Ted Persons

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Ted Persons / Simon Schwartz

Lyricist, writer and producer (1909 - 1988). Along with other (mainly political) activities, he wrote lyrics under the name Ted Persons and produced a TV show in the early 1950s, the AdLibbers.

APPEARANCES +

Marian McPartland

At The Peninsula Library 1972

Copenhagen 1958

2024, CD, Album, Storyville,

2021, CDr, Album, Ride Symbol

Passion Flower (For Doris Duke)

2020, Box, Comp, RM + 6xCD, Sunnyside,

Big Band/Post Bop/Swing/Vocal/Ballad

Mariangela Cagnetta

2019, CD, Album, Caligola

Milestones Of A Jazz Legend

2018, 10xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, The Intense Media, Documents

It's About Time

2018, CD, Album, Swing Alley,

Drake University Jazz Ensemble One*, Andrew Classen

2018, CD, Gat, Not On Label,

2017, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

The Legendary 1957-59 Studio Sessions

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Phono (4),

Mathieu Crochemore Quartet

2016, CD, Album, dig, Soulful People

Lush Life - A Musical Journey

2015, Box + 6xCD, Sunnyside,

Big Band/Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Swing

Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

2015, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Jazz, Avid Entertainment,

Charly Antolini Jazz Power

Swinging Like Mad

2014, CD, Album, Skinfire Records,

The Charlie Barnet Collection 1935-47

West Coast Jazz

2014, 10x CD, Box Set,

A Tribute To Oscar Peterson

2013, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS, BIS

Jimmy McGriff & Groove Holmes*

Giants Of The Organ Come Together

2013, CD, Album, RE, Groove Merchant, P-Vine Records,

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra*

Rare 'Live' Recordings 1952-3

2013, 3xCDr, Acrobat

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Charnett Moffett

The Bridge - Solo Bass Works

Contemporary Jazz

The Private Collection

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Music Club Deluxe,

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The Treasury Shows Vol.16

2012, 2xCD, Album, D.E.T.S.

Clarence Gatemouth Brown*

Live From Austin TX

Oscar Peterson Trio*

Night Train + The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson

Cinco Minutos De Jazz: 45 Anos José Duarte

Kind Of Brubeck

2010, 10xCD, Comp + Box, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment

Foten Swing Bryggeri

Foten Swing Bryggeri

2010, CDr, MiniAlbum, Promo, Smplr, Not On Label

Festival Session

Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943 / 1947

Kind Of Peterson

2009, 10xCD, Album + Box, Comp, House Of Jazz, T2 Entertainment,

Three Classic Albums Plus

2009, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz,

Boogaloo Joe Jones*

Legends Of Acid Jazz

Soul-Jazz/Acid Jazz

Mingus Ah Um (50th Anniversary 2-CD Deluxe Set)

Della Reese With Duke Ellington & His Orchestra*

On The Radio: The 1962 'Live' Guard Sessions

Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra

2007, CD, Lone Hill Jazz

Donnie McCormick And Friends*

2007, CDr, Album, Emphasis Records (2),

Blues Rock/Southern Rock

Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis Featuring Les Spann & Mundell Lowe

2007, CD, Comp, RE, Lone Hill Jazz, Phono (4),

Javon Jackson, David Hazeltine, Tony Reedus, Paul Gill

Sugar Hill: The Music Of Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn

The Two Faces Of Fame / The Third Face Of Fame

2006, CD Slipcase,

Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-62

2005, 8xCD + Box, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2),

Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra

Swing Street Strut

2005, 4xCD, Comp, Membran, Quadromania,

Feelin’ Good: Live in Studio

Latin Jazz/Swing/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Marian McPartland, Steely Dan

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast: Steely Dan

Rob McConnell And The SWR Big Band

So Very Rob (Boss Brass Revisited)

2003, CD, Album, Hänssler, Faszination Musik,

Big Band/Swing/Bop

The Metronome Quintet

50 Jahre Metronome Quintett

2003, CD, Comp, Promedia,

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The Best Of The War Years And More

2003, CD, Album, Mono, RE, Stardust Records (7),

Swing Made In Germany (Große Interpreten Schwungvolle Hits)

Harmonization - Brought To You By IBM And SAP

2002, CD, Album, Rodenstein Records

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Swing/Dixieland/Ballad/Vocal/Big Band/Stride

Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow

Great Guitars of Jazz: Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis & Tal Farlow In Concert

2002, DVD-V, Vestapol Productions,

Swing/Bossa Nova/Bop

2002, CD, Album, Rodenstein Records

At The Alhambra

Take The A Train

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Dig, Dreyfus Jazz

Jessica Williams

I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (The Music Of Duke Ellington)

2001, CD, Album, Hep Jazz

Complete Prestige Carnegie Hall 1943-1944 Concerts

2001, 3xCD, Comp, Definitive Records (2)

Christopher Lowell Clarke And Dewayne Oakley

Christopher Lowell Clark / Dewayne Oakley - Second Session

2001, CD, Album, Naki-Do Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz

The Great Paris Concert

2000, CD, Comp, Hallmark Music & Entertainment,

Harry Allen (2) With The Bill Charlap Trio*

Harry Allen Plays Ellington Songs

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra*

Afro Bossa / Concert In The Virgin Islands

Jazz At The 19th Hole

Easy Listening/Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Swing

Montreux Classics 1970-1979

1999, 2xCD, Comp, ZYX Music,

The Jazz Giants Play Duke Ellington Caravan

1999, CD, Comp, Prestige,

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Prestige,

Big Band Du Conservatoire De Colombes

1999, CD, Album, Feeling Musique Paris

The Party Album

Modern Electric Blues

Yorgos Kontrafouris Trio*

Claude Bolling Big Band

A Tone Parallel To Harlem Duke Ellington

The Christian Jacob Trio

The Reprise Studio Recordings

1999, 5x CD, Box Set,

Plays Duke Ellington

The Great Guitars

The Concord Jazz Heritage Series

1998, CD, Comp, Concord Records

Le Middle Jazz Orchestra

Le Middle Jazz Orchestra

1998, CD, Not On Label

Western Illinois University Jazz Studio Orchestra Directed By Dale Hopper Featuring Kimberly Wilson

1998, CD, Sea Breeze Vista,

Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson*

Old Maid Boogie

1998, CD, Comp, Blue Boar Records

Echoes Of Spring

1998, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings,

Dave Brubeck Plays Standards

Gentle Duke: The Ellington Soloists Play Duke

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Prestige,

Swing Summit 2 CD Live Recording Featuring: Jon Faddis, Frank Wess, Steve Turre, Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley

Passing The Torch

1997, 2xCD, Album, Blue Chip Jazz

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Berlin '65 / Paris '67

1997, CD, Album, Promo, Pablo Records,

1997, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Documents,

Salutes Duke Ellington

A Portrait Of Duke Ellington

Leapin' At The Lincoln

Ray Gelato Meets The Good Fellas

Gangsters Of Swing

Late Hour Special

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross With The Ike Isaacs Trio

Sing Ellington & High Flying

1996, CD, Comp, Sony Music Special Products

Fraser MacPherson, Oliver Jones (5), Neil Swainson

1996, CD, Album, Sackville Recordings

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

1996, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe With Special Guest Larry Coryell

The Return of The Great Guitars

1996, CD, Album, Concord Jazz

Joe Wulf, Bob Barnard

1996, CD, Album, Institute of Art Records,

Alleman*, Loveri*

1996, CD, Album, Lyrae Records

Jazz Celebration: A Tribute To Carl Jefferson

1996, 4xCD + Box, Album, Concord Jazz,

Bop/Swing/Post Bop/Vocal/Ballad/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz

The Classic Tracks Of The 1940's

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

The Hottest New Group In Jazz

1995, 4xCass, Comp, Star Direct,

Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note - Promotional CD

1995, CD, Promo, Smplr + VHS, Promo, NTSC, ECM Records

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Volume Two - 1943

1995, CD, Album, RM, Circle

Cootie Williams, Cootie Williams & His Orchestra*

Sextet & Big Band 1941/1944

1995, CD, Comp, RM, EPM, Jazz Archives (2),

Big Band/Bop/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Swing

Rare Tunes Chapter Four "From Latin... To Jazz Dance"

Ray Brown Trio Featuring Ulf Wakenius

Seven Steps To Heaven

Frank Capp Quartet Featuring Rickey Woodard

Robi Weber Quartet*

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Keith Jarrett At The Blue Note (The Complete Recordings)

