Boxset / Compilation · 2001
Tracklist
1 –Billy Strayhorn Trio Cotton Tail 2:55
2 –Billy Strayhorn Trio C Jam Blues 3:01
3 –Billy Strayhorn Trio Flamingo 3:03
4 –Billy Strayhorn Trio Bang-Up Blues 3:07
5 –Wild Bill Davis And His Real Gone Organ Things Ain't What They Used To Be 2:43
6 –Wild Bill Davis And His Real Gone Organ Make No Mistake 2:38
7 –Billy Strayhorn Trio Tonk 2:59
8 –Billy Strayhorn Trio Johnny Come Lately 3:00
9 –Billy Strayhorn Trio In A Blue Summer Garden 4:07
10 –Billy Strayhorn Trio Great Times 2:55
11 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Build That Railroad 2:41
12 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Love You Madly 2:56
13 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Great Times 3:11
14 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra The Tattooed Bride 11:38
15 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Mood Indigo 15:28
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 11 to 15)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope (tracks: 11 to 15)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Harry Carney (tracks: 11 to 15)
Bass – Joe Shulman (tracks: 7 to 10), Wendell Marshall (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 15)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 11 to 15)
Drums – Sonny Greer (tracks: 11 to 15)
Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 10, 14, 15), Duke Ellington (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 15)
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves (tracks: 11 to 15)
Trombone – Lawrence Brown (tracks: 11 to 15), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 11 to 15)
Trumpet – Andres Merenguito (tracks: 11 to 15), Cat Anderson (tracks: 11 to 15), Harold Baker (tracks: 11 to 15), Nelson Williams (tracks: 11 to 15)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: 11 to 15)
About this release
Classics Records – Classics 1217 (France)
Recording dates:
#1 to 4: New York, October 3, 1950
#5, 6: New York, late October 1950
#7 to 10: New York, November, 1950
#11 to 13: New York, November 20, 1950
#14, 15: New York, December 18, 1950
Thanks to snobb for the addition