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Chu Berry – Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions

Chu Berry – Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions

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Label: Mosaic Records – MD7-236 
Format: Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered 
7 x CD, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo 
Country: US 
Released: 2007 
Genre: Jazz 
Style: Big Band, Swing 

Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Box Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Limited Edition: 288 of 5,000 albums

Book included.

Tracklist

Track Artist Title Duration
1-1 The Chocolate Dandies Blue Interlude 3:25
1-2 The Chocolate Dandies I Never New (Alt Tk) 3:03
1-3 The Chocolate Dandies I Never Knew 3:03
1-4 The Chocolate Dandies Once Upon A Time 3:24
1-5 The Chocolate Dandies Krazy Kapers 3:28
1-6 Bessie Smith-Orchestra Acc. By Buck And His Band Do Your Duty 3:25
1-7 Bessie Smith-Orchestra Acc. By Buck And His Band I'm Down In The Dumps 3:10
1-8 Teddy Hill And His Orchestra (Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie 3:00
1-9 Teddy Hill And His Orchestra When The Robin Sings His Songs 2:53
1-10 Henry Allen And His Orchestra Rosetta 3:07
1-11 Henry Allen And His Orchestra I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again 2:57
1-12 Henry Allen And His Orchestra Get Rhythm In Your Feet 2:44
1-13 Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra Chasing Shadows (-2) 2:33
1-14 Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra Chasing Shadows (-1) 2:35
1-15 Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra When I Grow Too Old To Dream 2:38
1-16 Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band I'd Love To Take Orders From You 2:40
1-17 Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band I'd Rather Listen To Your Eyes 3:06
1-18 Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band When Day Is Done 3:27
1-19 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Twenty Four Hours A Day 2:59
1-20 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Yankee Doodle Never Went To Town 2:41
1-21 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Eeny Meeny Meiny Mo 3:10
1-22 Gene Krupa's Swing Band I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music 3:02
1-23 Gene Krupa's Swing Band Mutiny In The Parlor 3:00
1-24 Gene Krupa's Swing Band I'm Gonna Clap My Hands 2:56
1-25 Gene Krupa's Swing Band Swing Is Here 2:53
2-1 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Christopher Columbus 3:02
2-2 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Grand Terrace Swing 2:56
2-3 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Blue Lou 3:06
2-4 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Stealin' Apples 2:55
2-5 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Moonrise On The Lowlands 2:40
2-6 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra I'll Always be In Love With You 3:01
2-7 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Jangled Nerves 2:32
2-8 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Mary Had A Little Lamb 2:54
2-9 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Too Good To Be True 3:08
2-10 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Warmin' Up 3:14
2-11 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Blues In C Sharp Minor 3:20
2-12 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Where There's You There's Me 6:16
2-13 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Do You Or Don't You Love Me 2:59
2-14 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Mary Had A Little Lamb 2:47
2-15 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Shoe Shine Boy 3:30
2-16 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Sing, Sing, Sing 2:31
2-17 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Knock, Knock Who's There? (Alt Tk) 2:53
2-18 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Knock, Knock Who's There? 2:53
2-19 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Jim Town Blues 2:42
2-20 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra You Can Depend On Me 3:27
2-21 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Slummin' On Park Avenue (-2) 2:32
2-22 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Slummin' On Park Avenue (-1) 2:25
2-23 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Rhythm Of The Tambourine 2:37
2-24 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Back In Your Own Backyard 2:31
2-25 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Rose Room 2:59
2-26 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Great Ceasar's Ghost 2:19
3-1 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Now You're Talking My Language 2:49
3-2 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Back Home Again In Indiana 2:45
3-3 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Back Home Again In Indiana (Alt Tk) 2:49
3-4 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Too Marvelous For Words (Alt Tk) 2:53
