The Epic and Prestige Sessions (FSR-CD 935)

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The Epic and Prestige Sessions

Fresh Sound Records

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ABS 151461

FSR-CD 935

JAZZ

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The Epic and Prestige Sessions

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INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

The Epic and Prestige sessions here captured all the spirit, humor and inventiveness of the Joe Carroll voice. They are entirely illustrative of the extrovert, jumping, freewheeling ways indelibly associated with him over the years. He jives and scats through an excellent collection of bop-styled arrangements of well-known standards and classic bop tunes, graced with some fine blowing by such jazz greats as Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Seldon Powell, Ray Bryant, Hank Jones and his friend Bill Graham, coauthor with Joe of the popular ditty Oo-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee.

PERSONNEL:

JOE CARROLL Carroll, vocals on all tracks, with:

ON THE EPIC SESSIONS:
[2,4,9,11: Jim Oliver, tenor sax; Ray Bryant, piano; James Rowser, bass; Charles Blackwell, drums.
Recorded in New York City, April 6, 1956.

[3,6,10,12]: Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Seldon Powell, tenor sax; Ray Bryant, piano;
Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Recorded in New York City, May 1, 1956.

[1,5,7,8]: Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, trombones; Hank Jones, piano;
Oscar Pettiford, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Recorded in New York City, May 18, 1956

ON THE PRESTIGE SESSIONS:
Bill Graham, baritone sax; Ed Swanton, piano; Peck Morrison, bass; Al Jones, drums.
Recorded in New York City, December 30, 1952.

ON THE VOGUE SESSIONS:
[17 & 18]: Bill Graham, baritone sax; Wade Legge, piano; Lou Hackney, bass;
Al Jones, drums. Recorded in Paris, February 28, 1953.

[19-21]: Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocals; Nat Peck, trombone; Wade Legge, piano;
Lou Hackney, bass; Al Jones, drums. Recorded in Paris, February 22, 1953

ON BONUS TRACKS:
[22 & 23]: Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocals; Bill Graham, baritone sax;
Milt Jackson, vibes & piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Jones, drums.
Recorded in New York, February 29, 1952.

[24-27]: Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet, vocals; Bill Graham, baritone sax; Wynton Kelly, piano;
Bernie Griggs, bass; Al Jones, drums. Recorded in New York, July 18, 1952.

SOURCES:

Tracks [1-12], from the album “Joe Carroll” (Epic LN 3272)
Tracks [13 & 15], from the 78 rpm Prestige 829
Tracks [14 & 16], from the 78 rpm Prestige 861
Tracks [17 & 18], from the 78 rpm Vogue V3307
Tracks [19-21], from the 10” LP “D. Gillespie – Jazz Time Paris, Vol. 1” (Vogue LD132)
Track [22], from the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 78 rpm Atlantic 1011
Track [23], from the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet 78 rpm Atlantic 966
Tracks [24 & 26], from the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 78 rpm Dee Gee 3605
Track [25], from the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 78 rpm Dee Gee 3607
Track [27], from the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet 78 rpm Dee Gee 3603

TRACKS:

01. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
02. Qu’est-que-ce (Carroll-Graham) 2:41
03. It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
04. Route 66
05. St. Louis Blues
06. School Days
07. Jump Ditty
08. Jeepers Creepers
09. Oo-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee
10. Oh, Lady Be Good
11. One Is Never Too Old to Swing
12. Honeysuckle Rose
13. I Was in the Mood
14. Pennies from Heaven
15. Have You Got a Penny, Benny?
16. Two Wrongs Won’t Make It Right
17. My Blue Heaven
18. Sweet Sue, Just You
19. Clappin’ Rhythm (I Got Rhythm)
20. In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee
21. Always
22. Groovin’ the Nursery Rhymes (*)
23. This Is Happiness (*)
24. Blue Skies (*)
25. Umbrella Man (*)
26. Pop’s Confessin’ (*)
27. Oo-Shoo-Bee-Doo-Bee (*)