Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America’s Music

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Annotation

A very decent overview of what Jazz was.
Dig it if you want that kind of Listener Digest "first contact" with jazz.

Annotation last modified on 2013-08-21 20:08 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Doodlin’
double bass [bass]:
Doug Watkins (on 1954-11-13)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1954-11-13)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1954-11-13)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1954-11-13)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1954-11-13)
recording of:
Doodlin’ (original instrumental version) (on 1954-11-13)
composer:
Horace Silver
publisher:
Ecaroh Music, Inc.
Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers6:47
2I Get a Kick Out of You
Clifford Brown & Max Roach7:42
3St. 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)
instrumental recording of:
St. Thomas
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
publisher:
Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)
Sonny Rollins46:45
4Django
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-12-23)
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Bob Weinstock
bass and double bass:
Percy Heath (on 1954-12-23)
drums (drum set):
Kenny Clarke (on 1954-12-23)
piano:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (on 1954-12-23)
vibraphone:
Milt Jackson (on 1954-12-23)
recording of:
Django (on 1954-12-23)
composer:
John Lewis (pianist, member of Modern Jazz Quartet) (in 1954)
publisher:
MJQ Music, Inc.
The Modern Jazz Quartet7:06
5Take Five
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (bass) (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion (Part of Chrysalis Records), Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (Bibliothèque nationale de France) (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Take Five (original instrumental version) (on 1959-07-01)
composer:
Paul Desmond
publisher:
Derry Music Company, Desmond Music Company (Paul Desmond), Valentine Music Group Ltd., Valentine Music Verlag and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ (Shinko Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet4.355:26
6So What
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut (on 1959-03-02)
producer:
Irving Townsend
alto saxophone:
Cannonball Adderley (on 1959-03-02)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Cobb (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-03-02)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-03-02)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-03-02)
trumpet:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) (on 1959-03-02)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-03-02)
remix of:
So What (stereo) by Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
recording of:
So What (on 1959-03-02)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Miles Davis Sextet4.259:23
7Giant Steps
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1959-05-05) and Phil Iehle (on 1959-05-05)
producer:
Nesuhi Ertegun
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Taylor (on 1959-05-05)
piano:
Tommy Flanagan (on 1959-05-05)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1959-05-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US)
recorded at:
Atlantic Recording Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-05-05)
recording of:
Giant Steps (on 1959-05-05)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
John Coltrane3.354:47
8Rick Kick Shaw
recorded in:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States (on 1956-09-14)
double bass:
Buell Neidlinger (on 1956-09-14)
drums (drum set):
Denis Charles (drums) (on 1956-09-14)
piano:
Cecil Taylor (on 1956-09-14)
recording of:
Rick Kick Shaw (on 1956-09-14)
composer:
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor6:06
9Chronology
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-05-22)
alto saxophone:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer) (on 1959-05-22)
cornet:
Don Cherry (jazz trumpeter) (on 1959-05-22)
double bass:
Charlie Haden (American jazz bassist) (on 1959-05-22)
drums (drum set):
Billy Higgins (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-05-22)
recording of:
Chronology (on 1959-05-22)
composer:
Ornette Coleman (US jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer)
Ornette Coleman6:07
10Original Faubus Fables
recording of:
Original Faubus Fables (Fables of Faubus with lyrics)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Mingus
version of:
Fables of Faubus (instrumental version)
Charles Mingus9:16
11Acknowledgment
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1964-12-09)
producer:
Bob Thiele (producer & songwriter)
double bass [bass]:
Jimmy Garrison (on 1964-12-09)
drums (drum set):
Elvin Jones (jazz drummer) (on 1964-12-09)
piano:
McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist) (on 1964-12-09)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1964-12-09)
vocals:
John Coltrane (in 1964-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (on 1964-12-09)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 315)
recording of:
A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement (on 1964-12-09)
composer:
John Coltrane
publisher:
Jowcol Music
part of:
A Love Supreme (entire suite)
John Coltrane Quartet7:47
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