3-5 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Too Marvelous For Words 2:52
3-6 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Limehouse Blues (Alt Tk) 2:48
3-7 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Limehouse Blues 2:51
3-8 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra All God's Chillun Got Rhythm 2:38
3-9 Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Chris And His Gang 3:00
3-10 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I'm Always In The Mood For You 2:52
3-11 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific 2:30
3-12 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Go South, Young Man 2:07
3-13 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Mama, I Want To Make Rhythm 2:59
3-14 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Queen Isabella 2:42
3-15 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Savage Rhythm 2:31
3-16 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Chuberry Jam 2:16
3-17 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Maelstrom (Alt Tk) 2:46
3-18 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Maelstrom 9:36
3-19 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores My Secret Love Affair 2:48
3-20 Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores Ebb Tide 2:42
3-21 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Minor Breakdown (-1) 2:21
3-22 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Minor Breakdown (-2) 2:26
3-23 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Bugle Blues 2:25
3-24 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra My First Impression Of You 2:48
3-25 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra With A Smile And A Song (-1) 3:05
3-26 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra With A Smile And A Song (-2) 2:55
4-1 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra When You're Smiling 2:54
4-2 Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 2:33
4-3 Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Thanks For The Memory (Alt Tk) 2:40
4-4 Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Thanks For The Memory 2:33
4-5 Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Lover Come Back To Me (Alt Tk) 3:07
4-6 Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Lover Come Back To Me 3:12
4-7 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Annie Laurie 2:48
4-8 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Loch Lommond 2:30
4-9 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra My Mariuccia Takes A Steamboat 2:32
4-10 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra In The Land Of Yamo Yamo —
4-11 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Rustle Of Swing (Alt Tk) 3:04
4-12 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Rustle Of Swing 2:56
4-13 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Three Swings And Out 2:12
4-14 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I Like Music (With A Swing Like That) 2:33
4-15 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Penguin Swing 3:28
4-16 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pack-A-Doodle-Do 2:47
4-17 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra At The Clambake Carnival 2:26
4-18 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hoy-Hoy 2:46
4-19 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Miss Hallelujah Brown 2:20
4-20 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Shout, Shout, Shout 2:33
4-21 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Jive (Page "1" Of The Hepster's Dictionary) 2:55
4-22 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 2:21
4-23 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Blue Interlude 2:34
4-24 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra FDR Jones 2:19
4-25 Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra That's All I Ask Of You (Alt Tk) 2:57
4-26 Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra That's All I Ask Of You 2:55
5-1 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Floogie Walk 2:18
5-2 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra I Can Give You Love 2:45
5-3 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra High Society 3:11
5-4 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Johnny Get Your Horn 3:08
5-5 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Sweethearts On Parade 2:58
5-6 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Shufflin' At The Hollywood (Alt Tk) 3:07
5-7 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Shufflin' At The Hollywood 3:04
5-8 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Denison Swing 3:13
5-9 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Wizzin' The Wizz (Alt Tk) 2:22
5-10 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Wizzin' The Wizz 2:22
5-11 Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Downright Disgusted Blues 2:27
5-12 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Corrine Corrini 2:12
5-13 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra I'm A Real Kinda Papa 2:48
