The Freelance Years: The Complete Riverside & Contemporary Recordings

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Annotation

Label: Riverside - Catalog #: 5RCD-4427-2 - EAN 090204872329 - DiscID: 77s3URY3ldED__Zhd_zuA1Sfn_s-

Label: Riverside - Catalog #: 5RCD-4427-2 - EAN: 090204872329 - DiscID: JO7AGu4q0DapmX1APuAcrch5Rs0-
Additional:
Track #1-#7 are from an Abbey Lincoln's album

Label: Riverside - Catalog #: 5RCD-4427-2 - EAN: 090204872329 - DiscID: ZGVpRTdFgh66IclbaSr2ZbPCDtI-
Additional:
Tracks #1-#4 are from a Thelonious Monk's session

Label: Riverside - Catalog #: 5RCD-4427-2 - EAN: 090204872329 - DiscID: l851WbKLMV8IdKrJkw0ev0LykQg-
Additional:
Tracks #5-#6 are from a Kenny Dorham's session.

Label: Riverside - Catalog #: 5RCD-4427-2 - EAN: 090204872329 - DiscID: kSyFsAl3RUpUEcSo8EjaKUnCM5k-
Additional:
Tracks #1-#2 from a Kenny Dorham's session.
Tracks #13-#15 from an Abbey Lincoln's session.

Annotation last modified on 2007-08-18 11:05 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Strong Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Strong Man (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist and composer:
Oscar Brown Jr. (US jazz singer-songwriter from Chicago)
5:04
2Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1940)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1940)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
5:57
3That's Him
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
That’s Him (One Touch of Venus) (on 1957-10-28)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
3:25
4My Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics) (on 1957-10-28)
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
3:57
5Don't Explain
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Jean-Philippe Allard, Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
vocals:
Abbey Lincoln (on 1957-10-28)
recording of:
Don’t Explain (on 1957-10-28)
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
6:41
6I Must Have That Man (take 3)
3:56
7Porgy (take 1)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
producer:
Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-28)
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1957-10-28)
piano:
Wynton Kelly (on 1957-10-28)
tenor saxophone:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1957-10-28)
trumpet:
Kenny Dorham (US jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer) (on 1957-10-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1957-10-28)
cover recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
4:30
8Sonnymoon for Two
9:08
9Like Someone in Love
5:00
10Theme From Symphony No. 6 Pathétique
5:59
11Till There Was You (take 4)
4:59
12Someday I'll Find You
4:41
13Will You Still Be Mine?
2:59
14Shadow Waltz
4:16
15Till There Was You (take 3)
4:59
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