Perfect Jazz (Past Perfect)

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1St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1929-12-13)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra2:59
2Someday, Sweetheart
The Charleston Chasers3:09
3Singin' The Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-02-04)
alto saxophone:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1927-02-04) and Doc Ryker (on 1927-02-04)
clarinet and reeds:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1927-02-04)
cornet:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer) (on 1927-02-04)
drums (drum set):
Chauncey Morehouse (on 1927-02-04)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1927-02-04)
piano:
Paul Mertz (Paul Madeira Mertz) (on 1927-02-04)
saxophone [C-melody saxophone]:
Frankie Trumbauer (on 1927-02-04)
trombone:
Miff Mole (on 1927-02-04)
performer:
Bix Beiderbecke (American jazz cornettist, pianist and composer)
arranger:
Fud Livingston
instrumental recording of:
Singin’ the Blues (on 1927-02-04)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Con Conrad (songwriter and producer) and J. Russel Robinson
recording of:
Singin’ the Blues (on 1927-02-04)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Con Conrad (songwriter and producer) and J. Russel Robinson
Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke2:59
429th And Dearborn
clarinet:
Johnny Dodds (on 1938-01-21)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1938-01-21)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1938-01-21)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1938-01-21)
piano:
Lil Hardin Armstrong (on 1938-01-21)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1938-01-21)
Johnny Dodds and His Chicago Boys3:11
5Minnie The Moocher
banjo:
Morris White (jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Leroy Maxey (jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-03)
piano:
Earres Prince (on 1931-03-03)
reeds:
Andrew Brown (jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-03) and Walter Thomas (on 1931-03-03)
trombone:
DePriest Wheeler (on 1931-03-03)
trumpet:
Reuben Reeves (on 1931-03-03) and Lammar Wright (on 1931-03-03)
lead vocals:
Cab Calloway
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher (on 1931-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
publisher:
Big Bad Voodoo Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
is based on:
Willie the Weeper
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra33:09
6Clarinet Lament
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:05
7Royal Garden Blues
Benny Carter & His Swing Quintet3:00
8Stormy Weather
Art Tatum3:10
9One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:02
10I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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) 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)
Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra44:47
11What Is This Thing Called Love?
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:49
12Flying Home
archtop guitar and electric guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1939-10-02)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1939-10-02)
double bass:
Arthur Bernstein (on 1939-10-02)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (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)
recording of:
Flying Home (instrumental version) (on 1939-10-02)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Ragbag Music (ASCAP) and Regent Music (BMI)
Benny Goodman Sextet4.453:14
13Tain't What You Do
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-02-17)
bass and double bass:
Beverly Peer (on 1939-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Chick Webb (on 1939-02-17)
guitar:
Bobby Johnson (US guitarist) (on 1939-02-17)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1939-02-17)
reeds:
Garvin Bushell (on 1939-02-17), Hilton Jefferson (on 1939-02-17) and Teddy McRae (on 1939-02-17)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1939-02-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1939-02-17), Nat Story (on 1939-02-17) and Sandy Williams (American jazz trombonist) (on 1939-02-17)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1939-02-17), Bobby Stark (on 1939-02-17) and Dick Vance (US jazz trumpeter and arranger) (on 1939-02-17)
woodwind:
Wayman Carver (on 1939-02-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1939-02-17)
orchestra:
Chick Webb and His Orchestra (on 1939-02-17)
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (on 1939-02-17)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
Ella Fitzgerald3:02
14Body And Soul
cover recording of:
Body and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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) 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)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra3:01
15Sidewalks Of New York
recording of:
The Sidewalks of New York
lyricist:
James W. Blake
composer:
Charles B. Lawlor
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:14
16When A Woman Loves A Man
recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra2:25
17King Porter Stomp
Bob Crosby & His Orchestra2:42
18Cheatin' On Me
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set) and vibraphone:
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
Fats Waller & His Rhythm3:12
19Frisco Fog
alto saxophone:
Dan Grissom (on 1937-11-05)
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1937-11-05)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1937-11-05)
guitar:
Al Norris (on 1937-11-05)
piano:
Edwin Wilcox (on 1937-11-05)
reeds:
Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1937-11-05)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1937-11-05) and Trummy Young (on 1937-11-05)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1937-11-05), Eddie Tompkins (on 1937-11-05) and Paul Webster (trumpet, jazz musician) (on 1937-11-05)
recording of:
Frisco Fog (on 1937-11-05)
composer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter) and Leon Carr
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra3:08
20On The Alamo
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1941-01-15)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Artie Bernstein (on 1941-01-15)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1941-01-15)
electric guitar and guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1941-01-15)
piano:
Count Basie (pianist) (on 1941-01-15)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-01-15)
trumpet:
Cootie Williams (on 1941-01-15)
instrumental recording of:
On the Alamo (on 1941-01-15)
lyricist:
Gilbert Keyes and Joe Lyons (US songwriter & arranger)
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (from 1922-08-02 to present) and Tell Taylor, Inc. (from 1922-03-17 until 1922-08-02)
Benny Goodman Sextet3:30
21A Fine Romance
clarinet:
Irving Fazola (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Artie Bernstein (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Dick McDonough (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Bunny Berigan (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
A Fine Romance (from “Swing Time”) (on 1936-09-29)
publisher:
Jerome Kern (on 1936-07-24)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1936)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Swing Time (film)
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra2:52
22All Of Me
recording of:
All of Me
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Benny Carter & His Orchestra3:20
23Doug The Jitterbug
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1939-03-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (1930s-50s blues bassist) (on 1939-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (1930-40s drummer) (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (1930s jazz & blues pianist) (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (1930-40s trumpeter) (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Doug the Jitterbug (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five2:34
24Ain't Misbehavin'
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1943-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Zutty Singleton (on 1943-01-23)
guitar:
Irving Ashby (on 1943-01-23)
piano:
Fats Waller (in 1943, on 1943-01-23)
reeds:
Gene Porter (40s west coast jazz cat) (on 1943-01-23)
trombone:
Alton Moore (on 1943-01-23) and Slim Moore (trombonist linked to Fats Waller) (on 1943-01-23)
trumpet:
Benny Carter (on 1943-01-23)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1943-01-23)
edit of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (alternate ending) (1943: “Stormy Weather” movie) by “Fats” Waller (Fats Waller)
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1943-01-23)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Fats Waller3:59