ARTISTS
This incredible new 2-DVD set captures some of the most legendary and often discussed jazz films. Included are these complete films: Disc 1:
Jammin' the Blues (Hollywood, CA, August-September, 1944):
Harry Edison (tp); Lester Young (ts); Illinois Jacquet (ts); Marlowe Morris (p); Barney Kessel (g); Red Callender (b) or John Simmons (b); Sid Catlett (d) or Jo Jones (d); Marie Bryant (vocals); Archie Savage (dance)
- The Midnight Symphony (ad lib)
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- Jammin' the Blues (ad lib)
Charlie Parker: TV Stage Entrance Show (New York, February 24, 1952):
Charlie Parker (as); Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Dick Hyman (p); Sandy Block (b); Charlie Smith (d)
- Hot House
Jazz at the Philharmonic (Early September, 1950):
Harry Sweets Edison (tp); Bill Harris (tbn); Charlie Parker (as); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Lester Young (ts); Flip Phillips (ts); Hank Jones (p); Ray Brown (b); Buddy Rich (d); Ella Fitzgerald (vocals)
- Ballade
- Celebrity
- Ad Lib
- Pennie from Heaven
- Blues for Greasy
The Sound of Miles Davis (New York, April 2, 1959):
Miles Davis (tp); John Coltrane (ts); Wynton Kelly (p); Paul Chambers (b); Jimmy Cobb (d); Ernie Royal (tp); Clyde Reasinger (tp); Louis Mucci (tp); Johnny Coles (tp); Emmett Berry (tp); Frank Rehak (tbn); Jimmy Cleveland (tbn); Bill Elton (tbn); Rod Levitt (tbn); Julius Watkins (french horn); Bob Northern (french horn); Bill Barber (tuba); Danny Bank (bass clarinet); Romeo Penque (woodwinds); Eddie Caine (woodwinds).
- So What
- The Duke
- Blues for Pablo
- New Rhumba
Jammin' the Blues (Bonus performances not used in original movie - see above for personnel):
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight
- Blues for Marvin (ad lib)
- Jammin' the Blues (ad lib - alternate take)
Disc 2:
THE SOUND OF JAZZ:
Count Basie All-Star Orchestra:
Roy Eldridge, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Doc Cheatham, Emmett Berry (trumpets); Vic Dickenson, Dickie Wells, Benny Morton (tombones); Earle Warren, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan (saxophones); Count Basie (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Eddie Jones (bass); Jo Jones (drums). - Open All Night (a/k/a 'Fast and Happy Blues' - Composed and Arranged by Nat Pierce) Order of Solos: Coleman Hawkins, Dickie Wells, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Newman, Count Basie.
Red Allen All-Stars:
Henry 'Red' Allen (trumpet and vocal); Rex Stewart (cornet); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Pee Wee Russell (clarinet); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Nat Pierce (piano); Danny Barker (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Jo Jones (drums) - Wild Man Blues (Louis Armstrong/Jelly Roll Morton) Rosetta (Earl Hines/Henri Woode) vocal by Henry 'Red' Allen
- Rosetta
Count Basie All-Star Orchestra:
Roy Eldridge, Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Doc Cheatham, Emmett Berry (trumpets); Vic Dickenson, Dickie Wells, Benny Morton (tombones); Earle Warren, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan (saxophones); Count Basie (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Eddie Jones (bass); Jo Jones (drums). - Dickie's Dream (Composed by Lester Young and Count Basie; Arranged by Nat Pierce) Order of Solos: Count Basie, Ben Webster, Benny Morton, Joe Wilder, Gerry Mulligan, Vic Dickenson, Roy Eldridge, Emmett Berry, Coleman Hawkins, Dickie Wells, Joe Newman, Count Basie.
Thelonious Monk Trio:
Thelonious Monk (piano); Ahmed Abdul Malik (bass); Osie Johnson (drums). - Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk)
Count Basie All-Star Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing
Same personnel as above with Jimmy Rushing (vocal) - I Left My Baby (Composed by Andy Gibson; Arranged by Nat Pierce) Order of Solos: Jimmy Rushing with Ben Webster, Count Basie, Dickie Wells, Roy Eldridge (flugelhorn); Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Rushing with Vic Dickenson.
Billie Holiday with Mal Waldron and the Count Basie All-Star Orchestra:
Billie Holiday (vocal); Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham (trumpets); Vic Dickenson, (tombones); Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan, Lester Young (saxophones); Mal Waldron (piano); Danny Barker (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Osie Johnson (drums). - Fine and Mellow (Billie Holiday) Order of Solos: Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Vic Dickenson, Gerry Mulligan, Billie Holiday with Doc Cheatham, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday.
Jimmy Giuffre Three:
Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet); Jim Hall (guitar); Jim Atlas (bass) - The Train and the River (Jimmy Giuffre)
Pee Wee Russell/Jimmy Giuffre Quintet:
Pee Wee Russell and Jimmy Giuffre (clarinets); Danny Barker (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Jo Jones (drums). - Blues My Naughty Baby Gives to Me
Ahmad Jamal Trio (1959):
Ahmad Jamal (piano); Israel Crosby (bass); Vernell Fournier (drums). - Darn That Dream
- Ahmad's Blues
Ben Webster Sextet (1959):
Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Buck Clayton (trumpet); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Hank Jones (piano); George Duvivier (bass); Jo Jones (drums). - Chelsea Bridge
- Duke's Place
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