Early Mr. B: 1940-1953

Original Release Date:  September 13, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. My Heart Beats for You
• 2. Ann
• 3. Jelly, Jelly
• 4. Water Boy
• 5. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
• 6. Jitney Man
• 7. Stormy Monday Blues
• 8. I Stay in the Mood for You
• 9. I Want to Talk About You
• 10. Lonesome Lover Blues
• 11. I Love the Rhythm in a Riff
• 12. Prisoner of Love
• 13. All I Sing Is Blues
• 14. Tell Me Pretty Baby
• 15. Oo Bop Sh'bam
• 16. All the Things You Are
• 17. Blues for Sale
• 18. Everything I Have Is Yours
• 19. I Apologize
• 20. St. Louis Blues, Pts. 1 & 2

Credits

• Gene Ammons: Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Billy Bauer: Guitar
• Sonny Criss: Alto
• Miles Davis: Trumpet
• Billy Eckstine: Composer, Trombone (Valve), Vocals
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet
• Gil Fuller: Composer
• Terry Gibbs: Vibraphone
• Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpet, Composer
• Dexter Gordon: Sax (Tenor)
• Wardell Gray: Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Earl Hines: Piano
• Franz Jackson: Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Budd Johnson: Alto, Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Warne Marsh: Sax (Tenor)
• Fats Navarro: Trumpet
• Leo Parker: Baritone
• Cecil Payne: Baritone
• Max Roach: Drums
• Sonny Stitt: Alto
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Linton Garner: Piano
• John LaPorta: Clarinet
• Ray Linn: Trumpet
• Jimmy Mundy: Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• Tommy Potter: Bass
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Harry Jackson: Trumpet
• Norris Turney: Alto
• Trummy Young: Trombone
• Freddy Webster: Trumpet
• Eddie Safranski: Bass
• Jerome Kern: Composer
• Taswell Baird: Trombone
• Clifton Best: Guitar
• Art Blakey: Drums
• Gail Brockman: Trumpet
• Edward Burke: Trombone
• Alvin Burroughs: Drums
• Shirley Clay: Trumpet
• Bob Crowder: Sax (Tenor), Tenor (Vocal)
• George Dixon: Trumpet
• Hobart Dotson: Trumpet
• Milton Fletcher: Trumpet
• Walter Fuller: Trumpet
• Jim Golden: Piano
• Oscar Hammerstein II: Composer
• Boonie Hazel: Trumpet
• Shifty Henry: Bass
• Josh Jackson: Sax (Tenor)
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Al Killian: Trumpet
• King Kolax: Trumpet
• Burton Lane: Composer
• John Malachi: Piano
• Shorty McConnell: Trumpet
• Joe McLewis: Trombone
• Jesse Miller: Trumpet
• Chips Outcalt: Trombone
• Truck Parham: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Leo Robin: Composer
• Omer Simeon: Alto, Clarinet, Baritone, Baritone (Vocal)
• Connie Wainwright: Guitar
• Leroy Snake White: Trumpet
• Quinn Wilson: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Kai Winding: Trombone
• Rudy Traylor: Drums
• Scott Yanow: Liner Notes, Compilation, Compilation Producer
• Al Outcalt: Composer
• Jerry Valentine: Trombone, Composer
• Russ Columbo: Composer
• Rostelle Reese: Trumpet
• Howard H. Scott: Trombone
• Raymond Orr: Trumpet
• George "Scoops" Carry: Alto
• Edward Fant: Trombone
• Walter Knox: Trombone
• Leonard Hawkins: Trumpet
• Harold Adamson: Composer
• Al Hoffman: Composer
• Clarence Gaskill: Composer
• Bill McMahon: Bass
• John Cobbs: Alto
• E. Nelson: Composer
• Tim Kennedy: Drums
• Richard Ellington: Piano
• Al Goodhart: Composer
• John Ewing: Trombone
• Tommy Enoch: Trumpet
• Modesty Marie Sablan: Design
• TEddy Cypron: Baritone
• Warren Bracken: Piano
• Arthur Simmons: Sax (Tenor)
• Wm. D. Tennant: Executive Producer
• Fred Gray: Composer
• Leroy White: Trumpet
• Claude Robertson: Guitar
• Willie Randall: Tenor (Vocal)
• Hurley Ramey: Guitar
• Ed Sims: Trumpet
• Leroy Harris: Alto