The Definitive Joe Williams

Original Release Date:  September 24, 2002

Track Listing

• 1. Every Day I Have the Blues
• 2. All Right, O.K., You Win
• 3. Please Send Me Someone to Love
• 4. Teach Me Tonight
• 5. Love Is Here to Stay
• 6. Singin' in the Rain
• 7. Party Blues
• 8. Roll 'Em Pete
• 9. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry
• 10. Goin' to Chicago Blues
• 11. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
• 12. I Was Telling Her About You
• 13. Alone Together
• 14. Until I Met You
• 15. Come Sunday
• 16. Who She Do
• 17. Ev'ry Day
• 18. Sometimes I'm Happy
• 19. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Credits

• Percy Mayfield: Composer
• Big Joe Turner: Composer
• Frankie Laine: Composer
• Pepper Adams: Sax (Baritone)
• Count Basie: Organ, Piano, Composer
• Bill Berry: Trumpet
• Bob Brookmeyer: Trombone (Valve)
• Richard Davis: Bass
• Harry "Sweets" Edison: Trumpet
• Ella Fitzgerald: Composer, Vocals
• Jimmy Forrest: Sax (Tenor)
• Freddie Green: Guitar, Composer
• Al Grey: Trombone
• Henry Johnson: Guitar
• James P. Johnson: Composer
• Pete Johnson: Composer
• Hank Jones: Piano
• Thad Jones: Trumpet, Conductor, Flugelhorn
• Billy Mitchell: Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Newman: Trumpet
• Jerome Richardson: Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Annie Ross: Vocals
• Marshall Royal: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Jimmy Rushing: Composer
• Norman Simmons: Piano, Arranger
• Joe Williams: Composer
• Dave Lambert: Vocals
• Jimmy Mundy: Arranger
• Tommy Potter: Bass
• Buddy Bregman: Arranger, Original Recording Producer
• Don Lamond: Strings, Drums, Woodwind
• Vincent Youmans: Composer
• Sir Charles Thompson: Piano
• George Duvivier: Bass
• Frank Loesser: Composer
• Nacio Herb Brown: Composer
• Lambert, Hendricks & Ross: ?
• Bob Badgley: Bass
• Joe Benjamin: Bass
• Norman Granz: Original Recording Producer
• Garnett Brown: Trombone
• Irving Caesar: Composer
• Sammy Cahn: Composer
• Bill Charlap: Composer
• Peter Chatman: Composer
• Henry Coker: Trombone
• Jimmy Crawford: Drums
• Henry Creamer: Composer
• Wendell Culley: Trumpet
• Michael Cuscuna: Executive Producer
• Eddie Daniels: Sax (Tenor)
• Gene DePaul: Composer
• Howard Dietz: Composer
• Ernie Wilkins: Arranger
• Sammy Fain: Composer
• Joe Farrell: Sax (Tenor)
• Frank Foster: Arranger, Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie Fowlkes: Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone)
• Arthur Freed: Composer
• Norman Gimbel: Composer
• Bill Graham: Sax (Alto)
• Roland Hanna: Piano
• Cliff Heather: Trombone (Bass)
• Jon Hendricks: Vocals
• Sam Herman: Guitar
• Milt Hinton: Bass
• Bill Hughes: Trombone
• Clarence Johnston: Drums
• Jimmy Jones: Piano
• Reunald Jones: Trumpet
• Irving Kahal: Composer
• Peter Keepnews: Copy Editing
• Gerryck King: Drums
• Ellis Larkins: Piano
• Sonny Lester: Original Recording Producer
• Tom McIntosh: Trombone
• Jimmy Nottingham: Trumpet
• Sonny Payne: Drums
• Charlie Persip: Drums
• Bob Porter: Original Recording Producer
• Benny Powell: Trombone
• Teddy Reig: Original Recording Producer
• Bill Roberts: Design Coordinator
• Arthur Schwartz: Composer
• Richard Seidel: Executive Producer
• Mark Smith: Production Assistant
• Frank Wess: Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Snooky Young: Trumpet
• Chuck Stewart: Photography
• Chris Sheridan: Liner Notes
• Eddie Jones: Bass
• Count Basie Orchestra: ?
• Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra: ?
• David Kreisberg: Original Recording Producer
• Miriam Cutler & Swing Street: Original Recording Producer
• Ron Berinstein: Original Recording Producer
• Lee Tanner: Cover Photo
• Hollis King: Creative Director
• Don George: Composer
• Sidney Wyche: Composer
• Jeff Willens: Mastering
• Mayme Watts: Composer
• Burton Yount: Photo Research
• Bryan Koniarz: Production Supervisor, Photo Research
• Sherniece Smith: Design Coordinator
• Richard Gene Williams: Trumpet
• Mantis Evar: Production Supervisor
• Count Basie & His Octet: ?
• Lewis: Drums
• Ken Druker: Executive Producer, Sequencing, Selection
• Jimmy Mundy Orchestra: ?
• Daniel Zaccagnino: Production Assistant
• Irving Reid: Composer
• Gordon H. Jee: Creative Director