The Modern Jazz Sextet

~ Release by The Modern Jazz Sextet (see all versions of this release, 28 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Tour de Force
alto saxophone and saxophone:
Sonny Stitt (on 1956-01-12)
bass and double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1956-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-12)
guitar:
Clifton "Skeeter" Best (on 1956-01-12)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-01-12)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-01-12)
recorded at:
Fine Sound Studios (1953–1956; fka WMGM Studios until 1953) in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-01-12)
recording of:
Tour de Force (on 1956-01-12)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
11:44
2Dizzy Meets Sonny
alto saxophone:
Sonny Stitt (on 1956-01-12)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1956-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-12)
guitar:
Skeeter Best (on 1956-01-12)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-01-12)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-01-12)
8:04
3Ballad Medley: Old Folks / What's New? / How Deep Is the Ocean?
alto saxophone:
Sonny Stitt (on 1956-01-12)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1956-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-12)
guitar:
Skeeter Best (on 1956-01-12)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-01-12)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-01-12)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean? (on 1956-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Old Folks (on 1956-01-12)
lyricist:
Dedette Lee Hill (in 1938)
composer:
Willard Robison (in 1938)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
What’s New? (on 1956-01-12)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964)
composer:
Bob Haggart
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
7:15
4Mean to Me
alto saxophone and saxophone:
Sonny Stitt (on 1956-01-12)
bass and double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1956-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-12)
guitar:
Clifton "Skeeter" Best (on 1956-01-12)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-01-12)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-01-12)
recorded at:
Fine Sound Studios (1953–1956; fka WMGM Studios until 1953) in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-01-12)
instrumental recording of:
Mean to Me (on 1956-01-12)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
6:34
5Blues for Bird
alto saxophone:
Sonny Stitt (on 1956-01-12)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1956-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1956-01-12)
guitar:
Skeeter Best (on 1956-01-12)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-01-12)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-01-12)
recording of:
Blues for Bird (on 1956-01-12)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Dizlo Music Corp. and Tomi Music Corp. (BMI affiliated)
9:10