The Very Best of the Jazz Giants

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

Annotation

Label: Fantasy

Release date remains obscure, and might be 2000, 2002/01, or eventually 1997 (dubious).

Alternate EAN: 0011301613325.

Annotation last modified on 2011-03-22 06:48 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1St Thomas
Sonny Rollins6:45
2Hey Now
Red Garland3:40
3Meditation
Charlie Byrd3:13
4Twisted
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1952-10-09)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1952-10-09)
organ:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (on 1952-10-09)
piano:
Teacho Wiltshire (on 1952-10-09)
vocals:
Annie Ross (on 1952-10-09)
recording of:
Twisted (on 1952-10-09)
lyricist:
Annie Ross
composer:
Wardell Gray
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI), Raybird Music, Second Floor Music and Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label)
version of:
Twisted (original instrumental)
Annie Ross2:40
5Ruby, My Dear
double bass:
Wilbur Ware (on 1957-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-06-26)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-06-26)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-06-26)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-06-26)
recording of:
Ruby, My Dear (on 1957-06-26)
composer:
Thelonious Monk (in 1948)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
Thelonious Monk5:27
6Solar
recording of:
Solar
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
Chet Baker5:53
7Jane O
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-09-16)
bass:
Curly Russell (on 1950-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Don Lamond (on 1950-09-16)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1950-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1950-09-16)
Zoot Sims2:44
8I’ve Got You Under My Skin
recording engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
bass trombone:
Christopher Riddle (on 1972-06-13)
clarinet:
Mahlon Clark (on 1972-06-13) and William Green (woodwind) (on 1972-06-13)
double bass:
John Heard (on 1972-06-13)
drums (drum set):
Louie Bellson (on 1972-06-13)
flute:
Harry Klee (on 1972-06-13) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1972-06-13)
guitar:
Ralph Grasso (on 1972-06-13)
oboe:
Norman Benno (on 1972-06-13) and Gordon Schoneberg (on 1972-06-13)
piano:
Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (on 1972-06-13)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1972-06-13), Dick Noel (trombone) (on 1972-06-13) and Bill Watrous (on 1972-06-13)
trumpet:
Al Aarons (American jazz trumpeter, who also played the horn, flugelhorn) (on 1972-06-13), Carroll Lewis (trumpeter) (on 1972-06-13), Shorty Sherock (on 1972-06-13) and Charles Turner (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1972-06-13)
tuba:
Don Chrislieb (on 1972-06-13) and Robert Tricarico (on 1972-06-13)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1972-06-13)
conductor:
Nelson Riddle (on 1972-06-13)
arranger:
Nelson Riddle
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Salle Records
recorded at:
MGM Recording Studios (Los Angeles) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1972-06-13)
cover recording of:
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (on 1972-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Victoria Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
The 9th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1936 nominee)
part of:
Born to Dance
Ella Fitzgerald3:17
9Airegin
Art Pepper3:02
10St Louis Blues
Les Brown5:58
11Dorian Dance
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1960-05)
clarinet:
Bill Smith (American clarinetist and composer) (in 1960-05)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (bass) (in 1960-05)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (in 1960-05)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (in 1960-05)
recording of:
Dorian Dance (in 1960-05)
composer:
Bill Smith (American clarinetist and composer)
Dave Brubeck3:27
12Mamblues
bass:
Carlos Duran (jazz bassist) (in 1954)
bongos and timbales:
Bayardo Velarde (in 1954)
piano:
Manuel Duran (jazz pianist) (in 1954)
vibraphone:
Cal Tjader (in 1954)
Cal Tjader2:26
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Release

ASIN:US: B001BFHZGK [info]