Masterpieces, Vol. 17: 1929-1945

Original Release Date:  May 27, 1997

Track Listing

• 1. Six for Times
• 2. Dee Blues
• 3. Bugle Call Rag
• 4. Sweet Sue, Just You
• 5. Krazy Kapers
• 6. Lonesome Nights
• 7. Everybody Shuffle
• 8. Stardust
• 9. These Foolish Things
• 10. Skip It
• 11. I'm Coming, Virginia
• 12. Savoy Stampede
• 13. Riff Romp
• 14. Scandal in A Flat
• 15. Among My Souvenirs
• 16. Slow Freight
• 17. Cocktails for Two
• 18. Sunday
• 19. I Surrender, Dear
• 20. Prelude to a Kiss

Credits

• Chu Berry: Sax (Tenor)
• The Chocolate Dandies: Performer
• Sidney DeParis: Trumpet
• Al Grey: Trombone
• Ted Heath: Trombone
• Eddie Heywood: Piano
• Freddy Johnson: Piano
• Max Kaminsky: Trumpet
• John Kirby: Tuba
• Django Reinhardt: Guitar
• Max Roach: Drums
• Rex Stewart: Cornet
• Fats Waller: Piano
• Ben Webster: Sax (Tenor)
• Gerald Wiggins: Piano
• Teddy Wilson: Piano
• Herman Chittison: Piano
• Buddy Featherstonhaugh: Sax (Tenor)
• Tyree Glenn: Trombone, Vibraphone
• Horace Henderson: Piano
• Willie Lewis: Guitar
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Don Redman: Sax (Alto), Vocals
• Coleman Hawkins: Sax (Tenor)
• Russell Procope: Sax (Alto)
• Jack Pettis: Composer
• Alix Combelle: Sax (Tenor)
• Fletcher Allen: Sax (Alto)
• Hayes Alvis: Bass
• Jimmy Archey: Trombone
• Everett Barksdale: Guitar
• Benny Carter: Trumpet, Composer, Sax (Alto), Vocals, Multi Instruments
• Emmett Berry: Trumpet
• Percy Brice: Drums
• Wayman Carver: Flute, Sax (Alto)
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• George Chisholm: Trombone
• June Cole: Bass
• Frank Comstock: Arranger
• Leonard Davis: Trumpet
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Bill Dillard: Trumpet
• George Elliott: Guitar
• Milton Fletcher: Trumpet
• Carl Frye: Sax (Alto)
• Karl George: Trumpet
• Will J. Harris: Composer
• Jimmy Harrison: Trombone
• Len Harrison: Bass
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone, Vocals
• Ernest "Bass" Hill: Bass
• Clarence Holiday: Guitar
• George Irish: Sax (Tenor)
• George James: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• J.J. Johnson: Trombone
• George "Happy" Johnson: Sax (Alto)
• Keg Johnson: Trombone
• Otis Johnson: Trumpet
• Walter Johnson: Drums
• Porter Kilbert: Sax (Alto)
• Ulysses Livingston: Guitar
• Lawrence Lucie: Guitar
• John McConnell: Trombone
• Castor McCord: Sax (Tenor)
• Mezz Mezzrow: Drums
• Robert Montmarche: Drums
• Ed Mullens: Trumpet
• Floyd O'Brien: Trombone
• Gene Porter: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Powell: Sax (Alto)
• Ernest Purce: Sax (Alto)
• Keg Purnell: Drums
• Irving "Mouse" Randolph: Trumpet
• Alex Renard: Trumpet
• Milt Robinson: Trombone
• Elmer Schoebel: Composer
• Stafford Simon: Sax (Tenor)
• Ben Smith: Sax (Alto)
• Russell Smith: Trumpet
• Cyrus St. Clair: Tuba
• George Stafford: Drums
• Idrees Sulieman: Trumpet
• Bart Varsalona: Trombone
• Madison Vaughan: Trombone
• Dicky Wells: Trombone
• Sonny White: Piano
• Victor Young: Composer
• York DeSouza: Piano
• Harold Clark: Sax (Tenor)
• Wallace Jones: Trumpet
• Billy Meyers: Composer
• Bumps Myers: Sax (Tenor)
• Little Sammy Davis: Sax (Tenor)
• Elmer James: Bass
• Ted Fields: Drums
• Ronnie Gubertini: Drums
• Benny Jackson: Guitar
• Glyn Paque: Sax (Alto)
• Fred Robinson: Trombone
• Gene Simon: Trombone
• Benny Carter & His Orchestra: Performer
• Eddie Mallory: Trumpet
• Rostelle Reese: Trumpet
• Ray Webb: Guitar
• Nathaniel Williams: Trumpet
• Johnny Morris: Trombone
• Ernie Powell: Sax (Tenor)
• Duncan Whyte: Trumpet
• Bobby Williams: Trumpet
• Bobby Stark: Trumpet
• Jean Buzelin: Design
• Joe Thomas: Trumpet
• Francois Billard: Liner Notes
• Sam Dasberg: Trumpet
• Charles Drayton: Bass
• Andy McDevitt: Sax (Alto)
• Harry Van Oven: Trombone
• Cliff Woodridge: Trumpet
• Max Goldberg: Trumpet
• Louis Stephenson: Sax (Alto)
• Willard Brown: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Joe Hayman: Sax (Tenor)
• Lincoln Mills: Trumpet
• Harry Link: Composer
• Jack Strachey: Composer
• Edgar Leslie: Composer
• Holt Marvell: Composer
• Rolf Goldstein: Trumpet
• Louis Gray: Trumpet
• Joyce Waterhouse: ?, Liner Note Adaptation
• Rufus Webster: Piano
• Al Burke: Bass
• Alfred M. Gibson: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Williams: Sax (Tenor)
• Bobby Martin: Trumpet
• Thomas Moultrie: Bass
• Chauncey Houghton: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• John Mitchell: Guitar
• Dick Clark: Trumpet
• George Woodlen: Trumpet
• Jon Carroll: Trumpet
• Charles "Coco" Kiehn: Sax (Tenor)
• Henry Morrison: Drums
• W.J. Edwards: Guitar
• Johnny Russell: Sax (Tenor)