Jazz Essentials

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Packaging is 4 x Jewel Cases in card slip-case.

Tracks 2-2, 3-1, 3-4, 3-6, 3-11, 4-1, 4-9 and 4-12 are all live versions, although this is not mentioned on the track listing.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Blue Monk (live)
recording of:
Blue Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk5:24
2You Don't Know What Love Is
Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway5:16
3Body & Soul
Archie Shepp6:24
4Work Song
Ben Webster8:27
5Fast Track
Earl Bostic6:31
6Jingles
Wes Montgomery9:34
7Expoobident
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Art Davis (on 1960-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1960-10-14)
piano:
Eddie Higgins (on 1960-10-14)
tenor saxophone:
Cliff Jordan (on 1960-10-14)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (on 1960-10-14)
recorded at:
Universal Recording in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1960-10-14)
recording of:
Expoobident (on 1960-10-14)
composer:
Higgins
Lee Morgan5:01
8Just Friends
alto saxophone:
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (on 1959-02-02)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (on 1959-02-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (on 1959-02-02)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1959-02-02)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1959-02-02)
recorded at:
Universal Recording in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1959-02-02)
instrumental cover recording of:
Just Friends (on 1959-02-02)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc.
instrumental recording of:
Just Friends (on 1959-02-02)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc.
Paul Chambers & Cannonball Adderley5:14
9Lil' Darlin' (live)
recording of:
Lil’ Darlin’
composer and arranger:
Neal Hefti
Count Basie4:20
10The Way You Look Tonight
Sonny Stitt & Red Holloway5:18
11Afro Blue
double bass:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1965-07-28)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (on 1965-07-28)
piano:
McCoy Tyner (on 1965-07-28)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1965-07-28)
recorded at:
Salle Pleyel in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1965-07-28)
live recording of:
Afro Blue (John Coltrane arrangement) (on 1965-07-28)
composer:
Mongo Santamaría
arranger:
John Coltrane
arrangement of:
Afro Blue
John Coltrane10:58
12What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (live)
Bill Evans5:32