The Jazz Singers

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1West End Blues
Eva Taylor3:13
2In the House Blues
Bessie Smith3:03
32:19 Blues
recording of:
2.19 Blues
writer:
Mamie Desdume
Louis Armstrong2:55
4I Left My Baby
Jimmy Rushing3:13
5’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (on 1949-08-17) and Rudy Powell (on 1949-08-17)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Moore (on 1949-08-17)
double bass:
George Duvivier (on 1949-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1949-08-17)
guitar:
Mundell Lowe (on 1949-08-17)
piano:
Horace Henderson (on 1949-08-17)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Thomas (US jazz tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-08-17) and Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1949-08-17)
trombone:
George Matthews (trombone) (on 1949-08-17) and Dicky Wells (on 1949-08-17)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1949-08-17), Buck Clayton (on 1949-08-17) and Jimmy Nottingham (on 1949-08-17)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1949-08-17)
conductor:
Buster Harding (on 1949-08-17)
recorded at:
Decca Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1949-08-17)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
recording of:
Ain't Nobody's Business
writer:
William York
Billie Holiday3:22
6Blues With Helen
Helen Humes4:11
7I Won’t Be Here Long
Hot Lips Page2:43
8Jelly, Jelly
cover recording of:
Jelly, Jelly
writer:
Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Billy Eckstine3:29
9Lotus Blossom
Julia Lee3:20
10Goin’ to Kansas City
recorded at:
The Renaissance Club in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-12-04)
cover recording of:
Kansas City (aka “K.C. Loving”)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber (in 1952)
composer:
Mike Stoller (in 1952)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Jimmy Witherspoon3:15
11Goin’ to Chicago
Joe Williams; Lambert, Hendricks & Ross4:13
12She’s Got to Go
Ernie Andrews4:05
13Never Make Your Move Too Soon
Ernestine Anderson3:30
14D.B. Blues
Lorez Alexandria2:59
15Come On In My Kitchen
Cassandra Wilson5:00
16Nobody’s Fault but Mine
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1927-12-03)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Blind Willie Johnson53:12
17One Day
Angelic Gospel Singers; Dixie Hummingbirds2:16
18I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
recording of:
I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
Mahalia Jackson2:41
19Gimme a Pigfoot
Bessie Smith3:31
20Doctor Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton3:24
21Shakin’ the African
Don Redman2:41
22It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Ivie Anderson3:10
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Wikidata:Q7743048 [info]