構成数 | 3枚

合計収録時間 | 02:52:49

Full title: The Complete Irving Berlin Songbooks. Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Ernestine Anderson, Ethel Waters, Frankie Laine, Fred Astaire, Joe Williams , Johnny Hartman, Anita O'Day, Stephane Grappelli, Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby, Blossom Seeley, Cassandra Wilson (vocals); Jean-Jacques Tilche, Freddie Green, Henry Johnson, Herb Ellis, Jimmy Helms, Al Hendrickson, Barney Kessel, Billy Bauer (guitar); Tony Scott , Hank D'Amico, Fred Stulce (clarinet); Jimmy Giuffre (bassoon); Gene Cipriano (woodwinds); Maurice Stein, Bud Shank, Charlie Kennedy (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Flip Phillips, Georgie Auld, Jerome Richardson, Lester Young , Ted Nash, Babe Russin, Ben Webster, Bob Cooper, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Chuck Gentry, Gerry Mulligan, Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Clark Terry, Conrad Gozzo , Conte Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Harry "Sweets" Edison , Joe Thomas , Al Porcino, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli, Ray Copeland , Ray Linn, Roy Eldridge, Mickey Mangano, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Ernie Royal (flugelhorn); Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino, George Roberts , Francis Howard, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Harris , Gus Chappell, Lloyd Ulyate (trombone); Don Butterfield (tuba); Oscar Peterson (piano, celesta); Erroll Garner, Gene Harris, Reginald Beane, Mickey Crane, Jimmy Rowles, Junior Mance, Lou Levy, Maurice Vander, Norman Simmons, Andrew Ackers, Paul Smith , Pete Jolly, Ray Bryant, Art Simmons, Teddy Wilson, Bill Evans , Billy Taylor , Bobby Tucker (piano); Larry Bunker, Lionel Hampton, Bob Brookmeyer (vibraphone); Red Norvo (xylophone); Cozy Cole, Ed Thigpen, Steve Williams , Baptiste "Mac Kac" Reilles, Bill Dowdy , Hal Blaine, Gerryck King, Jo Jones , Claydes Smith , Louie Bellson, Max Roach, Mel Lewis, Alvin Stoller, Oliver Jackson, Osie Johnson, Art Taylor, Shelly Manne, Specs Powell, Stan Levey, Terri Lyne Carrington, Buddy Rich (drums). Director: Leroy Lovett. Editor: Peter Pullman. Ensemble: The 3 Sounds. Photographers: Kathryn Millan; Herman Leonard. Unknown Contributor Role: Hal Mooney Orchestra. Arrangers: Chico O'Farrill; Harry Geller; Ernie Wilkins; Julian Lee; Hal Mooney; Paul Weston; Pete Rugolo; Billy May; Buddy Bregman. The Complete Irving Berlin Songbooks combines the three individual discs in the Irving Berlin Songbook series -- Blue Skies, Cheek to Cheek, and the instrumental How Deep Is the Ocean -- in a mid-priced slipcase. All three discs are intelligently compiled and presented. Jazz purists may balk at various-artists collections, but compilations rarely come as good as this. It may rely exclusively on the Verve roster, but Songbooks draws a good portrait of the songwriter through interpretations by Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Anita O'Day, Frankie Laine, Joe Williams, Fred Astaire, Cassandra Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Bill Evans, the Three Sounds, Stephane Grappelli, Red Norvo, Teddy Wilson and Gerry Mulligan, among many others. ~ Leo Stanley

録音 | モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)