Giants of the Tenor Sax: Chu Berry / Lucky Thompson

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1Body and Soul
double bass:
Artie Shapiro (on 1938-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1938-11-10)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1938-11-10)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1938-11-10)
tenor saxophone and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1938-11-10)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1938-11-10)
instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (on 1938-11-10)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble with Roy Eldridge3:55
2Sittin' In
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1938-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1938-11-10)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1938-11-10)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1938-11-10)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1938-11-10)
Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble with Roy Eldridge2:15
3Stardust
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1938-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1938-11-10)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1938-11-10)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1938-11-10)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1938-11-10)
Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble with Roy Eldridge3:57
4Forty Six West Fifty Two
double bass:
Arthur "Artie" Shapiro (on 1938-11-10)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1938-11-10)
guitar:
Danny Barker (on 1938-11-10)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1938-11-10)
trumpet:
Roy Eldridge (on 1938-11-10)
Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble with Roy Eldridge2:33
5On the Sunny Side of the Street No. 2
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1941-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1941-08-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-28)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1941-08-28)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-08-28)
Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble with Roy Eldridge3:58
6My Gal Is Gone
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1944-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-03-08)
piano:
Ace Harris (on 1944-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1944-03-08) and Lucky Thompson (on 1944-03-08)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1944-03-08)
Lucky Thompson with Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra3:16
7Rockin' at Ryan's
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1944-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-03-08)
piano:
Ace Harris (on 1944-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1944-03-08) and Lucky Thompson (on 1944-03-08)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1944-03-08)
Lucky Thompson with Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra2:52
8Blowing Up a Breeze
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1941-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1941-08-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-28)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1941-08-28)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-08-28)
Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble with Hot Lips Page2:45
9On the Sunny Side of the Street
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1941-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1941-08-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-28)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1941-08-28)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-08-28)
Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble with Hot Lips Page4:00
10Monday at Minton's
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1941-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1941-08-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-28)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1941-08-28)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-08-28)
Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble with Hot Lips Page3:01
11Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1941-08-28)
drums (drum set):
Harry Jaeger (on 1941-08-28)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-28)
piano:
Clyde Hart (on 1941-08-28)
tenor saxophone:
Leon “Chu” Berry (on 1941-08-28)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1941-08-28)
recording of:
Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You (on 1941-08-28)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Don Redman
publisher:
Michael H. Goldsen Inc. and Razaf Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble with Hot Lips Page4:17
12You'd Be Frantic Too
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1944-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-03-08)
piano:
Ace Harris (on 1944-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1944-03-08) and Lucky Thompson (on 1944-03-08)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1944-03-08)
vocals:
Hot Lips Page (on 1944-03-08)
Lucky Thompson with Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra3:15
13Blues Jumped a Rabbit (Bag O' Bones)
double bass:
John Simmons (bassist) (on 1944-03-08)
drums (drum set):
Sid Catlett (on 1944-03-08)
piano:
Ace Harris (on 1944-03-08)
tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1944-03-08) and Lucky Thompson (on 1944-03-08)
trumpet:
Hot Lips Page (on 1944-03-08)
Lucky Thompson with Hot Lips Page and His Orchestra3:17