The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
1975 compilation album
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World live album featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald , Oscar Peterson , T-Bone Walker , Coleman Hawkins , Clark Terry and Zoot Sims . It was released in 1975.[ 1]
Billy Strayhorn 's "Blood Count " was debuted at the Carnegie Hall concert featured on the album. It was Strayhorn's last composition; he died a few months after the piece was recorded.[ 2]
The album marked the last recorded collaboration between Fitzgerald and Ellington and his orchestra.
The album contains the last recordings of Coleman Hawkins . During the opening of "Sweet Georgia Brown " Hawkins can be heard to say "I guess I've gotta go through with it". Then someone replies "That's right".
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted: "In addition to having a somewhat immodest title, this three-CD set was not actually one single concert but two...the music on the reissue is often quite special...Maybe this really was 'the Greatest Jazz Concert' after all".[ 1]
Track listing
Disc One
"Smedley" (Oscar Peterson ) – 4:16
"Some Day My Prince Will Come " (Frank Churchill , Larry Morey ) – 4:59
"Daytrain" (Peterson) – 5:53
"Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker ) – 8:26
"Memories of You " (Eubie Blake , Andy Razaf ) – 2:22
"Misty " (Johnny Burke , Erroll Garner ) – 2:45
"I Can't Get Started " (Vernon Duke , Ira Gershwin ) – 2:26
"Wee Dot" (J.J. Johnson , Leo Parker) – 9:49
"Moonglow " (Eddie DeLange , Will Hudson, Irving Mills ) – 3:29
"Sweet Georgia Brown " (Ben Bernie , Kenneth Casey , Maceo Pinkard ) – 4:28
"C Jam Blues " (Barney Bigard , Duke Ellington ) – 6:12
"Woman, You Must Be Crazy" (T-Bone Walker ) – 9:08
"Stormy Monday " (Walker) – 6:40 Disc Two
"Swamp Goo" (Ellington) – 4:54
"Girdle Hurdle" (Ellington) – 2:51
"The Shepherd" (Ellington) – 6:33
"Rue Bleue" (Ellington) – 2:44
"Salome" (Raymond Fol ) – 3:34
"A Chromatic Love Affair" (Ellington) – 3:58
"Mount Harissa" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn ) – 6:39
"Blood Count " (Strayhorn) – 3:50
"Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney , Ellington, Mills) – 3:40
"Very Tenor" (Ellington) – 7:51
"Onions (Wild Onions)" (Ellington) – 2:55
"Take the "A" Train " (Strayhorn) – 5:29 Disc Three
"Satin Doll " (Ellington, Johnny Mercer , Strayhorn) – 5:25
"Tootie for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton ) – 6:45
"Up Jump" (Ellington) – 3:38
"Prelude to a Kiss " (Ellington, Mack Gordon , Mills) – 4:39
"Mood Indigo "/"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) " (Bigard, Ellington, Mills)/(Ellington, Paul Francis Webster ) – 6:08
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be " (Mercer Ellington , Ted Persons) – 4:31
"Don't Be That Way" (Benny Goodman , Mitchell Parish , Edgar Sampson ) – 4:09
"You've Changed " (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer ) – 4:12
"Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) " (Cole Porter ) – 4:38
"On the Sunny Side of the Street " (Dorothy Fields , Jimmy McHugh ) – 2:14
"It's Only a Paper Moon " (Harold Arlen , Yip Harburg , Billy Rose ) – 2:31
"Day Dream " (Ellington, John La Touche , Strayhorn) – 4:49
"If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) " (Henry Creamer , James P. Johnson ) – 3:18
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea " (Harold Arlen , Ted Koehler ) – 3:50
"Cotton Tail " (Ellington) – 5:29 Disc One
Tracks 1-3: The Oscar Peterson trio
Tracks 4-8: Jam session with Sam Jones , Benny Carter , Bobby Durham , Zoot Sims and Paul Gonsalves
Tracks 9-10: Coleman Hawkins with the Oscar Peterson trio & Paul Gonsalves
Track 11: Jam session with Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes , Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter
Tracks 12-13: T-Bone Walker with Oscar Peterson, Clark Terry, Sam Jones, Bobby Durham, Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter Disc Two
Tracks 1-11: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
Track 12: Oscar Peterson with Duke Ellington and his orchestra Disc Three
Tracks 1-6: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
Tracks 7-10: Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington orchestra
Tracks 11-14: Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones trio
Track 15: Ella Fitzgerald with the Jimmy Jones trio and Duke Ellington orchestra
Personnel
Oscar Peterson trio
Jimmy Jones trio
Duke Ellington Orchestra
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
Albums
