The Classic Collaborations

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Annotation

Eight original LPs on 4CDs
Double jewel case with 8 page booklet in cardboard box

Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02
Matrix / Runout: GZ logo] H42804 EN4CD9197 CD1
Matrix / Runout: GZ logo] H42903 EN4CD9197 CD2
Matrix / Runout: GZ logo] H43006 EN4CD9197 CD3
Matrix / Runout: GZ logo] H43007 EN4CD9197 CD4

Annotation last modified on 2023-08-04 19:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1All the Things You Are
7:14
2My One and Only Love
6:13
3My Ideal
7:15
4Gone With the Wind
instrumental recording of:
Gone With the Wind (on 1956-09-11)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson
composer:
Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
4:46
5Have You Met Miss Jones?
instrumental recording of:
Have You Met Miss Jones? (I’d Rather Be Right) (on 1956-09-11)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
I’d Rather Be Right
4:47
6Night and Day
instrumental recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1956-09-11)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
5:28
7Where or When
instrumental recording of:
Where or When (from “Babes in Arms”) (on 1956-09-11)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Williamson Music Company and Chappell & Co. (in 1937)
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 (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
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
6:26
8Blues for Yolande
recorded in:
Los Angeles, United States (on 1957-10-16)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-16) and Ben Webster (on 1957-10-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc. (pre‐MGM/UA Entertainment Co. era, 1924–1981)
recording of:
Blues for Yolande
composer:
Coleman Hawkins
6:48
9It Never Entered My Mind
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-10-16)
saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-10-16)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-16)
instrumental recording of:
It Never Entered My Mind (on 1957-10-16)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Lorenz Hart Publishing Co.
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 (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
5:50
10La Rosita
recorded in:
Los Angeles, United States (on 1957-10-16)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-16)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-16) and Ben Webster (on 1957-10-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, Inc. (pre‐MGM/UA Entertainment Co. era, 1924–1981)
recording of:
La Rosita (on 1957-10-16)
composer:
Paul Dupont
5:06
11You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-10-16)
saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-10-16)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-16)
instrumental recording of:
You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To (on 1957-10-16)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1943)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
The 16th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:19
12Prisoner of Love
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-10-16)
saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1957-10-16)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-16)
instrumental recording of:
Prisoner of Love (on 1957-10-16)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Russ Columbo (American singer, songwriter, violinist and actor) and Clarence Gaskill
publisher:
Colgems-EMI Music Inc., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
4:16
13Tangerine
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1957-10-16)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1957-10-16)
guitar:
Herb Ellis (jazz guitarist) (on 1957-10-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1957-10-16)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1957-10-16) and Ben Webster (on 1957-10-16)
instrumental recording of:
Tangerine (1941 song) (on 1957-10-16)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Victor Schertzinger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
5:24
14Shine On, Harvest Moon
4:53
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Soulville
8:07
2Late Date
7:15
3Time on My Hands
4:19
4Lover, Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (The New Moon)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) 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 (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
8:29
5Where Are You?
4:44
6Makin' Whoopee
4:32
7Ill Wind
3:34
8In a Mellow Tone
18:19
9Young Bean
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-09)
guitar:
Les Spann (on 1959-04-09)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1959-04-09)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1959-04-09), Budd Johnson (on 1959-04-09) and Ben Webster (on 1959-04-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1959-04-09)
6:07
10Budd Johnson
6:26
11Time After Time
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-04-09)
guitar:
Les Spann (on 1959-04-09)
piano:
Jimmy Jones (jazz pianist, active years 1936-1975) (on 1959-04-09)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1959-04-09)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1959-04-09)
instrumental recording of:
Time After Time (on 1959-04-09)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd. and Sands Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック
4:38
12De-Dar
4:45
CD 3
#TitleRatingLength
1The Touch of Your Lips
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Russell Garcia
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-11-06)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-11-06)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1959-11-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.)
recorded at:
United Recorders (@ 6050 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, United States (on 1959-11-06)
instrumental recording of:
The Touch of Your Lips (on 1959-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Jerry Leiber Music, Range Road Music and Silver Seahorse Music LLC
6:23
2When Your Lover Has Gone4:02
3Bye Bye Blackbird
recording of:
Bye Bye Blackbird
lyricist:
Mort Dixon (in 1926)
composer:
Ray Henderson (in 1926)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter, Olde Clover Leaf Music, Ray Henderson Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
6:49
4How Deep Is the Ocean?
2:38
5In the Wee Small Hours the Morning
3:15
6Sunday
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Russell Garcia
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-11-06)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-11-06)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1959-11-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.)
recorded at:
United Recorders (@ 6050 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, United States (on 1959-11-06)
instrumental recording of:
Sunday (famously sung by Frank Sinatra & others) (on 1959-11-06)
writer:
Chester Conn (until 1926), Benny Krueger (jazz saxophonist) (until 1926), Ned Miller (Nathan "Ned" Miller) (until 1926) and Jule Styne (until 1926)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
4:00
7This Can’t Be Love
recording of:
This Can’t Be Love
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell
9:53
8Chelsea Bridge
engineer:
Phil Schaap (Grammy-winning jazz archivist and producer)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
cover recording of:
Chelsea Bridge (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
arranger:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
7:22
9The Cat Walk
engineer:
Phil Schaap (Grammy-winning jazz archivist and producer)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
5:46
10Sunday
engineer:
Phil Schaap (Grammy-winning jazz archivist and producer)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
double bass [bass]:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
7:26
11Who's Got Rhythm
engineer:
Phil Schaap (Grammy-winning jazz archivist and producer)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
7:41
12Tell Me When
engineer:
Phil Schaap (Grammy-winning jazz archivist and producer)
producer:
Norman Granz
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
recording of:
Tell Me When (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
composer:
Gerry Mulligan
5:05
13Go Home
baritone saxophone:
Gerry Mulligan (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
double bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (from 1959-11-03 until 1959-12-02)
10:04
CD 4
#TitleRatingLength
1Opening Blues
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1962-04-10)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1962-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-04-10)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1962-04-10)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1962-04-10)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1962-04-10)
trumpet:
Shorty Sherock (on 1962-04-10)
wind instruments:
Benny Carter (on 1962-04-10)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, United States (on 1962-04-10)
10:15
2Lula
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1962-04-10)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1962-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-04-10)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1962-04-10)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1962-04-10)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1962-04-10)
trumpet:
Shorty Sherock (on 1962-04-10)
wind instruments:
Benny Carter (on 1962-04-10)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, United States (on 1962-04-10)
7:46
3When Lights Are Low
bass:
Leroy Vinnegar (on 1962-04-10)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1962-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Mel Lewis (American jazz drummer) (on 1962-04-10)
guitar:
Dave Barbour (on 1962-04-10)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1962-04-10)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1962-04-10)
trumpet:
Shorty Sherock (on 1962-04-10)
wind instruments:
Benny Carter (on 1962-04-10)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, United States (on 1962-04-10)
4:47
4You Can't Tell the Difference
12:07
5Too Late Now
6:29
6Soulmates
6:37
7Come Sunday
5:14
8The Governor
3:18
9Frog Legs
5:33
10Trav'lin' Light
6:13
11Like Someone in Love
3:49
12Evol Deklaw Ni
5:23