The Very Best of Jazz

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hobo You Can’t Ride This Train
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1932-12-08)
alto saxophone:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1932-12-08) and Edgar Sampson (on 1932-12-08)
bell [bells]:
Mezz Mezzrow (on 1932-12-08)
clarinet:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1932-12-08)
double bass [bass] and tuba:
Elmer James (on 1932-12-08)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1932-12-08)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1932-12-08)
piano:
Don Kirkpatrick (jazz pianist) (on 1932-12-08)
tenor saxophone:
Elmer Williams (on 1932-12-08)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1932-12-08)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-08), Louis Bacon (on 1932-12-08), Billy Hicks (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1932-12-08) and Louis Hunt (on 1932-12-08)
violin:
Edgar Sampson (on 1932-12-08)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1932-12-08)
recording of:
Hobo, You Can’t Ride This Train (on 1932-12-08)
writer:
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong3:03
2Loose Lid Special
recording of:
Loose Lid Special
composer:
Sy Oliver
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:50
3Weird Beard
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-11-05)
engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:
David Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-11-05)
baritone saxophone:
Bennie Crawford (on 1958-11-05)
bass:
Edgar Willis (bass) (on 1958-11-05)
drums (drum set):
Milton Turner (on 1958-11-05)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1958-11-05)
trumpet:
Marcus Belgrave (on 1958-11-05)
David “Fathead” Newman4:49
4Did You Mean It
recording of:
Did You Mean It?
writer:
Mort Dixon and Jesse Greer
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:26
5Hazel’s Hips
Oscar Brown Jr.3:59
6In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3.753:35
7The Dancer
engineer:
Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer)
producer:
Stanley Clarke and Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer)
bass guitar [piccolo bass guitar] and electric bass guitar and piano:
Stanley Clarke (in 1976-06)
brass:
Al Aarons (American jazz trumpeter, who also played the horn, flugelhorn) (in 1976-06), Stuart Blumberg (in 1976-06), George Bohanon (in 1976-06), Buddy Childers (American jazz trumpeter & composer) (in 1976-06), Robert Findley (in 1976-06), Gary Grant (brass) (in 1976-06), Lew McCreary (in 1976-06), Jack Nimitz (American saxophonist and clarinet player) (in 1976-06), William Peterson (in 1976-06) and Dalton Smith (in 1976-06)
congas, percussion and triangle:
Milt Holland (in 1976-06)
drums (drum set) and handbell:
Gerry Brown (drummer) (in 1976-06)
electric guitar:
Raymond Gomez (in 1976-06)
keyboard, organ and synthesizer:
David Sancious (in 1976-06)
strings:
Marilyn Baker (in 1976-06), Thomas Buffum (in 1976-06), David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (in 1976-06), Rollice Dale (in 1976-06), Robert Dubow (in 1976-06), Janice Gower (in 1976-06), Karen Jones (soul/funk vocalist) (in 1976-06), Dennis Karmazyn (in 1976-06), Gordon Marron (in 1976-06), Lya Stern (in 1976-06), Ron Strauss (viola player) (in 1976-06), Marcia Van Dyke (violinist/actress) (in 1976-06) and John Wittenberg (in 1976-06)
conductor:
Stanley Clarke (in 1976-06)
remixer:
Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer)
arranger:
Stanley Clarke
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1976) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (in 1976-06)
remixed at:
A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Stanley Clarke45:25
8Cristo Redentor
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1978-02 until 1978-07)
bass [electric bass]:
Ed Watkins (production music) (from 1978-02 until 1978-07)
membranophone:
Anthony Cox (from 1978-02 until 1978-07)
piano:
Greg Phillinganes (from 1978-02 until 1978-07)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (from 1978-02 until 1978-07)
recording of:
Cristo Redentor (from 1978-02 until 1978-07)
composer:
Duke Pearson
publisher:
Blackbyrd Productions, Inc. and Gailantcy Music Co.
Donald Byrd4:45
9Spectrum
Billy Cobham4:48
10Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:31
11Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
cover recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
Ella Fitzgerald3:12
12What the People Say
recording of:
What the People Say
writer:
Edwin Birdsong
Roy Ayers8:07
13Mortgage on My Soul
Keith Jarrett5:35
14Forever Summer
Elvin Jones6:07
15Spellbound
Joe Sample4:33
16Slam
recording of:
Slam
composer:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
David Sanborn4:13
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ASIN:UK: B0013B92MW [info]

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part of:Nascente: The Very Best Of (order: 10)