Jazz-Definitive Performances (1999) (2 Cd Set )

Product Summary Label: Sony/columbia UPC: 00074646580721 Release Date: 10/12/1999 Buy.com Sku: 60342920 Item#: MFGTRN Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Indiana, (Back Home Again In) - Original Dixieland Jazz Band ~ Various Artists 2. St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith ~ Various Artists 3. Dippermouth Blues (A.K.A. Sugar Foot Stomp) - King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band ~ Various Artists 3. Dippermouth Blues (A.K.A. Sugar Foot Stomp) - King Oliver & His Creole Jazz Band ~ Various Artists 4. Stampede, The - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 5. Wild Cat Blues - Clarence Williams' Blue Five/Sidney Bechet ~ Various Artists 6. Singin' The Blues - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra/Bix Beiderbecke ~ Various Artists 7. West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five/Earl Hines ~ Various Artists 8. Tiger Rag - Art Tatum ~ Various Artists 8. Tiger Rag - Art Tatum ~ Various Artists 9. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday ~ Various Artists 10. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven/Lester Young ~ Various Artists 10. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven/Lester Young ~ Various Artists 10. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven/Lester Young ~ Various Artists 10. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven/Lester Young ~ Various Artists 11. Flying Home - Benny Goodman Sextet/Charlie Christian/Lionel Hampton ~ Various Artists 11. Flying Home - Benny Goodman Sextet/Charlie Christian/Lionel Hampton ~ Various Artists 12. I Can't Get Started - Dizzy Gillespie ~ Various Artists 13. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 13. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 13. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 13. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 14. 9:20 Special - Count Basie & His Orchestra/Coleman Hawkins ~ Various Artists 15. Let Me Off Uptown - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra/Roy Eldridge/Anita O'Day ~ Various Artists 16. T'aint What'cha Do, It's The Way How'Cha Do It - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 16. T'aint What'cha Do, It's The Way How'Cha Do It - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 17. Four Brothers - Woody Herman & His Orchestra/Stan Getz ~ Various Artists 18. Nica's Dream - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers/Horace Silver ~ Various Artists 19. So What - Miles Davis Sextet/Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane/Bill Evans ~ Various Artists 20. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop ~ Various Artists 20. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Various Artists 1. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Various Artists 1. Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet ~ Various Artists 2. It's All Right With Me - Erroll Garner ~ Various Artists 3. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists 3. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists 3. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists 3. Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists 4. Searching (Pleading For Love) - Duke Ellington ~ Various Artists 5. Sanctuary - Miles Davis ~ Various Artists 5. Sanctuary - Miles Davis ~ Various Artists 6. Meeting Of The Spirits - Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin ~ Various Artists 6. Meeting Of The Spirits - Mahavishnu Orchestra/John McLaughlin ~ Various Artists 7. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock ~ Various Artists 8. Birdland - Weather Report ~ Various Artists 9. Artist In America, The - Ornette Coleman/London Symphony Orchestra ~ Various Artists 9. Artist In America, The - Ornette Coleman/London Symphony Orchestra ~ Various Artists 9. Artist In America, The - Ornette Coleman/London Symphony Orchestra ~ Various Artists 9. Artist In America, The - Ornette Coleman/London Symphony Orchestra ~ Various Artists 10. Round Midnight - Dexter Gordon ~ Various Artists 10. Round Midnight - Dexter Gordon ~ Various Artists 11. Steppin' Out With My Baby - Tony Bennett ~ Various Artists 12. Thousand Autumns, A - Branford Marsalis Trio ~ Various Artists 