Classic Jazz: The Great Vocalists

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)Ella Fitzgerald5:12
2Personality
recording of:
Personality (1946 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
Bing Crosby3:14
3Aunt Hagar’s Children Blues
Jack Teagarden2:55
4’s Wonderful
cover recording of:
’S Wonderful
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, New World Music Company Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Funny Face (1927 musical)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
Helen Merrill3:16
5The Night We Called It a Day
producer:
Lee Gillette
alto flute:
Harry Klee (on 1955-05-10) and Bud Shank (on 1955-05-10)
alto saxophone:
Bud Shank (on 1955-05-10)
baritone saxophone:
Bob Gordon (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1955-05-10)
bass:
Harry Babasin (on 1955-05-10)
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1955-05-10)
French horn:
Vincent DeRosa (on 1955-05-10)
guitar:
Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer) (on 1955-05-10)
piano:
Claude Williamson (on 1955-05-10)
tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Giuffre (American jazz clarinetist/saxophonist and composer) (on 1955-05-10)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1955-05-10), Harry Betts (on 1955-05-10) and Frank Rosolino (on 1955-05-10)
trumpet:
Maynard Ferguson (on 1955-05-10), Conrad Gozzo (on 1955-05-10) and Shorty Rogers (trumpet) (on 1955-05-10)
tuba:
Paul Sarmento (jazz tubist) (on 1955-05-10)
woodwind:
Harry Klee (on 1955-05-10)
vocals:
June Christy (on 1955-05-10)
conductor:
Pete Rugolo (on 1955-05-10)
arranger:
Pete Rugolo
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-05-10)
June Christy34:52
6I Am in Love
baritone saxophone and flute:
Sahib Shihab (American jazz musician) (on 1958-08-15)
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-08-15)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1958-08-15)
tenor saxophone:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer) (on 1958-08-15)
trombone:
Curtis Fuller (on 1958-08-15)
trumpet:
Art Farmer (on 1958-08-15)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1958-08-15)
cover recording of:
I Am in Love (Can-Can musical) (on 1958-08-15)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1953)
Abbey Lincoln2:49
7On Green Dolphin Street
Mark Murphy3:45
8I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
recording engineer:
Mickey Crofford (on 1967-01-05) and Ray Hall (engineer) (on 1967-01-05)
producer:
Danny Davis (country music band leader, trumpeter, singer, producer, and best known as the founder and leader of the Nashville Brass)
performer:
Sam Ellis (House DJ)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1967)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1967-01-05)
recording of:
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Nina Simone's version) (on 1967-01-05)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Nina Simone, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
arranger:
Nina Simone
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Co. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
version of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version)
Nina Simone4.152:33
9Angel Eyes
The Four Freshmen3:34
10My Heart Belongs to Daddy
double bass:
Max Wayne (on 1953-05-01)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1953-05-01)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1953-05-01)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1953-05-01)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1953-05-01)
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (on 1953-05-01)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
Peggy Lee2:12
11Parker’s Mood
King Pleasure3:01
12Me and the Blues
Joe Williams3:06
13The Gal From Joe’s
cover recording of:
The Gal From Joe’s
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
Etta Jones4:12
14If You Could See Me Now
Sheila Jordan4:34
15Them There Eyes
recording of:
Them There Eyes
lyricist:
William Tracey (in 1930)
composer:
Maceo Pinkard (in 1930) and Doris Tauber (in 1930)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Chappell Music Limited (2019–present)
Anita O’Day2:40
16My One and Only Love
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1963-03-07)
producer:
Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter) (on 1963-03-07)
double bass [bass]:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1963-03-07)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1963-03-07)
piano:
McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1963-03-07)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1963-03-07)
vocals:
Johnny Hartman (jazz singer) (on 1963-03-07)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1963-03-07)
cover recording of:
My One and Only Love (on 1963-03-07)
lyricist:
Robert Mellin
composer:
Robert Mellin and Guy Wood
publisher:
Colgems, Colgems-EMI Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Sherwin Music Publishing Corp., Warock Corp. and ミュージカル・ライツ・東京 (Musical Lights Tokyo)
version of:
Music from Beyond the Moon (My One and Only Love)
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman44:57
17(I’m Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
Nancy Wilson4:19
18This Funny World
cover recording of:
This Funny World
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
Tony Bennett & The Ruby Braff, George Barnes Quartet3:08

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part of:Classic Jazz (Time-Life Music) (order: 5)