RCA Victor Jazz/The First Half-Century: The 40's

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Annotation

Single CD or part of a 5 CD set, The First Half-Century (20's through the 60's).

Annotation last modified on 2018-08-18 15:34 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jack The Bear
recording of:
Jack the Bear
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton3:16
2Concerto For Cootie
Cootie Williams3:20
3Cotton Tail
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-05-04)
alto saxophone:
Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-04) and Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
alto saxophone [as]:
Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04) and Otto Hardwicke (on 1940-05-04)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet, baritone saxophone and baritone saxophone [bars]:
Harry Carney (on 1940-05-04)
clarinet:
Harry Carney and Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04)
clarinet [cl] and clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04)
cornet and cornet [c]:
Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-04)
double bass, double bass [b] and double bass [bass]:
Jimmy Blanton (on 1940-05-04)
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [d]:
Sonny Greer (on 1940-05-04)
guitar and guitar [g]:
Fred Guy (on 1940-05-04)
piano and piano [p]:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1940-05-04)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04), Harry Carney (on 1940-05-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-04) and Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1940-05-04)
tenor saxophone [ts]:
Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04) and Ben Webster (on 1940-05-04)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-05-04), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-04) and Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-04)
trombone [tb]:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1940-05-04) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-04)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-04), Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-04)
trumpet [t]:
Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-04)
valve trombone and valve trombone [vtb]:
Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-04)
arranger:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Ben Webster
recording of:
Cotton Tail (on 1940-05-04)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Ben Webster13:11
4Mobile Bay
Rex Stewart3:05
5Day Dream
Johnny Hodges2:58
6Pennies From Heaven
recording of:
Pennies From Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964) (in 1936)
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Campbell Connelly & Co., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell Music (UK) and Joy Music Inc.
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
Louis Armstrong3:40
7Little Jazz
recording of:
Little Jazz
writer:
Roy Eldridge and Buster Harding
Artie Shaw3:04
8Manteca
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1947)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (in 1947)
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 Gillespie3:06
9Victory Ball
recording of:
Victory Ball
composer:
Lennie Tristano
Charlie Parker2:42
10Epistrophy
Kenny Clarke2:53
11Half Step Down, Please
Coleman Hawkins3:03
12Spontaneous Combustion
Lennie Tristano2:57
13Stormy Monday
recording of:
Stormy Monday Blues
writer:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone), Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
7 Arts and Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases)
Earl Hines & Billy Eckstine3:09
14Bill's Mill
Count Basie2:39
15Yes, Indeed!
recording of:
Yes Indeed
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
Tommy Dorsey3:29
16Summertime
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (in 1945)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (in 1945)
instrumental cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (in 1945)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Artie Shaw5:02
17All of Me
Benny Carter3:21
18Old Man Blues
Sidney Bechet2:47
19Minor Swing
recording of:
Minor Swing
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
Publications Francis Day
Django Reinhardt2:37
20Fifth Dimension
Mary Lou Williams2:52
21Cherokee
instrumental recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Art Tatum3:01
22Erroll's Bounce
Erroll Garner2:58
23My Blue Heaven
recording of:
My Blue Heaven
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
Oscar Peterson2:59