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Table of Contents:

• CD1. The swinger. Pussy willow ; The very thought of you ; Nasty ; The strollers ; Sunday ; Fair ground
• Mr. Swing. Love is here to stay ; Short coat ; Baby, won't you please come home ; Impressario ; Ill wind.
• CD2. Gee, baby ain't I good to you. Blues for Piney Brown ; Blues for the blues ; Blues for Bill Basie ; Gee, baby ain't I good to you ; You're getting to be a habit with me ; Taste on the place ; Moonlight in Vermont
• Sweets. Hollering at the Watkins ; Used to be Basie ; How deep is the ocean ; Studio call ; Love is here to stay ; K.M. blues ; Walkin' with Sweets.

Author/Creator:

Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 , instrumentalist

Contributors:

Forrest, Jimmy, 1920-1980 , instrumentalist

Jones, Jimmy, 1918-1982 , instrumentalist

Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 , instrumentalist

Benjamin, Joe, 1919-1974 , instrumentalist

Persip, Charlie , instrumentalist

Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 , instrumentalist

Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007 , instrumentalist

Kessel, Barney , instrumentalist

Ellis, Herb, 1921-2010 , instrumentalist

Brown, Ray, 1926-2002 , instrumentalist

Stoller, Alvin , instrumentalist

Rowles, Jimmie , instrumentalist

Mondragon, Joe , instrumentalist

Main Work:

Three classic albums plus [by Edison, H.]

Included Works:

Swinger

Mr. Swing

Gee, baby ain't I good to you

Subjects:

Jazz — 1951-1960

Trumpet with jazz ensemble

1951-1960

Jazz

Performers:

Harry Edison, trumpet ; with Jimmy Forrest, saxophone ; Jimmy Jones, piano ; Freddie Green, guitar, Joe Benjamin, bass ; Charlie Persip, drums (The swinger, Mr. Swing) ; with Ben Webster, saxophone ; Oscar Peterson, piano ; Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, guitar ; Ray Brown, bass ; Alvin Stoller, drums (Gee, baby ain't I good to you) ; with Ben Webster, saxophone ; Barney Kessel, guitar ; Jimmy Rowles, piano ; Alvin Stoller, drums ; Joe Mondragon, bass (Sweets).

General Notes:

Title from container.
Title from disc label.
Compilation of three albums, The swinger (1958), Mr. Swing (1958), Gee, baby ain't I good to you (1957), plus selected tracks from Sweets (1956).
From the collection of Rusty Rush.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 5022810303725
Publisher Number, Avid Jazz: AMSC1037

OCLC Numbers:

913491709