Harry Edison & Buck - Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton [New CD] Spain - I

• INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

• 16-PAGE BOOKLET

This release contains Harry Edison & Buck Clayton’s complete album Harry Edison Swings Buck Clayton and Vice Versa (Verve MGVS 6016), featuring both trumpet stars plus Jimmy Forrest on tenor sax. This was the only collaborative small group studio LP ever made by the two trumpet stars, who has spent more than a decade working together in the Count Basie orchestra. As a bonus, the only two alternate takes from the date; a complete session recorded that same year featuring Harry Edison paired with tenor great Coleman Hawkins, and a spirited Newport performance by a Buck Clayton small group also featuring Hawkins.

PERSONNEL:

• HARRY “SWEETS” EDISON trumpet
• BUCK CLAYTON trumpet
• JIMMY FORREST tenor sax
• JIMMY JONES piano
• FREDDIE GREEN guitar
• JOE BENJAMIN, bass
• CHARLIE PERSIP, drums

Nola Recording Studios, New York, October 16, 1958.

• BONUS TRACKS:
• [8-10]: Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Dick Hyman (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Marilyn Moore (vcl on 8 & 10), Jackie Paris (vcl on 9). New York, February 7, 1958.
• [11]: Buck Clayton (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts), J.J. Johnson (tb), Dick Katz (p), Benny Moten (b), Gus Johnson (d). Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 6, 1956.

TRACKS:

• 01 Memories For The Count
• 02 Come With Me
• 03 Critics’ Delight
• 04 Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Afternoon
• 05 Medley: It All Depends On You - Charmaine / Makin’ Whoopee - How Long Has This Been Going On?
• 06 Memories For The Count [Alternate Take]
• 07 Come With Me [Alternate Take]
• 08 Femininity
• 09 All The Time
• 10 Life Does A Girl A Favor
• 09 All The Time
• 11 Newport Jump

• TOTAL TIME: 71:46 Min.