Playboy’s 40th Anniversary: Four Decades of Jazz 1953-1993

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Additional:
Abbey Lincoln's track from You Gotta Pay The Band (1991 - Verve - 314 511 110-2)

Annotation last modified on 2022-07-31 20:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Now’s the Time
alto saxophone:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) (on 1953-07-30)
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1953-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1953-07-30)
piano:
Al Haig (on 1953-07-30)
recorded at:
Fulton Street Studio (on 1953-07-30)
recording of:
Now’s the Time (on 1953-07-30)
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
Charlie Parker3:04
2Every Day I Have the Blues
recording of:
Everyday I Have the Blues
lyricist, composer and revised by:
Peter Chatman
writer:
Memphis Slim, Aaron ‘Pinetop’ Sparks (1930s blues & boogie-woogie pianist) (in 1935) and Milton Sparks (in 1935)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Golden State Songs, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Trio Music Co., Inc., Trio Music Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
Count Basie5:31
3Lullaby of Birdland
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-16)
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1954-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1954-12-16)
flute:
Herbie Mann (on 1954-12-16)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1954-12-16)
saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Paul Quinichette (on 1954-12-16)
trumpet:
Clifford Brown (trumpet) (on 1954-12-16)
lead vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1954-12-16)
conductor:
Ernie Wilkins (on 1954-12-16)
arranger:
Ernie Wilkins
cover recording of:
Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing/George David Weiss (as B. Y. Forster) jazz standard) (on 1954-12-16)
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)
Sarah Vaughan34:02
4A Night in Tunisia
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-06-03)
producer:
Norman Granz
bongos:
José Mangual (on 1954-06-03)
congas:
Candido Camero (Cuban conga and bongo player) (on 1954-06-03)
double bass:
Roberto Rodriguez (jazz bassist) (on 1954-06-03)
flute:
Gilbert Valdez (on 1954-06-03)
percussion:
Candido (Cuban conga and bongo player) (on 1954-06-03), José Mangual (on 1954-06-03), Ralph Miranda (on 1954-06-03) and Ubaldo Nieto (on 1954-06-03)
piano:
René Hernández (on 1954-06-03)
timbales:
Ubaldo Nieto (on 1954-06-03)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1954-06-03)
arranger:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1954-06-03)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (on 1954-06-03)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Dizzy Gillespie4:18
5Lady Sings the Blues
recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
Billie Holiday3:47
6Misty
Erroll Garner2:50
7Take the “A” Train
cover 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)
Ella Fitzgerald6:44
8What a Difference a Day Makes
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-02-19)
producer:
Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
baritone saxophone:
Charles Davis (saxophone player) (on 1959-02-19)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1959-02-19)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1959-02-19)
flute:
Jerome Richardson (on 1959-02-19)
guitar:
Kenny Burrell (on 1959-02-19)
piano:
Joe Zawinul (jazz and fusion keyboard player) (on 1959-02-19)
lead vocals:
Dinah Washington (on 1959-02-19)
vocals:
Dinah Washington (on 1959-02-19)
orchestra:
Belford Hendricks' Orchestra (on 1959-02-19)
conductor:
Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer) (on 1959-02-19)
arranger:
Belford Hendricks (composer, pianist, conductor, arranger and record producer)
cover recording of:
What a Diff’rence a Day Made (on 1959-02-19)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
María Grever
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Estate of Stanley Adams, Maurice Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Stanley Adams Music, Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Golden Sands Enterprises, Inc.
is based on:
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
Dinah Washington2.82:31
9Django
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-23)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Bob Weinstock
double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-12-23)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1954-12-23)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1954-12-23)
recording of:
Django (on 1954-12-23)
composer:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (in 1954)
publisher:
MJQ Music, Inc.
The Modern Jazz Quartet7:07
10I Apologize
cover recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
Billy Eckstine2:54
11Blue Monk
recording engineer:
Reice Hamel
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1959-10-21)
recorded at:
Fugazi Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1959-10-21)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1959-10-21)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk3:49
12Too Close for Comfort
Mel Tormé4:05
13Goodbye Porkpie Hat
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-05-12)
double bass [bass]:
Charles Mingus (on 1959-05-12)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1959-05-12)
piano:
Horace Parlan (American‐Danish jazz pianist) (on 1959-05-12)
tenor saxophone:
Booker Ervin (tenor saxophonist) (on 1959-05-12) and John Handy (US jazz alto saxophonist, born 1933) (on 1959-05-12)
edit of:
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (unedited, from “Ah Um”) by Charles Mingus
recording of:
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (instrumental) (on 1959-05-12)
composer:
Charles Mingus
publisher:
Adams Avenue, Flying Red Rhino, Jazz Workshop, Inc., Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing and The Mingus Music Werkshop
Charles Mingus44:50
14Take Five
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-07-01)
double bass [bass]:
Eugene Wright (bass) (on 1959-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-07-01)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-07-01)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01)
recording of:
Take Five (original instrumental version) (on 1959-07-01)
composer:
Paul Desmond
publisher:
Derry Music Company, Desmond Music Company (Paul Desmond), Valentine Music Group Ltd., Valentine Music Verlag and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Dave Brubeck4.55:26
15’Round Midnight
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)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-10-26)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-10-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1956-10-26)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
Miles Davis45:27
16Giant Steps
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1959-05-05) and Phil Iehle (on 1959-05-05)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (on 1959-05-05)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1959-05-05)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-05-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-05-05)
recording of:
Giant Steps (on 1959-05-05)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
John Coltrane3.34:44
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