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1	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Written-By – Warfield*, Williams*	2:35
2	I'm Coming Virginia Written-By – Heywood*, Cook*	2:38
3	Four Or Five Times Written-By – Gay*, Hellman*	4:01
4	Wild Man Blues Written-By – Morton*, Armstrong*	3:19
5	Really The Blues Written-By – Mezzrow*	3:37
6	Summertime Written-By – Gershwin*, Gershwin*	4:05
7	Blues In Thirds Written-By – Hines*	2:56
8	Egyptian Fantasy Written-By – Reid*, Bechet*	3:00
9	Indian Summer Written-By – Dubin*, Herbert*	3:08
10	Dear Old Southland Written-By – Layton*	4:00
11	China Boy Written-By – Winfree*, Boutelje*	3:50
12	Strange Fruit Written-By – Allen*	2:32
13	The Mooche Written-By – Ellington*, Mills*	3:00
14	Mood Indigo Written-By – Bigard*, Ellington*, Mills*	3:14
15	What Is This Thing Called Love? Written-By – Porter*	3:29
16	Shake It And Break It Written-By – Qually*	2:55
17	Stompy Jones Written-By – Ellington*	2:48
18	You're The Limit Written-By – Smith*	3:10
19	Save It, Pretty Mama Written-By – Redman*, Davis*, Denniker*	2:53
20	Rose Boom Written-By – Hickman*, Williams*	2:33

Credits

• Bass – Elmer James (tracks: 5), Ernest Williamson (tracks: 13), John Lindsay (tracks: 17, 19), John Williams* (tracks: 6), George "Pops" Foster* (tracks: 10), Wellman Braud (tracks: 1 to 4, 8, 11, 14 to 16, 20), Wilson Myers (tracks: 9)
• Clarinet – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow* (tracks: 5), Sidney Bechet (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 7 to 9, 11, 14 to 17, 19, 20)
• Cornet – Mugsy Spanier* (tracks: 3, 11), Rex Stewart (tracks: 17, 19)
• Drums – Warren "Baby" Dodds* (tracks: 7, 17, 19), J.C. Heard (tracks: 1, 8), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 9), Manzie Johnson (tracks: 2, 5, 13), Big Sid Catlett* (tracks: 4, 6, 10, 14 to 16, 20)
• Guitar – Bernard Addison (tracks: 4, 16), Carmen Mastren (tracks: 3, 11), Charlie Howard (tracks: 9), Everett Barksdale (tracks: 2, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20), Teddy Bunn (tracks: 5, 6, 10)
• Piano – Cliff Jackson (tracks: 4, 5, 16), Don Donaldson (tracks: 13), Earl Hines (tracks: 7, 17, 19), James Tolliver (tracks: 1, 8), Meade "Lux" Lewis (tracks: 6), Sonny White (tracks: 9), Willie "The Lion" Smith (tracks: 2, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20)
• Saxophone [Soprano] – Sidney Bechet (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 20)
• Saxophone [Tenor] – Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow* (tracks: 5)
• Trombone – J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: 1, 8), Sandy Williams (tracks: 4, 16), Vic Dickenson (tracks: 13)
• Trumpet – Charlie Shavers (tracks: 2, 14, 15, 20), Henry "Red" Allen (tracks: 1, 8), Henry Goodwin (tracks: 13), Sidney De Paris (tracks: 4, 16), Tommy Ladnier (tracks: 5)
• Vocals – Wilson Myers (tracks: 9)

Notes

Recorded in:
New York, 28 November 1938 (No. 5)
New York, 8 June 1939 (No. 6)
New York, 5 February 1940 (No. 9)
New York, 27 March 1940 (No. 10)
New York, 28 March 1940 (Nos. 3, 11)
New York, 4 June 1940 (Nos. 4, 16)
New York, 8 January 1941 (Nos. 1, 3)
New York, 13 September 1941 (Nos. 2, 12, 18)
New York, 13 October 1941 (No. 13)
Chicago, 6 September 1940 (Nos. 7, 17, 19)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: SACEM / SDRM
• Matrix / Runout: / TECVAL WIS 612

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