Jazz Roots: The Music of the Americas

by Jazz Roots / Various

Overview

The 2011 Masterworks Jazz compilation Jazz Roots: The Music of the Americas collects a bevy of songs that trace the influence of African drum traditions on American music from early jazz and blues to later Latin and funk styles of music. Generally, the tracks move from the '20s through to the '80s with a few cuts from the 2000s. Featured are such artists as jazz trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie as well as vocalists Billie Holiday and soul legend Aretha Franklin. Also included are cuts from Latin artists like Machito and Tito Puente as well as fusion pioneers Weather Report and smooth jazzers Kenny G and Chris Botti. This is a sprawling, ambitious, and unique collection of music. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	04/05/2011
Label:	Masterworks / Masterworks Jazz
UPC:	0886978577023
Rank:	257031

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Akiwowo
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. Livery Stable Blues
4. West End Blues
5. One O'Clock Jump
6. Take the "A" Train
7. Sing, Sing, Sing
8. In the Mood
9. Downhearted Blues
10. God Bless the Child
11. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)
12. Taking a Chance on Love/I'm in the Mood for Love
13. Black Coffee
14. Cloudburst
15. Muddy Water
16. Ornithology
17. Manteca
18. Mambo Inn
19. Ran Kan Kan
20. Tu Conga Bach [Conga]
21. Take Five

Disc 2

22. Two Bass Hit
23. So What
24. Monk's Dream
25. Stone Flower
26. Doralice
27. Sorceress
28. Birdland
29. Funkin' for Jamaica
30. Rockit
31. Take Five
32. Strawberry Moon
33. Phryzzinian Man
34. Songbird
35. When I Fall in Love
36. Sweet Georgia Brown

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bessie Smith   Primary Artist
Glenn Miller & The American Band of The Allied Expeditionary Force   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Scott Joplin   Primary Artist
Tiempo Libre   Primary Artist
Frank Sinatra   Primary Artist
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Primary Artist
Charlie Parker   Primary Artist
Tom Browne   Primary Artist
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Sarah Vaughan   Primary Artist
Thelonious Monk   Primary Artist
Return to Forever   Primary Artist
Miles Davis   Primary Artist
Original Dixieland Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five   Primary Artist
George Benson   Primary Artist
Ella Fitzgerald   Primary Artist
Machito and His Afro-Cuban Orchestra   Primary Artist
Babatunde Olatunji   Primary Artist
Weather Report   Primary Artist
Herbie Hancock   Primary Artist
Wynton Marsalis   Primary Artist
Kenny G   Primary Artist
Billie Holiday   Primary Artist
Chris Botti   Primary Artist
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross   Primary Artist
Count Basie & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Eldar Djangirov   Primary Artist
Duke Ellington   Primary Artist
Grover Washington, Jr.   Primary Artist
The Dave Brubeck Quartet   Primary Artist
Eliane Elias   Primary Artist
Tito Puente & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Cannonball Adderley   Featured Artist
John Coltrane   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Dave Baker   Text
Maria Triana   Mastering
Long Vu   Design Assistant
Hazel Rosen   Text Editor
Cathleen Murphy   A&R
Aaron Smithers   Text
Don Hunstein   Photography
Scott Farthing   Marketing
Laura Kszan   Product Development
Leslie Collman-Smith   Marketing
Gregory Davidson   A&R
William C. Banfield   Text
Jennifer Liebeskind   Product Development
Bill Banfield   Text
David Lai   Executive Producer,Mastering
Larry Rosen   Producer
Roxanne Slimak   Art Direction
Alex Miller   General Manager