Buck Clayton All The Cats Join In - Pure DSD

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All the Cats Join In exemplifies a moment in jazz where tradition and evolution were in friendly dialogue. While bebop had changed the jazz landscape a decade earlier, Clayton and company weren’t stuck in the past—they were refining, re-energizing, and elevating swing idioms with modern sensibilities. It’s a record that swings without strain, innovates without ego, and grooves with pure joy.
If you want to hear some of the swing era’s greatest musicians letting loose with high style and deep groove, All The Cats Join In is essential listening. It's warm, witty, and full of life, like crashing a party where every guest is a jazz legend.

Artist(s): Trumpet & Cornet: Buck Clayton – trumpet (all tracks)
Billy Butterfield – trumpet (tracks 1 & 3)
Joe Newman – trumpet (track 4)
Ruby Braff – cornet (tracks 1 & 3)
Trombone: J.C. Higginbotham – trombone (tracks 1 & 3)
Urbie Green – trombone (track 4)
Henderson Chambers – trombone (track 4)
Bennie Green – trombone (tracks 2 & 5)
Dicky Harris – trombone (tracks 2 & 5)
Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone (track 1)
Saxophones: Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 5)
Julian Dash – tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
Buddy Tate – tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 5)
Lem Davis – alto saxophone (track 4)
Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone (track 4)
Piano: Ken Kersey – piano (tracks 1 & 3)
Al Waslohn – piano (tracks 2 & 5)
Sir Charles Thompson – piano, celeste (track 4)
Guitar: Steve Jordan – guitar (tracks 1–3 & 5)
Freddie Green – guitar (track 4)
Bass: Walter Page – bass (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
Milt Hinton – bass (tracks 2 & 5)
Drums: Bobby Donaldson – drums (tracks 1 & 3)
Jo Jones – drums (tracks 2, 4 & 5)

Recording Info: These sessions were recorded in New York City on December 16, 1953 (track 4), March 15, 1955 (tracks 2 & 5), and March 5, 1956 (tracks 1 & 3).
Producer John Hammond
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
This is a monophonic recording
Components used for Transfer: Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck with Flux Heads feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by a Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Software: Merging Pyramix v15
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs

1 All The Cats Join In 7:19
2 Out Of Nowhere 7:06
3 Don't You Miss Your Baby 6:35
4 Lean Baby 8:22
5 Blue Lou 10:08


Please Note: This release was mastered in DSD with no PCM. (Pure DSD)

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