Jazz: The Definitive Performances
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 12 October 1999
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1(Back Home Again In) IndianaOriginal Dixieland Jazz Band3:25
- 2St. Louis BluesBessie Smith3:11
- 3Dippermouth Blues (a.k.a. Sugarfoot Stomp)King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band2:15
- 4The StampedeFletcher Henderson and His Orchestra3:16
- 5Wild Cat BluesClarence Williams’ Blue Five feat. Sidney Bechet3:00
- 6Singin’ the BluesFrankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra feat. Bix Beiderbecke3:03
- 7West End BluesLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five feat. Earl Hines3:173.0 ★
- 8Tiger RagArt Tatum2:21
- 9God Bless the ChildBillie Holiday2:55
- 10Lester Leaps InCount Basie and the Kansas City 7 feat. Lester Young3:15
- 11Flying HomeThe Benny Goodman Sextet feat. Charlie Christan & Lionel Hampton3:184.5 ★
- 12I Can’t Get StartedDizzy Gillespie3:05
- 13It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:112.0 ★
- 149:20 SpecialCount Basie & His Orchestra feat. Coleman Hawkins3:13
- 15Let Me Off UptownGene Krupa and His Orchestra feat. Roy Eldridge & Anita O’Day3:01
- 16’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra3:06
- 17Four BrothersWoody Herman & His Orchestra feat. Stan Getz3:16
- 18Nica’s DreamArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers feat. Horace Silver11:53
- 19So WhatMiles Davis Sextet9:05
- 20Goodbye Pork Pie HatCharles Mingus4:46
- CD 2
- 1Take FiveThe Dave Brubeck Quartet2:545.0 ★
- 2It’s All Right With MeErroll Garner3:28
- 3Straight, No ChaserThelonious Monk Quartet4:34
- 4Searching (Pleading for Love)Duke Ellington1:50
- 5SanctuaryMiles Davis10:56
- 6Meeting of the SpiritsJohn McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra6:525.0 ★
- 7Watermelon ManHerbie Hancock6:30
- 8BirdlandWeather Report5:595.0 ★
- 9The Artist in AmericaOrnette Coleman3:57
- 10Round MidnightDexter Gordon13:12
- 11Steppin’ Out With My BabyTony Bennett3:18
- 12A Thousand AutumnsBranford Marsalis Trio6:23
- 13Freedom Is in the TryingWynton Marsalis2:45
Release credits
- guitar [16]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- piano [8], solo [8]
- trumpet [13]
- double bass [11]
- clarinet [13], tenor saxophone [13]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- clarinet [11]
- trombone [4]
- vocal [2]
- vocal [9]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- cornet [6], performer [6]
- assistant [8]
- banjo [3], vocal [3]
- alto saxophone [4], clarinet [4]
- archtop guitar [11], electric guitar [11]
- banjo [4]
- tenor saxophone [3]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- membranophone [11]
- clarinet [4], tenor saxophone [4]
- trumpet [13]
- alto saxophone [16]
- producer [11]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- alto saxophone [6]
- engineer [6]
- alto saxophone [4], arranger [4], clarinet [4], oboe [4]
- double bass [11]
- piano [13]
- baritone saxophone [16]
- piano [7]
- double bass [2]
- trombone [16]
- trombone [1]
- piano [9]
- guitar [6]
- trumpet [16]
- piano [16]
- trombone [16]
- alto saxophone [9]
- piano [2]
- piano [4, 11]
- saxophone [6]
- banjo [13]
- harmonium [2]
- trombone [7]
- trumpet [13]
- arranger [6]
- double bass [9]
- alto saxophone [13], baritone saxophone [13], clarinet [13]
- piano [1]
- drums (drum set) [9]
- trombone [3]
- lead vocals [13]
- co [8], electric bass guitar [8], mandocello [8], producer [8], vocal [8]
- piano [6]
- violin [6]
- assistant [8]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- alto saxophone [6], clarinet [6], reeds [6]
- alto saxophone [9]
- clarinet [7]
- trombone [13]
- trumpet [4]
- tenor saxophone [16]
- analog synthesizer [8], grand piano [8], melodica [8], orchestrator [8], producer [8], vocal [8]
- guitar [6], producer [6]
- clarinet [3]
- alto saxophone [13], clarinet [13], soprano saxophone [13]
- valve trombone [13]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- cornet [3]
- double bass [3]
- clarinet [1]
- trombone [13]
- alto saxophone [9]
- piano [3]
- vibraphone [11]
- cornet [2-3], trumpet [7], vocal [7]
- banjo [7]
- tambourine [8]
- mix [11]
- trombone [6]
- editor [11]
- double bass [16]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- cornet [1]
- guitar [9]
- piano [6]
- trumpet [16]
- tuba [4]
- piano [11]
- cornet [4]
- bass [6]
- engineer [8]
- trumpet [9]
- trombone [16]
- trumpet [4]
- drums (drum set) [13]
- arranger [16], trumpet [16]
- alto saxophone [16]
- piano [3]
- lead vocals [11]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- trombone [16], vocal [16]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- assistant [8], producer [8], soprano saxophone [8], tenor saxophone [8]
- double bass [13]
- alto saxophone [16]
- cymbal [7]
Issues
S12 October 1999