Buster Smith - The Legendary Buster Smiths (1959) [2012 Japan 24-bit Remaster]

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Alto sax player, arranger, and composer Buster Smith recorded sparingly during his career and this seven-track set, recorded in a single session on June 7, 1959 and released by Atlantic Records a month or two later, was the only album Smith did as a bandleader. It's a low key, pleasant affair featuring five original Smith compositions, including the lightly swinging "Buster's Tune" and the odd, wonderfully disjointed "King Alcohol," as well as versions of Kurt Weill's "September Song" and Will Hudson's "Organ Grinder's Swing."

Smith's brother, Boston Smith, played piano at the session. Following a car accident in the early '60s, Smith was unable to continue playing sax and picked up the bass guitar, gigging regularly with various combos on bass in the Dallas area until his death in 1991.

Tracks:

01 - Buster's Tune
02 - E Flat Boogie
03 - September Song
04 - King Alcohol
05 - Kansas City Riffs
06 - Late Late
07 - Organ Grinder's Swing

Personnel:

Henry "Buster" Smith - Alto saxophone and guitar
Eddie Cadell - Tenor saxophone
Leroy "Buster" Cooper - Baritone saxophone
Charles Gillum - Trumpet
Clinton Smith - Trombone
Herman Flowers - Piano
Boston Smith - Piano
Josea Smith - Bass
Robert Cobbs - Drums