Expédition Ool-YA-Koo by Various Artists NEUF

Tracks:
Lop-Pow - Babs Gonzales
Oop-Pop-A-Da - Babs Gonzales
Stompin at the Savoy - Babs Gonzales
Babs Dream - Babs Gonzales
What Is This Thing Called Love? - Anita ODay
Malaguena - Anita ODay
How High the Moon - Anita ODay
Synthesis - Buddy Stewart
East of Suez - Buddy Stewart
Oh, Lady Be Good - Ella Fitzgerald
How High the Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
Oop-Pop-A-Da - Dizzy Gillespie/Kenny "Pancho" Hagood
Cool Breeze - Dizzy Gillespie/Kenny "Pancho" Hagood
Ool-Ya-Koo - Dizzy Gillespie/Kenny "Pancho" Hagood
Way You Look Tonight, The - Kenny "Pancho" Hagood
Interlude - Sarah Vaughan
Mean to Me - Sarah Vaughan
Cent and a Half, A - Dave Lambert/Buddy Stewart
Perdido - Dave Lambert/Buddy Stewart
Charge Account - Dave Lambert/Buddy Stewart
Gussie "G" - Dave Lambert/Buddy Stewart
Thats Where I Came In - Mel Torm?
Night and Day - Mel Torm?
This Is Always - Earl Coleman
Dark Shadows - Earl Coleman

Performer Notes:

• Performers include: Anita ODay, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Earl Coleman.
• Contains 24 tracks.
• Personnel: Pee Wee Tinney (vocals, guitar); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Tadd Dameron (vocals, piano); Ella Fitzgerald, Anita ODay, Babs Gonzales, Buddy Stewart (vocals); Chuck Wayne, John Collins (guitar); Paul Ricci, John Brown , Ernie Henry, Rudy Williams , Nuncio "Toots" Mondello, Benny Carter , Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Flip Phillips, Art Drelinger, Hank Ross , Joe Gayles, Big Nick Nicholas, James Moody , Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Ernie Caceres, Hank Freeman, Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Chris Griffin , Carl Poole, Dave Burns, Matthew McKay, Leonard Graham, Raymond Orr, Lamar Wright, Ray Linn, Red Rodney, Benny Bailey, Jimmy Maxwell, Elmon Wright, Bob Peck, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Taswell Baird, Al Philburn, Bill Shepherd , Phil Giardina, Jack Satterfield, Ray Sims, Ted Kelly, Kai Winding, Will Bradley (trombone); John Lewis, Erroll Garner, Nat Jaffe, Al Haig, Leonard Feather, Lou Stein, Ralph Burns, Stan Freeman, Billy Kyle (piano); Dave Tough, Don Lamond, Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Morey Feld, Shelly Manne, Stan Levey, Charles Simon (drums); Chano Pozo ( Luciano "Chano" Pozo Gonzales) (congas).
• Recording information: Hollywood, CA (12/31/1944-??/??/1947); Los Angeles, CA (12/31/1944-??/??/1947); New York, NY (12/31/1944-??/??/1947).
• Arrangers: Gil Fuller; Neal Hefti; Ralph Burns; Sy Oliver; Tadd Dameron; Benny Carter .
• Ool-Ya-Koo includes several tracks each from several major bop figures (mostly vocalists), including Anita ODay ("How High the Moon"), Ella Fitzgerald ("Oh, Lady Be Good"), Dizzy Gillespie ("Oop-Pop-A-Da"), Sarah Vaughan ("Interlude"), Babs Gonzales ("Stompin at the Savoy"), and Dave Lambert ("Perdido"). ~ Earl Simmons

Format: CD (1 Disc); Mixed

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 1 October, 1998

Label: Indigo

Dimensions: 12.7 x 14 x 1.3 centimeters (0.23 kg)