The Greatest of the Big Bands - Vol.8 / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 161 - FXM1 7228

The Greatest of the Big Bands - Vol.8 / RCA Black & White Series Vol. 161 - FXM1 7228

SIDE 1

1. I HATE TO LEAVE YOU NOW (A)

2.  BREAK IT DOWN   (B)

3.  KOKEY JOE  (B)

4.  LOVE'S SERENADE   (B)

5.  HARLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT (B)

6. :DROPMEOFFIN HARLEM (C)

7.  REACHIN'FOR THE COTTON MOON (C)

8   REACHIN' FOR THE COTTON MOON (C)

SIDE 2

9   IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE? (D)

10. ALL  MY LIFE  (D)

11. THE RIGHT SOMEBODYTO LOVE (D)

12. THE GLORY OF LOVE   (D)

13.  RIDE,  RED,  RIDE  (D)

14.  MOONRISE ON THE LOWLANDS (D)

15   THREE LITTLE  MAIDS   (E)

16. AIN'T I  GOOD TO YOU?   (F)

PERSONNEL AND  RECORDING  DATES:

(A) Louis ARMSTRONG and his Orchestra (The Chick WEBB's Orchestra): Louis ARMSTRONG (tp. vcl): Louis BACON, Louis HUNT, Billy HICKS (tp); Charlie GREEN (tb); Pete CLARKE (cl, as); Edgar SAMPSON (as); Elmer WILLIAMS (ts); Don KIRKPATRICK (p); John TRUEHEART (g); Elmer JAMES (bbs, sbs): Chick WEBB (dr). Camden, N.J., December 8, 1932.

(B) MILLS BLUE Rhythm Band: Wardell JONES. Shelton HEMPHILL, Ed ANDER-SON (tp); George WASHINGTON, Henry HICKS (tb); Crawford WETHINGTON (as, bar sax); Gene MIKELL (cl, as); Joe GARLAND (cl, ts, bar sax); Edgar HAYES (p, arr); Benny JAMES (bj, g); Hayes ALVIS (bbs, sbs); O'Neil SPENCER (dr); Baron LEE (Idr). New York. October 5, 1933.

(C) Adelaide HALL with The MILLS BLUE Rhythm Band: Same Personnel as for (B). Adelaide HALL (vcl) added; Lucky MILLINDER (Idr) replaces Baron LEE. New York, December 4, 1933.

(D) Willie BRYANT and his Orchestra: Richard CLARK (tp); Taft JORDAN (tp, vcl ort 99973); Jack BUTLER (tp.vcl on 99974); John HAUGHTON, George MATTHEWS (tb);Glyn PACQUE Stanley PAYNE(cl, as): Charles FRAZIER(fl.ts); Johnny RUSSELL (ts); Roger "Ram" RAMIREZ (p); Arnold ADAMS (g); Ernest "Bass" HILL (sbs); William "Cozy" COLE (dr); Willie BRYANT (vcl, Idr). New York, April 9, 1936.

(E) Billy BUNCH and his Smoky Rhythm (alias Don REDMAN and his Orchestra): Tom STEVENSON, Robert WILLIAMS, Sidney de PARIS (tp); Quentin JACKSON. Gene SIMON (tb); Donald REDMAN (cl, ss. as, Idr); Carl FRYE, Edward INGE (cl, as, bar sax); Eddie WILLIAMS, Gene SEDRIC (ts); Nicholas RODRIGUEZ (p); Bob LESSEY 

(g); Bob YSAGUIRRE (sbs); Bill BEASON (dr); The Three Little Maids (vcl). New York. March 23, 1939.

(F) Don REDMAN and his Orchestra: Same as for (E). Buster SMITH. Tapley LEWIS (as) and "Slick" JONES (dr) replace FRYE, INGE and BEASON. Don REDMAN (vcl). New York. May 18, 1939.