Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Time Life Records
• ASIN: B00006BTD0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #375,465 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Canal Street Blues - Louis Armstrong

2. Bloomdido - Dizzy Gillespie

3. Bouncing with Bud - Bud Powell's Modernists

4. My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker

5. God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday

6. April in Paris - Count Basie And His Orchestra

7. Night Train - Oscar Peterson Trio

8. My Favorite Things, Pt. 1 - John Coltrane

9. Walk on the Wild Side - Jimmy Smith

10. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Sarah Vaughan

11. Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Trio

12. Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

13. African Waltz - Cannonball Adderly And His Orchestra

14. The Girl from Ipanema - Stan Getz

15. Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro) - Cal Tjader

16. Bumpin' on Sunset - Wes Montgomery

17. The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio

18. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul - Charles Mingus

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Classic Jazz - Jazz Legends" --- 30 TRACKS, November 5, 2007

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Matt R. Davis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends (Audio CD)

1 Take The A Train Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 4:38

2 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Ella Fitzgerald 4:16

3 A Theme From The Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife) Louis Armstrong And His All-Stars 3:25

4 Lullaby Of Birdland Mel Torme 4:54

5 Misty Erroll Garner Trio 2:48

6 God Bless The Child Billie Holiday 4:01

7 The In Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio 3:19

8 Take Five Dave Brubeck Quartet 5:26

9 The Girl From Ipanema Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto 2:50

10 My Funny Valentine Chet Baker 2:20

11 Exodus Eddie Harris 2:03

12 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Nat King Cole Trio 3:03

13 Flying Home Illinois Jacquet 3:13

14 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Sarah Vaughan 4:00

15 April In Paris Count Basie And His Orchestra 3:48

16 Something's Gotta Give Ella Fitzgerald 2:36

17 Cloudburst Lambert, Hendricks & Ross 2:18

18 Killer Joe The Jazztet 5:00

19 Cast Your Fate To The Wind Vince Guaraldi Trio 3:09

20 Since I Fell For You Dinah Washington 3:15

21 Seven Steps To Heaven Miles Davis 6:25

22 Lush Life John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman 5:30

23 The Cat Jimmy Smith 3:28

24 Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria 2:30

25 Fly Me To The Moon Anita O'Day 3:46

26 Night Train Oscar Peterson Trio 4:52

27 Chicago Count Basie And Tony Bennett 2:09

28 I'm In The Mood For Love Charlie Parker 2:54

29 Cry Me A River Julie london 2:59

30 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Cannonball Adderley 3:09

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSICJAZZITIZ!, September 13, 2004

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STEPHEN T. McCARTHY (a Mensa-donkey in Phoenix, Airheadzona.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends (Audio CD)

You don't need a review in order to help you decide whether or not you ought to purchase this; all you need to do is examine WHO and WHAT appears on this TWO-DISC (!) compilation.

Included amongst the principal players are : Ellington, Satchmo, Ella, Miles, Coltrane, Parker, Erroll Garner, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, and Cannonball Adderley!

Some of the music masters who lend their renowned talents to the production of this music in supporting roles are : Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Wynton Kelly, Kenny Burrell, Nelson Riddle, McCoy Tyner, "Sweets" Edison, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Barney Kessel, Buddy Rich, and Joe Zawinul. I mean, this is a veritable Jazz Hall Of Fame!

Sure, there are a few dogs here (in my opinion.) I gotta grit my teeth to get through Mel Torme's too-cute, LULLABY OF BIRDLAND; Chet Baker's flat and comatose, MY FUNNY VALENTINE; and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross', CLOUDBURST, which simply rains on my parade. Any one of these should have been replaced by Art Blakey & his Jazz Messenger's truly classic, 'Moanin.' OK, so there ain't nothin' perfect on this earth, but if you think I'm a-gonna give anything less than 5 Stars to a collection of unedited jazz masterpieces that includes : TAKE THE "A" TRAIN; THE "IN" CROWD; THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA; APRIL IN PARIS; KILLER JOE; CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND; NIGHT TRAIN; THE CAT; and TAKE FIVE (the 'Stairway To Heaven' of the JazzWorld), then yer jus' looney tunes! Man, this truly is Classic Jazz, and if you don't like what is presented here, then you and I ain't never a-gonna hear ear to ear, an' all I can say is, "MERCY, MERCY, MERCY!"

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, January 3, 2006

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Eli Bildirici "jedi of the mosaic faith" (Brooklyn, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classic Jazz: Jazz Legends (Audio CD)

This two-disc set by Time Life, now out of print it seems, served as my formal introduction to Classic Jazz. Hot damn! Miles Davis, Jimmy Smith, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, and Louis Armstrong are just the tip of the iceberg! I'd say even the songs that the other reviewer disliked, Torme's "Lullaby of Birdland" and, admittedly to a lesser degree, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross's "Cloudburst" are also keepers.

The order of the songs on this disc is very-well thought out, especially ending the first disc with a flourish (Count Basie's "April in Paris".)

I recommend this to anyone - from serious music fans looking to broaden their horizons into jazz (if they haven't already) to hardened jazz fans who don't have some of the truly great gems present here. A keeper, if there ever was one.