Plays the Blues

Original Release Date:  June 15, 2010

Track Listing

• 1. St. Louis Blues [1935]
• 2. Limehouse Blues [1935]
• 3. Limehouse Blues [1936]
• 4. P.B. Flat Blues
• 5. St. Louis Blues [1937]
• 6. Eddie's Blues
• 7. Big Boy Blues
• 8. Bill Coleman Blues
• 9. Fiddle Blues
• 10. Minor Swing [1937]
• 11. Stephen's Blues
• 12. Blues
• 13. Blue Light Blues
• 14. Farewell Blues
• 15. Solid Old Man
• 16. Low Cotton
• 17. Blues of Yesterday
• 18. Boogie Woogie, Pts. 1 & 2 [1940]
• 19. Limehouse Blues [1940]
• 20. Blues [Blues en Mineur]
• 21. Noël Blues
• 22. Swinging the Blues
• 23. Blues en Mineur
• 24. Blues Clair
• 25. Zuiderzee Blues
• 26. Blues D'autrefois
• 27. Uptown Blues
• 28. Uptown Blues [Live]
• 29. A Blues Riff
• 30. Blues
• 31. Minor Blues [1947]
• 32. Blues for Barclay [Take 2 Master] [Take]
• 33. Blues for Barclay [Take 1 Alternate] [Alternate Take]
• 34. Django's Blues
• 35. Blues Clair [1947]
• 36. Minor Swing [1947]
• 37. Blues Primitif
• 38. Blues en Mineur
• 39. St. Louis Blues [1947]
• 40. Minor Blues [1949]
• 41. Minor Swing [1949]
• 42. C Jam Blues [1949]
• 43. Minor Swing [1950]
• 44. Royal Garden Blues
• 45. St. Louis Blues [1950]
• 46. C Jam Blues [1950]
• 47. Boogie Woogie
• 48. Blues [Jam Session] [Version]
• 49. Blues
• 50. Blues for Ike
• 51. D.R. Blues

