What Is This Thing Called Love
Every version of “What Is This Thing Called Love” on a record reviewed at Vinyl Standard: 13 recordings, 1950 to 1965, by 12 leaders, including Charles Mingus, Art Pepper, Bill Evans Trio. Every version links to its review.
Who recorded it
The leaders of the reviewed records that include What Is This Thing Called Love. The number is reviewed records.
Every reviewed version
By the year of the record’s first session. Red is the site’s rating of the whole record, out of five.
- 1950Night and DayCharlie Parker★★★☆☆
- 1951Oscar Peterson Plays Cole PorterOscar Peterson★★★★☆
- 1951Strings and KeysCharles Mingus★★★☆☆
- 1954Jam SessionClifford Brown / Clark Terry / Maynard Ferguson★★★☆☆
- 1954Jazzical MoodsCharles Mingus★★★★☆
- 195637 Minutes and 48 SecondsSonny Stitt★★★★☆
- 1956Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin StreetClifford Brown / Max Roach★★★★★
- 1956Modern ArtArt Pepper★★★★★
- 1956The Dave Brubeck OctetDave Brubeck Octet★★★★☆
- 1959Portrait in JazzBill Evans Trio★★★★★
- 1960The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the LighthouseCannonball Adderley★★★★★
- 1961Gooden's CornerGrant Green★★★★☆
- 1965Anything Goes! Dave Brubeck Plays Cole PorterDave Brubeck Quartet★★★★☆
This page is built from the track listings of the records reviewed here, so it lists only versions on those records, not every recording of the tune. The site does not record composers, so it gathers tracks by title and says nothing about who wrote the tune. Tracks printed as “What Is This Thing Called Love?” are counted here too. The year is the first session of the whole record, which on an album cut over several dates may not be the date of this track. It updates automatically when a new review goes up.