Essential Jazz Ballads, Volume 1

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Summer Thing
Zoot Sims3:24
2I Concentrate On You
live cover recording of:
I Concentrate on You
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1939)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Ella Fitzgerald4:57
3Ghost Of A Chance
Lester Young3:32
4Embraceable You
cover recording of:
Embraceable You
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1928)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music (new age music), New World Music Corp., Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2024-01-01)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Sarah Vaughan3:00
5Goodbye
The Benny Golson Quartet7:37
6A Kiss to Build Dream On
recording of:
A Kiss to Build a Dream On
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1935) and Bert Kalmar (in 1935)
composer:
Harry Ruby (in 1935)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
part of:
The 24th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
The Strip (1951 film)
Louis Armstrong4:38
7Lament
bass:
Henri Texier (French jazz double bassist) (from 1967 until 1968)
membranophone:
Daniel Humair (from 1967 until 1968)
piano:
Martial Solal (from 1967 until 1968)
trombone:
Slide Hampton (from 1967 until 1968)
orchestra:
Slide Hampton Quartet (Guido Manusardi, Slide Hampton, Giancarlo Pillot & Giorgio Azzolini)
performer:
Slide Hampton Quartett (from 1967 until 1968)
recording of:
Lament (from 1967 until 1968)
writer:
Slide Hampton
Slide Hampton4:14
8Willow Weep For Me
O'Donel Levy6:26
9Daydream
Bill MayswithSherrie Maricle6:28
10Blues For A Day
cover recording of:
'Fore Day Blues
writer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford, Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
Dinah Washington2:56
11A Child is Born
engineer:
Don Hahn (engineer)
producer:
Sonny Lester
baritone saxophone:
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophonist) (on 1970-05-25) and Richie Kamuca (on 1970-05-25)
bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (on 1970-05-25)
bass trombone:
Cliff Heather (on 1970-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1970-05-25)
flugelhorn:
Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1970-05-25)
flute and saxophone:
Jerry Dodgion (on 1970-05-25)
piano:
“Sir” Roland Hanna (jazz pianist) (on 1970-05-25)
saxophone:
Eddie Daniels (US jazz/classical saxophonist, clarinetist & flutist) (on 1970-05-25) and Jerome Richardson (on 1970-05-25)
tenor saxophone:
Billy Harper (on 1970-05-25)
trombone:
Eddie Bert (on 1970-05-25), Jimmy Knepper (trombonist) (on 1970-05-25) and Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1970-05-25)
trumpet:
Danny Moore (on 1970-05-25), Al Porcino (on 1970-05-25), Marvin Stamm (on 1970-05-25) and Snooky Young (on 1970-05-25)
recorded at:
A & R Recording (Second studio, 799 7th Avenue) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1970-05-25)
Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Orchestra4:09
12My Funny Valentine
Hank Jones with Meridian String Quartet9:28
13The Thrill is Gone
cover recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (Henderson/Brown song, first performed in 1931)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Helen Merrill4:48

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part of:Essential Jazz Ballads (number: 1) (order: 1)