5-14 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Jumpy Nerves 2:46
5-15 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Boogie Woogie 2:29
5-16 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Ain't Cha Comin' Home? 3:16
5-17 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Royal Garden Blues 2:33
5-18 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra In The Barrel 2:25
5-19 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Farewell Blues 2:35
5-20 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Fare Thee, My Baby, Fare-Thee-Well 2:33
5-21 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Limehouse Blues 2:16
5-22 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Trylon Swing 2:45
5-23 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Utt-Da-Zay 2:54
5-24 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Crescendo In Drums 2:44
5-25 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Jumpin' Jive 2:48
6-1 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pluckin' The Bass (Alt Tk) 2:40
6-2 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Pluckin' The Bass 2:40
6-3 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra I Ain't Getting Nowhere Fast 2:44
6-4 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra Blue Lou 2:50
6-5 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra When The Saints Go Marching In 2:26
6-6 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra My Honey's Lovin' Arms 2:44
6-7 Wingy Manone And His Orchestra When My Sugar Walks Down The Street 2:49
6-8 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra Hot Mallets 2:13
6-9 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Bee Gezindt 2:48
6-10 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Give, Baby, Give 2:33
6-11 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do It Again 2:50
6-12 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Calling All Bars (Alt Tk) 3:05
6-13 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Calling All Bars 2:44
6-14 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do I Care? No, No (Alt Tk) 2:46
6-15 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Do I Care? No, No 2:44
6-16 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Lone Arranger (-2) 2:40
6-17 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Lone Arranger (-1) 2:29
6-18 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hard Times 3:16
6-19 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Who's Yehoodi? (Alt Tk) 3:09
6-20 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Who's Yehoodi? 3:05
6-21 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Come On With The "Come On" 2:53
6-22 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Ghost Of Chance (Alt Tk) 2:51
6-23 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Ghost Of Chance 2:57
6-24 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Bye Bye Blues (Alt Tk) 2:49
6-25 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Bye Bye Blues 2:51
7-1 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Papa's In Bed With The Bitches On (Alt Tk -3) 2:34
7-2 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Papa's In Bed With The Bitches On (Alt Tk -2) 2:31
7-3 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Papa's In Bed With The Bitches On 2:30
7-4 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Boo-Wah Boo-Wah (Alt Tk) 3:02
7-5 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Boo-Wah Boo-Wah 2:48
7-6 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Cupid's Nightmare 2:40
7-7 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Are You Hep To The Jive? 2:47
7-8 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hot Air 2:52
7-9 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Lonesome Nights (Alt Tk) 2:55
7-10 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Lonesome Nights 2:56
7-11 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird (Alt Tk) 2:53
7-12 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird (Breakdown) 2:34
7-13 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird 2:51
7-14 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Worker's Train 3:17
7-15 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra The Worker's Train (Breakdown) 3:04
7-16 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Run, Little Rabbit (Alt Tk) 4:25
7-17 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Run, Little Rabbit 3:10
7-18 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Are You All Reet? (Alt Tk) 3:04
7-19 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Are You All Reet? 3:03
7-20 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Special Delivery (Alt Tk -3) 2:58
7-21 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Special Delivery (Alt Tk -2) 2:56
7-22 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Special Delivery 2:55
7-23 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Take The "A" Train 3:03
7-24 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra Hey Doc! 3:14
7-25 Cab Calloway And His Orchestra My Coo-Coo Bird (Could Swing) 2:44

