"There'll Be Some Changes Made" ("Changes") is a
popular
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song by
Benton Overstreet
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He was born in Atchison, Kansas. He directed McCabe's Georgia Troubadours in 1910, and by the mid-1910s ...
(composer) and
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.
Biography
Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, be ...
(lyricist). Published in 1921, the song has flourished in several genres, particularly
jazz
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. The song has endured for as many years as a
jazz standard
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.
According to the online ''
The Jazz Discography
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'' (an index of jazz-only recordings), "Changes" had been recorded 404 times as of May 2018.
The song and its record debut were revolutionary, in that the songwriters (
Overstreet and
Higgins, the original copyright publisher,
Harry Herbert Pace, the vocalist to first record it (
Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her not ...
), the owners of
Black Swan
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(the record label), the opera singer (
Elizabeth Greenfield
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) for whom the label was named, and the musicians on the recording led by
Fletcher Henderson
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was one of the most prolific black musi ...
, were all African American. The production is identified by historians as a notable part of the
Harlem Renaissance
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.
History and popularity milestones
1920s
The debut recording with
Ethel Waters
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was recorded on
Black Swan Records
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(1921) and rapidly became a hit. Her rendition features the rarely-heard 6-bar instrumental intro,
followed by her singing the 1st verse (16 bars, plus 1), then her singing the 1st chorus (16 bars, plus 2), then instruments playing 8 bars of the chorus, finishing with her singing the 1st chorus (16 bars, plus 2).
''
Variety
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'' magazine, in a fifty-year commemorative issue, included Ethel Waters' recording in its "Hit Parade of a Half-Century (1905–1955)" list for 1923.
A 1924 recording by
Marion Harris
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(
Brunswick 2651) helped establish it as a
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.
Other artists with notable recordings during the 1920s include
Josie Miles (
Ajax
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17087; 1924),
Sophie Tucker
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(
Okeh
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40921; 1927), and the
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(
Red McKenzie
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, vocalist;
Brunswick 4001; 1928). In jazz discography, which does not include the recordings of
Marion Harris
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or
Sophie Tucker
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, there were 11 recordings of the song during the 1920s.
1930s
Standout recordings from the 1930s include
Fats Waller
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz pi ...
(
Bluebird
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...
B10322; 1935),
Pee Wee Russell
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With a highly individualistic and sp ...
's Rhythmakers (
HRS (de) 1000; 1938), and
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (
Louise Tobin
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, vocalist,
Fletcher Henderson
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arrangement;
Columbia 35210; 1939). In jazz discography, there were 17 recordings of the song during the 1930s, including double
takes
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by (i)
Benny Carter
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and His Swing Quintet (Masters of Jazz (F)MJCD95
CD &
Vocalion
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S46), (ii)
Pee Wee Russell
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With a highly individualistic and sp ...
's Rhythmakers (both takes on HRS 1001; 1938), (iii)
Benny Goodman
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And His Orchestra (
Columbia 35210 & Phontastic (Swd)NOST7606; 1939), and (iv)
Eddie Condon
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And His Chicagoans (
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18041 &
Meritt 11; 1939).
1940s
1941 was not a good year for newly published popular music. According to a January 31, 1942, ''
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'' article,
ASCAP
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members claimed only 2 of the top 13 sellers in sheet music. Five of the remaining 11 were revivals, one of which was "There'll Be Some Changes Made."
The 1941 film, ''
Play Girl'', gave new life to the song. In 1941,
Benny Goodman
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's 1939 version became a ''
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'' No. 1 Hit for 4 weeks (during April and May) and peaked at No. 2 on ''
Your Hit Parade
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.'' In 1961,
BMI published a list, "All-Time Hit Songs, Broadcast Music, Inc., 1940–1960," in ''
Billboard
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''. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" was among the 17 songs listed for 1947.
In jazz discography, there were 60 recordings of the song during the 1940s.
Notable recordings from the 1940s include
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
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(
Marilyn Duke
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, vocalist;
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B-11025-A; 1941), and
Peggy Lee
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(
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15001; 1947).
1950s
In early 1959,
Billie Holiday
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did three
sessions with
Ray Ellis
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Raymond Spencer Ellis wa ...
and orchestra for
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in
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: March 3, 4, and 11. She recorded "Changes" in the final
session. That
session turned out to be the last
studio session of her life. She died later — on July 17.
The album — released under various titles, notably, ''
Last Recording
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'' (
MGM
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SE-3764; 1959) — was posthumously released.
In jazz discography, there were 42 recordings of "Changes" during the 1950s.
