Compil. US 1977 on Vanguard label
Jazz (Swing)
Sides A and B originally issued as The Jo Jones Special (1955 Vanguard), recorded August 11, 1955 (except for A4, recorded August 16, 1955) Sides C and D originally issued as Jo Jones Plus Two (1959 Vanguard), recorded April 30, 1958.
![]() | Jo Jones dr, 1911-1985 US drums, album by, written by |
![]() | Tommy Bryant b, 1930-1982 US bass, written by |
![]() | Walter Page b, 1900-1957 US bass |
![]() | Rudy Powell cl, as, 1907-1976 US clarinet |
![]() | Freddie Green g, 1911-1987 US guitar |
![]() | Count Basie p, 1904-1984 US piano |
![]() | Nat Pierce p, 1925-1992 US piano |
![]() | Ray Bryant p, 1931-2011 US piano, written by |
![]() | Lucky Thompson ts, 1924-2005 US tenor saxophone, written by |
![]() | Bennie Green tb, 1923-1977 US trombone |
![]() | Lawrence Brown tb, 1907-1988 US trombone |
![]() | Emmett Berry tr, 1915-1993 US trumpet |
John Hammond producer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Shoe Shine Boy (First Take) | Jo Jones | Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin | 5:51 |
2 | Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) | Jo Jones | Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez | 6:28 |
3 | Georgia Mae | Jo Jones | Jo Jones | 4:47 |
4 | Caravan | Jo Jones | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol | 3:58 |
5 | Lincoln Heights | Jo Jones | Jo Jones, Lucky Thompson | 7:46 |
6 | Embraceable You | Jo Jones | George & Ira Gershwin | 7:40 |
7 | Shoe Shine Boy (Second Take) | Jo Jones | Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin | 5:16 |
8 | Satin Doll | Jo Jones | Duke Ellington | 5:51 |
9 | Little Susie | Jo Jones | Jo Jones, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant | 5:19 |
10 | Spider Kelly's Blues | Jo Jones | Ray Bryant | 4:45 |
11 | Cubano Chant | Jo Jones | Ray Bryant | 4:00 |
12 | Splittin' | Jo Jones | Ray Bryant | 4:52 |
13 | Sweet Lorraine | Jo Jones | Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish | 4:38 |
14 | Bicycle For Two | Jo Jones | Tommy Bryant | 2:37 |
15 | Old Man River | Jo Jones | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | 6:40 |
16 | Sometimes I'm Happy | Jo Jones | Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans | 3:26 |