Boxset / Compilation · 1999
Tracklist
1 Red Cross
2 Billie's Bounce
3 Body And Soul
4 Blue Serge
5 Curbstone Scuffle
6 Nocturn
7 Woodchopper's Holiday
8 Blue Serge
9 All God's Children Got Swing
10 Elevation
11 Fine And Dandy
12 The Goof And I
13 Pumpernickel
14 Gabardine And Serge
15 Serge's Urge
16 A Bar A Second
17 Chickasaw
18 Bopscotch
19 The Most!
20 Chasin' The Bass
21 Pat
22 King Edward The Flatted Fifth
23 Blue Serge
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Mariano (tracks: 21 to 22)
Baritone Saxophone – Serge Chaloff
Bass – Artie Bernstein (tracks: 5 to 8, 23), Chubby Jackson (tracks: 9 to 12), Curly Russell (tracks: 13 to 16), Frank Vaccaro (tracks: 21 to 22), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 17 to 20)
Drums – Denzil Best (tracks: 17 to 20), Don Lamond (tracks: 5 to 8, 23), Pete DeRosa (tracks: 21 to 22), Tiny Kahn (tracks: 9 to 16)
Ensemble – Sonny Berman - Bill Harris Big Eight (tracks: 5 to 7), Ralph Burns Quintet (tracks: 8, 23), Red Rodney's Be-Boppers (tracks: 9 to 12), Sonny Berman - Bill Harris Big Eight (tracks: 5 to 7), Serge Chaloff Sextette (tracks: 13 to 16)
Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: 5 to 8, 23)
Piano – Al Haig (tracks: 9 to 12), Barbara Carroll (tracks: 17 to 20), George Wallington (tracks: 13 to 16), Ralph Burns (tracks: 5 to 8, 21 to 23), Rollins Griffith (tracks: 1 to 4)
Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 17 to 20), Allen Eager (tracks: 9 to 12), Flip Phillips (tracks: 5 to 7)
Trombone – Bill Harris (tracks: 5 to 7), Earl Swope (tracks: 13 to 20), Mert Godspeed (tracks: 21 to 22)
Trumpet – Gait Preddy (tracks: 21 to 22), Red Rodney (tracks: 9 to 20), Sonny Berman (tracks: 5 to 7)
Vibraphone – Terry Gibbs (tracks: 17 to 20)
About this release
The Jazz Factory – JFCD 22807 (Europe)
Tracks 1 to 4 recorded in Boston, November 17, 1946
Tracks 5 to 7 recorded in Hollywood, September 21, 1947
Tracks 8 and 23 recorded at same location and date
Tracks 9 to 12 recorded in New York City, January 29, 1947
Tracks 13 to 16 recorded in New York City, March 5, 1947
Tracks 17 to 20 recorded in New York City, March 10, 1949
Tracks 21 to 22 recorded in Boston, April 16, 1949
Thanks to snobb for the addition