1960s – current
Notable artists who recorded "Changes" include
Jaki Byard
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(
Muse
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5007; 1972),
Tony Bennett
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(Improv 7112; 1973–1977) and
Fox Face (
Dirtnap Records
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ZZZ-163; 2021)
2000
In 2004, Tony Bennett sang that song again at the
Montreux Jazz Festival
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with the
Phil Collins Big Band accompanied by pianist
Ralph Sharon
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and double bassist Douglas Richeson, and that event can be heard on Collins's 4 CD box set ''
Plays Well with Others'' published in 2018.
Western swing and country western
Outside of jazz, in
western swing
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,
Bob Wills
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recorded it in 1937 (
Vocalion
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DAL 244-1). In
country music
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,
Chet Atkins
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and
Mark Knopfler
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recorded — on their 1990
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award winning album ''
Neck and Neck'' — a parody version that references the
Dire Straits
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song "
Money for Nothing"
Selected videography, filmography, and stage
Feature films
* Use of the song in the 1941 film, ''
Play Girl'', helped repopularize the song 20 years after its debut.
*
Ida Lupino
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sang the song in the 1948 film, ''
Road House''
*
Joan Blondell
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Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on ...
sang the song in the 1951 film, ''
The Blue Veil''
* In the 1972 film ''
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'', a quartet is singing the song when the airplane
Billy Pilgrim
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is traveling in spins out of control and crashes.
*
Ann Reinking
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sang and danced to the song accompanied by
Leland Palmer
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Le ...
and Erzsébet Földi during the "Hallucination Sequence" in the 1979 film, ''
All That Jazz'', directed by
Bob Fosse
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. Reinking, Fosse's previous partner, directs the song to
Roy Scheider
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playing Joe Gideon, a semi-autobiographical version of Fosse himself.
* The soundtrack of
Woody Allen
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's 1999 film, ''
Sweet and Lowdown
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'', included "There'll Be Some Changes Made," recorded by members of the film's music department:
Howard Alden
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Early life
How ...
, solo guitar,
Bucky Pizzarelli
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,
rhythm guitar
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,
Ken Peplowski
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In 2 ...
,
clarinet
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, Kelly Friesen,
bass, and Ted Sommer,
drums
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. In the scene, Emmet Ray, played by
Sean Penn
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in the lead role as a guitarist, is playing the song with his quintet at a club as he is approached by a woman with black hair.
Shorts
* The 1928
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, ''Character Studies'' (Vitaphone 2734), directed by Murry Roth, featured three songs, including "Changes," all sung by Florence Brady ''(née'' Florence E. McAleer; born approx. 1902), a comedian, singer, vaudeville actress, and longtime stage partner with her songwriter husband, Gilbert William Wells (1893–1935).
Selected discography
Ethel Waters
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, accompanied by Her Jazz Masters
Trumpet (unknown), trombone (unknown), Garvin Bushell
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(clarinet), possibly Charlie Jackson (violin), Fletcher Henderson
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(piano)
Recorded around August 1921, New York
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Black Swan
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Matrix
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- Josie Miles
With the Choo Choo Jazzers
Josie Miles (vocals), Bob Fuller (clarinet), Louis Hooper (piano)
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'' December 1924, New York City
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Ajax
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(Canadian Race label) 17087
Matrix
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Sophie Tucker
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Recorded September 3, 1927
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Matrix
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W81314-B
Okeh
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40921
- Chicago Rhythm Kings
Red McKenzie
William 'Red' McKenzie (October 14, 1899 – February 7, 1948) was an American jazz vocalist and musician who played a comb as an instrument. He played the comb-and-paper by placing paper, sometimes strips from the ''Evening World'', over the t ...
(singer), Muggsy Spanier
Francis Joseph "Muggsy" Spanier (November 9, 1901 – February 12, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist based in Chicago. He was a member of the Bucktown Five, pioneers of the "Chicago style" that straddled traditional Dixieland jazz and swin ...
(clarinet), Frank Teschmacher (clarinet), Mezz Mezzrow
Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladnier ...
(tenor sax), Joe Sullivan
Michael Joseph O'Sullivan (November 4, 1906 – October 13, 1971) was an American jazz pianist.
Sullivan was the ninth child of Irish immigrant parents. He studied classical piano for 12 years and at age 17, he began to play popular music in si ...
(piano), Eddie Condon
Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.
Early years
Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...
