Jazz Giants

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Top Twenty “Specials”
2▶CD: “Interpretations” Superb Jazz Variations on Some of the Classics From Tin Pan Alley
3▼CD: The Swingers Who Swung…and Some Big Band Specials
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My Baby Likes to Bebop
Ella Fitzgerald2:43
2And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
recording of:
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine
lyricist:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
composer:
Stan Kenton and Charles Lawrence
Anita O’Day with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra3:10
3I Thought About You
recording of:
I Thought About You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Jerry Leiber Music, Lewis Music Publishing Co., Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Silver Seahorse Music LLC, Twentieth Century Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Mildred Bailey with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:37
4Blue Turning Grey Over You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1930-02-01)
clarinet:
Teddy Hill (on 1930-02-01), Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1930-02-01) and William Thornton Blue (American jazz reed player) (on 1930-02-01)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1930-02-01)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1930-02-01)
guitar:
Will Johnson (jazz musician) (on 1930-02-01)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1930-02-01)
trombone:
J.C. Higginbotham (on 1930-02-01)
trumpet:
Henry “Red” Allen (jazz musician) (on 1930-02-01), Louis Armstrong (on 1930-02-01) and Otis Johnson (trumpet) (on 1930-02-01)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1930-02-01)
recording of:
Blue, Turning Grey Over You (on 1930-02-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Thomas Waller (Fats Waller)
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra3:30
5Sand in My Shoes
recording of:
Sand in My Shoes
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
Connee Boswell with Victor Young and His Orchestra3:15
6The Folks Who Live on the Hill
recording of:
The Folks Who Live on the Hill
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
High, Wide and Handsome (1937 film)
Maxine Sullivan3:02
7You Can Depend on Me
recording of:
You Can Depend on Me
composer:
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie & His Orchestra3:10
8If You Could See Me Now
recording of:
If You Could See Me Now (jazz standard)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1946)
composer:
Tadd Dameron (in 1946)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Sarah Vaughan2:50
9I’ve Got Five Dollars
Lee Wiley with Joe Bushkin Orchestra2:51
10Corrine, Corrina
double bass:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1941-06-13)
drums (drum set):
Yank Porter (jazz drummer) (on 1941-06-13)
guitar:
Oscar Moore (on 1941-06-13)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (on 1941-06-13)
trumpet:
Joe Thomas (jazz trumpeter) (on 1941-06-13)
recording of:
Corrine, Corrina (on 1941-06-13)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Armetia Chatman (blues musician, aka Bo Chatmon) (in 1929), J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (in 1929) and Mitchell Parish (in 1932)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing France and Gotham Music Service, Inc. (on 1932-03-18)
Big Joe Turner with Art Tatum and His Band2:30
11I Can’t Get Started
Billie Holiday with Count Basie & His Orchestra2:46
12Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
piano:
Porter Grainger (on 1928-03-20)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1928-03-20)
Bessie Smith6:24
13The World Is Mad (Parts 1 & 2)
Count Basie5:30
14Manteca
recording of:
Manteca
composer:
Walter “Gil” Fuller (jazz composer & arranger), Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
Dizzy Gillespie3:08
15Oop Bop Sh’Bam
Buddy Rich2:58
16Elevation
Woody Herman3:00
17Interlude (A Night in Tunisia)
recording of:
Night in Tunisia (instrumental) (in 1945-01)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Boyd Raeburn3:13
18Scarecrow
Benny Goodman3:05
19Air Mail Special
Billy Eckstine3:33
20I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
recording of:
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
writer:
Roy Jordan and William Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
Jimmie Lancelot6:01
4▶CD: Classic Combo Discs