Memphis Jazz Box#Track listing

The Memphis tradition of jazz music dates back many years to the time of W.C.Handy, Jimmie Lunceford, and Phineas Newborn. Memphis is a city with a long musical heritage that is an integral part of the American sound consisting of work songs, spirituals, blues, jazz, gospel, and rock and roll. Through this tradition, Memphis is a music city that serves to foster musical talent that is unique. There is a wide range a music on the CD set that represents the current flavor of what Memphis music is; from the traditional sounds to Joyce Cobb and W.C. Handy to the contemporary sounds of fusion with the band Voodoo Village.

This box set of three CD was produced commercially to promote the city and the jazz music generated from the Mid-south region. This was the second such boxed set produced by Ice House Records and the Chamber of Commerce. The first set, produced in 2001, featured "Best Of. . ." tracks from Sun, Stax, and Hi Records.

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| headline = Disc one - THE NEW MEMPHIS JAZZ COLLECTION (Volume one) from the Memphis Jazz Box

| extra_column = Original Album

| all_writing = noted

| title1 = Let's Get Lost

| writer1 = McHugh/Loesser

| extra1 = Raindance[http://www.allmusic.com/album/raindance-mw0000694352 Allmusic Guide, Raindance]

| note1 = Kelley Hurt

| length1 = 3:29

| title2 = The Protagonist

| writer2 = Jack Cooper

| extra2 =

| note2 = Jack Cooper Quartet

| length2 = 5:51

| title3 = Bags

| writer3 = Bill Holman

| extra3 =

| note3 = The U of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra

| length3 = 3:12

| title4 = Garment District

| writer4 = Ernest Williamson

| extra4 = Funk Soup[http://www.allmusic.com/album/funk-soup-mw0000319923 Allmusic Guide, Funk Soup]

| note4 = Voodoo Village

| length4 = 4:10

| title5 = Family Money

| writer5 = Hope Clayburn

| extra5 = Report 4 Booty[http://www.allmusic.com/album/report-4-booty-mw0000759780 Allmusic Guide, Report 4 Booty]

| note5 = Hope Clayburn

| length5 = 6:49

| title6 = Beale St. Blues

| writer6 = W.C. Handy

| extra6 = Jazzin on Beale

| note6 = Joyce Cobb & the Beale St. Jazz Band

| length6 = 4:26

| title7 = I've Got You Under My Skin

| writer7 = Cole Porter

| extra7 =

| note7 = T.J. Graham

| length7 = 4:51

| title8 = Rhythm is Our Business

| writer8 = Jimmie Lunceford

| extra8 = Swingopoly[http://www.allmusic.com/album/swingopoly-mw0001907833 Allmusic Guide, Swingopoly]

| note8 = The New Memphis Hepcats

| length8 = 3:14

| title9 = Andrea

| writer9 = Herman Green

| extra9 = Hernando Street Strut[http://www.allmusic.com/album/hernando-street-blues-mw0000018292 Allmusic Guide, Hernando Street Strut]

| note9 = Herman Green & the Green Machine

| length9 = 5:31

| title10 = One Kind Word

| writer10 = Charlie Wood

| extra10 = Southbound[http://www.allmusic.com/album/southbound-mw0000018877 Allmusic Guide, Southbound]

| note10 = Charlie Wood

| length10 = 3:52

| title11 = Corcovado

| writer11 = Antonio Carlos Jobim

| extra11 = Back on Beale Street[http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-to-beale-street-mw0000026806 Allmusic Guide, Back on Beale Street]

| note11 = Holly Shelton & the Backroom Boys

| length11 = 3:46

| title12 = Reed Between the Lines

| writer12 = Carl Wolfe

| extra12 =

| note12 = Carl Wolfe Quartet

| length12 = 4:43

| title13 = Reekin' With Love

| writer13 = Di Anne Price

| extra13 = Reekin' With Love[http://www.allmusic.com/album/reekin-with-love-mw0001285378 Allmusic Guide, Reekin' With Love]

| note13 = Di Anne Price & Her Boyfriends

| length13 = 2:41

}}

{{Tracklist

| extra_column = Original Album

| headline = Disc two - THE NEW MEMPHIS JAZZ COLLECTION (Volume two) from the Memphis Jazz Box

| title1 = Gentle Rain

| writer1 = Luiz Bonfá

| extra1 =

| note1 = Teresa Pate

| length1 = 4:15

| title2 = 2nd & Beale

| writer2 = Freeworld

| extra2 = Diversity[http://www.allmusic.com/album/diversity-mw0000671340 Allmusic Guide, Diversity]

| note2 = Freeworld

| length2 = 4:50

| title3 = Crazy She Calls Me

| writer3 = Sigman/Russell

| extra3 = [http://www.selectohits.com/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=1&products_id=9714 Made In Memphis]

