The Fabulous Forties Volume 2 1944/47

(Mono) 'Tracks A1 to A6: May 10, 1947, WNEW New York City.
Tracks A7 to A9 and B1, B2: July 1947, Ciro's Restaurant, Hollywood, California.
Tracks B4 to B6: December 19, 1944 Carnegie Hall, New York City.

This unofficial release copies the mistake on other similar LPs by listing Eddie Barefield on trumpet, he played alto saxophone and clarinet in Duke Ellington's band.

Johnny Hodges is listed as playing soprano saxophone on the 1947 selections, but everything I have read says he gave up the instrument after 1940. I am listing it anyway until I get a chance to hear this LP again. Hodges is omitted from the credits to the 1944 Carnegie Hall concert, though he is listed on the Prestige 2 LP set of that same concert. None of the selections on this Rarities LP appear on the Prestige LP. Since his sound is so distinctive, it is unlikely that he is not present on these tracks.'[discogs]