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1▼CD: Swingin’
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1In the Mood
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-08-01)
tenor saxophone:
Tex Beneke (on 1939-08-01) and Al Klink (on 1939-08-01)
trumpet:
Clyde Hurley (on 1939-08-01)
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Glenn Miller3:33
2Samba de Orfeu
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer) (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25, on 1963-06-10)
double bass:
Gene Cherico (on 1963-06-10)
double bass [bass]:
Gene Cherico (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25, on 1963-06-10)
electric guitar [guitar]:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1963-06-10)
recorded at:
Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25, on 1963-06-10)
instrumental recording of:
Samba de Orfeu (from 1963-06-05 until 1963-06-25)
lyricist:
Antônio Maria
composer:
Luiz Bonfá
publisher:
Éditions Meridian
cover recording of:
Samba de Orfeu (on 1963-06-10)
lyricist:
Antônio Maria
composer:
Luiz Bonfá
publisher:
Éditions Meridian
Paul Desmond4:29
3Is You Is or Is You Ain’t (Ma Baby)
alto saxophone and lead vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1943-11-22)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1943-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1943-11-22)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1943-11-22)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1943-11-22)
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (on 1943-11-22)
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Louis Jordan2:44
4Get Happy
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra3:09
5Ain’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
6Johnny and Mary
engineer:
Calum Malcolm
guitar:
Martin Taylor (jazz guitarist)
Martin Taylor5:04
7Manhattan
engineer:
Val Valentin (on 1956-08-29)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and bassoon:
Chuck Gentry (on 1956-08-29)
bass:
Joe Mondragon (from 1956-08-21 until 1956-08-31)
cello:
Robert La Marchina (US cellist and conductor) (on 1956-08-29) and Edgar Lustgarten (on 1956-08-29)
cor anglais [English horn] and oboe:
Arnold Koblentz (Oboe player) (on 1956-08-29)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-08-29)
flute:
Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other) (on 1956-08-29), Bud Shank (on 1956-08-29) and Willie Schwartz (on 1956-08-29)
French horn:
Vince DeRosa (on 1956-08-29)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-08-29)
percussion:
Milt Holland (on 1956-08-29)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1956-08-29)
viola and violin:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1956-08-29)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-29)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (on 1956-08-29)
arranger:
Buddy Bregman
concertmaster:
Misha Russell (on 1956-08-29)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios, Studio B in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-29)
cover recording of:
Manhattan (on 1956-08-29)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1925)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1925)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Piedmont Music Company and Williamson Music Company
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)
Ella Fitzgerald2:50
8Mas que Nada
Sérgio Mendes2:39
9Linger in My Arms a Little Longer
recording of:
Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby
lyricist and composer:
Herb Magidson
Louis Armstrong2:59
10Take the ‘A’ Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington2:54
11Watermelon Man
Mongo Santamaría2:29
12Cheek to Cheek
Count Basie3:20
13Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week)
bass:
Ward Lay (on 1944-11-14)
cello:
E. Gara (on 1944-11-14), George Polikian (on 1944-11-14) and Avron Twerdowsky (on 1944-11-14)
clarinet:
Arthur Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1944-11-14)
French horn:
Karl Chlupse (French horn player) (on 1944-11-14)
guitar:
Matty Golizio (on 1944-11-14)
harp:
Ruth Hill (harpist) (on 1944-11-14)
piano:
Billy Rowland (on 1944-11-14)
saxophone:
Arthur Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist) (on 1944-11-14), Harold Feldman (woodwind player) (on 1944-11-14), Bernard Kaufman (on 1944-11-14), Peter Pumiglio (on 1944-11-14) and Henry Ross (on 1944-11-14)
trombone:
Charles Small (trombone) (on 1944-11-14), John D'Agostino (trombonist) (on 1944-11-14) and Andy Russo (Jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-14)
trumpet:
Carl Poole (US trumpeter) (on 1944-11-14), Sammy Shapiro (Sandy Spears, Big Band-era trumpeter) (on 1944-11-14) and Melvin "Red" Solomon (on 1944-11-14)
