Verve Jazz Masters 51

~ Release by Blossom Dearie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Label: Verve - Catalog #: 3145299062
Location:
Fine Sound and WOR Recording Studios, New York, USA
Nola Recording Studio, New York, USA
United Recorders, Hollywood, California, USA
Recording Date:
1956-1960
Personnel:
Blossom Dearie (vocals, piano)
Bobby Jaspar (flute)
Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Kenny Burrell (guitar)
Ray Brown (bass)
Jo Jones, Ed Thigpen (drums)
Russ Garcia's Orchestra
Russ Garcia (arranger, conductor).

Annotation last modified on 2006-05-24 08:21 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1They Say It’s Spring
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
recording of:
They Say It’s Spring (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
writer:
Marty Clarke and Bob Haymes
3:42
2Let Me Love You
executive producer:
Richard Seidel
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
recording of:
Let Me Love You (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bart Howard
2:44
3Once Upon a Summertime
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
engineer:
Tommy Nola
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
recording of:
Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
lyricist:
Eddy Marnay (French lyricist)
composer:
Eddie Barclay and Michel Legrand
translator:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Ltd. (ended), Leeds/BIEM, Patricia Editions Musical (SACEM-affiliated publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden)
translated version of:
La Valse des lilas
2:46
4Little Jazz Bird
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Little Jazz Bird (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
3:42
5Bang Goes the Drum
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
recording of:
Bang Goes the Drum (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
writer:
David Heneker
3:23
6Someone to Watch Over Me
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1959-05-21)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
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)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
6:00
7L’Etang
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-05-21 until 1959-05-22)
2:28
8Give Him the Ooh‐La‐La
executive producer:
Richard Seidel
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
recording of:
Give Him the Oo-la-la (from 1957-09-12 until 1957-09-13)
composer:
Cole Porter (composer)
2:40
9Rhode Island Is Famous for You
producer:
Norman Granz
piano:
Blossom Dearie (on 1960-02-19)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (on 1960-02-19)
orchestra:
Russell Garcia's Orchestra (on 1960-02-19)
conductor:
Russell Garcia (on 1960-02-19)
arranger:
Russell Garcia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!) (in 1960)
recorded at:
United Recorders (@ 6050 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1960-02-19)
recording of:
Rhode Island Is Famous for You (on 1960-02-19)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
2:13
10Tea for Two
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
3:23
11The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
recording of:
The Surrey With the Fringe on Top (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Williamson Music Company (from 1943 to present)
part of:
Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4:19
12I Won’t Dance
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.)
recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”) (from 1956-09-11 until 1956-09-12)
lyricist:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1935)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Memory Lane Music Ltd., T.B. Harms Co. and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
is based on:
I Won’t Dance (1934, lyrics by Hammerstein/Harbach, from “Three Sisters”)
32:46
13Down With Love
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
recording of:
Down With Love (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Glocca Morra Music Corp. and S.A. Music Co.
1:40
14Dearie’s Blues
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
3:12
15Manhattan
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
recording of:
Manhattan (from 1958-09-12 until 1958-09-13)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1925)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1925)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Piedmont Music Company and Williamson Music Company
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)
4:17
16The Party’s Over
engineer:
Tommy Nola
executive producer:
Ken Druker
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
piano:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
recorded at:
Nola Recording Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
recording of:
The Party’s Over (Bells Are Ringing) (from 1959-04-08 until 1959-04-09)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Stratford Music Corporation and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
4:22

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B00000471P [info]

Release group

part of:Verve Jazz Masters (number: VJM 51) (order: 51)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000647426 [info]
Wikidata:Q124287515 [info]