A sample of friendly jazzy affinity between real Swing players with the virtues that should have to jam. These rare transatlantic dates issued by HRS & Vogue performs Basie-ite trumpeter Clayton (for whom Stanley Dance coined the term "Mainstream") with solid feelings of Tiny Grimes, Dicky Wells-Trummy Young, Don Byas, George Johnson and young pianist Billy Taylor, or French cats like Alix Combelle & André Persiany in four sessions that can be considered among the final small-group swing events of the classic era.
Tracklisting:
01. Dawn Dance (3:10)
02. Wells-A-Poppin' (3:12)
03. On The Sunny Side Ofthe Street (3:29)
04. It's Dizzy (3:05)
05. Basie's Morning Bluesicale (3:19)
06. Saratoga Special (2:38)
07. Sentimental Summer (3:20)
08. Harlem Cradle Song (2:38)
09. My Good Man Sam (2:36)
10. I Want A Little Girl (2:50)
11. Hight Tide (3:00)
12. Swingin' At Sundown (2:45)
13. Who's Sorry Now? (2:33)
14. Sugar Blues (2:33)
15. Blues In First (3:07)
16. Blues In Second (3:07)
17. Don's Blues (2:39)
18. Uncle Buck (2:54)
19. Buck Special (3:23)
20. Night Life (3:14)
21. Perdido (3:28)
22. B.C. & B.C. (2:58)
23. Sweet Georgia Brown (3:23)
Total time: 70:06 min.
Personnel:
Tracks #1-5: BUCK CLAYTON'S BIG FOUR :
Buck Clayton (tp); Tiny Grimes (g); Scoville Brown (cl); Sid Weiss (b)
Recorded in New York, June 26, 1946
Tracks #6-10: BUCK CLAYTON'S BIG EIGHT :
Buck Clayton (tp); Dicky Wells, Trummy Young (tb); George Johnson (as); Billy Taylor (p, celeste on track 7); Brick Fleagle (g); Al McKibbon (b); Jimmy Crawford (d).
Recorded in New York, July 24, 1946
Tracks #11-17:
Buck Clayton, Merrill Steppter (tp); Don Byas (ts); Charlie Lewis (p); George Hadjo (b); Wallace Bishop (d).
Recorded in Paris, October 10, 1949
Tracks #18-23:
Buck Clayton, Bill Coleman, Merrill Steppter (tp); George Kennedy (as); Alix Combelle, Armand Conrad (ts); André Persiany (p); George Hadjo (b); Wallace Bishop (d).
Recorded in Paris, November 28, 1949
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