Boxset / Compilation · 1977
Tracklist
A1 Shoe Shine Boy (First Take) 5:51
A2 Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 6:28
A3 Georgia Mae 4:47
A4 Caravan 3:58
B1 Lincoln Heights 7:46
B2 Embraceable You 7:40
B3 Shoe Shine Boy (Second Take) 5:16
C1 Satin Doll 5:51
C2 Little Susie 5:19
C3 Spider Kelly's Blues 4:45
C4 Cubano Chant 4:00
D1 Splittin' 4:52
D2 Sweet Lorraine 4:38
D3 Bicycle For Two 2:37
D4 Old Man River 6:40
D5 Sometimes I'm Happy 3:26
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Tommy Bryant (tracks: C1 to D5), Walter Page (tracks: A1 to B3)
Clarinet – Rudy Powell (tracks: A4)
Drums – Jo Jones
Guitar – Freddie Green (tracks: A1 to B3)
Piano – Count Basie (tracks: A1, B3), Nat Pierce (tracks: A1 to B3), Ray Bryant (tracks: C1 to D5)
Tenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (tracks: A1 to B3)
Trombone – Benny Green (tracks: A1 to B3), Lawrence Brown (tracks: A4)
Trumpet – Emmett Berry (tracks: A1 to B3)
About this release
Vanguard – VSD 101/02 (US)
Sides A and B originally issued as The Jo Jones Special (1955 Vanguard), recorded August 11, 1955 (except for A4, recorded August 16, 1955)
Sides C and D originally issued as Jo Jones Plus Two (1959 Vanguard), recorded April 30, 1958
Thanks to snobb for the addition