Essential Jazz

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Tracklist

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1That Old Devil Called Love
recording of:
That Ole Devil Called Love
lyricist:
Doris Fisher (in 1944)
composer:
Allan Roberts (in 1944)
publisher:
MCA Records Ltd., Universal Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
Billie Holiday2:56
2One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie3:00
3Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson
composer:
Bill Johnson, Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:27
4Misty
Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra4:42
5Ring Dem Bells
recording of:
Ring Dem Bells
composer:
Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music
Lionel Hampton3:24
6If You Could See Me Now
recording of:
If You Could See Me Now (jazz standard)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1946)
composer:
Tadd Dameron (in 1946)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Robbins Catalog Inc., Music Sales Corporation and Robbins Music
Sarah Vaughan4:51
7Ain’t Misbehavin’
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd., EMI Music, Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd.
Louis Armstrong2:58
8I Can’t Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation and Universal Music Corp.
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 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Charlie Parker3:06
9Last Night a Miracle Happened
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
Fats Waller3:33
10Stormy Weather
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1949-06-20)
producer:
Ralph Bass
double bass:
John Simmons (on 1949-06-20)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1949-06-20)
piano:
Erroll Garner (on 1949-06-20)
instrumental recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1949-06-20)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing, Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Erroll Garner3:10
11High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Jelly Roll Morton2:51
12C’est si bon
recording of:
C’est si bon (It's So Good, English version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (in 1947)
translator:
Jerry Seelen (in 1949)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
translated version of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
Louis Armstrong3:00
13Honey Hush
Fats Waller3:17
14Sweet Georgia Brown
recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music
Django Reinhardt3:09
15Ornithology
recording of:
Ornithology
composer:
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker
publisher:
Marada Music Ltd.
Miles Davis3:01
16Back on the Scene
T‐Bone Walker3:02
17The ‘C’ Jam Blues
Duke Ellington2:42
18In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra3:35