Proper Box 82
- Jazz at the
Philharmonic:
The First Ten
Years
Here's
another amazing box
from
Proper: Five hours of some of the (maybe the) greatest live jazz
of the
1940s and early 1950s. From 1944 onwards, impresario
Norman Granz
used his considerable
talents as an organiser and promoter to put together the
definitive
musical "package tours" of the day. Starting out with a gig
in LA, (and
a lineup including Illinois Jacquet, Nat King Cole and J.J.
Johnson)
Granz booked nationwide concert hall tours that included all
of the
star jazz soloists of the day, playing in a jam
session-style setting.
These proved phenomenally popular, despite some critical
sniping about
the grandstand nature of some of the playing, and the tours
were also
notable for the racial integration of their lineups. As well
as being
popular with audiences, the tours were popular with the
musicians and
this shows in the quality of the issued recordings that
originally
emerged on Granz's Verve label. This 4 CD set presents the
cream of the
crop from 1944 - 1953, including nearly every notable
soloist of the
day,
and tells the full story of this pioneering and much-loved
institution. Everybody's here: Charlie Parker,
Dizzy
Gillespie, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole,
Oscar Peterson,
Buck Clayton, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, Coleman Hawkins,
Ben
Webster, Roy Eldridge, Wardell Gray, Charlie Shavers,
Illinois
Jacquet, and many more. You don't believe us?
Just check
out the info below! As usual, Proper includes an
informative
booklet that provides in depth coverage and lots of great
photos.
All this for one amazing low price! The
Proper Box continues to
be the best value in music today.
copacetic price - $29.75
Here's the track listing for all four discs, followed by the complete discography:
PROPER BOX 82: JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC - THE FIRST TEN YEARS
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CD
1 |
JAZZ
AT
THE PHILHARMONIC |
BLUES
FOR
NORMAN |
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TRACK
TITLE |
WRITERS |
DUR. |
DATE |
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1 |
ROSETTA |
Hines,
Woods |
06:29 |
1944 |
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2 |
BUGLE
CALL
RAG |
Pettis,
Meyers,
Schoebel |
04:33 |
1944 |
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3 |
TEA
FOR
TWO |
Caesar,
Youmans |
12:23 |
1944 |
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4 |
HOW
HIGH
THE MOON |
Lewis,
Hamilton |
13:59 |
1944 |
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5 |
BODY
AND
SOUL |
Green,
Heyman,
Sour, Eyton |
03:21 |
1945 |
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6 |
STRANGE
FRUIT |
Allen |
02:52 |
1945 |
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7 |
SWEET
GEORGIA
BROWN |
Casey,
Pinkard,
Bernie |
09:32 |
1946 |
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8 |
BLUES
FOR
NORMAN |
Shrdlu |
08:36 |
1946 |
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9 |
I
CANT
GET STARTED |
Gershwin,
Duke |
09:14 |
1946 |
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CD
2 |
JAZZ
AT
THE PHILHARMONIC |
JATP
BLUES |
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TRACK
TITLE |
WRITERS |
DUR. |
DATE |
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1 |
OH,
LADY
BE GOOD |
Gershwin,
Gershwin |
11:04 |
1946 |
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2 |
AFTER
YOU’VE
GONE |
Creamer,
Layton |
07:33 |
1946 |
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3 |
I
GOT
RHYTHM |
Gershwin,
Gershwin |
12:53 |
1946 |
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4 |
INTRODUCTIONS
BY
NORMAN GRANZ |
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02:08 |
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5 |
JATP
BLUES |
Shrdlu |
10:55 |
1946 |
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6 |
I
SURRENDER DEAR |
Barris,
Gordon |
10:25 |
1946 |
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7 |
THE
MAN
I LOVE |
Gershwin,
Gershwin |
03:03 |
1946 |
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8 |
GEE
BABY, AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU? |
Redman,
Razaf |
02:20 |
1946 |
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9 |
ALL
OF ME |
Simons,
Marks |
01:54 |
1946 |
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10 |
BILLIE’S
BLUES |
Holiday |
03:36 |
1946 |
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11 |
NORMAN
GRANZ
ANNOUNCEMENT |
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00:09 |
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12 |
YOU
BETTER GO NOW |
Graham,
Reichmer |
02:55 |
1947 |
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13 |
