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Naxos Jazz Legends
tracks 16 alto saxophone Benny Carter
tracks 3 to 5, 11 alto saxophone Johnny Hodges
tracks 4, 5 baritone saxophone Harry Carney
tracks 3, 7 bass Grachan Moncur
tracks 1, 2, 4 to 6 bass John Kirby
tracks 10, 16 bass Milt Hinton
tracks 8, 9, 11 to 15, 17, 18 bass Walter Page
tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 clarinet Benny Goodman
tracks 11 to 13 clarinet Buster Bailey
clarinet Ernie Powell
tracks 4, 5 clarinet Harry Carney
tracks 14, 15, 17, 18 clarinet Prince Robinson
tracks 7 clarinet Rudy Powell
tracks 3 clarinet Tom Mace
tracks 10, 14, 15, 17, 18 clarinet Vido Musso
design Ron Hoares
tracks 1, 2, 4 to 7, 14 to 18 drums Cozy Cole
tracks 10 drums Gene Krupa
tracks 8, 9, 11 to 13 drums Jo Jones
engineer [digital noise reduction] Graham Newton
tracks 10, 14, 15, 17, 18 guitar Allan Reuss
tracks 16 guitar Danny Barker
tracks 3 guitar Dave Barbour
tracks 8, 9, 11 to 13 guitar Freddie Green
tracks 1, 2, 6, 7 guitar John Trueheart
tracks 4, 5 guitar Lawrence Lucie
liner notes Peter Dempsey
performer [all selections issued as] Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra
photography by Hulton Archive
piano Teddy Wilson
producer, transferred by David Lennick
tracks 1, 2, 6, 10 tenor saxophone Ben Webster
tracks 16 tenor saxophone Benny Carter
tracks 16 tenor saxophone Ernie Powell
tracks 8, 9, 11 to 13 tenor saxophone Lester Young
tracks 7 tenor saxophone Teddy McRae
tracks 8, 9, 11 to 15, 17, 18 trumpet Buck Clayton
tracks 7 trumpet Chris Griffin
tracks 10 trumpet Irving Randolph
tracks 4, 5 trumpet Jonah Jones
tracks 3 trumpet Richard Clarke
tracks 1, 2, 6, 16 trumpet Roy Eldridge
vocals [vocal refrain] Billie Holiday
Phonographic Copyright (p) HNH International Ltd.
Copyright (c) HNH International Ltd.
Pressed By P+O Pallas
The title in the booklet is 'Easy Living The 1935-1939 Recordings'. The title on the spines is simply 'Easy Living'.

All selections issued as Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra; Billie Holiday, vocal refrain.
All selections recorded in New York.
Original recordings from the collections of John Wilby and David Lennick.

Photo of Billie Holiday, 1939, © Hulton/Archive.

Track 1, 2 and 6 recorded 2nd July, 1935.
Track 3 recorded 3rd December, 1935.
Track 4 and 5 recorded 30th June, 1936.
Track 7 recorded 30th January, 1936.
Track 8 and 9 recorded 25 January, 1937
Track 10 recorded recorded 21st October, 1936.
Track 11 recorded 11th May, 1937.
Track 12 and 13 recorded 1st June, 1937.
Track 14, 15, 17 and 18 recorded 1st November, 1937.
Track 16 recorded 30th January, 1939.

℗ & © 2001 HNH International Ltd.

Made in E.C.
Barcode: 636943254523 (Scanned)
Barcode: 6 36943 25452 3 (Text)
Label Code: LC 05537
Matrix / Runout: 8.120545 P+O-52372-A2 04-01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L962
Mould SID Code: IFPI 3J02
SPARS Code: ADD
Rights Society: GEMA