L’Histoire du jazz vocal : The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1941–1953

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Annotation

this is Part 2, a follow-up to L’Histoire du jazz vocal - The Story of Vocal Jazz: 1911–1940; both parts together cover the 1911–1953 period in 20 cds each.

Annotation last modified on 2016-03-13 07:22 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Rock Me
recording of:
Rock Me (in 1941)
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:36
2You’re My Thrill
alto saxophone:
James Lamare (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-01-07)
double bass:
Phil Stephens (bass and tuba player) (on 1941-01-07)
drums (drum set):
Cliff Leeman (on 1941-01-07)
guitar:
Bus Etri (on 1941-01-07)
piano:
Bill Miller (pianist) (on 1941-01-07)
saxophone:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader) (on 1941-01-07)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader) (on 1941-01-07) and Kurt Bloom (on 1941-01-07)
trombone:
Ford Leary (trombonist) (on 1941-01-07), Bill Robertson (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-07), Don Ruppersberg (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-01-07) and Spud Murphy (American jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arranger) (on 1941-01-07)
trumpet:
Bobby Burnet (Robert W. Burnet, jazz trumpeter) (on 1941-01-07), George Esposito (on 1941-01-07), Bernie Privin (on 1941-01-07) and Lyman Vunk (on 1941-01-07)
vocals:
Lena Horne (on 1941-01-07)
recording of:
You’re My Thrill (on 1941-01-07)
lyricist:
Sidney Clare
composer:
Jay Gorney
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Gorney Music Publisher, Next Decade Entertainment, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), WC Music Corp., 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)
Lena Horne3:18
3Blitzkrieg Baby
double bass:
Nick Fenton (on 1941-03-10)
drums (drum set):
‘Doc’ West (on 1941-03-10)
guitar:
John Collins (US jazz guitarist) (on 1941-03-10)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-03-10)
tenor saxophone:
Lester Young (saxophonist) (on 1941-03-10)
trumpet:
Shad Collins (on 1941-03-10)
vocals:
Una Mae Carlisle (on 1941-03-10)
recording of:
Blitzkrieg Baby (on 1941-03-10)
writer:
Doris Fisher and Fred Fisher
Una Mae Carlisle3:22
4I Feel So Good
recording of:
I Feel So Good (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Robert Mellin, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy2:48
5My Man
clarinet:
Chauncey Haughton (on 1941-03-31)
drums (drum set):
Bill Beason (on 1941-03-31)
guitar:
Ulysses Livingston (on 1941-03-31)
piano:
Tommy Fulford (on 1941-03-31)
reeds:
Pete Clark (Jazz altoist born around 1910) (on 1941-03-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Simmons (Jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-03-31)
trombone:
Earl Hardy (on 1941-03-31), George Matthews (trombone) (on 1941-03-31) and John McConnell (US jazz trombonist) (on 1941-03-31)
trumpet:
Taft Jordan (on 1941-03-31) and Irving Randolph (on 1941-03-31)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1941-03-31)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1941-03-31)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
Ella Fitzgerald3:03
6I’ll Get By
alto saxophone:
Sam Marowitz (saxophonist and clarinetist) (on 1941-04-07)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1941-04-07)
double bass:
Thurman Teague (Jazz bassist) (on 1941-04-07)
guitar:
Ben Heller (on 1941-04-07)
piano:
Al Lerner (big band composer/conductor/pianist) (on 1941-04-07)
tenor saxophone:
Vido Musso (on 1941-04-07)
trombone:
Hoyt Bohannon (on 1941-04-07), Dalton Rizzotto (Jazz trombonist) (on 1941-04-07) and Harry Rodgers (US big-band trombonist and arranger) (on 1941-04-07)
trumpet:
Claude Bowen (on 1941-04-07), Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor) (on 1941-04-07) and Al Stearns (on 1941-04-07)
violin:
Sam Rosenblum (on 1941-04-07)
vocals:
Dick Haymes (on 1941-04-07)
recording of:
I’ll Get by (as Long as I Have You) (on 1941-04-07)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
Dick Haymes2:44
7Why Don’t You Do Right?
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-04-23)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-04-23)
piano:
Champion Jack Dupree (on 1941-04-23)
vocals:
Lil Green (blues singer/songwriter) (on 1941-04-23)
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right? (on 1941-04-23)
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Lil Green2:58
8Chattanooga Choo Choo
vocals:
Tex Beneke (on 1941-05-07) and The Modernaires (1940s vocal group) (on 1941-05-07)
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo (on 1941-05-07)
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)
Tex Beneke & Paula Kelly and The Modernaires with Glenn Miller3:28
9That’s All Right
piano:
Champion Jack Dupree (in 1941)
vocals:
Champion Jack Dupree (in 1941)
Champion Jack Dupree2:35
10Let Me Off Uptown
recording of:
Let Me Off Uptown (on 1941-05-08)
lyricist:
Redd Evans
composer:
Earl Bostic (saxophonist)
Anita O’Day & Roy Eldridge3:06
11Am I Blue
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1941-05-09) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1941-05-09)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (bassist) (on 1941-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Herbert Cowans (jazz drummer) (on 1941-05-09)
guitar:
Paul Chapman (US jazz guitar player and singer) (on 1941-05-09)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (pianist, composer and bandleader, aka Eddie Heywood Jr.) (on 1941-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
Am I Blue? (on 1941-05-09)
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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)
cover recording of:
Am I Blue?
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
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)
Billie Holiday2:53
12God Bless the Child
alto saxophone:
Lester Boone (on 1941-05-09) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1941-05-09)
double bass:
Grachan Moncur II (bassist) (on 1941-05-09)