Body and Soul The Hawk in Hi Fi Disorder at the Border The Hawk Talks The Hawk Returns Timeless Jazz Accent on Tenor Sax The Hawk in Paris The Gilded Hawk Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport The Genius of Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Flies High Bean Bags Milt Jackson , 1958)Coleman Hawkins and Confrères Soul The High and Mighty Hawk The Saxophone Section Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio Hawk Eyes Coleman Hawkins All Stars Vic Dickenson and Joe Thomas , 1959)Very Saxy Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Buddy Tate , Arnett Cobb , 1959)At Ease with Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra Night Hawk The Hawk Swings Jazz Reunion The Hawk Relaxes Back in Bean's Bag Clark Terry , 1962)Bluesy Burrell Kenny Burrell , 1962)Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi Desafinado Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Good Old Broadway Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! The Jazz Version of No Strings Today and Now Sonny Meets Hawk! Sonny Rollins , 1963)Wrapped Tight The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World With others
Further Definitions Benny Carter , 1951)All the Cats Join In Buck Clayton , 1953–56)Jumpin' at the Woodside The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Dizzy Gillespie , 1939)Blues Groove Tiny Grimes , 1958)At Newport '63 Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)Straight Ahead Abbey Lincoln , 1961)2-3-4 Shelly Manne , 1962)Monk's Music Thelonious Monk , 1957)Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane We Insist! Max Roach , 1960)Ben Webster and Associates Live at the Five Spot Randy Weston , 1959)At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As
Plays 1955–58 Plays the The Trio Exclusively 1969–79
Hello Herbie Motions and Emotions Claus Ogerman , 1969)Another Day Tracks Tristeza on Piano Walking the Line Great Connection In Tune The Singers Unlimited , 1971)Reunion Blues In Tokyo Solo The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 The trio Pablo , 1973)In Russia The Giants The Good Life Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel Porgy and Bess Joe Pass , 1975)The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux The Tenor Giants Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)And the Bassists – Montreux '77 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)Jam – Montreux '77 The London Concert The Paris Concert Digital at Montreux Night Child Skol Stéphane Grappelli , 1979) With 1980–2004
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Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio Basie Jazz Count Basie , 1952)Pres and Sweets Lester Young and Harry Edison , 1955)Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Going for Myself Jazz Giants '58 Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)Satch and Josh Satch and Josh...Again Night Rider The Timekeepers Yessir, That's My Baby Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson WithBenny WithRoy WithElla Coleman Ben WithBuddy With
The Astaire Story Fred Astaire , 1952)Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin Ellis in Wonderland Herb Ellis , 1955–56)Toni Toni Harper , 1955–56)Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Anita Sings the Most Anita O'Day , 1957)Only the Blues Sonny Stitt , 1957)Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio This Is Ray Brown Roy Brown , 1958)Sonny Stitt Sits in Bill Henderson with Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers The Milt Jackson Big 4 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 How Long Has This Been Going On? Sarah Vaughan , 1978)Linger Awhile Ain't Misbehavin' Ain't But a Few of Us Left Hark Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players Film
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As
The Brothers Stan Getz , 1949–52)Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims Tonite's Music Today Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)Whooeeee Zoot! Locking Horns Joe Newman , 1957)Stretching Out Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note Phil Woods , 1959)Down Home Two Jims and Zoot Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)Inter-Action Sonny Stitt , 1965)Waiting Game The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Nirvana Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)Basie & Zoot Count Basie , 1975)The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)Soprano Sax Hawthorne Nights If I'm Lucky Jimmy Rowles , 1977)For Lady Day Warm Tenor Jimmy Rowles , 1979)The Sweetest Sounds Rune Gustafsson , 1979)Just Friends Harry Edison , 1980)Art 'n' Zoot Art Pepper , 1981) RecordingsAl Cohn
From A to...Z The Sax Section Tenor Conclave Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)The Four Brothers... Together Again! Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)Al and Zoot Blues and Haikus Jack Kerouac , 1959)SteveIreneo! Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)Son of Drum Suite You 'n' Me Either Way Jazz Mission to Moscow Body and Soul Motoring Along WithQuincy WithGerry With
