Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson by
Performers
Louis Armstrong, vocals and trumpet; Oscar Peterson, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.
Contents
That old feeling (2:42) -- Let's fall in love (3:14) -- I'll never be the same (3:29) -- Blues in the night (5:10) -- How long has this been going on (5:56) -- I was doing all right (3:20) -- What's new (2:40) -- Moon song (4:31) -- Just one of those things (4:02) -- There's no you (2:14) -- You go to my head (6:24) -- Sweet Lorraine (5:11) -- I get a kick out of you (4:16) -- Makin' whoopee (3:55) -- Willow weep for me (4:16) -- Let's do it (let's fall in love) (8:42).
Note
Louis Armstrong, vocals and trumpet; Oscar Peterson, piano; Herb Ellis, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Louis Bellson, drums.
Recorded October 14, 1957 in Chicago (1-12th works, stereo) and July 31, 1957 in Los Angeles (13-16th works, mono).
Louis Armstrong plays W.C. Handy by
Performers
Louis Armstrong, trumpet, vocals ; Trummy Young, trombone ; Barney Bigard, clarinet ; Billy Kyle, piano ; Arvell Shaw, bass ; Barrett Deems, drums ; Velma Middleton, vocals.
Historical notes by Brian Peerless in booklet.
Contents
St. Louis blues (8:54) -- Yellow dog blues (4:15) -- Loveless love (4:32) -- Aunt Hagar's blues (4:57) -- Louis Armstrong monologue (0:46) -- Long gone (from Bowlin' Green) (4:14) -- The Memphis blues, or, Mister Crump (3:00) -- Beale Street blues (4:58) -- Ole Miss (4:39) -- Chantez-les bas (Sing 'em low) (4:48) -- Hesitating blues (5:20) -- Atlanta blues (Make me one pallet on your floor) (4:33).
The Duke Ellington and Count Basie songbooks by
Performers
Mel Torme, vocal; orchestra; Johnny Mandel, arranger-conductor.
Program notes by Gary Giddins inserted in container.
Contents
I'm gonna go fishin' (2:23) -- Don't get around much anymore (2:29) -- I like the sunrise (3:14) -- Take the "A" train (2:52) -- Reminiscin' in tempo (3:17) -- Just a sittin' and a rockin' (2:17) -- Down for double (2:31) -- I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town (2:31) -- Blue and sentimental (3:55) -- Oh what a night for love (3:30) -- Sent for you yesterday (2:40) -- In the evening (3:20)
The Duke Ellington centennial edition : the complete RCA Victor recording by
Performers
Duke Ellington and his orchestra; other instrumentalists, vocalists, and ensembles.
Includes program notes, discographies, and essays by Dan Morgenstern, Brian Priestley, Stanley Crouch, Stanley Dance, Patricia Willard, Steven Lasker, Orrin Keepnews and others (121 p. : ill.).
Contents
Discs 1-7. The early recordings (1927-1934) -- Discs 8-13. The early forties recordings (1940-1942) -- Discs 14-16. The complete mid-forties recordings (1944-1946) -- Disc 17. The All-Star sessions and the Seattle concert (1952) -- Discs 18-20. The three sacred concerts (1965/1968/1973) -- Discs 21-24. The last recordings (1966-1973).
Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter songbook. Vol. 1 by
Performers
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; orchestra arranged and conducted by Buddy Bergman.
Program notes by Robert Kimball ([6] p.) in container.
Contents
All through the night (3:15) -- Anything goes (3:20) -- Miss Otis regrets (She's unable to lunch today) (3:03) -- Too darn hot (3:46) -- In the still of the night (2:37) -- I get a kick out of you (3:59) -- Do I love you (3:50) -- Always true to you in my fashion (2:50) -- Let's do it (Let's fall in love) (3:33) -- Just one of those things (3:30) -- Ev'ry time we say good-bye (3:32) -- All of you (1:43) -- Begin the beguine (3:36) -- Get out of town (3:22) -- I am in love (4:06) -- From this moment on (3:16)
Ella in Rome : the birthday concert by
Performers
Ella Fitzgerald, vocals ; Lou Levy, piano, Max Bennett, bass, Gus Johnson, drums, except last selection with Oscar Peterson, piano, Herb Ellis, guitar, Ray Brown bass, and Gus Johnson, drums.
