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Vanguard79602-2
1999
US
The Best Things In Life

The Best Things In Life

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'Tracks 3, 5, 6, 7 & 14 are from the album Out On A Limb (VRS 8506) circa 1956,
Quintet: Mel Powell, piano; Ruby Braff, trumpet; Skeeter Best, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Bobby Donaldson, drums

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 16 & 17 are from the album Thigamagig (VRS 8502) 1955,
Trio: Mel Powell, piano; Ruby Braff, trumpet; Bobby Donaldson, drums

Tracks 9, 10, 11 & 12 are from the album The Mel Powell Bandstand,
Featuring Joan Wile (VRS 8015) 1956, Mel Powell Band: Mel Powell, piano; John Glasel, trumpet; Jimmy Buffington, French horn; Mundell Lowe, guitar; Joe Kay, bass; Chuck Russo, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax; Eddie Phyfe, drums; Joan Wile, vocalist

Track 13 is from the album Mel Powell Septet (VRS 8004) 1953:
Mel Powell, piano; Edmund Hall, clarinet; Buck Clayton, trumpet; Henderson Chambers, trombone; Steve Jordan, guitar; Walter Page, bass; Jimmy Crawford, drums

Original releases produced by JOHN HAMMOND
Compilation produced by STEVE BUCKINGHAM
Musical consultant and notes by SAMUEL CHARTERS'[discogs]