Ry Cooder – Jazz Ry Cooder - Jazz album cover Label: Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3197 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: New Zealand Released: 1978 Genre: Jazz, Blues Style: Ragtime, Delta Blues A1 Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now Written-By – Jack Yellen, Milton Ager 3:34 A2 Face To Face That I Shall Meet Him Adapted By – Joseph Spence Written By – Traditional 3:16 A3 The Pearls / Tia Juana Adapted By – Ry Cooder Written-By – Jelly Roll Morton 4:18 A4 The Dream Written By – Jack The Bear Written-By – Jess Pickett 5:03 A5 Happy Meeting In Glory Adapted By – Joseph Spence Written By – Traditional 3:13 B1 In A Mist Written-By – Bix Beiderbecke 2:05 B2 Flashes Written-By – Bix Beiderbecke 2:17 B3 Davenport Blues Written-By – Bix Beiderbecke 2:01 B4 Shine Written-By – Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney 3:43 B5 Nobody Written-By – Bert Williams 5:07 B6 We Shall Be Happy Adapted By – Joseph Spence Written By – Traditional 3:13 Alto Saxophone – Harvey Pittel (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B4), Pat Rizzo (tracks: A1) Arranged By [Quartet] – Bill Johnson (3) (tracks: B4, B5) Arranged By, Conductor – Joseph Byrd Backing Vocals – Bill Johnson (3) (tracks: B4, B5), Cliff Givens (tracks: B4, B5), Jimmy Adams (tracks: B4, B5), Simon Pico Payne (tracks: B4, B5) Baritone Horn – George Bohanon (tracks: A2) Bass – Chuck Domanico (tracks: A4), Tom Pedrini (tracks: B1, B3) Bass Clarinet – David Sherr (tracks: B1, B3, B4) Bass Saxophone – Bill Hood (tracks: A1) Cimbalom [Cymbalum] – Stuart Brotman (tracks: A2, A5, B6) Clarinet – David Sherr (tracks: B4), Harvey Pittel (tracks: B4), Willie Schwartz (tracks: B4) Co-producer – Joseph Byrd, Ry Cooder Cornet – Mario Guarneri (tracks: A1), Oscar Brashear (tracks: A2, A5, B6) Design [Album] – Mike Salisbury Drums – Mark Stevens (2) (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B4, B6) Guitar – Ry Cooder (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B6) Harp – Ry Cooder (tracks: A3) Liner Notes – R. C. Mandolin – David Lindley (tracks: A5, B6), Ry Cooder (tracks: A3) Mandolin Banjo [Mandobanjo] – David Lindley (tracks: A2) Marimba – Tom Collier (tracks: A4) Mixed By – Lee Herschberg Organ [Pump Organ] – Barbara Starkey (2) (tracks: A2, A5, B6) Photography By [Session Photographs] – Susan Titelman Piano – Earl Hines (tracks: A4), John Rodby (tracks: A1, B4) Recorded By – Douglas Decker*, Lee Herschberg Recorded By [Assistant] – David Rivas, Ken Deane Slide Guitar [Bottleneck] – Ry Cooder (tracks: A1, A4) Tiple – Ry Cooder (tracks: A3) Trombone – George Bohanon (tracks: A5, B6), Randy Aldcroft (tracks: A1) Tuba – Red Callender (tracks: A2, A5, B6) Vibraphone – Tom Collier (tracks: B1, B3, B4) Vocals – Ry Cooder (tracks: A1, B4, B5) Marketed by WEA Records Limited, P.O. Box 2915, Auckland, New Zealand