Classic Jazz: Jazz Greats

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Tracklist

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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
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
recording of:
Birk's Works
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 of:
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
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 of:
Naima (original instrumental version)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane4:23
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 (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (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:
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
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Wade in the Water
Ramsey Lewis3:57
2Alligator Bogaloo
recording of:
Alligator Bogaloo
writer:
Lou Donaldson
Lou Donaldson6:56
3Mumbles
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1964-02-26)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1964-02-26)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1964-02-26)
trumpet and lead vocals:
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1964-02-26)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Toronto, ON, Canada) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (on 1964-02-26)
recording of:
Mumbles (on 1964-02-26)
composer:
Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter)
The Oscar Peterson Trio With Clark Terry2:03
4African Waltz
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1961-02-28)
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1961-02-28)
alto saxophone and flute:
George Dorsey (on 1961-02-28)
baritone saxophone:
Arthur Clarke (baritone saxophonist) (on 1961-02-28)
bass trombone:
Paul Faulise (American jazz trombone player, based in New Jersey, USA.) (on 1961-02-28)
bongos and congas:
Michael Olatuja (UK electric and acoustic bassist/composer, based in New York) (on 1961-02-28)
double bass:
Sam Jones (jazz bassist) (on 1961-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Charlie Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1961-02-28)
flute and tenor saxophone:
Oliver Nelson (saxophone, arranger, composer) (on 1961-02-28)
flute, piccolo and tenor saxophone:
Jerome Richardson (on 1961-02-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1961-02-28)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (on 1961-02-28), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1961-02-28) and Arnett Sparrow (on 1961-02-28)
trumpet:
Nat Adderley (on 1961-02-28), Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-02-28), Ernie Royal (on 1961-02-28) and Clark Terry (American swing trumpeter) (on 1961-02-28)
tuba:
Don Butterfield (on 1961-02-28)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mastercorp Pty Ltd (in 2011) and Kendal (in 2014)
Cannonball Adderley and His Orchestra2:13
5Meditation
Charlie Byrd3:13
6Pete Kelly's Blues
June Christy2:58
7Laura
Coleman Hawkins4:35
8Back at the Chicken Shack
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1960-04-25)
producer:
Alfred Lion
drums (drum set):
Donald Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1960-04-25)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1960-04-25)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1960-04-25)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine (on 1960-04-25)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack - July 1,1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1960-04-25)
recording of:
Back at the Chicken Shack (on 1960-04-25)
composer:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
publisher:
Edmy Music
Jimmy Smith8:04
9Smack Dab in the Middle
Joe Williams & Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra3:30
10I'm an Old Cowhand
Sonny Rollins5:44
11Bags' Groove
Milt Jackson3:07
12E.S.P.
recording of:
E.S.P.
lyricist:
Cassandra Wilson
composer:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer)
Miles Davis5:32
13Scrapple From the Apple
Sonny Stitt3:50
14I'm Glad There Is You
double bass:
Scott Colley (bass) (on 1986-06-23)
drums (drum set):
Mark Pulice (on 1986-06-23)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1986-06-23)
piano:
Eric Gunnison (on 1986-06-23)
tenor saxophone:
Clifford Jordan (on 1986-06-23)
vocals:
Carmen McRae
orchestra:
Luther Henderson Orchestra
recorded at:
Clinton Sound (NYC 10th Ave til 2010) in New York, New York, United States (on 1986-06-23)
cover recording of:
I’m Glad There Is You (on 1986-06-23)
writer:
Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Madeira (Paul Madeira Mertz)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Mayfair Music Corp.
Carmen Mc Rae3:56
15Poinciana
instrumental recording of:
Poinciana (Song of the Tree)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier (in 1936)
composer:
Nat Simon (in 1936)
Ahmad Jamal8:11

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part of:Classic Jazz (Time-Life Music) (order: 1)