The Voice of Jazz: The Complete Recordings 1933-1940

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8cd box set

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1Your Mother’s Son‐in‐Law
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1933-11-27)
recording of:
Your Mothers Son-In-Law (on 1933-11-27)
composer:
Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols
2:46
2Riffin’ the Scotch
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1933-12-18)
2:36
3I Wished on the Moon3:08
4What a Little Moonlight Can Do3:02
5Miss Brown to You
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (on 1935-07-02)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1935-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1935-07-02)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1935-07-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-07-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1935-07-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1935-07-02)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-07-02)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-02)
recording of:
Miss Brown to You (on 1935-07-02)
lyricist:
Leo Robin
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Richard A. Whiting
3:04
6A Sunbonnet Blue
recording of:
A Sunbonnet Blue (on 1935-07-02)
writer:
Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal
2:53
7What a Night, What a Moon, What a Girl3:00
8I’m Painting the Town Red
recording of:
I’m Painting the Town Red (on 1935-07-31)
lyricist:
Charles Newman and Charles Tobias
composer:
Sam H. Stept
3:01
9It’s Too Hot for Words2:50
1024 Hours a Day
3:04
11Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town2:48
12Eeny Meeny Miney Mo
recording of:
Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (from “To Beat the Band”) (on 1935-10-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
3:16
13If You Were Mine
recording of:
If You Were Mine (from “To Beat the Band”)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Matty Malneck
3:14
14These ’n’ That ’n’ Those
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1935-12-03)
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1935-12-03)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (on 1935-12-03)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1935-12-03)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-12-03)
trumpet:
Richard Clarke (on 1935-12-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-12-03)
recording of:
These ’n’ That ’n’ Those (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Milton Pascal
composer:
Edgar Fairchild
3:16
15You Let Me Down
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1935-12-03)
clarinet:
Tom Mace (on 1935-12-03)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (on 1935-12-03)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1935-12-03)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1935-12-03)
trumpet:
Richard Clarke (on 1935-12-03)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1935-12-03)
recording of:
You Let Me Down (on 1935-12-03)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren
2:55
16Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
recording of:
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
2:59
17Life Begins When You’re in Love
clarinet:
Rudy Powell (on 1936-01-30)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (on 1936-01-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-01-30)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-01-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-01-30)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-01-30)
trumpet:
Chris Griffin (on 1936-01-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-01-30)
recording of:
Life Begins When You're in Love (on 1936-01-30)
writer:
Lew Brown and Victor Schertzinger
3:03
18It’s Like Reaching for the Moon3:23
19These Foolish Things
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co., Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., Bourne Co., Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:20
20I Cried for You
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1936-06-30)
baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Harry Carney (on 1936-06-30)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1936-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-06-30)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1936-06-30)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-06-30)
trumpet:
Jonah Jones (on 1936-06-30)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-06-30)
recording of:
I Cried for You (on 1936-06-30)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
publisher:
Arthur Freed Music, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.
3:14
21Guess Who?
recording of:
Guess Who
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
composer:
Burton Lane
3:11
22Did I Remember
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1936-07-10)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (on 1936-07-10)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-07-10)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-07-10)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1936-07-10)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-07-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-07-10)
recording of:
Did I Remember (on 1936-07-10)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1936)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1936)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (on 1936-05-26)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:53
23No Regrets
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1936-07-10)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (on 1936-07-10)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-07-10)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-07-10)
piano:
Joe Bushkin (on 1936-07-10)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-07-10)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-07-10)
recording of:
No Regrets (on 1936-07-10)
writer:
Roy Ingraham and Harry Tobias
2:36
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1Summertime2:56
2Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
2:40
3A Fine Romance
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-09-29)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
2:52
4I Can’t Pretend3:06
5One, Two, Button Your Shoe
recording of:
One, Two, Button Your Shoe (from “Pennies From Heaven”)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke
composer:
Arthur Johnston
2:50
6Let’s Call a Heart a Heart3:04
7Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell, Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
3:13
8With Thee I Swing
clarinet:
Vido Musso (on 1936-10-21)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1936-10-21)
drums (drum set):
Gene Krupa (on 1936-10-21)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1936-10-21)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-10-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1936-10-21)
trumpet:
Irving Randolph (on 1936-10-21)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-10-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Charly Records (in 1936)
recording of:
With Thee I Swing (on 1936-10-21)
lyricist:
Al Stillman
composer:
Basil Adlam and Alex Hyde
3:18
9The Way You Look Tonight3:06
10The Way You Look Tonight3:02
11Who Loves You
recording of:
Who Loves You?
lyricist:
Benny Davis
composer:
J. Fred Coots
3:16
12Who Loves You
recording of:
Who Loves You?
lyricist:
Benny Davis
composer:
J. Fred Coots
3:18
13Pennies From Heaven3:18
14That’s Life I Guess
recording of:
That’s Life I Guess
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis
composer:
Peter de Rose
3:09
15I Can’t Give You Anything but Love3:29
16One Never Knows, Does One3:05
17I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm2:56
18I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm2:57
19If My Heart Could Only Talk3:05
20Please Keep Me in Your Dreams2:18
21He Ain’t Got Rhythm
recording of:
He Ain’t Got Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
2:52
22This Year’s Kisses
recording of:
This Year’s Kisses
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
3:11
23Why Was I Born
recording of:
Why Was I Born?
