Classic Jazz: Jazz Greats

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Preacher
recording of:
The Preacher
lyricist:
Babs Gonzales
composer:
Horace Silver
publisher:
Silhouette Music
Horace Silver Quintet4:19
2I've Got a Woman
Jimmy McGriff4:35
3Blue Skies
cover recording of:
Blue Skies
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company and Williamson Music Company
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)
Ella Fitzgerald3:48
4Bossa Nova U.S.A.
recording of:
Bossa Nova U.S.A.
composer:
Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck Quartet2:27
5My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
Charlie Parker3:27
6Birk's Works
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Ernie Henry (on 1957-04-07) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1957-04-07)
baritone saxophone:
Bill Root (jazz saxophonist) (on 1957-04-07)
bass trombone:
Rod Levitt (jazz trombonist, composer, bandleader) (on 1957-04-07)
double bass:
Paul West (bass) (on 1957-04-07)
drums (drum set):
Charli Persip (American jazz drummer) (on 1957-04-07)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-04-07)
solo tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1957-04-07)
solo trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1957-04-07)
tenor saxophone:
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist)
trombone:
Al Grey (trombone) (on 1957-04-07) and Melba Liston (US jazz trombonist) (on 1957-04-07)
trumpet:
Talib Daawud (jazz trumpeter) (on 1957-04-07), E. V. Perry (on 1957-04-07), Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1957-04-07) and Carl Warwick (jazz trumpeter) (on 1957-04-07)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-04-07)
recording of:
Birk's Works (on 1957-04-07)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie4:58
7Soul Sauce
Cal Tjader2:27
8Teddy Wilson Quartet / Prisoner of Love
Lester Young7:39
9Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1959-02-04)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
alto saxophone:
John Handy (US jazz alto saxophonist, born 1933) (on 1959-02-04) and Jackie McLean (jazz saxophonist) (on 1959-02-04)
baritone saxophone:
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophonist) (on 1959-02-04)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1959-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1959-02-04)
piano:
Horace Parlan (American‐Danish jazz pianist) (on 1959-02-04)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1959-02-04)
trombone:
Willie Dennis (on 1959-02-04) and Jimmy Knepper (trombonist) (on 1959-02-04)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-02-04)
recording of:
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (on 1959-02-04)
composer:
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus5:41
10Straight No Chaser
alto saxophone:
Sahib Shihab (American jazz musician) (on 1951-07-23)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1951-07-23)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-07-23)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1951-07-23)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-07-23)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-07-23)
recording of:
Straight, No Chaser (on 1951-07-23)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
Thelonious Monk2:59
11Naima
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1959-12-02) and Phil Iehle (on 1959-12-02)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-12-02)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-12-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-12-02)
recording of:
Naima (original instrumental version) (on 1959-12-02)
composer:
John Coltrane
named after artist:
Juanita Naima Grubbs
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane44:23
12I Put a Spell on You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-01-15)
producer:
Hal Mooney
guitar:
Rudy Stevenson (on 1965-01-15)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1965-01-15)
conductor:
Hal Mooney (on 1965-01-15)
arranger:
Hal Mooney
cover recording of:
I Put a Spell on You (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), SBK Unart Catalog Inc., EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (in 1956) and EMI United Partnership Ltd. (in 1956)
Nina Simone4.32:37
13Robot Portrait
recording of:
Robot Portrait
composer:
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones5:27
14Hittin' the Jug
recording of:
Hittin' the Jug
composer:
Gene Ammons
Gene Ammons8:32
15Somebody Stole My Gal
Jimmy Rushing3:44
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part of:Classic Jazz (Time-Life Music) (order: 1)