All the Cats Join In
# All the Cats Join In

All the Cats Join In is a song written by Ray Gilbert, Eddie Sauter and Alec Wilder, and first recorded by Benny Goodman. It later was a track on an LP with the same title by trumpeter Buck Clayton.

## Benny Goodman

Curiously, Goodman recorded this song three times. The first-released version, released after the ASCAP boycott of 1944-1948, followed a version which was only put out later.

The third recording was for a segment of the 1946 Walt Disney film Make Mine Music.

## Clayton record

The record album was subtitled 25 Star Jazzmen in a Buck Clayton Jam Session. It was recorded between 1953 and 1956 and released by Columbia.

Professional ratings :

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Everyone plays at least up to their usual high level and the riffing behind some of the solos really generates a lot of excitement".

## Track listing

* "All The Cats Join In" (Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter, Ray Gilbert) – 7:14
* "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 7:03
* "Don't You Miss Your Baby" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 6:30
* "Lean Baby" (Billy May, Roy Alfred) – 8:20
* "Blue Lou" (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills) – 10:04
* Recorded in NYC on December 16, 1953 (track 4), March 15, 1955 (tracks 2 & 5) and March 5, 1956 (tracks 1 & 3)

## Personnel

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