The Woody Herman Big Band - World Class

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Four Brothers Written-By, Arranged By – Jimmy Giuffre	3:16
2	Rockin' Chair Arranged By – John OddoWritten-By – Hoagy Carmichael	4:48
3	The Claw Written-By, Arranged By – Flip Phillips	6:17
4	Woody's Lament Written-By, Arranged By – Al Cohn	5:20
5	Peanut Vendor Arranged By – John OddoWritten-By – Marion Sunshine, Moises Simons, L. W. Gilbert*	6:05
6	Crystal Silence Arranged By – John OddoWritten-By – Chick Corea, Neville Potter	5:07
7	Greasy Sack Blues Written-By, Arranged By – Don Rader	7:02
8	Perdido Arranged By – John OddoWritten-By – Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol	4:39

Companies, etc.

• Made By – JVC
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Concord Jazz, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Concord Jazz, Inc.
• Recorded At – Festival Hall, Osaka
• Recorded At – Yokohama Stadium
• Recorded At – Budokan
• Remixed At – Coast Recorders

Credits

• Art Direction – Dick Hendler
• Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Mike Brignola
• Bass – Dave Shapiro*
• Clarinet, Vocals – Woody Herman
• Drums – Dave Ratajczak
• Executive-Producer – Carl E. Jefferson, Nobuo Ohtani
• Flute – Paul McGinley
• Guest, Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn, Flip Phillips, Med Flory, Sal Nistico
• Liner Notes – Philip Elwood
• Percussion – Jeff Hamilton (tracks: 5, 6)
• Photography [Cover] – Bruce Burr
• Photography By [Liner Photo] – Ellen Findlay
• Piano – John Oddo
• Producer – Yoichiro Kikuchi
• Recorded By – Yoshihisa Watanabe, Yutaka Tomioka
• Remix – John Oddo, Phil Edwards
• Tenor Saxophone – Frank Tiberi, Jim Carroll*, Paul McGinley
• Trombone – Gene Smith , John Fedchock, Randy Hawes*
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Bill Byrne, Brian O'Flaherty, George Rabbai, Mark Lewis , Scott Wagstaff

Notes

Recorded live at Osaka Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan, September 1982.
Track 2 recorded live at Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama, Japan September 1982.
Track 4 recorded live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, September 1982.
This album is made available by arrangement with Toshiba-EMI.
Remixed at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California
Made in Japan

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CJ-240	The Woody Herman Big Band With Special Guests Al Cohn, Med Flory, Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips	The Woody Herman Big Band With Special Guests Al Cohn, Med Flory, Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips - World Class ‎(LP, Album)	Concord Jazz	CJ-240	US	1984
CJ-240	The Woody Herman Big Band With Special Guests Al Cohn, Med Flory, Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips	The Woody Herman Big Band With Special Guests Al Cohn, Med Flory, Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips - World Class ‎(LP, Album)	Concord Jazz	CJ-240	Canada	1984
CCD-4240	The Woody Herman Big Band	World Class ‎(CD, Album)	Concord Jazz	CCD-4240	US	1990
CJ-240-C	The Woody Herman Big Band With Special Guests Al Cohn, Med Flory, Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips	The Woody Herman Big Band With Special Guests Al Cohn, Med Flory, Sal Nistico, Flip Phillips - World Class ‎(Cass, Album, Dol)	Concord Jazz	CJ-240-C	US	1984