| Notes: | Mercury: 830 923-2 (830 924-2--830 925-2).
Compact disc.
Digitally remastered analog recordings.
Includes previously unissued alternate takes.
Program notes by Dan Morgenstern with Japanese translation (23 p.) laid in container.
Reissue concieved and prduced by Kiyoshi Koyama.
Roy Eldridge (1st-6th works), Joe Thomas (1st-6th, 35th-42th), Emmett Berry (1st-6, 16th-20th), Charlie Shavers (7th-15th), Jonah Jones (21st-29th), and Buck Clayton (30th-34th), trumpet, and Earl Hines, piano (7th-15th), featured players ; Marie Bryant, vocals (36th-37th) ; "Little Jazz" and his Trumpet Ensemble (1st-6th) ; Charlie Shavers Quintet (7th-15th) ; Corky Corcoran and his orchestra (16th-20th) ; Jonah Jones and his orchestra (21st-29th) ; J. C. Heard Quintet (30th-34th) ; Ted Nash Quintet (35th-38th) ; Joe Thomas and his orchestra (39th-42nd).
Recorded in Los Angeles, May 15, 1945 (16th-20th works), and in New York, Jan. 24, 1944 to Aug. 16, 1946 (remainder).
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