The Night Is Blue

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1'Round Midnight
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1954-06-07)
producer:
Henri Renaud (French 1940–60s jazz pianist)
solo piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1954-06-07)
instrumental recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1954-06-07)
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
Thelonious Monk5:16
2Somewhere Over the Rainbow
engineer:
Max Bolleman
executive producer:
Steve Backer
bass:
Benoît Quersin (Belgian jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Daniel Humair
guitar:
René Thomas (Belgian jazz guitarist)
piano:
Amadeo Thommasi
reeds:
Bobby Jaspar (Belgian 1940-60s tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Chet Baker (American jazz trumpeter and vocalist)
instrumental recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
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 Baker3:31
3Pass Out
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson6:26
4I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
piano:
Nina Simone (on 1968-09-16)
vocals:
Nina Simone (on 1968-09-16)
arranger:
Nina Simone
produced for:
Stroud Productions & Enterprises Inc. (Nina Simone's husband)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1968-09-16)
cover recording of:
I Get Along Without You Very Well (on 1968-09-16)
lyricist:
Jane Brown Thompson
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1939)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP) and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Nina Simone2.754:51
5My Funny Valentine
Paul Desmond3:51
6Body and Soul
alto saxophone:
Jackie Fields (on 1939-10-11) and Eustis Moore (on 1939-10-11)
double bass:
William Oscar Smith (on 1939-10-11)
drums (drum set):
Arthur Herbert (Jazz drummer) (on 1939-10-11)
piano:
Gene Rodgers (on 1939-10-11)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1939-10-11)
trombone:
Earl Hardy (on 1939-10-11)
trumpet:
Joe Guy (trumpet) (on 1939-10-11) and Tommy Lindsay (on 1939-10-11)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (New York, later noted as RCA Recording Studios) in New York, New York, United States (on 1939-10-11)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1939-10-11)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Coleman Hawkins3:02
7Night and Day
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Sonny Rollins3:20
8Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
recording of:
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1943)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1943)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Harmony
version of:
Concerto for Cootie
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra1:52
9The Very Thought of You
Johnny Hodges2:52
10I Can't Get Started
Don Byas with Martial Solal3:27
11Monkery's the Blues
engineer:
Ed Rak
mixer:
Larry Clothier and Ed Rak
double bass:
George Mraz (jazz bassist) (on 1988-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Al Foster (on 1988-04-12)
piano:
Eric Gunnison (on 1988-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Clifford Jordan (jazz saxophonist) (on 1988-04-12)
vocals:
Carmen McRae (on 1988-04-12)
recorded at:
Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave till 2010) in New York, New York, United States (on 1988-04-12)
mixed at:
Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave till 2010) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Monkery’s the Blues (on 1988-04-12)
lyricist:
Abbey Lincoln
composer:
Thelonious Monk
is based on:
Blue Monk
Carmen McRae4:54
12The Nearness of You
recording of:
The Nearness of You
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Gerry Mulligan Quartet4:39
13You Go to My Head
Lucky Thompson4:54
14I Understand
Zoot Sims Quartet3:36
15Flamingo
recording engineer:
Bob Simpson (US jazz engineer/producer)
producer:
Bob Rolontz
alto saxophone:
Curtis Porter (American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist aka. Shafi Hadi) and Curtis Porter (on 1957-08-06)
castanets:
Ysabel Morel (on 1957-08-06)
double bass:
Charles Mingus (on 1957-08-06)
drums (drum set):
Dannie Richmond (drummer) (on 1957-08-06)
percussion:
Frankie Dunlop (American jazz drummer) (on 1957-08-06)
piano:
Bill Triglia (on 1957-08-06)
trombone:
Jimmy Knepper (trombonist) (on 1957-08-06)
trumpet:
Clarence Shaw (on 1957-08-06)
recorded at:
RCA Studio A (New York) in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-08-06)
cover recording of:
Flamingo (on 1957-08-06)
lyricist:
Edmund Anderson
composer:
Ted Grouya
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Grouya Publishing Int.
Charles Mingus5:35
16My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (songwriter, composer, and pianist) (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
Benny Goodman3:27
17Petite Fleur
clarinet:
Claude Luter (on 1952-01-31)
double bass:
Roland Bianchini (on 1952-01-31)
drums (drum set):
François "Moustache" Galépidès (on 1952-01-31)
piano:
Christian Azzi (on 1952-01-31)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1952-01-31)
trombone:
Bernard Zacharias (on 1952-01-31)
trumpet:
Guy Longnon (on 1952-01-31) and Claude Rabanit (on 1952-01-31)
orchestra:
Claude Luter et son orchestre (on 1952-01-31)
recording of:
Petite Fleur (original instrumental) (on 1952-01-31)
composer:
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet53:19
18The Night Is Blue
Red Norvo & Ben Webster7:02

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ASIN:UK: B00002536Q [info]