Godfathers of Soul Jazz

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Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
recording of:
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
lyricist and composer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown4:38
2Watermelon Man
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1966-12-27 until 1966-12-28)
producer:
Jerry Ross (Philadelphia soul composer/producer)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1966-12-27 until 1966-12-28)
piano:
Les McCann (from 1966-12-27 until 1966-12-28)
Les McCann3:42
3Dancing In The Street
instrumental cover recording of:
Dancing in the Street
writer:
Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson (Motown songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), FCG Music, Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Ramsey Lewis Trio2:51
4Ain't That Peculiar
Quincy Jones3:02
5Caravan
bass:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1964-11-16)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate (on 1964-11-16)
guitar family:
Wes Montgomery (on 1964-11-16)
percussion:
Willie Bobo (on 1964-11-16)
piano:
Bobby Scott (vocals, piano, US musician & producer) (on 1964-11-16)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1964-11-16), Urbie Green (on 1964-11-16), Quentin Jackson (on 1964-11-16) and Chauncey Welsch (on 1964-11-16)
trumpet:
Ernie Royal (on 1964-11-16), Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1964-11-16) and Snooky Young (on 1964-11-16)
tuba:
Don Butterfield (on 1964-11-16) and Harvey Philips (on 1964-11-16)
woodwind:
Jerome Richardson (on 1964-11-16)
conductor:
Johnny Pate (on 1964-11-16)
arranger:
Johnny Pate
recorded at:
A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States (on 1964-11-16)
instrumental recording of:
Caravan (on 1964-11-16)
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)
Wes Montgomery2:37
6Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul
producer:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
alto saxophone:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
guitar:
Rodney Jones
membranophone:
Bill Stuart (US jazz drummer)
organ:
Don Pullen (pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Pee Wee Ellis
trombone:
Fred Wesley
instrumental cover recording of:
Better Git It in Your Soul
composer:
Charles Mingus
publisher:
Jazz Workshop, Inc.
Maceo Parker5:45
7Spinning Wheel
Jimmy McGriff3:37
8I Heard It Through The Grapevine
arranger:
Bert Keyes (piano, soul/funk producer/writer)
cover recording of:
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
writer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division 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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
Willie Bobo, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield3:08
9Free At Last
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-05)
baritone saxophone:
Buddy Lucas (Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player) (on 1968-09-05)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (on 1968-09-05)
electric bass guitar:
Bill Folwell (on 1968-09-05)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Ayler (on 1968-09-05)
trombone:
Garnett Brown (on 1968-09-05)
trumpet:
Burt Collins (on 1968-09-05) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-05)
woodwind:
Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-05)
vocals:
Mary Maria Parks (on 1968-09-05) and Rose Marie McCoy (on 1968-09-05)
conductor:
Bert DeCoteaux (on 1968-09-05)
arranger:
Bert DeCoteaux
recording of:
Free at Last (on 1968-09-05)
composer:
Albert Ayler, Rose Marie McCoy and Mary Parks
Albert Ayler23:07
10Inner City Blues
George Benson, Gerald Albright & Lee Ritenour5:42
11What's Goin' On
instrumental recording of:
What’s Going On
lyricist and composer:
Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland (songwriter 1930-1996) and Marvin Gaye
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia, FCG Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Stone Agate Music Corp., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (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 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Quincy Jones & Valerie Simpson10:00
12(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Jimmy Smith4:38
13Miss Poopie
Jimmy McGriff3:19
14Soul Man
producer:
Richard Evans (US jazz/soul bassist, composer, arranger and producer)
bass:
Cleveland Eaton (American jazz bassist) (from 1967-07 until 1967-10)
drums (drum set):
Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) (from 1967-07 until 1967-10)
piano:
Ramsey Lewis (from 1967-07 until 1967-10)
conductor:
Richard Evans (US jazz/soul bassist, composer, arranger and producer) (from 1967-07 until 1967-10)
arranger:
Richard Evans (US jazz/soul bassist, composer, arranger and producer)
recorded at:
Ter-Mar Recording Studios (1950s–1970s recording & mastering studio) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1967-07 until 1967-10)
instrumental cover recording of:
Soul Man
writer:
Isaac Hayes (in 1967) and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter) (in 1967)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Rondor Music Ltd. (publisher), Walden Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America, Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (in 1986) and Walden Music Corp. (publisher) (in 1986)
Ramsey Lewis2:50
15Goin' Out Of My Head
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1965-11-20)
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Jerry Dodgion (on 1965-11-20) and Phil Woods (US jazz woodwind player) (on 1965-11-20)
bass trombone:
Tony Studd (on 1965-11-20)
double bass [bass]:
George Duvivier (on 1965-11-20)
drums (drum set):
Grady Tate (on 1965-11-20)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Wes Montgomery (on 1965-11-20)
flute and piccolo:
Jerry Dodgion (on 1965-11-20)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (on 1965-11-20) and Roger Kellaway (on 1965-11-20)
trombone:
Wayne Andre (on 1965-11-20), Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1965-11-20) and Quentin Jackson (on 1965-11-20)
trumpet:
Danny Moore (on 1964-11-20), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1964-11-20), Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1965-11-20) and Ernie Royal (on 1965-11-20)
woodwind:
Jerome Richardson (on 1964-11-20)
conductor:
Oliver Nelson (saxophone, arranger, composer) (on 1964-11-20)
arranger:
Oliver Nelson (saxophone, arranger, composer)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1965-11-20)
instrumental cover recording of:
Goin’ Out of My Head (on 1964-11-20)
lyricist:
Bobby Weinstein (US songwriter)
composer:
Teddy Randazzo
publisher:
EMI Partnership Musikverlag GmbH, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Vogue Music and Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. (in 1964)
Wes Montgomery42:16
16Phat City
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!) (in 2004)
Paul Brown4:47
17Women Of The World
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1964-01-27)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1964-01-27)
producer:
Creed Taylor
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1964-01-27)
arranger:
Oliver Nelson (saxophone, arranger, composer) and Claus Ogerman
recording of:
Women of the World (on 1963-01-27)
composer:
Riz Ortolani
Jimmy Smith5:47
18Ain't Too Proud To Beg
cover recording of:
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
lyricist:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team) and Norman Whitfield
composer:
Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Stone Agate Music and Stone Agate Music Division
Willie Bobo2:43
19Watermelon Man
Fred Wesley and The J.B.’s3:28
20For Once In My Life
James Brown4:44