Track listing
A1 | Walkin’ And Swingin’ (Alternate Take) (Mary Lou Williams) | 2:52 |
A2 | All The Jive Is Gone (Earl Thompson) | 2:33 |
A3 | Bearcat Shuffle (Mary Lou Williams) | 2:56 |
A4 | Christopher Columbus (Andy Razaf, Leon Berry) | 2:40 |
A5 | Corky (Andy Kirk, Mary Lou Williams) | 2:54 |
A6 | I’se A Muggin’ (Leroy Smith) | 2:41 |
A7 | Until The Real Thing Comes Along ( L. Nichols, L. Freeman, F. Hollinder, S. Cahn, S. Chaplin) | 2:51 |
B1 | Puddin’ Head Serenade (Clyde Hart) | 2:43 |
B2 | Fifty-Second Street (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) | 2:56 |
B3 | The Lady Who Swings The Band (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) | 2:43 |
B4 | A Mellow Bit Of Rhythm (Herman Walder, Mary Lou Williams) | 3:18 |
B5 | The Big Dipper (Larry Clinton) | 2:53 |
B6 | Bear Down (E. Dowell, E. Fox) | 2:58 |
B7 | Twinklin’ (Mary Lou Williams) | 3:06 |
Personnel:
A1- B3
All piano solos by Mary-Lou Williams. All tenor-sax solos by Richard “Dick” Wilson. All clarinet solos by John Harrington. All trombone solos by Theodore “Ted” Donnelly.
Harry “big Jim” Lawson, Paul King, earl Thomson (trumpets); Theodore “Ted” Donnelly, henry Wells (trombones); John harrington (clarinet and alto-sax); John Williams (alto and baritone-sax); Claude Williams (violin); Mary-Lou Williams (piano); Theodore “Ted” Robinson (guitar); Booker Collins (bass); benjamin “Ben” Thigpen (drums).
B1 New York, March 31, 1936
B2 – B3 New York, december 9, 1936
B4 New York, July 26, 1937
B5 – B7 New York, December 13, 1937
B4
Harry “Big Jim” Lawson, Paul King, Earl Thomson (trumpets); Theodore “Ted” Donnelly, henry Wells (trombones); John Harrington (clarinet, alto-sax and baritone-sax); Earl Miller (clarinet and alto-sax); Richard “Dick” Wilson (tenor-sax); John Williams (baritone-sax); Mary-Lou Williams (piano); Theodore “Ted” Robinson (Guitar); Booker Collins (bass); Benjamin “Ben” Thigpen (drums).
B5 – B7
Clarence Trice, Harry “Big Jim” Lawson, Earl Thomson (trumpets); Theodore “Ted” Donnelly, Henry Wells (trombones); John Harrington (clarinet, alto-sax and baritone-sax); John Williams (baritone-sax); Mary-Lou Williams (piano); Theodore Robinson (guitar); Booker Collins (bass); Benjamin “Ben” Thigpen (drums)
Cover Photo- Andy Kirk and His Orchestra, 1937 Trianon Ballroom, Cleveland.
A1 New York, March 2, 1936
A2 New York, March 3, 1936
A3 New York, March 4, 1936
A4 – A5 New York, March 7, 1936
A6 New York, March 11, 1936
Label: MCA Records – MCA1343
Series: Jazz Heritage Series
Released: 1982
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