The Vintage Collection - Jazz

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Another of Delta’s brand new Vintage range, Vintage Jazz features 60 classic jazz tracks by some of the biggest names in the business, including Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Art Pepper, Charles Mingus, and many more!

DISC ONE

1. Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 2. Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman, 3. Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller, 4. So What - Miles Davis, 5. It Don't Mean A Thing - Annie Ross With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, 6. St James Infirmary - King Oliver And His Orchestra, 7. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Bill Evans Trio, 8. Singin' The Blues - Bix Beiderbecke, 9. Dancin' In The Dark - Cannonball Adderley, 10. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong, 11. April In Paris - Count Basie, 12. Tea For Two - Art Tatum, 13. Have You Met Miss Jones? - Sarah Vaughan, 14. Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton, 15. Stardust - Charlie Christian, 16. Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton, 17. All Of Me - Billie Holiday And Lester Young, 18. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Thelonius Monk, 19. Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins, 20. Cloudburst - Lambert, Hendricks And Ross

 

DISC TWO

1. Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington, 2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Art Pepper, 3. (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Nat King Cole Trio, 4. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus, 5. Alexander's Ragtime Band - Bessie Smith, 6. Our Love Is Here To Stay - Roland Kirk, 7. La Vie En Rose - Louis Armstrong, 8. You Go To My Head - Bud Powell, 9. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson, 10. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt, 11. Arty Farmer And Benny Golson - Killer Joe, 12. We're In The Money - Pee Wee Russell, 13. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, 14. 'S Wonderful - Al Haig Trio, 15. Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Oscar Peterson, 16. Number Four - Dexter Gordon, 17. Honeysuckle Rose - Django Reinhardt, 18. Jeepers Creepers - Sidney Bechet, 19. King Porter Stomp - Gil Evans, 20. Fools Rush In - Stan Getz

 

DISC THREE

1. Giant Steps - John Coltrane, 2. Summertime - Miles Davis, 3. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) - Fletcher Henderson, 4. On The Street Where You Live - Stan Kenton And His Orchestra, 5. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Chet Baker, 6. Ain't She Sweet - Benny Carter, 7. I Only Have Eyes For You - Errol Garner, 8. Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw, 9. In Your Own Sweet Way - Wes Montgomery, 10. It Had To Be You - Ray Charles, 11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Lester Young And The Oscar Peterson Trio, 12. Deep Purple - Earl Bostic, 13. These Foolish Things - Clifford Brown And Max Roach, 14. I Ain't Got Nobody - Earl Hines, 15. Love For Sale - Ahmad Jamal Trio, 16. Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn, 17. Who Dat Down Dere? - Woody Herman, 18. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, 19. Basin Street Blues - Jack Teagarden, 20. Sweet Georgia Brown - Roy Eldridge

I Just Love Jazz

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DISC ONE

1. Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 2. That Old Black Magic - Oscar Peterson, 3. S'posin' - John Coltrane, 4. Pennies From Heaven - Sarah Vaughan, 5. Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker, 6. April In Paris - Count Basie, 7. You'd Be So Nice To Come To Home To - Quincy Jones, 8. Til There Was You - Take 1 - Sonny Rollins, 9. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Ella Fitzgerald, 10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - Bill Evans, 11. Two Left Feet - Cannonball Adderley, 12. Will O' The Wisp - Miles Davis, 13. If I Had You - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, 14. Donna Lee - Charlie Parker, 15. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Billie Holiday, 16. Profile Of Jackie - Charles Mingus, 17. I Should Care - Thelonious Monk, 18. The Way You Look Tonight - Jimmy Smith, 19. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed By Anyone But You - Miles Davis And The Gil Evans Orchestra, 20. Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen

DISC TWO                                                    

1. Take The 'A' Train - Duke Ellington, 2. Stardust - Louis Armstrong, 3. I'm In The Mood For Love - Charlie Parker, 4. Deep Purple - Artie Shaw, 5. Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat King Cole, 6. High Society - Lionel Hampton, 7. Blue Rondo A La Turk – Dave Brubeck, 8. Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, 9. Limehouse Blues - Django Reinhardt And Stephane Grappelli With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France , 10. Bye Bye Blackbird - Peggy Lee, 11. Your Feet's Too Big - Fats Waller, 12. Mood Indigo - Nina Simone, 13. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong And Oscar Peterson, 14. Buona Sera - Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band, 15. Lulu's Back In Town - Mel Torme, 16. How High The Moon - Benny Goodman, 17. My Ideal – Chet Baker, 18. Ain't Misbehavin' - Dinah Washington, 19. It's Only A Paper Moon - Lester Young, 20. Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me - Mose Allison

 DISC THREE

1. My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis, 2. No Bones At All - Quincy Jones, 3. Chocolate Shake - Cannonball Adderley, 4. Waltz Blues - Art Pepper, 5. Crepuscule With Nellie - Take 6 - Thelonious Monk, 6. Tenderly - Jimmy Smith, 7. East St Louis Toodle Oo - Duke Ellington, 8. The Lady Is A Tramp - Oscar Peterson, 9. Night And Day - Artie Shaw, 10. Someone To Watch Over Me - Chet Baker, 11. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - Mel Torme, 12. Lament - Miles Davis, Gil Evans And Orchestra, 13. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, 14. Hot Blues - Charlie Parker, 15. Honeysuckle Rose - Cleo Laine And Johnny Dankworth, 16. There Will Never Be Another You - Lionel Hampton, 17. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Woody Herman, 18. I Get A Kick Out Of You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, 19. These Foolish Things - Lester Young And The Oscar Peterson Trio, 20. Reet Petite And Gone - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

The Golden Years 1953-1962

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DISC ONE

1. In A Sentimental Mood, 2. Prelude To A Kiss , 3. Caravan , 4. The "C" Jam Blues , 5. Bakiff, 6. Frivolous Banta , 7. Things Ain't What They Used To Be , 8. Night Time, 9. Kinda Dukish, 10.  Orson, 11.  Don't Ever Say Goodbye , 12.  Falling Like A Raindrop, 13.  Gonna Tan Your Hide, 14.  Harlem Air-shaft, 15.  La Virgen De La Macarena, 16.  Clarinet Melodrama, 17.  Theme For Trambean, 18.  Serious Serenade , 19.  Blossom, 20.  Big Drag

DISC TWO

1. Summertime, 2. Laura, 3. I Can't Get Started, 4. My Funny Valentine, 5. Everything But You , 6. Frustration, 7. Cotton Tail , 8. Day Dream , 9. Deep Purple, 10.  Indian Summer , 11.  Blues , 12.  East St Louis Toodle-Oo, 13.  Creole Love Call , 14.  Stompy Jones , 15.  The Jeep Is Jumpin' , 16.  Jack The Bear , 17.  In A Mellotone , 18.  Ko Ko , 19.  Midriff , 20.  Stomp, Look And Listen

DISC THREE

1. Such Sweet Thunder , 2. Sonnet For Caesar, 3. Sonnet To Hank Cinq, 4. Lady Mac, 5. Sonnet In Search Of A Moor, 6. The Telecasters, 7. Up And Down, Up And Down, 8. Sonnet For Sister Kate, 9. The Star Crossed Lovers, 10.  Madness In Great Ones, 11.  Half The Fun, 12.  Circle Of Fourths, 13.  Solitude , 14.  Where Or When, 15.  Mood Indigo , 16.  Autumn Leaves, 17.  The Sky Fell Down, 18.  Willow Weep For Me, 19.  Tenderly, 20.  Dancing In The Dark

