Boxset / Compilation · 1981
Tracklist
A1 East Of The Sun 2:45
A2 My Melancholy Baby 2:49
A3 Cherokee 2:41
A4 On The Alamo 2:48
A5 Blue'n Boogie 2:55
A6 All The Things You Are 2:48
A7 Dizzy Athmosphere 2:47
B1 Shaw 'Nuff 2:57
B2 Hot House 3:10
B3 Loverman 3:22
B4 Mean To Me 2:38
B5 One Bass Hit Nr. 1 2:47
B6 That's Earl Brother 2:40
B7 Oop Bob Sh'Bam 3:02
B8 A Handfulla Gimme 2:54
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: A6, A7, B1-B4), Sonny Stitt (tracks: B5-B8)
Bass – Curley Russell (tracks: B1-B4), Irving Lang (tracks: A2-A4), Jack Lesberg (tracks: A1), Murray Shipinsky (tracks: A5), Ray Brown (tracks: B5-B8), Slam Stewart (tracks: A6, A7)
Clarinet – Aaron Sachs (tracks: A1), Joe Marsala (tracks: A2-A4)
Drums – Buddy Christian (tracks: A2-A4), Cozy Cole (tracks: A6, A7), Irv Kluger (tracks: A5), Kenny Clarke (tracks: B5-B8), Max Roach (tracks: B4), Morey Field (tracks: A1), Sid Catlett (tracks: B1-B3)
Guitar – Bill De Arango (tracks: B4), Chuck Wayne (tracks: A1-A5), Remo Palmieri (tracks: A6, A7)
Piano – Al Haig (tracks: B1-B3, B5-B8), Cliff Jackson (tracks: A2-A4), Clyde Hart (tracks: A6, A7), Frank Paparelli (tracks: A5), Leonard Feather (tracks: A1), Nat Jaffe (tracks: B4)
Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon (tracks: A5), Flip Phillips (tracks: B4), Georgie Auld (tracks: A1)
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: A1-A7, B1-B8)
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: B5-B8)
Vocals – Alice Roberts (tracks: B8), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: B7), Walter Fuller (tracks: B7), Sarah Vaughan (tracks: A1, B3, B4)
About this release
AMIGA – 8 50 848 (East Germany)
A1 - Sarah Vaughan Her Orchestra, rec. Jan 31, 1944 NY
A2-A4 - Joe Marsala-Sextet feat. Dizzy Gillespie, rec. Jan 12, 1945 NY
A5- Dizzy Gillespie-Sextet, rec. Feb 9, 1945, NY
A6,A7 - Dizzy Gillespie-Sextet, rec. Feb/Mar 1945, NY
B1, B2 - Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet
B3 - Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet feat. Sarah Vaughan, rec. May 11, 1945, NY
B4 - Sarah Vaughan Her Orchestra, rec. May 25, 1945 NY
B5-B7 - Dizzy Gillespie-Sextet
B8 - Dizzy Gillespie-Sextet, rec. May 15, 1945, NY
Thanks to snobb for the addition