If I Were a Bell (© 1993 PILZ, licensed from TENTCREST Ltd.)

~ Release by Miles Davis (see all versions of this release, 14 available)

Annotation

© 1993 PILZ, licensed from TENTCREST Ltd.

Annotation last modified on 2011-12-31 12:59 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
# Title Rating Length
1 If I Were a Bell
8:16
2 You're My Everything
5:19
3 I Could Write a Book
5:10
4 Oleo
6:19
5 It Could Happen to You
6:38
6 Woody'n You
5:02

Credits

CD 1

recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (1956-10-26) (tracks 1–6)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (tracks 1–6)
drums:
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (tracks 1–6)
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (tracks 1–6)
piano:
Red Garland (tracks 1–6)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (tracks 1–6)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie (track 6)
Frank Loesser (track 1)
Richard Rodgers (track 3)
Sonny Rollins (track 4)
Jimmy Van Heusen (track 5)
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (track 2)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser (track 1)
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (track 5)
Mort Dixon (track 2)
Lorenz Hart (track 3)
Joe Young (US lyricist) (track 2)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. (track 5)
Prestige Music (track 4)
Sony/ATV Harmony (track 5)
Sony/ATV Harmony UK (track 5)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (track 5)
instrumental recording of:
I Could Write a Book (track 3)
If I Were a Bell (Guys and Dolls) (track 1)
It Could Happen to You (track 5)
You're My Everything (track 2)
is the basis for:
Fried Bananas (jazz interpretation of "It Could Happen to You") (track 5)
later parody versions:
It Could Happen to You (Sinatra parody) (track 5)
part of:
Pal Joey (track 3)
Guys and Dolls (full musical) (track 1)
recording of:
Oleo (track 4)
Woody 'n' You (track 6)
referred to in medleys:
Guys and Dolls Suite (track 1)