The complete Norman Granz jam sessions.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Granz, Norman, 1918-2001.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Jazz music library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music).

Jazz.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Universal City, CA : Verve/Universal, cp2004.

Contents:

Disc one. Jam blues (14:40)

Ballad medley: All the things you are, Dearly beloved, The nearness of you, I'll get by, Everything happens to me, The man I love, What's new?, Someone to watch over me, Isn't it romantic? (17:22)

What is this thing called love? (15:49)

Funky blues (13:26). Disc two. Apple jam (11:48)

Ballad medley: Indian summer, Willow weep for me, If I had you, A ghost of a chance with you, Love walked in, Sophisticated lady, Nancy, I hadn't anyone till you (13:15)

Oh, lady, be good! (19:43)

Blues for the Count (15:36). Disc three. Jamming for Clef (13:39)

Rose Room (22:35)

Stompin' at the Savoy, part 1 (12:12)

Stompin' at the Savoy, part 2 (16:08). Disc four. Blue Lou (13:20)

Just you, just me (23:43)

Jam blues (17:38)

Ballad medley: Tenderly, I've got the world on a string, What's new?, I got it bad and that ain't good, Don't blame me, Imagination, Someone to watch over me, Body and soul, She's funny that way (21:25). Disc five. Funky blues (27: 36)

Lullaby in rhythm (23:44).

Participant:

William "Count" Basie, piano, organ ; Louie Bellson, drums ; Ray Brown, bass ; Benny Carter, alto saxophone, trumpet ; Boniface "Buddy" DeFranco, clarinet ; Harry "Sweets, Edison, trumpet ; Roy Eldridge, trumpet, vocal ; Herb Ellis, guitar ; Stan Getz, tenor saxophone ; John "Dizzy" Gillespie, trumpet, vocal ; Wardell Gray, tenor saxophone ; Bill Harris, trombone, James "J.C." Heard, drums ; John Hodges (Cornelius Hodge), alto saxophone, soprano saxophone ; Jean Baptiste Illinois Jacquet, tenor saxophone ; Barney Kessel, guitar ; Charlie "Bird" Parker, alto saxophone ; Oscar Peterson, piano ; Joseph "Flip" Phillips, tenor saxophone ; Bernard "Buddy" Rich, drums, vocal ; Arnold Ross, piano ; Charlie Shavers, trumpet ; John Simmons, bass ; Willie Smith, alto saxophone ; Ben Webster, tenor saxophone.

Notes:

Includes previously released material.

Program and biographical notes ([69] p. : ports) inserted in original container.

Discs 1-3 and 5 recorded from June 17, 1952 - Oct. 30, 1954 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA. Disc 4 recorded on September 2, 1953 in New York City.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Jazz music library). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

B0003252-02

OCLC:

689531046

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.