Giants of Jazz

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Tracklist

1▼CD: Glenn Miller
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1In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3.753:34
2Little Brown Jug
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-10)
tenor saxophone:
Tex Beneke (on 1939-04-10)
trombone:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-10)
trumpet:
Dale McMickle (on 1939-04-10)
orchestra:
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (on 1939-04-10)
recording of:
Little Brown Jug (arr. Finegan 1939) (on 1939-04-10)
writer:
Joseph Eastburn Winner (composer/publisher) (in 1868)
arranger:
John Wasson and Bill Finegan (in 1939)
arrangement of:
Little Brown Jug
The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:51
3A String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:15
4Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), 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)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
5Song of the Volga Boatmen
recording of:
Song of the Volga Boatmen (Bill Finegan arrangement for the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1941)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
version of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:26
6(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
background vocals:
The Modernaires (1940s vocal group) (on 1942-05-20)
lead vocals:
Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke (on 1942-05-20)
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo (on 1942-05-20)
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra33:18
7Say “Si Si” (Para Vigo Me Voy)
recording of:
Say “si si”
lyricist:
Francia Luban and Al Stillman
composer:
Ernesto Lecuona
translated version of:
Para Vigo me voy
The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:41
8Anvil Chorus, Parts 1 & 2
The Glenn Miller Orchestra4:57
9Perfidia (Tonight)
recording of:
Perfidia
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:21
10On a Little Street in Singapore
recording of:
On a Little Street in Singapore
writer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio) and Billy Hill (US songwriter)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra2:45
11American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version) (in 1942)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
12Pennsylvania 6–5000
recording of:
Pennsylvania 6‒5000 (PEnnsylvania 6‒5000)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
written at:
Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, New York, United States (in 1940)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra33:17
13Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:29
14Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:20
2▶CD: Louis Armstrong
3▶CD: Ella Fitzgerald
4▶CD: Duke Ellington
5▶CD: Count Basie
6▶CD: Benny Goodman
7▶CD: Billie Holiday
8▶CD: Nat King Cole
9▶CD: Frank Sinatra
10▶CD: Django Reinhardt
11▶CD: Dave Brubeck
12▶CD: Stan Getz
13▶CD: Miles Davis
14▶CD: Sarah Vaughan
15▶CD: Peggy Lee
16▶CD: Charlie Parker
17▶CD: Bing Crosby
18▶CD: Dizzy Gillespie
19▶CD: Sidney Bechet
20▶CD: Lionel Hampton