Mildred Bailey ?– Her Greatest Performances 1929-1946 The Best of 3-LP BOX SET

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Mildred Bailey ?– Her Greatest Performances 1929-1946
Label:
Columbia ?– JC3L 22, Columbia Special Products ?– JC3L-22
Series:
Collectors' Series –
Format:
Box Set, Compilation, Reissue
3 × Vinyl, LP
Country:
US
Released:
1981
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Swing, Vocal
Tracklist
Volume I
A1 –Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band When Day Is Done 
A2 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Harlem Lullaby 
A3 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Love 
A4 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Shoutin' In That Amen Corner 
A5 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra There's A Cabin In The Pines 
A6 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Is That Religion 
A7 –Eddie Lang's Orchestra What Kind O' Man Is You 
A8 –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Junk Man 
B1 –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra O' Pappy 
B2 –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Emaline 
B3 –Mildred Bailey And Her Swing Band Someday Sweeheart 
B4 –Mildred Bailey And Her Alley Cats Honeysuckle Rose 
B5 –Mildred Bailey And Her Alley Cats Willow Tree 
B6 –Mildred Bailey And Her Alley Cats Squeeze Me 
B7 –Mildred Bailey And Her Alley Cats Downhearted Blues 
B8 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Long About Midnight 
Volume II
C1 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Rockin' Chair 
C2 –Red Norvo And His Orchestra Smoke Dreams 
C3 –Red Norvo And His Orchestra I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 
C4 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Heaven Help This Heart Of Mine 
C5 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Bob White 
C6 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Thanks For The Memory 
C7 –Red Norvo And His Orchestra Always And Always 
C8 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water 
D1 –Red Norvo And His Orchestra Week End Of A Private Secretary 
D2 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Don't Be That Way 
D3 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Rock It For Me 
D4 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By John Kirby's Orchestra* St. Louis Blues 
D5 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By John Kirby's Orchestra* Tain't What You Do 
D6 –Mildred Bailey And Her Oxford Greys Prisoner Of Love 
D7 –Mildred Bailey And Her Oxford Greys Barrelhouse Music 
D8 –Mildred Bailey And Her Oxford Greys Arkansas Blues 
Volume III
E1 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Old Folks 
E2 –Mildred Bailey And Her Oxford Greys You Don't Know My Mind Blues 
E3 –Mildred Bailey And Her Oxford Greys There'll Be Some Changes Made 
E4 –Mildred Bailey And Her Oxford Greys Gulf Coast Blues 
E5 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By John Kirby's Orchestra* Ghost Of A Chance 
E6 –Mildred Bailey Accompanied By Alec Wilder's Orchestra Hold On 
E7 –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra I Thought About You 
E8 –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Darn That Dream 
F1 –Benny Goodman And His Orchestra Peace, Brother 
F2 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra I'm Nobody's Baby 
F3 –Mildred Bailey And Her Orchestra Fools Rush In 
F4 –Red Norvo And His Orchestra Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry 
F5 –Mildred Bailey With The Eddie Sauter Orchestra* In Love In Vain 
F6 –Mildred Bailey With Conducting Ellis Larkins I'll Close My Eyes 
F7 –Mildred Bailey With Conducting Ellis Larkins Me And The Blues 
F8 –Mildred Bailey With Conducting Ellis Larkins Lover Come Back To Me 
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – CBS Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
Copyright (c) – Columbia Records
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Credits
Alto Saxophone – Bernie Bailey (tracks: A7), Buff Estes (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Frank Simeone (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Hank D'Amico (tracks: C1, C2, C3, C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, E1), Johnny Hodges (tracks: B4, B5, B6, B7), Leonard Goldstein (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Russell Procope (tracks: D4, D5, E5), Toots Mondello (tracks: E7, E8, F1)
Arranged By – Eddie Sauter (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Eddie Sauter (tracks: F2, F3), Hoagy Carmichael (tracks: A7)
Bass – Al Hall (tracks: F5), Artie Bernstein (tracks: A1, B3, E7, E8, F1), Artie Bernstein (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A8, B1, B2), Beverly Peer (tracks: F6, F7, F8), Grachan Moncur (tracks: B4, B5, B6, B7), Joe Kauchek (tracks: F4), John Kirby (tracks: B8, D4, D5, E5), Johnny Williams (tracks: D6, D7, D8, E2, E3, E4), Lou Shoobe (tracks: E6), Mike Trafficante (tracks: A7), Pete Peterson (tracks: C1, C2, C3, C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, E1, F2), Walter Page (tracks: C4)
