Best of Jazz

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Annotation

CD 1: 056775043223
CD 2: 056775043322
CD 3: 056775043421

Annotation last modified on 2025-02-23 22:08 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1C'est si bon
Charlie Parker2:45
2Uptown Blues
Charlie Barnet2:03
3Masquerade Is Over
George Benson5:16
4Moments Notice
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 1978) and Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France (on 1978-01-22)
piano:
Chick Corea (jazz pianist) and Lionel Hampton
vibraphone:
Lionel Hampton
vocals:
Lionel Hampton and Gayle Moran
orchestra:
Orquesta
conductor:
Lionel Hampton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mazur Media
live cover recording of:
Moment’s Notice (on 1978-01-22)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
Chick Corea4:28
5Ornithology
recording of:
Ornithology
composer:
Benny Harris and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Marada Music Ltd.
Miles Davis3:02
6Take 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 Ellington & His Orchestra2:59
7All About Art
Art Farmer5:01
8A-Tisket, A-Tasket
recording of:
A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and Van Alexander (aka Al Feldman)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13188)
Ella Fitzgerald2:30
9All the Things You Are
recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Dizzy Gillespie2:49
10Anything Goes
Stéphane Grappelli4:32
11Fantanique
Lionel Hampton2:48
12Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather
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 Horne3:16
13Autumn in New York
instrumental recording of:
Autumn in New York (1934)
lyricist and composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Ahmad Jamal5:22
14Farewell Farewell
Charles Mingus6:01
15Groovin' High
recording of:
Groovin’ High
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli and Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
Charlie Parker3:34
16Put on Your Nightcap Baby
Big Joe Williams2:14
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