King of Rhythm Session

Original Release Date:  December 7, 1999

Track Listing

• 1. Lil' Darlin'
• 2. The Kid from Red Bank
• 3. Port of Rico
• 4. Kansas City Side
• 5. Woolafunt's Lament
• 6. Up in the Blues
• 7. Learnin' the Blues
• 8. 9:20 Special
• 9. Swinging Back
• 10. Doggin' Around
• 11. It Had to Be You
• 12. This Year's Kisses
• 13. Freddie's Tune
• 14. Babe's Blues
• 15. Duet

Credits

• Ray Charles: Piano, Vocals
• Count Basie: Piano, Oboe
• Marcus Belgrave: Trumpet
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet
• Russ Freeman: Piano
• Paul Gonsalves: Sax (Tenor)
• Freddie Green: Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Al Grey: Trombone
• Illinois Jacquet: Sax (Tenor)
• Hank Jones: Piano
• Jo Jones: Drums
• Quincy Jones: Arranger
• Melba Liston: Trombone
• Billy Mitchell: Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Newman: Trumpet
• Nat Pierce: Piano
• Marshall Royal: Sax (Alto)
• Teddy Wilson: Piano
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor)
• Ernie Royal: Trumpet
• Quentin Jackson: Trombone
• Gene Ramey: Bass
• Manny Albam: Arranger
• Al Cohn: Clarinet, Arranger, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Tenor)
• Ray Brown: Bass
• Kenny Burrell: Guitar
• Clark Terry: Trumpet
• Kenny Clarke: Drums
• Henry Coker: Trombone
• Jimmy Crawford: Drums
• Wendell Culley: Trumpet
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis: Sax (Tenor)
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Duke Ellington: Composer
• Ernie Wilkins: Arranger
• Frank Foster: Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie Fowlkes: Sax (Baritone)
• Milt Hinton: Bass
• Gus Johnson: Drums
• Osie Johnson: Drums
• David "Fathead" Newman: Sax (Tenor)
• Sonny Payne: Drums
• Charlie Persip: Drums
• Benny Powell: Trombone
• Zoot Sims: Sax (Tenor)
• Frank Wess: Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• Eddie Jones: Bass
• Delores Vicki Silvers: Composer
• Tom Mitchell: Trombone