Klara Best of Jazz 2

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Tracklist

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1▼CD: New York
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1Skating in Central Park
The Modern Jazz Quartet6:10
2My Groove, Your Move
Hank Mobley Quintet6:06
3Clockwise
The George Benson Quartet4:25
4Afro Blue
producer:
Al Ham
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist), Frank Carroll (US bass player) and George Duvivier
drums (drum set):
George Devens (on 1960-10-19), Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1960-10-19), Osie Johnson (on 1960-10-19) and Bobby Rosengarden (on 1960-10-19)
guitar:
Don Arnone, Everett Barksdale and Al Chernet
piano:
Bernie Leighton, Alonzo Levister and Floyd Morris
saxophone:
Phil Bodner (Woodwind player), Walt Levinsky (American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist (alto) and flutist) and Joe Soldo
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield and Joe Wilder
lead vocals:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
recording of:
Afro‐Blue (with lyrics) (on 1960-10-19)
lyricist:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
composer:
Mongo Santamaría (Cuban jazz percussionist)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc. and Mongo Music, Inc.
Oscar Brown Jr.2:41
5Central Park West
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1960-10-24)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
double bass:
Steve Davis (post-bop contrabassist who played with Coltrane) (on 1960-10-24)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1960-10-24)
piano:
McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1960-10-24)
soprano saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1960-10-24)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-24)
recording of:
Central Park West (on 1960-10-24)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
John Coltrane Quartet4:13
6Slumming on Park Avenue
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:02
7You've Got to Be Mondernistic
recording of:
You've Got to Be Modernistic
composer:
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson3:15
8April in Paris
cover recording of:
April in Paris (on 1954-12-16)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1932)
composer:
Vernon Duke (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Sarah Vaughan6:21
9Nostalgia
Fats Navarro2:45
10Sax of a Kind
Lennie Tristano Sextet3:02
11All Night Long
Kenny Burrell Trio5:19
12Wee Dot
The Art Blakey Quintet7:09
13Don’t Explain
cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
Helen Merrill with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra5:10
14Homecoming
recording engineer:
Bill Stoddard (engineer: sound (recording) and electronics)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1961-06-29)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1961-06-29)
piano:
Elmo Hope (on 1961-06-29)
recorded at:
Bell Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-06-29)
Elmo Hope Trio5:13
15Tanga
Machito and His Orchestra3:32
16Manteca
recording of:
Manteca
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger), Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra3:08
17Parker's Mood
recording of:
Parker's Mood
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:05
18A Helluva Town
George Russell and His Orchestra5:02
2▼CD: Los Angeles
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1Let's Get Lost
recording of:
Let’s Get Lost
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) and Sony/ATV Harmony (ASCAP)
Chet Baker Quartet3:44
2Jazz of Two Cities
The Warne Marsh Quartet4:35
3Art Pepper
Stan Kenton & His Innovations Orchestra5:19
4The Night We Called It a Day
Carmen McRae with The Fred Katz Orchestra4:27
5I'm Beginning to See the Light
The Chico Hamilton Quintet3:01
6Happy Man
The Jimmy Giuffre Trio7:21
7Tomorrow Is the Question
The Ornette Coleman Quartet3:11
8Nature Boy
double bass:
Johnny Miller (part of the Nat King Cole Trio) (on 1947-08-22)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1947-08-22)
piano:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-08-22)
reeds:
Jules Kinsler (on 1947-08-22)
violin:
Harry Bluestone (on 1947-08-22)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1947-08-22)
orchestra:
Frank Devol and His Orchestra (on 1947-08-22)
conductor:
Frank De Vol (on 1947-08-22)
performer:
The Nat King Cole Trio (on 1947-08-22)
arranger:
Frank De Vol
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1947-08-22)
cover recording of:
Nature Boy (on 1947-08-22)
lyricist and composer:
eden ahbez (in 1947)
publisher:
Burke-Van Heusen, Inc., Crestview Music Corp., David J. Janowiak d/b/a Golden World (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
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)
The King Cole Trio with Frank Devol's Orchestra42:39
9Bordeline Montuna
The Universal‐International Orchestra2:03
10Love Me or Leave Me
John Lewis and Bill Perkins8:19
11Autumn in New York
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-07-23)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (on 1957-07-23)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-07-23)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-07-23)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1957-07-23)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1957-07-23) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1957-07-23)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1957-07-23)
cover recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934) (on 1957-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong5:59
12Shufflin' at the Hollywood
recording of:
Shufflin' at the Hollywood
composer:
Lionel Hampton and Allan Reuss
Lionel Hampton3:07
13Mingus Fingers
recording of:
Mingus Fingers
composer:
Charles Mingus
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:07
14Sunset Eyes
recording of:
Sunset Eyes
composer:
Teddy Edwards (jazz saxophonist) and Dottie Wayne
Teddy Edwards5:26
15One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Bobby Troup4:15
16A Handful of Stars
Serge Chaloff5:37
17Tranquility
Elmo Hope Trio2:58
3▼CD: Chicago
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1Smokestack Lightnin'
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Howlin’ Wolf3:07
235th and Dearborn
Jimmy Yancey2:41
3Enlightenment
Sun Ra and His Arkestra With Symphony Orchestra5:05
4Bo-till
Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore5:57
5Poinciana
The Ahmad Jamal Trio8:11
6Royal Garden Blues
recording of:
Royal Garden Blues
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer) (in 1919)
Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington5:24
7At Last
producer:
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess and Leonard and Phil Chess (legendary US production duo)
lead vocals:
Etta James
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra
conductor:
Riley Hampton
arranger:
Riley Hampton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Windswept Pacific Music Ltd.
