1940-1941

Original Release Date:  1992

Track Listing

• 1. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
• 2. Joe Turner Blues
• 3. Beale Street Blues
• 4. By the Watermelon Vine, Lindy Lou
• 5. The Last Kiss You Gave Me
• 6. Boogie Woogie Sugar Blues
• 7. I've Been in Love Before
• 8. All of Me
• 9. The Very Thought of You
• 10. Cocktails for Two
• 11. Takin' My Time
• 12. Cuddle up, Huddle Up
• 13. Ev'ry Goodbye Ain't Gone
• 14. Babalu
• 15. There! I've Said It Again
• 16. Midnight
• 17. My Favorite Blues
• 18. Lullaby to a Dream
• 19. What a Diff'rence a Day Made
• 20. Sunday
• 21. Ill Wind
• 22. Back Bay Boogie
• 23. Tree of Hope

Credits

• Big Joe Turner: Vocals
• Nick Drake: Composer
• The Mills Brothers: Vocals
• The Chocolate Dandies: Performer
• Bill Coleman: Trumpet
• Sidney DeParis: Trumpet
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet
• Jonah Jones: Trumpet
• John Kirby: Bass, Sax (Baritone)
• Maxine Sullivan: Vocals
• Eddie Barefield: Sax (Alto)
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Bernard Addison: Guitar
• Hayes Alvis: Bass, Sax (Baritone)
• Jimmy Archey: Trombone
• Georgie Auld: Sax (Tenor)
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Benny Carter: Clarinet, Piano, Trumpet, Composer, Director, Sax (Alto), Double Bass
• Emmett Berry: Trumpet
• Joe Britton: Trombone
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Doc Cheatham: Trumpet
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• George Dorsey: Sax (Alto)
• J.C. Heard: Drums
• George Irish: Sax (Tenor)
• George James: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Ulysses Livingston: Guitar
• John McConnell: Trombone
• Wilson Myers: Bass, Sax (Baritone)
• Yank Porter: Drums
• Ernest Purce: Sax (Alto)
• William Purnell: Drums
• Milt Robinson: Trombone
• Stafford Simon: Sax (Tenor)
• Russell Smith: Trumpet
• Ted Sturgis: ?
• Madison Vaughan: Trombone
• Bill White: Sax (Alto)
• Sonny White: Piano
• Johnny Gomez: Composer
• Rostelle Reese: Trumpet
• Nathaniel Williams: Trumpet
• Ernie Powell: Sax (Tenor)
• Bobby Williams: Trumpet
• Fred Mitchell: Sax (Tenor)
• Anatol Schenker: Liner Notes
• Charles Drayton: Bass, Sax (Baritone)
• Lincoln Mills: Trumpet
• Al Taylor: Drums
• Herb Thomas: Guitar
• Alfred M. Gibson: Sax (Tenor)
• Chauncey Houghton: Sax (Alto)
• Ron Felton: Vocals
• Bill Lewis: Guitar (Electric)
• Fred Williams: Sax (Tenor)