The Very Best of Jazz

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mr Pastorius
bass, bass clarinet and electric guitar:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):
Al Foster
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
Mr. Pastorius
composer:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
Miles Davis45:43
2What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
Carmen McRae3:46
3Mrs Diz
Dizzy Gillespie3:23
4My Favourite Things
double bass:
Steve Davis (post-bop contrabassist who played with Coltrane) (on 1960-10-21)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1960-10-21)
piano:
McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1960-10-21)
soprano saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1960-10-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
edit of:
My Favorite Things (single version) by John Coltrane
instrumental cover recording of:
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music) (on 1960-10-21)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) 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)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
John Coltrane2:45
5Your Mind Is on Vacation
double bass [bass]:
Addison Farmer (on 1962-03-15)
drums (drum set):
Osie Johnson (on 1962-03-15)
piano:
Mose Allison (on 1962-03-15)
vocals:
Mose Allison (on 1962-03-15)
recording of:
Your Mind Is on Vacation (on 1962-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
Mose Allison2:36
6Blue Monk
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-05-14)
recording engineer:
Earl Brown (American composer, engineer)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
bass:
Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest (on 1957-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-05-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-05-14)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Griffin (on 1957-05-14)
trumpet:
Bill Hardman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1957-05-14)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1957-05-14)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers7:52
7My Jelly Roll Soul
recording of:
My Jelly Roll Soul
composer:
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus6:11
8I Loves You Porgy (from Porgy and Bess)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
double bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1957-12)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1957-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bethlehem Records (US jazz label, active 1950s–) (in 1958) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2005)
recorded at:
Beltone Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1957-12)
cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (in 1957-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
Nina Simone34:11
9Congeniality
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Congeniality (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
Ornette Coleman6:47
10Sometime Ago
recording engineer:
Al Schmitt (from 1977-08-23 until 1977-08-25)
producer:
Helen Keane and Tommy LiPuma
mixer:
Al Schmitt
double bass:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (from 1977-08-23 until 1977-08-25)
drums (drum set):
Eliot Zigmund (from 1977-08-23 until 1977-08-25)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1977-08-23 until 1977-08-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1977-08-23 until 1977-08-25)
instrumental cover recording of:
Sometime Ago (from 1977-08-23 until 1977-08-25)
composer:
Sergio Mihanovich
publisher:
Kayak Music Inc.
Bill Evans4:37
11You Do Something to Me
Sonny Rollins6:52
12All of Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-26)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-09-26)
double bass:
Peter Ind (on 1956-09-26)
drums (drum set):
Dick Scott (drums) (on 1956-09-26)
piano:
Sal Mosca (on 1956-09-26)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Konitz (jazz saxophonist) (on 1956-09-26)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-09-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
All of Me (on 1956-09-26)
writer:
Gerald Marks (in 1932) and Seymour Simons (in 1932)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Marlong Music Corp., Round Hill Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Peermusic and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Lee Konitz5:10
13Strange Fruit (clean version)
recording of:
Strange Fruit
lyricist and composer:
Lewis Allan
publisher:
Basart Editions, Carlin Music Corporation, Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Bitter Fruit
Billie Holiday3:14
14Stella by Starlight
Ben Webster3:02
15Black and Crazy Blues
Rahsaan Roland Kirk6:07
16Chromatic Fantasy
producer:
Jaco Pastorius
bass and electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (from 1980 until 1981)
harmonica:
Toots Thielemans (from 1980 until 1981)
keyboard and piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (from 1980 until 1981)
percussion:
Don Alias (from 1980 until 1981) and Robert Thomas, Jr. (jazz fusion percussionist) (from 1980 until 1981)
saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer) (from 1980 until 1981), Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) (from 1980 until 1981) and Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (from 1980 until 1981)
steelpan:
Othello Molineaux (from 1980 until 1981)
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player) (from 1980 until 1981)
tuba:
Howard Johnson (tuba & baritone saxophone) (from 1980 until 1981)
recording of:
Chromatic Fantasy (from 1980 until 1981)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arranger:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius3:03

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ASIN:UK: B0013B92MW [info]

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part of:Nascente: The Very Best Of (order: 10)