Don’t Explain

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Tracklist

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1Lonely House
cover recording of:
Lonely House (from “Street Scene”)
lyricist:
Langston Hughes
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
is based on:
Street Scene: Act I. No. 10 "Lonely House" (Sam Kaplan)
3:31
2Lost in the Stars
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass and double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (in 1959)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1959)
guitar:
Les Spann (in 1959)
piano:
Phil Wright (American jazz pianist and assistant to Barbara Morrison) (in 1959)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1959)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Lost in the Stars (song, Ulysses Africanus) (in 1959)
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
part of:
Lost in the Stars, Act I
4:11
3When Malindy Sings
cover recording of:
When Malindy Sings
lyricist:
Paul Laurence Dunbar
composer:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
4:05
4My Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
3:58
5Straight Ahead
producer:
Nat Hentoff
alto saxophone:
Eric Dolphy (on 1961-02-22)
double bass:
Art Davis (US jazz double bassist) (on 1961-02-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1961-02-22)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1961-02-22)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1961-02-22)
trombone:
Julian Priester (on 1961-02-22)
trumpet:
Booker Little (on 1961-02-22)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1961-02-22)
arranger:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist)
recorded at:
Nola Penthouse Sound Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-02-22)
recording of:
Straight Ahead (on 1961-02-22)
lyricist:
Earl Baker and Abbey Lincoln
composer:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist)
is based on:
Straight Ahead
5:25
6When a Woman Loves a Man
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1957-10-28)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
When a Woman Loves a Man (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1938)
composer:
Bernie Hanighen (in 1938) and Gordon Jenkins (in 1938)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
4:29
7Laugh, Clown, Laugh
cover recording of:
Laugh! Clown! Laugh!
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ted Fio Rito
5:24
8Strong Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Strong Man (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist and composer:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
5:04
9Afro Blue
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Bobby Boswell (in 1959)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1959)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine (in 1959)
trombone:
Julian Priester (in 1959)
trumpet:
Tommy Turrentine (in 1959)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Afro Blue (in 1959)
composer:
Mongo Santamaría (Cuban jazz percussionist)
publisher:
Mongo Music
3:20
10Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1940)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1940)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
5:57
11Brother, Where Are You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
flute:
Les Spann (in 1959)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1959)
recording of:
Brother Where Are You? (in 1959)
writer:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago) and Norman Curtis
arranger:
Stefan Lievestro (Dutch jazz bassist)
3:11
12Retribution
recording of:
Retribution
lyricist:
Abbey Lincoln
composer:
Julian Priester
3:50
13Let Up
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Jean-Philippe Allard and Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Bobby Boswell (in 1959)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (in 1959)
piano:
Cedar Walton (in 1959)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Turrentine (in 1959)
trombone:
Julian Priester (in 1959)
trumpet:
Tommy Turrentine (in 1959)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1959)
recording of:
Let Up
lyricist and composer:
Abbey Lincoln
5:32
14Tender as a Rose
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Tender as a Rose (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Moore (composer, jazz pianist and orchestra leader)
3:00
15Left Alone
cover recording of:
Left Alone
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist)
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
6:50
16I Must Have That Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
I Must Have That Man (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
3:59
17Blue Monk
cover recording of:
Monkery’s the Blues
lyricist:
Abbey Lincoln
composer:
Thelonious Monk
is based on:
Blue Monk
6:38
18That’s Him
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
That’s Him (One Touch of Venus) (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
3:26
19Don’t Explain
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Jean-Philippe Allard, Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Don’t Explain (on 1957-10-28)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
6:41
20Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (in 1959)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1959)
guitar:
Les Spann (in 1959)
piano:
Phil Wright (American jazz pianist and assistant to Barbara Morrison) (in 1959)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1959)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (The New Moon) (in 1959)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
part of:
The New Moon: Act I
2:47
21Porgy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1957-10-28)
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”
4:27
22Thursday’s Child
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (in 1959)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1959)
guitar:
Les Spann (in 1959)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (in 1959)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (in 1959)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (in 1959)
recording of:
Thursday’s Child (in 1959)
lyricist:
Elisse Boyd
composer:
Murray Grand
3:32
23Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
7:16
24Come Sunday
cover recording of:
Come Sunday (1958 revision with lyrics)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
version of:
Black, Brown, and Beige: I. Black: Come Sunday (part of the 1943 original "Black, Brown, and Beige" suite)
part of:
Black, Brown, and Beige (1958 revised version of the "Black, Brown, and Beige" suite)
5:13