Rare Live Recordings 1952-1953

Original Release Date:  May 7, 2013

Track Listing

• 1. The Hawk Talks
• 2. Frustration
• 3. Sultry Serenade
• 4. Sophisticated Lady
• 5. Perdido
• 6. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
• 7. A Tone Parallel to Harlem
• 8. Take the "A" Train
• 9. Medley: VIP's Boogie/Jam with Sam
• 10. Monologue
• 11. Blues at Sundown
• 12. Skin Deep
• 13. Medley: Don't Get Around Much Anymore/Mood Indigo/I'm Beginning To See
• 14. Tulip or Turnip
• 15. Basin Street Blues
• 16. Primping at the Prom
• 17. Johnny Come Lately
• 18. Moonstone
• 19. Time On My Hands
• 20. Margie
• 21. Chelsea Bridge
• 22. Midriff
• 23. Phalanges
• 24. VIP's Boogie
• 25. Solitude
• 26. Summertime
• 27. My Little Brown Book
• 28. Good Girl Blues
• 29. The Hawk Talks
• 30. Take the "A" Train
• 31. Happy Birthday to You
• 32. Ting-a-Ling
• 33. Sophisticated Lady
• 34. C Jam Blues, Pt. 1
• 35. Passion Flower
• 36. Happy Go Lucky Local
• 37. Summertime
• 38. Warm Valley
• 39. Sultry Serenade
• 40. Hi Ya Sue
• 41. Sophisticated Lady
• 42. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
• 43. The Hawk Talks
• 44. C Jam Blues, Pt. 2
• 45. Tenderly

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Cat Anderson: Trumpet, Soloist
• Louie Bellson: Drums
• Mercer Ellington: Composer
• Paul Gonsalves: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Johnny Hodges: Composer
• Harry James: Composer
• Ray Nance: Trumpet, Violin, Cello, Vocals, Soloist
• Betty Roché: Vocals
• Willie Smith: Sax (Alto)
• Willie Cook: Trumpet
• Rick Henderson: Sax (Alto)
• Irving Mills: Composer
• Jimmy Grissom: Vocals
• Vincent Youmans: Composer
• Quentin Jackson: Trombone, Soloist
• Britt Woodman: Trombone, Soloist
• Butch Ballard: Drums
• Barney Bigard: Composer
• Harry Carney: Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone), Soloist
• Clark Terry: Trumpet, Composer
• Con Conrad: Composer
• Eddie DeLange: Composer
• Ervin Drake: Composer
• Duke Ellington: Piano, Composer, Vocals, Narrator, Announcer
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Mack Gordon: Composer
• Walter Gross: Composer
• Jimmy Hamilton: Clarinet, Composer, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor), Soloist
• Hilton Jefferson: Sax (Alto)
• Jack Lawrence: Composer
• Wendell Marshall: Bass
• Mitchell Parish: Composer
• Billy Strayhorn: Composer
• Juan Tizol: Trombone, Composer
• Paul Webster: Composer
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• DuBose Heyward: Composer
• Harold Adamson: Composer
• Irving Gordon: Composer
• Henry Nemo: Composer
• Don George: Composer
• Benny Davis: Composer
• Ted Persons: Composer
• Dorothy Heyward: Composer
• Mildred Hill: Composer
• Paul Watts: Liner Notes
• Charles Shavers: Composer
• Harry Lenk: Composer
• Patty Hill: Composer
• Sidney Russell: Composer
• Russel Robinson: Composer
• John Redmond: Composer
• Louis Bellson: Composer
• Brit Whitman: Trombone, Soloist
• Russell Proscope: Clarinet, Saxophone, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Soloist