Boxset / Compilation · 1994
Tracklist
1 Blues 2:43
2 Early Mornin' 2:28
3 Killin' Myself 2:23
4 Your Love Has Faded 2:50
5 Country Gal 2:54
6 Minuet In Blues 2:47
7 Lost In Two Flats 2:29
8 Honey Hush 2:48
9 Blues 2:51
10 Plucked Again 2:58
11 Solitude 2:55
12 Stormy Weather 2:30
13 Mood Indigo 2:39
14 Sophisticated Lady 2:47
15 Pelican Drag 2:57
16 Tapioca 2:28
17 Mardi Gras Madness 2:30
18 Watch The Birdie 2:39
19 Black Butterfly 2:41
20 Dry Long So 2:48
21 Toasted Pickle 2:37
22 Give It Up
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14, 19 to 22)
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (tracks: 2 to 8, 11 to 22)
Bass – Jimmy Blanton (tracks: 2 to 22)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Barney Bigard (tracks: 2 to 8, 11 to 22)
Cornet – Rex Stewart (tracks: 2 to 8, 11 to 18)
Drums – Sonny Greer (tracks: 2 to 8, 11 to 22)
Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14)
Piano – Duke Ellington (tracks: 1 to 5, 9 to 14, 20 to 22)
Piano, Vocals, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 3, 4, 6 to 8, 15 to 19)
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 11 to 14)
Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 3 to 8, 11 to 18), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14)
Trumpet – Wallace Jones (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14)
Trumpet, Vocals – Cootie Williams (tracks: 3 to 5, 11 to 14, 19 to 22)
Vocals – Ivie Anderson (tracks: 3, 4, 11 to 13)
Notes
About this release
Classics Records – 790 (France)
Track 1 recorded in New York, October 14, 1939.
Tracks 2 to 5 recorded in New York, October 16, 1939.
Tracks 6 to 10 recorded in New York, November 22, 1939.
Tracks 11 to 18 recorded in New York, February 14, 1940.
Tracks 19 to 22 recorded in New York, February 15, 1940.
Thanks to snobb for the addition
