| Other author/creator | Powell, Benny performer. |
| Other author/creator | Newman, Joe, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Mitchell, Billy, 1926-2001, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Fowlkes, Charlie, 1916-1980, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Morris, Floyd, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Jones, Eddie performer. |
| Other author/creator | Payne, Sonny, 1926-1979, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 composer. |
| Other author/creator | Austin, Gene, 1900-1972 composer. |
| Other author/creator | Jones, Thad arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 composer. |
| Other author/creator | Foster, Frank, 1928-2011 composer, arranger of music. |
| Variant title |
Title on container: Last of the big plungers |
| Portion of title |
Al Grey, the last of the big plungers |
| Series | TomtheJazzman Collection TomtheJazzman Collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Things ain't what they used to be / Ellington ; Persons (3:41) -- Open wider, please / Al Grey (4:48) -- I got it bad and that ain't good / Ellington, Webster (3:15) -- Don't get around much anymore / Ellington ; Russell (3:03) -- How come you do me like you do / Austin ; Bergere (2:29) -- Bluish Grey / Thad Jones (3:10) -- The elder / Thad Jones (5:10) -- Bewitched / Rodgers ; Hart (3:34) -- Kenie-konie / Frank Foster (6:03). |
| Local note | Joyner-Gift of eastern North Carolina jazz radio personality Tom Mallison. |
| General note | Swing music. |
| General note | Program notes by Barbara J. Gardner and personnel listings on container. |
| Performer |
Al Grey, Benny Powell, trombones ; Joe Newman, trumpet ; Billy Mitchell, tenor sax ; Charlies Fowlkes, baritone sax ; Floyd Morris, piano ; Ed Jones, bass ; Sonny Payne, drums ; Thad Jones, Frank Foster, arrangers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded September 25 and 28, 1959, at Tel-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago. |
| Other title | Things ain't what they used to be. |
| Other title | Open wider, please. |
| Other title | I got it bad and that ain't good. |
| Other title | Don't get around much anymore. |
| Other title | How come you do me like you do. |
| Other title | Bluish Grey. |
| Other title | Elder. |
| Other title | Bewitched. |
| Other title | Kenie-konie. |
| Publisher number | LP-653 Argo |