Wig Is Here – Gerry Wiggins, Major Holley, Ed Thigpen, Oliver Jackson

Release name: Wig Is Here

Picture: https://jazzinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/NS03MDY5LmpwZWc.jpeg

Label: Black And Blue

Label code: BB 952.2

Format: CD, Compilation, Remastered

Country: France

Release date: 2002

Genre: Jazz

Style: Swing, Smooth Jazz

Tracklist:

1 This Can’t Be Love

Songwriter – “>L. Hart*, “>R. Rodgers*

Songwriter – “>L. Hart*, “>R. Rodgers*
 3:21
2 Sysmo Blues

Composed By – “>G. Wiggins*

Composed By – “>G. Wiggins*
 3:50
3 Watch What Happens

Composed By – “>M. Legrand*

Lyrics By – “>N. Gimbel*

Composed By – “>M. Legrand*

Lyrics By – “>N. Gimbel*
 4:22
4 The Lady Is A Tramp (Take 2)

Lyrics By – “>L. Hart*

Music By – “>R. Rodgers*

Lyrics By – “>L. Hart*

Music By – “>R. Rodgers*
 2:51
5 Stolen Sweets

Lyrics By – “>Wild Bill Davis

Lyrics By – “>Wild Bill Davis
 6:47
6 What Is There To Say (Take 2)

Written By – “>E.Y. Harburg, “>V. Duke*

Written By – “>E.Y. Harburg, “>V. Duke*
 4:09
7 On A Clear Day

Composed By – “>B. Lane*

Lyrics By – “>A. J. Lerner*

Composed By – “>B. Lane*

Lyrics By – “>A. J. Lerner*
 3:53
8 (This Is The End Of) A Beautyful Friendship (Take 2)

Songwriter – “>D. Kahn*, “>S. Styne*

Songwriter – “>D. Kahn*, “>S. Styne*
 6:43
9 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Composed By – “>S. Wonder*

Composed By – “>S. Wonder*
 6:20
10 Edith Is The Sweetest

Composed By – “>G. Wiggins*

Composed By – “>G. Wiggins*
 5:28
11 Lover

Songwriter – “>Rodgers & Hart

Songwriter – “>Rodgers & Hart
 6:08
12 Fbot

Composed By – “>G. Wiggins*

Composed By – “>G. Wiggins*
 8:17
13 Oh! Give Me Something To Remember You By

Lyrics By – “>J. Cobb*

Music By – “>V. Mac Coy*

Lyrics By – “>J. Cobb*

Music By – “>V. Mac Coy*
 5:17
14 There Is No Greater Love (Take 2)

Composed By – “>Jones*

Lyrics By – “>Symes*

Composed By – “>Jones*

Lyrics By – “>Symes*
 5:51

Companies:

  • Recorded At – Studios Barclay – Tracks 9,10,11,12,13,14
  • Recorded At – Sysmo Records Studio – Tracks 1,2,4,6
  • Distributed By – Night & Day

Credits:

  • Bass – Major Holley
  • Drums – Ed Thigpen (tracks: 9 to 14), Oliver Jackson (tracks: 1 to 8)
  • Engineer [Recording] – Dominique Samarcq, Gerhard Lehner
  • Executive-Producer – Jean-Marc Fritz, Jean-Michel Proust
  • Liner Notes – Claude Carrière
  • Liner Notes [English Translation] – Jeff Kresser*, Patricia Kresser
  • Photography By – Jean-Pierre Tahmazian
  • Piano – Gerald Wiggins
  • Recorded By – Dominique Samarcq
  • Remastered By – Xavier Brunetière

Notes:

#1,2,3 (p) 2002; #4,5,6,8 (p) 1982; #7 (p) 1990; 9-14 (p) 1974

#1 to 3 Recorded February 16 or 19 , 1977
#4, 6, 7 Recorded February 16, 1977
#5, 8 Recorded February 19, 1977

#1 to 3 Unissued
#4 to 6, 8 Originally released as Gerald Wiggins – A Beautiful Friendship
#7 Originally released as Gerald Wiggins, Major Holley, Ed Thigpen, Oliver Jackson – Wig Is Here

#9 to 14 Recorded March 25, 1974 in Paris, France
Originally released as Gerald Wiggins – Wig Is Here

Barcodes:

  • Barcode: 3448961095227
  • Price Code: ND 215

Buy link: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/4480278?ev=rb

All artists: Gerry Wiggins, Major Holley, Ed Thigpen, Oliver Jackson