Jazz Duets: The Finest Jazz Duets Selection

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: The New
2▼CD: The Classics
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Perfect Day
Bobby Cole & Kathy Kelly3:31
2You Rascal You
recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan3:04
3It’s a Good Day
cover recording of:
It’s a Good Day
writer:
Dave Barbour and Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
publisher:
Denslow Music, Inc. and Michael H. Goldsen Inc.
Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby1:42
4Oo‐Shoo‐Doo‐Be
Jeri Brown & The Late Leon Thomas4:44
5Precious Thing (Till the Next… Somewhere)
executive producer:
Jean-Pierre Grosz
producer:
Dee Dee Bridgewater
mixer:
Steve Forward
vocals and performer:
Dee Dee Bridgewater
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Infernal Entertainment Productions (in 1989)
recording of:
Precious Thing (Till the Next… Somewhere)
lyricist:
Ronnie Bird
composer:
Pierre Papadiamandis (French songwriter)
publisher:
Infernal Entertainment
Ray Charles & Dee Dee Bridgewater5:02
6Hey Mr. Mumbles, What Did You Say
Clark Terry & Red Mitchell4:22
7Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
orchestra:
Paul Weston and His Orchestra
cover recording of:
’Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist)
composer:
Turner Layton
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford2:59
8My Sweet Hunk of Trash
recording of:
My Sweet Hunk o’ Trash
lyricist:
Flournoy E. Miller
composer:
James P. Johnson
Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong3:19
9Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1950-08-15)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1950-08-15)
double bass:
Bob Bushnell (on 1950-08-15)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (1940-50s jazz drummer) (on 1950-08-15)
electric guitar:
Bill Jennings (1950s US jazz guitarist) (on 1950-08-15)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1950-08-15)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1950-08-15)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1950-08-15)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1950-08-15) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1950-08-15)
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own (on 1950-08-15)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Taylor
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan3:13
10Peach Tree Street
vocals:
Rosemary Clooney (on 1950-04-08) and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1950-04-08)
orchestra:
George Siravo Orchestra (on 1950-04-08)
conductor:
George Siravo (on 1950-04-08)
arranger:
George Siravo
recording of:
Peachtree Street (on 1950-04-08)
lyricist and composer:
Leni Mason, Jimmy Saunders and Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
Frank Sinatra & Rosemary Clooney13:10
11Candy Lips
recording of:
Candy Lips
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
Johnnie Ray & Doris Day2:06
12Cheek to Cheek
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1956-08-16)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Rich (on 1956-08-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1956-08-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1956-08-16)
trumpet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1956-08-16) and Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1956-08-16)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-16)
cover recording of:
Cheek to Cheek (from “Top Hat”) (on 1956-08-16)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1935)
publisher:
Irving Berlin (England) Music Ltd., Irving Berlin Music Company, Irving Berlin Music Corp., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1935 nominee)
part of:
Top Hat (1935 film)
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald4.155:55
13Candy
vocals:
Johnny Mercer
recording of:
Candy
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) (in 1944) and Joan Whitney (in 1944)
composer:
Alex Kramer (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
Jo Stafford & Johnny Mercer3:13
14Alexander’s Ragtime Band
cover recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine4:02
15Sisters
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1954-06-23)
recording of:
Sisters (on 1954-06-23)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1954)
Rosemary Clooney & Betty Clooney2:45
16Straighten Up and Fly Right
recording of:
Straighten Up and Fly Right
writer:
Nat King Cole and Irving Mills
publisher:
American Academy of Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
sub-publisher:
Mills Music, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30)
Nat King Cole & Miller2:25