(banjo), James W. Lanigan (1902–1983) (tuba), Gene Krupa
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(drums
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)
Recorded April 6, 1928, Chicago
Brunswick 4001
Re-release: Classic Jazz Masters 31
Boswell Sisters
The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connie Boswell (later spelled "Connee", December 3, 1907 – October 11, ...
Mannie Klein
Emmanuel Klein (February 4, 1908 – May 31, 1994) was an American jazz trumpeter most associated with swing.
Career
Born in New York City, New York, Klein began recording with The Ambassadors for Vocalion in 1924, worked with Paul Whiteman in 1 ...
(trumpet), Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombo ...
(trombone), Jimmy Dorsey (clarinet ,alto sax), Babe Russin
Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey a ...
(tenor sax), Martha Boswell (piano, cello), Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro, October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar. During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as p ...
(guitar), Artie Bernstein
Arthur Bernstein (February 4, 1909 – January 4, 1964) was an American jazz double bassist.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he started his musical career playing cello on board cruise ships to South America, and also studied law at New York Univers ...
(bass), Stan King (de) (drums)
Recorded March 21, 1932, New York City
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Matrix
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: 11543-A
Brunswick 6291
- Roy Newman (de) and His Boys
Recorded October 1, 1935, Dallas
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Roy Newman (piano), Jim Boyd (born 1914) (brother of musician Bill Boyd brother) (guitar), Earl Brown (guitar), Ish Erwin (bass), Holly Horton (1892–1944) (clarinet), Walter Kirks (tenor banjo), Randall "Buddy" Neal (guitar), Thurman Neal (fiddle)
Matrix
Matrix most commonly refers to:
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: DAL-196-1
Vocalion
Vocalion Records is an American record company and label.
History
The label was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Company, a maker of pianos and organs, as Aeolian-Vocalion; the company also sold phonographs under the Vocalion name. "Aeolian" was ...
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Bob Wills
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...
(1937)
Recorded June 1937, Dallas
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03902 Vocalion
Vocalion Records is an American record company and label.
History
The label was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Company, a maker of pianos and organs, as Aeolian-Vocalion; the company also sold phonographs under the Vocalion name. "Aeolian" was ...
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Matrix
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DAL 244-1 (1st take
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Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...
Louise Tobin
Mary Louise Tobin (November 11, 1918 – November 26, 2022) was an American jazz singer and musician. She appeared with Benny Goodman, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Jack Jenney. Tobin introduced " I Didn't Know What Time It Was" with Goodman ...
, vocalist
Arrangement by Fletcher Henderson
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was one of the most prolific black musi ...
Recorded August 10, 1939, Los Angeles
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Columbia 35210
Matrix
Matrix most commonly refers to:
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LA-1947-A
(first of 2 takes)
Eddie Condon
Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.
Early years
Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...
and His Chicagoans
(instrumental, no vocals)
Max Kaminsky (trumpet), Brad Gowans
Arthur Bradford "Brad" Gowans (December 3, 1903, Billerica, Massachusetts – September 8, 1954, Los Angeles) was an American jazz trombonist and reedist.
Gowans' earliest work was on the Dixieland jazz scene, playing with the Rhapsody Make ...
(trombone), Pee Wee Russell
Charles Ellsworth "Pee Wee" Russell (March 27, 1906 – February 15, 1969), was an American jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on clarinet.
With a highly individualistic and sp ...
(clarinet), Bud Freeman
Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing tenor saxophone, but also the clarinet.
Biography
In 1922, Freeman and some friends from high sc ...
(tenor sax), Joe Sullivan
Michael Joseph O'Sullivan (November 4, 1906 – October 13, 1971) was an American jazz pianist.
Sullivan was the ninth child of Irish immigrant parents. He studied classical piano for 12 years and at age 17, he began to play popular music in si ...
(piano), Eddie Condon
Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.
Early years
Condon was born in Goodland, Indiana, the son of J ...
(guitar), Clyde Newcombe (bass), Dave Tough
Dave Tough (April 26, 1907 – December 9, 1948) was an American jazz drummer associated with Dixieland and swing jazz in the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States, Tough was a friend of Bud Freeman, who was p ...
(drums)
Recorded August 11, 1939, New York City
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Matrix
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** "The Matrix", a fictional setting, a virtual reality environment, within ''The Matrix'' (franchis ...
– 66072-A: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
Matrix
Matrix most commonly refers to:
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– 66072-B: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
66072-A: Decca Decca may refer to:
Music
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* Decca Gold, a classical music record label owned by Universal Music Group
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18041
66072-B: Meritt 11
Art Tatum
Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field. From early in his career, Tatum's technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraord ...
