Jazz Crooners: A Selection of Classic and Rare Jazz Tunes

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Perfect Day
Bobby Cole3:30
2I Get A Kick Out Of You
alto saxophone:
Anthony Ortega (jazz saxophonist) (in 1956-11)
baritone saxophone:
Danny Bank (reeds) (in 1956-11)
bass:
Milt Hinton (in 1956-11)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (in 1956-11)
piano:
Hank Jones (piano) (in 1956-11)
reeds:
Jerome Richardson (in 1956-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lucky Thompson (in 1956-11)
trombone:
Frank Rehak (US jazz trombonist) (in 1956-11)
trumpet:
Howard McGhee (in 1956-11) and Ernie Royal (in 1956-11)
vocals:
Johnny Hartman (jazz singer) (in 1956-11)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins (in 1956)
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You (in 1956-11)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
Johnny Hartman3:08
3I've Got The World On A String
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1953-04-30)
bass:
Philip Stephens (bass and tuba player) (on 1953-04-30)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1953-04-30)
guitar:
Al Hendrickson (on 1953-04-30)
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist) (on 1953-04-30)
reeds:
Jack Dumont (on 1953-04-30), Skeets Herfurt (on 1953-04-30), Plas Johnson (on 1953-04-30), Joe Koch (on 1953-04-30), Ernest Romersa (on 1953-04-30) and Theodore Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1953-04-30)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1953-04-30), Francis Howard (trombone) (on 1953-04-30), Jimmy Priddy (on 1953-04-30) and Si Zentner (on 1953-04-30)
trumpet:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1953-04-30), Conrad Gozzo (on 1953-04-30), Vito "Mickey" Mangano (on 1953-04-30) and Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (on 1953-04-30)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1953-04-30)
orchestra:
The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (on 1953-04-30)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1953-04-30)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
recording of:
I’ve Got the World on a String (on 1953-04-30)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and S.A. Music Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Frank Sinatra3.752:10
4Hey There
cover recording of:
Hey There (The Pajama Game)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
Frank Music (from 1954 until 2010), J & J Ross Co. (from 2011 to present) and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (from 2011 to present)
part of:
The Pajama Game (musical)
Sammy Davis Jr.2:46
5My Favorite Things
Al Jarreau5:03
6Sway
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (in 1954)
orchestra:
Dick Stabile and His Orchestra (in 1954)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1954)
cover recording of:
Sway (in 1954)
lyricist:
Norman Gimbel
composer:
Pablo Beltrán Ruiz
publisher:
Latin-American Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
version of:
¿Quién será?
Dean Martin2:41
7You Rascal You
recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan3:05
8Swinging On A Star
vocals:
Joe Derise
recording of:
Swinging on a Star
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Inc. and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
part of:
The 17th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1944 winner)
Joe Derise2:24
9Pennies From Heaven
Frank Rosolino2:32
10Straighten Up And Fly Right
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-11-30)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1943-11-30)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-11-30)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1943-11-30), Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1943-11-30) and Oscar Moore (on 1943-11-30)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1943-11-30)
recorded at:
C. P. MacGregor Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1943-11-30)
recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right (on 1943-11-30)
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30)
Nat King Cole52:25
11Hep Cat's Love Song
Cab Calloway3:03
12Nice Work If You Can Get It
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1937-10-19)
vocals:
Fred Astaire (on 1937-10-19)
orchestra:
Ray Noble and His Orchestra (on 1937-10-19)
recording of:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (on 1937-10-19)
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)
Fred Astaire2:43
13Night And Day
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
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
Mel Tormé2:44
14You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
Bing Crosby2:53
15Hep Hep The Jumping Jive
alto saxophone:
Marcel Denies (Belgian alto saxophonist) and Etienne Verschueren (Belgian jazz musician & conductor)
baritone saxophone:
José Paessens (Belgian 1940-80s jazz saxophonist)
bass:
Roger Van Haverbeke (Belgian jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Freddy Rottier (Belgian jazz drummer)
percussion:
Sadi (Belgian vibraphonist aka Sadi Lallemand)
piano:
Willy Albimoor (Belgian musician)
tenor saxophone:
Constant Letellier (Belgian clarinet player) and François Morin (Belgian jazz saxophonist, flutist, violinist, aka 'Susse')
trombone:
François Bastaens (Belgian jazz trombonist), Frans Van Dyck (Belgian trombonist & occasional bassist) and Jan Mertens (Belgian jazz trombonist)
trumpet:
Edmond Harnie (Belgian jazz trumpeter), Jeannot Morales (Belgian jazz trumpeter), Nic. Fisette (Belgian trumpeter Nicolas Fissette) and Herman Sandy (Belgian jazz trumpeter)
arranger:
Sadi (Belgian vibraphonist aka Sadi Lallemand)
Sadi's New Big Show Band4:01
16Is That Jazz (Live)
recording of:
Is That Jazz?
writer:
Gil Scott‐Heron and Glen Turner
Gil Scott‐Heron4:33
17It Had To Be You (Live)
recorded at:
L’Olympia in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 2000-11-22)
live cover recording of:
It Had to Be You (on 2000-11-22)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
Ray Charles5:29
18My Funny Valentine
recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
Chet Baker2:19
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