The 1986 Floating Jazz Festival

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Annotation

All selections recorded aboard the S/S Norway in various parts of the Caribbean Sea during the 1986 Floating Jazz Festival. This CD was a bonus for buying a number of Chiaroscuro CDs and never sold individually.

Annotation last modified on 2026-03-19 19:44 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Buddy & Dizzy
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1986-10-23)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (on 1986-10-23)
spoken vocals [spoken introduction]:
Mel Powell (American composer and jazz pianist) (on 1986-10-23)
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-23)
Buddy Rich & Dizzy Gillespie8:57
2Nuages
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-20)
live recording of:
Nuages (instrumental) (on 1986-10-20)
composer:
Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
Svend Asmussen6:55
3I Want a Little Girl
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-15)
live recording of:
I Want a Little Girl (on 1986-10-15)
lyricist:
Billy Moll (songwriter)
composer:
Murray Mencher (pianist, lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Joe Williams3:03
4Armando’s Rhumba
bass:
Gildas Boclé (on 1986-10-23)
drums (drum set):
Marty Richards (on 1986-10-23)
guitar:
John Dirac (on 1986-10-23)
piano:
Christian Jacob (on 1986-10-23)
saxophone:
Donny McCaslin (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1986-10-23) and Tommy Smith (Scottish jazz saxophonist) (on 1986-10-23)
vibraphone:
Gary Burton (jazz vibraphonist and composer) (on 1986-10-23)
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-23)
live recording of:
Armando's Rhumba (on 1986-10-23)
composer:
Chick Corea (jazz pianist)
Gary Burton7:50
5Moon Glow
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-20)
live instrumental recording of:
Moonglow
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Will Hudson and Irving Mills
Kenny Davern8:11
6Avalon
clarinet:
Bob Wilber (on 1986-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1986-10-17)
piano:
Mel Powell (American composer and jazz pianist) (on 1986-10-17)
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-17)
live instrumental recording of:
Avalon (on 1986-10-17)
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
Mel Powell, Bob Wilber & Mel Lewis4:08
7Sheeba
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-15)
Clark Terry4:52
8Jazz Me Blues
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-19)
live recording of:
Jazz Me Blues (on 1986-10-19)
composer:
Tom Delaney
Warren Vaché6:49
9Flying Home
recorded at:
S/S Norway (ship) (on 1986-10-16)
live recording of:
Flying Home (instrumental version) (on 1986-10-16)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Ragbag Music (ASCAP) and Regent Music (BMI)
Flip Phillips, Al Cohn, Buddy Tate & Scott Hamilton10:06