Boxset / Compilation · 1994
Tracklist
1 Delta Mood 2:44
2 The Boys From Harlem 2:16
3 Mobile Blues 2:30
4 Gal-Avantin' 2:20
5 Blue Light (Transblucency) 2:42
6 Old King Dooji 2:30
7 Boy Meets Horn 3:02
8 Slap Happy 2:45
9 Like A Ship In The Night 2:41
10 Mississippi Dream Boat 2:37
11 Swingin' On The Campus 2:40
12 Dooji Wooji 2:56
13 Beautiful Romance 2:42
14 Boudoir Benny 2:48
15 Ain't The Gravy Good 3:05
16 She's Gone 2:59
17 Just Good Fun 2:29
18 Informal Blues 2:43
19 San Juan Hill 2:40
20 I'll Come Back For More 2:52
21 "Fat Stuff" Serenade 2:39
22 Pussy Willow 2:39
23 Subtle Lament 3:03
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1 to 8, 22, 23)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1 to 16, 22, 23)
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 16, 22, 23)
Bass – Billy Taylor (tracks: 1 to 16, 19 to 23)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Barney Bigard (tracks: 1 to 8, 13 to 16, 22, 23)
Cornet – Rex Stewart (tracks: 5 to 8, 19 to 23)
Drums – Sonny Greer (tracks: 1 to 16, 19 to 23)
Guitar – Brick Fleagle (tracks: 19 to 21), Fred Guy (tracks: 5 to 8, 22, 23)
Piano – Duke Ellington
Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 5 to 8, 22, 23), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 5 to 12, 22, 23), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (tracks: 5 to 8, 19 to 23)
Trumpet – Wallace Jones (tracks: 5 to 8, 22, 23)
Trumpet, Vocals – Cootie Williams (tracks: 1 to 16, 22, 23), Louis Bacon (tracks: 19 to 21)
Vocals – Jean Eldridge (tracks: 9, 10)
About this release
Classics Records – 747 (France)
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded in New York, December 21, 1938.
Tracks 5 to 8 recorded in New York, December 22, 1938.
Tracks 9 to 12 recorded in New York, February 27, 1939.
Tracks 13 to 16 recorded in New York, February 28, 1939.
Tracks 17 and 18 (piano solos) recorded in New York, March 8, 1939.
Tracks 19 to 23 recorded in New York, March 20, 1939.
Thanks to snobb for the addition