Personnel: Teddy Wilson (piano); Billie Holiday (vocals); Dave Barbour, Lawrence Lucie, John Trueheart (guitar); Cecil Scott, Tom Mace, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Grachan Moncur II, John Kirby (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Hilton Jefferson, Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Chu Berry, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Richard Clarke , Roy Eldridge (trumpet); Benny Morton (trombone); Cozy Cole (drums).
Audio Remasterers: Bj”rn Almstedt; John R.T. Davies.
Liner Note Author: Frank Driggs.
Recording information: New York, NY (07/02/1935-12/03/1935).
Photographer: Frank Driggs.
The Hep series of Teddy Wilson recordings has been largely superseded by the more complete Classics program. This release has 16 titles from Wilson's first four recording sessions as a leader of all-star bands (skipping his solo piano records). Since Billie Holiday has vocals on 14 of the 16 songs (every one except "Sweet Lorraine" and "Sugar Plum"); this material has been reissued numerous times, but the performances do contain their fair share of classics. ~ Scott Yanow
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