Knockin' Myself Out: 1927-1951

Original Release Date:  April 12, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. A Worried Woman's Blues
• 2. Do What You Did Last Night
• 3. Jubilee
• 4. Sub-Deb Blues
• 5. Someday Sweetheart
• 6. It's Square But It Rocks
• 7. Fortune Tellin' Man
• 8. He May Be Your Man
• 9. Be-Baba-Leba
• 10. See See Rider
• 11. Be Ba Ba le Ba Boogie
• 12. Jet Propelled Papa
• 13. They Raided the Joint
• 14. Flippity Flop Flop
• 15. Today I Sing the Blues
• 16. Married Man Blues
• 17. This Love of Mine
• 18. Helen's Advice
• 19. Knockin' Myself Out
• 20. Airplane Blues
• 21. Livin' My Life My Way

Credits

• Lonnie Johnson: Guitar
• Little Johnny Taylor: Composer
• Frank Sinatra: Composer
• Hoagy Carmichael: Composer
• Bill Doggett: Piano
• Paul Bascomb: Sax (Tenor)
• Count Basie: Piano, Composer
• Buck Clayton: Trumpet
• Harry "Sweets" Edison: Trumpet
• Leonard Feather: Piano
• Dexter Gordon: Sax (Tenor)
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Chico Hamilton: Drums
• Helen Humes: Composer, Vocals
• Harry James: Trumpet
• Jo Jones: Drums
• Louis Jordan: Composer
• Mundell Lowe: Guitar
• Oscar Pettiford: Bass
• Marshall Royal: Sax (Alto)
• Al Sears: Composer
• Tab Smith: Sax (Alto)
• Buddy Tate: Sax (Tenor)
• Cootie Williams: Composer
• Lester Young: Sax (Tenor)
• Irving Ashby: Guitar
• Dave Barbour: Guitar
• Pete Candoli: Trumpet
• Herbie Fields: Sax (Soprano)
• Edmond Hall: Clarinet
• Freddie Slack: Composer
• Chuck Wayne: Guitar
• Bill Davis: Composer
• Leon Bibb: Bass
• Dan Burley: Composer
• Andy Razaf: Composer
• Rudy Williams: Sax (Tenor)
• Britt Woodman: Trombone
• Al McKibbon: Composer
• John Hardee: Sax (Tenor)
• Walter Page: Bass
• Ma Rainey: Composer
• Jack McVea: Sax (Baritone)
• Stanley Adams: Composer
• Eddie Beal: Piano
• Denzil Best: Drums
• Oscar Lee Bradley: Drums
• Scoville Brown: Clarinet
• Jimmy Bunn: Piano
• Robert Butler: Trumpet
• Jimmy Butts: Bass
• Red Callender: Bass
• Shad Collins: Trumpet
• J. Fred Coots: Composer
• Vic Dickenson: Trombone
• Eddie Durham: Trombone
• Herschel Evans: Sax (Tenor)
• Charles Harris: Drums
• J.C. Heard: Drums
• J.C. Johnson: Piano, Composer
• Al Killian: Trumpet
• Wayne Knight: Photo Courtesy
• Meade "Lux" Lewis: Piano
• Skip Martin: Composer
• George Matthews: Trombone
• Dan Minor: Trombone
• Henry W. Sanicola, Jr.: Composer
• Deloise Searcy: Piano
• Carl Sigman: Composer
• Maurice Simon: Sax (Baritone)
• Jess Stacy: Piano
• Jack Trainor: Trumpet
• Elmer Warner: Guitar
• Earle Warren: Sax (Alto)
• Jack Washington: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Dicky Wells: Trombone
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• Scott Yanow: Liner Notes, Compilation
• Earnest Thompson: Sax (Baritone)
• Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis: Sax (Tenor)
• Bobby Stark: Trumpet
• Ed Lewis: Trumpet
• Curtis Lewis: Composer
• Henry Bridges: Sax (Tenor)
• Alfred Moore: Bass
• Benny Morton's All Stars: Trombone
• Jimmy Rudd: Bass
• Geechie Smith: Trumpet
• Ram Ramirez: Piano
• Ernie Freeman Combo: Piano
• Modesty Marie Sablan: Design
• John Anderson: Trumpet
• Henry Tucker Green: Drums
• Sol Parker: Composer
• Wm. D. Tennant: Executive Producer