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1929)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1929)
2:51
24I Must Have That Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-01-25)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (on 1937-01-25)
double bass [string bass]:
Walter Page (on 1937-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-01-25)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-01-25)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-01-25)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-01-25)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-01-25)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-01-25)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1937-01-25)
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (on 1937-01-25)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields
composer:
Jimmy McHugh
2:54
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1The Mood That I’m In3:03
2You Showed Me the Way3:02
3Sentimental and Melancholy2:40
4(This Is) My Last Affair
recording of:
My Last Affair
lyricist and composer:
Haven A. Johnson
3:10
5Carelessly
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1937-03-31)
double bass:
John Kirby (on 1937-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1937-03-31)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1937-03-31)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1937-03-31)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1937-03-31)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1937-03-31)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-03-31)
recording of:
Carelessly (on 1937-03-31)
writer:
Norman Ellis, Charles Kenny and Nick Kenny
3:09
6How Could You
recording of:
How Could You?
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren
2:33
7Moanin’ Low3:06
8Where Is the Sun
recording of:
Where Is the Sun?
writer:
Lee David and John Redmond
2:49
9Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
recording of:
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (from “Shall We Dance”) (on 1937-04-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
translated version of:
Vamos a dejarlo ya (Let's Call the Whole Thing Off)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
2:40
10They Can’t Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music, Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:04
11They Can’t Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music, Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:06
12Don’t Know If I’m Coming or Going2:47
13Don’t Know If I’m Coming or Going2:57
14Sun Showers
recording of:
Sun Showers
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown
3:08
15Yours and Mine
3:19
16I’ll Get By
3:10
17I’ll Get By
3:09
18Mean to Me3:10
19Mean to Me3:09
20Foolin’ Myself3:02
21Easy Living
recording of:
Easy Living
lyricist:
Leo Robin
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (in 1937, in 1964)
3:03
22I’ll Never Be the Same3:05
23Me Myself and I2:37
24Me Myself and I2:33
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1A Sailboat in the Moonlight2:51
2Born to Love
recording of:
Born to Love
writer:
M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl
2:41
3Without Your Love
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (on 1937-06-15)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-06-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-06-15)
piano:
James Sherman (on 1937-06-15)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-06-15)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-06-15)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-15)
recording of:
Without Your Love (1930s jazz/blues song) (on 1937-06-15)
composer:
Johnny Lange and Fred Stryker
2:53
4Without Your Love
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (on 1937-06-15)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1937-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (on 1937-06-15)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1937-06-15)
piano:
James Sherman (on 1937-06-15)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1937-06-15)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1937-06-15)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1937-06-15)
recording of:
Without Your Love (1930s jazz/blues song) (on 1937-06-15)
composer:
Johnny Lange and Fred Stryker
2:54
5Getting Some Fun Out of Life3:03
6Who Wants Love?
recording of:
Who Wants Love? (on 1937-09-13)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Franz Waxman
2:34
7Trav’lin’ All Alone
recording of:
Trav’lin’ All Alone (on 1937-09-13)
composer:
J.C. Johnson
2:14
8He’s Funny That Way2:40
9Nice Work If You Can Get It
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1955-08-23)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1955-08-23)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
3:10
10Things Are Looking Up
recording of:
Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel in Distress) (on 1937-01-11)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
recording of:
Things Are Looking Up (A Damsel in Distress) (on 1937-11-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
3:22
11My Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1952-07-27)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (on 1952-07-27)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1952-07-27) and Gus Johnson (on 1952-07-27)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1952-07-27)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (on 1952-07-27)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1952-07-27)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (on 1952-07-27)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1952-07-27)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1952-07-27)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
3:04
12Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
recording of:
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man (Show Boat) (on 1937-11-01)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co.
medley of:
Selections from "Show boat"
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:17
13My First Impressions of You2:51
14My First Impressions of You2:49
15When You’re Smiling2:51
16When You’re Smiling3:00
17I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me2:51
18I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me2:47
19If Dreams Come True3:04
20If Dreams Come True3:05
21Now They Call It Swing
recording of:
Now They Call It Swing (on 1938-01-27)
lyricist:
Vaughn De Leath and Walter Hirsch
composer:
Norman Cloutier and Lou Handman
3:05
22Now They Call It Swing
recording of:
Now They Call It Swing (on 1938-01-27)
lyricist:
Vaughn De Leath and Walter Hirsch
composer:
Norman Cloutier and Lou Handman
3:01
23On the Sentimental Side3:05
24On the Sentimental Side3:05
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part of:Prix du jazz vocal de l’Académie du Jazz (number: 1992) (order: 14)