Personnel:
Billy Byers (tb, arr), Bernie Glow, Nick Travis (tp), Urbie Green, Fred Ohms, Chauncey Welsh (tb), Phil Woods (cl, as), Jerry Sanfino (fl, as, cl), Al Cohn (cl, ts, bs), Moe Welscher (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Gene Orloff (vln)
Reference: 74321 43391 2
Bar code: 743214339121
Tracklisting:
01. Alone Together (Dietz-Schwartz) 3:20
02. The Tickler (Byers) 3:05
03. Billy Bones (Byers) 3:17
04. Chinese Water Torture (Byers) 3:48
05. I See A Million People (Sour-Carlisle) 3:45
06. Back In Your Own Back Yard (Jolson-Rose-Dreyer) 2:55
07. The Funky Music Box (Byers) 2:05
08. The Great Rationalization (Byers) 2:54
09. Sunday (Miller-Cohn-Stein-Kreuger) 3:30
10. Misty Osie (Byers) 2:48
11. Thou Swell (Rodgers-Hart) 3:32
12. You're Mine You (Green-Heyman) 2:48
Total time: 39:47 min.
Originally released on RCA Victor LPM-1269
Personnel on #3,4,8 & 10:
Bernie Glow, trumpet; Billy Byers, Urbie Green, Fred Ohms, Chauncey Welsh, trombones; Al Cohn, clarinet, tenor & baitone sax; Moe Welscher, celeste & piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Recorded in New York City, December 9, 1955
Personnel on #2,5,7 & 11:
Nick Travis, trumpet; Billy Byers, trombone; Phil Woods, clarinet & alto sax; Moe Welscher, celeste & piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Recorded in New York City, December 23, 1955
Personnel on #1,5,9 & 12:
Billy Byers, trombone; Jerry Sanfino, flute, clarinet & alto sax; Joe Venuto, vibes & marimba; Moe Welscher, celeste & piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Gene Orloff, violin; Alan Schulman, Lucien Schmit, Bernie Greenhouse, cello.
Recorded in New York City, December 30, 1955
All arrangements by Billy Byers
Liner notes: Leonard Feather
Photography: Lee Friedlander
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