The Wardell Gray Story

Original Release Date:  March 11, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. At the el Grotto
• 2. Straight Life
• 3. Let's Get Started
• 4. Bamby
• 5. Blue Keys
• 6. Dell's Bells
• 7. One for Prez
• 8. The Man I Love
• 9. Easy Swing
• 10. The Great Lie, Pts. 1 and 2
• 11. Blue Lou
• 12. Backbreaker
• 13. She's Got Blues for Sale
• 14. Groovin' High
• 15. Hot House
• 16. Bebop
• 17. The Chase
• 18. The Creep
• 19. Out of Nowhere
• 20. Blue 'N' Boogie
• 21. Semi-Quiet (Sonny's Bop)
• 22. Blue Lou
• 23. How High the Moon
• 24. C Jam Blues
• 25. Light Gray
• 26. Stoned
• 27. Matter and Mind
• 28. The Toupe
• 29. Cookin' on Up
• 30. Swedish Pastry
• 31. Mary's Idea
• 32. Bye Bye Blues Bop
• 33. Stealin' Apples
• 34. Jahbero
• 35. Ladybird
• 36. Symphonette
• 37. Shawn
• 38. The Hucklebuck
• 39. Five Star
• 40. Sugar Hill Bop
• 41. In a Pinch
• 42. It's the Talk of the Town
• 43. Bedlam
• 44. In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee
• 45. Blue Lou
• 46. Egg Head
• 47. Twisted
• 48. Southside
• 49. Easy Living
• 50. Sweet Lorraine
• 51. A Sinner Kissed an Angel
• 52. Blue Gray
• 53. Grayhound
• 54. Treadin' with Treadwell
• 55. Scrapple from the Apple
• 56. Song of the Islands
• 57. One O'Clock Jump
• 58. Tootsie
• 59. Nails
• 60. Little Pony
• 61. April Skies
• 62. Bright Boy
• 63. Jackie
• 64. Farmer's Market
• 65. Sweet and Lovely
• 66. Lover Man
• 67. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
• 68. Johnny Come Lately
• 69. Punkin'
• 70. The Rubaiyat
• 71. I Hear You Knockin'
• 72. Jingle, Jangle, Jump
• 73. Citizen's Bop
• 74. Bernie's Tune
• 75. The Squirrel
• 76. Taking a Chance on Love
• 77. Get Happy

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Bill Douglas: Trumpet
• Count Basie: Bass, Composer
• Billy Bauer: Guitar
• Louie Bellson: Drums
• Eddie Bert: Trombone
• Cab Calloway: Composer
• Buddy Collette: Composer
• Sonny Criss: Sax (Alto)
• Tadd Dameron: Piano, Composer
• Allen Eager: Sax (Tenor)
• Billy Eckstine: Trombone, Trombone (Valve), Vocals
• Art Farmer: Trumpet, Composer
• Russ Freeman: Piano
• Erroll Garner: Piano
• Dizzy Gillespie: Composer
• Benny Goodman: Clarinet, Composer
• Dexter Gordon: Composer, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Wardell Gray: Composer, Sax (Tenor)
• Buddy Greco: Piano, Vocals
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Al Haig: Piano, Composer
• Earl Hines: Piano, Composer
• Johnny Hodges: Composer
• Barney Kessel: Guitar, Composer
• Mundell Lowe: Guitar
• Shelly Manne: Drums
• Fats Navarro: Trumpet
• Cecil Payne: Composer
• Jimmy Raney: Guitar, Composer
• Marshall Royal: Sax (Alto)
• Willie Smith: Sax (Alto)
• Lucky Thompson: Sax (Tenor)
• Fats Waller: Composer
• Gerald Wiggins: Organ, Piano
• Teddy Wilson: Piano
• Harry Babasin: Bass
• Willie Cook: Trumpet
• Matthew Gee: Trombone
• Andy Gibson: Composer
• John Graas: French Horn
• Neal Hefti: Composer
• Ray Linn: Trombone
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Tommy Potter: Bass