Bass Clarinet – Carl Prager (tracks: E6, F2, F3)
Clarinet – Artie Shaw (tracks: B8), Buster Bailey (tracks: D4, D5, E5), Edmond Hall (tracks: C4), Frank Simeone (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Hank D'Amico (tracks: C1, C2, C3, F6, F7, F8), Izzy Friedman (tracks: A7), Jimmy Carroll (tracks: E6, F2, F3), Jimmy Dorsey (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6), Robert Burns (5) (tracks: E6, F2, F3)
Drums – Bill Beason (tracks: F2, F3), Bill Gussak (tracks: E6), Cozy Cole (tracks: B8), Dave Tough (tracks: C6, C8), Eddie Dougherty (tracks: A1, B3), Eddie Dougherty (tracks: D6, D7, D8, E2, E3, E4), Frank Vesely (tracks: F4), Gene Krupa (tracks: A8, B1, B2), George Marsh (2) (tracks: A7), George Wettling (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Jimmy Crawford (tracks: F6, F7, F8), Jo Jones (tracks: C4), Maruice Purtill* (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Nick Fatool (tracks: E7, E8, F1), O'Neil Spencer (tracks: D4, D5, E5), Specs Powell (tracks: F5), Stan King (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6)
English Horn – Mitch Miller (tracks: E6,)
Flute – Eddie Powell* (tracks: E6, F2, F3)
Guitar – Allen Reuss* (tracks: C6, C8), Allen Hanlon (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Arnold Covarrubias (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Barry Galbraith (tracks: F6, F7, F8), Dave Barbour (tracks: B8, C1, C2, C3), Dick McDonough (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A8, B1, B2, B3), Eddie Lang (tracks: A7), Floyd Smith (2) (tracks: D6, D7, D8, E2, E3, E4), Frank Worrell (tracks: E6), Freddie Greene* (tracks: C4), Freddy Sharp (tracks: F4), John Collins (2) (tracks: F2, F3)
Liner Notes [Introduction] – John Hammond
Liner Notes [Portrait I] – Bing Crosby
Liner Notes [Portrait II] – Irving Townsend
Liner Notes [Portrait III] – Bucklin Moon
Oboe – Mitch Miller (tracks: F2, F3)
Piano – Arthur Schutt (tracks: A8, B1, B2), Bill Miller (2) (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Billy Kyle (tracks: D4, D5, E5), Bob Kitsis (tracks: F4), Ellis Larkins (tracks: F5, F6, F7, F8), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Fulton McGrath (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6), Hoagy Carmichael (tracks: A7), Jimmy Sherman (tracks: C4), Joe Liss (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Mary Lou Williams (tracks: D6, D7, D8, E2, E3, E4), Ray Barr (tracks: E6), Teddy Wilson (tracks: A1, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, C6, C8, F2, F3)
Saxophone – Freddy Artzburger (tracks: F4), Jimmy Gemus (tracks: F4), Mickey Folus (tracks: F4), Sal Dottore (tracks: F4), Sammy Spumberg (tracks: F4)
Tenor Saxophone – Bus Bassey (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Charlie Lanphere* (tracks: C1, C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: A8, B1, B2), Francis Love (tracks: B8), Herbie Haymer (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Herschel Evans (tracks: C4), Izzy Friedman (tracks: A7), Jerry Jerome (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1, E7, F1, E8), Larry Binyon (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6), Chu Berry* (tracks: A1, B3, C6, C8)
Trombone – Al Mastren (tracks: C1, C2, C3, C5, C7), Bill Rank (tracks: A7), Eddie Bert (tracks: F4), Henderson Chambers (tracks: F6, F7, F8), Leo Connors (tracks: F4), Moe Nole (tracks: F4), Red Ballard (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Sonny Lee (tracks: A8, B1, B2), Ted Vesely (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Tommy Dorsey (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6), Vernon Brown (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Wes Hein (tracks: C7, D1, D2, D3, E1)
Trumpet – Andy Secrest (tracks: A7), Barney Zudecoff (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Bill Hyland (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Bon Kennedy (tracks: F4), Buck Clayton (tracks: C4), Bunny Berigan (tracks: A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B4, B5, B6, B7), Charlie Margulis (tracks: A7, A8, B1, B2), Charlie Shavers (tracks: D4, D5, E5), Gordon Griffin* (tracks: A1, B3), Eddie Sauter (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Irving Randolph (tracks: F6, F7, F8), Jack Kim (tracks: F4), Jimmy Blake (tracks: C5, C6, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, E1), Jimmy Maxwell (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Jimmy Salko (tracks: F4), Johnny Martel (tracks: E7, E8, F1), Manny Klein (tracks: A3, A8, B1, B2), Melvin Solomon (tracks: E6), Roy Eldridge (tracks: F2, F3), Stew Pletcher (tracks: C1, C2, C3), Zeke Zarchey* (tracks: C5, C7, D1, D2, D3, E1), Ziggy Elman (tracks: B8, E7, E8, F1)
Violin – Henry Whiteman (tracks: A7)
Vocals – Mildred Bailey
Xylophone – Red Norvo (tracks: A1, B3, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C8, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, E1, E5, F4)