 

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Andrew Brown (5) (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Doc Rando (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Garvin Bushell (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15), Hilton Jefferson (tracks: 2-21 to 2-26), Howard Johnson (6) (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Don Pasquall* (tracks: 2-12 to 2-20), Russell Procope (tracks: 5-16), Scoops Carey (tracks: 2-1 to 2-4)
Arranged By – Andy Gibson (tracks: 6-12 to 7-25), Benny Carter (tracks: 6-8 to 6-11, 6-12 to 7-25), Buster Harding (tracks: 6-12 to 7-25), Chappie Willett (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Don Redman (tracks: 6-12 to 7-25), Eddie Sauter (tracks: 4-3 to 4-6), Edgar Battle (tracks: 5-23 to 5-25, 6-12 to 7-25), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-26), Fred Norman (tracks: 5-2 to 5-4), Horace Henderson (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-9), Roger Moore (21) (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Spud Murphy (tracks: 2-12 to 2-14)
Baritone Saxophone – Jerry Blake (tracks: 6-12 to 7-25), Chu Berry* (tracks: 2-17, 2-18)
Bass – Artie Bernstein (tracks: 1-13 to 1-18), Artie Shapiro (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Billy Taylor* (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Ernest Hill (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Israel Crosby (tracks: 1-22 to 1-25, 2-1 to 2-20, 3-1 to 3-9), John Kirby (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12, 1-19 to 1-21, 2-1 to 2-4), Johnny Williams (tracks: 4-25, 4-26), Jules Cassard (tracks: 5-11 to 5-15, 5-17 to 5-21), Milt Hinton (tracks: 3-10 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-10, 5-16, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-8, 6-9 to 7-25), Pete Peterson (tracks: 4-3 to 4-6), Richard Fullbright* (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Sid Jacobs (tracks: 6-4 to 6-7)
Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: 1-6, 1-22 to 1-25), Buster Bailey (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11, 3-1 to 3-7, 5-11 to 5-15, 5-17 to 5-21), Cecil Scott (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12), Gus Fetterer (tracks: 6-4 to 6-7), Hank D'Amico (tracks: 4-3 to 4-6), Joe Marsala (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Pee Wee Russell (tracks: 3-24 to 4-2)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Buster Bailey (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-20), Chauncey Haughton (tracks: 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Hilton Jefferson (tracks: 3-8, 3-9, 6-9 to 7-25), Hymie Schertzer (tracks: 5-2 to 5-4, 5-16), Omer Simeon (tracks: 2-5 to 2-7), Russell Procope (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 5-2 to 5-4)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Vocals, Arranged By – Jerry Blake (tracks: 2-21 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9)
Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone – Andrew Brown (5) (tracks: 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-14, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25)
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Jerry Jerome (tracks: 5-2 to 5-4)
Design Concept – Richard Mantel
Drums – Bill Beason (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-13 to 1-15), Cozy Cole (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21, 3-1 to 3-7, 4-25 to 7-25), Danny Alvin (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Dave Tough (tracks: 4-3 to 4-6), Eddie Dougherty (tracks: 1-16 to 1-18), Gene Krupa (tracks: 1-22 to 1-25), George Stafford (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12), Leroy Maxey (tracks: 3-10 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24), Pete Suggs (tracks: 3-8, 3-9), Sid Cattlett* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-1 to 2-14), Walter Johnson (tracks: 2-15 to 2-20)
Ensemble – Buck And His Band (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Chu Berry And His Stompy Stevedores (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7, 3-16 to 3-20), Gene Krupa's Swing Band (tracks: 1-22 to 1-25), Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band (tracks: 1-16 to 1-18), The Chocolate Dandies Under The Direction Of Benny Carter* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5)
Executive-Producer – Michael Cuscuna
Guitar – Al Casey (tracks: 4-25, 4-26), Allan Reuss (tracks: 1-25, 5-2 to 5-10), Allen Reuss* (tracks: 3-24 to 4-6), Bernard Addison (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12), Bob Lessey (tracks: 2-1 to 2-20), Bobby Johnson (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Charlie Christian (tracks: 6-8), Danny Barker (tracks: 3-16 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-11 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Dave Barbour (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21), Dick McDonough (tracks: 1-16 to 1-18), Jack LeMaire (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), John Smith (6) (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Lawrence Lucie (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 2-21 to 3-9), Morris White (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15), Nappy Lamare (tracks: 1-13 to 1-15), Zeb Julian (tracks: 5-11 to 5-15, 6-4 to 6-7)
Liner Notes – Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Loren Schoenberg, Roy Eldridge
Liner Notes, Producer – Scott Wenzel
Mastered By – Ted Kendall
