A Portrait of Big Band Swing

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Annotation

Issued in a wide-bodied double CD jewel case.

CD:
Manufactured In The EU

Rights Society: MCPS
Matrix / Runout (CD1): E0399 GALE 426 DISC 1 01 1:1
Matrix / Runout (CD2): E0400 GALE 426 DISC 2 03 1:1 Technicolor
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L126
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L129
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 2344
Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 2303

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-10 15:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1King Porter Stomp
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:10
2Stompin' at the Savoy
recording of:
Stompin’ at the Savoy
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader), Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog (ASCAP), Ragbag Music (ASCAP), Razaf Music, Rytvoc (ASCAP), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and 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)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:16
3The Kingdom of Swing
recording of:
The Kingdom of Swing
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:52
4Sugar Foot Stomp
recording of:
Sugar Foot Stomp
composer:
Louis Armstrong and King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
version of:
Dippermouth Blues
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:50
5Jumpin' 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 Orchestra3:04
6Opus One
recording of:
Opus One (1943 song)
lyricist:
Sidney Reginald Garris
composer:
Sy Oliver
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. (on 1943-06-23)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:57
7Boogie Woogie
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1938-09-16) and Fred Stulce (on 1938-09-16)
double bass:
Gene Traxler (on 1938-09-16)
drums (drum set):
Maurice Purtill (on 1938-09-16)
guitar:
Carmen Mastren (on 1938-09-16)
piano:
Howard Smith (swing jazz pianist) (on 1938-09-16)
reeds:
Johnny Mintz (on 1938-09-16)
tenor saxophone:
Deane Kincaide (on 1938-09-16) and Hymie Shertzer (on 1938-09-16)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1938-09-16), Les Jenkins (on 1938-09-16) and Buddy Morrow (on 1938-09-16)
trumpet:
Yank Lawson (on 1938-09-16), Lee Castaldo (on 1938-09-16) and Charlie Spivak (on 1938-09-16)
recording of:
Boogie Woogie (on 1938-09-16)
composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:08
8I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
recording of:
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
George Bassman
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Mills 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), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:35
9Tea for Two
recording of:
Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette)
lyricist:
Irving Caesar
composer:
Vincent Youmans
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Irving Caesar Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-06-10)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and 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) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
No, No, Nanette
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:11
10Strictly Instrumental
recording of:
Strictly Instrumental
writer:
Edgar Battle, Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Edward Seiler
Harry James and His Orchestra3:15
11American Patrol
recording of:
American Patrol (swing version)
composer:
F. W. Meacham (in 1885)
arranger:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor) (in 1942)
publisher:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment)
arrangement of:
American Patrol
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:18
12In the Mood
instrumental recording of:
In the Mood (on 1939-08-01)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Wingy Manone
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein and Co. Limited and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
is based on:
Tar Paper Stomp
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3.753:34
13Elmer's Tune
recording of:
Elmer’s Tune
lyricist:
Sammy Gallop
composer:
Elmer Albrecht and Dick Jurgens
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:06
14Moonlight Serenade
alto saxophone:
Hal McIntyre (on 1939-04-04) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1939-04-04)
double bass:
Rolly Bundock (on 1939-04-04)
drums (drum set):
Frankie Carlson (on 1939-04-04)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1939-04-04)
piano:
Chummy MacGregor (on 1939-04-04)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Aronson (on 1939-04-04), Tex Beneke (on 1939-04-04) and Al Klink (on 1939-04-04)
trombone:
Al Mastren (on 1939-04-04), Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-04) and Paul Tanner (on 1939-04-04)
trumpet:
Legh Knowles (on 1939-04-04), Dale McMickle (on 1939-04-04) and Bob Price (Big band trumpet player) (on 1939-04-04)
orchestra:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (use only for releases Glenn Miller performed with) (on 1939-04-04)
conductor:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-04)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca (WARNING: NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE!!!!!!!!!! A division of Universal Music Operations Limited) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-04)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
instrumental recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra13:22
15Flying Home
recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Lionel Hampton Orchestra3:14
16Woodchopper's Ball
recording of:
Woodchopper’s Ball
composer:
Joe Bishop and Woody Herman
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:16
17Four or Five Times
recording of:
Four or Five Times
composer:
Byron Gay (in 1928) and Marco H. Hellman (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:08
18For Dancers Only
recording of:
For Dancers Only
writer:
Sy Oliver, Don Raye and Vic Schoen
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra2:39
19Begin 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 Shaw and His Orchestra3:14
20Temptation
alto saxophone:
Bus Bassey (on 1940-09-07) and Neely Plumb (on 1940-09-07)
cello:
F. Goerner (on 1940-09-07)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-09-07)
double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1940-09-07)
drums (drum set):
Nick Fatool (on 1940-09-07)
electric guitar:
Al Hendrickson (on 1940-09-07)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1940-09-07)
tenor saxophone:
Jerry Jerome (on 1940-09-07) and Les Robinson (on 1940-09-07)
trombone:
