Metropolitan Opera House Jam Session • Barney Bigard • Coleman Hawkins • Billie Holiday • Oscar Pettiford • Art Tatum

Description

A1 Introduction
A2 Esquire Blues
Written-By – Leonard Feather
A3 I Got Rhythm
Written-By – G. & I. Gershwin
A4 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Written-By – D. Fields-J. McHugh
A5 Sweet Lorraine
Written-By – Burwell, Parish
A6 Muskrat Ramble
Written-By – E. Ory
B1 Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
Written-By – B. Russel, D. Ellington
B2 I’ll Get By
Written-By – Fred E. Ahlert
B3 I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling
Written-By – B. Rose, F. Waller*, H. Link
B4 Vibes Duet
Written-By – Hampton, Norvo
B5 For Bass Faces Only
Written-By – O. Pettiford
B6 Stompin’ At The Savoy
Written-By – Razaf, Goodman, Webb, Sampson
B7 Rachel’s Dream
Written-By – Benny Goodman

Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A2 to A6, B1, B2, B4 to B6), Sid Weiss (tracks: B7)
Clarinet – Barney Bigard (tracks: A2 to A4, A6, B1, B2, B4 to B6), Benny Goodman (tracks: B7)
Drums – Morey Feld (tracks: B7), Sidney Catlett (tracks: A2 to A6, B1, B2, B4 to B6)
Guitar – Al Casey (tracks: A2 to A4, A6, B1, B2, B4 to B6)
Piano – Art Tatum (tracks: A2 to A6, B1, B2, B4 to B6), Jess Stacy (tracks: B7), Teddy Wilson (tracks: B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins (tracks: A2 to A4, A6, B1, B2, B4 to B6)
Trombone – Jack Teagarden (tracks: A2 to A4, A6, B1, B2,B4 to B6)
Trumpet – Roy Eldridge (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2, B4 to B6)
Trumpet, Vocals – Louis Armstrong (tracks: A3, A4, A6, B4, B6)
Vibraphone – Lionel Hampton (tracks: B4), Red Norvo (tracks: A3, A4, B4)
Vocals – Billie Holiday (tracks: B1, B2)

Recorded January, 1944 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.