Mr. Minnie the Moocher

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Calloway Boogie
• 1
  Minnie the Moocher
  4:29
• 2
  Born to Be Happy
  2:23
• 3
  Tzotskele (My Darling)
  3:33
• 4
  Sinful
  2:00
• 5
  Beginnin’ of Sinnin’
  2:22
• 6
  Sweeter Than Sweet
  4:43
• 7
  Never Had It So Good
  2:26
• 8
  Copper Coloured Gal
  2:08
• 9
  I’ve Got the World on a String
  3:32
• 10
  She’s Tall, She’s Tan, She’s Terrific
  1:56
• 11
  Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
  3:02
• 12
  St James Infirmary
  2:22
• 13
  Boo-Wah Boo-Wah
  2:49
• 14
  Everybody Eats When the Come to My House
  2:46
• 15
  Are You Hep to the Jive?
  2:50
• 16
  The Calloway Boogie
  3:04
• 17
  Papa’s in Bed With His Britches On
  2:32
• 18
  What’s Buzzin’ Cousin?
  2:42
  4.0 ★
• CD 2: The Scat Song
• 1
  Twee-Twee-Tweet
  2:45
• 2
  Come on With the Come On
  2:55
• 3
  Chant of the Jungle
  3:22
• 4
  Oh! Grampa
  3:03
• 5
  The Jungle King (You Ain’t Done a Doggone Thing)
  3:15
• 6
  Don’t Falter at the Altar
  2:44
• 7
  Who’s Yehoodi?
  3:10
  2.0 ★
• 8
  A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird
  2:53
• 9
  Tarzan of Harlem
  2:48
• 10
  Boog It
  2:56
• 11
  Foo a Little Bally-Hoo
  3:01
• 12
  Manhattan Jam
  2:35
• 13
  Harlem Hospitality
  2:38
• 14
  Harlem Camp Meeting
  3:08
• 15
  Zah Zuh Zaz
  3:26
• 16
  The Scat Song
  2:46
• 17
  Kickin’ the Gong Around
  3:24
• 18
  Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz
  3:14
• CD 3: Hep Cat’s Love Song
• 1
  You Are the One in My Heart
  3:10
• 2
  Are You All Reet?
  3:04
• 3
  Ebony Silhouette
  2:47
• 4
  Hep Cat’s Love Song
  3:03
• 5
  Jonah Joins the Cab
  2:33
• 6
  Geechy Joe
  3:07
• 7
  Special Delivery
  2:57
• 8
  Take the A Train
  3:03
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Chattanooga Choo Choo
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 10
  My Gal
  2:41
• 11
  We Go Well Together
  3:06
• 12
  Hey, Doc!
  3:16
• 13
  I See a Million People
  2:59
• 14
  Conchita
  2:51
• 15
  Blues in the Night
  3:09
• 16
  Mrs Finnigan
  2:47
• 17
  Says Who? Says You, Says I!
  2:25
• CD 4: Hi de Ho Man
• 1
  The Mermaid Song
  2:46
• 2
  Who Calls?
  3:10
• 3
  Nain Nain
  3:15
• 4
  Tappin’ Off
  2:42
• 5
  A Smo-o-o-oth One
  3:08
• 6
  The Moment I Laid Eyes on You
  3:16
• 7
  Virginia, Georgia and Caroline
  2:33
• 8
  Lordy
  2:53
• 9
  I Want to Rock
  2:51
• 10
  I’ll Be Around
  3:08
• 11
  ’Taint No Good
  3:12
• 12
  Let’s Go Joe
  3:07
• 13
  Ogeechee River Lullaby
  3:36
• 14
  I Get the Neck of the Chicken
  2:45
• 15
  Honey Dripper
  2:56
• 16
  Hey Now, Hey Now
  2:55
• 17
  Hi de Ho Man
  2:58

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Are You Hep to the Jive?

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Best of Big Bands: Cab Calloway featuring Chu Berry

Best of Big Bands: Cab Calloway featuring Chu Berry 1993

Best of Big Bands

Best of Big Bands 1990

The Cab Calloway Story

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Some of These Days

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Release credits

• Al Gibson
  tenor saxophone [12-14]
• Al Morgan
  double bass [13-15, 18]
• Andrew Brown
  alto saxophone [2.15, 3.10], baritone saxophone [10], reeds [10, 13-14, 18], saxophone [1.13, 3.2, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 4.1-14, 2.2, 2.8, 2.10]
• Andy Gibson
  arranger [2]
• Arville Harris
  alto saxophone [15], reeds [13-14, 18]
• Benny Payne
  piano [4.1-14, 2.1-2, 2.8, 2.10, 2.13-15, 2.18, 1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16]
• Buster Harding
  arranger [17]
• Cab Calloway
  conductor [2.1-2, 2.8, 2.10, 2.15, 3.2, 3.10, 3.12, 3.16, 1.13], vocal [3.2, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 4.1-3, 4.6-14, 1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 2.1-2, 2.8-10, 2.13-15, 2.18]
• Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1.13, 2.1-2, 2.8, 2.10, 4.17, 3.2, 3.12, 3.16]
• Chappie Willett
  arranger [1]
• Chauncey Haughton
  reeds [1, 9]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [1, 9]
• Cozy Cole
  double bass [13], drums (drum set) [1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 4.1-14, 2.1-2, 2.8-10]
• Danny Barker
  guitar [4.1-14, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 1.13, 1.15, 2.1-2, 2.8-10]
• DePriest Wheeler
  trombone [1, 9, 13-15, 18]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [2.1-2, 2.8-10, 1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17]
• Doc Cheatham
  trumpet [13-15, 18]
• Eddie Barefield
  alto saxophone [15], reeds [13-14, 18]
• Edwin Swayze
  trumpet [13-15, 18]
• Harry White
  trombone [13-15, 18]
• Hilton Jefferson
  alto saxophone [4.1-14, 2.2, 2.8, 2.10, 1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17], reeds [10]
• Irving Brown
  reeds [12-14]
• Jaden
  remixer [17]
• Jerry Blake
  alto saxophone [10], reeds [1.13, 1.15, 4.1-11, 2.2, 2.8, 2.10, 3.2, 3.7, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17]
• Jonah Jones
  trumpet [3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 4.1-14]
• Keg Johnson
  trombone [3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 2.1-2, 2.8-10, 4.1-14, 1.13, 1.15]
• Lammar Wright
  trumpet [3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 4.1-14, 1.13, 1.15, 2.1-2, 2.8-10, 2.15, 2.18]
• Leon “Chu” Berry
  tenor saxophone [1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 2.1-2, 2.8-10]
• Leroy Maxey
  drums (drum set) [13-15, 18]
• Mario Bauzá
  trumpet [1.13, 1.15, 2.1-2, 2.8-10, 3.2]
• Milt Hinton
  double bass [4.1-14, 1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 2.1-2, 2.8-10]
• Morris White
  banjo [13-15, 18]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [1.13, 1.15, 2.2, 2.8, 2.10, 4.1-14, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17]
• Russell Smith
  trumpet [1-14]
• Shad Collins
  trumpet [1-14]
• Teddy McRae
  tenor saxophone [1-11]
• The Palmer Brothers
  choir vocals [2]
• Tyree Glenn
  trombone [3.7, 3.10, 2.2, 2.10, 1.13, 1.15], vocal [12]
• Walter "Foots" Thomas
  reeds [13-14, 18], tenor saxophone [4.1-14, 1.13, 1.15, 3.2, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12, 3.14, 3.16-17, 2.1-2, 2.8-10, 2.15]
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Issues

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  Mr. Minnie the Moocher

  4x CD
  29 July 2011