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“Hey, these guys are mad! Not really, though, but the “angry” in the title refers to the fact that these are early recordings by the players – mostly done during the 78rpm years at Savoy, when all of them were getting their start in small group sessions. Webster plays with Oscar Pettiford and Johnny Guarnieri on a quartet session that includes “Blue Skies”, “Kat’s Fur”, and “I Surrender Dear”. Quebec is with Guarnieri in a quintet with a guitar, on the tracks “Jim Dawgs”, “Scufflin”, “IQ Blues”, and “Girl Of My Dreams”. And Illinois Jacquet rounds out the record in a sextet with Bill Doggett on piano and Freddie Green on guitar – on tracks that include “Savoy Blip”, “Doggin With Doggett”, and “Minor Romp”. – Dusty Groove.

Track listing:

00:00 A1 Jim Dawgs
02:58 A2 Scufflin’
05:51 A3 I.Q. Blues
08:49 A4 Girl Of My Dreams
12:15 A5 Savoy Blip
15:08 A6 Doggin’ With Dogget
18:08 B1 Minor Romp
20:57 B2 Berry’s Blues
23:41 B3 Blues Skies
26:53 B4 Kat’s Fur
30:00 B5 I Surrender Dear
33:05 B6 Honeysuckle Rose

Personnel:

Bass – John Simmons (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B2), Milt Hinton (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: B3, B4, B5, B6)
Drums – David Booth (tracks: B3, B4, B5, B6), J.C. Heard (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4), Shadow Wilson (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B2)
Guitar – Bill De Arango (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4), Freddie Greene (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B2)
Piano – Bill Doggett (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B2), Johnny Guarnieri (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, B3, B4, B5, B6)
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: B3, B4, B5, B6), Ike Quebec (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4), Illinois Jacquet (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B2)
Trumpet – Emmett Berry (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B2)

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Ike Quebec session recorded 7 August 1945.
Illinois Jacquet session recorded 7 January 1946.
Ben Webster session recorded 17 April 1944.