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Topsy
Composer: Edgar Battle / Eddie Durham

The Grateful Dead played part of Topsy during a rehearsal in 1992. In the talk following the piece Lesh refers to Topsy Pt 2 and Garcia says its by Cozy Cole.

Topsy was written in the late 1930s and recorded by Count Basie in 1937 and Benny Goodman in 1938. Cozy Cole recorded a version in 1958 which was released, as was often the case with jazz singles at that time, split over two sides of a single and named Topsy I and Topsy II just for the single release.



Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Don't You Miss Your Baby? / Topsy), Count Basie And His Orchestra, 1938
no info Single (Topsy / Smoke House Rhythm), Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, 1938
no info Single (Topsy / Soft Winds), Art Tatum Trio, 1944
no info Art Tatum Trio (2 * 12" 78rpm), Art Tatum Trio, 1944
no info Tenor Sax, Ike Quebec, 1946
no info Single (Topsy / Cup-Mute Clayton), Ike Quebec, 1946
no info Shorty Rogers Courts The Count, Shorty Rogers, 1954
no info The Dick Hyman Trio Swings, The Dick Hyman Trio, 1954
no info Rare-But Well Done, Jimmy Rowles Trio, 1954
no info All I Wanna Do Is Swing, The Joe Newman Octet, 1955
no info Single (Topsy / Donna Lee), Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh, 1955
no info Herbie Harper, Herbie Harper, 1955
no info Paul Bley, Paul Bley, 1955
no info Chico Hamilton Quintet In Hi-Fi, Chico Hamilton Quintet, 1956
no info Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, 1956
no info College Goes To Jazz, Westlake College Quintet, 1956
no info A West Coast Jazz Anthology, Various Artists (Chico Hamilton Quintet), 1956
no info Music For Lighthousekeeping, Vol. 8, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, 1957
no info Vinnie Burke's String Jazz Quartet, Vinnie Burke's String Jazz Quartet, 1957
no info Single (Topsy I / Topsy II), Cozy Cole, 1958
no info This Is Tal Farlow, 1958
no info The Fastest Guitar In The World, Lloyd Ellis, 1958
no info Single (Topsy / The Hora), Ted Heath & His Music, 1958
no info Single (Topsy / Cha Cha Rock), Jack Parnell And His Orchestra, 1958
no info Cozy Cole Hits!, Cozy Cole, 1959
no info Golden Hits, Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra, 1959
no info Imported From Europe, Stan Getz, 1959
no info Tops In Pops No. 7, Various Artists (Ted Heath & His Music), 1959
no info Western Suite, Jimmy Giuffre, 1960
no info The Count Basie Story, Count Basie, 1960
no info Please, Mr. Gray..., Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra, 1961
no info Drums Are My Beat!, Sandy Nelson, 1962
no info Wild About Basie!, The Joe Bucci Duo, 1962
no info The Best of Basie, Volume 2, Count Basie, 1962
no info It's A Cozy World, Cozy Cole, 1964
no info Single (Topsy Part I / Topsy Part II), Cozy Cole With His Drums And Orchestra, 1964
no info No. 1 Hits! The Original Hits Vol. 11, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 1964
no info Jazz Milestones Series, Chico Hamilton, 1966
no info Drum Spectacular, Kenny Clare And Ronnie Stephenson, 1967
no info Golden Instrumentals, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 1967
no info George Wein's Newport All Stars, 1969
no info The Count Basie Story, Count Basie Orchestra, 1969
no info The Swing Era 1936-1937: The Movies, Various Artists (Count Basie), 1970
no info Rockin' Again, Milt Buckner, 1972
no info California Guitar, Mundell Lowe, 1973
no info The Return Of, The Incredible Bongo Band, 1974
no info Great Guitars, Charlie Byrd / Barney Kessel / Herb Ellis, 1975
no info Unissued 1939 Recordings, Geraldo And His Orchestra Featuring Al Bowlly, 1978
no info Jazz: The 50's Volume II, Various Artists (Chico Hamilton Quintet), 1978
