1944-1946: Lucky Start

Original Release Date:  July 10, 2001

Track Listing

• 1. My Gal Is Gone
• 2. You'd Be Frantic Too
• 3. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
• 4. The Lady in Bed
• 5. It Ain't Like That
• 6. Test Pilot
• 7. Taps Miller
• 8. High Tide
• 9. How High the Moon
• 10. I Surrender Dear
• 11. 'Round About Midnight
• 12. Yardbird Suite
• 13. Ornithology
• 14. A Night in Tunisia
• 15. Dodo's Bounce
• 16. Dodo's Lament
• 17. Slam's Mishap
• 18. Shuffle That Riff
• 19. Smooth Sailing
• 20. Commercial Eyes

Credits

• Count Basie: Piano, Composer
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet
• Miles Davis: Trumpet
• Harry "Sweets" Edison: Trumpet
• Leonard Feather: Composer
• Erroll Garner: Piano, Composer
• Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpet, Composer
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Al Haig: Piano
• Milt Jackson: Vibraphone
• Hank Jones: Piano
• Joe Newman: Trumpet
• Buddy Tate: Sax (Tenor)
• Lucky Thompson: Composer, Sax (Tenor)
• Stan Levey: Drums
• George Wettling: Drums
• The Tempo Jazzmen: Performer
• Sam Allen: Guitar
• Ray Brown: Bass
• Red Callender: Bass
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Ted Donnelly: Trombone
• Karl George: Trumpet
• Nancy Hamilton: Composer
• J. Alan Johnson: Trombone
• Al Killian: Trumpet
• Dodo Marmarosa: Piano, Composer
• Hot Lips Page: Trumpet, Composer, Vocals
• Frank Paparelli: Composer
• Charlie Parker: Composer, Sax (Alto)
• Roy Porter: Drums
• Bobby Pratt: Trombone
• Jesse Price: Drums
• Eli Robinson: Trombone
• Bob Russell: Composer
• Rudy Rutherford: Sax (Bass)
• John Simmons: Bass
• Stuff Smith: Violin, Composer, Vocals
• Louis Taylor: Trombone
• Earle Warren: Sax (Alto)
• Dicky Wells: Trombone
• Shadow Wilson: Drums
• Jackie Mills: Drums
• Lem Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Count Basie Orchestra: Performer
• Ace Harris: Piano
• Rodney Richardson: Bass
• Jean Buzelin: Cover Design
• Ed Lewis: Trumpet
• Francois Billard: Liner Notes
• Vic McMillan: Bass
• Morgan Lewis: Composer
• Joyce Waterhouse: Language Adaptation
• Lucky Thompson Quartet: Performer
• Charlie Parker Septet: Performer