The 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950’s

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Tracklist

1▶CD: 1950–1954
2▼CD: 1955–1956
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Doodlin’
Horace Silver6:47
2Confirmation
recording of:
Confirmation
composer:
Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist)
publisher:
Atlantic Music/BMI (BMI)
Dexter Gordon7:51
3Afrodisia
recording of:
Afrodisia
composer:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer)
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and Second Floor Music
Kenny Dorham5:04
4New Rhumba
Ahmad Jamal4:41
5’Round Midnight
recording engineer:
Ray Moore (engineer, 1957–1995) (on 1956-09-10)
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1956-09-10)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-09-10)
piano:
Red Garland (on 1956-09-10)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1956-09-10)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1956-09-10)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-10)
instrumental cover recording of:
’Round Midnight (on 1956-09-10)
lyricist:
Bernie Hanighen
composer:
Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
publisher:
Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation (publisher, affiliated to BMI), Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
is based on:
I Need You So
Miles Davis3.75:57
6Misty
Erroll Garner2:52
7St. Thomas
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-06-22)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22)
recording of:
St. Thomas (on 1956-06-22)
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
Sonny Rollins46:47
8Blue Monk
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-05-14)
recording engineer:
Earl Brown (American composer, engineer)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
bass:
Jimmy "Spanky" DeBrest (on 1957-05-14)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1957-05-14)
piano:
Thelonious Monk (on 1957-05-14)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Griffin (on 1957-05-14)
trumpet:
Bill Hardman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1957-05-14)
recording of:
Blue Monk (on 1957-05-14)
publisher:
Thelonious Monk
composer:
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk7:52
9The Champ
recording of:
The Champ
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
publisher:
Skyview Music
Jimmy Smith8:37
10I Was Doing All Right
Carmen McRae2:49
11Avila and Tequila
Hank Mobley4:31
12Guarachi Guaro
Cal Tjader2:59
13April in Paris
Coleman Hawkins3:57
14Route 66
Nat King Cole3:43
15Have You Met Miss Jones
Art Tatum & Ben Webster4:47
3▶CD: 1956–1957
4▶CD: 1957
5▶CD: 1957–1958
6▶CD: 1958–1959
7▶CD: 1958–1959
8▶CD: 1959

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ASIN:US: B004NTVMLA [info]