tracks

Trombone Cholly
Gulf Coast Blues
Down Hearted Blues
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
St. Louis Blues
After You've Gone
I Ain't Got Nobody
Gimme A Pigfoot
I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
Them There Eyes
Dinah
All Of Me
Dinah's In A Jam
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Ring Dem Bells
Stormy Weather
In A Mellow Tone
Creole Love Call
Duke's Place

notes

Tracks 1-9 originally released as The Songs Of Bessie Smith (Doctor Jazz FW 38836) in 1983.
Tracks 10-19 originally released as The Cotton Connection (Doctor Jazz FW 40031) in 1985.

credits

Arranged By, Conductor – Thad Jones (tracks: 1 to 9)
Featuring [With] – Count Basie (tracks: 1 to 9), Mercer Ellington (tracks: 10 to 19)
Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff, Stanley Dance
Producer – Bob Thiele

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