| note3 = Gary Johns

| length3 = 6:02

| title4 = El Gato De La Noche

| writer4 = Carl Wolfe

| extra4 =

| note4 = Memphis Jazz Orchestra

| length4 = 6:51

| title5 = I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

| writer5 = Duke Ellington

| extra5 =

| note5 = Gene Rush

| length5 = 6:21

| title6 = Waltz For Debbie

| writer6 = Bill Evans

| extra6 =

| note6 = U of Memphis Jazz Singers

| length6= 3:25

| title7 = School Girl Crush

| writer7 = Candice Ivory

| extra7 = Path: Undefined[http://www.allmusic.com/album/path-undefined-mw0000517843 Allmusic Guide, Path: Undefined]

| note7 = Candice Ivory

| length7= 6:25

| title8 = Voodoo Village

| writer8 = Kurt Clayton/Pat Register/Ernest Williamson

| extra8 = Funk Soup

| note8 = Voodoo Village

| length8= 5:23

| title9 = Out of This World

| writer9 = Arlen/Mercer

| extra9 = Raindance

| note9 = Kelley Hurt

| length9= 4:15

| title10 = River of Jive

| writer10 = Charlie Wood

| extra10 = Southbound

| note10 = Charlie Wood

| length10 = 4:18

| title11 = Local Edition

| writer11 = Jack Cooper

| extra11 =

| note11 = Jack Cooper Quartet

| length11 = 5:38

}}

{{Tracklist

| extra_column = Original Album

| headline = Disc Three - Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter

| title1 = Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter

| note1 = Jazz Orchestra of the Delta

| extra1 = All tracks - Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter

}}

• DISC ONE - The New Memphis Jazz Collection, volume one

:Recorded completed in several studios in Memphis to include Ardent Studios, Young Avenue Sound, Sam Phillips Recording Services

• DISC TWO - The New Memphis Jazz Collection, volume two

:Recorded completed in several studios in Memphis to include Ardent Studios, Young Avenue Sound, Sam Phillips Recording Services

• DISC THREE - Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter, Jazz Orchestra of the Delta

:Please refer to the Recording sessions section on that Wikipedia/CD page.

• DISC ONE - The New Memphis Jazz Collection, volume one

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• 1. Lets Get Lost
• :Kelley Hurt, vocals/arranger
• :Doug Garrison, percussion/drums
• :Chris Parker, piano/arranger
• :Jonathan Wires, bass
• 2. The Protagonist
• :Jack Cooper, alto saxophone/composer
• :Alvie Givhan, piano
• :Tim Goodwin, bass
• :Don Patterson, drums
• 3. Garment District
• :Pat Register, saxophone
• :Kurt Clayton, keyboards
• :Niko Lyras, keyboards
• :Ernest Williams, keyboards
• :Dave Smith, bass
• :Edward Cleveland, drums
• 4. Bags
• :The University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra
• :Dr. Jack Cooper - director
• 5. Family Money
• :Hope Clayburn, flute/saxophone
• :Hope Clayburn's 2nd Booty Battalion
• 6. Beale Street Blues
• :Joyce Cobb, vocals
• :Tom Link, clarinet
• :Tim Goodwin, bass
• 7. I've Got You Under My Skin
• :T.J. Graham, vocals
• :Footprints, (band)
• 8. Rhythm Is Our Business
• :The New Memphis Hepcats
• 9. Andrea
• :Herman Green, saxophone
• :The Green Machine
• 10. One Kind Word
• :Charlie Wood, vocals/keyboard/organ
• :Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
• :Scott Thompson, trumpet and flugelhorn
• :Fred Ford, alto sax
• :Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
• :Jim Spake, tenor sax
• :Joey Moore, bass
• :David Forrester, drums
• :Steve Wenger, guitar
• 11. Corcovado
• :Holly Shelton, vocals
• :Rene Koopman, piano
• :Tim Goodwin, bass
• :Tom Lenardo, drums
• 12. Reed Between The Lines
• :Carl Wolfe, saxophone
• :Carl Wolfe Quartet, band
• 13. Reekin' With Love
• :Di Anne Price, vocals
• :Jim Spake, tenor saxophone
• :Tim Goodwin, bass
• :Tom Lenardo, drums

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• DISC TWO - The New Memphis Jazz Collection, volume two

