Bobby Hackett

An extremely rare and long unavailable performance for the first time ever on CD! This splendid pack contains all broadcasts by the Bobby Hackett Sextet from the Voyager Room of the Henry Hudson Hotel, New York, between 1956 and 1958.

Personnel: Bobby Hackett, (crnt), Bob Wilber (cl, as, ss, ts, vib), Dick Hafer/Ernie Caceres (bs, ts), Dick Carey/Pinie Caceres (p), John Dengler (tba, bs) & Buzzy Drootin (d).

CD 1: 1. Allahandra, 2. It's All in Your Mind, 3. Perdido, 4. Spain, 5. Blues in the Closet, 6. Cottontail, 7. Fidgety Feet, 8. It Don't Mean a Thing, 9. Swing 39, 10. Handle with Cary, 11. Lullaby in Rhythm, 12. Holiday Hop, 13. I'm Beginning to See the Light, 14. Cornet Chop Suey, 15. Ill Wind, 16. Swiss Criss, 17. The Lady With the Lavender Hair, Total Time: 66:01 mins.

CD 2: 1. Whisper Not, 2. Morning Air, 3. The Seal, 4. I Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer, 5. Zig Zag, 6. Christopher Columbus, 7. Stardust, 8. Poor Butterfly, 9. It Don't Mean a Thing, 10. Sugar, 11. Muskrat Ramble, 12. Handle with Cary, 13. Basin Street Blues, 14. Spinning, 15. Tin Roof Blues, 16. Just One of Those Things. Total Time: 62:58 mins.