Old Man River

Name: Old Man River
Duration: 8 min 1 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.7	Old Man River	8:01	Count Basie	Basie Boogie (a jazz hour with)	Count Basie	Album	NL1989	Distribution Movieplay	JHR 73502

alto saxophone:	Marshall Royal (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
baritone saxophone and flute:	Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
double bass:	Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
drums (drum set):	Sonny Payne (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
flute and saxophone:	Frank Wess (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
guitar:	Freddie Green (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
piano:	Count Basie (pianist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
tenor saxophone:	Frank Foster (saxophonist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02) Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
trombone:	Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02) Al Grey (trombone) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02) Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)
trumpet:	Wendell Culley (jazz trumpeter) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02) Thad Jones (American jazz trumpeter) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02) Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02) Snooky Young (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02)

recording of:	Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (from 1958-06-24 until 1958-07-02: live, instrumental)

lyricist:	Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:	Jerome Kern (in 1927)

publisher:	PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)

referred to in medleys:	Lilla Amerika
later translated versions:	Ol’ Man River (french lyrics)
part of:	Show Boat (1951 film) Show Boat: Act I
orchestrations:	Ol’ Man River (orchestrated by R. Williams)