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Calling All Bars by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

First released: 1940, Length: 2:47
1940-05-15, mx. 27295-1: Master take

Creators (19)

Conductor

  1. Cab Calloway (15 May 1940)

Orchestra

  1. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (15 May 1940)

Instruments

  1. Andrew Brown (15 May 1940) saxophone, reeds
  2. Benny Payne (15 May 1940) piano
  3. Cozy Cole (15 May 1940) drums (drum set)
  4. Danny Barker (15 May 1940) guitar
  5. Dizzy Gillespie (15 May 1940) trumpet
  6. Hilton Jefferson (15 May 1940) alto saxophone, reeds
  7. Jerry Blake (15 May 1940) reeds, reeds
  8. Keg Johnson (15 May 1940) trombone
  9. Lammar Wright (15 May 1940) trumpet
  10. Leon “Chu” Berry (15 May 1940) tenor saxophone
  11. Mario Bauzá (15 May 1940) trumpet
  12. Milt Hinton (15 May 1940) double bass
  13. Quentin Jackson (15 May 1940) trombone
  14. Tyree Glenn (15 May 1940) trombone
  15. Walter "Foots" Thomas (15 May 1940) tenor saxophone

Vocals

  1. Cab Calloway (15 May 1940)

Locations

Recorded At

  1. Liederkranz Hall (15 May 1940)

Releases containing this recording (13)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Most Important Recordings of Cab Calloway 1989 Cab Calloway
  2. The Chronological Classics: Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: 1940 1991 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  3. The Big Band Era 1995 Various Artists
  4. His Best Side 1995 Cab Calloway
  5. The Chronological Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Volume 2: 1935‐1940 10 Jun 2003 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  6. The Chu and Dizzy Years 2003 Cab Calloway
  7. A Proper Introduction to Cab Calloway: Zah, Zuh, Zaz 13 Apr 2004 Cab Calloway
  8. Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions 2007 Leon “Chu” Berry
  9. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Part 4/5: Bebop Story – A Musical Revolution That Radically Changed the Road of Jazz 24 Oct 2008 Various Artists
  10. Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway

Single

  1. Calling All Bars / Papa’s In Bed With His Britches On 1940 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra