Release

A1	Once Upon A Time	5:30	X
	Bass - Richard Davis (2) Trumpet - Bill Berry , Clark Terry
A2	Black And Tan Fantasy	5:06	X
A3	Fantastic, That's You	4:09	X
A4	Cottontail	3:11	X
	Bass - Richard Davis (2)
B1	The Blues In My Flat	7:57	X
	Vocals - Ray Nance
B2	You Can Depend On Me	4:56	X
B3	Hash Brown	3:40	X

Credits

Bass - Aaron Bell (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3)
Clarinet - Pee Wee Russell (tracks: A2, B1 to B3)
Clarinet, Saxophone [Tenor] - Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: A1, A3 , A4)
Drums - Elvin Jones (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B2) , Sonny Greer (tracks: A2, A4, B3)
Engineer - Bob Simpson
Piano - Earl Hines
Producer - Bob Thiele
Saxophone [Alto] - Johnny Hodges (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B3) , Russell Procope (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B3)
Saxophone [Tenor] - Harold Ashby (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B3) , Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B3)
Trombone - Buster Cooper (tracks: A2, B1 to B3) , Lawrence Brown (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B3)
Trumpet - Cat Anderson (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B3) , Ray Nance (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B2)

Notes

Recorded 10 & 11 January, 1966

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Review by markjazz Feb 06, 2009

To me this is a perfect jazz album. It has so much variation in the styles that one can never get bored listening to it. We have some hard bop tracks; 'Hash Down' and 'Once Upon a Time', then we get some slow modals with 'Fantastic', 'That's You', some blues with 'The Blues in My Flat', even a spaghetti western type jazz with 'Black and Tan Fantasy'. The only other Earl Hines disc I own was recorded in 1957 and that was just as amazing as this one, 9 years apart. On this recording you can tell that the band seemed to have a lot of fun playing these sessions simply because I can almost see the smiles on thier faces while the players each do thier own solos, which are marvelous. I'm a big Impulse! Recaords fan and this one stands out by far in my collection and sadly it was the only recording he did with the label. If your ever at a wedding and feel like the need to dance to a jazz track, grad the DJ to slap on 'Hash Brown' and the whole crowd will get up and move!