The Big Band Collection

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sing, Sing, Sing
recording of:
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Prima
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) (ended) and EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra9:01
2'Deed I Do
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra2:38
3Mirage
Harry Roy & His Band2:46
4Tangerine
recording of:
Tangerine (1941 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:17
5Pagan Love Song
recording of:
Pagan Love Song
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:23
6Song of Songs
Nat Gonella and His Georgians2:59
7Yes Indeed
recording of:
Yes Indeed
lyricist and composer:
Sy Oliver
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:41
8I Can't Get Started
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra4:55
9Jumpin' At The Woodside
recording of:
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (original instrumental)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist)
publisher:
PW Arrangements, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:14
10Flight Of The Bumble Bee
recording of:
Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Harry James)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
arranger:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
arrangement of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Harry James and His Orchestra2:01
11Beale Street Blues
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1937-05-26)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1937-05-26)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1937-05-26)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1937-05-26)
reeds:
Mike Doty (on 1937-05-26) and Johnny Mintz (on 1937-05-26)
tenor saxophone:
Bud Freeman (on 1937-05-26)
trombone:
Red Bone (trombonist) (on 1937-05-26), Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1937-05-26) and Les Jenkins (on 1937-05-26)
trumpet:
Joe Bauer (on 1937-05-26), Pee Wee Erwin (on 1937-05-26) and Andy Ferretti (on 1937-05-26)
recording of:
Beale Street Blues (on 1937-05-26)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:24
12Drummin' Man
recording of:
Drummin’ Man
writer:
Gene Krupa and Tiny Parham (Canadian-American jazz bandleader & pianist)
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:05
13Big Noise From Winnetka
Harry Roy & His Band2:59
14Lunceford Special
recording of:
Lunceford Special
writer:
Jimmie Lunceford (US jazz saxophonist and bandleader)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:55
15Boog It
recording of:
Boog It
writer:
Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer (Jazz pianist and composer) and Buck Ram
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:06
16Trumpet Blues and Cantabile
recording of:
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
arranger:
Bill Geldard (British trombone player and composer)
Harry James and His Orchestra3:03
17Promenade
Eric Winstone & His Orchestra3:18
18Why Don't You do Right
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right?
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:21
19Indiana
Harry James and His Orchestra2:47
20Out The Window
recording of:
Out the Window
composer:
Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1938)
Count Basie & His Orchestra2:56
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Concerto for Clarinet
recording of:
Concerto for Clarinet
composer:
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra9:40
2Shine on Harvest Moon
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:42
3Five O'Clock Whistle
recording of:
Five O’Clock Whistle
writer:
Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin (aranger, writer) and Josef Myrow
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:28
4I'm Beginning to See the Light
alto saxophone:
Edward Rosa (on 1944-11-21) and Willie Smith (US jazz alto saxophonist, 1910-1967) (on 1944-11-21)
baritone saxophone:
George Davis (40s jazz saxophone) (on 1944-11-21)
cello:
Al Friede (on 1944-11-21) and Cy Bernard (on 1944-11-21)
double bass:
Ed Mihelich (on 1944-11-21)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1944-11-21)
guitar:
Allen Reuss (on 1944-11-21)
piano:
Arnold Ross (on 1944-11-21)
tenor saxophone:
Corky Corcoran (on 1944-11-21) and Cliff Jackson (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1944-11-21)
trombone:
Charles Preble (jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-21), Vic Hamann (jazz trombonist) (on 1944-11-21) and Jesse Heath (on 1944-11-21)
trumpet:
Irwin Berken (on 1944-11-21), James Campbell (jazz trumpeter and saxophonist) (on 1944-11-21), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1944-11-21), Al Ramsey (on 1944-11-21) and Yan Rasey (on 1944-11-21)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1944-11-21)
viola:
Al Neiman (violist) (on 1944-11-21), Bill Spear (on 1944-11-21) and Dave Sterkin (on 1944-11-21)
violin:
Al Saparoff (on 1944-11-21), Sam Caplan (on 1944-11-21), Sam Freed, Jr. (Violinist) (on 1944-11-21), Jack Gootkin (on 1944-11-21), Harry Jaworski (on 1944-11-21), John DeVoogd (on 1944-11-21), Gerald Joyce (on 1944-11-21) and Nick Pisani (on 1944-11-21)
vocals:
Kitty Kallen (on 1944-11-21)
orchestra:
Harry James and His Orchestra (on 1944-11-21)
arranger:
Johnny Thompson (big band arranger & conductor)
recording of:
I’m Beginning to See the Light (on 1944-11-21)
lyricist:
Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) (in 1944)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944), Johnny Hodges (in 1944) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (in 1944)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Harry James and His Orchestra3:17
5Bitin' the Dust
Eric Winstone & His Orchestra3:26
6Happiness, Just a Thing Called Joe
recording of:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1940)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1940)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:29
7Hot Mallets
recording of:
Hot Mallets
composer:
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra2:21
8Vox Poppin'
Nat Gonella & His New Georgians2:57
9Six Flats Unfurnished
recording of:
Six Flats Unfurnished
writer:
Richard Maltby (Richard Maltby, Sr., 1914-1991)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:22
10Tuxedo Junction
Gene Krupa3:05
11Laura
recording of:
Laura (1945 song)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
Woody Herman3:24
12Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry
recording of:
Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
Jimmy Dorsey3:20
13Atlantic Jive
Harry Roy & His Orchestra3:27
14Begin the Beguine
recording of:
Begin the Beguine
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Jubilee
Artie Shaw3:22
15Sweeter Than the Sweetest
Glenn Miller3:36
16Two O'Clock Jump
recording of:
Two O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James3:22
17Ciri-Biri-Bin
recording of:
Ciribiribin (They’re So in Love) (Harry James theme song)
lyricist:
Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) and Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
composer:
Alberto Pestalozza
is based on:
Ciribiribin (original Italian version)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Glenn Miller3:26
18Blow Top
Count Basie3:05
19Record Session
Harry James3:13
20String of Pearls
recording of:
A String of Pearls
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:19