13. Freedom Is In The Trying - Wynton Marsalis ~ Various Artists (C) Originally Released 1917, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1982 (P) 1972, 1973, 1977,1994, 1996, 1997, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Also available as part of the 26-CD box set SONY MUSIC 100 YEARS: SOUND TRACK FOR A CENTURY (65750). Includes liner notes by Dan Morgenstern, Phil Schapp and John Swenson. Digitally remastered by Tom "Curly" Ruff and Phil Schaap (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). Personnel: Roy Eldridge (vocals, trumpet); Ivie Anderson, Jon Hendricks, Anita O'Day, Billie Holiday (vocals); Freddie Green, Paul Chapman, Ray Biondi, Fred Guy (guitar); Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin , Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Michael Ward (violin); Herbie Hancock (pipe, electric piano, Clavinet, synthesizer); Larry Shields , Woody Herman (clarinet); Musky Ruffo, Clint Neagley, Lester Boone, Don Byas, Earle Warren, Walter Bates, Harry Carney, Jack Washington, Ernie Powell, James Carter, Earl Carruthers, Jimmy Powell , Johnny Hodges, Sam Musiker, Tab Smith, Barney Bigard, Victor Goines, Wessell Anderson, Willie Smith, Buddy Tate (reeds); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Sam Marowitz, Ted Buckner, Paul Desmond, Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, Herbie Steward, John Coltrane, John Handy, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Branford Marsalis, Booker Ervin, Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Serge Chaloff (baritone saxophone); Graham Young, Cootie Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Ed Lewis, Ernie Royal, Irwin "Marky" Markowitz, Freddie Jenkins, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Eddie Tompkins, Al Killian, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Paul Webster , Shorty Rogers, Arthur Whetsol, Sy Oliver, Woody Shaw, Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Dicky Wells, Earl Swope, Eddie Edwards, John Grassi, Bob Swift, Elmer Crumbley, Jimmy Knepper, Joe Tricky Sam Nanton, Babe Wagner, Trummy Young, Ed Cuffee, Ollie Wilson (trombone); Juan Tizol (valve trombone); Wycliffe Gordon (tuba); Clyde Hart, Count Basie, Edwin Wilcox, George Cables, Henry Ragas, Horace Parlan, Horace Silver, Bob Kitsis, Ralph Sharon, Bill Evans (piano); Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul (keyboards); Jaco Pastorius, Paul Jackson , Rick Laird (electric bass); Dannie Richmond, Denzil Best, Don Lamond, Eddie Gladden, Gene Sargent, Irv Kluger, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jimmy Cobb , Jimmy Crawford , Jo Jones , Joe Morello, Alex Acu¤a, Mike Clark , Nick Fatool, Sam Woodyard, Art Blakey, Sonny Greer, Ben Riley, Billy Cobham, Clayton Cameron, Walter Yoder, Fred Otis (drums); Jim Riley, Herlin Riley, Manolo Badrena, Bill Summers (percussion). NYC radio personality/jazz whiz Phil Schaap should be elected the pope of jazz (or at least, of Greenwich Village) for this superbly selected and annotated package. THE DEFINITIVE PERFORMANCES is just that, a remarkable survey of many styles of jazz, from New Orleans to the cutting-edge (then and now). There are too many gems to mention, and some will likely say, "but what about..." and "but THE definitive take on [classic tune] is on [other label]." One would have to be a terminal jazz snob not to be conscious of the scope and sheer good fun of this set. A few highlights: Stan Getz soars with Woody Herman's Herd on "Four Brothers"; Miles Davis's sublime "So What" and chilling "Sanctuary"; Art Tatum sounding like two pianists on the maniacally swinging "Tiger Rag"; the proto-cool of Tony Bennett & Anita O'Day; the epochal horns of Lester Young & Bix Beiderbecke. The ideal gift for your jazz-deficient friends or relatives. It's a time machine to an era in which jazz WAS pop music, and a vivid slab of American history. JAZZ: THE DEFINITIVE PERFORMANCES is all this and more. (Mark Keresman) Producer: David Kahne; Delfeayo Marsalis; Irving Townsend; Steven Epstein; Phil Schaap (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 10/12/1999 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 65807 Label : Sony Music Distribution (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00074646580721    Product Image