tracks

Take The A Train
Harlem Air Shaft
Creole Love Call
C Jam Blues
Is It A Sin
Just-A-Sittin' And A Rockin'
Moonlight Fiesta
The Hawk Talks
Satin Doll
Take The A Train
Blue Jean Beguine
Boo Dah
Cocktails For Two
Nothin' Nothin', Baby
Jump For Joy
Perdido
Blue Moon
Satin Doll
Take The A Train
Concerto For Cootie
Johnny Come Lately
My Heart Tells Me
Blue Skies
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Take The A Train
Caravan
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart & Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Bond Promo
The Hawk Talks
Come On Home
Flamingo
Bond Promo
Jump For Joy
Satin Doll
Take The A Train
Take The A Train
The Tattooed Bride
Bond Promo
Nothin' Nothin', Baby
Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note
Just Squeeze
Ting-A-Ling
Satin Doll

notes

1-1-1-9 Recorded NBC broadcast, Blue Note, Chicago, June 24 1953
1-10-1-18 Recorded NBC broadcast, Blue Note, Chicago, July 1 1953
1-19-1-24 Recorded MBS broadcast, Hurricane, NYC, April 1 1944
2-1-2-11 Recorded NBC broadcast, Blue Note, Chicago, June 1953 (transmitted by WGM, NYC, July 17, 1953)
2-12-2-19 Recorded NBC broadcast, Blue Note, Chicago, June 1953 (transmitted by WGM, NYC, July 24, 1953)

credits

Alto Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Rick Henderson (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19)
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Wendell Marshall (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19), Wilson Myers (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Elmer Williams (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Jimmy Hamilton
Cornet – Rex Stewart (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24)
Drums – Butch Ballard (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19), Sonny Greer (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24)
Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24)
Piano – Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Paul Gonsalves (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19)
Trombone – Britt Woodman (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19), Clark Terry (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Taft Jordan (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Wallace Jones (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Willie Cook (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19)
Trumpet, Violin, Vocals – Ray Nance (tracks: 1-1 - 1-18, 2-1 - 2-19)
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol
Vocals – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-19 - 1-24), Jimmy Grissom

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