Quintessence: Chicago-New York, 1936-1945

Original Release Date:  July 30, 2002

Track Listing

• 1. Mary Had a Little Lamb
• 2. Too Good to Be True
• 3. Warmin' Up
• 4. Blues in C Sharp Minor
• 5. Shoe Shine Boy
• 6. You Can Depend on Me
• 7. Wabash Stomp
• 8. Florida Stomp
• 9. Hecklers Hop
• 10. Where the Lazy River Goes By
• 11. That Thing
• 12. After You've Gone 1
• 13. Sittin'in
• 14. Stardust 1
• 15. Body and Soul 1
• 16. Falling in Love Again
• 17. I'm Nobody's Baby
• 18. I Surrender Dear
• 19. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
• 20. I'm All for You
• 21. I Hear Music
• 22. Let Me Off Uptown
• 23. Rockin' Chair
• 24. Knock Me a Kiss
• 25. After You've Gone 2
• 26. The Gasser
• 27. Star Dust 2
• 28. Bean at the Met
• 29. Body and Soul 2
• 30. Fish Market
• 31. Twilight Time
• 32. St. Louis Blues
• 33. The Grabtown Grapple
• 34. Embraceable You
• 35. Little Jazz
• 36. Scuttlebutt

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Earl Bostic: Composer
• Buster Bailey: Clarinet, Reeds
• Mildred Bailey: Leader, Vocals
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Chu Berry: Reeds, Leader, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
• Will Bradley: Trombone
• Sidney DeParis: Trumpet
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet, Composer, Vocals
• Earl Hines: Composer
• Franz Jackson: Reeds
• Barney Kessel: Guitar
• John Kirby: Bass
• Gene Krupa: Drums, Leader
• Yank Lawson: Trumpet
• Ike Quebec: Reeds
• Artie Shaw: Composer, Leader
• Teddy Wilson: Composer
• Horace Henderson: Piano
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Jimmy McHugh: Composer
• Don Redman: Reeds, Arranger
• Mitch Miller: Oboe
• Mike Bryan: Guitar
• Buck Ram: Composer
• Coleman Hawkins: Composer, Leader, Sax (Tenor)
• Clarence Wheeler: Trumpet
• Anita O'Day: Vocals
• Israel Crosby: Bass
• Frank Loesser: Composer
• Bernard Addison: Guitar
• Milton Ager: Composer
• Gus Aiken: Trumpet
• Napoleon "Snags" Allen: Guitar
• Fernando Arbello: Trombone
• Tom Archia: Reeds
• Georgie Auld: Reeds
• Harry Barris: Composer
• Benny Carter: Piano
• Billie Holiday: Leader, Vocals
• Remo Biondi: Guitar
• Clay Boland: Composer
• Dave Bowman: Piano
• Ernie Caceres: Reeds
• Sammy Cahn: Composer
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums, Vocals
• Saul Chaplin: Composer
• Paul Cohen: Trumpet
• Ed Cuffee: Trombone
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Gus Dixon: Trombone
• Mike Doty: Reeds
• Alan Dunn: Composer
• Ray Eckstrand: Reeds
• Les Erskine: Drums
• Redd Evans: Composer
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano, Leader
• Lou Fromm: Drums
• Carl Frye: Reeds
• Chuck Gentry: Reeds
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Bernie Glow: Trumpet
• Al Hall: Bass
• Jimmy Hamilton: Reeds
• Clyde Hart: Piano, Composer
• Mike Jackson: Composer
• Burton Lane: Composer
• Lawrence Lucie: Guitar
• Mickey Mangano: Trumpet
• Sam Musiker: Reeds
• Al Nevins: Composer
• Fred Ohms: Trombone
• Jerome Pasquall: Reeds
• Pat Peterson: Bass
• Jimmy Powell: Reeds
• Lou Prisby: Reeds
• Milt Raskin: Piano
• Morris Rayman: Bass
• Harry Rodgers: Trombone
• Eddie Sauter: Arranger
• George Schwartz: Trumpet
• Kermit Scott: Reeds
• Marty Symes: Composer
• Jon Walton: Reeds
• Harold "Doc" West: Drums
• Elmer Williams: Reeds
• Ollie Wilson: Trombone
• Graham Young: Trumpet
• Wilbur De Paris: Trombone
• Samuel Lee: Guitar, Reeds
• Harold Matthews: Trombone
• James Carroll: Reeds
• William H. Graham: Trumpet
• Edward Mihelich: Bass
• Clint Neagley: Reeds
• Mascagni Ruffo: Reeds
• Charles Carpenter: Composer
• Andrew Ferretti: Trumpet
• Alain Gerber: Musical Direction, Text, Discography
• Carl Prager: Reeds
• Curby Alexander: Reeds
• Walter Bates: Reeds
• Edgar Battle: Composer
• Al Beck: Trumpet
• Don Brassfield: Reeds
• Joe Conigliaro: Trombone
• Joe Eldridge: Reeds
• Andrew Gardner: Reeds
• John Grassi: Trombone
• Torg Halten: Trumpet
• Jay Kelliher: Trombone
• Bob Lessey: Guitar
• Sam Listengart: Reeds
• Matty Malneck: Composer
• Jimmy Migliore: Reeds
• Norman Murphy: Trumpet
• George Stevenson: Trombone
• Ward Silloway: Trombone
• John "Bugs" Hamilton: Trumpet
• Walter Johnson Jr.: Drums
• Arthur Shapiro: Bass
• Buster Harding: Arranger, Composer
• Buddy Bastien: Bass
• Patrick Frémeaux: Concept
• Rozelle Gayle: Piano
• Don Purvance: Reeds
• Rex Sittig: Strings
• Carl "Flat Top" Wilson: Bass
• Eddie Powell: Flute
• Harold Adamson: Composer
• Gordon Clifford: Composer
• Benny Davis: Composer
• Clarence Gaskill: Composer
• Frederick Hollander: Composer
• Sammy Lerner: Composer
• James Maxwell: Trumpet
• Lester Santly: Composer
• Bob Curtis: Piano
• Jerry Bresler: Composer
• Louis Dunlap: Composer
• Larry Wynn: Composer
• Tony d'Amore: Piano
• John Collins: Guitar
• Humphrey Brannon: Piano
• Claude Colombini: Concept
• John Williams & the Tick Tocks: Bass
• Gladys Palmer: Chanteuse
• Robert C. Burns: Reeds
• Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas: Reeds
• William Randolph "Cozy" Cole: Drums
• William "Bill" Beason: Drums
• Ben Freeman: Trombone
• Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa: Piano
• David "Dave" McKay: Reeds
• Robert Mason: Trumpet