| Notes: | Originally issued as two separate LPs: By special request (Decca DL 8173) (tracks 1-10) and Something to swing about (Kapp KL-1169/KS-3053) (tracks 11-20).
Program notes by Dick Katz (11 p. : ports.) in original container.
Carmen McRae, vocals, piano (track 7 only) ; with (tracks 1-7), Dick Katz, Billy Strayhorn (track 2 only), piano ; Mundell Lowe, guitar ; Wendell Marshall, bass ; Kenny Clarke, drums ; (tracks 8-10) the Mat Mathews Quintet (Mat Mathews, accordion ; Herbie Mann, flute ; Mundell Lowe, guitar ; Wendell Marshall, bass ; Kenny Clarke, drums) ; (tracks 11-20) orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins (Jimmy Maxwell, Richard Williams, Al Stewart, Lennie Johnson, Ernie Royal, trumpets ; Jimmy Cleveland, Billy Byers, Mickey Gravine, trombones ; Paul Faulise, bass trombone ; Phil Woods, Vinnie Dean, Porter Kilbert, alto saxes ; Zoot Sims, Budd Johnson, tenor saxes ; Sol Schlinger, baritone sax ; Dick Katz, piano ; Tommy Williams, bass ; Floyd Williams, drums).
Recorded in New York City, June 14 and 16, 1955, and Nov. 10-12, 1959.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Jazz music library). Available via World Wide Web.
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