Famous Jazz Singers Vol. 1

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rose of the Rio Grande
recording of:
Rose of the Rio Grande
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Ross Gorman and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra2:57
2(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue
double bass:
Joe Tarto (on 1930-04-01)
guitar:
Tony Colucci (guitarist) (on 1930-04-01)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1930-04-01)
violin:
Ben Selvin (on 1930-04-01)
vocals:
Ethel Waters (on 1930-04-01)
recording of:
Black and Blue (on 1930-04-01)
lyricist:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) and Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
publisher:
Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Ethel Waters3:04
3The River’s Taking Care of Me
Connee Boswell with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra3:01
4Skylark
double bass:
Ed Mihelich (on 1941-11-25)
drums (drum set):
Gene Krupa (on 1941-11-25)
guitar:
Ray Biondi (on 1941-11-25)
tenor saxophone:
Walter Bates (on 1941-11-25) and Jimmy Migliore (on 1941-11-25)
trombone:
John Grassi (on 1941-11-25), Jay Kelliher (on 1941-11-25) and Babe Wagner (on 1941-11-25)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-11-25), Torg Halten (on 1941-11-25), Norman Murphy (on 1941-11-25) and Graham Young (trumpeter) (on 1941-11-25)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Proper Records Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
instrumental recording of:
Skylark (on 1941-11-25)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1941)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., George Simon Music Co., George Simon, Inc., Hoagy Publishing Co., Songs of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP), The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
Anita O’Day & Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:09
5I’m Nobody’s Baby
clarinet:
Robert Burns (1940 US jazz musician) (on 1940-04-02) and Jimmy Carroll (1913 - 1972, songwriter, orchestra arranger & conductor) (on 1940-04-02)
double bass:
Pete Peterson (jazz bassist) (on 1940-04-02)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1940-04-02)
flute:
Eddie Powell (on 1940-04-02)
guitar:
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (on 1940-04-02)
oboe:
Mitch Miller (on 1940-04-02)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1940-04-02)
reeds:
Carl Prager (1940s US jazz clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1940-04-02)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1940-04-02)
vocals:
Mildred Bailey (on 1940-04-02)
recording of:
I’m Nobody’s Baby (on 1940-04-02)
writer and composer:
Milton Ager, Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) and Lester Santly
Mildred Bailey3:00
6Ooooh-Wee!
Dolores Hawkins3:03
7Frenesi
cover recording of:
Frenesi
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Betty Carter2:31
8Fine and Mellow
double bass:
Jim Atlas (on 1957-12-08)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-12-08)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1957-12-08)
piano:
Mal Waldron (American jazz pianist) (on 1957-12-08)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-12-08), Ben Webster (on 1957-12-08) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1957-12-08)
trombone:
Vic Dickenson (on 1957-12-08)
trumpet:
Doc Cheatham (on 1957-12-08)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1957-12-08)
recording of:
Fine and Mellow (on 1957-12-08)
lyricist and composer:
Billie Holiday
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday with Mal Waldron All-Stars6:27
9Mean to Me
bass:
Billy Taylor Jr. (jazz bassist)
clarinet:
Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard
electric guitar:
Mundell Lowe
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975)
solo tenor saxophone:
Budd Johnson
solo trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist)
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan
cover recording of:
Mean to Me
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
Sarah Vaughan with George Treadwell & His All Stars2:54
10Lover Come Back to Me
Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra3:16
11Mama’s Gone, Goodbye
vocals:
Midge Williams (on 1937-11-23)
recording of:
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye (on 1937-11-23)
writer:
Peter Bocage and Armand J. Piron
Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters3:03
12Old Yazoo
recording of:
Old Yazoo (on 1932-06-29)
writer:
Fats Waller
The Boswell Sisters3:14
13All My Life
double bass:
Lee Stanfield (on 1936-03-17)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1936-03-17)
guitar:
John Trueheart (on 1936-03-17)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1936-03-17)
reeds:
Jerry Blake (on 1936-03-17)
tenor saxophone:
Teddy McRae (on 1936-03-17)
trombone:
Benny Morton (on 1936-03-17)
trumpet:
Frankie Newton (on 1936-03-17)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1936-03-17)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (on 1936-03-17)
part of:
Brunswick (by matrix number) (number: B-18832-1)
recording of:
All My Life (on 1936-03-17)
lyricist:
Sidney Mitchell
composer:
Sam H. Stept
Ella Fitzgerald & Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:12
14On the Sunny Side of the Street
cover recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. 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
part of:
American Splendor
Peggy Lee & The Benny Goodman Sextet3:14
15Summertime
vocals:
Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-12-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1949)
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1949-12-21)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
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 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)
Sarah Vaughan3:15
16St. Louis Blues
alto saxophone:
Russell Procope (on 1940-05-01)
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (on 1940-05-01)
double bass:
John Kirby (jazz bass/trombone/tuba player) (on 1940-05-01)
drums (drum set):
O’Neill Spencer (on 1940-05-01)
piano:
Billy Kyle (on 1940-05-01)
trumpet:
Charlie Shavers (on 1940-05-01)
vocals:
Maxine Sullivan (jazz singer) (on 1940-05-01)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1940-05-01)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Maxine Sullivan & John Kirby and His Orchestra3:08
17Take the "A"-Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Betty Roché & Duke Ellington & His Orchestra7:57

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ASIN:FR: B000025A9C [info]