Notes: | Program notes by Stanley Dance on container. Disc 1. Billy Strayhorn, piano ; Harold Baker, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, trumpets ; Ray Nance, cornet and violin ; Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, trombones ; Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds ; Jimmy Woode, bass ; Sam Woodyard, drums. Disc 2. #7-8: Johnny Dankworth, alto saxophone ; Dickie Hawdon, Kenny Wheeler, Gus Galbraith, Derrick Abbott, trumpets ; Tony Russell, Eddie Harvey, Ray Premru, trombones ; Pete King, Danny Moss, Art Ellefson, Ronnie Ross, reeds ; Alan Branscombe, piano ; Spike Heatley, bass ; Ronnie Stephenson, drums. #2, 4-6: as #7-8, Ron Simmons and Leon Calvert replace Wheeler and Galbraith, trumpets ; Ray Premru out ; Roy East replaces Pete King ; Frank Reidy and Bob Efford, bass clarinets, added. #3, 9: as #2, 4-6, Kenny Nepper replaces Heatley, bass ; Reidy and Efford, bass clarinets, out. #1, 10: as #3, 9, Vic Ash replaces Danny Moss. Recorded in Chicago, 1958 (disc 1), and in London, 1961 (disc 2).
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