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus Encounter! Pepper Adams , 1968)Trigger Happy! East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)Chet Baker & Strings Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe The Bosses "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)Louis Bellson Quintet The Genius of Ray Charles Jazz Is Universal Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)Chris Connor The Book Cooks Booker Ervin , 1960)Loose Blues Bill Evans , 1962)The Aztec Suite Art Farmer , 1959)South American Cookin' Curtis Fuller , 1961)Creole Cookin' Bobby Hackett , 1967)The Hawk in Hi Fi Coleman Hawkins , 1956)Portraits on Standards Stan Kenton , 1953)The Kenton Era The Manhattan Transfer Profiles Gary McFarland , 1966)Something to Swing About Carmen McRae , 1959)Ms. Jazz Metronome All-Stars 1956 The Complete Town Hall Concert Charles Mingus , 1962)Arranged by Montrose Jack Montrose , 1954)Encyclopedia of Jazz Oliver Nelson , 1966)The Sound of Feeling Jazzhattan Suite All the Sad Young Men Anita O'Day , 1962)Transition Lionel Hampton , 1974)Shorty Rogers Courts the Count Samba Para Dos Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)Moonlight in Vermont Johnny Smith , 1952)Phoebe Snow Broadway Soul Sonny Stitt , 1965)Vaughan and Violins Sarah Vaughan , 1958)The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More The Jazz Guitarist At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithDuke WithJohnny WithQuincy WithHerbie WithOliver With
My Kinda Swing Ernestine Anderson , 1959)Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments Soul Summit Vol. 2 Gene Ammons , 1961)Late Hour Special Velvet Soul One Foot in the Gutter Dave Bailey , 1960)Gettin' Into Somethin' Goodies George Benson , 1968)Bobo's Beat Willie Bobo , 1968)Jam Session Clifford Brown , 1954)Ruth Brown '65 Ruth Brown , 1964)Who Is Gary Burton? Byrd at the Gate Charlie Byrd , 1963)Son of Drum Suite Al Cohn , 1960)The Magic Touch Tadd Dameron , 1962)Afro-Jaws Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)Trane Whistle Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra Ella Abraça Jobim Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)Big Band Bossa Nova Stan Getz , 1962)Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One Gillespiana Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)Carnegie Hall Concert Cookin' Paul Gonsalves , 1957)The Big Soul-Band Johnny Griffin , 1960)White Gardenia Homage to Duke Dave Grusin , 1993)The Further Adventures of El Chico Chico Hamilton , 1966)It's About Time Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)You Better Know It!!! Lionel Hampton , 1964)Really Big! Jimmy Heath , 1960)Friends Old and New John Hicks , 1992)Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness JATP , 1983)Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants J.J.! J.J. Johnson , 1964)Goodies Concepts in Blue Summit Meeting Elvin Jones , 1977)Down Home Sam Jones , 1962)At Newport '63 Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)The Centaur and the Phoenix Yusef Lateef , 1960)Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz Mundell Lowe , 1960)Satan in High Heels The Soul of Hollywood Junior Mance , 1962)The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" Gary McFarland , 1961)Tijuana Jazz Mingus Revisited Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus , 1960)The Complete Town Hall Concert Smooth as the Wind Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)A Sure Thing Jazz Dialogue Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard Gerry Mulligan '63 Gerry Mulligan , 1962)That's How I Love the Blues! Mark Murphy , 1962)Nine Flags Chico O'Farrill , 1966)Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts The Alternate Blues The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Basically Duke Oscar Pettiford , 1954)The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner Big Joe Turner , 1974)Bossa Nova Carnival Dave Pike , 1962)Jazz for the Jet Set Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass New Fantasy Lalo Schifrin , 1964)Once a Thief and Other Themes Hobo Flats Jimmy Smith , 1963)The Matadors Meet the Bull Sonny Stitt , 1965)I Keep Comin' Back! Taylor Made Jazz Billy Taylor , 1959)New York City R&B Cecil Taylor , 1961)Kwamina Out of the Storm Ed Thigpen , 1966)Devil May Care Teri Thornton , 1960–61)Joyride Stanley Turrentine , 1965)Live at Newport McCoy Tyner , 1963)Dinah Jams Dinah Washington , 1954)Uhuru Afrika Randy Weston , 1960)At Newport '63 Joe Williams , 1963)New York, New Sound Gerald Wilson , 2003)Kai Olé Kai Winding , 1961)The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode Jimmy Woode , 1957)
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