How High The Moon

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Bottoms Up Written-By – Illinois Jacquet
A2	You Left Me All Alone Written-By – Jacquet*
A3	Our Delight Written-By – Tadd Dameron
A4	Ghost Of A Chance Written-By – Crosby*, Washington*, Young*
B1	Port Of Rico Written-By – Jacquet*
B2	The King Written-By – Count Basie
B3	Blue And Sentimental Written-By – Basie*, Livingston*, David*
B4	How High The Moon Written-By – Lewis*, Hamilton*
C1	After Hours Written-By – Parrish*, Feyne*, Bruce*
C2	I'm A Fool To Want You Written-By – Sinatra*, Wolf*, Herron*
C3	St. Louis Blues Written-By – W.C. Handy*
D1	For Once In My Life Written-By – Murden*, Miller*
D2	Every Day Written-By – York*, Chatman*
D3	'Round Midnight Written-By – Thelonious Monk

Credits

• Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: C1 to C3)
• Bass – Ben Tucker (tracks: A1 to B1), Buster Williams (tracks: D1 to D3)
• Bass, Electric Bass – Al Lucas (tracks: B2 to C3)
• Bassoon – Illinois Jacquet (tracks: D3)
• Congas – Montego Joe (tracks: B2 to B4)
• Drums – Al Foster (tracks: C1 to C3), Alan Dawson (tracks: A1 to B1), Jo Jones (tracks: B2 to B4), Oliver Jackson (tracks: D1 to D3)
• Engineer – Danfort Griffiths (tracks: D1 to D3), George Klabin (tracks: C1 to C3), Richard Alderson (tracks: A1 to B4)
• Guitar – Billy Butler (tracks: B2 to B4), Tiny Grimes (tracks: D1 to D3), Wally Richardson (tracks: C1 to C3)
• Piano – Barry Harris (tracks: A1 to B1), Milt Buckner (tracks: B2 to C3), Wynton Kelly (tracks: D1 to D3)
• Producer – Don Schlitten
• Reissue Producer – Orrin Keepnews
• Remastered By – David Turner
• Tenor Saxophone – Frank Foster (tracks: C1 to C3), Illinois Jacquet
• Trombone – Matthew Gee (tracks: C1 to C3)
• Trumpet – Ernie Royal (tracks: C1 to C3), Joe Newman (tracks: B2 to C3), Russell Jacquet (tracks: C1 to C3)

Notes

A compilation of tracks previously released on four Prestige albums released in 1968 and 1969. Tracks remastered in 1975 for this compilation.

A1 to B1 recorded 1968, previously released on the album "Bottoms Up".
B2 to B4 recorded 1968, previously released on the album "The King".
C1 to C3 recorded 1969, previously released on the album "The Soul Explosion".
D1 to D3 recorded 1969, previously released on the album "The Blues; That's Me!".

Green Prestige label.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
P-24057	Illinois Jacquet	How High The Moon ‎(2xLP, Comp, RM)	Prestige	P-24057	US	1975
PR 24057	Illinois Jacquet	How High The Moon ‎(2xLP, Comp, RM)	Prestige	PR 24057	France	1975
6130, HB 6130	Illinois Jacquet	How High The Moon ‎(2xLP, Comp, RM)	Prestige, Prestige	6130, HB 6130	Italy	1984