L’Histoire du jazz vocal : The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1941–1953

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Annotation

this is Part 2, a follow-up to L’Histoire du jazz vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940; both parts together cover the 1911–1953 period in 20 cds each.

Tracklist

11CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Rock Me
recording of:
Rock Me (in 1941)
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:36
2You’re My ThrillLena Horne3:18
3Blitzkrieg Baby
double bass:
Nick Fenton (on 1941-03-10)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1941-03-10)
guitar:
John Collins (on 1941-03-10)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-03-10)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (on 1941-03-10)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1941-03-10)
vocals:
Una Mae Carlisle (on 1941-03-10)
recording of:
Blitzkrieg Baby (on 1941-03-10)
writer:
Doris Fisher and Fred Fisher
Una Mae Carlisle3:22
4I Feel So Good
recording of:
I Feel So Good (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Robert Mellin, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy2:48
5My Man
clarinet:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1941-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1941-03-31)
guitar:
Ulysses Livingston (on 1941-03-31)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1941-03-31)
reeds:
Pete Clark (on 1941-03-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Simmons (on 1941-03-31)
trombone:
Earl Hardy (on 1941-03-31), George Matthews (on 1941-03-31) and John McConnell (on 1941-03-31)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1941-03-31) and Irving Randolph (on 1941-03-31)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1941-03-31)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1941-03-31)
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
Ella Fitzgerald3:03
6I’ll Get By
alto saxophone:
Sam Marowitz (on 1941-04-07)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1941-04-07)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (on 1941-04-07)
guitar:
Ben Heller (on 1941-04-07)
piano:
Al Lerner (on 1941-04-07)
tenor saxophone:
Vido Musso (on 1941-04-07)
trombone:
Hoyt Bohannon (on 1941-04-07), Dalton Rizzotto (on 1941-04-07) and Harry Rodgers (on 1941-04-07)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1941-04-07), Harry James (on 1941-04-07) and Al Stearns (on 1941-04-07)
violin:
Sam Rosenblum (on 1941-04-07)
vocals:
Dick Haymes (on 1941-04-07)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1941-04-07)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
Dick Haymes2:44
7Why Don’t You Do Right?
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-04-23)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-04-23)
piano:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1941-04-23)
vocals:
Lil Green (on 1941-04-23)
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right? (on 1941-04-23)
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Lil Green2:58
8Chattanooga Choo ChooTex Beneke & Paula Kelly and The Modernaires with Glenn Miller3:28
9That’s All RightChampion Jack Dupree2:35
10Let Me Off Uptown
recording of:
Let Me Off Uptown (on 1941-05-08)
lyricist:
Redd Evans
composer:
Earl Bostic
Anita O’Day & Roy Eldridge3:06
11Am I BlueBillie Holiday2:53
12God Bless the Child
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1941-05-09) and Jimmy Powell (on 1941-05-09)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (on 1941-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Herbert Cowans (on 1941-05-09)
guitar:
Paul Chapman (on 1941-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1941-05-09)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co.
Billie Holiday2:58
13Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation, Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:53
14When the Sun Comes Out
alto saxophone:
Gene Kinsey (on 1941-06-04) and Les Robinson (on 1941-06-04)
baritone saxophone:
Lloyd "Skip" Martin (on 1941-06-04)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1941-06-04)
guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1941-06-04)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1941-06-04)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-06-04) and Pete Mondello (on 1941-06-04)
trombone:
Cutty Cutshall (on 1941-06-04) and Lou McGarity (on 1941-06-04)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1941-06-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1941-06-04)
recording of:
When the Sun Comes Out (on 1941-06-04)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
S.A. Music Co. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
Helen Forrest2:55
15Trouble in Mind
alto saxophone:
Billy Bowen (on 1941-06-27) and George James (on 1941-06-27)
baritone saxophone:
Ernest Purce (on 1941-06-27)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Buster Bailey (on 1941-06-27)
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1941-06-27)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (on 1941-06-27)
guitar:
Trevor Bacon (on 1941-06-27)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1941-06-27)
tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1941-06-27)
trombone:
Donald Cole (on 1941-06-27), Eli Robinson (on 1941-06-27) and George Stevenson (on 1941-06-27)
trumpet:
Nelson Bryant (on 1941-06-27), Archie Johnson (on 1941-06-27) and William "Chiefie" Scott (on 1941-06-27)
lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1941-06-27)
orchestra:
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (on 1941-06-27)
conductor:
Lucky Millinder (on 1941-06-27)
recording of:
Trouble in Mind (on 1941-06-27)
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:35
16Come and Get It
alto saxophone:
Dave McRae (on 1941-07-01) and Jimmy Powell (on 1941-07-01)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (on 1941-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1941-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (on 1941-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1941-07-01)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Carroll (on 1941-07-01) and Gene Sedric (on 1941-07-01)
trombone:
Raymond Hogan (on 1941-07-01) and George Wilson (on 1941-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (on 1941-07-01), John Hamilton (on 1941-07-01) and Bob Williams (on 1941-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1941-07-01)
Fats Waller2:44
17Jump for Joy
recording of:
Jump for Joy (on 1941-07-02)
writer:
Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller and Paul Francis Webster
Herb Jeffries2:55
18Toledo Blues
piano:
Art Tatum (on 1941-07-26)
vocals:
Art Tatum (on 1941-07-26)
Art Tatum3:36
19Blues on Central Avenue
double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1941-09-08)
guitar:
Al Hendrickson (on 1941-09-08)
piano:
Freddie Slack (on 1941-09-08)
vocals:
Big Joe Turner (on 1941-09-08)
recording of:
Blues on Central Avenue (on 1941-09-08)
writer:
Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner2:39
20Rocks in My Bed
recording of:
Rocks in My Bed (on 1941-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (in 1941)
Ivie Anderson3:09
21St. James Infirmary
alto saxophone:
Chuck DiMaggio (on 1941-11-12) and Les Robinson (on 1941-11-12)
baritone saxophone:
Artie Baker (on 1941-11-12)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1941-11-12)
double bass:
Eddie McKinney (on 1941-11-12)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (on 1941-11-12)
guitar:
Mike Bryan (on 1941-11-12)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1941-11-12)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-11-12) and Mickey Folus (on 1941-11-12)
trombone:
Ray Conniff (on 1941-11-12), Jack Jenney (on 1941-11-12) and Morey Samuel (on 1941-11-12)
trumpet:
Lee Castle (on 1941-11-12), Max Kaminsky (on 1941-11-12), Steve Lipkins (on 1941-11-12) and Hot Lips Page (on 1941-11-12)
vocals:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-11-12)
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (on 1941-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Hot Lips Page6:22
22Unfair Blues
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (in 1941)
vocals:
Brownie McGhee (in 1941)
Brownie McGhee2:48
23New Confessin’ the Blues
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1941-11-18)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (on 1941-11-18)
guitar:
Leonard “Lucky” Enois (on 1941-11-18)
piano:
Jay McShann (on 1941-11-18)
vocals:
Walter Brown (on 1941-11-18)
Walter Brown3:01
24Whiskey and Gin Blues
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-12-04)
vocals:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-12-04)
Memphis Slim2:47
25Stormy WeatherLena Horne3:18
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