Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945 - Box Set 7CDs

Tracklist: 

CD 1

01. Caution Blues (Blues in Thirds) (3:01)

02. A Monday Date (3:20)

03. I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me (3:15)

04. 57 Varieties (3:17)

05. Sweet Ella May (2:45)

06. Everybody Loves My Baby (3:18)

07. Good Little, Bad Little You (2:36)

08. Have You Ever Felt That Way (3:05)

09. Beau-Koo Jack (2:50)

10. Sister Kate (3:07)

11. Chicago Rhythm (2:52)

12. Glad Rag Doll (3:00)

13. Grand Piano Blues (3:00)

14. Blue Nights (3:13)

15. Blue Drag (3:02)

16. Deep Forest (2:46)

17. Sweet Ella May (alternate take 2) (2:40)

18. Everybody Loves My Baby (alternate take 1) (3:16)

19. Everybody Loves My Baby (alternate take 2) (3:21)

20. Good Little, Bad Little You (alternate take 2) (2:35)

21. Beau-Koo Jack (alternate take 1) (2:51)

22. Sister Kate (alternate take 1) (3:07)

23. Sister Kate (alternate take 2) (3:04)

24. Chicago Rhythm (alternate take 1) (2:54)

25. Glad Rag Doll (alternate take 1) (2:45)

CD 2

01. Oh! You Sweet Thing (2:56)

02. Blue Drag (matrix B-12075) (3:02)

03. I Love You Because I Love You (matrix B-12076) (2:55)

04. I Love You Because I Love You (matrix B-12077) (2:52)

05. Sensational Mood (3:16)

06. My One Ambition Is You (3:48)

07. Love Me Tonight (2:36)

08. Down Among the Sheltering Palms (2:40)

09. Rosetta (instrumental take) (3:04)

10. Rosetta (vocal take) (3:08)

11. Why Must We Part? (2:48)

12. Maybe I'm to Blame (3:17)

13. Cavernism (2:53)

14. Blue Drag (matrix B-12075) (3:00)

15. I Love You Because I Love You (matrix TO-1181) (2:50)

16. I Love You Because I Love You (matrix B-12076) (2:59)

17. I Love You Because I Love You (matrix B-12077) (2:55)

18. Sensational Mood (alternate take B) (3:18)

19. Love Me Tonight (alternate take C) (2:42)

20. Love Me Tonight (alternate take B) (2:34)

21. Down Among the Sheltering Palms (alternate take B) (2:28)

22. Rosetta (instrumental alternate take D) (3:08)

23. Rosetta (vocal alternate take D) (3:04)

24. Why Must We Part? (alternate take B) (2:48)

25. Maybe I'm to Blame (alternate take B) (3:15)

26. Cavernism (alternate take B) (2:57)

CD 3

01. Take It Easy (2:47)

02. Harlem Lament (3:03)

03. Bubbling Over (2:59)

04. I Want a Lot of Love (2:40)

05. Just to Be in Caroline (2:51)

06. We Found Romance (2:38)

07. Blue (Blue Because of You) (3:04)

08. Madhouse (2:47)

09. Julia (3:03)

10. Darkness (2:41)

11. You Are the One of My Dreams (2:42)

12. Swingin' Down (2:51)

13. Flany Doodle Swing (2:45)

14. Pianology (2:37)

15. Rhythm Sundae (2:53)

16. Inspiration (2:53)

17. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me (2:53)

18. Honeysuckle Rose (2:53)

19. Harlem Lament (alternate take 2) (3:05)

20. Rhythm Sundae (alternate take 2) (2:52)

21. Honeysuckle Rose (alternate take 2) (2:54)

CD 4

01. Blue Skies (2:45)

02. Hines Rhythm (2:43)

03. Rhythm Rhapsody (3:05)

04. A Mellow Bit of Rhythm (2:54)

05. Ridin' a Riff (3:05)

06. Solid Mama (2:39)

07. Please Be Kind (2:54)

08. Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight (2:09)

