Jazz Ballads: Prelude to a Kiss

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Tonight's guest Billie Holiday
2▶CD: Tonight's guest Don Byas
3▶CD: Tonight's guests Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
4▶CD: Tonight's guest Oscar Peterson
5▶CD: Tonight's guest Stan Getz
6▶CD: Tonight's guest Django Reinhardt
7▶CD: Tonight's guest Coleman Hawkins
8▶CD: Tonight's guest Louis Armstrong
9▶CD: Tonight's guest Charlie Parker
10▼CD: Tonight's guest Dizzy Gillespie
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1I Cover the Waterfront
recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:41
2Hurry Home
recording of:
Hurry Home
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
writer:
Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love") and Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:57
3She's Funny That Way
recording of:
She’s Funny That Way
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (composer) (in 1928)
writer:
Neil Moret and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie3:41
4Sweet Lorraine
recording of:
Sweet Lorraine
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:34
5Everything Happens to Me
recording of:
Everything Happens to Me
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Commander Publications, Dorsey Brothers Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:50
6I Don't Know Why
recording of:
I Don’t Know Why
lyricist:
Roy Turk (in 1931)
composer:
Fred Ahlert (in 1931)
publisher:
Bucks Music Ltd, Leo Feist, Inc., Memory Lane Music Ltd. and Redwood Music
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:53
7Ballad Medley: I'm Through With Love / Can't We Be Friends / Don't You Think / I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) / If I Had You
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie11:19
8They Can't Take That Away From Me
recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie4:27
9I Can't Get Started
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
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 ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie3:11
10My Man (Mon Homme)
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:41
11Moon Nocturne
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:27
12This Is the Way
recording of:
This is the Way
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie2:36
13Ballad Medley: The Man I Love / Tenderly / Imagination / I'll Never Be the Same / Stardust
Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie13:08