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 115) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 356)
cover recording of:
At Last (in 1960-10)
writer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Etta James4.53:00
8Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons3:00
9My Foolish Heart
Gene Ammons2:52
10Star Dust
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-11-04)
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1931-11-04) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-11-04)
double bass:
John Lindsay (US trombonist/bassist, worked with Jelly Roll Morton) (on 1931-11-04)
drums (drum set):
Tubby Hall (on 1931-11-04)
guitar:
Mike McKendrick (Jazz banjo and guitar) (on 1931-11-04)
piano:
Charlie Alexander (US jazz pianist) (on 1931-11-04)
tenor saxophone:
Albert Washington (jazz tenor sax) (on 1931-11-04)
trombone:
Preston Jackson (jazz trombonist) (on 1931-11-04)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-04) and Zilner Randolph (on 1931-11-04)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1931-11-04)
recording of:
Stardust (the jazz standard) (on 1931-11-04)
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
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:36
11Grand Terrace Shuffle
recording of:
Grand Terrace Shuffle
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Earl Hines and His Orchestra2:42
12Yesterdays
Lennie Tristano3:10
13On Green Dolphin Street
Miles Davis Quintet11:29
14Theme de Yoyo
producer:
Philippe Crocq and Igor Szabason
bass:
Favors (on 1970-07-22)
brass:
Lester Bowie (on 1970-07-22)
membranophone:
Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) (on 1970-07-22)
percussion:
Lester Bowie (on 1970-07-22), Favors (on 1970-07-22) and Famoudou Don Moye (jazz drummer) (on 1970-07-22)
piano:
Fontella Bass (on 1970-07-22)
wind instruments:
Joseph Jarman (American jazz musician) (on 1970-07-22)
woodwind:
Joseph Jarman (American jazz musician) (on 1970-07-22) and Roscoe Mitchell (on 1970-07-22)
vocals:
Fontella Bass (on 1970-07-22)
recorded at:
Studios Pathé-Marconi EMI (Boulogne-Billancourt) in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France (on 1970-07-22)
part of:
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (number: 197)
recording of:
Thème de Yoyo (on 1970-07-22)
lyricist:
Noreen Beasley
composer:
Lester Bowie, Favors and Roscoe Mitchell
publisher:
Eco Music sarl, EMI Music Publishing France S.A (E) and EMI Music Publishing France SA(G)
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 ????)
Art Ensemble of Chicago9:02
15I Like the Sunrise
Von Freeman6:30
4▼CD: Paris
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1Petite Fleur
vocals:
Henri Salvador
orchestra:
Mario Bua et son orchestre
recording of:
Petite Fleur (French lyrics) (in 1959)
lyricist:
Fernand Bonifay
composer:
Sidney Bechet
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
version of:
Petite Fleur (original instrumental)
Henri Salvador and Mario Bua et son orchestre2:43
2Afternoon in Paris
John Lewis & Sacha Distel9:23
3Lorsque Django jouait
accordion:
Gus Viseur (Belgian/French 1930s-70s accordionist) (in 1962-06)
drums (drum set):
Roger Paraboschi (in 1962-06)
guitar:
Boulou Ferré (French jazz guitarist) (in 1962-06)
Gus Viseur et son orchestre2:41
4Djangologie
recording of:
Djangology (on 1942-05-08)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt & Stan Brenders et son grand orchestre de danse3:04
5Carioca
Mary Lou Williams2:39
6Night in Tunisia
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Dexter Gordon8:18
7Il y a fort longtemps (Evening in Paris)
Les Double Six4:24
8Willow, Weep for Me
Toots Thielemans5:31
9Intoxicated Man
producer:
Jacques Plait
vocals:
Serge Gainsbourg (from 1962-03-14 until 1962-04-16)
orchestra:
Alain Goraguer et son orchestre (from 1962-03-14 until 1962-04-16)
conductor:
Alain Goraguer (from 1962-03-14 until 1962-04-16)
arranger:
Alain Goraguer
recorded at:
Studio Blanqui (ex-Studio Blanqui, Philips) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1962-03-14 until 1962-04-16)
recording of:
Intoxicated Man (from 1962-03-14 until 1962-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg3.72:37
10The Girl From Greenland
recording of:
The Girl from Greenland
Chet Baker Quartet5:14
11Everything Happens to Me
Jimmy Raney Quintet4:06
12Plus je t'embrasse (Heart of My Heart)
Blossom Dearie2:30
13The Man I Love
Sidney Bechet2:46
14Aigue Marine
Martial Solal4:31
15Comme à la radio
vocals:
Brigitte Fontaine
recording of:
Comme à la radio (in 1969)
lyricist:
Brigitte Fontaine
composer:
Areski Belkacem
publisher:
Saravah Éditions Musicales
Brigitte Fontaine & the Art Ensemble of Chicago58:05
16One Last Goodbye
Lucky Thompson Quartet5:53