The Perfect Jazz Collection

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Annotation

A remastered version of the original release, plus three previously unreleased alternate takes, and one alternate take supposedly released (#9-12).
Not clear exactly which one is it, and wether #9 is really an a.t. or an unedited version.
It's also unclear if this material was issued before in the Columbia boxset.


Recorded February - March 1966 in New York.

Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 15, 16), Jimmy Lovelace, Ray Lucas (tracks: 2, 3, 13)
Mastered By (Digitally) – Mark Wilder
Organ – Lonnie Smith
Producer – John Hammond
Reissue Producer – Didier C. Deutsch, Steve Berkowitz
Saxophone (Baritone) – Ronnie Cuber
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 15, 16)
Vocals, Guitar – George Benson


The Herbie Hancock Group

  • Herbie Hancock: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, ARP Soloist synthesizer, pipes.
  • Bennie Maupin: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute.
  • Paul Jackson: electric bass, marimbula.
  • Bill Summers': congas, shekere, balafon, agogo, cabasa, hindewho, tambourine, log drum, surdo, gankoqui, beer bottle.

Notes

This release is known as the "track 1 slow fade" corrected speed version.
See the original for details.


Remastered edition of 1950's album, issued with additional alternate takes.

Label: Sony - Catalog #: 65144 - UPC: 074646514429


barcode/cat # entered in Edit #14383252 — way after release was originally added, and refers to a 25cd boxset The Perfect Jazz Collection: 25 Original Albums, of which this is apparently disc #6. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003IY49S4/

Annotation last modified on 2015-07-14 00:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
2CD: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi
3CD: Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers
4CD: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
5CD: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
6CD: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
7CD: Duke Ellington & Count Basie - The Count Meets the Duke
8CD: Helen Merrill - Parole e musica
9CD: Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
10CD: Chet Baker - Chet Is Back!
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Well, You Needn't
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
recording of:
Well, You Needn’t (on 1962-01-05)
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Chet Baker6:22
2These Foolish Things
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (on 1962-01-05)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
Chet Baker14:55
3Barbados
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
recording of:
Barbados (on 1962-01-05)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Chet Baker8:26
4Star Eyes
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
recording of:
Star Eyes
composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Red Cape Songs
part of:
I Dood It (1943)
Chet Baker6:58
5Over the Rainbow
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
instrumental cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz) (on 1962-01-05)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S.E.Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
Chet Baker13:30
6Pent-Up House
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
recording of:
Pent-Up House (on 1962-01-05)
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Chet Baker6:52
7Ballata in Forma di Blues
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
Chet Baker10:03
8Blues in the Closet
recorded in:
Roma (Rome), Roma, Lazio, Italy (on 1962-01-05)
engineer:
Jean‐Pierre Chalbos (mastering engineer)
producer:
Daniel Baumgarten
double bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist) (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Amedeo Tommasi (Italian jazz pianist) (on 1962-01-05)
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist) (on 1962-01-05)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) (on 1962-01-05)
recording of:
Blues in the Closet (on 1962-01-05)
composer:
Oscar Pettiford
Chet Baker7:51
9Chetty's Lullaby
recording of:
Chetty's Lullaby
composer:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) and Adam Maffei
Chet Baker13:58
10So Che Ti Perderò
recording of:
So che ti perderò
composer:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist) and Adam Maffei
Chet Baker4:16
11Motivo Su Raggio di Luna
recording of:
Motivo su raggio di luna
lyricist and composer:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist)
Chet Baker3:54
12Il Mio Domani
recording of:
Il mio domani
lyricist and composer:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist)
Chet Baker5:17
11CD: The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream
12CD: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Meets Hawk!
13CD: Martial Solal - At Newport '63
14CD: Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind
15CD: Benny Goodman - Together Again!
16CD: George Benson - It's Uptown
17CD: Nina Simone - Sings the Blues
18CD: Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
19CD: Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
20CD: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
21CD: Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds
22CD: Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
23CD: Weather Report - Heavy Weather
24CD: Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Volume 1
25CD: Charlie Parker - Bird

Credits

Release

art direction:Howard Fritzson
design/illustration:Randall Martin (US art director, graphic designer, and illustrator)
photography:Don Hunstein (photographer)
Jay Maisel (photographer)
Sandy Speiser
additional liner notes:Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)
liner notes:Bill Evans (pianist)
Pat Metheny
Scott H. Thompson (in 1992)
mixer and mastering:Charles Harbutt (sound engineer and reissue producer)
additional engineer:Ted Brosnan
Ted Hammond
engineer:David Palmer (Engineer)
Fred Plaut
Don Puluse
additional producer:Bob Belden
producer:George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
Bobby Colomby
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
David Rubinson
Irving Townsend
Ben Young (producer, jazz historian, radio host, engineer)
recording engineer:Mickey Crofford
Ray Hall (engineer)
Fred Plaut
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], shekere, slit drum [log drum], surdo and tambourine:Bill Summers
alto flute, bass clarinet, saxophone [saxello], soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:Bennie Maupin
alto saxophone:Paul Desmond
bass:Eugene Wright (bass)
double bass:Robert Hurst (jazz bassist composer)
electric upright bass and marímbula:Paul Jackson (jazz bassist)
membranophone:Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
Joe Morello
Jeffrey “Tain” Watts (jazz drummer)
piano:Dave Brubeck
Marcus Roberts (American jazz pianist)
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes electric piano], clavinet [Hohner D6 clavinet], other instruments [pipes] and synthesizer [ARP Odyssey synthesizer] and synthesizer [ARP Soloist synthesizer]:Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
trumpet:Wynton Marsalis
remaster of:Monk’s Dream by Thelonious Monk
Monk’s Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Nina Simone Sings the Blues by Nina Simone
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3509725 [info]
ASIN:UK: B003IY49S4 [info]
US: B000P46Q18 [info]
US: B000002AIT [info]
US: B0012GN2GA [info]
US: B0013DCCS6 [info]
US: B00000269G [info]
FR: B003IY49S4 [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/731762/ [info]

Release group

part of:The Perfect Collection / La Discothèque idéale (order: 2)