Compil. FR 1996 on Editions Atlas label
Jazz
Recorded in New York: 30 August 1939 (Nos. 4, 10, 11, 15) 17 October 1939 (Nos. 13, 16, 18) 20 November 1939 (Nos. 6, 9, 12) 14 October 1940 (No. 2) 3 July 1941 (No. 14) 3 or 24 July 1941 (No. 3) Recorded in Chicago: 8 March 1940 (No. 7) 2 February 1942 (Nos. 1, 8, 17)
Cab Calloway voc, 1907-1994 US directed by, vocals, album by, written by | |
Hilton Jefferson sax, as, 1903-1968 US alto saxophone | |
Andrew Brown sax, 1900-1960 US alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone | |
Milt Hinton b, 1910-2000 US bass | |
Chauncey Haughton cl, sax, as, 1909-1989 US clarinet, alto saxophone | |
Jerry Blake as, cl, 1908-1961 US clarinet, alto saxophone | |
Cozy Cole dr, 1909-1981 US drums | |
Danny Barker g, bj, 1909-1994 US guitar | |
Bennie Payne p, US piano | |
Leon "Chu" Berry ts, 1908-1941 US tenor saxophone | |
Teddy McRae ts, sax, 1908-1999 US tenor saxophone | |
Walter Thomas ts, as, 1907-1981 US tenor saxophone | |
Claude Jones tb, 1901-1962 US trombone | |
DePriest Wheeler tb, 1903-1998 US trombone | |
Keg Johnson tb, 1908-1967 US trombone | |
Quentin Jackson tb, 1909-1976 US trombone | |
Tyree Glenn tb, vib, 1912-1974 US trombone, vibraphone | |
Dizzy Gillespie tr, 1917-1993 US trumpet | |
Doc Cheatham tr, 1905-1997 US trumpet | |
Jonah Jones tr, voc, 1909-2000 US trumpet | |
Lammar Wright cor, 1907-1973 US trumpet | |
Mario Bauzá sax, tr, 1911-1993 US trumpet | |
Russell Smith tr, US trumpet | |
Shad Collins tr, 1910-1978 US trumpet | |
The Cabaliers vocals |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Minnie The Moocher | Cab Calloway | Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill, Irving Mills | 3:16 |
2 | A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird | Cab Calloway | Emmet Wallace | 2:53 |
3 | St. James Infirmary | Cab Calloway | Joe Primrose | 3:19 |
4 | Pluckin' The Bass | Cab Calloway | Joe Eldridge, Roy Eldridge | 2:41 |
5 | Fifteen Minutes Intermission | Cab Calloway | Bette Cannon, Sunny Skylar | 2:49 |
6 | Do It Again | Cab Calloway | Kay & Sue Werner | 2:54 |
7 | Chop, Chop, Charlie Chan (From China) | Cab Calloway | Buck Ram, Cab Calloway, Jack Palmer | 3:01 |
8 | I Want To Rock | Cab Calloway | Buster Harding, Larry Clinton | 2:48 |
9 | Give, Baby, Give | Cab Calloway | Gladys Shelley, Irving Gellers, Otis Spencer | 2:3 |
10 | Twee-Twee-Tweet | Cab Calloway | Josef Myrow, Robert Maxwell | 2:45 |
11 | I Ain't Gettin' Nowhere Fast | Cab Calloway | Cab Calloway, Chappie Willett, Porter Grainger | 2:47 |
12 | Abi Gezunt (A Bee Gezindt) | Cab Calloway | Abraham Ellstein, Itzik Manger, Molly Picon | 2:52 |
13 | Tarzan Of Harlem | Cab Calloway | Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, Lupin Fien | 2:49 |
14 | My Gal | Cab Calloway | Al Bernard | 2:39 |
15 | For The Last Time I Cried Over You | Cab Calloway | Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, Jack Palmer | 2:50 |
16 | Jiveformation Please | Cab Calloway | Buck Ram, Irving Mills, Lupin Fien | 2:30 |
17 | I'll Be Around | Cab Calloway | Alec Wilder | 3:04 |
18 | Chili Con Conga | Cab Calloway | Abe Tuvim, Irving Mills, Paul Baron | 3:01 |