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