Recorded live July 26 or 27, 1941, at Gee-Haw Stables, New York City
Art Tatum
Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field. From early in his career, Tatum's technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraord ...
(piano), Chocolate Williams (bass)
Ollie Potter (vocalist) (born 1900 – DOD not known)
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Onyx
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ORI205
Track 8 of 8
(see note: †)
Vaughn Monroe
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and His Orchestra
Recorded January 13, 1941
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Marylin Duke (vocalist)
Bobby Nichols ''(né'' Robert J. Nichols; 1924–1975) (trumpet solo)
Bluebird
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B-11025-A
Side A (matrix 060317=1)
Peggy Lee
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With Frank de Vol's Orchestra
Recorded August 14, 1947, Los Angeles
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Specific capitols include:
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15001-B
- Hy-Lo Trio (vocals and instrumentalist)
78 rpm
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album:
''Old Tyme Favourites''
Recorded around 1948, Boston
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Vinnie "Jimmy Cal" Calderone (accordion
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Angelo Boncore
''(né'' Angelo Joseph Boncore; 1919–2012) (bass)
Side B, Track 3
Label:
Crystal-Tone (Boston)
Re-issue:
Family Library of Recorded Music (Canada
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1007-B
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950s songs". Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performe ...
On the album:
''Dinah!
''Dinah!'' is a daytime variety talk show that was hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore. The series was distributed by 20th Century Fox Television and premiered on October 21, 1974, in syndication. In 1979, the show became known as ''Dinah ...
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Recorded November 11, 1955, Los Angeles
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Hal Mooney
Hal Mooney, born Harold Mooney (February 4, 1911 – March 23, 1995), was an American composer and arranger.
Early life and career
Hal Mooney was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a young man, Mooney was a professional pianist. He attended Brook ...
, arranger
Accompanied by Maynard Ferguson
Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served ...
, Conrad Gozzo
Conrad Joseph Gozzo (February 6, 1922October 8, 1964) was an American trumpet player. He was a member of the NBC Hollywood staff orchestra at the time of his death.
Early life
Gozzo was born in New Britain, Connecticut on February 6, 1922, ...
, Ray Linn
:''Not related to actor-singeRay Linn Jr.(1914–1994)''.
Ray Linn (October 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois – 4 November 1996 in Columbus, Ohio) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Linn's first major engagements came in the late 1930s, playing ...
, Mannie Klein
Emmanuel Klein (February 4, 1908 – May 31, 1994) was an American jazz trumpeter most associated with swing.
Career
Born in New York City, New York, Klein began recording with The Ambassadors for Vocalion in 1924, worked with Paul Whiteman in 1 ...
(trumpets); Tommy Pederson
Pullman Gerald "Tommy" Pederson (August 15, 1920 – January 16, 1998) was an American trombonist and composer known for his work in jazz, big band, and classical genres.
Career
Pederson performed and recorded with big bands and artists that ...
, Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist.
Biography
Rosolino was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, He performed with the big bands of Bob Chester, Glen Gray, Tony Pastor, Herbie Fields, Gen ...
, Si Zentner
Simon Hugh Zentner (June 13, 1917 in New York City, United States – January 31, 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American trombonist and jazz big-band leader.
Zentner played in the bands of Les Brown, Harry James, and Jimmy Dorsey in the ...
(trombones); Herb Geller
Herbert Arnold Geller (November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger. He was born in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Early life
His mother, Frances ''(née'' Frances Mildred Fullman, al ...
, Skeets Herfurt
Arthur Relsmond "Skeets" Herfurt (28 May 1911 – 17 April 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Career highlights
Herfurt was born in Cincinnati and raised in Denver and played in bands while attending the University of Colora ...
(alto saxes); Georgie Auld
Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
Early years
Auld was born John Altwerger in Toronto, Canada, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1929. Before the family left Canada, Auld ...
, Babe Russin
Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911 – August 4, 1984) was an American tenor saxophone player.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Russin played with some of the best known jazz bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey a ...
(tenor saxes); Chuck Gentry ''(né'' Charles Thomas Gentry; 1911–1987) (bari sax); Wynton Kelly
Wynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his lively, blues-based playing and as one of the finest accompanists in jazz. He began playing professionally at the age of ...
(piano); Al Hendrickson
Alton Reynolds Hendrickson (May 10, 1920 – July 19, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist and occasional vocalist.
Biography
When he was five years old, Hendrickson's family moved to California, where he grew up. He played early in his career w ...
(de) (guitar); Keter Betts
William Thomas "Keter" Betts (July 22, 1928 – August 6, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist.
