Story 1937-1945

Original Release Date:  July 15, 1997

Track Listing

• 1. Swinging at the Daisy Chain
• 2. Smarty
• 3. Blues in the Dark
• 4. Song of the Islands
• 5. Easy Does It
• 6. Love Jumped Out
• 7. Undecided Blues
• 8. Feedin' the Bean
• 9. Goin' to Chicago Blues
• 10. Fiesta in Blue
• 11. Royal Garden Blues
• 12. Bugle Blues
• 13. Sugar Blues
• 14. St. Louis Blues
• 15. Good Morning Blues
• 16. Destination K.C.
• 17. A Shanty in Old Shanty Town
• 18. Scram
• 19. Cup-Mute Clayton
• 20. Blues Too

Credits

• Count Basie: Piano, Arranger
• Al Casey: Guitar
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet, Arranger
• Harry "Sweets" Edison: Trumpet
• Leonard Feather: Piano
• Benny Goodman: Composer
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Tiny Grimes: Guitar
• Jo Jones: Drums
• Oscar Pettiford: Bass
• Specs Powell: Drums
• Ike Quebec: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Rushing: Vocals
• Tab Smith: Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Slam Stewart: Bass
• Buddy Tate: Sax (Tenor)
• Ben Webster: Sax (Tenor)
• Teddy Wilson: Piano, Composer
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor)
• Edmond Hall: Clarinet
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Jimmy Mundy: Arranger, Composer
• Buster Smith: Arranger
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Walter Page: Bass
• Denzil Best: Drums
• Don Byas: Sax (Tenor)
• Shad Collins: Trumpet
• Ed Cuffee: Trombone
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Eddie Durham: Trombone, Guitar (Electric)
• Herschel Evans: Sax (Tenor)
• Karl George: Trumpet
• Al Hall: Bass
• George Hunt: Trombone
• Keg Johnson: Trombone
• Joe Keyes: Trumpet
• Skip Martin: Arranger
• Dan Minor: Trombone
• Roger "Ram" Ramirez: Piano
• Caughey Roberts: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Eli Robinson: Trombone
• Earle Warren: Sax (Alto)
• Jack Washington: Sax (Alto), Sax (Bass)
• Dicky Wells: Trombone
• Claude "Fiddler" Williams: Guitar
• Grachan Moncur II: Bass
• Count Basie Orchestra: ?
• Remo Palmieri: Guitar
• Rodney Richardson: Bass
• Jean Buzelin: Design
• Ed Lewis: Trumpet
• Joyce Waterhouse: Translation
• Al Kilian: Trumpet
• Bob Moore: Trumpet
• Jacques Morgantini: Liner Notes
• Kansas City Seven: ?
• Robert Scott: Trombone