First Team Player On The Jazz Varsity

Gatefold jacket. Recording dates: A1 to A4: February 12, 1940 A5 to B1, D6: March 18, 1940 B2 to B5: April 18, 1940 B6 to C2: May 4, 1940 C3 to C6: July 18, 1940 C7 to D5, D7: August 12, 1940 Andy Gibson also arranged for Harry James during this period. Sam Donahue, tenor saxophone, may have been added for the Aug 12, 1940 session. The reed section (Gentry, Lakey, Matthews, Musso) double and even triple on these recordings. Most songs previously released on individual Varsity 78 rpm discs. On...