Boxset / Compilation · 1999
Tracklist
1.1 Lonely Woman 5:12
1.2 Banana Whistle 9:43
1.3 Hello Dolly 4:53
1.4 Fast Last 12:49
1.5 F-Troop Rides Again 9:32
1.6 Tender Openings 8:30
1.7 St. Louis Blues (Chicago Style) 9:40
2.1 Bugle Boy Bop 6:11
2.2 Go Bo 6:00
2.3 Cootie's Caravan Fan 3:55
2.4 Latin Recovery 4:02
2.5 The Girth of the Cool 7:28
2.6 Chop 'n' Rock 6:29
2.7 Finito Benito 6:23
2.8 Mirage 6:38
2.9 Rope-a-Dope 9:33
Line-up/Musicians
Lester Bowie: trumpet [CD1 #01-#07], [CD2 #01-#09]
Joseph Bowie: trombone [CD1 #01, #02, #04], percussion [CD1 #06, #07], [CD2 #08-#09]
Julius Hemphill: alto saxophone [CD1 #01, #02, #04]
John Stubblefield: tenor saxophone [CD1 #01, #02]
Bob Stewart: tuba [CD1 #01, #02]
Raymond Chang: violin [CD1 #06, #07], [CD2 #08-#09]
John Hicks: piano [CD1 #01, #02, #03, #04]
Cecil McBee: double bass [CD1 #01, #02, #04]
Malachi Favors Meghismus: bass [CD1 #06, #07], [CD2 #08-#09]
Phillip Wilson: drums [CD1 #01, #02, #04, #05]
Jerome Cooper: drums [CD1 #05]
Charles Shaw: drums [CD1 #05, #06, #07], [CD2 #01-#07]
Don Moye: drums [CD1 #06, #07], [CD2 #08-#09]
About this release
Camden Deluxe 74321 610902
Tracks 1-5 (Disc 1) from Muse CD 5055 « Hello Dolly » recorded at C.I. Recording Studio, NYC on September 10, 1974.
Tracks 6-7 (Disc 1) and 8-9 (Disc 2) from Muse CD 5081 « Rope-A-Dope » recorded at Blue Rock Studios, NYC on June 17, 1975.
Tracks 1-7 (Disc 2) from Charles Bobo Shaw's Muse CD 5268 « Bugle Boy Bop » recorded live at Studio Rivbea, NYC on February 5, 1977
Thanks to snobb for the addition