The Big Band

Jimmy McGriff

Solid State

Subsequently released on Solid State and Blue Note as The Big Band: A Tribute To Basie and on Blue Note and, with the title Tribute To Count Basie, on Laserlight.

Tracks

• Hob Nail Boogie (Harding)
• Cherry Point (Hefti)
• Swingin' the Blues (Basie / Durham)
• Cute (Hefti)
• Every Day I Have the Blues (Memphis Slim)
• Blues Go Away (Wilkins)
• Avenue C (Clayton)
• L' Il Darlin' (Hefti)
• Splanky (Hefti)
• Slow But Sure (Albam)

• Jimmy McGriff – organ
• Burt Collins - trumpet
• Thad Jones - trumpet
• Markie Markowitz - trumpet
• Joe Newman - trumpet
• Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet
• Ernie Royal - trumpet
• Richard Williams - trumpet
• Wayne Andre - trombone
• Eddie Bert - trombone
• Paul Faulise - trombone
• Dick Hixson - trombone
• J.J. Johnson - trombone
• Tom McIntosh - trombone
• Tony Studd - bass trombone
• Frank Foster - saxophone
• Budd Johnson - saxophone
• Billy Mitchell - saxophone
• Seldon Powell - saxophone
• Jerome Richardson - saxophone
• Frank Wess - saxophone
• Kenny Burrell - guitar
• Barry Galbraith - guitar
• Thornell Schwartz - guitar (possibly on tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10)
• Chet Amsterdam - bass
• Richard Davis - bass
• Mel Lewis - drums
• Grady Tate - drums

All the tracks from this album were subsequently included on the 2-on-1 release:

• The Funkiest Little Band In The World / Tribute To Basie, Jimmy McGriff, 2009

• Jazz Collection, Jimmy McGriff, 1999