Big Joe Turner Early Big Joe (1940-1944)
1980 Vinyl
Jump Blues
Rhythm & Blues

Main image
MCA Records
art direction Vartan
tracks a1 bass Abe Bolar
tracks a6 to b4 bass Billy Taylor Sr.
tracks b6, b7 bass Ernest Ashley
tracks b5 bass Jud Denaut
tracks a6, a7 clarinet Edmond Hall
compiled by, supervised by Jacques Lubin
cover Etienne Robial
tracks a1 drums A. G. Godley
tracks b6, b7 drums Dallas Bartley
tracks a6 drums Eddie Dougherty
tracks a7 drums Yank Porter
tracks b5 guitar Al Hendrickson
tracks a1, a6 guitar John Collins
tracks a6 guitar John Collins
tracks b1 to b4 guitar Leonard Ware
tracks a7 guitar Oscar Moore
liner notes Jacques Demêtre
tracks a6 piano Art Tatum
tracks b5 piano Freddie Slack
tracks a1, b6, b7 piano Pete Johnson
tracks b1 to b4 piano Sammy Price
tracks a2 to a5 piano Willie "The Lion" Smith
tracks a1 tenor saxophone Don Byas
tracks a1 trumpet Hot Lips Page
tracks a6, a7 trumpet Joe Thomas
vocals Big Joe Turner
Copyright (c) MCA Records, Inc.
Manufactured By MCA Records, Inc.
Recorded in New York, November 11, 1940 (A1), November 26, 1940 (A2 to A5), January 21, 1941 (A6), June 13, 1941 (A7), June 17, 1941 (B1 to B4), and November 13, 1944 (B6, B7)
Recorded in Los Angeles, September 8, 1941 (B5)
Matrix / Runout: MCA 1635 W1 LB 1 (Side A runout, etched)
Matrix / Runout: MCA 1636 W1 LB 1 (Side B runout, etched)



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