Jazz Essentials

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Packaging is 4 x Jewel Cases in card slip-case.

Tracks 2-2, 3-1, 3-4, 3-6, 3-11, 4-1, 4-9 and 4-12 are all live versions, although this is not mentioned on the track listing.

Annotation last modified on 2018-12-04 10:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Half Nelson
recording of:
Half Nelson
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
Miles Davis5:45
2Chelsea Bridge
recording of:
Chelsea Bridge
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
Duke Ellington2:54
3The Very Thought of You
Dizzy Gillespie2:33
4Lester Leaps Again
recording of:
Lester Leaps Again
composer:
Buck Clayton
Lester Young2:17
5The Man I Love
Art Tatum4:18
6Irresistible You
recording of:
Irresistible You
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Gene de Paul
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Charlie Parker & Chet Baker6:17
7You Were Born to Be Kissed
piano:
Erroll Garner (on 1944-12-14)
recorded at:
Timme Rosenkranz apartment (1940s location) in New York, New York, United States (on 1944-12-14)
Errol Garner5:16
8It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
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)
Lionel Hampton3:16
9Stardust
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-10-02)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1939-10-02)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1939-10-02)
electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-10-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1939-10-02)
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton (on 1939-10-02)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-02)
instrumental recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1939-10-02)
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
Charlie Christian3:16
10Eager Beaver
recording of:
Eager Beaver
composer:
Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton3:08
11I Only Have Eyes for You
Coleman Hawkins3:12
12Moose the Mooche
recording of:
Moose the Mooche
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
Charlie Parker4:56
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