Best Jazz 50

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CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Left My Heart in San Francisco
engineer:
David Hassinger
producer:
Snuff Garrett (aka.Tommy Garrett, singer, songwriter, producer and disc jockey)
vocals:
Julie London
conductor:
Ernie Freeman
arranger:
Ernie Freeman
recording of:
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
lyricist:
Douglass Cross (US songwriter)
composer:
George Cory
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Dash Music Co. Ltd. and EMI April Music Inc.
Julie London2:52
2Something Cool
recording of:
Something Cool
lyricist and composer:
Billy Barnes (composer and lyricist)
June Christy4:21
3My Funny Valentine
recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), 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)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Chet Baker2:20
4Misty Blue
cover recording of:
Misty Blue
lyricist and composer:
Bob Montgomery
publisher:
Reservoir One America and Talmont Music (publisher) (from 1966 to present)
Ella Fitzgerald2:30
5Darn That Dream
cover recording of:
Darn That Dream
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1939)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1939)
publisher:
Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP)
part of:
Swingin’ the Dream
Nancy Wilson2:53
6Autumn in New York
Jo Stafford2:42
7April in Paris
producer:
Voyle Gilmore
piano:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
vocals:
Dinah Shore
arranger:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
April in Paris
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Dinah Shore2:59
8Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
cover recording of:
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1943)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1943)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Harmony
version of:
Concerto for Cootie
Abbey Lincoln2:17
9Day In — Day Out
Mark Murphy4:00
10It Had to Be You
cover recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
Dinah Shore3:26
11Angel Eyes
recording of:
Angel Eyes (1946 jazz standard)
lyricist:
Earl Brent (in 1946)
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader) (in 1946)
publisher:
Bradshaw Music, Inc., Dorsey Bros Music Ltd. (Angel Eyes - Dennis/Brent), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Onyx Music Corporation and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Jack Jones3:14
12The Man I Love
engineer:
Hank Cicalo
bass:
Joe Mondragon (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer) (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
electric piano:
Marshall Otwell (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
guitar:
Dennis Budimir (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
piano:
Artie Kane (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
reeds:
Bill Green (woodwind) (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12), Harry Klee (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12), Lanny Morgan (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12), Abe Most (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12) and Bill Perkins (jazz saxophonist) (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
trombone:
George Bohanon (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12), Lew McCreary (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12) and Ken Shroyer (trombonist) (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
trumpet:
Al Aarons (American jazz trumpeter, who also played the horn, flugelhorn) (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12), Buddy Childers (American jazz trumpeter & composer) (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12) and Bobby Shew (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
arranger:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
recorded at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
recording of:
The Man I Love (from 1976-05-03 until 1976-05-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Carmen McRae4:18
13It Don't Mean a Thing
Annie Ross2:10
14Here's That Rainy Day
Sue Raney4:14
15Stars Fell on Alabama
Jack Teagarden3:02
16Blue Moon
recording of:
Blue Moon
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Billie Holiday2:14
17A Foggy Day
cover recording of:
A Foggy Day (in London Town)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Gershwin Publishing Corp, Warner Chappell North America Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
Dakota Staton2:21
18Exactly Like You
Dianne Reeves5:19
19I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
Lou Rawls3:26
20Something to Live For
cover recording of:
Something to Live For (1938 Billy Strayhorn jazz composition)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Lena Horne4:44
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Machito
recording of:
Machito
composer:
Pete Rugolo
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra2:28
2Jahberu
Tadd Dameron2:56
3Tin tin deo
James Moody & Chano Pozo2:47
4Basheer's Dream
Kenny Dorham5:01
5Congalergra
Horace Parlan4:22
6Mambo Inn
recording of:
Mambo Inn
writer:
Bauza and Woodlen
composer:
Edgar Sampson
Grant Green5:50
7Paco
Gerald Wilson6:23
8Agua dulce
The Jazz Crusaders5:20
9Favela
Clare Fischer3:49
10I'm on My Way
Candido3:11
11Oye como va
Bobby Hutcherson5:11
12Caravan
Chucho Valdés7:01
13Contagio
Gonzalo Rubalcaba6:41
14Dance of Denial
Ray Barretto5:53
15The Time Is Now
Eliane Elias4:37
CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Someone to Watch Over Me
Coleman Hawkins2:51
2Easy Living
Clifford Brown3:44
3It Never Entered My Mind
producer:
Alfred Lion
bass and double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-03-06)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-03-06)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-03-06)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1954-03-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1954-03-06)
instrumental cover recording of:
It Never Entered My Mind (on 1954-03-06)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Lorenz Hart Publishing Co.
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)
Miles Davis4:06
4Violets for Your Furs
Jutta Hipp & Zoot Sims6:11
5Moonglow
recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Benny Goodman3:28
6Like Someone in the Dark
George Shearing3:59
7Stairway to the Stars
Bill Evans & Jim Hall5:40
8Dancing in the Dark
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (on 1958-03-09)
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1958-03-09)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (on 1958-03-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Note Records (this is the record company; for release labels use its imprint “Blue Note”) (in 1999, in 2012) and Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1999)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1958-03-09)
instrumental recording of:
Dancing in the Dark (on 1958-03-09)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., 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)
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
Cannonball Adderley4:07
9I'm a Fool to Want You
recording of:
I’m a Fool to Want You
writer:
Joel Herron (in 1951), Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (in 1951) and Jack Wolf (in 1951)
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Integrity Music Corp., Sergeant Music Co., The International Music Network and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Dexter Gordon6:46
10Yesterdays
recording of:
Yesterdays
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (Universal Music Publishing Limited, UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Stan Kenton5:38
11The Good Life
Hank Mobley5:11
12God Bless the Child
Stanley Turrentine4:01
13Nature Boy
Ike Quebec2:46
14Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
Zoot Sims3:09
15Laura
Joe Lovano4:32