YOU’RE
DRIVING
ME CRAZY |
Donaldson |
01:31 |
1947 |
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14 |
THERE
IS
NO GREATER LOVE |
Jones,
Symes |
02:33 |
1947 |
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15 |
I
COVER
THE WATERFRONT |
Heyman,
Green |
02:57 |
1947 |
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CD
3 |
JAZZ
AT
THE PHILHARMONIC |
PERDIDO |
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TRACK
TITLE |
WRITERS |
DUR. |
DATE |
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1 |
THE
OPENER |
Shrdlu |
12:46 |
1949 |
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2 |
LESTER
LEAPS
IN |
Young |
12:13 |
1949 |
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3 |
EMBRACEABLE
YOU |
Gershwin,
Gershwin |
10:32 |
1949 |
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4 |
FLYIN’
HOME |
Goodman,
Hampton,
Robin |
05:30 |
1949 |
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5 |
HOW
HIGH
THE MOON |
Hamilton,
Lewis |
06:24 |
1949 |
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6 |
PERDIDO |
Tizol,
Drake,
Lengsfelder |
08:33 |
1949 |
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7 |
JAM
SESSION BLUES |
Shrdlu |
18:18 |
1952 |
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CD
4 |
JAZZ
AT
THE PHILHARMONIC |
COTTONTAIL |
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TRACK
TITLE |
WRITERS |
DUR. |
DATE |
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1 |
THE
TRUMPET BATTLE |
Shrdlu |
07:11 |
1952 |
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2 |
SWEET
GEORGIA
BROWN |
Pinkard,
Bernie,
Casey |
03:27 |
1952 |
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3 |
CHEEK
TO
CHEEK |
Berlin |
05:22 |
1952 |
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4 |
C
JAM
BLUES |
Ellington |
07:22 |
1952 |
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5 |
D.B.
BLUES |
Young |
04:20 |
1953 |
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6 |
I
COVER
THE WATERFRONT |
Green,
Heyman |
02:51 |
1953 |
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7 |
LESTER
LEAPS
IN |
Young |
04:17 |
1953 |
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8 |
THE
BALLAD
MEDLEY: |
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16:09 |
1953 |
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8.1 |
THE
NEARNESS OF YOU |
Carmichael,
Washington |
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8.2 |
SOMEONE
TO
WATCH OVER ME |
Gershwin,
Gershwin |
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8.3 |
FLAMINGO |
Grouya,
Anderson |
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8.4 |
I
SURRENDER DEAR |
Barris,
Clifford |
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8.5 |
SWEET
AND
LOVELY |
Arnheim,
Lamare,
Tobias |
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8.6 |
STARDUST |
Carmichael,
Parish |
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8.7 |
EMBRACEABLE
YOU |
Gershwin,
Gershwin |
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9 |
INDIANA |
Hanley,
MacDonald |
04:50 |
1953 |
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10 |
COCKTAILS
FOR
TWO |
Coslow,
Johnston |
03:49 |
1953 |
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11 |
COTTONTAIL |
Ellington |
13:05 |
1953 |
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PROPERBOX
82 - JAZZ AT THE
PHILHARMONIC
DISCOGRAPHY
DISC ONE - BLUES FOR NORMAN
Jazz at the Philharmonic :
Shorty
Sherock, tp; Illinois Jacquet, Jack
McVea, ts; Nat King Cole, p; Les Paul, g; Johnny Miller, b;
Lee Young,
d.
Philharmonic Auditorium, Los
Angeles, July 2, 1944
720/721
ROSETTA
Same personnel and date, but
add
Red Callender, b.
BUGLE
CALL RAG
J.J. Johnson, tb; Illinois
Jacquet,
Jack McVea, ts; Nat King Cole, p;
Les Paul, g; Johnny Miller, b; Lee Young, d.
Philharmonic Auditorium, Los
Angeles, July 2, 1944
123/4/5/6
TEA
FOR TWO
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Joe Guy, Howard McGhee, tp; Willie
Smith, as; Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Ventura, ts; Garland
Finney, p;
Ulysses Livingston, g; Red Callender, b; Gene Krupa, d.
Philharmonic Auditorium,
February
12, 1945
1499/1500/1501
HOW
HIGH THE
MOON
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Howard McGhee, tp; poss/unknown, tb;
Willie Smith, as; Illinois Jacquet, Wardell Gray and/or
Charlie
Ventura, ts; probably Milt Raskin, p; probably Dave Barbour,
g; Charlie
Mingus, b; Davie Coleman, d; Billie Holiday, voc.
Philharmonic Auditorium, Los
Angeles, February 12, 1945
BODY
AND SOUL
STRANGE
FRUIT
Jazz at the Philharmonic :
Dizzy
Gillespie, Al Killian, tp; Charlie
Parker, Willie Smith, as; Lester Young, Charlie Ventura, ts;
Mel
Powell, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Lee Young, d.