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• 1. Gentle Rain
• :Teresa Pate, vocals
• :Teresa Pate band
• 2. 2nd & Beale
• :Freeworld
• 3. Crazy She Calls Me
• :Gary Johns, vocals
• :Gene Rush, piano
• :Errol Thomas, bass
• :Tom Lenardo, drums
• 4. El Gato De La Noche
• :The Memphis Jazz Orchestra
• 5. I Got It Bad...
• :Gene Rush
• :Tim Goodwin, bass
• :Renardo Ward, drums
• 6. Waltz for Debbie
• :The University of Memphis Jazz Singers, Tim Goodwin - director
• 7. School Girl Crush
• :Candice Ivory Band
• 8. Voodoo Village
• :Pat Register, saxophone
• :Kurt Clayton, keyboards
• :Niko Lyras, keyboards
• :Ernest Williams, keyboards
• :Dave Smith, bass
• :Edward Cleveland, drums
• 9. Out of This World
• :Kelley Hurt, vocals/arranger
• :Doug Garrison, percussion/drums
• :Chris Parker, piano/arranger
• :Jonathan Wires, bass
• 10. River of Jive
• :Charlie Wood, vocals/keyboard/organ
• :Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
• :Scott Thompson, trumpet and flugelhorn
• :Fred Ford, alto sax
• :Tom Clary, trumpet and horn arrangements
• :Jim Spake, tenor sax
• :Joey Moore, bass
• :David Forrester, drums
• :Steve Wenger, guitar
• 11. Local Edition
• :Jack Cooper, alto saxophone/composer
• :Alvie Givhan, piano
• :Tim Goodwin, bass
• :Don Patterson, drums

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Di Anne Price passed in March 2013.The Commercial Appeal, Michael Lollar. [http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/mar/14/memphis-singer-dianne-price-was-music-stylist/ Memphis Singer Di Anne Price was music stylist], March 14, 2013, Di Anne Price obituary

Charlie Wood is married to Jacqui Dankworth and has moved to London since the release of this CD set.[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-wood-mn0000099490/biography Charlie Wood biography page] He still retains a CD contract with [http://archer-records.com/ Archer Records] in Memphis, TN.

• DISC THREE - Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter, Jazz Orchestra of the Delta
• :Please refer to the Personnel Section on that Wikipedia/CD page.

• Producer: John Threadgill
• Co-producer: Jack Cooper
• Manufactured: John Phillips, Select-O-Hits,
• Mastered: L. Nix, Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN.
• Graghic design & concept: Blake Franklin, Street Level Graphics, Memphis, TN.
• Liner notes: Jack Cooper
• Discs 1 and 2 - All tracks compiled by Jack Cooper
• Disc 3 - All tracks composed or arranged and produced by Jack Cooper

The CD release party was held in AutoZone Park on March 18, 2004, at 5:30 pm., in the upper club room convention/party level: it was promoted well and The Commercial Appeal as well as the Memphis Business Journal.The Commercial Appeal, CD RELEASE PARTY TODAY FOR MEMPHIS JAZZ BOX, Bill Ellis, March 18, 2004Memphis Business Journal, [http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2004/03/08/daily33.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article Memphis Jazz Box to debut], March 12, 2004, 11:59 a.m. CST The box was conceived through cooperation of the nonprofit Mid-south Jazz Foundation, the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, the Shelby County/Memphis Music Commission, the University of Memphis School of Music, and Select-O-Hits. Numerous artists from the CD set performed at the event, it was well attended and sponsored by the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce. Interviews were done on WKNO-FM 91.1 and WUMR with the producer of the set, the tracks from the set have had extensive play on WUMR radio which is the jazz radio station for the Mid-South region. It has also had airplay on other jazz radio stations around the country.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = The Commercial Appeal

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} "COLLECTION EXHIBITS CITY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO JAZZ" Bill Ellis, Commercial Appeal, March 20, 2004 review

| rev2 = DISC 3 - L.A. Jazz Scene

| rev2Score = (very positive)L.A. Jazz Scene, JIM SANTELLA, July 2004 review (Issue no. 203)

| rev3 = DISC 3 - Jazz Journal International

| rev3Score = (very positive)Jazz Journal International, GORDON JACK, April 2004 review (Vol 57 no.4)

}}

• All Discs

"A new collection, The Memphis Jazz Box, states with classy pride the case for the Bluff City's jazz heritage, notably those currently working on the local scene...The box stands as a fine effort, a nice cross-section..."

Bill Ellis, Commercial Appeal {{Rating|4.5|5}}

• Disc #3

"...the result is a cohesive ensemble that understands (the) musical direction so well that they reproduce precisely what (the arranger) has intended...Balance and phrasing, suitable textures, and mellow harmonic ties follow with glamorous effects."

Jim Santella, L.A. Jazz Scene

"...(the arranger) is to be congratulated on the way he orchestrated some of (Porter's) best known songs, maintaining interest, despite the familiarity with the material."

Gordon Jack, Jazz Journal International

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• {{Discogs release|5230197|The Memphis Jazz Box}}
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• {{OCLC|70659608}}

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