The Early Years: 1923-1942

Original Release Date:  August 3, 2004

Track Listing

• 1. Congaine
• 2. Skip the Gutter
• 3. Oh, Sister! Ain't That Hot!
• 4. Blues in Thirds
• 5. A Monday Date
• 6. 57 Varieties
• 7. Everybody Loves My Baby
• 8. Chicago Rhythm
• 9. Deep Forest
• 10. Down Among the Sheltering Palms
• 11. Cavernism
• 12. Madhouse
• 13. Bubbling Over
• 14. Pianology
• 15. Piano Man
• 16. Rosetta
• 17. Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues
• 18. Jelly, Jelly
• 19. On the Sunny Side of the Street
• 20. The Father Jumps
• 21. Second Balcony Jump

Credits

• Billy Eckstine: Composer, Vocals
• Earl Hines: Piano, Composer, Vocals
• Franz Jackson: Sax (Tenor)
• Budd Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Mundy: Composer
• Jimmie Noone: Clarinet
• Zutty Singleton: Drums
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Jimmy McHugh: Composer
• Harry Jackson: Alto, Trumpet
• Andy Razaf: Composer
• Trummy Young: Trombone
• Hayes Alvis: Tuba
• Louis Armstrong: Trumpet
• Wallace Bishop: Drums
• Lester Boone: Alto, Clarinet, Baritone
• Lew Brown: Composer
• Lawson Buford: Tuba
• Edward Burke: Trombone
• Alvin Burroughs: Drums
• Scoops Carey: Alto
• Shirley Clay: Cornet
• George Dixon: Trumpet
• Dorothy Fields: Composer
• Milton Fletcher: Trumpet
• William Franklin: Trombone
• Walter Fuller: Trumpet
• Darnell Howard: Alto, Clarinet, Violin
• Cecil Irwin: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Joe McLewis: Trombone
• Jesse Miller: Trumpet
• Jack Palmer: Composer
• Truck Parham: Bass
• Joe Poston: Alto
• Claude Roberts: Banjo, Guitar
• Bud Scott: Banjo
• Omer Simeon: Alto, Clarinet, Baritone
• Edward Sims: Trumpet
• Jimmy Strong: Clarinet
• Kenneth Stuart: Trombone
• Louis Taylor: Trombone
• Toby Turner: Alto, Clarinet
• Gerald Valentine: Trombone, Composer
• Benny Washington: Drums
• Leroy Snake White: Trumpet
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• Quinn Wilson: Bass
• Maurice McConnell: Trumpet
• Scott Yanow: Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
• Charles Carpenter: Composer
• Fred Robinson: Trombone
• Joe Watts: Tuba
• Reginald Foresythe: Composer
• Mancy Carr: Banjo
• Rostelle Reese: Trumpet
• Henri Woode: Composer
• Johnny Wells: Drums
• Edward Fant: Trombone
• Rudolph Taylor: Drums
• James Brockman: Composer
• Louis Dunlap: Composer
• Vance Dixon: Clarinet (Alto)
• John Ewing: Trombone
• Harry Williams: Drums
• Modesty Marie Sablan: Design
• Lois Deppe: Vocals
• Wm. D. Tennant: Executive Producer
• Abe Olman: Composer