Early life and education
Born in Port Chester, New York, he was nicknamed "Keter", a short form of the word mosquito. He graduated from Port C ...
(bass); Jimmy Cobb
Wilbur James "Jimmy" Cobb (January 20, 1929May 24, 2020) was an American jazz drummer. He was part of Miles Davis's First Great Sextet. At the time of his death, he had been the band's last surviving member for nearly thirty years. He was a ...
(drums); Harold "Hal" Mooney (director)
Matrix
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12401-4
EmArcy
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.
During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown ...
MG36065
Soundtrack
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From the 1957 film
''Designing Woman
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''
Album title: ''Miss Dolores Gray
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Early life
She was born as Sylvia ...
:''
''Legendary Star of Stage and Screen''
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Blue Pear Records
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1014
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop si ...
''Billie Holiday With Ray Ellis And His Orchestra''
Accompanied by Harry "Sweets" Edison
Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard bac ...
(trumpet), Joe Wilder
Joseph Benjamin Wilder (February 22, 1922 – May 9, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Wilder was awarded the Temple University Jazz Master's Hall of Fame Award in 2006. The National Endowment for the Arts honored h ...
(trumpet), Billy Byers
William Mitchell Byers (May 1, 1927 – May 1, 1996) was an American jazz trombonist and arranger.
Early life
Byers was born in Los Angeles on May 1, 1927. He suffered from arthritis from a young age and was unable to continue his plans of a care ...
(trombone), Al Cohn
Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical partnership with fellow saxophonist Zo ...
(tenor sax), Danny Bank
Daniel Bernard Bank (July 17, 1922 – June 5, 2010) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist. He is credited on some releases as Danny Banks.
He was born on July 17, 1922. Early in his career Bank played with Charlie Barnet ...
(bari sax), Hank Jones
Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored ...
(piano), Barry Galbraith
Joseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Galbraith moved to New York City from McDonald, PA in the early 1940s and found work playing with Babe Russin, Art Tatum, Red Norvo, Hal McIntyre, an ...
(guitar), Milt Hinton
Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer.
Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...
(bass), Osie Johnson
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.
Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess. He fir ...
(drums), Ray Ellis
Ray Ellis (July 28, 1923 – October 27, 2008) was an American record producer, arranger, conductor, and saxophonist. He was responsible for the orchestration in Billie Holiday's ''Lady in Satin'' (1958).
Biography
Raymond Spencer Ellis wa ...
(arranger, conductor)
Recorded March 11, 1959
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59XY445: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
MGM
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SE-3764
Verve
Verve may refer to:
Music
* The Verve, an English rock band
* ''The Verve E.P.'', a 1992 EP by The Verve
* ''Verve'' (R. Stevie Moore album)
* Verve Records, an American jazz record label
Businesses
* Verve Coffee Roasters, an American coffee ho ...
(E)2304120
(MGM)
Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...
'' Brubeck and Rushing''
Recorded January 29, 1960, New York City
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Paul Desmond
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld; November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, " ...
(alto sax), Dave Brubeck (piano), Eugene Wright
Eugene Joseph Wright (May 29, 1923 – December 30, 2020) was an American jazz bassist who was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Career
Wright was a cornetist at high school and led the 16-piece band Dukes of Swing in his 20s. He was large ...
(bass), Joe Morello
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(drums), Jimmy Rushing
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(vocals)
Matrix
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** ''The Matrix'', a 1999 science-fiction action film
** "The Matrix", a fictional setting, a virtual reality environment, within ''The Matrix'' (franchis ...
: CO64697
Columbia CL1553
Julie London
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''Whatever Julie Wants
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For the cover photograph of this release Julie London had ...
'' ( LP)
With orchestra
Felix Slatkin
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(conductor)
Recorded in Hollywood
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, '' c.'', July 1961
Track
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B5: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
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Liberty
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LST 7192 ( LP) US (1961)
Liberty
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LRP 3192 ( LP, Mono
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* Mono-, a numerical prefix representing anything single
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* Mono (Japanese b ...
) Australia
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(1961)
7" Reel
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, 4tr, Stereo
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, Album
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, Liberty
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LT 7192 US (1961)
Promo
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*Promo (professional wrestling), a televised interview in which a wrestler's on-screen personali ...
, Whi, Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
LRP 3192 ( LP, Mono
Mono may refer to:
Common meanings
* Infectious mononucleosis, "the kissing disease"
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* Mono-, a numerical prefix representing anything single
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* Mono (Japanese b ...
