The Ultimate Big Band

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Let’s Dance
recording of:
Let’s Dance (Benny Goodman’s theme song)
lyricist:
Fanny May Baldridge
composer:
Joseph Bonime, Gregory Stone and Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
Benny Goodman2:14
2North West Passage
recording of:
Northwest Passage
writer:
Ralph Burns, Woody Herman and Chubby Jackson
Woody Herman2:59
3Begin the Beguine
Artie Shaw3:16
4So Rare
recording of:
So Rare
lyricist:
Jack Sharpe (American songwriter)
composer:
Jerry Herst
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
Tommy Dorsey2:38
5Night and Day
Artie Shaw2:47
6Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
recording of:
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
lyricist:
Ed Rose (lyricist)
composer:
Abe Olman
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1917-02-07)
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb4:00
7Opus One
Tommy Dorsey3:17
8One O’Clock Jump
recording of:
One O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist) (in 1937)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc.
Count Basie4:21
9C’est si bon
recording of:
C’est si bon (It's So Good, English version)
lyricist:
André Hornez (in 1947)
composer:
Henri Betti (songwriter and pianist) (in 1947)
translator:
Jerry Seelen (screenwriter, lyricist. songwriter) (in 1949)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
translated version of:
C’est si bon (original French version)
Louis Armstrong3:30
10Indiana
Duke Ellington3:04
11At the Woodchopper’s Ball
Woody Herman4:29
12Summit Ridge Drive
Tony Pastor3:18
13What Is This Thing Called Love?
Artie Shaw2:57
14Ain’t Misbehavin’
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! see annotation), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Duke Ellington2:54
15Take the ’A’ Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
Duke Ellington2:45
16Frenesi
Tony Pastor3:04
17My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Artie Shaw3:05
18The Count Steps In
recording of:
The Count Steps In
writer:
Count Basie (pianist) and Jimmy Mundy
Count Basie2:34
19Sultry Sunset
recording of:
Sultry Sunset
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Duke Ellington3:09
20Skyliner
recording of:
Skyliner (for brass band, Geldard)
composer:
Charlie Barnet (saxophonist, bandleader)
arranger:
Bill Geldard (British trombone player and composer)
arrangement of:
Skyliner
Charlie Barnet3:19
21Bijou
recording of:
Bijou
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Ralph Burns
Woody Herman3:24
22Mame
cover recording of:
Mame
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Herman
part of:
Mame (full musical)
Louis Armstrong2:22
23Caldonia
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
Woody Herman2:53