Joe Cool's Blues | ||||
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Released | April 18, 1995 | |||
Recorded | April 12, June 14, August 25, 1994 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 65:19 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | George Butler, Delfeayo Marsalis | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Joe Cool's Blues is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis 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. [3]
The album consists of a series of songs inspired by the Peanuts comic strip and television specials. Half of the songs are cover versions of pieces by Vince Guaraldi, who composed for the Peanuts franchise from 1965 until his death in 1976; the remainder are original compositions by Wynton Marsalis.
All tracks are written by Wynton Marsalis, except where noted [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performed by | Length |
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1. | "Linus and Lucy" | Vince Guaraldi | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 4:39 |
2. | "Buggy Ride" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 4:35 | |
3. | "Christmas Is Coming" (mistitled "Peppermint Patty") | Vince Guaraldi | Ellis Marsalis Trio | 3:17 |
4. | "On Peanuts Playground" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 4:51 | |
5. | "Oh Good Grief!" |
| Ellis Marsalis Trio | 4:58 |
6. | "Wright Brothers Rag" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 4:43 | |
7. | "Charlie Brown Theme" |
| Ellis Marsalis Trio | 4:24 |
8. | "Little Red-Haired Girl" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 4:44 | |
9. | "Pebble Beach" | Vince Guaraldi | Ellis Marsalis Trio | 4:37 |
10. | "Snoopy and Woodstock" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 6:34 | |
11. | "Little Birdie" | Vince Guaraldi | Ellis Marsalis Trio | 4:22 |
12. | "Why, Charlie Brown" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 4:06 | |
13. | "Joe Cool's Blues (Snoopy's Return)" | Wynton Marsalis Septet | 9:29 | |
Total length: | 65:19 |
Black Codes (From the Underground) is a 1985 album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.
Blood on the Fields is a two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio released by Wynton Marsalis in 1997. It was commissioned by Lincoln Center and treats the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States of America. The oratorio tells the story of two slaves, Jesse and Leona, as they traverse the difficult journey to freedom. The narrative suggests that the individual freedom and agency of its protagonists is necessarily and inextricably intertwined with the empowerment of the community and nation as a whole. The work received the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Music, being the first time the prize was ever given for a jazz music composition, an honor that had previously been reserved for classical composers.
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Trane's Blues is a compact disc credited to the jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1999 on Blue Note Records, catalogue 98240. It comprises recordings from sessions for Blue Note and United Artists Records with Coltrane as a sideman for Paul Chambers, Sonny Clark, Johnny Griffin, and Cecil Taylor. These recordings were issued respectively on their Whims of Chambers, Sonny's Crib, A Blowin' Session, and Hard Driving Jazz albums. Two selections are from Coltrane's own 1957 Blue Train, and "One for Four" had been previously unissued. "Trane's Blues" had been issued on the compilation High Step in 1975, previously known as "John Paul Jones" and named after himself, the bass player Chambers, and the drummer Philly Joe Jones. Like Prestige Records before them, as Coltrane's fame grew long after he had stopped recording for the label, Blue Note used varied recordings, often those where Coltrane had been merely a sideman, and reissued them as a new album with Coltrane's name prominently displayed. In this case, the Big Four conglomerate EMI continued that earlier practice.
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Jazz for Peanuts: A Retrospective of the Charlie Brown TV Themes is a compilation album released in the U.S. by Peak Records in October 2008. The album is credited to David Benoit and contains a mix of previously released material plus newly recorded songs featured in prime-time animated television specials based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz.