tracks

Body And Soul
Four O'Clock Vout (One O'Clock Jump)
Yep Roc Heresay
Tee Say Malee
Gaillard Special, No. 1
Poppity Pop
Dynamite
Caliente
Take The 'A' Train
Groove Juice Special (Hit The Jive, Jack)
Groove Juice Special, Part 2 (C Jam Blues)
September In The Rain
C Jam Blues Special
Ya Ha Ha
Yep Roc Heresay
Eastwood Voutwood
Cement Mixer
Gaillard Special, No. 2

notes

Many of the musicians on these recordings are unidentified (including a group called "The Two Majors and the Minor" on track 8). See credits for identified musicians.

1 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
2 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
3 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
4 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
5 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
6 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
7 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
8 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
9 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
10 - April 1946, Los Angeles
11 - April 1946, Los Angeles
12 - December/January 1946, Hollywood, Jubilee NBC Studio
13 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
14 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
15 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
16 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
17 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club
18 - ca. June 1946, Hollywood, Billy Berg's Jazz Club

credits

Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith (2) (tracks: 12)
Bass – Tiny "Bam" Brown (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
Drums – Leo Watson (tracks: 1 (poss.), 2 (poss.), 3 to 7, 9, 12 to 13 (poss.), 14 to 18)
Guitar – Slim Gaillard (tracks: 3 to 7, 9 to 12, 14 to 18)
Liner Notes – Alun Morgan
Piano – Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (tracks: 12), Slim Gaillard (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 11, 13 to 18)
Producer – Alastair Robertson
Remastered By – John R. T. Davies
Trumpet – Bobby Hackett (tracks: 12)
Violin – Papa John Creach (tracks: 8)
Vocals – Slim Gaillard (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 to 17), Tiny "Bam" Brown

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