Boxset / Compilation · 1996
Tracklist
1. It's Been So Long (3:09)
2. I Can't Believe That Your're in Love With Me (3:04)
3. Big City Blues (4:14)
4. Streamin' and Beamin' (3:52)
5. Sleepy Time Gal (3:15)
6. Where or When (3:20)
7. It Had to Be You (3:00)
8. Caravan (3:15)
9. A Shanty in Old Shanty Town (2:44)
10. Night and Day (2:55)
11. I Want to Be Happy (3:20)
12. Showpiece (3:40)
13. Opus 1.5 (2:32)
14. The Sheik of Araby (2:35)
15. Night and Day (2:05)
16. The Man I Love (3:09)
17. Face (2:37)
18. I Want to Be Happy (1:42)
19. Rompin' in '44 (2:12)
20. Caravan (2:31)
21. Besame Mucho (2:41)
22. Ellis Island (3:04)
23. Continental Blues (3:04)
24. Lonely Moments (2:55)
25. Face (3:05)
Total Time: 74:00
Line-up/Musicians
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 4)
Bass – Alvin Raglin (tracks: 1 to 4), Billy Taylor (tracks: 5 to 12), Johnny Williams (tracks: 13 to 25)
Clarinet – Edmond Hall
Drums – Arthur Trappier (tracks: 5 to 21), James Crawford (tracks: 22 to 25), Sidney Catlett (tracks: 1 to 4)
Guitar – Everett Barksdale (tracks: 1 to 4)
Piano – Don Frye (tracks: 1 to 4), Ellis Larkins (tracks: 13 to 25), Teddy Wilson (tracks: 5 to 12)
Trombone – Benny Morton (tracks: 1 to 4), Henderson Chambers (tracks: 13 to 25)
Trumpet – Irving Randolph (tracks: 13 to 25)
About this release
Classics Records – 872 (France)
Tracks 1 to 4 : Recorded in NYC, May 5, 1944
Tracks 5 to 8 : Recorded in NYC, July 11, 1944
Tracks 8 to 12 : Recorded in NYC, July 20, 1944
Tracks 13 to 21 : Recorded in NYC, December 4, 1944
Tracks 22 to 25 : Recorded in NYC, 1945
Thanks to snobb for the updates
