Best Jazz 100

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Classic Jazz Vocals
2▶CD: Swing Classics in Hi‐Fi
3▶CD: Latin Jazz
4▶CD: Relaxing Jazz
5▶CD: Jazz Ballads
6▼CD: Legends of Jazz
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1Boogie Woogie Stomp
piano:
Albert Ammons (on 1939-01-06)
recording of:
Boogie Woogie Stomp (on 1939-01-06)
composer:
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons3:39
2Summertime
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1939-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1939-06-08)
guitar:
Teddy Bunn (on 1939-06-08)
piano:
Meade Lux Lewis (on 1939-06-08)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1939-06-08)
part of:
Blue Note (by matrix number) (number: GM-533-14)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1939-06-08)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sidney Bechet4:11
3Chicago Flyer
Meade Lux Lewis4:01
4Profoundly Blue
acoustic guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1941-02-05)
celesta:
Meade Lux Lewis (on 1941-02-05)
clarinet:
Edmond Hall (American jazz clarinetist, bandleader) (on 1941-02-05)
double bass:
Israel Crosby (on 1941-02-05)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1941-02-05)
cover recording of:
Profoundly Blue (on 1941-02-05)
composer:
Meade Lux Lewis
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet4:10
5Topsy
Ike Quebec3:04
6Blues for Clarinets
Jimmy Hamilton4:20
7Lop-Pow
Babs Gonzales2:42
8Our Delight
Tadd Dameron2:59
9Boperation
recording of:
Boperation
composer:
Howard McGhee and Fats Navarro
Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro3:10
10’Round Midnight
recording engineer:
Doug Hawkins (sound engineer)
producer:
Alfred Lion
alto saxophone:
Edmond Gregory (American jazz musician) (on 1947-11-21)
double bass:
Robert Paige (jazz bassist) (on 1947-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1947-11-21)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1947-11-21)
trumpet:
George Taitt (on 1947-11-21)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1947-11-21)
instrumental recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1947-11-21)
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 Monk3:12
11Bouncing With Bud
recording engineer:
Doug Hawkins (sound engineer)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Tommy Potter (on 1949-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader) (on 1949-08-08)
piano:
Bud Powell (on 1949-08-08)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1949-08-08)
trumpet:
Fats Navarro (on 1949-08-08)
recorded at:
WOR Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1949-08-08)
recording of:
Bouncing With Bud (on 1949-08-08)
composer:
Bud Powell
Bud Powell3:05
12Born to Be Blue
Wynton Kelly3:24
13Bags’ Groove
Milt Jackson3:07
14Safari
Horace Silver2:52
15Carvin’ the Rock
Lou Donaldson3:59
16Lady Sings the Blues
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Al McKibbon (double bassist) (on 1955-08-01)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1955-08-01)
piano:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer) (on 1955-08-01)
recording of:
Lady Sings the Blues (on 1955-08-01)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Herbie Nichols (jazz pianist and composer)
publisher:
Northern Music Company
Herbie Nichols4:21