Bobby Hackett

This release contains the complete recorded collaborations of Bobby Hackett and Zoot Sims, originally issued on two albums titled Strike Up the Band and Creole Cookin’.

This is the first time that either of these albums ever appear on CD.

Bobby Hackett (tp) and Zoot Sims (ts), on all tracks, plus:

[1-10]: Strike Up The Band:
Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Hank Jones (p), Richard Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d).
New York, August 3, 1974.

[11-21] Creole Cookin’: Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Cutshall (tb), James Morreale, Rusty Dedrick (tp), Jerry Dodgion (as), Pepper Adams (bs), Joe Farrell (ts), Bob Wilber (ss, cl), Wayne Wright (g), Dave McKenna (p), Buddy Jones (b), Morey Feld (d). Arrangements by Bob Wilber

New York, January 30, March 13 & May 2, 1967.

1. Strike Up The Band, 2. Blue Moment, 3. Full Circle, 4. Embraceable You, 5. Zoot’s Toot, 6. Ken’s Song, 7. These Foolish Things, 8. Teresa Be, 9. Bobby’s Tune, 10. What Is This Thing Called Love?, 11. High Society, 12. Tin Roof Blues, 13. When The Saints Go Marching In, 14. Basin Street Blues, 15. Fidgety Feet, 16. Royal Garden Blues, 17. Muskrat Ramble, 18. Original Dixieland One Step, 19. New Orleans, 20. Lazy Mood, 21. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans

Includes 12-page booklet

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