Columbia Basic Library of Great Jazz

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Annotation

Title and artist sometimes differ between the booklet and records.

Comes in a cardboard box.

Annotation last modified on 2024-02-18 01:52 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl: Side 1 / Side 6
#TitleArtistRatingLength
A1Down by the Riverside
double bass:
Walter Page (on 1955-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Specs Powell (on 1955-11-03)
guitar:
Skeeter Best (on 1955-11-03)
organ:
Ralph Jones (organist) (on 1955-11-03)
piano:
Mildred Falls (on 1955-11-03)
vocals:
Mahalia Jackson (on 1955-11-03)
recording of:
Down by the Riverside (on 1955-11-03)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Mahalia Jackson with The Falls-Jones Ensemble?:??
A2Back Water Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-02-17)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1927-02-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-02-17)
recording of:
Backwater Blues (on 1927-02-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
Bessie Smith?:??
A3Scott Joplin's New Rag
solo piano:
Wally Rose (on 1953-05-15)
recording of:
Scott Joplin’s New Rag (on 1953-05-15)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1912)
Wally Rose?:??
A4Smoky Mokes
banjo:
Al Lyon (on 1954-09-28)
clarinet:
Bob Helm (on 1954-09-28)
cornet:
Everett Farey (on 1954-09-28)
piano:
Wally Rose (on 1954-09-28)
trombone:
Turk Murphy (on 1954-09-28)
recording of:
Smokey Mokes (on 1954-09-28)
composer:
Abraham Holzmann
Turk Murphy and His Jazz Band?:??
A5The Entertainer
clarinet:
Garvin Bushell (on 1947-12-24)
double bass:
Wellman Braud (on 1947-12-24)
drums (drum set):
Alphonse Steele (New Orleans drummer) (on 1947-12-24)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1947-12-24)
piano:
Don Fitzpatrick (pianist) (on 1947-12-24)
trombone:
Ed Cuffee (on 1947-12-24)
trumpet:
Bunk Johnson (on 1947-12-24)
recording of:
The Entertainer (on 1947-12-24)
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1902)
publisher:
Chappell, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Multimood Music (publisher)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 25)
Bunk Johnson and His Band?:??
A6Bucket Got a Hole in It
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1946-10-16)
double bass:
Ed Garland (on 1946-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Ram "Minor" Hall (on 1946-10-16)
guitar:
Bud Scott (on 1946-10-16)
piano:
Buster Wilson (on 1946-10-16)
trombone:
Kid Ory (on 1946-10-16)
trumpet:
Mutt Carey (on 1946-10-16)
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It (on 1946-10-16)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band?:??
F1Caribé
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1955-11-17)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1955-11-17)
piano:
Dick Katz (US jazz pianist, 1924-2009) (on 1955-11-17)
trombone:
J.J. Johnson (jazz/bop trombonist/session leader) (on 1955-11-17) and Kai Winding (on 1955-11-17)
Jay and Kai Quintet?:??
F2Thanatopsis
alto saxophone:
Lenny Hambro (on 1955-06-20)
double bass:
Clyde Lombardi (on 1955-06-20)
guitar:
Dick Garcia (on 1955-06-20)
piano:
Wade Legge (on 1955-06-20)
performer:
Mel Zelnick (on 1955-06-20)
The Lenny Hambro Quintet?:??
F3Omnibreak
double bass:
Eddie White (on 1956-02-18)
drums (drum set):
Alan Bergman (drummer) (on 1956-02-18)
piano:
John Eaton (jazz pianist) (on 1956-02-18)
vibraphone:
Dick Lincoln (on 1956-02-18)
Johnny Eaton and His Princetonians?:??
F4What Is This Thing Called Love?
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1955-09-08)
drums (drum set):
Cozy Cole (on 1955-09-08)
piano:
Enrique Villegas (on 1955-09-08)
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue) (on 1955-09-08)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Villegas?:??
F5Out of This World
alto saxophone and clarinet:
John LaPorta (on 1956-03-14)
baritone saxophone and flute:
Danny Bank (reeds) (on 1956-03-14)
double bass:
Milt Hinton (on 1956-03-14)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1956-03-14)
piano:
Wally Cirillo (jazz pianist) (on 1956-03-14)
trombone:
Eddie Bert (on 1956-03-14)
trumpet:
Art Farmer (on 1956-03-14)
tuba:
Don Butterfield (on 1956-03-14)
vocals:
John Mathias (Chicago engineer) (on 1956-03-14)
recording of:
Out of This World (on 1956-03-14)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1945)
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
Johnny Mathis with Teo Macero's Orchestra?:??
F6Ground Base
alto saxophone:
Phil Woods (US jazz woodwind player) (on 1956-01-04)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (on 1956-01-04)
double bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1956-01-04)
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist) (on 1956-01-04)
piano:
Harvey Leonard (on 1956-01-04)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Socolow (on 1956-01-04) and Eddie Wasserman (on 1956-01-04)
trombone:
Eddie Bert (on 1956-01-04)
trumpet:
Jon Eardley (US 1950-80s jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-01-04), Al Stewart (Trumpet) (on 1956-01-04), Phil Sunkel (on 1956-01-04) and Nick Travis (on 1956-01-04)
tuba:
Don Butterfield (on 1956-01-04)
Bob Prince and His Orchestra?:??
2▶12" Vinyl: Side 2 / Side 5
3▶12" Vinyl: Side 3 / Side 4

Credits

Release

liner notes:George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
design:Push Pin Studios (Graphic design)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/5478754 [info]