Adding to Retrospective’s growing roster of great jazz trumpeters is this, the finest 2CD set available devoted to the career of one of the all-time great jazz entertainers, one-armed trumpeter Wingy Manone.

The New Orleans trumpeter, Joseph 'Wingy' Manone (1904-1982) was one of those rare artists who overcame physical disability to reach the very top. Despite losing his right arm in a road accident as a child, he became one of the finest front-line soloists the hometown of jazz ever produced.

'Trumpet On The Wing' (also the title of his autobiography) uniquely traces his career from his earliest dates with the Arcadians Serenaders and Barbecue Joe's Hot Dogs (Tar Paper Stomp later became transformed into In The Mood!), through to his vintage years leading his own band. New to CD are a dozen rare and underrated tracks from 1957/62.

His forthright, exuberantly Louis Armstrong-inspired cornet and trumpet playing is featured throughout, but, like Armstrong, he also became popular for his zany vocals, especially after his huge 1935 hit 'The Isle of Capri'. He was a true entertainer.

Contents:
CD 1
1. San Sue Strut
2. Cat’s Head
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. Wailing Blues
5. Shake That Thing!
6. Tar Paper Stomp
7. Strange Blues
8. Never Had No Lovin’
9. Panama
10. Tin Roof Blues
11. Sensation Rag
12. The Blues Have Got Me
13. Nickel In The Slot
14. Breeze, Blow My Baby Back To Me
15. About A Quarter To Nine
16. Love Is Just Around The Corner
17. You’re An Angel
18. The Isle Of Capri
19. I’m In Love All Over Again
20. I Believe In Miracles
21. Let’s Spill The Beans
22. Sliphorn Sam
23. Bouncin’ In Rhythm
24. A Smile Will Go A Long, Long Way
25. I’ve Got A Feelin’ You’re Foolin’
26. I’ve Got A Note
27. The Broken Record

CD 2
1. Please Believe Me
2. You Started Me Dreaming
3. Goody, Goody!
4. Dallas Blues
5. Tormented
6. Swingin’ At The Hickory House
7. Limehouse Blues
8. Blue Lou
9. Rhythm On The River
10. Dinner For The Duchess
11. Memphis Blues
12. The Tailgate Ramble
13. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
14. Shake The Blues Away
15. At The Jazz Band Ball
16. Box Car Blues
17. Real Gone
18. The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi
19. Burlecue
20. Trumpet On The Wing
21. Corrine, Corrina
22. The Isle Of Capri
23. Pawn Shop Blues
24. The Birth Of The Blues
25. ’Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
26. Mississippi Mud
27. Sidewalks Of New York
28. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?