Boxset / Compilation · 2004
Tracklist
1 –Serge Chaloff Blue Serge 6:01
2 –Sonny Berman's Big Eight Curbstone Scuffle 3:01
3 –Sonny Berman's Big Eight Nocturne 3:04
4 –Sonny Berman's Big Eight Woodchopper's Holiday 2:53
5 –Red Rodney's Be-Boppers All God's Children Got Rhythm 2:47
6 –Red Rodney's Be-Boppers Elevation 2:53
7 –Red Rodney's Be-Boppers Fine And Dandy 2:40
8 –Red Rodney's Be-Boppers The Goof And I 2:59
9 –Serge Chaloff Sextette Pumpernickel 2:28
10 –Serge Chaloff Sextette Gabardine And Serge 2:29
11 –Serge Chaloff Sextette Serge's Urge 2:31
12 –Serge Chaloff Sextette A Bar A Second 2:35
13 –Woody Herman We The People Bop 2:19
14 –Serge Chaloff Chickasaw 2:50
15 –Serge Chaloff Bopscotch 3:20
16 –Serge Chaloff The Most 2:38
17 –Serge Chaloff Pat 2:11
18 –Serge Chaloff King Edward The Flatted Fifth 2:52
19 –Serge Chaloff The Goof And I 6:09
20 –Serge Chaloff Everything Happens To Me 3:12
21 –Serge Chaloff Pennies From Heaven 5:30
22 –Serge Chaloff Four Brothers 4:25
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano (tracks: 17-18)
Baritone Saxophone – Serge Chaloff
Bass – Artie Bernstein (tracks: 1-4), Chubby Jackson (tracks: 5-8, 13), Curley Russell (tracks: 9-12), Frank Vaccaro (tracks: 17-18), George Jones (13) (tracks: 19-22), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 14-16)
Clarinet, Vocals – Woody Herman (tracks: 13)
Drums – Denzil Best (tracks: 14-16), Don Lamond (tracks: 1-4, 13), Joe MacDonald (tracks: 19-22), Pete De Rosa (tracks: 17-18), Tiny Kahn (tracks: 5-12)
Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: 1-4)
Piano – Al Haig (tracks: 5-8), Barbara Carroll (tracks: 14-16), George Wallington (tracks: 9-12), Lou Levy (tracks: 13), Nat Pierce (tracks: 19-22), Ralph Burns (tracks: 1-4, 17-18)
Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 14-16), Allen Eager (tracks: 5-8), Flip Phillips (tracks: 2-4)
Trombone – Bill Harris (tracks: 2-4), Earl Swope (tracks: 9-12, 14-16), Mert Goodspeed (tracks: 17-18), Sonny Truitt (tracks: 19-22)
Trumpet – Gait Preddy (tracks: 17-18), Red Rodney (tracks: 5-12, 14-16), Sonny Berman (tracks: 2-4)
Trumpet, Vocals – Ernie Royal (tracks: 13)
Vibraphone – Terry Gibbs (tracks: 13-16)
About this release
Proper Records – INTRO CD 2071 (UK)
Tracks 1-4 recorded in Hollywood, September 21, 1946.
Tracks 5-8 recorded in New York, January 29, 1947.
Tracks 9-12 recorded in New York, March 5, 1947.
Track 13 broadcast from the Royal Roost, New York, November 20, 1948.
Tracks 14-16 recorded in New York, March 10, 1949.
Tracks 17-18 recorded in Boston, April 16, 1949.
Tracks 19-22 broadcast from The Celebrity Club, Providence, Rhode Island, September 3, 1950.
Thanks to snobb for the addition