09. Tippin' at the Terrace (2:22)

10. Dominick Swing (2:24)

11. Jezebel (3:10)

12. Jack Climbed a Beanstalk (2:06)

13. Indiana (2:05)

14. G.T. Stomp (2:45)

15. Ridin' and Jivin' (2:42)

16. Grand Terrace Shuffle (2:43)

17. Father Steps In (3:10)

18. Piano Man (2:39)

19. Hines Rhythm (alternate take 1) (2:43)

20. Rhythm Rhapsody (alternate take 1) (3:06)

21. A Mellow Bit of Rhythm (alternate take 2) (2:56)

22. Ridin' a Riff (alternate take 2) (3:04)

23. Solid Mama (alternate take 2) (2:39)

24. Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight (alternate take 2) (2:10)

25. G.T. Stomp (alternate take 2) (2:40)

CD 5

01. Riff Medley (2:52)

02. Me and Columbus (2:42)

03. XYZ (2:24)

04. 'Gator Swing (2:54)

05. After All I've Been to You (3:00)

06. Lightly and Politely (2:33)

07. Rosetta (3:10)

08. Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues (2:52)

09. Deep Forest (2:31)

10. My Heart Beats for You (3:06)

11. Number 19 (2:52)

12. Body and Soul (2:51)

13. Child of a Disordered Brain (2:39)

14. Wait 'Til It Happens to You (3:10)

15. Call Me Happy (2:41)

16. Ann (3:05)

17. Topsy Turvy (2:47)

18. Blue Because of You (3:20)

19. You Can Depend on Me (2:33)

20. Tantalizing a Cuban (2:59)

21. Rosetta (alternate take 4) (3:06)

22. Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues (alternate take 1) (2:45)

23. Child of a Disordered Brain (alternate take 1) (2:46)

24. You Can Depend on Me (alternate take 1) (2:32)

25. Tantalizing a Cuban (alternate take 1) (2:56)

CD 6

01. Blues in Thirds (2:57)

02. Blues for You, Johnny (2:53)

03. Ain't Misbehavin' (2:53)

04. Save It, Pretty Mama (2:56)

05. Stompy Jones (2:52)

06. Easy Rhythm (2:56)

07. In Swamp Lands (2:54)

08. I'm Falling for You (3:09)

09. Everything Depends on You (2:58)

10. Comin' in Home (2:51)

11. Jelly, Jelly (3:31)

12. Up Jumped the Devil (2:52)

13. Sally, Won't You Come Back (2:49)

14. Jersey Bounce (3:10)

15. Julia (3:10)

16. Southside (2:56)

17. On the Sunny Side of the Street (2:37)

18. My Melancholy Baby (2:33)

19. Blues for You, Johnny (alternate take 2) (3:00)

20. Ain't Misbehavin' (alternate take 1) (2:55)

21. Up Jumped the Devil (alternate take 2) (2:55)

22. On the Sunny Side of the Street (alternate take 1) (2:45)

23. My Melancholy Baby (alternate take 2) (2:36)

CD 7

01. It Had to Be You (2:44)

02. Windy City Jive (2:54)

03. Straight to Love (3:09)

04. Water Boy (3:09)

05. Swingin' on C (3:11)

06. Yellow Fire (3:05)

07. Somehow (2:59)

08. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (2:59)

09. I Never Dreamt (You'd Fall in Love with Me) (2:58)

10. The Father Jumps (2:36)

11. The Boy with the Wistful Eyes (3:11)

12. The Jitney Man (2:53)

13. The Earl (2:48)

14. You Don't Know What Love Is (3:25)

15. She'll Always Remember (2:31)

16. Skylark (3:12)

17. Second Balcony Jump (3:06)

18. Stormy Monday Blues (3:16)

19. My Fate Is in Your Hands (2:57)

20. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (2:44)

21. Honeysuckle Rose (2:54)

22. Squeeze Me (3:12)

23. Scoops Carry's Merry (3:01)

24. Satchel Mouth Baby (2:59)

25. Furlough Blues (2:51)

26. The Father Jumps (alternate take 2) (2:34)

Alto Saxophone – Lloyd Smith (5) (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25)

Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Lester Boone (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24)

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Toby Turner (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24)

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone – Omer Simeon (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20, 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25)

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Violin – Darnell Howard (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20)

Alto Saxophone, Vocals – Leroy Harris (tracks: 4-6 to 4-18, 4-23 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-18, 7-26)