) US (1961)
Longon HA-G 2405 ( LP, Mono
Mono may refer to:
Common meanings
* Infectious mononucleosis, "the kissing disease"
* Monaural, monophonic sound reproduction, often shortened to mono
* Mono-, a numerical prefix representing anything single
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* Mono (Japanese b ...
) UK (1961)
Jackie Gleason
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Recorded 1961; released 1962
''Jackie Gleason's Lover's Portfolio''
Capitol
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SWBO-1619
2 LPs (compilation)
Track B1 (of side A, B, C, D)
Tony Bennett
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On the album:
''Life Is Beautiful
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''
Arranged by Torrie Zito
Recorded 1975
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Tony Bennett (vocals), Torrie Zito (piano), John Guiffrida (bass), Chuck Hughes (drums), and orchestra
Improv 7112
Soundtrack
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(New York)
Recorded March 22, 1976, A & R Recording
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Before founding A & R Recording in 1958, Arnold and Ramone had been working at JAC Recording, Inc.; Arnold h ...
, New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
* '' ...
Original Broadway Cast from:
''Bubbling Brown Sugar
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''
H&L HL-69011-698
Act 2, Scene 3
Track B4
Josephine Premice
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, vocalist
Amherst Records
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* S ...
AMH 3310 ( CD)
Soundtrack
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(London)
London Cast from:
''Bubbling Brown Sugar
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''
Act 2, Scene 3
Released 1977
Elaine Delmar
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, vocalist
H&L HL-69011-698
Pye ( CD)
Duke Ellington
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Orchestra
Mercer Ellington
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Ellin ...
, director
Bruce Miller, arranger
''A Tribute To Ethel Waters''
Recorded 1978, Hollywood
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Places United States
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Diahann Carroll
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(vocals)
Orinda ORC4000
Chet Atkins
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and Mark Knopfler
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'' Neck and Neck'' (album)
Released October 9, 1990
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Columbia
- ''Celebrating
Mildred Bailey
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and Red Norvo
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''
Recorded April 21, 22, 23, 1996, Doppler Studios
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, Atlanta
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ACD-295 ( CD)
Daryl Sherman (vocals, piano), Randy Sandke
Jay Randall Sandke (born May 5, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz trumpeter and guitarist.
While a student at Indiana University in 1968, he and Michael Brecker started a jazz-rock band (Mrs. Seamon's Sound Band) that performed at the Notre D ...
(trumpet), Randy Reinhart (trombone), Bobby Gordon (de) (clarinet, tenor sax), John Cocuzzi (vibes, leader), Mark Shane (piano), James Chirillo
James Louis Chirillo (born May 2, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
Career
From 1977 to 1979, Chirillo performed regularly with singers Marilyn Maye, Vic Damone, Joey Heatherton, Lorna Luft, an ...
(guitar), Greg Cohen
Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades.
Career
Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includi ...
(bass), Joe Ascione
Joe Ascione (March 14, 1961 – March 11, 2016) was an American jazz drummer.
Ascione grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He began playing drums at age 2. His parents bought him his first drum set at age 4, and he was playing professionally by the ...
(drums)
Soundtrack
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Woody Allen
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's 1999 film
''Sweet and Lowdown
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''
Byron Stripling
Byron Stripling is a jazz trumpeter who has been a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.
Career
He was born Lloyd Byron Stripling on August 20, 1961, in Atlanta, Georgia.He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the Interloc ...
(trumpet), Ken Peplowski
Ken Peplowski (born May 23, 1959) is an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and known primarily for playing swing music. For over a decade, Peplowski recorded for Concord Records.
In 2 ...
(clarinet), Dick Hyman
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(piano), Howard Alden
Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California. Alden has recorded many albums for Concord Records, including four with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps.
Early life
How ...
(solo guitar), Bucky Pizzarelli
John Paul "Bucky" Pizzarelli (January 9, 1926 – April 1, 2020) was an American jazz guitarist.
He was the father of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli. He worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) ...
(rhythm guitar), Kelly Friesen (bass), Ted Sommer (drums)
Recorded in Hollywood, 1999
Track 5: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
Sony Classical
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SK89019 ( CD)
- Scott Hamilton
''Live in Bern: Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio''
Live at Marian's Jazzroom, Bern, Switzerland
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
, website ...
