The Complete Billie Holiday with the Ellingtonians (1935-37)
Billie Holiday – voc
with:
Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard, Gene Krupa, Jonah Jones, Ben Webster, Cozy Cole, Buster Bailey, Lester Young, J. C. Higginbotham, Albert Nicholas, George “Pops” Foster, and many more
Rec. 1935 – 1937
The Genius of Sidney Bechet (1947-49)
The “This is Jazz”-Broadcasts
and
Bechet’s Circle Seven
Sidney Bechet – sop
featuring:
James P. Johnson – p
Baby Dodds – dr
Albert Nicholas – clarinet
Edmond Hall – clarinet
George “Pops” Foster – b
and many more
Rec. in NYC, 1947 and 1949
Pete Johnson – Pete’s Blues (House Rent Party) 1946
Pete Johnson – p
with:
(Track 1-8)
Al Hall – b
Albert Nicholas – cl
Oran “Hot Lips” Page – tr
J. C. Heard – dr
Jimmy Shirley – git
Ben Webster – sax
J. C. Higginbotham – trombone
Recorded at 26 Jan 1946
(Tracks 9-13)
Clyde Bernhardt – trombone
Don Stovall – sax
Abe Bolar – b
Oran “Hot Lips” Page – tr
Budd Johnson – sax
Jimmy Shirley – dr
Jack Parker – dr
Etta Jones – voc
Recorded at 2 Jan 1946
The so-called “House Rent Party”- session is the first “interactive” Jazz record. It begins with Pete Johnson, all alone playing piano, then the drummer gets by (track 2), then, one by one, all the other musicians, featuring the great Ben Webster and Oran “Hot Lips” Page. Nah, isn’t that nice…..
