Classic Jazz: Jazz Greats

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Preacher
recording of:
The Preacher
lyricist:
Babs Gonzales
composer:
Horace Silver
publisher:
Silhouette Music
Horace Silver Quintet4:19
2I've Got a Woman
Jimmy McGriff4:35
3Blue Skies
cover recording of:
Blue Skies
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 (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)
Ella Fitzgerald3:48
4Bossa Nova U.S.A.
recording of:
Bossa Nova U.S.A.
composer:
Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck Quartet2:27
5My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
Charlie Parker3:27
6Birk's Works
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (on 1957-04-07) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1957-04-07)
baritone saxophone:
Bill Root (jazz saxophonist) (on 1957-04-07)
bass trombone:
Rod Levitt (jazz trombonist, composer, bandleader) (on 1957-04-07)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (on 1957-04-07)
drums (drum set):
Charli Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1957-04-07)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-04-07)
solo tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (on 1957-04-07)
solo trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1957-04-07)
tenor saxophone:
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Al Grey (trombone) (on 1957-04-07) and Melba Liston (US jazz trombonist) (on 1957-04-07)
trumpet:
Talib Daawud (jazz trumpeter) (on 1957-04-07), E. V. Perry (on 1957-04-07), Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1957-04-07) and Carl Warwick (jazz trumpeter) (on 1957-04-07)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-07)
recording of:
Birk's Works (on 1957-04-07)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie4:58
7Soul Sauce
Cal Tjader2:27
8Teddy Wilson Quartet / Prisoner of Love
Lester Young7:39
9Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1959-02-04)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
alto saxophone:
John Handy (US jazz alto saxophonist, born 1933) (on 1959-02-04) and Jackie McLean (jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-02-04)
baritone saxophone:
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophonist) (on 1959-02-04)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1959-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1959-02-04)
piano:
Horace Parlan (American-Danish jazz pianist) (on 1959-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1959-02-04)
trombone:
Willie Dennis (on 1959-02-04) and Jimmy Knepper (Trombonist) (on 1959-02-04)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-02-04)
recording of:
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (on 1959-02-04)
composer:
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus5:41
10Straight No Chaser
alto saxophone:
Sahib Shihab (American jazz musician) (on 1951-07-23)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (on 1951-07-23)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-07-23)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1951-07-23)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-07-23)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-23)
recording of:
Straight, No Chaser (on 1951-07-23)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Monk2:59
11Naima
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1959-12-02) and Phil Iehle (on 1959-12-02)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-12-02)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-12-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-12-02)
recording of:
Naima (original instrumental version) (on 1959-12-02)
composer:
John Coltrane
named after artist:
Juanita Naima Grubbs
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane44:23
12I Put a Spell on You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-01-15)
producer:
Hal Mooney
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1965-01-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (on 1965-01-15)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
I Put a Spell on You (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
Nina Simone4.32:37
13Robot Portrait
recording of:
Robot Portrait
composer:
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones5:27
14Hittin' the Jug
recording of:
Hittin' the Jug
composer:
Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons8:32
15Somebody Stole My Gal
Jimmy Rushing3:44
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part of:Classic Jazz (Time-Life Music) (order: 1)