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