The Alternative Takes: 1937-1949

Original Release Date:  September 23, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. Bag Pipe Stomp
• 2. Adam's Apple
• 3. Jump for Joy
• 4. The Blues in B Flat
• 5. My Gal Is Gone
• 6. Rockin' at Ryans
• 7. You'd Be Frantic Too
• 8. The Blues Jumped a Rabbit
• 9. Uncle Sam Blues
• 10. Pagin' Mr. Page
• 11. I Keep Rollin' On
• 12. Good for Stompin'
• 13. Blooey
• 14. Six, Seven, Eight or Nine
• 15. You Need Coachin'
• 16. These Foolish Things
• 17. Miss Martingale
• 18. Bloodhound
• 19. Texas and Pacific
• 20. I Got an Uncle in Harlem
• 21. The Hucklebuck

Credits

• Big Joe Turner: Composer
• Pearl Bailey: Vocals
• Earl Bostic: Sax (Alto)
• Danny Barker: Guitar
• Herb Ellis: Guitar
• Tiny Grimes: Guitar
• Pete Johnson: Piano
• Hank Jones: Piano
• Specs Powell: Drums
• Ike Quebec: Sax (Tenor)
• Slam Stewart: String Bass
• Buddy Tate: Sax (Tenor)
• Jack Teagarden: Trombone
• Lucky Thompson: Sax (Tenor)
• Fats Waller: Piano, Commentary
• Ben Webster: Sax (Tenor)
• Billy Butterfield: Trumpet
• Andy Gibson: Composer
• Lou McGarity: Trombone
• Benny Morton: Trombone
• Jimmy Blythe: Composer
• Carl Wilson: String Bass
• Walter Page: String Bass
• Abe Bolar: String Bass
• Jimmy Buxton: Trombone
• Don Byas: Sax (Tenor)
• Ernie Caceres: Clarinet
• Nick Caiazza: Sax (Tenor)
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Eddie Dougherty: Drums
• Skip Hall: Piano
• Clyde Hart: Piano
• George Jenkins: Drums
• Joe Keyes: Trumpet
• Lawrence Lucie: Guitar
• Tony Mottola: Guitar
• Hot Lips Page: Trumpet, Composer, Vocals
• Jack Palmer: Composer
• Jack Parker: Drums
• John Simmons: String Bass
• Henry "Buster" Smith: Sax (Alto)
• Ray Tunia: Piano
• Earle Warren: Sax (Alto)
• Lem Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Al Lucas: String Bass
• John Hartzfield: Sax (Tenor)
• Charles Edward Smith: Drums
• Ace Harris: Piano
• Gerhard Wessely: Remastering
• K.H. Rosenzopf: Cover Art
• Lannie Scott: Piano
• Harry Link: Composer
• Jack Strachey: Composer
• Holt Marvell: Composer
• Roy Alfred: Composer
• James Cavanaugh: Composer
• Jack Wolf Fine: Composer
• Johnny Guamieri: Piano
• Joseph E. Hirsch: Composer
• Jesse Brown: Trumpet
• Bair Bey, Vincent: Sax (Alto)