Orchestra – Bessie Smith-Orchestra (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra (tracks: 4-25, 4-26), Cab Calloway And His Orchestra (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9), Henry Allen And His Orchestra* (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12), Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra (tracks: 5-2 to 5-10, 5-16, 6-8), Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra (tracks: 4-3 to 4-6), Putney Dandridge And His Orchestra (tracks: 1-13 to 1-15), Teddy Hill And His Orchestra* (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21, 2-8 to 2-11, 3-24 to 4-2), Wingy Manone And His Orchestra* (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10), Wingie Manone And His Orchestra* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-15, 5-17 to 5-21, 6-4 to 6-7)
Photography By – Benny Carter, Dan Morgenstern, Duncan Schiedt, Frank Driggs Collection, Institute Of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, Stanley Dance, Steven Lasker, Timme Rosenkrantz
Piano – Bennie Payne (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Buck Washington (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Clyde Hart (tracks: 5-2 to 5-10, 5-16, 6-8), Conrad Lanoue (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10, 5-11 to 5-15, 5-17 to 5-21), Ernie Hughes (tracks: 6-4 to 6-7), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-15 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9), Harry Grey (tracks: 1-15), Horace Henderson (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12, 2-1, 2-3, 2-5, 2-7, 2-12 to 2-14, 2-20, 3-1 to 3-7), Jess Stacy (tracks: 1-22 to 1-25), Putney Dandridge (tracks: 1-13, 1-14), Sam Allen (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Sonny White (tracks: 4-25, 4-26), Teddy Wilson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-16 to A-21, 2-8 to 2-11, 3-24 to 4-6)
Piano, Vocals – Benny Payne* (tracks: 3-16 to 3-20)
Recording Supervisor – Bernie Hanighen, Harry Grey, Helen Oakley*, John Hammond, Leonard Joy, Morty Palitz, Steve Sholes
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 6-8), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 6-8), Elmer Williams (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9), Jerry Jerome (tracks: 5-16), Chu Berry*, Teddy Hill (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Walter "Foots" Thomas* (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25)
Transferred By – Andreas Meyer*
Trombone – Albert Wynn (tracks: 3-8, 3-9), Benny Morton (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21), Buck Scott (tracks: 6-4 to 6-7), Claude Jones (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), DePriest Wheeler (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 6-11), Dicky Wells* (tracks: 1-8 to 1-12), Ed Cuffee (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9), Fernando Arbello (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-20), Floyd O'Brien (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), George Matthews (2) (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7), George Washington (tracks: 2-21 to 2-26), J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: 2-21 to 2-26), Jack Teagarden (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), John McConnell (tracks: 3-8, 3-9), Keg Johnson (tracks: 3-10 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 6-11), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 6-12 to 7-25), Tyree Glenn (tracks: 4-25, 4-26)
Trumpet – Bill Coleman (2) (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Bill Dillard (tracks: 1-8, 1-9), Charlie Shavers (tracks: 4-25, 4-26), Chris Griffin (3) (tracks: 1-16 to 1-18), Dick Vance (tracks: 3-8, 3-9), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3, 6-8, 6-9 to 7-25), Doc Cheatham (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1), Emmett Berry (tracks: 2-21 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9), Irving Randolph (tracks: 3-10 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1 to 5-4, 5-22 to 5-25), Jimmy Blake (tracks: 4-3 to 4-6), Joe Thomas (4) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-20), Jonah Jones (tracks: 7-20 to 7-25), Lammar Wright (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25), Mario Bauzá (tracks: 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-19), Max Kaminsky (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 1-8, 1-9, 1-13 to 1-15, 1-19 to 2-20), Russell Smith (tracks: 2-21 to 2-26, 3-8, 3-9), Ziggy Elman (tracks: 5-16)
Trumpet, Alto Saxophone – Benny Carter (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 6-8 to 6-11)
Trumpet, Arranged By – Dick Vance (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-26)
Trumpet, Arranged By, Vocals – Wingy Manone (tracks: 4-7 to 4-10, 6-4 to 6-7)
Trumpet, Vocals – Henry "Red" Allen (tracks: 1-10 to 1-12), Hot Lips Page (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7, 3-24 to 4-2), Wingy Manone (tracks: 5-11 to 5-15, 5-17 to 5-21)
Vibraphone – Lionel Hampton (tracks: 5-16, 6-8), Sid Cattlett* (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11)
Vibraphone, Vocals – Lionel Hampton (tracks: 5-2 to 5-10)
Vocals – Bessie Smith (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Billie Holiday (tracks: 1-19 to 1-21, 4-25, 4-26), Ed Cuffee (tracks: 2-15 to 2-20), Georgia Boy Simpkins (tracks: 2-15 to 2-20), Helen Ward (tracks: 1-22 to 1-25), Mildred Bailey (tracks: 1-16 to 1-18, 4-3 to 4-6), Putney Dandridge (tracks: 1-13 to 1-15), Roy Eldridge (tracks: 2-8 to 2-20), Sally Gooding (tracks: 3-24 to 4-2), Teddy Lewis (tracks: 2-12 to 2-14)
Vocals, Leader – Cab Calloway (tracks: 3-10 to 3-15, 3-21 to 3-23, 4-11 to 4-24, 5-1, 5-22 to 6-3, 6-9 to 7-25)
Xylophone – Red Norvo (tracks: 1-16, 1-17)

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