| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| The Four Freshmen |
This October |
This is Jazz |
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| Ella Fitzgerald |
(I've Got) Beginner's Luck |
The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook |
Verve |
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| Nancy Wilson |
People Will Say We're In Love |
Hello Young Lovers: Capitol Sings Rodgers and Hammerstein |
Capitol |
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| Frank Sinatra |
Dancing in the Dark |
Come Dance With Me! |
Capitol |
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| Mongo Santamaria |
Que Maravilloso |
Sabroso! |
Fantasy |
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| Benny Goodman & His Orchestra |
Don't Be That Way |
Let's Dance |
Big Band Jump |
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| Duke Ellington Orchestra v/ Ivie Anderson |
Chocolate Shake |
The Blanton-Webster Band |
RCA |
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| Count Basie Orchestra |
Do You Wanna Jump, Children? |
Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie & Lester Young Studio Sessions |
Mosaic |
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| Artie Shaw & his Orchestra |
Oh! Lady Be Good |
Begin the Beguine |
Membran |
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| Glenn Miller Orchestra |
Runnin' Wild |
The Popular Recordings 1938-1942 |
RCA |
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| Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra |
Slide Hampton Slide |
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra Telescriptions |
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rec 1951, one of Quincy Jones' first recordings. He has a trumpet solo at the 1 minute mark |
| Art Farmer Septet |
Elephant Walk |
The Art Farmer Septet |
Prestige |
rec 1954, feat Quincy Jones on trumpet |
| Dinah Washington |
I Get a Kick Out of You |
For Those In Love |
Emarcy |
rec 1955. Arranging this album was a big break for Jones. Washington had heard his work and asked for him, but the label at first said no because "we need a name." Washington shot back "I've got a name for your ass, Dinah Washington arranged by Quincy Jones!" They allowed her to hire Jones and that began his career as an arrange/producer |
| Quincy Jones Orchestra |
The Birth of a Band |
The Birth of a Band! |
Mercury |
rec 1959 Jones' first album as bandleader |
| Frank Sinatra o/ Count Basie |
Fly Me to The Moon |
The Reprise Collection |
Reprise |
rec 1964 arr Quincy Jones. This was the first major hit of Jones' career |
| Sammy Davis Jr. o/ Count Basie |
The Girl from Ipanema |
Our Shining Hour |
Polygram |
rec 1965 arr Quincy Jones. Jones worked repeatedly with Basie |
| Sarah Vaughan |
What Is This Thing Called Love? |
Sassy Swing the Tivoli |
Emarcy |
rec 1963 arr Quincy Jones |
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| Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra |
The Very Thought of You |
Lady Day |
Sony |
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| Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra v/ Nan Wynn |
Now It Can Be Told |
Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy Wilson Sessions 1934-1942 |
Mosaic |
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| Larry Clinton & His Orchestra |
Change Partners |
The Golden Age of American Sweet Bands |
Jasmine |
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| Maxine Sullivan |
Night and Day |
Say It With a Kiss |
Jasmine |
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| Fats Waller and His Rhythm |
There's Honey On The Moon Tonight |
Complete Recorded Works Vol 5 |
JSP |
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| Cliff 'Ukulele Ike' Edwards |
Oh, Lady Be Good! |
Singin' In the Rain |
ASV Living Era |
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| Clarence WIlliams' Blue Five |
Cake Walkin' Babies From Home |
The Clarence Williams Collection 1921-1937 |
Fabulous |
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| Ted Weems & His Orchestra v/ Parker Gibbs |
Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken (Lay a Little Egg For Me) |
The Essential Ted Weems 1923-1930 |
Retreival |
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| Bing Crosby & the Delta Rhythm Boys o/ Paul Whiteman |
You Took Advantage of Me |
Bing Crosby: 1926-1932 |
Timeless Holland |
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| Annette Hanshaw |
Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling? |
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The new York Sessions 1926-1935 |
JSP |
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| Duke Ellington |
Black Beauty |
The Duke: The Columbia Years |
Columbia |
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| Louis Armstrong & Ford Lee "Buck" Washington |
Dear Old Southland |
Hot Fives & Sevens |
JSP |
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| Harold Arlen o/ Leo Reisman |
Stormy Weather |
The Song Is ... Harold Arlen |
ASV Living Era |
rec 1933 this set = by request, a deep dive into the song Stormy Weather! Arlen was the song's composer. He was the house composer at the Cotton Club & wrote the song originally for Cab Calloway, who left the Cotton Club before performing it |
| Ethel Waters |
Stormy Weather |
The Incomparable Ethel Waters |
Columbia Legacy |
rec 1933 after Calloway left the Cotton Club, Ethel Waters became the featured singer and was the first to perform "Stormy Weather." She made the song famous & it became a signature song for her |
| Don Redman Orchestra |
Stormy Weather |
In Chronology 1936-1939 |
Complete Jazz Series |
rec 1937 rare up-tempo performance of this song |
| Lena Horne |
Stormy Weather |
Stormy Weather |
Sandy Hook |
rec 1941 from the movie STORMY WEATHER, this is the performance most people remember |
| Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli |
Stormy Weather |
Rome 1949 |
Label Ouest |
rec 1949 somewhat unusual performance from late in Reinhardt's career |
| Betty Carter |
Stormy Weather |
The Modern Sound of Betty Carter |
ABC-Paramount |
rec 1960 rounding out the deep dive with a couple of more modern performances |
| Billy Eckstine |
Stormy Weather |
Once More With Feeling |
Roulette |
rec 1960 by this point Eckstine was mainly singing ballads, interesting that he chose an up tempo arrangement for this |
| Ennio Morricone |
Il Buono, Il Cattivo, Il Brutto |
The Good, The Bad and The gly |
United Artists Records |
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