Nea Jazz Masters (2004)

Product Summary Label: Universal Music Group UPC: 00602498609552 Release Date: 1/13/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60623952 Item#: MJSP46 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Jumpin' At The Woodside - Count Basie ~ Various Artists 2. Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Teddy Wilson ~ Various Artists 3. How High The Moon - Ella Fitzgerald ~ Various Artists 4. Airmail Special - Lionel Hampton ~ Various Artists 5. Little Jazz - Roy Eldridge ~ Various Artists 6. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan ~ Various Artists 7. Get Me To The Church On Time - Billy Taylor ~ Various Artists 8. Mack The Knife - Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry ~ Various Artists 9. Hootie Blues - Jay McShann ~ Various Artists 10. Every Day I Have The Blues - Count Basie/Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 11. Hold 'Em Joe - Sonny Rollins ~ Various Artists 12. Night In Tunisia, A - Dizzy Gillespie ~ Various Artists 13. 'Round Midnight - Michel Legrand/Miles Davis ~ Various Artists 14. Cherry - Benny Carter ~ Various Artists 15. Take Five - Dave Brubeck ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Day In, Day Out - Nancy Wilson ~ Various Artists 2. Way You Look Tonight, The - Jim Hall ~ Various Artists 3. Cotton Tail - Herbie Hancock ~ Various Artists 4. More I See You, The - Carmen McRae ~ Various Artists 5. Forest Flower Sunrise - Chico Hamilton ~ Various Artists 6. Music! Music! Music! - Ahmad Jamal ~ Various Artists 7. Them There Eyes - Anita O'Day ~ Various Artists 8. What Is This Thing Called Love - Clifford Brown/Max Roach ~ Various Artists 9. Miles' Mode - John Coltrane/Elvin Jones ~ Various Artists 10. Gingerbread Boy - Jimmy Heath ~ Various Artists 11. Bird Alone - Abbey Lincoln ~ Various Artists 12. Sacajawea - Wayne Shorter ~ Various Artists 13. Lush Life - Joe Henderson ~ Various Artists (P) 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2004 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The NEA Jazz Masters program is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and since 1982 has been handing out honors and cash to legendary jazz artists. This collection of past award-winners (which is limited to recordings released by labels owned currently by Universal, namely Verve, Impulse!, MCA, and Decca) makes for some great listening. The tracks by such amazing artists as Count Basie, Carmen McRae, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sonny Rollins are taken from when they were at the peak of their game, not when they were given the Jazz Masters award. There are a few exceptions in the case of artists who recently recorded for Verve, like Herbie Hancock, Abbey Lincoln, Jimmy Heath, Wayne Shorter, and Joe Henderson, but these modern tracks don't drag the collection down since these artists were all making strong records at the time. NEA Jazz Masters would make a fine introduction to jazz for a new fan or a nice, if inessential, pickup for a seasoned fan who wants a bunch of solid jazz. ~ Tim Sendra   Technical Info Release Date : 01/13/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 0001328 Label : Verve (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498609552    Related Videos Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...