Shorty Baker, Emmett Berry, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers - All Out (1957 vinyl record)

From the vinyl LP “The Trumpet Album“, “Five Cats Swinging“ was arranged and conducted by Ernie Wilkins, featuring: Shorty Baker, Emmett Berry, Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Trumpets; Don Abney, Piano; Wendell Marshall, Bass; Bobby Donaldson, Drums. Recorded January 15, 1957. Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1919 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical director for albums by Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, and Buddy Rich. Harold “Shorty“ Baker (May 26, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, US – November 8, 1966) was an American jazz trumpeter. Baker began on drums, but switched to trumpet during his teens. He started his career on riverboats and played with Don Redman in the mid-1930s. He also worked with Teddy Wilson and Andy Kirk before joining Duke Ellington. Emmett Berry