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Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra
1946-1947
1998 CD
Bop
Big Band
Classics
tracks 1 to 12 alto saxophone
Bob "Junior" Williams
tracks 13 to 20 alto saxophone
John Cobbs
tracks 1 to 12 alto saxophone
Norris Turney
tracks 21 to 24 alto saxophone
Sonny Criss
tracks 13 to 20 alto saxophone
Sonny Stitt
tracks 13 to 20 baritone saxophone
Cecil Payne
tracks 5 to 12 baritone saxophone
Leo Parker
tracks 1 to 4 baritone saxophone
Tate Houston
tracks 1 to 12 bass
Bill McMahon
tracks 21 to 24 bass
John "Shifty" Henry
tracks 13 to 20 bass
Tommy Potter
tracks 1 to 20 drums
Art Blakey
tracks 21 to 24 drums
Tim Kennedy
tracks 1 to 20 guitar
Connie Wainwright
liner notes
Anatol Schenker
tracks 5 to 12 piano
Jimmy Golden
tracks 13 to 20 piano
Linton Garner
tracks 1 to 4 piano
Richard Ellington
tracks 21 to 24 piano
Warren Bracken
tracks 1 to 4, 13 to 20 tenor saxophone
Arthur Sammons
tracks 1 to 20 tenor saxophone
Gene Ammons
tracks 5 to 12 tenor saxophone
Josh Jackson
tracks 20 to 24 tenor saxophone
Wardell Gray
tracks 1 to 20 trombone
Alfred "Chippy" Outcalt
trombone
Gerald Valentine
tracks 1 to 20 trombone
Robert Scott
tracks 13 to 20 trombone
Walter Knox
tracks 5 to 12 trumpet
Fats Navarro
tracks 13 to 20 trumpet
Hobart Dotson
tracks 1 to 4 trumpet
Kenny Dorham
tracks 13 to 20 trumpet
King Kolax
tracks 13 to 20 trumpet
Leonard Hawkins
tracks 1 to 12 trumpet
Marion "Boonie" Hazel
tracks 13 to 20 trumpet
Miles Davis
tracks 21 to 24 trumpet
Ray Linn
tracks 1 to 12 trumpet
Raymond Orr
tracks 1 to 12 trumpet
Shorty McConnell
vocals
Billy Eckstine
Copyright (c) Classics Records
Distributed By Mélodie
Manufactured By Dureco France
Tracks 1 to 12 recorded in New York from January to March 1946.
Tracks 13 to 24 recorded in Los Angeles in October 1946 and April 1947.
Misspelt 'The Chronogical Classics' on the front.
Barcode: 3 307517 102225 (Text)
Barcode: 3307517102225
SPARS Code: A.A.D.
Rights Society: STEMRA
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L373
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5703
Matrix / Runout: DURECO FR 1022