Boxset / Compilation · 1990
Tracklist
A1 (1) I'm Confessin' That I Love You 3:21
A2 (2) Ain't She Sweet 3:17
A3 (3) Who's Sorry Now 3:28
A4 (4) Keb-Lah 3:20
A5 (5) Moten Swing 6:19
A6 (6) East Coast Blues 3:15
A7 (8) Cotton Tail 2:40
A8 (10) Snooty Fruity 3:01
B1 (11) Poppin' Off 6:03
B2 (12) Forgotten 5:41
B3 (13) New Two O'Clock Jump 5:17
B4 (15) The Great Lie 3:08
B5 (16) Three For THe Show 3:27
B6 (17) Perdido 3:16
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Ed Rosa (tracks: 2 to 7, 10, 11), James Cook (tracks: 12 to 14), Mascagni Ruffo (tracks: 13, 14), Willie Smith
Baritone Saxophone – Robert Poland (tracks: 6, 7, 10 to 18)
Bass – Artie Bernstein (tracks: 12), Robert Stone (tracks: 13, 14), Theodore Hayes (tracks: 15 to 17), Ed Mihelich (tracks: 1 to 11)
Clarinet – Corky Corcoran (tracks: 2, 3, 9 to 11, 13, 14), Ed Rosa (tracks: 2 to 11), Francis Polifroni (tracks: 6, 7), James Cook (tracks: 12, 13), Mascagni Ruffo (tracks: 13, 14), Sam Sachelle (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11), Willie Smith (tracks: 2 to 7, 10 to 18)
Congas – Gordon Polk (tracks: 15, 16)
Drums – Macklin Combine (tracks: 6 to 11), Carl Maus (tracks: 1), Gene Estes (tracks: 17), Jackie Mills (tracks: 13 to 16), Lou Fromm (tracks: 4, 5), Nick Fatool (tracks: 2, 3, 12)
Guitar – Allan Reuss (tracks: 1, 12), Hayden Causey (tracks: 2 to 5), Sam Herman (tracks: 13 to 17), Hilmer Timbrell (tracks: 6 to 11)
Piano – Arnold Ross (tracks: 1 to 5), Bruce MacDonald (tracks: 9 to 16, 18), Larry Kinnamon (tracks: 17), Stan Wrightsman (tracks: 6 to 8)
Reeds – George Davis (tracks: 2 to 5), Herbert Lorden, Jr (tracks: 15 to 17), Pat Chartrand (tracks: 15 to 17), Stewart Bruner (tracks: 2 to 5), William Massingill (tracks: 15 to 17)
Tenor Saxophone – Corky Corcoran (tracks: 2 to 5, 9 to 14), Ed Rosa (tracks: 12), Francis Polifroni (tracks: 6, 7), Sam Sachelle (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11, 18)
Trombone – Carl "Ziggy" Elmer (tracks: 6 to 18), Charles Preble (tracks: 2 to 7, 10, 11, 18), Dalton Rizzotto (tracks: 4, 5), David Robbins (tracks: 12 to 14), Lee O'Conner (tracks: 12 to 14), Louis McCreary (tracks: 15 to 17), Vic Hamann (tracks: 2 to 7, 10, 11, 18)
Trumpet – Arthur DePew (tracks: 13 to 16), Carl Berg (tracks: 4, 5), Everett McDonald (tracks: 13 to 17), Eugene Komer (tracks: 6, 7, 10 to 12), George Seaberg (tracks: 12), Harold Moe (tracks: 4, 5), Harry James , Irwin Berken (tracks: 2 to 7), James Grimes (tracks: 2, 3), James Troutman (tracks: 2, 3), James Campbell (tracks: 2 to 5), Dominick Buono (tracks: 6, 7, 10 to 18), Philip Cook (tracks: 17), Pincus Savitt (tracks: 6, 7, 10 to 12, 18), Ralph Osborn* (tracks: 10 to 12, 18), Stanley Fishelson (tracks: 13, 14)
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 2 to 7, 10 to 18)
About this release
CBS – 466364 1 (Netherlands)
Recording Dates:
#1: Hollywood, November 21st, 1944
#2: Hollywood, December 18th, 1945
#3: Hollywood, December 19th, 1945
#4: Hollywood, September 13th, 1946
#5: Hollywood, November 11th, 1946
#6: Hollywood, June 22nd, 1947
#7 & #8: Hollywood, June 25th, 1947
#9: Hollywood, November 3rd, 1947
#10 & #18: Hollywood, December 29th, 1947
#11: Hollywood, December 30th, 1947
#12: Hollywood, July 19th, 1949
#13: New York, June 19th, 1950
#14: New York, July 10th, 1950
#15 & #16: Hollywood, December 13th, 1954
#17: Hollywood, February 13th, 1955
Tracks #2, #11, #12 are previously unissued performances.
Thanks to snobb for the addition