Contents
Introduction (in Italian) by Norman Granz (0:22) --St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (5:57) -- These foolish things (remind me of you) / Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link (3:28) -- Just squeeze me / Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines (3:05) -- Angel eyes / Matt Dennis, Earl Brent (3:37) -- That old black magic /Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer (3:38) -- Just one of those things / Cole Porter (3:39) -- I loves you Porgy / DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin (4:56) -- It's all right with me / Cole Porter (2:37) -- I can't give you anything but love / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh (3:26) -- Introduction (in Italian) by Norman Granz (0:57) -- When you're smiling (the whole world smiles with you) / Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay (1:40) -- A foggy day / George & Ira Gershwin (3:09) --Midnight sun / Johnny Mercer, Francis J. Burke (3:40) -- The lady is a tramp / Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (2:46) -- Sophisticated lady / Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills (3:58) -- Caravan / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol (2:43) -- Stompin' at the Savoy / Benny Goodman ... [et al.] (7:10)
Dizzy on the French Riviera by
Performers
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet ; Leo Wright, flute, alto saxophone ; Rudy Collins, drums ; Pepito Riestria, percussion ; Tzigane Elek Bacsik, guitar ; Chris White, bass ; Lalo Schifrin, piano and arranger.
"In creating this compact disc, an unissued performance of "Mount Olive" has been included"--page 3 of container notes.
Program notes in English and Japanese (6 p.) in container.
Contents
No more blues / Jobim, De Moraes (10:18) --Desafinado / Jobim, Mendonca (3:26) -- Long, long summer /Schifrin (5:13) -- I waited for you /Russell, Gillespie (2:42) -- Mount Olive / Schifrin (13:13) --Here it is / Gillespie (8:32) -- Pau de Arara /Morais, Gonzaga (3:36) -- For the gypsies /Gillespie (4:36).
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Dizzy Gillespie & the Double Six by
Performers
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, with the Double Six, featuring Bud Powell, piano.
Program notes by Max Harrison inserted in container.
Contents
Emanon (3:44) -- Anthropology (2:45) -- Tin tin deo (4:15) -- One bass hit (3:26) -- Two bass hit (3:31) -- Groovin' high (2:27) -- 0o-shoo-be-doo-be (3:04) -- Hot house (3:01) --Con alma (3:35) -- Blue 'n' boogie (3:08) -- The champ (3:06) -- Ow! (2:43).
"Live", Chester, Pennsylvania, June 14, 1957 by
Performers
Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Ermett Perry, Carl Warwick, Talib Daawud, trumpets ; Melba Liston, Al Grey, Ray Connor, trombones ; Jimmy Powell, Ernie Henry, alto saxophone ; Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell, tenor saxophones ; Pee Wee Moore, baritone saxophone ; Wynton Kelly, piano ; Tom Bryant, bass ; Charlie Persip, drums.
Program notes by Mark Gardner inserted in container.
Contents
A night in Tunisia -- Doodlin' -- Autumn leaves -- My reverie -- Dizzy's business -- I remember Clifford -- Jor-du -- Whisper not -- Birk's works -- Jessica's day -- Left hand corner -- Yesterdays -- Cool breeze.
Piano works, 1899-1904 by
Performer
Dick Hyman, piano.
Program notes in English, German, French, and Italian ([8] p.), inserted in container.
Contents
Maple leaf rag (2:25) -- Original rags (3:48) -- Swipesy (3:22) --Peacherine rag (3:01) -- The easy winners (3:35) -- Sunflower slow drag (3:57) -- The entertainer (4:27) -- Elite syncopations (3:43) --The strenuous life (3:41) -- A breeze from Alabama (3:59) -- Palm leaf rag (3:49) -- Something doing (3:22) -- Weeping willow (4:30) -- The chrysanthemum (3:45) -- The cascades (2:46) -- The sycamore (2:41).
The state of the tenor : live at the Village Vanguard, volume I by
Performers
Joe Henderson, saxophone ; Ron Carter, bass ; Al Foster, drums.
Contents
Beatrice -- Friday the thirteenth -- Happy reunion -- Loose change -- Ask me now -- Isotope -- Stella by starlight.
The majesty of the blues by
Performers
The Wynton Marsalis Sextet: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Marcus Roberts, piano ; Todd Williams, tenor & soprano saxophones ; Reginald Veal, bass ; Wes Anderson, alto saxophone ; Herlin Riley, drums ; with other musicians (3rd-5th works) ; narration by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. (4th work).
Contents
The majesty of the blues (the puheeman strut) -- Hickory dickory dock -- The new Orleans function. The death of jazz ; Premature autopsies (sermon) ; Oh, but on the third day (Happy feet blues).
Free jazz : a collective improvisation by
Performers
Ornette Coleman Double Quartet (Ornette Coleman, alto sax ; Eric Dolphy, bass clarinet ; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet ; Freddie Hubbard trumpet ; Scott La Faro, Charlie Haden, bass ; Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell, drums).
Includes program notes by Martin Williams from 1971 and 1981 releases ([5] p.) inserted in container.
Contents
Free jazz (37:03) -- First take (17:00).