Philharmonic Auditorium, Los
Angeles, January 28, 1946
413/414
SWEET
GEORGIA BROWN
Jazz at the Philharmonic
: Al
Killian, Howard McGhee, tp; Charlie
Parker, Willie Smith, as; Lester Young, ts; Arnold Ross, p;
Billy
Hadnott, b; Lee Young, d.
Philharmonic Auditorium,
January
28, 1946
D241/D242
BLUES
FOR NORMAN
D243/D244 I
CAN’T
GET STARTED
DISC TWO - JATP BLUES
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
same date, place and personnel as “I
can’t get started” - Disc One.
D245/D246
OH,
LADY BE GOOD
D247/D248
AFTER
YOU’VE GONE
Jazz at the Philharmonic :
Buck
Clayton, tp; Charlie Parker, Willie
Smith, as; Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, ts; Kenny Kersey, p;
Irving
Ashby, g; Billy Hadnott, b;
Buddy
Rich, d.
Embassy Theatre, Los Angeles,
April
22, 1946
101/102/103/104
JATP
BLUES
I
GOT RHYTHM
Same date and personnel as
above,
but omit Charlie Parker and Irving
Ashby
I
SURRENDER DEAR
Jazz at The Philharmonic
:
Billie Holiday, voc; Joe Guy, tp;
George Auld, as; Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young, ts; Kenny
Kersey, p;
probably Tny Grimes, g; A McKibbon, b;
J.C. Heard, d Carnegie
Hall, New
York City, June 3, 1946
THE
MAN I LOVE
GEE
BABY, AIN’T I GOOD TO YOU ?
ALL
OF ME
BILLIE’S
BLUES
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Billie Holiday, voc; Bobby Tucker, p;
Carnegie Hall, New York City, May 24, 1947
YOU
BETTER GO NOW
YOU’RE
DRIVING ME CRAZY
THERE
IS NO GREATER LOVE
I
COVER THE WATERFRONT
DISC
THREE - PERDIDO
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Roy Eldridge, tp; Tommy Turk, tb;
Charlie Parker, as; Lester Young, ts; Hank Jones, p; Ray
Brown, b;
Buddy Rich, d.
Carnegie Hall, New York City,
September 18, 1949
C382/C383/C384
THE
OPENER
C385/C386/C387
LESTER
LEAPS IN
EMBRACEABLE
YOU
Same date, place and
personnel as above, but add Ella Fitzgerald,
voc.
FLYIN’
HOME
HOW
HIGH THE MOON
PERDIDO
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, tp;
Benny Carter, as; Lester Young, Flip Phillips, ts, Oscar
Peterson, p;
Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich, d.
Carnegie Hall, New York,
September
13, 1952
JAM
SESSION BLUES
DISC
FOUR - COTTONTAIL
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, tp;
Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b; Buddy Rich,
d.
Carnegie Hall, New York City,
September 13, 1952
THE
TRUMPET BATTLE
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar
Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b.
Louisiana, February, 1953
SWEET
GEORGIA BROWN
CHEEK
TO CHEEK
C
JAM BLUES
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Lester Young Quintet : Lester
Young, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b;
J.C. Heard,
d.
Bushnell Memorial Auditorium,
Hartford, Connecticut, May 1953
D.B.
BLUES
I
COVER THE WATERFRONT
LESTER
LEAPS IN
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, tp;
Bill Harris, tb; Willie Smith, Benny Carter, as; Flip
Phillips, Ben
Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b;
J.C.
Heard, d.
Nichigeki Theatre, Tokyo,
November
18, 1953
The ballad medley :
THE
NEARNESS OF YOU (BILL HARRIS)
SOMEONE
TO WATCH OVER ME (BEN WEBSTER)
FLAMINGO
(BENNY CARTER)
I
SURRENDER DEAR (ROY ELDRIDGE)
SWEET
AND LOVELY (FLIP PHILLIPS)
STARDUST
(WILLIE SMITH)
EMBRACEABLE
YOU (CHARLIE SHAVERS)
Jazz at the Philharmonic
:
Gene Krupa Trio : Benny Carter,
as; Oscar Peterson, p; Gene Krupa, d.
Nichigeki Theatre, Tokyo,
November
18, 1953
INDIANA
COCKTAILS
FOR TWO
Jazz at the Philharmonic All
Stars
: Roy Eldridge, Charlie
Shavers, tp; Bill Harris, tb; Willie Smith, Benny Carter, as;
Flip
Phillips, Ben Webster, ts; Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g;
Ray Brown,
b; J.C. Heard, d.
Nichigeki Theatre, Tokyo,
November
18, 1953
COTTONTAIL
