Jazz Ballads: Prelude to a Kiss

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Tonight's guest Billie Holiday
2▶CD: Tonight's guest Don Byas
3▶CD: Tonight's guests Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
4▶CD: Tonight's guest Oscar Peterson
5▶CD: Tonight's guest Stan Getz
6▼CD: Tonight's guest Django Reinhardt
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1In a Sentimental Mood
recording of:
In a Sentimental Mood
lyricist:
Manny Kurtz and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1935)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd., Lafleur Music Ltd., Mills Music and Sony/ATV Harmony
Django Reinhardt3:00
2Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
Django Reinhardt3:14
3In the Still of the Night
recording of:
In the Still of the Night (Cole Porter song)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Django Reinhardt3:04
4Sweet Chorus
recording of:
Sweet Chorus
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:44
5Tears
recording of:
Tears
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:38
6Solitude
recording of:
(In My) Solitude
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange (in 1934) and Irving Mills (in 1934)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1934)
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., De Lange Music Co., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) and J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd.
Django Reinhardt3:09
7Parfum
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1937-04-27)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1937-04-27)
recording of:
Parfum (on 1937-04-27)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt3:00
8My Serenade
recording of:
My Serenade
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt3:01
9Night and Day
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Django Reinhardt2:43
10Souvenirs
recording of:
Souvenirs (on 1938-01-31)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:45
11Nocturne
recording of:
Nocturne
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt3:14
12Please Be Kind
instrumental recording of:
Please Be Kind (on 1938-09-01)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1938)
composer:
Saul Chaplin (in 1938)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
recording of:
Please Be Kind
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1938)
composer:
Saul Chaplin (in 1938)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
Django Reinhardt2:46
13Improvisation No. 2
recording of:
Improvisation No. 2
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:41
14Crépuscule
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1941-09-11)
clarinet:
Hubert Rostaing (on 1941-09-11)
double bass:
Antonio “Tony” Rovira (double bassist) (on 1941-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Pierre Fouad (on 1941-09-11)
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (on 1941-09-11) and Eugène Vées (on 1941-09-11)
part of:
Swing (by matrix number) (number: 0SW 228-1)
recording of:
Crépuscule (on 1941-09-11)
composer:
Francis Blanche and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt3:00
15Si tu savais
recording of:
Si tu savais
composer:
Georges Ulmer
Django Reinhardt2:44
16Lover Man
guitar:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer) (in 1949)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (in 1949)
instrumental cover recording of:
Lover Man (in 1949)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Django Reinhardt3:12
17I Surrender Dear
recording of:
I Surrender Dear
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Django Reinhardt3:42
18Stormy Weather
instrumental recording of:
Stormy Weather (in 1950)
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
Django Reinhardt4:11
19Sophisticated Lady
recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Django Reinhardt4:02
7▶CD: Tonight's guest Coleman Hawkins
8▶CD: Tonight's guest Louis Armstrong
9▶CD: Tonight's guest Charlie Parker
10▶CD: Tonight's guest Dizzy Gillespie