tracks

Close Quarters
Blues Blasé
Embraceable You
Ballin' The Jack
The Sleeper
More Than One For My Baby
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
I Want A Little Girl
Lincoln Heights
Good Morning Blues
Cubano Chant
Cool Too

notes

Tracks 1 & 5 are from the album "Joe Newman and His Band" (VRS 8007), 1954

Tracks 3 & 9 are from the album "The Jo Jones Special" (VRS 8503), 1957

Tracks 6-8 are from the album "A Night at Count Basie's" (VRS 8508), 1956

Tracks 2, 4, 10 & 12 are from the album "Buckin' the Blues" (VRS 8514), 1956

Track 11 is from the album "Jo Jones Plus Two" (VRS 8525), 1958

credits

Alto Saxophone – Earl Warren, (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 12)
Bass – Aaron Bell (tracks: 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12), Eddie Jones (tracks: 1, 5), Tommy Bryant (tracks: 11), Walter Page (tracks: 3, 9)
Drums – Bobby Donaldson (tracks: 6-8), Jo Jones (tracks: 2-4, 9-12), Osie Johnson (tracks: 1, 5)
Flute – Frank Wess (tracks: 1, 5)
Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 12)
Organ – Marlowe Morris (tracks: 6-8)
Piano – Bobby Henderson (tracks: 6-8), Count Basie (tracks: 3, 9), Hank Jones (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 12), Johnny Acea (tracks: 1, 5), Nat Pierce (tracks: 3, 9), Ray Bryant (tracks: 11)
Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster (tracks: 1, 5), Frank Wess (tracks: 1, 5), Lucky Thompson (tracks: 3, 9)
Trombone – Benny Green (tracks: 3, 9), Matthew Gee (tracks: 1, 5), Vic Dickenson (tracks: 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 12)
Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 12), Emmett Berry (tracks: 3, 9), Emmett Berry (tracks: 6-8), Joe Newman (tracks: 1, 5)
Vocals – Joe Williams (tracks: 6-8)

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