Blue Moon, in its Masters Series, issued in chronological order the recordings of an important period in the musical career of certain outstanding artists. The CDs contains only the master takes of the originally issued records, and therefore all alternate takes have not been included in order to offer the collector those that were considered to be the definitive performances.
Tracklist
01. I Found A New Baby (Palmer-Williams) 2:38
02. Mortgage Stomp (Count Basie) 3:56
03. Don't Be That Way (Goodman-Emmerich) 4:08
04. Blues With Helen (Basie-Humes) 3:35
05. Song Of The Wanderer (Moret) 1:41
06. Allez Oop (Count Basie) 3:36
07. Ad Lib Blues (Unknown) 3:20
08. I Never Knew (Fiorito-Kahn) (Fiorito-Kahn) 2:58
09. Charlie's Dream (Young-Basie) 3:12
10. Lester's Dream (Young-Basie) 3:15
11. Wholly Cats (Benny Goodman) 3:10
12. Blitzkrieg Baby [You Can't Bomb Me] (F. & D. Fischer) 3:18
13. Beautiful Eyes (Whiting-Snyder) 3:02
14. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Higgins-Overstreet) 2:42
15. It's Sad But True (Stoner-Block-Green) 3:27
16. The Goon Drag (Sammy Price) 3:08
17. Things Bout Coming My Way (Johnson-Williams) 2:54
18. Lead Me Daddy Straight to the Bar (Sam Theard) 2:50
19. Just Jivin' Around (Sammy Price) 2:48
20. Please Let Me Forget (Humes-Brock) 3:05
21. I Love Him Though He Don't Love Me (Humes-Hathaway) 2:50
22. Pleasin' Man Blues [Stop Jivin' Around] (Humes-Brock) 3:04
23. See See Rider (Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey) 2:51
24. It's Better To Give Than To Receive (M.L. Mayes) 2:56
Album details
Total time: 75:20 min.
Personnel:
Track #1: Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra
Buck Clayton (tp), Lester Young (ts), Buster Bailey (cl), Teddy Wilson (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, June 1, 1937
Tracks #2-6: Members of Count Basie Band (with Helen Humes)
Buck Clayton (tp), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d), Helen Humes (vcl).
Recorded in New York City, June 3, 1938
Tracks #7-11: Benny Goodman Octet
Benny Goodman (cl), Buck Clayton (tp), Lester Young (ts), Count Basie (p), Charlie Christian , Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
Recorded in New York City, October 28, 1940
Tracks #12-15: Una Mae Carlisle With Orchestra
Shad Collins (tp), Lester Young (ts), Clyde Hart (p), John Collins (g), Nick Fenton (b), Harold West (d), Una Mae Carlisle (vcl).
Recorded in New York City, March 10, 1941
Tracks #16-19: Sammy Price And His Texas Bluesicians
Shad Collins, Bill Johnson (tp), Lester Young (ts), Don Stovall (as), Sammy Price (p, vcl), Duke Jones (b), Harold West (d), Sam Theard (vcl),
Recorded in New York City, April 3, 1941
Tracks #20-24: Helen Humes And Her All Stars
Snooky Young (tp), Willie (as), Maxwell Davis, Lester Young (ts), Willie Smith (as), Jimmy Bunn (p), Dave Barbour (g), Jimmy Rudd (b), Henry Tucker Green (d), Helen Humes (vcl).
Recorded in New York City, December 22, 1945
This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol & J.G. Calvados
Liner notes translation: Mike Baillie
© 1993 by Blue Moon
Mono · Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas, S.L.
