Things Are Getting Better

~ Recording by Cannonball Adderley with Milt Jackson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RLP 1128
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting Better (mono)Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RLP 12-286
2.3Things Are Getting Better7:09Cannonball AdderleyCannonball and Eight GiantsCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
Milestone (historical jazz label, now part of Concord)47001
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:15Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonAlbum
Musical Heritage Society512748K
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:15Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonAlbum
Original Jazz ClassicsOJCCD-032-2
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:15Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • US1991-07-01
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)OJCCD-032-2
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • US1992-07-10
Original Jazz ClassicsOJCCD-032-2
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP1996-12-18
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-2188
1.6Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball AdderleyGreatest Hits: The Riverside YearsCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-02-11
Milestone (historical jazz label, now part of Concord)MCD-9275-2
1.6Things Are Getting Better7:10Cannonball Adderley & Milt JacksonGreatest Hits: The Riverside YearsCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
Milestone (historical jazz label, now part of Concord)
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP2000-03-23
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-60477
2.11Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley80th Birthday CelebrationMilt JacksonAlbum + Compilation
Fantasy (jazz label active since the 1950s)FANCD 6079-2
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:15Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • US2004-08-03
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RISA-1128-6
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP2005-06-22
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-41191
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP2006-08-23
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)VICJ-41749
1.4Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball AdderleyRiverside ProfilesCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-11-07
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)RCD-30072-2
1.6Things Are Getting Better7:14Cannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonRiverside Jazz: Keynote Recordings From One of Jazz’s Great Labels: 1953–1964Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Hear Music
1.4Things Are Getting Better (instrumental)7:13Cannonball Adderley & Milt JacksonRiverside ProfilesCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:15Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP2007-04-11
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)UCCO-9069
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP2007-09-19
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)UCCO-5088
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
  • JP2008-04-16
Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)UCCO-9288
4.1Things Are Getting Better7:12Cannonball AdderleyDis HereCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-02-21
Proper RecordsPROPERBOX 157
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:14Cannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonThree Classic AlbumsMilt JacksonAlbum + Compilation
Real Gone JazzRGJCD247
1.11Thing Are Getting Better7:10Cannonball AdderleyEight Classic AlbumsCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
Real Gone JazzRGJCD265
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley & Milt JacksonThe Very Best of Cannonball AdderleyCannonball AdderleyAlbum
Concord Music Group (formed in 2004 with the merger of Concord Records and Fantasy Records)
1.3Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonAlbum
Original Jazz Classics0888072346024
1.3Things Are Getting Better7:14Cannonball Adderley feat. Milt JacksonThings Are Getting Better (remastered)Cannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonAlbum
Original Jazz Classics
1.12Things Are Getting Better7:14Cannonball AdderleyWest Coast BluesCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-03-17
Kendal
1.9Things Are Getting Better7:14Cannonball Adderley & Milt JacksonOn Riverside: Cannonball AdderleyCannonball AdderleyAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2023-09-08
UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), UME - Global Clearing House (do NOT use as a release label! for copyrights use only, in digital releases)[none]
1.2Things Are Getting Better7:13Cannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonThings Are Getting BetterCannonball Adderley with Milt JacksonAlbum
Original Jazz Classics, Riverside (50s jazz label, now controlled by the Concord Music Group)OJC20 032-2

Relationships

recorded in:New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28)
engineer:Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:Orrin Keepnews
alto saxophone:Cannonball Adderley (on 1958-10-28)
double bass:Percy Heath (on 1958-10-28)
drums (drum set):Art Blakey (on 1958-10-28)
piano:Wynton Kelly (on 1958-10-28)
vibraphone:Milt Jackson (on 1958-10-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1973)
Concord Music Group, Inc. (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, not for release label use!) (in 2012, in 2013)
Kendal (in 2014)
recording of:Things Are Getting Better (on 1958-10-28)

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