• Edgar Sampson: Composer
• Harold Arlen: Composer
• Dave Bartholomew: Composer
• Vernon Duke: Composer
• Howard McGhee: Trumpet
• Shorty Rogers: Arranger, Composer
• Mary Lou Williams: Piano, Composer
• Andy Razaf: Composer
• Al Porcino: Trumpet
• Gus Arnheim: Composer
• Frances "Franny" Beecher: Guitar
• David Bennett: Composer
• Barney Bigard: Composer
• Frank Bode: Drums
• Billy Byers: Trombone
• Jimmy Bunn: Piano
• Red Callender: Bass
• Scoops Carey: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Harry Carney: Sax (Baritone)
• Clark Terry: Trumpet
• Kenny Clarke: Drums
• Harper Cosby: Bass
• Gene DiNovi: Piano
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Charlie Fowlkes: Sax (Baritone)
• Charlie Fox: Piano
• Irving Goodman: Trumpet
• Bennie Green: Trombone
• Johnny Green: Composer
• William K. "Billy" Hadnott: Bass
• Rene Hall: Guitar
• Nancy Hamilton: Composer
• Hampton Hawes: Piano, Composer
• Roy Haynes: Drums
• Al Hendrickson: Guitar
• Shifty Henry: Bass
• Edward Heyman: Composer
• Gus Johnson: Drums
• Tiny Kahn: Drums
• Al Killian: Trumpet
• John Latouche: Composer
• Clyde Lombardi: Bass
• Joe Mondragon: Bass
• Larance Marable: Drums
• Dodo Marmarosa: Piano
• Art Mardigan: Drums
• Wendell Marshall: Bass
• Bernard Miller: Composer
• Al J. Neiburg: Composer
• Mitchell Parish: Composer
• Charlie Parker: Composer
• Charles Perry: Drums
• Reuben Phillips: Sax (Alto)
• Roger "Ram" Ramirez: Composer
• Ralph Rainger: Composer
• Leo Robin: Composer
• Curly Russell: Bass
• Rudy Rutherford: Sax (Baritone)
• Ziggy Schatz: Trumpet
• Kermit Scott: Sax (Tenor)
• Lloyd Smith: Sax (Alto)
• Buddy Stewart: Vocals
• Billy Strayhorn: Piano, Arranger, Composer
• Marty Symes: Composer
• Chuck Thompson: Drums
• Juan Tizol: Trombone (Valve)
• Arthur Walker: ?
• Harold "Doc" West: Drums
• John Williams: Sax (Baritone)
• Mel Zelnick: Drums
• Charlie Drayton: Bass
• Jackie Mills: Drums
• Peter Rynston: Digital Mastering
• Gladys Bentley: Vocals
• Mitchell Wood: Trombone
• Chauncey Gray: Composer
• Doug Mettome: Trumpet
• Chick Booth: Drums
• Sonny Igoe: Drums
• Larry Molinelli: Sax (Baritone)
• Jimmy Sherman: Composer
• Roy Paul Joseph: Composer
• Bert Lown: Composer
• Jimmy Lewis & the Checkers: Bass
• Arnold Fishkind: Bass
• Eddie Wasserman: Sax (Tenor)
• Buster Harding: Composer
• Lamar Wright: Trumpet
• Angelo Cicalese: Sax (Alto)
• Ted Koehler: Composer
• Clifford R. Burwell: Composer
• Pearl King: Composer
• Morgan Lewis: Composer
• Mack David: Composer
• Buggs Roberts: Composer
• George Monte: Trombone
• Howard Reich: Trumpet
• Roy Alfred: Composer
• Kendall Bright: Composer
• Milt Orent: Composer
• Tim Kennedy: Drums
• Joop Visser: Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation
• Jimmy Davis: Composer
• John "Sly" Wilson: Trumpet
• Robert Collier: Conga
• Warren Bracken: Piano
• Terry Swope: Vocals
• Mitch Goldberg: Sax (Alto)
• Dicky Harris: Trombone
• Frederick Hamm: Composer
• Fats Palmer: Trumpet
• Clifton Small: Trombone
• Mario Dione: Trombone
• Gene Thomas: Bass