DISC FOUR

1. Three Js Blues, 2. Smada 2, 3. Pie Eye's Blues, 4. Sweet And Pungent, 5. Blues In Blueprint, 6. The Swingers Get The Blues, Too, 7. The Swinger's Jump, 8. Blues In Orbit, 9. Villes Ville Is The Place, Man,  10.  Anatomy Of A Murder, 11.  Flirtbird, 12.  Way Early Subtone, 13.  Hero To Zero, 14.  Low Key Lightly , 15.  Happy Anatomy, 16.  Midnight Indigo, 17.  Almost Cried, 18.  Sunswept Sunday, 19.  Grand Valse, 20.  Upper And Outest

DISC FIVE

1. Take The A Train, 2. Cong-Go, 3. Body And Soul , 4. Blues For Jerry, 5. Fontainbleau Forest , 6. It's Bad To Be Forgotten, 7. A Hundred Dreams Ago, 8. So, 9. Searching, 10.  Springtime In Africa, 11.  Under Paris Skies, 12.  I Wish You Love, 13.  Mademoiselle De Paris, 14.  Comme Ci Comme Ca, 15.  Speak To Me Of Love, 16.  A Midnight In Paris , 17.  The Petite Waltz, 18.  Javapachacha, 19.  No Regrets , 20.  The River Seine

Bad Penny Blues - Humphrey Lyttelton

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Disc 1

1.       Bad Penny Blues, 2.       That’s My Home, 3.       Buona Sera, 4.       Fish Seller, 5.       St James Infirmary, 6.       That’s the Old Man Blues, 7.       Apex Blues, 8.       Wally Plays The Blues, 9.       Coal Black Shine, 10.   Last Mile Blues, 11.   Elephant Stomp Blues, 12.   My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It, 13.   I Double Dare You, 14.   Feline Stomp, 15.   Memphis Snake, 16.   Mo Pas Lemme Ca, 17.   Looking For Turner, 18.   Doin’ the Rounds, 19.   Waiting For Picard, 20.   On Treasure Island, 21.   Maple Leaf Rag, 22.   Closing Time

Disc 2

1.       Summertime, 2.       Take the A Train, 3.       Stompin’ At the Savoy, 4.       Alligator Crawl, 5.       Singin’ The Blues, 6.       Finger Snapper, 7.        Big Bill Blues, 8.       The House That Humph Built, 9.       Sweet and Sour, 10.   Manhunt, 11.   Saturday Jump, 12.   Rockin’ Chair, 13.   In a Mellotone, 14.   Black and Blue, 15.   Trouble In Mind, 16.   Weary Blues, 17.   Swingtime In the Rockies, 18.   I Can’t Get Started, 19.   Southern Sunset, 20.   Baby Doll, 21.   When It’s Sleepy Time Down South, 22.   When the Saints Go Marching In

Jazz Manifesto Collection

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30 Songs From and Inspired by Gran Turismo

Throughout the game classical piano and smooth jazz is heard. You can just imagine walking through an expensive sports car show room and hearing some of the classics featured in gran turismo. Hearing classical music and slow gentle jazz makes you feel relaxed, this is one of the reasons it is used in this game... to get you relaxed and in the zone so you're concentrating on the game in hand. In addition to the relaxing jazz and classical music, in the original soundtrack some of the music was garage and grime genre to add suspense and drama to the races.

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1959 The Year That Changed Jazz

BBC4 Friday 17th February 12.00 Midnight

1959 was the seismic year jazz broke away from complex bebop music to new forms, allowing soloists unprecedented freedom to explore and express. Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus (check out our Spotify playlist we put together following the event) made ground-breaking albums each a high watermark for the artists and a powerful reflection of the times. Rarely seen archive performances help vibrantly bring the era to life and explore what made these albums vital both in 1959 and the 50 years since.

Charles Mingus wrote his autobiography in 1971, appropriately titled “Beneath The Underdog”, which nakedly chronicled his turbulent life as a composer and player of some of the most emotionally intense music in the history of jazz. Charles Mingus fought tenaciously against the overt racism he encountered, problems exacerbated by his own egocentric nature and personal demons which led to many damaging clashes of personality.  Throughout it all however, he determinedly built up a unique style of music both as an imaginative soloist who chose largely to ignore conventional harmonic principles and as a writer who, while clearly strongly influenced by Duke Ellington, produced a substantial body of innovative work.

