09: task: possibly supervised by)
alto saxophone:
Johnny Bothwell (on 1945-01-09)
baritone saxophone:
Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophonist)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1945-01-09)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1945-01-09)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1945-01-09)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1945-01-09)
trombone:
Vic Dickenson (on 1945-01-09), Benny Morton (on 1945-01-09) and Trummy Young (on 1945-01-09)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-01-09) and Benny Harris (on 1945-01-09)
recording of:
Something for You (on 1945-01-09)
composer:
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford & His Eighteen All Stars2:32
12Empty Bed Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1945-01-09)
producer:
Irving Berman (on 1945-01-09: task: possibly supervised by)
alto saxophone:
Johnny Bothwell (on 1945-01-09)
baritone saxophone:
Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophonist) (on 1945-01-09)
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (on 1945-01-09)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1945-01-09)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1945-01-09)
tenor saxophone:
Don Byas (on 1945-01-09)
trombone:
Vic Dickenson (on 1945-01-09), Benny Morton (on 1945-01-09) and Trummy Young (on 1945-01-09)
trumpet:
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1945-01-09), Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-01-09) and Benny Harris (on 1945-01-09)
vocals:
Rubberlegs Williams (on 1945-01-09)
partial recording of:
Empty Bed Blues (Part 1 & 2) (on 1945-01-09)
writer:
J.C. Johnson
Oscar Pettiford & His Eighteen All Stars2:34
13I Can’t Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1945-01-09)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Dizzy Gillespie All Stars3:10
14Salt (ed) Peanuts
recording of:
Salt Peanuts (on 1945-01-09)
composer:
Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Oscar Pettiford & His Eighteen All Stars2:59
15Be‐Bop
Oscar Pettiford and His Eighteen All Stars3:10
16A Night in Tunisia
performer:
Dizzy Gillespie
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Boyd Raeburn & His Orchestra3:13
17Blue ’n’ Boogie
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet3:01
18Groovin’ High
double bass:
Murray Shipinski (jazz bassist) (on 1945-02-09)
drums (drum set):
Irv Kluger (on 1945-02-09)
guitar:
Chuck Wayne (on 1945-02-09)
piano:
Frank Paparelli (on 1945-02-09)
tenor saxophone:
Dexter Gordon (on 1945-02-09)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-02-09)
recording of:
Groovin’ High (on 1945-02-09)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet2:42
19Dizzy Atmosphere
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (a.k.a. “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1945-02-28)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1945-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1945-02-28)
guitar:
Remo Palmier (on 1945-02-28)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1945-02-28)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1945-02-28)
orchestra:
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (on 1945-02-28)
recording of:
Dizzy Atmosphere (on 1945-02-28)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet2:52
20Sittin’ In
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1937-11-11)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1937-11-11)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1937-11-11)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1937-11-11)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1937-11-11)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1937-11-11)
Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble2:18
21Stormy Monday Blues
alto saxophone:
Leroy Harris (on 1942-03-19)
double bass:
Truck Parham (on 1942-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Rudy Traylor (jazz drummer, vibraphonist, pianist, arranger, producer) (on 1942-03-19)
guitar:
Skeeter Best (on 1942-03-19)
piano:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1942-03-19)
reeds:
Scoops Carry (on 1942-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone) (on 1942-03-19), Budd Johnson (on 1942-03-19) and Willie Randall (on 1942-03-19)
trombone:
George Hunt (on 1942-03-19), Joe McLewis (on 1942-03-19) and Gerald Valentine (on 1942-03-19)
trumpet:
Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (US trumpeter) (on 1942-03-19), Shorty McConnell (on 1942-03-19) and Jesse Miller (trumpet) (on 1942-03-19)
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (on 1942-03-19)
recording of:
Stormy Monday Blues (on 1942-03-19)
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 and His Orchestra3:11

Credits

Release

part of:Jazz Greats (Marshall Cavendish) (number: 28) (order: 29)
ASIN:UK: B001C94HB6 [info]