drums (drum set):
Herbert Cowans (jazz drummer) (on 1941-05-09)
guitar:
Paul Chapman (US jazz guitar player and singer) (on 1941-05-09)
tenor saxophone:
Ernie Powell (on 1941-05-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1941-05-09)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-05-09)
recording of:
God Bless the Child (on 1941-05-09)
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Billie Holiday2:58
13Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:53
14When the Sun Comes Out
alto saxophone:
Gene Kinsey (on 1941-06-04) and Les Robinson (on 1941-06-04)
baritone saxophone:
Lloyd "Skip" Martin (on 1941-06-04)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1941-06-04)
guitar:
Charlie Christian (on 1941-06-04)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1941-06-04)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-06-04) and Pete Mondello (on 1941-06-04)
trombone:
Cutty Cutshall (on 1941-06-04) and Lou McGarity (on 1941-06-04)
trumpet:
Billy Butterfield (on 1941-06-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1941-06-04)
recording of:
When the Sun Comes Out (on 1941-06-04)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
S.A. Music Co. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
Helen Forrest2:55
15Trouble in Mind
alto saxophone:
Billy Bowen (jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-06-27) and George James (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1941-06-27)
baritone saxophone:
Ernest Purce (on 1941-06-27)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1941-06-27)
double bass:
Abe Bolar (on 1941-06-27)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1941-06-27)
guitar:
Trevor Bacon (on 1941-06-27)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1941-06-27)
tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1941-06-27)
trombone:
Donald Cole (on 1941-06-27), Eli Robinson (trombonist) (on 1941-06-27) and George Stevenson (Jazz trombone player) (on 1941-06-27)
trumpet:
Nelson Bryant (on 1941-06-27), Archie Johnson (on 1941-06-27) and William "Chiefie" Scott (jazz trumpeter, 1940s-1950s) (on 1941-06-27)
lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1941-06-27)
orchestra:
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (on 1941-06-27)
conductor:
Lucky Millinder (on 1941-06-27)
recording of:
Trouble in Mind (on 1941-06-27)
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones (US jazz pianist)
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:35
16Come and Get It
alto saxophone:
Dave McRae (US clarinetist & saxophonist) (on 1941-07-01) and Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1941-07-01)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1941-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1941-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1941-07-01)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Carroll (jazz sax) (on 1941-07-01) and Gene Sedric (on 1941-07-01)
trombone:
Raymond Hogan (on 1941-07-01) and George Wilson (jazz trombonist) (on 1941-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1941-07-01), John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1941-07-01) and Bob Williams (horn player) (on 1941-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1941-07-01)
Fats Waller2:44
17Jump for Joy
recording of:
Jump for Joy (on 1941-07-02)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Sid Kuller and Paul Francis Webster
Herb Jeffries2:55
18Toledo Blues
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (on 1941-07-26)
vocals:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (on 1941-07-26)
Art Tatum3:36
19Blues on Central Avenue
double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1941-09-08)
guitar:
Al Hendrickson (on 1941-09-08)
piano:
Freddie Slack (on 1941-09-08)
vocals:
Big Joe Turner (on 1941-09-08)
recording of:
Blues on Central Avenue (on 1941-09-08)
writer:
Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner2:39
20Rocks in My Bed
recording of:
Rocks in My Bed (on 1941-09-26)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
Ivie Anderson3:09
21St. James Infirmary
alto saxophone:
Chuck DiMaggio (on 1941-11-12) and Les Robinson (on 1941-11-12)
baritone saxophone:
Artie Baker (saxophonist, flutist and clarinetist) (on 1941-11-12)
clarinet:
Artie Shaw (on 1941-11-12)
double bass:
Eddie McKinney (jazz bassist) (on 1941-11-12)
drums (drum set):
Dave Tough (jazz drummer) (on 1941-11-12)
guitar:
Mike Bryan (Musician - Guitar Player) (on 1941-11-12)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (on 1941-11-12)
tenor saxophone:
Georgie Auld (on 1941-11-12) and Mickey Folus (on 1941-11-12)
trombone:
Ray Conniff (on 1941-11-12), Jack Jenney (American jazz trombonist) (on 1941-11-12) and Morey Samuel (on 1941-11-12)
trumpet:
Lee Castle (on 1941-11-12), Max Kaminsky (on 1941-11-12), Steve Lipkins (on 1941-11-12) and Hot Lips Page (on 1941-11-12)
vocals:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-11-12)
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement) (on 1941-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Hot Lips Page6:22
22Unfair Blues
guitar:
Brownie McGhee (in 1941)
vocals:
Brownie McGhee (in 1941)
Brownie McGhee2:48
23New Confessin’ the Blues
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1941-11-18)
drums (drum set):
Gus Johnson (drums) (on 1941-11-18)
guitar:
Leonard “Lucky” Enois (on 1941-11-18)
piano:
Jay McShann (on 1941-11-18)
vocals:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) (on 1941-11-18)
Walter Brown3:01
24Whiskey and Gin Blues
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-12-04)
vocals:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-12-04)
Memphis Slim2:47
25Stormy Weather
cover recording of:
Stormy Weather (on 1941-12-15)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1933)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1933)
publisher:
Arko Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., Mills Music, Inc., S.A. Music Co., Ted Koehler Music Co. and The Songwriters Guild
Lena Horne3:18
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