Best of the Big Bands

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Individually catalogued in separate jewel cases:
Disc 1 - CDC 1041
Disc 2 - CDC 1042
Disc 3 - CDC 1043
Disc 4 - CDC 1044

Annotation last modified on 2020-08-14 00:04 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Opus One
instrumental recording of:
Opus One (1943 song)
lyricist:
Sidney Reginald Garris
composer:
Sy Oliver
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. (on 1943-06-23)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Tommy Dorsey3:18
2Moonlight Serenade
alto saxophone:
Hal McIntyre (on 1939-04-04) and Wilbur Schwartz (on 1939-04-04)
double bass:
Rolly Bundock (on 1939-04-04)
drums (drum set):
Frankie Carlson (on 1939-04-04)
guitar:
Allan Reuss (on 1939-04-04)
piano:
Chummy MacGregor (on 1939-04-04)
tenor saxophone:
Stanley Aronson (on 1939-04-04), Tex Beneke (on 1939-04-04) and Al Klink (on 1939-04-04)
trombone:
Al Mastren (on 1939-04-04), Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-04) and Paul Tanner (on 1939-04-04)
trumpet:
Legh Knowles (on 1939-04-04), Dale McMickle (on 1939-04-04) and Bob Price (Big band trumpet player) (on 1939-04-04)
orchestra:
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (use only for releases Glenn Miller performed with) (on 1939-04-04)
conductor:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader) (on 1939-04-04)
arranger:
Bill Finegan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca (WARNING: NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE!!!!!!!!!! A division of Universal Music Operations Limited) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1939-04-04)
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
instrumental recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version) (on 1939-04-04)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller13:23
3Two O'Clock Jump
recording of:
Two O’Clock Jump
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Harry James (US big band leader, trumpeter & actor)
Harry James3:20
4Summertime
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Bob Crosby3:08
5Mood Indigo
instrumental recording of:
Mood Indigo (1930 jazz composition and song)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1930)
composer:
Barney Bigard (in 1930) and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1930)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Indigo Mood Music, Mills Music, Inc., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (in 1930), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1930) and Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. (in 1930)
sub-publisher:
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) 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)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Duke Ellington3:09
6Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar
vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1940-08-28)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1940-08-28)
recording of:
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940 song) (on 1940-08-28)
writer:
Hughie Prince, Don Raye and Eleanore Sheehy
The Andrews Sisters2:54
7On a Slow Boat to China
vocals:
Freddy Martin, Stuart Wade and the Martin Men
cover recording of:
On a Slow Boat to China
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra2:51
8Jazznocracy
double bass:
Moses Allen (on 1934-01-26)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Crawford (US swing-era jazz drummer) (on 1934-01-26)
guitar:
Al Norris (on 1934-01-26)
trombone:
Russell Bowles (on 1934-01-26)
trumpet:
Sy Oliver (on 1934-01-26)
valve trombone:
Henry Wells (jazz trombonist) (on 1934-01-26)
recorded at:
Studio 2 (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1934-01-26)
part of:
Victor (by matrix number) (number: 81325-1)
recording of:
Jazznocracy (on 1934-01-26)
composer:
Will Hudson
Jimmie Lunceford2:47
9Apurksody
recording of:
Apurksody
composer:
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa2:58
10Hell's Bells
lead vocals [vocal refrain]:
The Three Romeos
recording of:
Hell's Bells (Art Kassel theme song) (on 1939-10-24)
lyricist and composer:
Art Kassel
Art Kassel and His Kassels-in-the-Air2:21
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Credits

Release

mastering:Gary Rice (engineer/mastering)