JAZZ SONGS & MELODIES

To coincide with Ken Burns' 18-hour TV Jazz documentary, we gathered together the following outstanding performances of EMI-published songs and melodies representing varied forms and hybrids of jazz.

A-TISKET, A-TASKET (Ella Fitzgerald/Van Alexander)
by Ella Fitzgerald
with Chick Webb & His Orchestra (Decca/UMG: 1938)

AHMAD'S BLUES (Ahmad Jamal)
by Ahmad Jamal (OKeh/Sony: 1952)

ALL ABOUT MY GIRL (Jimmy McGriff)
by Jimmy McGriff (Sue/EMI: 1963)

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf/Harry Brooks)
by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (OKeh/Sony: 1929)

ARTISTRY IN RHYTHM (Stan Kenton)
by Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (Capitol/EMI: 1944)

BLUES IN MAUDE'S FLAT (Grant Green)
by Grant Green (Blue Note/EMI: 1961)

BOUNCING WITH BUD (Bud Powell)
by Bud Powell's Modernists (Blue Note/EMI: 1949)

CARAVAN (Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol/Irving Mills)
by Billy Eckstine (MGM/UMG: 1949)

THE CHASE (Dexter Gordon)
by Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray (Dial/Stash: 1948)

CON ALMA (Dizzy Gillespie)
by Dizzy Gillespie & His Latin American Rhythm (Verve/UMG: 1954)

COOL STRUTTIN' (Sonny Clark)
by Sonny Clark (Blue Note: 1958)

CORNER POCKET (Freddie Green)
by Count Basie & His Orchestra (Verve/UMG: 1955)

DAY DREAM (Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn/John Latouche)
by Ella Fitzgerald
with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (Verve/UMG: 1957)

DON'T BE THAT WAY (Edgar Sampson/Benny Goodman/Mitchell Parish)
by Chick Webb & His Orchestra (Decca/UMG: 1935)

DOWN UNDER (Freddie Hubbard)
by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Blue Note/EMI: 1961)

I DON'T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE (WITH YOU)
(Victor Young/Ned Washington/Bing Crosby)
by Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet (EmArcy/UMG: 1954)

I'M A SHY GUY (Nat Cole)
by The King Cole Trio (Capitol/EMI: 1945)

IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW (Tadd Dameron/Carl Sigman)
by Sarah Vaughan
with Tadd Dameron & His Orchestra (Musicraft/Discovery: 1946)

IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (Duke Ellington/Manny Kurtz/Irving Mills)
by Sarah Vaughan (Roulette/EMI: 1961)

IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)
(Duke Ellington/Irving Mills)
by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra w/Ivie Anderson (Brunswick/Sony: 1932)

LITTLE B'S POEM (Bobby Hutcherson)
by Bobby Hutcherson & Freddie Hubbard (Blue Note/EMI: 1965)

LULLABY OF BIRDLAND (George Shearing)
by The George Shearing Quintet (MGM/UMG: 1952)

MILESTONES (Miles Davis)
by The Miles Davis All Stars with Charlie Parker (Savoy: 1947)

MINNIE THE MOOCHER (Cab Calloway/Irving Mills)
by Cab Calloway & His Orchestra (Victor/BMG: 1934)

THE MOOCHE (Duke Ellington/Irving Mills)
by Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra (Columbia/Sony: 1953)

MOOD INDIGO (Duke Ellington/Barney Bigard/Irving Mills)
by Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra (Victor/BMG: 1931)

MOVE (Denzil DeCosta Best)
by Miles Davis & His Orchestra (Capitol/EMI: 1949)

MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE (Guy Wood/Robert Mellin)
by John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Impulse/UMG: 1963)

ONE O'CLOCK JUMP (William Basie)
by Count Basie & His Orchestra (Decca/UMG: 1937)

PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000 (Jerry Gray/Carl Sigman)
by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (Bluebird/BMG: 1940)

PRELUDE TO A KISS (Duke Ellington/Irving Gordon/Irving Mills)
by Billie Holiday (Verve/UMG: 1955)

RIFFAMAROLE (Benny Carter)
by The Capitol International Jazzmen
incl. Benny Carter (alto sax) and Nat Cole (piano) (Capitol/EMI: 1945)

RIFFETTE (Freddie Slack/Gay Jones)
by Jay Jay Johnson's Bop Quintet (Savoy: 1947)

ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM (Duke Ellington/Harry Carney/Irving Mills)
by Duke Ellington & His Jungle Band (Brunswick/Sony: 1931)

SEGUE IN C (Frank Wess)
by Count Basie & Duke Ellington & Their Orchestras (Columbia/Sony: 1961)

SING, SING, SING (WITH A SWING) (Louis Prima)
by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Victor/BMG: 1938)

SOLITUDE (Duke Ellington/Eddie Delange/Irving Mills)
by Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra (OKeh/Sony: 1941)

STAR DUST (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish)
by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (OKeh/Sony: 1931)

STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY (Edgar Sampson/Benny Goodman/Chick Webb)
by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Victor/BMG: 1936)

TIN TIN DEO (Chano Pozo)
by The Dizzy Gillespie Sextet (Dee Gee/Savoy: 1951)

WHITE HEAT (Will Hudson)
by Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra (Victor/BMG: 1934)

This list is by no means definitive... Not only does EMI's vault of musical copyrights contain hundreds and hundreds of tunes recorded by recognizable jazz performers but there are also many 'standard' works such as LAURA (Raksin) and ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET (Kaper/Washington) which
have each been recorded by literally dozens of different artists.

ROCK ON !
Alan Warner