no info The Complete Benny Goodman, Volume VII 1938-1939, Benny Goodman, 1980
no info The Swingtet, The Swingtet, 1982
no info Hail To The Chief! Butch Miles Salutes Count Basie, Butch Miles Octet, 1982
no info The Complete Blue Note Forties Recordings Of Ike Quebec And John Hardee, 1984
no info Jazz Milestones, Benny Goodman / Lionel Hampton, 1984
no info "Topsy" This One's For Basie, The Modern Jazz Quartet, 1985
no info Constellation, Sonny Stitt, 1986
no info The RCA Victor Years, Benny Goodman, 1986
no info Atlantic Jazz: West Coast, Various Artists (Jimmy Giuffre), 1986
no info From Paradise (Small's) To Shangri-La, Benny Waters, 1987
no info Blue In Green, David Matthews Trio, 1987
no info Short Stops, Shorty Rogers With His Orchestra, 1987
no info Keeping Count, Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union, 1987
no info Jazz Invention, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, 1989
no info Just Jazz, Buddy Tate/Al Grey, 1989
no info Axes & Saxes: The Great Instrumentals, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 1990
no info The Claw: Live At The Floating Jazz Festival, Flip Phillips, 1991
info Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 18, Mike Wofford, 1992
no info Topsy: Standard Book, Freddie Hubbard, 1992
no info The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra, 1993
no info Going Places, Joe Morello, 1993
no info Flip Wails: The Best Of The Verve Years, Flip Phillips, 1994
no info Atlantic Jazz: Saxophones, Various Artists (Lee Konitz & Wayne Marsh), 1994
no info Max Weinberg Presents Let There Be Drums, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 1994,
no info Just Me: Solo Piano Excursions, Clare Fischer, 1995
no info Bud's Beautiful, Andy LaVerne Trio, 1996
no info The Best Of Early Basie, Count Basie, 1996
no info Love Organs, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 1996
no info The Ultimate Bachelor's Pad Set, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 1996
no info Pittsburgh, 1958, Dodo Marmarosa, 1997
no info The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings Of Jimmy Giuffre, 1997
no info The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of The Chico Hamilton Quintet, 1997
no info The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh, 1997
no info Endgame Brilliance, Sonny Stitt, 1997
no info Swing, The Manhattan Transfer, 1997
no info After Hours in Harlem, Hot Lips Page, 1998
no info Summertime, Ray Brown Trio With Ulf Wakenius, 1998
no info The Complete Verve/Clef Studio Sessions, Charlie Ventura & Flip Phillips, 1998
no info In Good Company, George Rabbai, 1998
info The Blue Note Years, Various Artists (Ike Quebec), 1998
no info The Blue Note Years: 1939-1955: Boogie Woogie Blues & Bop, Various Artists (Ike Quebec), 1999
no info Ken Burns Jazz, Count Basie, 2000
no info Congeniality, Mitch Seidman, 2001
no info Happy Hour Jazz, Various Artists (Lee Konitz & Wayne Marsh), 2001
no info The Naked Eye, Geoff Goodman Quintet, 2003
no info Argo, Emarcy And Verve Small Group Sessions, Buddy Rich, 2005
no info 6th Avenue Romp, Chico Hamilton, 2006
no info Mosaic Select, Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green, 2007
no info Sideways, Alan Barnes / John Hallam, 2007
no info Sixty Years With My Bass ... Well, Almost!, Peter Ind, 2008
no info The Jazz Hits from the Hot 100 1958-1966, Various Artists (Cozy Cole), 2008
no info Jazz Inspiration: Count Basie, Count Basie, 2011
no info The Talk Of The Town: Live At The Bimhuis, Sal Mosca, 2015
no info Classic 1936-1947 Studio Sessions, Count Basie And Lester Young, 2016
no info The Complete Decca Recording, sCount Basie, 2018

 
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