Album · 1953
Tracklist
A1 Port Of Rico
A2 The Cool Rage
A3 Somewhere Along The Way
A4 Lean Baby
B1 Bluesitis
B2 Swinging Home
B3 One-Nighter Boogie
B4 On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Earle Warren (tracks: B1,B2), Ernie Henry (tracks: B1,B2,B4)
Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: B1,B2), Rudy Williams (tracks: B4)
Bass – Al Lucas (tracks: B1,B2), Gene Ramey (tracks: B3), Leonard Gaskin (tracks: B4), Ray Brown (tracks: A1 to A4)
Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: B3), Jimmy Crawford (tracks: A1 to A4), Lee Abrams (tracks: B4), Shadow Wilson (tracks: B1,B2)
Guitar – Freddie Green (tracks: A1 to A4,B1,B2), John Collins (tracks: B3)
Organ – Count Basie (tracks: A1 to A4)
Piano – Hank Jones (tracks: A1 to A4, B3), Johnny Acea (tracks: B1,B2,B4)
Tenor Saxophone – Illinois Jacquet, Lowell Hastings (tracks: B1,B2)
Trombone – Henry Coker (tracks: B1,B2), Matthew Gee (tracks: B1,B2)
Trumpet – Elmon Wright (tracks: B1,B2), Joe Newman (tracks: B1,B2,B4), Lammar Wright (tracks: B1,B2)
Trumpet, Vocals – Russell Jacquet (tracks: B1,B2,B4)
About this release
Mercury – MGC-129 (US)
A1 to A4 NYC, July 22, 1952
B1,B2 NYC, March 21, 1952
B3 NYC, May 24, 1951
B4 Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1951
Thanks to snobb for the addition