Dave Brubeck’s stunning 1959 album “Time Out” proved to be a landmark recording in the history of jazz music as it appealed to a wider audience than previously thought possible and contained the hit single “Take Five”, an infectious tune set in 5/4 time which crossed over to the pop market, and the distinctive opening track “Blue Rondo A La Turk”. The group comprised the leader on piano, Eugene Wright on bass, Joe Morello on drums and the inimitable Paul Desmond, who composed that best-known number, on lyrical alto saxophone. Presented in its entirety here, the seven tracks range over highly unusual time signatures with influences derived from blues and classical sources, with underrated compositions like “Three To Get Ready” and especially “Kathy’s Waltz” highlighting the work of a unique unit.

Miles Dewey Davis was born in Alton, Illinois in 1926 into a middle class family who provided him with his first trumpet at the age of thirteen. Miles Dewey Davis gained early experience of playing in public as a guest in Billy Eckstine’s travelling big band in 1944 and, while still a teenager, with Charlie Parker’s dynamic bebop pioneers in New York. He had won a scholarship to the city’s prestigious Juilliard School but quickly became drawn to the burgeoning new movement of modern jazz played at Harlem’s Mintons and the 52nd Street clubs led by Parker, Monk, Clarke and fellow trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. Miles Dewey Davis sometimes struggled to keep up with the breathtakingly fast tempos favoured by the boppers, but instead developed a unique sound instantly recognisable and perfectly suited to the lonely, largely melancholy repertoire which became the trademark of his introspective appeal.

Art Blakey - Jazz Manifesto

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By the late forties and early fifties, Blakey was backing musicians such as Miles Davis, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk — he is often considered to have been Monk's most empathetic drummer,^[5] and he played on both Monk's first recording session as a leader (for Blue Note Records in 1947) and his final one (in London in 1971), as well as many in between.

Barber Bilk and Ball

Donald Christopher ‘Chris’ Barber was born 17 April 1930 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. He studied double bass and trombone at London’s Guildhall School of Music, and in 1948 put his first band together, the King Oliver-inspired Barber New Orleans band.  In 1953, he co-founded  Dixieland band The Jazzmen with cornetist and trumpeter Ken Colyer, but after Colyer left in ’54 the band became The Chris Barber Band. Barber and Lonnie Donegan are credited with starting the skiffle craze with their 1955 cover of Leadbelly’s ‘Rock Island Line’, the first ever debut single to go Gold in the UK, which made the US Top 10.

Bernard Stanley ‘Acker’ Bilk was born 29 January 1929 in Pensford, Somerset. He was more interested in athletics than music as a boy, losing two front teeth in a fight and part of a finger sledging, which he maintained affected his clarinet playing style.  He first acquired a clarinet, for which he had to fashion a reed out of scrap wood, when serving with the Royal Engineers in the Suez Canal Zone.

Kenneth Daniel ‘Kenny’ Ball was born 22 May 1930 in Ilford, Essex.  Ball played the trumpet as a sideman in the bands led by Charlie Galbraith, Sid Phillips and others before forming his own Dixieland combo in 1958. Their recording of Cole Porter’s ‘Samantha’ was a UK hit in 1961, but their biggest hit was the Transatlantic smash ‘Midnight in Moscow’, which made it to #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and UK singles charts .

Trombonist Chris Barber, clarinettist Acker Bilk and trumpeter Kenny Ball were the acknowledged masters of British trad (traditional) jazz. Barber Bilk and Ball features 45 original recordings digitally remastered and is available from Delta 27-02-2012

A great companion piece to Delta’s 2011 3 CD set ‘It’s Trad Man!’

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