The Verve Collection 1957-1962

~ Release by Roy Eldridge (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1: The Urbane Jazz of Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter / Trumpet Battle
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1I Still Love Him So
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
piano:
Bruce MacDonald (piano)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge
5:23
2The Moon Is Low
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
piano:
Bruce MacDonald (piano)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge
instrumental recording of:
The Moon Is Low (from MGM film "Montana Moon")
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
6:04
3I Missed My Hat
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
piano:
Bruce MacDonald (piano)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge
5:17
4Ballad Medley: I Remember You/Chelsea Bridge/I've Got The World On A Sting
6:17
5Polite Blues
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
piano:
Bruce MacDonald (piano)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge
7:53
6Close Your Eyes
2:37
7Where's Art
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
flugelhorn:
Roy Eldridge
4:05
8I Don't Know
3:58
9Striding
4:35
10Wailing
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller
flugelhorn:
Roy Eldridge
3:11
11I've Found A New Baby
recording of:
I’ve Found a New Baby
writer:
Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
9:13
12I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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 (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
9:46
13Sometimes I'm Happy
recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
5:22
14Ballad Medley: I'm Thru With Love/Can't We Be Friends/Don't You Think?/I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You
9:20
▼CD 2: Tour De Force / The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport
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1Steeplechase
17:27
2Tour De Force
recording of:
Tour de Force
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
11:09
3Ballad Medley: I'm Thru With Love/The Nearness Of You/Moonlight In Vermont/Summertime
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1956-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Stan Levey (on 1956-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1956-10-16)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1956-10-16)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1956-10-15) and Dizzy Gillespie (on 1956-10-16)
medley including a instrumental recording of:
I’m Through With Love (on 1955-11-02)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Fud Livingston and Matty Malneck
medley including a instrumental recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont (on 1955-11-02)
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), 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 (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
medley including a instrumental recording of:
The Nearness of You (on 1955-11-02)
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1956-10-16)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
8:42
4Introduction
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04 – 1957-07-07)
1:17
5I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04 – 1957-07-07)
live instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me (in 1957-07)
lyricist:
Clarence Gaskill
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
12:56
6Day By Day
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04 – 1957-07-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Day by Day (in 1957-07)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston
publisher:
Barton Music Corp. and Hanover Music Corp.
4:30
7Embraceable You
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04 – 1957-07-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Embraceable You (in 1957-07)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music, New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
2:15
8Moonglow
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04 – 1957-07-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Moonglow (in 1957-07)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
2:45
9Sweet Georgia Brown
recorded at:
Newport Jazz Festival 1957 (1957-07-04 – 1957-07-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (in 1957-07)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
13:20
▼CD 3: Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' / Swingin' On The Town
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1Salute To Benny
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Sheen (in 1958-02)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (in 1958-02)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (in 1958-02) and Roy Eldridge (in 1958-02)
8:33
2They Can't Take Away From Me
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Sheen (in 1958-02)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (in 1958-02)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (in 1958-02) and Roy Eldridge (in 1958-02)
instrumental recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”) (in 1958-02)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
6:02
3Romping
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Sheen (in 1958-02)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (in 1958-02)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (in 1958-02) and Roy Eldridge (in 1958-02)
11:43
4Gypsy In My Soul
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Sheen (in 1958-02)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (in 1958-02)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (in 1958-02) and Roy Eldridge (in 1958-02)
instrumental recording of:
The Gypsy in My Soul (in 1958-02)
lyricist:
Moe Jaffe (songwriter / bandleader)
composer:
Clay Boland
publisher:
Essex Music, Inc. and Words & Music, Inc. (US work publisher)
4:15
5Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (in 1958-02)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Sheen (in 1958-02)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (in 1958-02)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1958-02)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (in 1958-02) and Roy Eldridge (in 1958-02)
instrumental recording of:
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (in 1958-02)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Sam H. Stept
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Remick Music Corp.
6:12
6Bossa Nova
2:47
7The Way You Look Tonight
2:26
8Sweet Sue, Just You
2:29
9I've Got A Crush On You
2:26
10When I Grow Too Old To Dream
3:03
11Creme De Menthe
2:43
12Honeysuckle Rose
4:18
13All The Things You Are
3:31
14Easy Living
3:49
15But Not For Me
3:18
16Songs Of The Islands
3:08
17Misty
2:48
▼CD 4: At The Opera House / Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodge! Alive At The Village Gate
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1Bean Stalkin'
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-10-09)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-10-09)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1957-10-09)
recorded at:
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-10-09)
7:58
2I Can't Get Started
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-10-09)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-10-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1957-10-09)
recorded at:
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-10-09)
live instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1957-10-09)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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 (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
2:36
3Time On My Hands
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-10-09)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-10-09)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-09)
recorded at:
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-10-09)
live instrumental recording of:
Time on My Hands (on 1957-10-09)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell, Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
2:12
4The Walker
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-10-09)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-10-09)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1957-10-09)
recorded at:
Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-10-09)
live recording of:
The Walker (on 1957-10-09)
composer:
Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins
7:23
5Tea For Two
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-09-29)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-09-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1957-09-29)
recorded at:
Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-09-29)
live instrumental recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette) (on 1957-09-29)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) 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 (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
6:00
6Blue Moon
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-09-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1957-09-29)
recorded at:
Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-09-29)
live instrumental recording of:
Blue Moon (on 1957-09-29)
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 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 (holding company - do not use as release label)
music quoted on:
Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
2:23
7Cocktails For Two
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-09-29)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-09-29)
recorded at:
Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-09-29)
live instrumental recording of:
Cocktails for Two (on 1957-09-29)
lyricist:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
composer:
Sam Coslow
2:19
8Kerry
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1957-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1957-09-29)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1957-09-29)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-09-29)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1957-09-29)
recorded at:
Civic Opera House in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1957-09-29)
7:55
9Satin Doll
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1962-08-15)
double bass:
Major Holley (on 1962-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Locke (on 1962-08-15)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1962-08-15)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1962-08-15)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1962-08-15)
recorded at:
The Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1962-08-15)
live instrumental recording of:
Satin Doll (on 1962-08-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1953)
additional composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1953)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1953)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Duke Ellington Music, Tempo Music Inc and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
11:18
10Perdido
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1962-08-15)
double bass:
Major Holley (on 1962-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Locke (on 1962-08-15)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1962-08-15)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1962-08-15)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1962-08-15)
recorded at:
The Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1962-08-15)
live recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version) (on 1962-08-15)
composer:
Juan Tizol
11:39
11The Rabbit In Jazz
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1962-08-15)
double bass:
Major Holley (on 1962-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Locke (on 1962-08-15)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1962-08-15)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1962-08-15)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1962-08-15)
recorded at:
The Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1962-08-15)
16:54