New York Concert

Northern Jazz Orchestra* Directed By Paul J Rigby*

1994, CD, Album, Lake Records,

Red Mitchell, Joe Beck

Live At Salishan

1994, CD, Album, Capri Records (6),

The Arne Domnerus Sextet*

In Concert With Bengt Hallberg & Rolf Ericson

1994, CD, Album, Phontastic

Blues In The Night

1994, CD, Comp, Mono, Blue Note

Marian McPartland / Mercer Ellington

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Mercer Ellington

Live At The Blue Note

Duke Ellington: Stereo Reflections In Ellington

1993, CD, Natasha Imports

The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions

1993, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,

Cleanhead Blues

Jeff Holmes Big Band

Live In Russia Nov. '91

1992, CD, Album, Signature Records (4)

Lars Erstrand Quartet With Friends

Beautiful Friendship (The Second Set)

1992, CD, Sittel

1992, Cass, Comp, Dino Entertainment Ltd.,

Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Happy Birthday, Duke!

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Carnegie Hall, November 13, 1948

1991, 2xCD, Album, Vintage Jazz Classics,

Live! At Blues Alley

1991, CD, Album, Ltd, Blues Alley,

Swing/Bossa Nova

Ray Drummond, Hank Jones, Billy Higgins

Black, Hot And Swingin'

Big Band/Rhythm & Blues/Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz/Swing/Bop/Vocal/Cool Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

André Previn With Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown

Surging Ahead = サージング・アヘッド

In A Sentimental Mood: Mathis Sings Ellington

Radiojazzia 1974-1979

1989, CD, Comp, Yleisradio

The Count Basie Orchestra*

The Count Basie Orchestra

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella / Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It)

Vocal/Ballad/Swing

The Private Collection: Volume Seven, Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962

The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Quartet

The Thad Jones Mel Lewis Quartet

The Best Of The Big Bands Vol. II

Jim Snidero Quintet with Brian Lynch, Benny Green, Peter Washington, Jeff "Tain" Watts

1987, Cass, Comp, Mono, RE, Capitol Records

Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington*

The Private Collection: Volume Two, Dance Concerts, California, 1958

Stefano Battaglia

Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Cootie Williams

Echoes Of Harlem

1986, LP, Comp, Affinity

The Gene Harris Trio Plus One

The Gene Harris Trio Plus One

Jazz Und Rock An Der Uni

1985, LP, Comp, Lyra (3),

Big Band/Jazz-Funk/Swing/Soul-Jazz

Wild Bill Davis / Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

1985, LP, Album, Black And Blue,

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra*

At The Blue Note, Chicago

1985, CD, Album, RE, Vogue

A Gentleman And His Music

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Live In Japan '78

J.J. Johnson + Al Grey

Things Are Getting Better All The Time

1984, 4x Vinyl, Box Set,

1982, 4xLP, Album + Box, Comp, Pablo Live

The Frank Barber Orch.*

Hooked On Big Bands

Illinois Jacquet

God Bless My Solo

Duke Ellington, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Louis Bellson

I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 94

Aurex Jazz Festival '81: AllStar Jam Session

1981, LP, Album, Eastworld,

The Clayton Brothers

It's All In The Family

1981, LP, Album, Concord Jazz,

Swing/Bop/Soul-Jazz/Bossa Nova

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson And The Muse Allstars

Live At Sandy's

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

Oscar Peterson Jam

West Coast Tour

1979, LP, Comp, Capitol Records,

At The Sportpalast, Berlin

1978, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Bill Berry And His Ellington All-Stars*

1978, Vinyl Gatefold,

1977, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Jazz Vogue,

The Tremble Kids

25 Jahre The Tremble Kids (Live)

1977, 2xLP, Intercord

Stanley Behrens

Harmonica Deluxe

1977, LP, Dobre Records,

Soul-Jazz/Harmonica Blues

Harlem...One More Time

Live At Pluckemin!

