title: All the Cats Join In
text: # 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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  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  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
  