, May 18, 2014
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Scott Hamilton (tenor sax), Tamir Hendelman (piano), Christoph Luty (bass), Jeff Hamilton (drums
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Track
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7: "There'll Be Some Changes Made"
Capri
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74139-2 ( CD)
; Unreleased recordings
Duke Ellington
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and his Orchestra
Live: June 1, 1957, Sunset Ballroom
Near Carrolltown, Pennsylvania
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Shorty Baker
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Baker began on drums, but switched to trumpet during his teens. He started his career on riverboats and played with Don Redman in ...
(trumpet), (trombone), Russell Procope
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Before Ellington
Procope was born in New York City, United States, and grew up in S ...
(clarinet), Duke Ellington
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(piano), Joe Benjamin (bass), Sam Woodyard
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He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Woodyard was largely an autodidact on drums and played locally in the Newark, New Jersey area in the 1940s. ...
(drums)
; Notes on the Tatum recording
: † "There'll Be Some Changes Made," was recorded in 1941 on
acetate discs
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by an amateur, a
Columbia Student, Jerry Newman ''(né'' Jerome Robert Newman; 1918–1970), and released in the 1973. Newman's collection was the initial sole material used to launch the jazz label, Onyx Recording, Inc. ''(aka'' Onyx Records), a New York entity co-founded in 1972 by
Don Schlitten
Don Schlitten (born March 4, 1932) is an American jazz record producer.
Signal Records was founded in 1955 by Jules Colomby (assisted by Schlitten) with Harold Goldberg. His credits for Signal included work with Duke Jordan, Gigi Gryce, and Red R ...
and
Joe Fields
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Raised in Deptford Township, New Jersey, Fields ...
.
: Newman,
while a student at
Columbia in 1941, lugged his
acetate disc
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recording machine – a portable
Wilcox-Gay
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Recordio "disc cutter" – to jazz clubs in
Harlem
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, including
Minton's Playhouse
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on 118th Street and
Clark Monroe's Uptown House
Clark Monroe's Uptown House, sometimes shortened to Monroe's Uptown House or simply Monroe's, was a nightclub in New York City. Along with Minton's Playhouse, it was one of the two principal jazz clubs in the early history of bebop.
History
Cla ...
on 134th Street, both of which were incubators of jazz of the day, and in 1941, the beginning of
bebop
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. Newman's collection served as the core library for Onyx Recording, Inc.
Art Tatum
Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field. From early in his career, Tatum's technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraord ...
at
Minton's
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in 1941, issued by Onyx after being declined by
Columbia, on the LP ''
God Is in the House''.
At the
16th Annual Grammy Awards
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Award winners
* Record of the Year
**Joel Dorn (producer) & Roberta Flack f ...
held in March 1974, the album won two
Grammys
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, one for
Best Improvised Jazz Solo and one for
Best Liner Notes, written by
Morgenstern. Newman's recordings have been issued as unauthorized records, variously over the years; that is, none were done so with the permission or participation of the artists or their estates.
The commercial value of the recordings were deemed '; and those who acquired and distributed the recordings viewed the mission as one of curating jazz history.
: The
Art Tatum
Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field. From early in his career, Tatum's technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraord ...
session at
Gee-Haw Stables, later, became the subject of a poem, "Art Tatum at the Gee-Haw Stables," by
Grace Schulman.
Selected rollography (player pianos)
- MelOdee 1257
Melodee Music Co., Inc.
QRS
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7389
February 1941
Fats Waller
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, piano roll artist
QRS
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Word Roll 8316
J. Lawrence Cook, piano roll artist
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- Aeolian 1741
J. Lawrence Cook, piano roll artist
Copyrights
; Original copyright
: "There'll Be Some
Change Made" ''(
sic
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'' "Change" ''vs.'' "Changes")
: Billy Wiggins (pseudonym of
William Higgins) (words)
:
Benton Overstreet
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He was born in Atchison, Kansas. He directed McCabe's Georgia Troubadours in 1910, and by the mid-1910s ...
(music)
:
Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr. (arrangement)
: © 16 September 1921 (1 c.) E519207
: New York:
Harry Herbert Pace
; Subsequent copyrights
: © 17 September 1923 E569379
: © 1924 New York:
Edward B. Marks Music Corp.
: Billy Wiggins ''(pseudonym'' of Billy Higgins) (lyrics)
: William Belton Overstreet (music) (1888–1939)
:
; 5 additional choruses by Wilson & Ringle
: © 20 November 1924 E601555;
© Renewal 10 December 1951 R87327 (Wilson & Ringle arrangement)
: © 20 November 1924 E601555; © Renewal 20 November 1951 R86297 (Wilson & Ringle arrangement)
:
; Arrangements and renewals
: © 31 January 1940 EP83470; © Renewal 31 January 1967 R403184 (scored by
Jerry Gray
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;
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led ...
