Early Mr. B: 1940 - 1953

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Personnel: Billy Eckstine (vocals, valve trombone); Billy Eckstine; Budd Johnson (alto, tenor, tenor saxophone); Omer Simeon (alto, baritone, clarinet); John Cobbs, George "Scoops" Carry, Norris Turney, Sonny Criss, Sonny Stitt, Leroy Harris (alto); Franz Jackson, Gene Ammons, Jimmy Mundy, Lester Young , Wardell Gray, Bob Crowder (tenor, tenor saxophone); Willie Randall (tenor); Clifton Best, Hurley Ramey, Billy Bauer , Connie Wainwright, Claude Robertson, Hurley Ramey (guitar); John LaPorta (clarinet); Dexter Gordon, Arthur Simmons, Warne Marsh, Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone); Boonie Hazel, Tommy Enoch, Leonard Hawkins, Jesse Miller , Freddy Webster, Gail Brockman, Shorty McConnell, George Dixon, Hobart Dotson, Ed Sims, Raymond Orr, Leroy Snake White, King Kolax, Al Killian, Miles Davis, Ray Linn, Ed Sims, Leroy White (trumpet); Taswell Baird, Edward Fant, Walter Knox, Howard H. Scott , Chips Outcalt, Jerry Valentine, Kai Winding, Trummy Young , Claude Jones (trombone); Warren Bracken, Richard Ellington, Jim Golden, Linton Garner, John Malachi (piano); Terry Gibbs (vibraphone); Quinn Wilson, Truck Parham (bass guitar); Tim Kennedy, Max Roach, Art Blakey (drums); Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Harry Jackson , Milton Fletcher , Rostelle Reese, Roy Eldridge, Walter Fuller, Shirley Clay (trumpet); Edward Burke , Joe McLewis, John Ewing (trombone); Earl Hines (piano); Alvin Burroughs, Rudy Traylor (drums). Liner Note Author: Scott Yanow. Recording information: 02/13/1940-07/09/1953. EARLY MR. B: 1940-1953 is an excellent compilation that showcases one of the finest (and too often overlooked) vocalists of the era. Though historically overshadowed by female jazz vocalists like Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald and white crooners like Bing Crosby, Billy Eckstine's work stands the test of time alongside those contemporaries. Eckstine's rich baritone was combined with a delivery well suited to , blues, bop, ballads, and swing numbers, and the sheen on his talent has dimmed not a whit in the intervening years. This Jazz Legends set reinforces the fact, with its remastered sound, photo gallery, and informative liner notes. Most of all, though, it is the excellent selection of tracks here--each of which gives Eckstine's voice plenty of room to shine--that makes this a keeper.
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