Vernon Brown (on 1940-09-07) and Jack Jenney (American jazz trombonist) (on 1940-09-07)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1940-09-07), J. Cathcart (on 1940-09-07) and George Wendt (Swing trumpeter) (on 1940-09-07)
viola:
A. Harshman (violist) (on 1940-09-07) and K. Collins (viola) (on 1940-09-07)
violin:
Al Beller (on 1940-09-07), B. Bower (on 1940-09-07), B. Morrow (on 1940-09-07), E. Lamas (on 1940-09-07), T. Boardman (on 1940-09-07) and T. Klages (on 1940-09-07)
conductor:
Artie Shaw (on 1940-09-07)
instrumental recording of:
Temptation (on 1940-09-07)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
part of:
Going Hollywood (1933 film)
part of:
Singin’ in the Rain (soundtrack of the 1952 film)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra33:04
21I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with 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) 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)
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra4:45
22How High the Moon
recording of:
How High the Moon
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
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) 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)
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:11
23Cherokee
recording of:
Cherokee
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Peter Maurice Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra3:22
24I Got Rhythm
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:06
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let's Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:35
2Mission to Moscow
recording of:
Mission to Moscow
composer:
Mel Powell (American composer and jazz pianist)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:37
3It's Only a Paper Moon
recording of:
It’s Only a Paper Moon
lyricist:
E.Y. Harburg (in 1933) and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer) (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Gloccamorria Music, Next Decade Entertainment, S.A. Music Co., SA Music, Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:51
4Japanese Sandman
recording of:
The Japanese Sandman
lyricist:
Raymond B. Egan (in 1920)
writer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
composer:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1920)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:30
5One O'Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie & His Orchestra3:03
6Music Maestro Please
recording of:
Music Maestro Please
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1938)
composer:
Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter) (in 1938)
medley of:
Spela maestro
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:54
7Song of India
recording of:
Song of India
writer:
Red Bone (trombonist)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
piano arranger:
Edgar Fairchild
is based on:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:09
8Marie
recording of:
Marie
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:20
9On the Sunnyside of the Street
recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:14
10The Mole
recording of:
The Mole
composer:
Leroy Holmes and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James and His Orchestra2:46
11Tuxedo Junction
recording of:
Tuxedo Junction
lyricist:
Buddy Feyne
writer:
Dash, Feyne, Hawkins and Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger)
composer:
Bill Johnson (US jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist & arranger), Julian Dash, Buddy Feyne and Erskine Hawkins
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:25
12A String of Pearls
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1941-11-03)
recording of:
A String of Pearls (on 1941-11-03)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jerry Gray (US big band arranger and conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Scarsdale Music (ASCAP)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:14
13Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), WC Music Corp., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), 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:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:23
14(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
recording of:
(I’ve Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Mack Gordon and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 nominee)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra3:13
15Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bob
recording of:
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
writer:
Curley Hamner and Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra3:22
16The Golden Wedding
recording of:
Golden Wedding
composer:
Gabriel Marie (Father) (in 1887)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:09
17Caldonia
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra3:03
18Annie Lauria
recording of:
Annie Laurie (19th century Scottish song)
lyricist:
William Douglas (Scottish soldier and poet of poem "Annie Laurie")
composer:
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (Scottish songwriter) (from 1834 until 1835)
is based on:
Annie Laurie (the poem)
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:12
19Frenesi
recording of:
Frenesí
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:04
20What Is This Thing Called Love?
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra3:15
21All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
recording of:
All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Walter Jurmann and Bronisław Kaper
Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra2:25
22Drummin' Man
recording of:
Drummin’ Man
writer:
Gene Krupa and Tiny Parham (Canadian-American jazz bandleader & pianist)
Gene Krupa and His Orchestra3:02
23Skyliner
recording of:
Skyliner
composer:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader)
publisher:
Atlantic Music (BMI)
Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra3:01
24Contrasts
recording of:
Contrasts
composer:
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra3:01

Credits

Release

liner notes:Fred Dellar
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Music Collection International (not for release label use; for copyrights use, usually shortened to "Music Collection Int.")
licensed from:Rajon Entertainment Pty Ltd.
glass mastered by:Technicolor (manufacturing, press releases and communications company)
miscellaneous support:VCI Plc (task: record company)
glass mastered at:Technicolor Pressing Plant (Specialty Records Corporation / WEA Mfg. Olyphant / Cinram Olyphant) in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/22449520 [info]
ASIN:UK: B000024B7W [info]