The Best of Joe Williams: The Roulette, Solid State & Blue Note Years

Original Release Date:  November 18, 1997

Track Listing

• 1. Every Day I Have the Blues
• 2. When Did You Leave Heaven?
• 3. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
• 4. Confessin' the Blues
• 5. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)
• 6. Alright, Okay, You Win [Live]
• 7. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry
• 8. Until I Met You
• 9. Cherry
• 10. If I Were a Bell
• 11. Goin' to Chicago Blues
• 12. I Was Telling Her About You
• 13. Alone Together
• 14. Hurry on Down
• 15. Sometimes I'm Happy
• 16. Lush Life
• 17. Roll 'Em Pete
• 18. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

Credits

• Frankie Laine: Composer
• Pepper Adams: Sax (Baritone)
• Count Basie: Organ, Piano, Composer
• Bill Berry: Trumpet
• Bob Brookmeyer: Trombone (Valve)
• Jimmy Cleveland: Trombone
• Richard Davis: Bass
• Harry "Sweets" Edison: Trumpet
• Jimmy Forrest: Sax (Tenor)
• Freddie Green: Guitar
• Al Grey: Trombone
• Budd Johnson: Sax (Tenor)
• Hank Jones: Piano
• Thad Jones: Trumpet, Arranger
• Jimmy Knepper: Trombone
• Mel Lewis: Drums
• Jay McShann: Composer
• Billy Mitchell: Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Newman: Trumpet
• Jerome Richardson: Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Annie Ross: Vocals
• Marshall Royal: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Jimmy Rushing: Composer
• Ben Webster: Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Williams: Vocals
• Ike Isaacs: Bass
• Hugh Lawson: Piano
• Tommy Potter: Bass
• Seldon Powell: Sax (Tenor)
• Don Lamond: Drums
• Vincent Youmans: Composer
• Walter Brown: Composer
• Quentin Jackson: Trombone
• George Duvivier: Bass
• Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: Performer
• Garnett Brown: Trombone
• Irving Caesar: Composer
• Peter Chatman: Composer
• Sonny Cohn: Trumpet
• Henry Coker: Trombone
• Jimmy Crawford: Drums
• Eddie Daniels: Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Farrell: Sax (Tenor)
• Frank Foster: Arranger, Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie Fowlkes: Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone)
• Will Friedwald: Compilation Producer
• Norman Gimbel: Composer
• Roland Hanna: Piano
• Cliff Heather: Trombone
• Jon Hendricks: Vocals
• Sam Herman: Guitar
• Milt Hinton: Bass
• Lennie Johnson: Trumpet
• Clarence Johnston: Drums
• Jimmy Jones: Bass, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Harp
• Tom McIntosh: Trombone
• Jimmy Nottingham: Trumpet
• Sonny Payne: Drums
• Charlie Persip: Drums
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Benny Powell: Trombone
• Sarah Vaughan: Performer
• Frank Wess: Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• Danny Moore: Trumpet
• Eddie Jones: Bass
• John Anderson: Trumpet
• Count Basie Orchestra: Performer
• Dave Lambert: Vocals
• Sidney Wyche: Composer
• Mayme Watts: Composer
• Irving Reid: Composer