''Joe Cool's Blues'' is an album by jazz trumpeter
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...
and his father
Ellis Marsalis that was released in 1995. The album reached a peak position of No. 3 on ''Billboard''s Top Jazz Albums chart.
The album consists of a series of songs inspired by the ''
Peanuts
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'' comic strip and television specials. Half of the songs are
cover version
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s of pieces by
Vince Guaraldi
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this s ...
, who composed for the ''Peanuts'' franchise from 1965 until his death in 1976; the remainder are original compositions by Wynton Marsalis.
Track listing
Personnel
Wynton Marsalis Septet
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Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...
– trumpet
*
Eric Reed – piano
*
Wessell Anderson
Wessell "Warmdaddy" Anderson (born 1966) is an American jazz alto and sopranino saxophonist.
Anderson grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, and played jazz early on at the urging of his father, who was a drummer. He played in loca ...
– soprano and alto saxophones
*
Victor Goines
Victor Louis Goines (born August 6, 1961) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who has served as president and chief executive officer of Jazz St. Louis since September 2022. From 2000 to 2007, he was director of the jazz program at Juilliard.
...
– tenor saxophone, clarinet
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Wycliffe Gordon
Wycliffe A. Gordon (born May 29, 1967) is an American jazz trombonist, arranger, composer, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. Gordon also sings and plays didgeridoo, trumpet, soprano trombone, tuba, and piano. ...
– trombone
*
Ben Wolfe
Benjamin Jonah Wolfe is an American jazz bassist who has performed in groups with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall. He is currently on the teaching faculty at The Juilliard School Jazz Division.
Career
Wolfe was born in Baltim ...
– double bass, bass guitar
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Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley (born February 15, 1957) is an American jazz drummer and a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.
A native of New Orleans, Riley started on the drums when he was three. He played trumpet through high ...
– drums
Ellis Marsalis Trio
*
Ellis Marsalis – piano
* Reginald Veal – bass
* Martin Butler – drums
Additional personnel
*
Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist
The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed inst ...
– tenor saxophone ("Little Birdie")
*
Chuck Findley
Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...
– trumpet ("Little Birdie")
* Tom Peterson – baritone saxophone ("Little Birdie")
*
Germaine Bazzle
Germaine Bazzle (born March 28, 1932) is a jazz vocalist from New Orleans.
Background
Bazzle was born in New Orleans in 1932 and is from the Seventh Ward, New Orleans, Seventh Ward. She grew up in a musical family and began playing the piano ...
– vocals ("Little Birdie")
*
George Butler George Butler may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* George Butler (filmmaker) (1944–2021), American filmmaker
* George Butler (record producer) (1931–2008), American record producer
* George Bernard Butler (1838–1907), American painter
* Ge ...
– executive producer
*
Delfeayo Marsalis
Delfeayo Marsalis (; born July 28, 1965) is an American jazz trombonist, record producer and educator.
Life and career
Marsalis was born in New Orleans, the son of Dolores (née Ferdinand) and Ellis Louis Marsalis, Jr., a pianist and music pro ...
– trombone ("Little Birdie"), producer, mixing, mastering
*
Stanley Crouch
Stanley Lawrence Crouch (December 14, 1945 – September 16, 2020) was an American poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, and biographer. He was known for his jazz criticism and his 2000 novel ''Don't the Moon Look ...
– liner notes
Credits adapted from
AllMusic
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and
Discogs
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.
[''Joe Cool's Blues'' at discogs.com]
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References
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1995 albums
Collaborative albums
Columbia Records albums
Wynton Marsalis albums
Peanuts music
Vince Guaraldi tribute albums
20th-century jazz composers
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American composers
Animation composers
Albums produced by George Butler (record producer)