Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac

~ Release by Dizzy Gillespie (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Tour de Force
2▶CD: Impromptu
3▶CD: Manteca
4▼CD: Birk’s Works
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1Nice Work If You Can Get It
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-16)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (on 1950-09-16)
piano:
Milt Jackson (on 1950-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Oliver (guitar, Drifters) (on 1950-09-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-09-16)
cover recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1950-09-16)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
A Damsel in Distress (1937 film score)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
2:45
2She’s Gone Again
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-16)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (on 1950-09-16)
piano:
Milt Jackson (on 1950-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Oliver (guitar, Drifters) (on 1950-09-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-09-16)
recording of:
She’s Gone Again
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
2:41
3Thinking of You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-16)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (on 1950-09-16)
piano:
Milt Jackson (on 1950-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Oliver (guitar, Drifters) (on 1950-09-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-09-16)
cover recording of:
Thinking of You (on 1950-09-16)
lyricist:
Bert Kalmar (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Ruby (in 1929)
2:45
4Too Much Weight
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-16)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1950-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (on 1950-09-16)
piano:
Milt Jackson (on 1950-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Oliver (guitar, Drifters) (on 1950-09-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1950-09-16)
recording of:
Too Much Weight
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
2:21
5The Champ
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-04-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-04-16)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1951-04-16)
tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson (on 1951-04-16)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-04-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-04-16)
recording of:
The Champ
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
Skyview Music
5:40
6Birk’s Works
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1951-03)
alto saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1951-03)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields (in 1951-03)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (in 1951-03)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (in 1951-03)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1951-03)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (in 1951-03)
recording of:
Birk's Works
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
3:06
7Tin Tin Deo
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States
alto saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (in 1951-03)
drums (drum set):
Kansas Fields
guitar:
Kenny Burrell
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson
cover recording of:
Tin Tin Deo
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger) and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Consolidated Music (a division of Music Sales Corp.), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Music Sales Corp. (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:40
8Caravan
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-10-25)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
violone:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1951-10-25)
cover recording of:
Caravan
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1937)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1936) and Juan Tizol (in 1936)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Duke Ellington Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Mills Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and Lafleur Music Ltd. (from 1995-12-12 to present)
2:54
9Time on My Hands
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-10-25)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
instruments:
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
violone:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer) (on 1951-10-25)
cover recording of:
Time on My Hands
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
2:23
10On the Sunny Side of the Street
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-10-25)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
instruments:
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
violone:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer) (on 1951-10-25)
cover recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Ancar Enterprises Inc., Cotton Club Publishing, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Vydia Music Publishing
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and 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)
part of:
American Splendor
3:07
11Stardust
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-10-25)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
violin:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1951-10-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD. (holding company - normally not a release label)
cover recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1951-10-25)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1929)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1927)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc. (ended), All Nations Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Everbright Music Co., Hoagy Publishing Co., Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. and Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
American Splendor
3:04
12The Bluest Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-10-25)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-10-25)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-10-25)
instruments:
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-10-25)
piano:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-10-25)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-10-25)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-10-25)
violone:
Stuff Smith (jazz violinist) (on 1951-10-25)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer) (on 1951-10-25)
recording of:
The Bluest Blues
composer:
Gary McFarland and Sir Charles Thompson (jazz)
2:53
13They Can’t Take That Away From Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-16)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-08-16)
bass:
Bernie Griggs (on 1951-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-08-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1951-08-16)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-08-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-08-16)
cover recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
3:43
14Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-16)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-08-16)
bass:
Bernie Griggs (on 1951-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-08-16)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1951-08-16)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-08-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-08-16)
vocals:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer) (on 1951-08-16)
recording of:
Ooh‐Shoo‐Be‐Doo‐Bee
lyricist:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
3:20
15Swing Low Sweet Cadillac
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1951-08-16)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and saxophone:
Bill Graham (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1951-08-16)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1951-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Al Jones (drummer with Dizzy Gillespie) (on 1951-08-16)
piano and vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1951-08-16)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1951-08-16)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1951-08-16)
vocals:
Melvin Moore (Trumpet, Violin, Voice) and Joe Carroll (actor/singer) (on 1951-08-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD. (holding company - normally not a release label)
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Dizzy Gillespie
parody version of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
3:05
16It’s the Talk of the Town
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1953 until 1954) and New York, New York, United States (from 1953 until 1954)
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1953 until 1954) and Lou Hackney (from 1953 until 1954)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (from 1953 until 1954)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1953 until 1954)
piano:
Wade Legge (from 1953 until 1954) and Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1953 until 1954)
tenor saxophone:
Stan Getz (from 1953 until 1954) and Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1953 until 1954)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1953 until 1954)
cover recording of:
It’s the Talk of the Town
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) and Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
arranger:
Ib Glindemann
6:50
17I Let a Song Go Out of You
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1953 until 1954) and New York, New York, United States (from 1953 until 1954)
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1953 until 1954) and Lou Hackney (from 1953 until 1954)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (from 1953 until 1954)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1953 until 1954)
piano:
Wade Legge (from 1953 until 1954) and Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1953 until 1954)
tenor saxophone:
Stan Getz (from 1953 until 1954) and Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1953 until 1954)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1953 until 1954)
instrumental recording of:
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (from 1953 until 1954)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1938), Henry Nemo (in 1938) and John Redmond (House vocalist) (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
6:16
18It Don’t Mean A Thing
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1953 until 1954) and New York, New York, United States (from 1953 until 1954)
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1953 until 1954) and Lou Hackney (from 1953 until 1954)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (from 1953 until 1954)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (from 1953 until 1954)
piano:
Wade Legge (from 1953 until 1954) and Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1953 until 1954)
tenor saxophone:
Stan Getz (from 1953 until 1954) and Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1953 until 1954)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1953 until 1954)
cover recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (Duke Ellington, US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
6:36