alto saxophone Charlie Parker tracks 22, 23 bass Bob Kesterson tracks 7 to 12 bass Curly Russell tracks 3 to 6 bass Jimmy Butts tracks 17 bass Ray Brown tracks 1, 2 bass Slam Stewart tracks 13 to 16 bass Tiny "Bam" Brown tracks 18 to 21 bass Vic McMillan tracks 1 to 6 drums J.C. Heard tracks 7 to 12 drums Max Roach tracks 18 to 23 drums Roy Porter tracks 17 drums Stan Levey tracks 13 to 16 drums Zutty Singleton tracks 17, 19 to 21 guitar Arvin Garrison tracks 3 to 6 guitar Danny Barker tracks 14 to 16 guitar Slim Gaillard liner notes [compiled by], liner notes [annotated by] J.G. Calvados liner notes [translation] Mike Baillie tracks 10, 12 piano Argonne Thornton tracks 7 to 9, 11 piano Dizzy Gillespie tracks 14 to 16, 18 to 21 piano Dodo Marmarosa tracks 17 piano George Handy tracks 22, 23 piano Jimmy Bunn tracks 3 to 6 piano Sir Charles Thompson tracks 13 piano Slim Gaillard tracks 1, 2 piano Teddy Wilson tracks 3 to 6 tenor saxophone Dexter Gordon tracks 1, 2 tenor saxophone Flip Phillips tracks 13 to 16 tenor saxophone Jack McVea tracks 17 to 21 tenor saxophone Lucky Thompson tracks 3 to 6 trumpet Buck Clayton tracks 1, 2, 10, 12 to 17 trumpet Dizzy Gillespie tracks 22, 23 trumpet Howard McGhee tracks 8 to 10, 18 to 21 trumpet Miles Davis tracks 1, 2 vibraphone Red Norvo tracks 14 to 16 vocals Slim Gaillard tracks 14 to 16 vocals Tiny "Bam" Brown Record Company Blue Moon Producciones Discográficas Phonographic Copyright (p) Blue Moon (4) Copyright (c) Blue Moon (4) Copyright (c) Blue Moon Producciones Discográficas Phonographic Copyright (p) Blue Moon Producciones Discográficas Pressed By Tecval Recorded At WOR Studios Recorded At Bel-Tone Studio, Hollywood Recorded At Electro Broadcast Studios Recorded At Radio Recorders Recorded At C.P. MacGregor Studios WOR Studios, NYC on June 6, 1945 (tracks 1, 2). NYC on September 4, 1945 (tracks 3 to 6). WOR Studios, NYC on November 26, 1945 (tracks 7 to 12). Bel-Tone Studio, Hollywood, CA on December 29, 1945 (tracks 13 to 16). Electro Broadcast Studios, Glendale, CA on February 5, 1946 (track 17). Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA on March 28, 1946 (tracks 18 to 21). C.P. MacGregor Studio, Hollywood, CA on July 29, 1946 (tracks 22, 23).
Recording venues taken from online discographies at plosin.com and jazzdisco.org.
The date given on the CD for tracks 13 to 16 is likely wrong according to plosin.org. It lists the date as December 17, 1945.
Tracks 1, 2 are written by Red Norvo according to Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session - Budget Stash Records CD. Blue Moon lists S. Stewart for track 1 and just Smith for track 2. Track 13 is Dizzy Boogie. CD lists it as Dizzy's Boogie. Track 15 is Popity Pop, CD lists it as Poppity Pop. It's written by Slim Gaillard. CD lists it as by Gaillard and Stewart. Track 16 is also written by Slim Gaillard. CD also lists it as by Gaillard and Stewart.
Some track information taken from plosin.com and Dizzy Boogie / Popity Pop - Bel-Tone Records (78 RPM).