MCA Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Little David The Goliath (1943-1946)
| Recorded | c. 1974 |
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| Label | MCA Records |
| Released | 1974 |
| Personnel | 84 credited players |
The record
A packed-alto front line frames this gathering of scattered wartime sides, showing the trumpeter bridging swing's big-band muscle with the quicker pulse of what came next. MCA's compilation catches him leading from the top of the horn, fire and precision intact.
Session personnel
- Andrew "Goon" Gardner — alto saxophone
- Christopher Johnson — alto saxophone
- Curby Alexander — alto saxophone
- Edmund Gregory — alto saxophone
- Joe Eldridge — alto saxophone
- Mike Doty — alto saxophone
- Porter Kilbert — alto saxophone
- Ray Ekstrand — alto saxophone
- Sam Lee — alto saxophone
- Albert B. Townsend — baritone saxophone
- Cecil Payne — baritone saxophone
- Dave McRae — baritone saxophone
- Ernie Caceres — baritone saxophone
- Billy Taylor Sr. — bass
- Carl Pruitt — bass
- Carl Wilson — bass
- Louis Carrington — bass
- Rodney Richardson — bass
- Ted Sturgis — bass
- Cozy Cole — drums
- Earl Phillips — drums
- Harold "Doc" West — drums
- Leon Abramson — drums
- Les Erskine — drums
- Melvin Saunders — drums
- Lucius Fowler — guitar
- Mike Bryan — guitar
- Napoleon Allen — guitar
- Sam Allen — guitar
- Buster Harding — piano
- Dave Bowman — piano
- Duke Jordan — piano
- Rozelle Gayle — piano
- Teddy Brannon — piano
- Tony D'Amore — piano
- Albert Green — tenor saxophone
- Charles Bowen — tenor saxophone
- Don Purvance — tenor saxophone
- Franz Jackson — tenor saxophone
- George Lawson — tenor saxophone
- Hal Singer — tenor saxophone
- Hank Ross — tenor saxophone
- Harold Webster — tenor saxophone
- Ike Quebec — tenor saxophone
- Tom Archia — tenor saxophone
- Walt Lockhart — tenor saxophone
- Al Riding — trombone
- Charles Greenlee — trombone
- Fred Ohms — trombone
- Fred Robinson — trombone
- George Robinson — trombone
- George Stevenson — trombone
- George Wilson — trombone
- Hal Matthews — trombone
- John McConnell — trombone
- Nat Atkins — trombone
- Richard Dunlap — trombone
- Sandy Watson — trombone
- Sandy Williams — trombone
- Ted Kelly — trombone
- Vic Dickenson — trombone
- Ward Silloway — trombone
- Wilbur De Paris — trombone
- Will Bradley — trombone
- Andy Ferretti — trumpet
- Bill Graham — trumpet
- Clarence Wheeler — trumpet
- Dave Page — trumpet
- Elmon Wright — trumpet
- Elton Hill — trumpet
- Gus Aiken — trumpet
- Henry Clay — trumpet
- James Thomas — trumpet
- Jimmy Maxwell — trumpet
- John Hamilton — trumpet
- Marion "Boonie" Hazel — trumpet
- Paul Cohen — trumpet
- Pinky Savitt — trumpet
- Robert "Cookie" Mason — trumpet
- Roy Eldridge — trumpet
- Sidney De Paris — trumpet
- Sylvester Lewis — trumpet
- Thomas Grider — trumpet
- Yank Lawson — trumpet
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1974 | MCA Records — MONO, STEREO |
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