Tracklist

A1	Backbreaker	16:45
A2	Laguna	2:41
A3	Boogin' At Berg's	2:49
A4	Dunkin' Bagel	2:46
B1	Pete's Beat	2:36
B2	Sippin' With Cisco	4:50
B3	This Is You	2:50
B4	Gassin' The Wig	2:44
B5	Phantom Moon	2:55
B6	Howard's Idea	2:58
B7	Love Is Laughing At Me	2:49
B8	Little Wig	2:34
C1	Helen's Advice	2:43
C2	Airplane Blues	2:29
C3	Knockin' Myself Out	2:15
C4	Ain't Gonna Quit You Baby	2:48
C5	Outlandish	2:35
C6	Swingin' On Savoy	2:35
C7	San Diego Bounce	2:49
C8	I'll Remember April	2:52
D1	Brown Gold	2:21
D2	These Foolish Things	2:38
D3	Surf Ride	2:49
D4	Holiday Flight	3:06
D5	Jumpin' Jacque	2:49
D6	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	2:42
D7	It's You Or No One	2:44
D8	Thou Swell	2:41

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Arista Records, Inc.
• Distributed By – Arista Records, Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Art Pepper (tracks: D1 to D4), Eric Dolphy (tracks: B1 to B4), Leroy Robinson (tracks: B1 to B4), Sonny Criss (tracks: A1), William Doty (tracks: C5 to C8)
• Art Direction – Bob Heimall*
• Baritone Saxophone – Clyde Dunn (tracks: B1 to B4), Freddie Simon* (tracks: C1 to C4)
• Bass – Addison Farmer (tracks: B1 to B4), Dave Dyson (tracks: C5 to C8), Harry Babison* (tracks: A1), Joe Mondragon (tracks: D1 to D8), Red Callender (tracks: C1 to C4), Roger Alderson (tracks: B1 to B4), Bam Brown* (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Congas – Alvy Kidd (tracks: B1 to B4)
• Cover – Dennis Pohl
• Design – Bob Heimall*
• Drums – J.C. Heard (tracks: C1 to C4), Ken Kennedy (tracks: A1), Larry Bunker (tracks: D1 to D4), Leon Petties* (tracks: C5 to C8), Roy Porter (tracks: B1 to B4), Shelly Manne (tracks: D5 to D8), Zutty Singleton (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Edited By – Jack Towers, Jerry Valburn
• Executive Producer – Steve Backer
• Guitar – Barney Kessell* (tracks: A1), Bennie White (tracks: B1 to B4), Slim Gaillard (tracks: A2 to A4)
• Liner Notes – Patricia Willard
• Mastered By – Al Brown
• Piano – Dodo Marmarosa (tracks: A2 to A4), Ernie Freeman (tracks: C1 to C4), Freddie Jackson* (tracks: C5 to C8), Hampton Hawes (tracks: D1 to D8), Joe Harrison (tracks: B1 to B4), Russ Freeman (tracks: A1), Slim Gaillard (tracks: A4)
• Producer [Original Sessions] – Ralph Bass, Richard Bock
• Reissue Producer – Bob Porter
• Tenor Saxophone – Clifford Solomon (tracks: B1 to B4), Dexter Gordon (tracks: C1 to C4), Harold Land (tracks: C5 to C8), Joe Howard (tracks: B1 to B4), Wardell Gray (tracks: A1)
• Transferred By – Jack Towers, Jerry Valburn
• Trombone – Danny Horton (tracks: B1 to B4), Jimmy Knepper (tracks: B1 to B4), Russell Campbell (tracks: C5 to C8), William Wiggington (tracks: B1 to B4)
• Trumpet – Al Killian (tracks: A1), Art Farmer (tracks: B1 to B4), Eddie Preston (tracks: B1 to B4), Froebel Brigham (tracks: C5 to C8), Geechie Smith (tracks: C1 to C4), James Metlock (tracks: B1 to B4), Robert Ross (tracks: B1 to B4)
• Vocals – Helen Humes (tracks: C1 to C4), Paul Sparks (tracks: B1 to B4), Slim Gaillard (tracks: A2 to A4), Bam Brown* (tracks: A2 to A4)

Notes

PROMO EDITION. White Labels with gold promo stamp on back cover.

Track A1 - April 1947
Tracks A2 to A4 - 1945
Tracks B1 to B4 - January 19 and February 23, 1949
Tracks C1 to C4 - November 20, 1950
Tracks C5 to C8 - April 25, 1949
Tracks D 1 to D4 - March 4, 1952
Tracks D 5 to D8 - September 10, 1952
All selections recorded in Los Angeles.
Thanks to Todd Selbert and Dan Serro.
Musicians for tracks B4 to B8 are not specified

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): SJL2215 A-1 Al Brown
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): SJL2215 B-2 Al Brown
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3): SJL2215 C-1 Al Brown
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4): SJL2215 D-2 Al Brown

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SJL 2215	Sonny Criss, Slim Gaillard, Roy Porter Big Band With Eric Dolphy, Helen Humes, Harold Land, Hampton Hawes, Art Pepper	Sonny Criss, Slim Gaillard, Roy Porter Big Band With Eric Dolphy, Helen Humes, Harold Land, Hampton Hawes, Art Pepper - Black California (The Savoy Sessions) ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Savoy Records	SJL 2215	US	1976
1 C 14861390/91	Sonny Criss, Slim Gaillard, Roy Porter Big Band With Eric Dolphy, Helen Humes, Harold Land, Hampton Hawes, Art Pepper	Sonny Criss, Slim Gaillard, Roy Porter Big Band With Eric Dolphy, Helen Humes, Harold Land, Hampton Hawes, Art Pepper - Black California ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Savoy Records	1 C 14861390/91	Germany	1976

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