The Very Best of Jazz
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 17 March 2008
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Hobo You Can’t Ride This TrainLouis Armstrong3:03
- 2Loose Lid SpecialTommy Dorsey & His Orchestra2:50
- 3Weird BeardDavid “Fathead” Newman4:49
- 4Did You Mean ItBenny Goodman and His Orchestra2:26
- 5Hazel’s HipsOscar Brown Jr.3:59
- 6In the MoodThe Glenn Miller Orchestra3:353.8 ★
- 7The DancerStanley Clarke5:254.0 ★
- 8Cristo RedentorDonald Byrd4:45
- 9SpectrumBilly Cobham4:48
- 10Tuxedo JunctionDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:31
- 11Things Ain’t What They Used to BeElla Fitzgerald3:12
- 12What the People SayRoy Ayers8:07
- 13Mortgage on My SoulKeith Jarrett5:35
- 14Forever SummerElvin Jones6:07
- 15SpellboundJoe Sample4:33
- 16SlamDavid Sanborn4:13
- CD 2
- 1Mr PastoriusMiles Davis5:434.0 ★
- 2What Are You Doing the Rest of Your LifeCarmen McRae3:46
- 3Mrs DizDizzy Gillespie3:23
- 4My Favourite ThingsJohn Coltrane2:45
- 5Your Mind Is on VacationMose Allison2:36
- 6Blue MonkArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers7:52
- 7My Jelly Roll SoulCharles Mingus6:11
- 8I Loves You Porgy (from Porgy and Bess)Nina Simone4:113.0 ★
- 9CongenialityOrnette Coleman6:47
- 10Sometime AgoBill Evans4:37
- 11You Do Something to MeSonny Rollins6:52
- 12All of MeLee Konitz5:10
- 13Strange Fruit (clean version)Billie Holiday3:14
- 14Stella by StarlightBen Webster3:02
- 15Black and Crazy BluesRahsaan Roland Kirk6:07
- 16Chromatic FantasyJaco Pastorius3:03
Release credits
- double bass [5]
- brass [7]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- mix [10], recording [10]
- drums (drum set) [8]
- membranophone [8]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- baritone saxophone [3]
- piano [10]
- trumpet [6]
- trumpet [1]
- drums (drum set) [9]
- brass [7]
- trombone [1]
- double bass [9]
- drums (drum set) [1]
- trumpet [16]
- brass [7]
- strings [7]
- keyboard [7], organ [7], synthesizer [7]
- alto saxophone [3]
- strings [7]
- drums (drum set) [12]
- percussion [16]
- cornet [9]
- piano [1]
- trumpet [8]
- recording [6]
- bass [8]
- double bass [10]
- alto saxophone [1], violin [1]
- bass [3]
- drums (drum set) [10]
- double bass [1], tuba [1]
- tenor saxophone [1]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- brass [7]
- brass [7]
- drums (drum set) [7], handbell [7]
- strings [7]
- piano [8]
- producer [10]
- keyboard [16], piano [16]
- tuba [16]
- brass [7]
- bass [16], electric bass guitar [16], producer [16]
- double bass [8]
- strings [7]
- producer [3]
- bass [6]
- soprano saxophone [4]
- guitar [1]
- strings [7]
- tenor saxophone [6]
- strings [7]
- engineer [7], producer [7], remixer [7]
- tenor saxophone [12]
- brass [7]
- trumpet [1], vocal [1]
- trumpet [1]
- trumpet [1]
- strings [7]
- strings [7]
- trumpet [3]
- bass [1], bass clarinet [1], electric guitar [1]
- strings [7]
- piano [4]
- bell [1]
- saxophone [16]
- trumpet [1]
- congas [7], percussion [7], triangle [7]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- piano [5], vocal [5]
- producer [1.3, 2.6]
- lead vocals [8], piano [8]
- alto saxophone [9]
- drums (drum set) [5]
- steelpan [16]
- alto saxophone [1], clarinet [1]
- double bass [12]
- piano [3]
- electric guitar [7]
- strings [7]
- brass [7]
- percussion [16]
- strings [7]
- strings [7]
- recording [12]
- piano [12]
- arranger [7], bass guitar [7], conductor [7], electric bass guitar [7], piano [7], producer [7]
- double bass [4]
- brass [7]
- piano [6]
- strings [7]
- engineer [3]
- saxophone [16]
- producer [10]
- harmonica [16]
- saxophone [16]
- brass [7]
Issues
T17 March 2008