Arranged By – Alexander Hill (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-17 to 1-19), Avery Robinson (tracks: 7-4), Bingie Madison (tracks: 6-7), Budd Johnson (tracks: 4-16 to 4-18, 5-1, 5-3, 5-9 to 5-11, 5-16, 5-18, 5-19, 5-20, 5-24, 5-25, 6-8, 6-19, 7-7, 7-14), Buster Harding (tracks: 5-15, 7-2), Cecil Irwin (tracks: 2-9, 2-10, 2-22, 2-23, 3-1, 3-4, 3-6, 3-11, 3-15, 3-19, 3-20), Earl Hines (tracks: 3-13, 3-14, 4-14, 4-25, 5-8, 5-22, 6-11), Ed Burke (tracks: 5-17), Eddie Durham (tracks: 7-5), Elmer Williams (tracks: 4-15), Franz Jackson (tracks: 6-10, 6-16, 7-6), George Dixon (tracks: 3-9), Gerald Valentine (2) (tracks: 7-12, 7-17), Hayes Alvis (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-20), Henri Woode (tracks: 1-15, 2-1 to 2-5, 2-14 to 2-18), Horace Henderson (tracks: 4-13), Jimmy Mundy (tracks: 2-13, 2-26, 3-1, 3-3, 3-4, 3-8, 3-17, 4-6, 4-23, 5-5, 5-6, 5-19, 5-24, 6-6, 6-12, 6-14, 6-21), Lawrence Dixon (tracks: 2-12, 2-25, 3-4, 3-5), Leroy Harris (tracks: 7-3), Louis Taylor (3) (tracks: 2-11, 2-24), Mort Maser (tracks: 6-9, 6-13, 7-1), Quinn Wilson (tracks: 3-2, 3-7, 3-19, 4-10, 5-4), Reginald Foresythe (tracks: 1-16), Rene Hall (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Robert Crowder (2) (tracks: 5-14, 7-18), Willie Randall (tracks: 4-3, 4-20, 6-12 to 6-18, 6-21 to 6-23)

Banjo – Claude Roberts (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24)

Baritone Saxophone – John Williams (14) (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25)

Bass – Gene Thomas (6) (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), John Lindsay (tracks: 6-2 to 6-5, 6-19, 6-20), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 7-19 to 7-22), Truck Parham (tracks: 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-10, 7-26)

Bass, Tuba – Quinn Wilson (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20, 4-1 to 4-18, 4-19 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25)

Clarinet – Sidney Bechet (tracks: 6-1 to 6-5, 6-19, 6-20)

Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Leroy Harris (4) (tracks: 4-1 to 4-10, 4-19 to 4-24), Scoops Carey (tracks: 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-14, 7-23 to 7-26)

Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Cecil Irwin (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-16, 1-17 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-12, 3-19), Ernest Williams (3) (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5, 4-19 to 4-22), Leon Washington (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5, 4-19 to 4-22)

Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Willie Randall (tracks: 3-13 to 3-17, 3-20, 4-1 to 4-12, 4-19 to 4-24, 6-6 to 6-11, 7-1 to 7-18, 7-26)

Drums – Alvin Burroughs (tracks: 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 6-6 to 6-11), Baby Dodds (tracks: 6-1 to 6-5, 6-19, 6-20), Chick Booth (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Oliver Coleman (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 4-19 to 4-24), Rudy Traylor (tracks: 6-12 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-14, 7-26), Wallace Bishop (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20)

Drums, Vibraphone – Benny Washington (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24)

Electric Guitar – Al Casey (tracks: 7-19 to 7-22), Rene Hall (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25)

Guitar – Claude Roberts (tracks: 4-6 to 4-18, 4-23 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25), Lawrence Dixon (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20)

Guitar, Electric Guitar – Skeeter Best (tracks: 7-15 to 7-18)

Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar – Hurley Ramey (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5, 4-19 to 4-22, 6-6 to 6-18, 2-21 to 7-14, 7-26)

