1946-1950

Original Release Date:  2001

Track Listing

• 1. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
• 2. Take Your Shoes Off, Baby
• 3. La Danse
• 4. St. James Infirmary
• 5. Walkin' in a Daze
• 6. Your Shirt Tail's Out
• 7. Fat Stuff
• 8. Ashes on My Pillow
• 9. Boodie Boodie
• 10. The Egg or the Hen
• 11. I Got an Uncle in Harlem
• 12. Cheetie Bo Joe
• 13. Don't Tell a Man About His Woman
• 14. Baby, It's Cold Outside
• 15. The Hucklebuck
• 16. It's a Great Feeling
• 17. Ain't She Sweet?
• 18. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
• 19. I Never See Maggie Alone
• 20. Where Are You Blue Eyes?
• 21. Ain't No Flies on Me
• 22. Miss Larceny Blues
• 23. You Stole My Wife, You Horse Thief

Credits

• Maurice Ravel: Composer
• Pearl Bailey: Vocals
• Earl Bostic: Sax (Alto)
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Roy Eldridge: Composer
• Specs Powell: Drums
• Buddy Tate: Sax (Tenor)
• Leonard Gaskin: Bass
• Andy Gibson: Composer
• Bob Haggart: Bass
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Al Caiola: Guitar
• Eddie Cantor: Composer
• Carl Wilson: Bass
• Bill Spooner: Piano
• Big Nick Nicholas: Sax (Tenor)
• Walter Page: Bass
• Ray Abrams: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Buxton: Trombone
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Al Hall: Bass
• Skip Hall: Piano
• George Jenkins: Drums
• Joe Knight: Piano
• Herb Lovelle: Drums
• Tony Mottola: Guitar
• George Nicholas: Sax (Tenor)
• Hot Lips Page: Trumpet, Vocals
• Jack Palmer: Composer
• Terry Snyder: Strings, Drums, Choir, Chorus
• Ray Tunia: Piano
• Gordon "Specs" Powell: Drums
• John Hartzfield: Sax (Tenor)
• Janie Mickens: Vocals
• Charles Edward Smith: Drums
• Anatol Schenker: Liner Notes
• Willard Robison: Composer
• Henry Rowland: Piano
• Lannie Scott: Piano
• Sam Theard: Vocals
• Henry Tisley: Composer
• Roy Alfred: Composer
• James Cavanaugh: Composer
• Joe Evans & Arthur McClain: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Harry (Simovitz) Sims: Composer
• Horatio Nicholls: Composer
• Beasley Smith: Composer
• Austin: Composer