The Complete Ruby Braff Bethlehem Recordings

~ Release by Ruby Braff (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Contains the albums Ruby Braff Quartet Swings (10" BCP1005, Tracks 1 through 8, October 1954), Holiday In Braff (10" BCP1034, Tracks 9 through 13, January 1955), Holiday In Braff (10" BCP1032, Tracks 14-19 CD1 and Tracks 1-2 on CD2, March 1955), Bud Freeman Quintet with Ruby Braff (12" BCP 29, Tracks 3-7 on CD2, July 1955), and The Ruby Braff Special (Vanguard 12" VRS8504, Tracks 8-15 on CD2, October 1955).

Annotation last modified on 2018-10-08 22:08 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Blue and Sentimental
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
instrumental recording of:
Blue and Sentimental (in 1954-10)
composer:
Count Basie (pianist), Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
2:41
2This Can’t Be Love
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
instrumental recording of:
This Can’t Be Love (in 1954-10)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell
2:38
3Mean to Me
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
instrumental recording of:
Mean to Me (in 1954-10)
lyricist:
Roy Turk
composer:
Fred Ahlert
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp., Cromwell Music, Inc., Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp. and Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP)
3:02
4Ellie
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
2:28
5The Blue Room
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
instrumental recording of:
Blue Room (in 1954-10)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1926)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1926)
2:50
6I Can’t Get Started
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
instrumental recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (in 1954-10)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:14
7You’re a Sweetheart
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
instrumental recording of:
You’re a Sweetheart (in 1954-10)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
2:58
8Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1954-10)
piano:
Johnny Guarnieri (in 1954-10)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1954-10)
recording of:
Struttin’ With Some Barbecue (in 1954-10)
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
2:45
9Rosetta
engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1954-12-31)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1954-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Izzy Sklar (on 1954-12-31)
piano:
Dick Katz (US jazz pianist, 1924-2009) (on 1954-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Margolis (on 1954-12-31)
trombone:
Eddie Hubble (on 1954-12-31)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (on 1954-12-31)
live instrumental recording of:
Rosetta (on 1954-12-31)
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
5:51
10I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1954-12-31)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1954-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Izzy Sklar (on 1954-12-31)
piano:
Dick Katz (US jazz pianist, 1924-2009) (on 1954-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Margolis (on 1954-12-31)
trombone:
Eddie Hubble (on 1954-12-31)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (on 1954-12-31)
live instrumental recording of:
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (on 1954-12-31)
lyricist:
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Fred Ahlert and Joe Young (US lyricist)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Azure Pearl Music, Beeping Good Music Publishing, Bluewater Music UK, David Ahlert Music, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc., Downtown Music Publishing LLC (PRS-affiliated), Fred Ahlert Mus. Corp., MCA Music Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., MPL UK Publishing, Pencil Mark Music (ASCAP) and Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
5:55
11Sometimes I’m Happy
engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1954-12-31)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1954-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Izzy Sklar (on 1954-12-31)
piano:
Dick Katz (US jazz pianist, 1924-2009) (on 1954-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Margolis (on 1954-12-31)
trombone:
Eddie Hubble (on 1954-12-31)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (on 1954-12-31)
live instrumental recording of:
Sometimes I’m Happy (on 1954-12-31)
lyricist:
Vincent Youmans
composer:
Irving Caesar
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1927 musical)
8:08
12You Can Depend on Me
engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1954-12-31)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1954-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Izzy Sklar (on 1954-12-31)
piano:
Dick Katz (US jazz pianist, 1924-2009) (on 1954-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Margolis (on 1954-12-31)
trombone:
Eddie Hubble (on 1954-12-31)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (on 1954-12-31)
live instrumental recording of:
You Can Depend on Me (on 1954-12-31)
composer:
Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
3:35
13Auld Lang Syne
engineer:
Tom Dowd (on 1954-12-31)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1954-12-31)
drums (drum set):
Izzy Sklar (on 1954-12-31)
piano:
Dick Katz (US jazz pianist, 1924-2009) (on 1954-12-31)
tenor saxophone:
Sam Margolis (on 1954-12-31)
trombone:
Eddie Hubble (on 1954-12-31)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (on 1954-12-31)
live instrumental recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns) (on 1954-12-31)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1788)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6294)
translated version of:
Auld Lang Syne (tr. Sbait)
5:54
14Easy Living
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (in 1955-03) and Hymie Shertzer (in 1955-03)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (in 1955-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Arthur Reyerson (in 1955-03) and Mundell Lowe (in 1955-03)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (in 1955-03)
tenor saxophone:
Boomie Richman (in 1955-03) and Bob Wilber (in 1955-03)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
Easy Living (in 1955-03)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
3:44
15Flowers for a Lady
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (in 1955-03) and Hymie Shertzer (in 1955-03)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (in 1955-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Arthur Reyerson (in 1955-03) and Mundell Lowe (in 1955-03)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (in 1955-03)
tenor saxophone:
Boomie Richman (in 1955-03) and Bob Wilber (in 1955-03)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1955-03)
4:28
16Foolin’ Myself
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (in 1955-03) and Hymie Shertzer (in 1955-03)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (in 1955-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Arthur Reyerson (in 1955-03) and Mundell Lowe (in 1955-03)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (in 1955-03)
tenor saxophone:
Boomie Richman (in 1955-03) and Bob Wilber (in 1955-03)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
Foolin’ Myself (in 1955-03)
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) and Peter Tinturin
publisher:
Chappell Music Co. Inc.
3:56
17I’ll Be Around
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (in 1955-03) and Hymie Shertzer (in 1955-03)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (in 1955-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Arthur Reyerson (in 1955-03) and Mundell Lowe (in 1955-03)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (in 1955-03)
tenor saxophone:
Boomie Richman (in 1955-03) and Bob Wilber (in 1955-03)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1955-03)
instrumental recording of:
I’ll Be Around (in 1955-03)
lyricist and composer:
Alec Wilder
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc., Primary Wave 3 Songs (BMI) and TRO-Ludwig Music, Inc.
3:57
18It’s Easy to Blame the Weather
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (in 1955-03) and Hymie Shertzer (in 1955-03)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (in 1955-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Arthur Reyerson (in 1955-03) and Mundell Lowe (in 1955-03)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (in 1955-03)
tenor saxophone:
Boomie Richman (in 1955-03) and Bob Wilber (in 1955-03)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1955-03)
recording of:
It’s Easy to Blame the Weather (in 1955-03)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Saul Chaplin
2:24
19Pullin’ Through
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Al Klink (in 1955-03) and Hymie Shertzer (in 1955-03)
baritone saxophone:
Sol Schlinger (saxophone, jazz) (in 1955-03)
double bass:
Walter Page (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Donaldson (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Arthur Reyerson (in 1955-03) and Mundell Lowe (in 1955-03)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (in 1955-03)
tenor saxophone:
Boomie Richman (in 1955-03) and Bob Wilber (in 1955-03)
trumpet:
Ruby Braff (US trumpet & cornet player) (in 1955-03)
2:57
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