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Baldwin Street Music
art direction, design Lance Martin
tracks 6 to 16 bass Chubby Jackson
tracks 4, 5 bass Connie Henry
tracks 1 to 3 bass Gene Ramey
tracks 15, 16 bass clarinet Mickey Folus
tracks 15, 16 clarinet John Laporta
tracks 15, 16 clarinet Salvatore Delegge
tracks 11 to 14 drums Alvin Burroughs
tracks 15, 16 drums Barrett Deems
tracks 1 to 10 drums Ed Shaughnessy
engineer [master preparation], engineer [dubbing] Doug Pomeroy
tracks 15, 16 flute Ted Wheeler
tracks 11 to 14 guitar Billy Bauer
tracks 15, 16 guitar George Burns
tracks 1 to 5 piano Don Abney
tracks 6 to 10 piano Horace Silver
tracks 11 to 16 piano Ralph Burns
producer, liner notes [august 2000] Ted Takashi Ono
restoration [audio restoration], mastered by [cd mastering] Peter Beacock
tracks 1 to 3 tenor saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
tracks 11 to 14 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips
tracks 4 to 10 tenor saxophone Ray Abrams
tracks 1 to 14 trombone Bill Harris
tracks 11 to 14 trumpet Pete Candoli
tracks 15, 16 valve trombone Bill Harris
Copyright (c) Baldwin Street Music
Phonographic Copyright (p) Baldwin Street Music
Manufactured By David Baldwin Productions
Distributed By David Baldwin Productions
Recorded At Birdland
Glass Mastered At Disque Americ
Pressed By Disque Americ
In chronological order:
Recorded in Chicago on April 5, 1945 (tracks 11 to 14).
Recorded in Chicago on May 16, 1946 (tracks 15, 16).
Recorded at Birdland in NYC on May 17, 1952 (tracks 1 to 3).
Recorded at Birdland in NYC on June 21, 1952 (tracks 4, 5).
Recorded at Birdland in NYC on August 23, 1952 (tracks 6 to 10).

Available for the first time from Boris Rose's laquer master discs.

Tracks 11 to 16 are a bonus program, the Bill Harris Keynote Sessions.

The track list and durations are not accurately listed on the CD. Track 1 runs 12:17, not 12:38 as listed. Track 2 runs 5:13, not 4:42. Track 4 is Mean to Me, not Announcement as listed. Track 5 is Broadway, not Mean to Me. Track 6 is Announcement, not Broadway. Track 7 is Ow, not Announcement. Track 8 is Announcement, not Ow, and runs 1:16, not 0:53. Track 9 runs 6:43, not 7:17. Track 10 runs 6:00, not 5:45.

The heading August 23, 1952 goes above track 6, not above track 7 as listed on CD.

Track titles are mentioned by MC. Track durations occasionally taken from Windows Media Player when sufficiently different than what's listed on CD (see notes above).

Total playing time: 77 minutes

CD comes in all-clear jewel case with 8-page foldout.

© & ℗ 2000 Baldwin Street Music

Made in Canada.
Barcode: 7 76127 13112 4
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: DADR 24AV1<0464>RDRCD6609 (Mirrored)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L481 (Mirrored)
Mould SID Code: IFPI8113