Credits

• Cat Anderson: Piano
• Count Basie: Composer
• Bill Coleman: Trumpet, Composer, Duet
• Stéphane Grappelli: Piano, Violin, Celeste, Composer, Duet, Quotation Author
• Johnny Hodges: Sax (Alto)
• Jimmie Lunceford: Composer
• Pierre Michelot: Bass
• Ray Nance: Trumpet, Violin
• Oscar Pettiford: Bass
• Django Reinhardt: Guitar, Violin, Composer
• Al Sears: Sax (Tenor)
• Eddie South: Violin, Composer, Duet
• Rex Stewart: Composer, Cornet
• Lawrence Brown: Trombone
• Taft Jordan: Piano
• Pinetop Smith: Composer
• Joe Turner: Piano
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Russell Procope: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Sonny Greer: Drums
• Alix Combelle: Clarinet, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Jean Aldegon: Sax (Alto)
• Fletcher Allen: Sax (Alto)
• Pierre Allier: Trumpet
• Michel Attenoux: Sax (Soprano)
• Harold Baker: Piano
• Tommy Benford: Drums
• Benny Carter: Trumpet, Composer, Sax (Alto), Orchestra Director
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Composer, Drums
• Max Blanc: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Philippe Brun: Trumpet, Composer
• Fud Candrix: Sax (Tenor)
• Harry Carney: Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone)
• Alex Caturegli: Trumpet
• H.P. Chadel: Drums
• Noel Chiboust: Composer, Sax (Tenor)
• Paul Cordonnier: Bass
• Bill Decker: Trombone
• Duke Ellington: Piano, Composer
• Eddie Durham: Composer
• Andre Ekyan: Clarinet, Composer, Sax (Alto)
• Hubert Fol: Sax (Alto)
• Pierre Fouad: Drums
• Nic Frerar: Trombone
• Maurice Giegas: Trumpet
• Frank "Big Boy" Goudie: Clarinet, Trumpet, Composer, Sax (Tenor)
• Roger Guerin: Trumpet
• Fred Guy: Guitar
• Jimmy Hamilton: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Len Harrison: Bass
• Shelton Hemphill: Piano
• Claude Jones: Trombone
• Pierre Lemarchand: Drums
• Gaston Leonard: Drums
• Gerard Leveque: Clarinet, Arranger
• Charles Lisee: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Willy Lockwood: Bass
• Francis Luca: Bass
• Paul Mares: Composer
• Lou Melon: Trombone
• Jerry Mengo: Drums
• Maurice Meunier: Clarinet
• Armand Migiani: Sax (Baritone)
• Robert Montmarche: Drums
• Janot Morales: Trumpet
• Bobby Naret: Sax (Alto)
• Andre Paquinet: Trombone
• Guy Paquinet: Trombone
• Benny Pauwels: Sax (Tenor)
• Nat Peck: Trombone
• Leo Petit: Guitar
• Jack Platt: Director
• Guy Plum: Sax (Alto)
• Leon Roppolo: Composer
• Alex Renard: Trumpet
• Hubert Rostaing: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Gianni Safred: Piano
• Marceau Sarbib: Bass
• Elmer Schoebel: Composer
• Lucien Simoens: Bass
• Emmanuel Soudieux: Bass
• Jerry Stephan: Trumpet
• Emil Stern: Piano
• Jean Storne: Bass
• Billy Taylor: Composer
• Jean-Louis Viale: Drums
• Maurice Vander: Piano
• Benny Vasseur: Trombone
• Eugene Vees: Guitar
• Fernand Verstraete: Trumpet
• Louis Vola: Bass
• Christian Wagner: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Michel Warlop: Violin
• Clarence Williams: Composer
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• Eugene d'Hellemmes: Bass
• Aurelio de Carolis: Drums
• Wilbur De Paris: Trombone
• York DeSouza: Piano
• Gerard Pochonet: Drums
• Paul Collot: Piano
• Louis Gasté: Guitar
• Maurice Gladieu: Trombone
• Charles Hary: Sax (Tenor)
• Robert Mavounzy: Sax (Alto)
• Robert Merchez: Sax (Alto)
• Carlo Pecori: Bass
• Jean Bouchety: Bass
• Eddie Barclay: Composer
• Michel de Villers: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Billy Taylor, Sr.: Bass
• Robin Gould: Trumpet
• Joseph Reinhardt: Guitar
• Ivon de Bie: Piano
• Ladislas Czabanyck: Bass
• André Jourdan: Drums
• Red Lacky: Drums
• Maurice Moufflard: Trumpet
• Ralph Schecroun: Piano
• Gus Wallez: Trumpet
• Larry Mann: Piano
• Philip Braham: Composer
• Douglas Furber: Composer
• Andre Cauzard: Trombone
• André Lafosse: Trombone
• Jo Boyer: Trumpet
• Pierre Deck: Trombone
• Charlie Lewis: Piano
• Gaston Moat: Trombone
• Jim Hayes: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Don Gardner: Trombone
• Eddie Bernard: Piano
• Roger Allier: Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Paulette Izoard: Violin
• Jean Liesse: Trumpet
• Louis Menardi: Trumpet
• Lucien Devroye: Trumpet
• Herb Bass: Trumpet
• Bill Bethel: Drums
• Charlie Blareau: Bass
• Vincent Casino: Trumpet
• Paul Jeanjean: Sax (Alto)
• André Persiany: Piano
• Sylvio Schmidt: Violin
• Pierre Foucault: Piano
• Jean Fourmanoir: Sax (Tenor)
• Jean Belloni: Tuba
• Alphonse Masselier: Bass
• Henri Aspar: Sax (Baritone)
• Jean-Claude Fohrenbach: Sax (Tenor)
• Daniel Dallolmo: Sax (Tenor)
• Pierre "Baro" Ferret: Guitar
• Georges Gay: Trumpet
• Louis Soen: Sax (Tenor)
• Matías Rinar: Editing, Preparation, Annotation
• Shelton Heath: Trombone
• Pierre Remy: Trombone
• Maurice Chailloux: Drums
• Bill Zickefoose: Sax (Tenor)
• Aime Barelli: Trumpet
• Bob Decker: Bass
• Andre Ross: Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Moser: Sax (Alto)
• Bernie Cavaliere: Sax (Tenor)
• Lonnie Wilfong: Trumpet, Arranger
• Ken Lowther: Sax (Baritone)
• Jean "Matlo" Ferret: Guitar
• Bernard Hulin: Trumpet
• Francois Vermeille: Piano
• Roger Paraboschi: Drums
• Robert Guinet: Sax (Alto)
• Raymond Wraskoff: Piano
• Raymond Goutart: Violin
• Pierre Martineau: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Nelly Kay: Vocals
• Marcel Siruno: Trumpet
• John Kirkpatrick: Trombone
• Jean Mauclaire: Trumpet
• Jean Heutchel: Trumpet
• Jacques Martinson: Drums
• Jack Boulterman: Composer
• Jack Any: Sax (Alto)
• Antoine Giaccardo: Bass
• André Llius: Sax (Tenor)
• Albert Piguillem: Trumpet