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Manteca (song) " Manteca " is one of the earliest foundational tunes of Afro-Cuban jazz. Co-written by Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo and Gil Fuller in 1947, it is among the most famous of Gillespie's recordings (along with the earlier " A Night in Tunisia ") and is "one of the most important records ever made in the United States", according to ...
Published. 1944. Genre. Bebop. Composer (s) Thelonious Monk. " 'Round Midnight " (sometimes titled " 'Round About Midnight ") is a 1943 [1] composition by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk that quickly became a jazz standard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists. A version recorded by Monk's quintet was added to the Grammy Hall ...
Winelight is a 1980 studio album by jazz musician Grover Washington Jr. The record received the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1982. The album was released by Elektra Records. It includes the Grammy Award-winning [1] hit "Just the Two of Us" sung by Bill Withers. The track "In the Name of Love" from the album was also released ...
Van Lingle Mungo (song) " Van Lingle Mungo " is a song composed and performed by jazz pianist Dave Frishberg. Frishberg wrote both the lyrics and the music. The song, released in 1969, was distributed by Red Day Division of Doramus, Inc. under CTI Records. [1] It was originally released as a single, but was later incorporated into Oklahoma Toad ...
Charleston (1923 song) " The Charleston " is a jazz composition that was written to accompany the Charleston dance. It was composed in 1923, with lyrics by Cecil Mack and music by James P. Johnson, a composer and early leader of the stride piano school of jazz piano. The song was featured in the American black Broadway musical comedy show ...
Misty (song) " Misty " is a jazz standard written and originally recorded in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional 32-bar format, and recorded it on July 27, 1954 [2] for the album Contrasts. Lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke. It appeared on Johnny Mathis ' 1959 album Heavenly, and this ...
Official audio. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" on YouTube. " Mercy, Mercy, Mercy " is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul (lyrics by Gail Fisher) in 1966 for Cannonball Adderley and which appears on his album Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club". The song is the title track of the album and became a surprise hit in February 1967. [ 1 ] ".
A song with the title was recorded by the "Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra" jazz band on December 13, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois and originally released by Victor Records on Victor 20406, the flip side being "Harmony Blues" by the same band. [2] It is one of the first songs called a "shuffle" using the distinctive triplet-driven beat. [3]