The Group Masterpieces

~ Release by Art Tatum (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Vol. 1: Art Tatum/Benny Carter/Louis Bellson
2CD: Vol. 2: Art Tatum/Roy Eldrige/John Simmons/Alvin Stoller
#TitleRatingLength
1Night and Day
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1955-03)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (from 1955-03 to present)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (in 1955-03)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
6:12
2I Won't Dance
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1955-03)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (from 1955-03 to present)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1955-03)
recording of:
I Won’t Dance (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, from “Roberta”) (in 1955-03)
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”)
3:31
3In a Sentimental Mood
5:04
4The Moon Is Low
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1955-03)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (from 1955-03 to present)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
The Moon Is Low (from MGM film "Montana Moon") (in 1955-03)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
4:15
5Moon Song
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1955-03)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (from 1955-03 to present)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
Moon Song
lyricist:
Sam Coslow (in 1932)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1932)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
5:09
6You Took Advantage of Me
3:38
7This Can't Be Love
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1955-03)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (from 1955-03 to present)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
This Can’t Be Love (in 1955-03)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3:53
8I Surrender, Dear
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (in 1955-03)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (from 1955-03 to present)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
I Surrender Dear (in 1955-03)
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
6:57
9I Won't Dance (alt. take)
3:33
10In a Sentimental Mood (alt. take)
4:59
3CD: Vol. 3: Art Tatum/Lionel Hampton/Buddy Rich
4CD: Vol. 4: Art Tatum/Lionel Hampton/Buddy Rich... Again!
5CD: Vol. 5: Art Tatum/Lionel Hampton/Harry Edison/Buddy Rich/Red Callender/Barney Kessel
6CD: Vol. 6: Art Tatum/Red Callender/Jo Jones
7CD: Vol. 7: Art Tatum/Buddy Defranco/Red Callender/Bill Douglass
8CD: Vol. 8: Art Tatum/Benwebster/Red Callender/Bill Douglass