DESCRIPTION:
1952 recording by Eddie Jefferson. Done in Pittsburgh and backed by the Walt Harper Quintet. The all-local personnel is commonly thought to consist of Johnny Morris (trombone) Nat Harper (tenor) Walt Harper (piano) Bob Boswell (bass) Cecil Brooks (drums) Eddie Jefferson (vocals). George Heid Jr. informs us that it is in fact not Bob Boswell on bass and not Cecil Brooks on drums, but Hal "Brushes" Lee. The sides were recorded in his father, George Heid Sr.'s studio which was located on the Club Floor of the William Penn Hotel (Pittsburgh, PA) and subsequently released on Hi-Lo, which was a subsidiary of the NYC-based Savoy record label. This is Jefferson's vocalese version of James Moody's recording of "Body and Soul."