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First-ever LP issue of these great 78rpm recordings on the Commdore label – Chu Berry on tenor with Roy Eldridge and Hot Lips Page on trumpet, depending on the tracks – and two more with Lucky Thompson on tenor in Page’s group! (Dusty Groove).

Track listing:

00:00 1 Chu Berry “Little Jazz” Ensemble With Roy Eldridge– Body And Soul
03:51 2 Chu Berry “Little Jazz” Ensemble With Roy Eldridge– Sittin’ In
06:02 3 Chu Berry “Little Jazz” Ensemble With Roy Eldridge– Stardust
09:55 4 Chu Berry “Little Jazz” Ensemble With Roy Eldridge– Forty Six West Fifty Two
12:24 5 Chu Berry Jazz Ensemble With Hot Lips Page– On The Sunny Side Of The Street No. 2
16:18 6 Lucky Thompson With Hot Lips Page Orchestra– My Gal Is Gone
19:29 7 Lucky Thompson With Hot Lips Page Orchestra– Rockin’ At Ryan’s
22:17 8 Chu Berry Jazz Ensemble With Hot Lips Page– Blowing Up A Breeze
24:59 9 Chu Berry Jazz Ensemble With Hot Lips Page– On The Sunny Side Of The Street
28:55 10 Chu Berry Jazz Ensemble With Hot Lips Page– Monday At Minton’s
31:52 11 Chu Berry Jazz Ensemble With Hot Lips Page– Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good To You
36:05 12 Lucky Thompson With Hot Lips Page Orchestra– You’d Be Frantic Too
39:16 13 Lucky Thompson With Hot Lips Page Orchestra– Blues Jumped A Rabbit (Bag O’ Bones)

Personnel:

Bass – Al Morgan (tracks: 5, 8 to 11), Artie Shapiro (tracks: 1 to 4), John Simmons (tracks: 6, 7, 12, 13)
Drums – Harry Jaeger (tracks: 5, 8 to 11), Big Sid Catlett (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 7, 12, 13)
Guitar – Al Casey (tracks: 5, 8 to 11), Danny Barker (tracks: 1 to 4)
Piano – Ace Harris (tracks: 6, 7, 12, 13), Clyde Hart (tracks: 1 to 5, 8 to 11)
Tenor Saxophone – Lem Johnson (tracks: 6, 7, 12, 13), Chu Berry (tracks: 1 to 5, 8 to 11), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 6, 7, 12, 13)
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge (tracks: 1 to 4)
Trumpet, Vocals – Hot Lips Page (tracks: 5 to 13)

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Title: Giants Of The Tenor Sax
Year Of Release: 1988
Label: Commodore[CCD 7004]