Illinois Jacquet

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This release contains the complete album Swing’s the Thing (Verve MGV-8023), recorded in Los Angeles on October 16, 1956, and featuring Illinois Jacquet in a sextet with Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones. As a bonus, the LP Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Verve MGV-8061), showcasing Jacquet in a septet format with organist Gerald Wiggins, pianist Carl Perkins, and trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison. This album appears here on CD for the first time in its entirety, To fill out this edition, two rare tracks also featuring Jacquet with Carl Perkins have also been added.

PERSONNEL:

ILLINOIS JACQUET, tenor sax
ROY ELDRIDGE, trumpet
JIMMY JONES, piano
RAY BROWN, bass
HERB ELLIS, guitar
JO JONES, drums.

Los Angeles, October 16, 1956.

[7-14] BONUS ALBUM: ILLINOIS JACQUET AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Illinois Jacquet (ts); Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp);
Gerald Wiggins (org; out on 10); Carl Perkins (p; out on 8)
Irving Ashby (g); Curtis Counce (b);, Albert Bartee (d).
Los Angeles, November 3, 1955.

[15-16] BONUS TRACKS:
Illinois Jacquet (ts), Carl Perkins (p), Oscar Moore (g),
Red Callender (b), J. C. Heard (d). Los Angeles, January 18, 1951.

TRACKS:

01) Las Vegas Blues
02) Harlem Nocturne
03) Can’t We Be Friends?
04) Achtung
05) Have You Met Miss Jones?
06) Lullaby Of The Leaves
07) Honeysuckle Rose*
08) Cool Bill*
09) Learnin’ The Blues **
10) Stardust *
11) Our Love Is Here To Stay*
12) Empathy*
13) East Of The Sun*
14) Sophia*
15) Speedliner***
16) Pastel***

TOTAL TIME: 77:05
** On CD for the first time ever!