Best of the Big Bands

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hell’s Bells
Art Kassel and His Kassels2:20
2Nightmare
recording of:
Nightmare
composer:
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra2:50
3Let’s Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:32
4Summertime
Bob Crosby3:04
5Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet3:21
6One o’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie2:57
7Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:54
8Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP)
Glenn Miller3:20
9Ciribiribin
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Harry James2:31
10Hot Lips
recording of:
Hot Lips (on 1934-06-04)
lyricist:
Lou Davis (in 1922)
composer:
Henry Busse (in 1922) and Henry Lange (in 1922)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc. (on 1922-09-19)
Henry Busse2:31
11Jazznocracy
Jimmie Lunceford2:44
12Leap Frog
recording of:
Leap Frog
composer:
Leo Corday and Joe Garland (saxophonist, composer)
Les Brown and His Orchestra1:58
13Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:56
14Drifting and Dreaming
recording of:
Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise)
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie
composer:
Egbert Van Alstyne, Loyal B. Curtis and Erwin Schmidt (Erwin Roeder Schmidt)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Orrin Tucker2:57
15Rippling Rhythm
Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra1:37
16Got a Date With an Angel
recording of:
Got a Date with an Angel
lyricist:
Clifford Grey and Sonny Miller (1930s lyricist)
composer:
Joseph Tunbridge and Jack Waller
Skinnay Ennis2:11
17Artistry in the Rhythm
recording of:
Artistry in Rhythm
composer:
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton3:13
18Bubbles in the Wine
recording of:
The Lawrence Welk Show (Bubbles In The Wine)
composer:
Bob Calame, Frank Loesser and Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk2:33
19I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills Music, Inc., 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:35
20Nola
Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra2:54
21Woodchopper’s Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Woody Herman3:13