The Best of Cab Calloway

Tracklist

• 1
  Aw, You Dog!
  2:56
• 2
  The Ghost of Smokey Joe
  2:48
• 3
  Tarzan of Harlem
  2:50
• 4
  Reefer Man
  3:01
• 5
  I Ain't Getting Nowhere Fast
  2:49
• 6
  I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
  3:17
• 7
  F.D.R. Jones
  2:22
• 8
  Queen Isabella
  2:46
• 9
  Swing, Swing, Swing
  2:44
• 10
  Black Rhythm
  3:14
• 11
  Jiveformation, Please
  2:32
• 12
  Mister Paganini - Swing for Minnie
  2:53
• 13
  Pickin the Cabbale
  2:48
• 14
  Beale Street Mama
  3:11
• 15
  Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
  2:26
• 16
  Kicking the Gong Around
  3:11
• 17
  Hi-De-Ho Romeo
  2:52
• 18
  Eadie Was a Lady
  2:57
  5.0 ★
• 19
  (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive
  2:51
• 20
  Minnie the Moocher
  3:14

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Best of Big Bands: Cab Calloway featuring Chu Berry

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Release credits

• Al Morgan
  double bass [6, 14, 18]
• Andrew Brown
  reeds [1-2, 7-10, 12-13, 15-17], saxophone [6, 14, 18]
• Arville Harris
  reeds [1, 6, 10, 14, 18]
• Ben Webster
  tenor saxophone [5, 9]
• Benny Carter
  alto saxophone [5], arranger [5]
• Benny Payne
  piano [1-2, 6-10, 12-18]
• Cab Calloway
  conductor [13], lead vocals [13, 16], vocal [1-3, 6-7, 9-18]
• Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [13]
• Charlie Christian
  electric guitar [5]
• Chauncey Haughton
  reeds [2-3, 7, 11-12, 15]
• Claude Jones
  trombone [2-3, 7-9, 11-12, 15, 17]
• Clyde Hart
  piano [5]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Cozy Cole
  drums (drum set) [2-3, 5, 11, 13]
• Danny Barker
  guitar [2-3, 7, 11-13, 15]
• DePriest Wheeler
  trombone [1-3, 6-12, 14-18]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [3, 5, 11, 13]
• Doc Cheatham
  trumpet [6, 14, 18]
• Eddie Barefield
  reeds [6, 14, 18]
• Edwin Swayze
  trumpet [1, 6, 14, 16, 18]
• Garvin Bushell
  reeds [8-9, 17]
• Harry White
  trombone [1, 6, 10, 14, 16, 18]
• Hilton Jefferson
  reeds [13]
• Irving Randolph
  trumpet [2, 7-9, 12, 15, 17]
• Jerry Blake
  reeds [13]
• Jimmy Smith
  double bass [1, 16]
• Keg Johnson
  trombone [2-3, 7-9, 11-13, 15, 17]
• Lammar Wright
  trumpet [1-3, 6-18]
• Leon “Chu” Berry
  tenor saxophone [2-3, 5, 7-8, 11-13, 15, 17]
• Leroy Maxey
  drums (drum set) [1, 6-10, 12, 14-18]
• Lionel Hampton
  vibraphone [5]
• Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5]
• Mario Bauzá
  trumpet [3, 11, 13]
• Milt Hinton
  double bass [2-3, 5, 7-9, 11-13, 15, 17]
• Morris White
  banjo [1, 10, 16], guitar [6, 8-9, 14, 17-18]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [13]
• Reuben Reeves
  trumpet [1, 10, 16]
• Shad Collins
  trumpet [2, 7-9, 12, 15, 17]
• Tyree Glenn
  trombone [13]
• Walter "Foots" Thomas
  tenor saxophone [2-3, 7-9, 11-13, 15, 17], woodwind [1, 6, 14, 16, 18]
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