This one’s for Tito: “All the Cats Join In”   A Buck Clayton Jam Session   Columbia Records   1956.   All of the Buck Clayton Jam Sessions were swinging affairs of the highest order!   These were some of the best musicians in the land, many having served Count Basie for many years.   Included with Trumpeter Buck Clayton are stalwart swing soloists Joe Newman, Joe Thomas, Billy Butterfield, and Ruby Braff on trumpets; trombonists Urbie Green, Benny Powell, Henderson Chambers, Trummy Young, Bennie Green, Dicky Harris, J.C. Higginbotham, and Tyree Glenn; altoist Lem Davis; tenors Coleman Hawkins, Al Cohn, and Buddy Tate; Julian Dash doubling on tenor and alto; baritonist Charlie Fowlkes; several rhythm sections with pianists Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Jones, Billy Kyle, Ken Kersey, and the forgotten Al Waslohn.

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