A real cross section of material this week from many periods and styles.
JRR 240115
DISC 1
Artist Cab Calloway
Title Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm
Composer Jerome, Byron, Kent
Album This Is Hep
Label Proper
Number Properbox 141 CD 3 Track 2
Duration 3.00
Performers: Doc Cheatham, Irving Randolph, Lammar Wright, t; Claude Jones, Keg Johnson, DePriest Wheeler, tb; Garvin Bushell, Andy Brown, Foots Thomas, Chu Berry, reeds; Bennie Payne, p; Morris White, g; Milt Hinton, b; Leroy Maxey, d. 31 Aug 1937.
DISC 2
Artist Dave Brubeck
Title You’re The Top
Composer Cole Porter
Album Brubeck Plays Cole Porter
Label Columbia
Number CS 9402 Side B Track 3
Duration 6.36
Performers: Paul Desmond, as; Dave Brubeck, p; Gene Wright, b; Joe Morello, d. 1966.
DISC 3
Artist Ben Webster
Title Cocktails for Two
Composer Coslow, Johnston
Album Three Classic Albums
Label Avid
Number 1038 CD 1 Track 3
Duration 2.43
Performers: Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b; Herb Ellis, p; Alvin Stoller, d. 1957.
DISC 4
Artist Shorty Rogers
Title The Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud
Composer Rogers
Album Four Classic Albums
Label Avid
Number 1041 CD 1 Track 12
Duration 2.42
Performers: Shorty Rogers, Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Tom Reeves, John Howell, t; Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, John Halliburton, tb; John Graas, frh; Gene Englund, tu; Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Bob Cooper, reeds, Marty Paich, p; Curtis Counce, b; Shelly Manne, d. 2 Apr 1953
DISC 5
Artist Kenny Wheeler
Title Canter no 1
Composer Wheeler
Album Songs for Quintet
Label ECM
Number 470 4653 Track 4
Duration 6.40
Performers: Kenny Wheeler, fh; Stan Sulzmann, ts; John Parricelli, g; Chris Laurence, b; Martin France, d. Dec 2013.
DISC 6
Artist Oscar Peterson
Title Alice In Wonderland
Composer Fain, Hilliard
Album The Way I Really Play
Label MPS
Number Track 5
Duration 4.46
Performers: Oscar Peterson, p; Sam Jones, b; Bobby Durham, d. April 1968.
DISC 7
Artist Freddy Randall
Title You’re Driving Me Crazy
Composer Donaldson
Album Freddy Randall / Dave Shepherd Jazz All Stars
Label Black Lion
Number 2460 194 S1 T 5
Duration 4.37
Performers: Freddy Randall, c; Dave Hewitt, tb; Dave Shepherd, cl; Danny Moss, ts; Brian Lemon, p; Kenny Baldock, b; Johnny Richardson, d. 1973
DISC 8
Artist Bob Crosby
Title Spain
Composer Jones / Kahn
Album Bob Crosby’s Bob Cats Vol 3 1940
Label Swaggie
Number 503 Track 2
Duration 3.04
Performers Billy Butterfield, t; Warren Smith, tb; Irving Fazola, cl; Eddie Miller, ts; Jess Stacy, p; Nappy Lamare, g; Bob Haggart, b; Ray Bauduc, d. 6 Feb 1940.
DISC 9
Artist Oscar Dennard
Title Pinky
Composer Dennard
Album The Legendary Oscar Dennard
Label Somethin Else
Number Track 3
Duration 4.25
Performers: Idrees Sulieman, t; Oscar Dennard, p; Jamil Nasser, b; Buster Smith, d. 1958
DISC 10
Artist Melody Gardot
Title All That I Need Is Love
Composer Gardot
Album Worrisome Heart
Label Verve
Number 1749640 Track 2
Duration 2.36
Performers Melody Gardot, v; Ron Kerber, cl; Jef Lee Johnson, g; Joel Bryant, p; Ken Pendergast, b; Charlie Patierno, d; 2006
DISC 11
Artist Philip Clouts
Title Flamingo-Ing
Composer Clouts
Album The Hour of Pearl
Label Point
Number PCD 026
Duration 7.36
Performers Philip Cl;outs, piano, Carlos Lopez-Real, reeds; Alex Keen, b; Jon Desbruslais, d. 2013.
DISC 12
Artist Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Title It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
Composer Ellington, Mills
Album The Great Summit
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number 55536 Track 11
Duration 3.59
Performers Louis Armstrong, t, v; Barney Bigard, cl; Trummy Young, cl; Duke Ellington, p; Mort Herbert, b; Danny Barcelona, d. 1961.