Piano – Earl Hines

Tenor Saxophone – Franz Jackson (tracks: 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-10, 7-26), Jimmy Mundy (tracks: 2-9 to 2-13, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-12, 3-19, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-22), Kermit Scott (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Leon Washington (tracks: 4-6 to 4-12, 4-23, 4-24), Robert Crowder (2) (tracks: 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 7-11 to 7-18), Wardell Gray (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25)

Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Budd Johnson (tracks: 3-13 to 3-17, 3-20, 4-6 to 4-18, 4-23 to 5-6, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-24, 5-25, 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-18, 7-26)

Trombone – Cliff Smalls (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Druie Bess (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Ed Burke (tracks: 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25), Edward Fant (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5, 4-19 to 4-22, 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 6-23), George Hunt (tracks: 6-12 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-18, 7-26), Gerald Valentine (2) (tracks: 7-11 to 7-18), Gus Chappell (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Joe McLewis (tracks: 4-6 to 4-18, 4-23 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-18, 7-26), John Ewing (tracks: 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 6-6 to 6-18, 7-1 to 7-6), Kenneth Stuart (tracks: 3-13 to 3-17, 3-20, 4-1 to 4-12, 4-19 to 4-24), Louis Taylor (3) (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20, 4-1 to 4-12, 4-19 to 4-24), Nat Atkinson (tracks: 7-7 to 7-10, 7-26), Trummy Young (tracks: 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20), Walter Harris (2) (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), William Franklin (2) (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-16, 1-17 to 1-24, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-12, 3-19)

Trumpet – Arthur Walker (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Benny Harris (tracks: 6-12 to 6-18, 6-21 to 6-23), Billy Douglas (3) (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Charlie Allen (3) (tracks: 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20), Edward Sims (tracks: 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-22, 5-24, 5-25), Freddie Webster (tracks: 4-6 to 4-12, 4-23, 4-24, 7-1 to 7-6), George Mitchell (3) (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24), Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (tracks: 4-6 to 4-12, 4-23, 4-24, 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-18, 7-26), Jesse Miller (tracks: 7-7 to 7-18, 7-26), Leon Scott (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5, 4-19 to 4-22), Leroy White* (tracks: 6-6 to 6-18, 6-21 to 6-23), Milton Fletcher (2) (tracks: 3-13 to 3-17, 3-20, 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-22), Palmer Davis (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25), Ray Nance (tracks: 4-1 to 4-12, 4-19 to 4-24), Rostelle Reese (tracks: 6-6 to 6-11), Shirley Clay (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-24, 5-25), Shorty McConnell (tracks: 7-15 to 7-18), Tommy Enoch (tracks: 6-12 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-14, 7-26), Walter Fuller (tracks: 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 3-1 to 3-17, 3-19, 3-20, 4-13 to 4-18, 4-25, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25), Willie Cook (tracks: 7-23 to 7-25)

Trumpet, Baritone Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – George Dixon (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-9 to 2-18, 2-22 to 2-26, 3-1 to 3-12, 3-19, 4-1 to 4-18, 4-19 to 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-22, 5-24, 5-25, 6-12 to 6-18, 6-21 to 7-18, 7-26)

Tuba, Vocals – Hayes Alvis (tracks: 1-5 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-17 to 1-24)

Vocals – Billy Eckstine (tracks: 5-10, 5-14 to 5-20, 5-24, 5-25, 6-8, 6-12 to 6-18, 6-19, 7-4, 7-7, 7-11, 7-14, 7-18), Earl Hines (tracks: 1-8, 1-17 to 1-23), Herb Jeffries (tracks: 3-5, 3-7, 6-19), Ida James (tracks: 3-17, 4-1, 4-7), Laura Rucker (tracks: 5-2), Leroy Harris (tracks: 4-11), Madeline Green (tracks: 6-9, 6-13, 7-1, 7-8, 7-9, 7-11, 7-15), Ray Nance (tracks: 4-9, 4-12), The Mello-Tones (6) (tracks: 7-24), The Three Varieties (tracks: 6-9, 6-13, 7-1, 7-8, 7-9, 7-11, 7-15), Valaida Snow (tracks: 2-12, 2-25), Walter Fuller (tracks: 2-4, 2-6, 2-15, 3-5, 3-9, 3-11, 5-5), William Franklin (2) (tracks: 1-5, 1-6, 1-17 to 1-19)