1977, LP, Album, Not On Label

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts (December 1944)

John Coltrane Featuring Paul Quinichette And Mal Waldron

Joe Venuti, George Barnes

Live At The Concord Summer Festival

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Count Basie Big Band

Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records,

The Paul Desmond Quartet

Bossa Nova/Cool Jazz

1976, 2x Vinyl,

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Original Sessions 1943/1945

1975, LP, Comp, Musidisc, Musidisc

Coleman Hawkins And Pee Wee Russell

Jam Session In Swingville

Live At The Roosevelt Grill Vol. 2

Oscar Peterson Et Joe Pass

Live À Salle Pleyel

1975, 2x Vinyl,

Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis

Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis

Duke Ellington and Ray Brown

This One's For Blanton

Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra

The Best Of Charlie Barnet

1975, 2x Vinyl,

The Eric Dixon Sextet

1974, LP, Album, Master Jazz Recordings,

George Chisholm

George Chisholm

Richard "Groove" Holmes / Jimmy McGriff

The Newport All Stars

Tribute To Duke

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer

Previously Unreleased Recordings

Jay McShann Featuring Claude Williams

The Man From Muskogee

An Evening With Earl Hines

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Jimmy McGriff & Groove Holmes*

Giants Of The Organ Come Together

Piano Reflections

Dave Brubeck Trio & Gerry Mulligan*

Live At The Berlin Philharmonie

1972, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Cecil Taylor, Buell Neidlinger

New York City R&B

Young Men From Memphis

Down Home Reunion

Ella Fitzgerald

Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It)

1971, 7", Jukebox, Reprise Records

Ella Fitzgerald

Things Ain't What They Used To Be (And You Better Believe It)

Billy Strayhorn

Billy Strayhorn

Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert

Boogaloo Joe Jones*

Right On Brother

The Return Of Harmonica Slim

Harmonica Blues/Texas Blues

In The Land Of The Giants

Asphalt Canyon Suite

The Dave Brubeck Trio Featuring Gerry Mulligan

Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra

1967, LP, Comp, Mono, RE, Ace Of Hearts,

Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays The Big Bands

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Swing

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Concert In The Virgin Islands

Joya Sherrill Sings Duke

Dave "Baby" Cortez

The Walter Bishop Jr. Group

Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis

The Oscar Peterson Trio

Golden Era Of Swedish Jazz

Tell It The Way It Is!

Duke Ellington / Bobby Hackett

Big Band/Swing/Soundtrack

The Three Sounds

Things Ain't What They Used To Be

1960, 7", Blue Note

Al Grey And The Basie Wing

How Come You Do Me Like You Do / Things Ain't What They Used To Be

1960, 7", Promo, Argo (6)

Al Grey And The Basie Wing

The Last Of The Big Plungers

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross With The Ike Isaacs Trio

Charles Mingus And His Jazz Groups*

Claude Bolling Plays Duke Ellington

Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra

A Portrait Of Duke Ellington

The Charlie Barnet Quartet

Thing's Ain't What They Used To Be

1959, 7", EP, Fontana, Fontana, Fontana

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

The Story Of The Blues

I Get A Boot Out Of You

Columbia Jazz Festival

Wild Bill Davis Trio

Things Ain't What They Used To Be / Laura

Town Hall Jazz Concert

1955, Vinyl Burgundy Label,

Wild Bill Davis

So-o-o Good / Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra*

Dance To The Duke!

Wild Bill Davis Trio

Things Ain't What They Used To Be

The Duke Plays Ellington

The Duke Plays Ellington

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Cherry Red / Things Ain't What They Used To Be

1944, Shellac, 10", Majestic,

Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra / Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

You Always Hurt The One You Love / Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Red Blues / Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Brother Lee Roy And His Band

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Tribute To Duke

7", Fontana, Fontana

LP, Album, Not On Label

Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits

LP, Album, Comp, Reprise Records, Reprise Records

We Got It Covered

CD, Album, Not On Label (Détente (2) Self-released)

Thom And The Tone Masters

CD, Not On Label,

Brother Lee Roy And His Band

Here's Brother Lee Roy

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Ellingtonia - Vol. 4 “The Fifties”

Last Time - Duke Ellington Orchestra

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Boris Vian, Pauline Julien

Boris Vian À Saint-Germain-Des-Prés / Pauline Julien Chante Boris Vian

The Duke Ellington Songbook

The Greatest Jazz Concert In The World

Big Band/Bop/Swing/Vocal

Live In Warsaw October 30, 1971

2009, CD, Unofficial, Gambit Records,

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Duke Ellington In London 1958 In Concert

1988, 2xLP, Album, Mono, Unofficial, Not On Label

Duke Ellington And Ray Brown

This One's For Blanton

Dave Stryker Trio