viola:
Morris Kahn (on 1944-11-14), Sol Paeff (on 1944-11-14) and Sol Rumberg (on 1944-11-14)
violin:
Julius Brand (on 1944-11-14), Fred Buldrini (on 1944-11-14), Sid Harris (on 1944-11-14), L. Kanter (on 1944-11-14), Murray Kellner (on 1944-11-14), Bernard Kundell (on 1944-11-14), William Lockwood (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Arthur Loesserman (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Harold Micklin (violinist) (on 1944-11-14), Seymour Miroff (on 1944-11-14), Gene Orloff (on 1944-11-14) and Raoul Polikian (on 1944-11-14)
lead vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1944-11-14)
conductor:
Axel Stordahl (on 1944-11-14)
arranger:
George Siravo
recording of:
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week) (on 1944-11-14)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Barton Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell Music Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Quaytor Productions LLC and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), 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)
Frank Sinatra32:44
14Guaglione
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Radio Corporation of America (renamed RCA Corporation sometime in the late 1960s–70s)
recording of:
Guaglione
lyricist:
Nicola Salerno (Italian lyricist Nicola Salerno) (in 1956)
composer:
Giuseppe Fanciulli (in 1956)
additional translator:
Steve Crosby (record producer, songwriter, music manager)
publisher:
Accordo Edizioni Musicali Srl
instrumental cover recording of:
Guaglione
lyricist:
Nicola Salerno (Italian lyricist Nicola Salerno) (in 1956)
composer:
Giuseppe Fanciulli (in 1956)
additional translator:
Steve Crosby (record producer, songwriter, music manager)
publisher:
Accordo Edizioni Musicali Srl
Pérez Prado & His Orchestra2:25
15Minnie the Moocher
recording of:
Minnie the Moocher (on 1933-12-18)
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 Calloway3:36
16Marian McPartland
Dave Brubeck4:42
17It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)
Cleo Laine4:05
18Lullaby of Birdland
engineer:
Jack Renner (engineer for Telarc)
producer:
John Snyder (US producer)
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist) (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
drums (drum set):
Dennis Mackrel (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
guitar:
Louis Stewart (Irish jazz guitarist) (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
vibraphone:
Steve Nelson (US vibraphonist) (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
recorded at:
Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 1994-02-14 until 1994-02-16)
instrumental recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (in 1994-02)
lyricist:
B. Y. Forster (pseudonym of George David Weiss)
writer:
George David Weiss
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Good Music Limited and Planetary Nom (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
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)
George Shearing6:21
19Cantaloupe Island
Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers3:44
2▼CD: Chillin’
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1Let There Be Love
cello:
Hyman Gold (cellist) (on 1961-12-20), Armand Kaproff (on 1961-12-20), Eleanor Slatkin (US cellist, b. Aller) (on 1961-12-20) and William Vandenburg (Session Musician/Cello) (on 1961-12-20)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1961-12-20)
double bass [arco bass]:
Meyer "Mike" Rubin (US bassist 1930s - 1960s) (on 1961-12-20)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1961-12-20)
guitar:
Al Hendrickson (on 1961-12-20)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist) (on 1961-12-20)
vibraphone:
Emil Richards (on 1961-12-20)
viola:
Joseph DiFiore (on 1961-12-20), Alvin Dinkin (on 1961-12-20), Allan Harshman (violist) (on 1961-12-20) and Paul Robyn (on 1961-12-20)
violin:
Victor Arno (on 1961-12-20), Emil Briano (Violinist) (on 1961-12-20), Jacques Gasselin (on 1961-12-20), James Getzoff (American concertmaster and violinist) (on 1961-12-20), Joseph Livoti (violinist) (on 1961-12-20), Dan Lube (on 1961-12-20), Erno Neufeld (on 1961-12-20), Isadore Roman (violin) (on 1961-12-20), Mischa Russell (violinist) (on 1961-12-20), Felix Slatkin (on 1961-12-20), Joseph Stepansky (on 1961-12-20) and Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor) (on 1961-12-20)
vocals:
Nat King Cole (on 1961-12-20)
conductor:
Ralph Carmichael (on 1961-12-20)
arranger:
Ralph Carmichael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1962)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1961-12-20)
cover recording of:
