Father of the Big Band, 1925-1937

Original Release Date:  January 12, 1999

Track Listing

• 1. Sugar Foot Stomp
• 2. Sensation
• 3. Wabash Blues
• 4. I'm Coming Virginia
• 5. St. Louis Blues
• 6. King Porter Stomp
• 7. Sugar Foot Stomp
• 8. Just Blues
• 9. The House of David Blues
• 10. Can You Take It?
• 11. Happy Feet
• 12. I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
• 13. Down South Camp Meeting
• 14. Wrappin' It Up
• 15. Hotter Than 'Ell
• 16. Blue Lou
• 17. Moonrise on the Lowlands
• 18. You Can Depend on Me
• 19. Rhythm of the Tambourine
• 20. Back in Your Own Backyard

Credits

• Buster Bailey: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Chu Berry: Sax (Tenor)
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet
• John Kirby: Bass, Tuba
• King Oliver: Composer
• Rex Stewart: Trumpet
• Fats Waller: Piano
• Ben Webster: Sax (Tenor)
• Horace Henderson: Piano, Arranger
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Edgar Sampson: Clarinet, Violin, Sax (Alto)
• Don Redman: Clarinet, Arranger, Sax (Alto), Vocals
• Coleman Hawkins: Bass, Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Russell Procope: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Israel Crosby: Bass
• Tommy Ladnier: Clarinet, Trumpet
• Bernard Addison: Guitar
• Fernando Arbello: Trombone
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet, Composer
• Benny Carter: Arranger, Sax (Alto)
• Emmett Berry: Trumpet
• Jerry Blake: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Scoops Carey: Sax (Alto)
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• June Cole: Tuba
• Ed Cuffee: Bass, Trombone
• Charlie Dixon: Banjo
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano, Arranger, Composer
• Jimmy Harrison: Trombone
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Clarence Holiday: Guitar
• Hilton Jefferson: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Keg Johnson: Trombone
• Walter Johnson: Drums
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Lawrence Lucie: Guitar
• Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall: Drums
• Jerome Pasquall: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Irving "Mouse" Randolph: ?
• Omer Simeon: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Joe "Fox" Smith: Trumpet
• Russell Smith: Trumpet
• Dick Vance: Trumpet, Vocals
• George Washington: Trombone
• Dicky Wells: Trombone
• Elmer Williams: Sax (Tenor)
• Ralph Escudero: Tuba
• Charlie Green: Trombone
• Elmer James: Bass
• Bob Lessey: Guitar
• Sandy Williams: Trombone
• Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra: Performer
• Bobby Stark: Trumpet
• Harvey Boone: Sax (Alto)
• Jean Buzelin: Design
• Joe Thomas: Trumpet
• Joyce Waterhouse: Adaptation
• O. Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Jacques Morgantini: Liner Notes, Selection, Documentation
• The Connie's Inn Orchestra: Performer
• The Dixie Stompers: Performer