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1956 studio album by Buck Clayton
All the Cats Join In
Released 1956 Recorded December 16, 1953, March 15, 1955 and March 5, 1956
Genre
Jazz
Label
Columbia CL 882
All the Cats Join In is a song written by
Ray Gilbert ,
Eddie Sauter and
Alec Wilder , and first recorded by
Benny Goodman . It later was a track on an
LP with the same title by trumpeter
Buck Clayton .
Benny Goodman
Curiously, Goodman recorded this song three times. The first-released version, released after the
ASCAP boycott of 1944-1948, followed a version which was only put out later.
[1]
The third recording was for a segment of the 1946
Walt Disney film
Make Mine Music .
[2]
Clayton record
The
record album was subtitled 25 Star Jazzmen in a Buck Clayton Jam Session . It was recorded between 1953 and 1956 and released by
Columbia .
[3]
[4]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
Allmusic
[5]
The
Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Everyone plays at least up to their usual high level and the riffing behind some of the solos really generates a lot of excitement".
[5]
Track listing
"All The Cats Join In" (
Alec Wilder ,
Eddie Sauter ,
Ray Gilbert ) – 7:14
"
Out of Nowhere " (
Johnny Green ,
Edward Heyman ) – 7:03
"Don't You Miss Your Baby" (
Count Basie ,
Eddie Durham ,
Jimmy Rushing ) – 6:30
"Lean Baby" (
Billy May ,
Roy Alfred ) – 8:20
"
Blue Lou " (
Edgar Sampson ,
Irving Mills ) – 10:04
Recorded in NYC on December 16, 1953 (track 4), March 15, 1955 (tracks 2 & 5) and March 5, 1956 (tracks 1 & 3)
Personnel
Buck Clayton –
trumpet
Billy Butterfield (tracks 1 & 3),
Joe Newman (track 4) – trumpet
Ruby Braff –
cornet (tracks 1 & 3)
Henderson Chambers (track 4),
Bennie Green (tracks 2 & 5),
Urbie Green (track 4), Dicky Harris (tracks 2 & 5),
J. C. Higginbotham (tracks 1 & 3) –
trombone
Tyree Glenn – trombone,
vibraphone (track 1)
Lem Davis –
alto saxophone (track 4)
Julian Dash (tracks 1, 3 & 4),
Coleman Hawkins (tracks 1-3 & 5),
Buddy Tate (tracks 2 & 5) –
tenor saxophone
Charles Fowlkes –
baritone saxophone (track 4)
Sir Charles Thompson –
piano ,
celeste (track 4)
Ken Kersey (tracks 1 & 3), Al Waslohn (tracks 2 & 5) – piano
Steve Jordan (tracks 1-3 & 5),
Freddie Green (track 4) –
guitar
Milt Hinton (tracks 2 & 5),
Walter Page (tracks 1, 3 & 4) –
bass
Bobby Donaldson (tracks 1 & 3),
Jo Jones (tracks 2, 4 & 5) –
drums
References
^
"Second Hand Songs: copyright 2013-2020" . Retrieved September 12, 2020 .
^ Hischak, Thomas S.; Robinson, Mark A. (2013). The Disney Song Encyclopedia (2 ed.). Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 4.
ISBN
9781589797130 .
^ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Watts, R. and Eyries, P.
Columbia Main Series, Part 4: CL 800-899 (1955-1956) , accessed June 28, 2017
^
Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
^
a
b Yanow, Scott.
All the Cats Join In – Review at
AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2017.
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader With others
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader
Body and Soul (1939–56)/
The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956)
Disorder at the Border (1952)
The Hawk Talks (1952–53)
The Hawk Returns (released 1954)
Timeless Jazz (1954)
Accent on Tenor Sax (1955)
The Hawk in Paris (1956)
The Gilded Hawk (1956–57)
Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport (1957)
The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
The Hawk Flies High (1957)
Bean Bags (and
Milt Jackson , 1958)
Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1958)
Soul (1958)
The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
The Saxophone Section (1958)
Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959)
Hawk Eyes (1959)
Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with
Vic Dickenson and
Joe Thomas , 1959)
Very Saxy (and
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis ,
Buddy Tate ,
Arnett Cobb , 1959)
At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1960)
Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
The Hawk Swings (1960)
Jazz Reunion (and Pee Wee Russell, 1961)
The Hawk Relaxes (1961)
Back in Bean's Bag (and
Clark Terry , 1962)
Bluesy Burrell (with
Kenny Burrell , 1962)
Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
Desafinado (1962)
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1962)
Good Old Broadway (1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
Today and Now (1962)
Sonny Meets Hawk! (and
Sonny Rollins , 1963)
Wrapped Tight (1965)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
With others
Further Definitions (
Benny Carter , 1951)
All the Cats Join In (
Buck Clayton , 1953–56)
Jumpin' at the Woodside (Buck Clayton, 1954–55)
The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (
Dizzy Gillespie , 1939)
Blues Groove (
Tiny Grimes , 1958)
At Newport '63 (
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
Straight Ahead (
Abbey Lincoln , 1961)
2-3-4 (
Shelly Manne , 1962)
Monk's Music (
Thelonious Monk , 1957)
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (also Hawkins, 1957)
We Insist! (
Max Roach , 1960)
Ben Webster and Associates (1959)
Live at the Five Spot (
Randy Weston , 1959)
At Newport '63 (
Joe Williams , 1963)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Buck Clayton With others