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Why Was I Born?
by
Jackie McLean
First released:
1956,
Length:
5:16
Creators
(6)
Instruments
Art Taylor
(13 Jul 1956)
drums (drum set)
Doug Watkins
(13 Jul 1956)
double bass
Hank Mobley
(13 Jul 1956)
tenor saxophone
Jackie McLean
(13 Jul 1956)
alto saxophone
Mal Waldron
(13 Jul 1956)
piano
Locations
Recorded At
Van Gelder Studio
(13 Jul 1956)
Works
(1)
Recording Of
Why Was I Born?
(13 Jul 1956)
instrumental
Composer
Jerome Kern
(1929)
Lyricist
Oscar Hammerstein II
(1929)
Releases containing this recording
(8)
Official
Album
4, 5 and 6
1956
Jackie McLean
4, 5 and 6
29 May 1996
Jackie McLean
4, 5 and 6
2001
Jackie McLean
(Edition limited to 10,000 copies, NOT the RVG remaster)
4, 5 and 6
21 Jun 2006
Jackie McLean
4, 5 And 6
2007
Jackie McLean
4, 5 and 6
2012
Jackie McLean
Album - Compilation
The Complete Albums Collection 1955-1958
2016
Jackie McLean