The Mercury All-Stars Jazz Combination
“Kid Ory – 1944”
Personnel:
Muff Carey – trumpet (ex. side 2, track 6)
Kid Ory – trombone
Jimmie Noone – clarinet (side 1, tracks 1-4)
Buster Wilson – piano (ex. Side 2, track 6)
Budd Scott – guitar
Ed Garland – bass
Zutty Singleton – drums
Wade Whaley – clarinet (side 1, tracks 5-6)
Barney Bigard – clarinet (side 2)
Fred Washington – piano (side 2, track 6)
Norman Bowden – trumpet (side 2, track 6)
Helen Andrews – vocal (side 2, track 4)
Orson Welles – “The Mercury Wonder Show” program host
Side 1
00:03 High Society (March 15, 1944)
05:12 Muscrat Ramble (March 29, 1944)
08:20 That’s-A-Plenty (April 5, 1944)
11:06 Panama Rag (April 12, 1944)
14:00 Jimmie’s Blues (April 19, 1944)
21:18 Sugarfoot Stomp (April 26, 1944)
Side 2
24:36 Savoy Blues (May 3, 1944)
26:45 Weary Blues (May 17, 1944)
29:25 Tiger Rag (May 24, 1944)
32:21 E-Flat Blues (June -, 1944)
36:06 Didn’t He Ramble (June 28, 1944)
38:43 Royal Garden Blues (July 12, 1944)