Class of '54

Digital Remaster

Tracks 1-8

Recording Date: 1954-09-07
Location: Boston, Mass. (USA)
Produced by: George Wein
Personnel: Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker (tb), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Count Basie (p,org-1), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (ds)

**originally released as "Joe Newman and the Boys in the Band" (Storyville STLP 318)

Tracks 9-17

Recording Date: 1954-09-02
Location: American Legion Park, Ephrata, Penn. (USA)
Recorded by: WLAN
Personnel: Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (cl,as), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (ds)