Let There Be Love (on 1961-12-20)
lyricist:
Ian Grant (lyricist)
composer:
Lionel Rand
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Nat King Cole1.22:47
2Air on a G String
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (catch-all for unknown versions/arrangements) (in 1993)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
Jacques Loussier3:36
3My Funny Valentine
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-10-26)
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-10-26)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-10-26)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-10-26)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-10-26)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-10-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1956-10-26)
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)
Miles Davis6:01
4’Round Midnight
performer:
Andy Summers
Andy Summers feat. Sting5:44
5Fragile
engineer:
Peter Doell
producer:
Todd Cochran
mixer:
Todd Cochran, Peter Doell and Bernie Kirsh
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1989)
cover recording of:
Fragile
lyricist and composer:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Magnetic Publishing Ltd.
Freddie Hubbard4:37
6Embarcadero
Paul Desmond4:05
7That Ole Devil Called Love
alto saxophone:
Jack Cressey (on 1944-11-08) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1944-11-08)
double bass:
Haig Stephens (on 1944-11-08)
drums (drum set):
George Wettling (on 1944-11-08)
guitar:
Carl Kress (on 1944-11-08)
piano:
Dave Bowman (jazz pianist) (on 1944-11-08)
tenor saxophone:
Larry Binyon (on 1944-11-08) and Dave Harris (tenor saxo) (on 1944-11-08)
trumpet:
Russ Case (US trumpeter & bandleader) (on 1944-11-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1944-11-08)
recording of:
That Ole Devil Called Love (on 1944-11-08)
lyricist:
Doris Fisher (in 1944)
composer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
MCA Records Ltd. (do not use as an imprint; UK subsidiary of MCA Records), Universal Music Ltd. (UK sound recording / publishing company) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Billie Holiday42:55
8God Bless the Child
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1962-01-30)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1962-01-30)
engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer) (in 1986-07)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer) and Bob Prince (Jazz composer, arranger, conductor & producer)
double bass:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1962-01-30)
drums (drum set):
Harry T. Saunders (on 1962-01-30)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (in 1962, on 1962-01-30)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (in 1962, on 1962-01-30)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studio B (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1962-01-30)
instrumental cover recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1962-01-30)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Sonny Rollins7:28
9Girl From Ipanema
Lisa Ono & João Donato5:05
10The More I See You
recording of:
The More I See You
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., Four Jays Music Co., Peermusic (UK) Limited, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music International Ltd.
translated version of:
The More I See You (Valli’s version with french lyrics)
Oscar Peterson6:06
11Stormy Weather
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1941-12-15)
orchestra:
Lou Bring’s Orchestra
conductor:
Lou Bring (conductor and pianist)
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1941-12-15)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:23
12I Thought About You
Jeremy Davenport5:28
13Tenderly
cover recording of:
Tenderly
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong5:09
14Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Chet Baker3:30
15Moonglow
cover recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Sarah Vaughan2:30
16Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
double bass:
Carlo Pecori (in 1949-02)
drums (drum set):
Aurelio de Carolis (in 1949-02)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1949-02)
piano:
Gianni Safred (in 1949-02)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (in 1949-02)
instrumental cover recording of:
La Mer (in 1949-02)
lyricist:
Charles Trenet (in 1945)
composer:
Albert Lasry (French pianist, orchestra leader and composer) (in 1945) and Charles Trenet (in 1945)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli4:18
17Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller2:33

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