Boxset / Compilation · 2002
Tracklist
1 Sophisticated Lady 11:31
2 Solitude 8:22
3 Night Walk (Cat Walk) 2:48
4 Moonlight Fiesta 3:00
5 She (Sensuous) 3:06
6 The Happening 2:46
7 Fancy Dan 3:02
8 The Hawk Talks 2:56
9 V.I.P.'s Boogie 2:59
10 Jam With Sam 3:12
11 Monologue 2:12
12 Swamp Drum 2:53
13 Sultry Serenade 2:37
14 Indian Summer 2:45
15 Britt-And-Butter Blues 2:26
16 Ting-A-Ling 3:01
17 The Eighth Veil 2:43
18 Brown Betty 3:04
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1, 2), Willie Smith (tracks: 3 to 18)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 11, 16 to 18)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 11, 16 to 18)
Bass – Wendell Marshall
Drums – Louie Bellson* (tracks: 3 to 18), Sonny Greer (tracks: 1, 2)
Flugelhorn – Mercer Ellington (tracks: 1, 2)
Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 1 to 6, 14), Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves (tracks: 1 to 11, 16 to 18)
Trombone – Britt Woodman (tracks: 7 to 18), Juan Tizol (tracks: 3 to 18), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 1, 2), Quentin "Butter" Jackson (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 18), Tyree Glenn (tracks: 1, 2)
Trumpet – Andrew "Fats" Ford (tracks: 7 to 11, 16 to 18), Andrés Merenguito (tracks: 1, 2), Cat Anderson (tracks: 1 to 11, 16 to 18), Harold Baker (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 11, 16 to 18), Nelson Williams (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 11, 16 to 18), Ray Nance (tracks: 1, 2, 7 to 11, 16 to 18)
Vocals – Yvonne Lanauze (tracks: 1)
About this release
Classics Records – 1258 (France)
Tracks 1 and 2 recorded in New York, December 18, 1950.
Tracks 3 to 6 recorded in New York, April 17, 1951.
Tracks 7 to 11 recorded in New York, May 10, 1951.
Tracks 12 to 15 recorded in Boston, May 18, 1951.
Tracks 16 to 18 recorded in New York, May 24, 1951
Thanks to snobb for the addition