L’Histoire du jazz vocal – The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940

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Annotation

Tracklist errors:
Track 10.24 is listed as "Delta Blues" by Son House in the booklet and on the cover. The actual song on the medium is "Love in Vain" by Robert Johnson however.

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-06 12:20 UTC.

Tracklist

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1You Set Me on Fire [1939‐03‐16]
Pha Terrell2:56
2If I Could Be With You [1939‐03‐19]
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-03-19)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-03-19)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-03-19)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-03-19)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1939-03-19)
reeds:
Jack Washington (on 1939-03-19)
tenor saxophone:
Buddy Tate (US jazz saxophonist & clarinetist) (on 1939-03-19) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-03-19)
trombone:
Dan Minor (on 1939-03-19) and Dicky Wells (on 1939-03-19)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-03-19), Shad Collins (on 1939-03-19), Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1939-03-19) and Ed Lewis (jazz trumpeter) (on 1939-03-19)
vocals:
Helen Humes (on 1939-03-19)
recording of:
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (on 1939-03-19)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1926)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1926)
Helen Humes3:01
3Long Gone Blues [1939‐03‐21]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-03-21)
producer:
Bernie Hanighen
alto saxophone and soprano saxophone:
Tab Smith (on 1939-03-21)
double bass [string bass]:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-03-21)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Dougherty (jazz drummer) (on 1939-03-21)
guitar:
Jimmy McLin (on 1939-03-21)
piano:
Ken Kersey (on 1939-03-21)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1939-03-21) and Stanley Payne (on 1939-03-21)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1939-03-21)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-03-21)
recording of:
Long Gone Blues (on 1939-03-21)
writer:
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday3:09
4Something to Live For [1939‐03‐21]
recording of:
Something to Live For (1938 Billy Strayhorn jazz composition) (on 1939-03-21)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Ivie Anderson2:49
5Fine and Mellow [1939‐04‐20]
recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1939-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday3:20
6Have Mercy [1939‐03‐21]
Ella Fitzgerald3:10
7Too Many Drivers [1939‐05‐11]
Big Bill Broonzy2:38
8Nobody Knows [1939‐05‐19]
Jimmy Rushing2:49
9Utt‐Da‐Zay [1939‐06‐08]
The Quin-Tones & Barney Bigard2:51
10I’m Checkin’ Out Go’Om Bye [1939‐06‐12]
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1939-06-12)
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1939-06-12)
double bass [bass]:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1939-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1939-06-12)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1939-06-12)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1939-06-12)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1939-06-12)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1939-06-12) and Johnny Hodges (on 1939-06-12)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1939-06-12) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1939-06-12)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1939-06-12) and Cootie Williams (on 1939-06-12)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1939-06-12)
vocals:
Ivie Anderson (on 1939-06-12)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1939-06-12)
recorded at:
World Broadcasting System Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-06-12)
part of:
Master Records, Inc. (by matrix number) (number: WM-1039-B) and V Disc (by matrix number) (number: JDB 286 (1))
recording of:
I'm Checking Out, Go'om Bye (on 1939-06-12)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Billy Strayhorn
Ivie Anderson2:30
11Honeysuckle Rose [1939‐08‐02]
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-08-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-08-07)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-08-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-08-07)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-08-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-07)
performer:
Fats Waller (on 1939-08-02)
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1939-08-02)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1939-08-07)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Fats Waller3:21
12Day in, Day Out [1939‐08‐27]
vocals:
Helen Forrest (on 1939-08-27)
cover recording of:
Day In, Day Out (on 1939-08-27)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1939)
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) (in 1939)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.
Helen Forrest3:38
13All or Nothing at All [1939‐08‐31]
recording of:
All or Nothing at All (on 1939-08-31)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Arthur Altman and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Range Road Music Inc. and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Frank Sinatra3:01
14Think of Me Little Daddy [1939‐09‐14]
Trummy Young2:47
15Body and Soul [1939‐09‐17]
performer:
Martha Raye (on 1939-09-17)
recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1939-09-17)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Martha Raye2:59
16Baby What Else Can I Do [1939‐09‐22]
alto saxophone:
Garvin Bushell (on 1939-09-22)
clarinet:
Benny Carter (on 1939-09-22)
double bass:
Charles Turner (US jazz bassist, active 1930s) (on 1939-09-22)
piano:
Reginald Beane (on 1939-09-22)
trumpet:
Eddie Mallory (on 1939-09-22)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1939-09-22)
recording of:
Baby, What Else Can I Do? (on 1939-09-22)
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Gerald Marks
Ethel Waters3:01
17Death Letter Blues [1939‐10‐31]
Ida Cox3:11
18Your Feet’s Too Big [1939‐11‐03]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-11-03)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
recording of:
Your Feet’s Too Big (on 1939-11-03)
lyricist:
Ada Benson
composer:
Fred Fisher (in 1936)
Fats Waller3:09
19Mighty Like the Blues [1939‐12‐01]
recording of:
Mighty Like the Blues (on 1939-12-01)
lyricist and composer:
Leonard Feather
Hazel Scott2:55
20The Man I Love [1939‐12‐13]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-12-13)
alto saxophone:
Earle Warren (on 1939-12-13) and Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
baritone saxophone:
Jack Washington (on 1939-12-13)
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1939-12-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1939-12-13)
guitar:
Freddie Green (on 1939-12-13)
piano:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA) (on 1939-12-13)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1939-12-13)
trumpet:
Buck Clayton (on 1939-12-13) and Harry Edison (on 1939-12-13)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1939-12-13)
orchestra:
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (on 1939-12-13)
recording of:
The Man I Love (on 1939-12-13)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Billie Holiday43:08
21’Fore Day Creep [1939‐12‐24]
recording of:
'Fore Day Creep (on 1939-12-24)
writer:
Ida Cox and Brownie McGhee
is based on:
Four Day Creep
Ida Cox3:26
22Parchman Farm [1940]
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Parchman Farm Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
recording of:
Parchman Farm (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:38
23Good Morning Blues [1940]
recording of:
Good Morning Blues (in 1940)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
Lead Belly2:55
24Cross and Evil Woman Blues [1940]
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-23)
guitar:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-23)
vocals:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-23)
Reverend Gary Davis3:05
25Wade in the Water [1940]
recording of:
Wade in the Water (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Peermusic (UK) Limited
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5439)
Charioteers2:43
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