Buck Clayton

· SIX-PANEL DIGIPACK COLLECTOR'S SERIE

· THE COMPLETE LP + BONUS ALBUM: The Huckle-buck and Robbins’ Nest

· 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

From 1953 to 1956, trumpeter Buck Clayton recorded a series of studio jam sessions for Columbia showcasing the leader along with some of the most important swing masters, such as Joe Newman, Ruby Braff, Urbie Green, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Tate, Billy Kyle, Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones, among many others.

Presented here in their entireties are the LPs Jumpin’ at the Woodside (Columbia CL-701) and, as a bonus, The Huckle-buck and Robbins’ Nest (Columbia CL-548), two of the best of those Jam Session albums.

PERSONNEL:

• BUCK CLAYTON, trumpet on all tracks, plus:

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL
• Ruby Braff (cornet), Joe Newman (tp), Woody Herman (cl),.
• Bennie Green, Urbie Green, Dick Harris (tb),.
• Coleman Hawkins, Al Cohn, Buddy Tate (ts), .
• Jimmy Jones, Billy Kyle (p), Freddie Green, Steve Jordan (g),.
• Walter Page, Milt Hinton (b), Jo Jones (d), among others.

New York, 1954-55.

(*) BONUS ALBUM [5-6]: THE HUCKLE-BUCK + ROBBIN'S NESTS:

• Buck Clayton, Joe Newman (tp), Urbie Green, Henderson Chambers (tb),
• Lem Davis (as), Julian Dash (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bar),
• Sir Charles Thompson (p, celeste), Freddie Green (g),
• Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d).
• New York, December 16, 1953.

TRACKS:

• 01 Rock-a-Bye Basie
• 02 Jumpin’ at the Woodside
• 03 Blue and Sentimental
• 04 Broadway
• 05 The Huckle-buck (*)
• 06 Robbins’ Nest (*)