, arr.)
: © 20 February 1940 EP83170; © Renewal 1 March 1967 R405147 (
Roy Eldridge
David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos exhibiting a departure from t ...
, arr.)
: © 22 May 1941 EP94890 (Harry Henneman; born 1913; arr.)
: © 14 September 1945 EP134967; © Renewal 26 September 1972 R536531 (
Van Alexander
Van Alexander (May 2, 1915 – July 19, 2015) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer.
Early years
Van Alexander was born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman in Harlem. His mother was a classical pianist, and she taught him to play the piano. ...
, arr.)
: © 14 April 1948 EP25222 (Claude G. Garreau, vocal arr.,
TTBB In musical choral notation, TTBB denotes a four-part lower-voice choir. Its configuration is Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass 1 (Baritone), Bass 2.
The Tanunda Liedertafel employs this method of notation in their music.
Typically (but not always) the 1st ...
, published in ''Time to Harmonize'', Vol. 2, pps. 14–15);
: © 16 September 1921 E519207; © Renewal 20 September 1948 R38135 (
Henderson Henderson may refer to:
People
*Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname
*Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan
Places Argentina
*Henderson, Buenos Aires
Australia
*Henderson, Western Australia
Canada
* H ...
, arr.)
: © 16 September 1921 E519207; © Renewal 17 September 1948 R38310 (
Henderson Henderson may refer to:
People
*Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname
*Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan
Places Argentina
*Henderson, Buenos Aires
Australia
*Henderson, Western Australia
Canada
* H ...
, arr.)
: © 16 December 1924 E603539;
© Renewal 10 December 1951 R87328 (
Wheeler
Wheeler may refer to:
Places United States
* Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Illinois, a village
* Wheeler, Indiana, a ...
, arr.)
: © 17 September 1923 E569379; © 7 January 1954 EP77406 (arrangement by Bud Arburg, EdD, ''né'' Harold Walton Arberg Sr. 1918–2009; for four male voices –
TTBB In musical choral notation, TTBB denotes a four-part lower-voice choir. Its configuration is Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass 1 (Baritone), Bass 2.
The Tanunda Liedertafel employs this method of notation in their music.
Typically (but not always) the 1st ...
)
: © 13 August 1929 EP8383 (arr. for orchestra by
Ted Lewis); © Renewal 24 August 1956 R175950
: © 1958? (arrangement by
Clay Warnick
Henry Clay Warnick, Jr., also known as Buck Warnick, Clay Warnick, and H. Clay Warnick, (born, December 14, 1915, Tacoma, Washington — died February 8, 1995, West Orange, New Jersey) was an American composer, arranger, lyricist, conductor, and m ...
; 1915–1995; for
SATB
SATB is an initialism that describes the scoring of compositions for choirs, and also choirs (or consorts) of instruments. The initials are for the voice types: S for soprano, A for alto, T for tenor and B for bass.
Choral music
Four-part harm ...
& piano), Plate N° 13861;
: © 28 April 1965 EP201952 (Charles E. Brooks, arr. for
barbershop quartet
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment, or a cappella. The four voices are: the lead, the vocal part which typically carries t ...
)
: © 2012 (transcribed & adapted by Myles Collins; vocal arrangement for
big band
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);
Salamander Bay: England Lush Life Music, Plate N° LLM2172;
; International versions / editions
: © 1959; (Swedish text by Tommy, pseudonym of
Lennart Reuterskiöld (sv), 1898–1986; for voice & piano with chords);
Stockholm
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: Reuter & Reuter;
; ''
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, Part 3 Musical Compositions, New Series'',
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,
Copyright Office
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:; Original and renewal copyrights
; ''
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, Third Series, Renewal Registrations-Music'',
Library of Congress
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,
Copyright Office
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:; Copyright renewals and arrangements
Sheet music covers
Edward B. Marks Corporation was the publisher of "There'll Be Some Changes Made." The sheet music cover design, artwork by Irving Politzer (1898–1972), featured portraits of performers who had recorded the song. Those appearing on covers include
Marion Harris
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,
Ruth Etting
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, and
Benny Goodman
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From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His co ...
.
Subtitle on some sheet music covers
Some sheet music covers, even 1st editions, included the subtitle, in parentheses, "Philosophic Blues."
Notes
References
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1921 songs
Sophie Tucker songs
1920s jazz standards
Harlem Renaissance
Songs written by Benton Overstreet
Songs with lyrics by Billy Higgins