The Cotton Club (soundtrack)

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The Cotton Club
The Cotton Club (soundtrack cover).jpg
Soundtrack album by
John Barry
ReleasedDecember 14, 1984 (1984-12-14)
StudioA&R Recording, Clinton Recording
GenreJazz, dixieland, big band
Length42:58
LabelGeffen
ProducerJohn Barry

The Cotton Club is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band in 1986.[1][2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Mooche"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills3:29
2."Cotton Club Stomp #2"Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish2:40
3."Drop Me Off in Harlem"Ellington, Nick Kenny3:03
4."Creole Love Call"Ellington3:01
5."Ring Dem Bells"Ellington, Mills2:46
6."East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"Ellington, Bubber Miley3:20
7."Truckin'"Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler2:00
8."Ill Wind"Harold Arlen, Koehler2:17
9."Cotton Club Stomp #1"Ellington, Harry Carney, John Hodge2:49
10."Mood Indigo"Ellington, Mills, Barney Bigard3:34
11."Minnie the Moocher"Cab Calloway, Mills3:07
12."Copper Colored Gal"J. Fred Coots, Benny Davis1:15
13."Dixie Kidnaps Vera"Barry2:37
14."The Depression Hits/Best Beats Sandman"Barry2:42
15."Daybreak Express Medley"Barry3:43

Charts[]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 68

Personnel[]

  • John Barry – conductor
  • Bob Wilber – conductor, alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
  • Frank Wess – alto, soprano, and baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Chuck Wilson – alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
  • Lawrence Feldman – alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
  • Joe Temperley – alto and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Dave Brown – trumpet, vocals
  • Marky Markowitz – trumpet
  • Randy Sandke – trumpet
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet
  • Dan Barrett – trombone, valve trombone
  • Joel Helleny – trombone
  • Britt Woodman – trombone
  • Tony Price – tuba
  • Bob Stewart – tuba
  • Mark Shane – piano
  • John Goldsby – bass
  • Mike Peters – guitar, banjo
  • Chuck Riggs – drums
  • Brian Brake – drums
  • Dave Samuels, Danny Druckman, Gordon Gottlieb, Ronnie Zito – percussion
  • Priscilla Baskerville - vocalist on "Creole Love Call"[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Cotton Club - John Barry | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ Barrett, Dan (1 June 2020). "Recording the Cotton Club Soundtrack, Part One". The Syncopated Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 283. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "John Barry - The Cotton Club (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)". Discogs. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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