This may well be the first album to be issued entirely under Bolton’s own name. First up is material from a 1962 TV show, Frankly Jazz. Next are 2 tracks from a lost Pacific Jazz session and last up is some of the most interesting material on the whole CD - a performance by the Oklahoma Prison Band in 1980.

PERSONNEL:

DUPREE BOLTON, trumpet on all tracks, with:

[1-6] FRANKLY JAZZ:

CURTIS AMYM, tenor sax
DUPREE BOLTON, trumpet
RAY CRAWFORD, guitar
DOLO COKER, piano
VICTOR GASKIN, bass
RONNIE SELICO, drums

Los Angeles, November 1962.

[7-8] PACIFIC JAZZ SESSION:

EARL ANDERZA, tenor sax
DUPREE BOLTON, trumpet
HADLEY CALIMAN, tenor sax
ROOSEVELT WARDELL, piano
CLARENCE JONES, bass
CHUCK CARTER, drums

Los Angeles, June 30. 1963

[9-13] OKLAHOMA PRISION BAND:

DUPREE BOLTON, trumpet
MONTY BOYD, trumpet, flute
GENE SMITH, alto & tenor sax
PAUL BREWER, trombone
JOHN PEMBERTON, guitar
ELISHA MARTIN, bass
JARONE NELSON, drums
CALVIN BORDERS. MUCHAEL LARTIQUE, percussion

Tulsa, OK, July 1980

TRACKS:

01. Theme
02. Summertime
03. Katanga
04. Laura
05. Blues for Amy
06. Theme 2
07. Joe and I
08. Midnite Lament
09. Willie Monroe Narrator / Dupree Bolton Spoken Intro
10. Monk's Tunnel
11. John's Tune
12. Shackle Blues
13. Chano