DISC 1
Artist Billy Strayhorn and Johnny Hodges
Title Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Composer Ellington
Album Juice a Plenty / Live!
Label Fresh Sound
Number 762 Track 12
Duration 2.47
Performers Shorty Baker, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Billy Strayhorn, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 1958.
DISC 2
Artist Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland
Title Now Hear My Meaning
Composer Jimmy Woode
Album Live At Ronnie Scott’s
Label MPS
Number 22 29728-4 Side B Track 3
Duration 5.40
Performers Performers: Benny Bailey, Dusko Goykevich, Idrees Suliman, t; Erik Van Leer, Nat Peck, Ake Persson, tb; Derek Humble, Sahib Shihab, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Johnny Griffin, reeds; Francy Boland, p; Ron Matthewson, b; Kenny Clarke, Kenny Clare, d. 28 Feb 1969.
DISC 3
Artist Art Tatum
Title What Is This Thing Called Love?
Composer Porter
Album Legendary Art Tatum 1955 Sextet Session
Label Essential Jazz Classics
Number 55409 Track 2
Duration 7.40
Performers: Harry Edison, t; Lionel Hampton, vib; Art Tatum p; Barmey Kessel, g; Red Callender, b; Buddy Rich, d. 7 Sep 1955.
DISC 4
Artist Kenny Burrell
Title Midnight blue
Composer Burrell
Album Midnight Blue
Label Blue Note
Number 84123 Track 4
Duration 4.02
Performers: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Major Holley, Jr. (bass); Bill English (drums); Ray Barretto, cga. 1963.
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DISC 5
Artist Cannoball Adderley
Title Up and At It
Composer Montgomery
Album Accent on Africa
Label Capitol
Number Track 4
Duration 3.36
Performers: Cannonball Adderley, as; Nat Adderley, c; big band dir H Barnum. 1968
DISC 6
Artist Carla Bley
Title The Lord is listening to Ya, Hallelujah
Composer Bley
Album Live!
Label Watt/ECM
Number Track 2
Duration 7.24
Performers: Mike Manlter, t; Gary Valente, tb; Earl McIntyre, btb; Vincent chancey, frh; Steve Slagle, Tony Dagradi, reeds; Carla Bley, org; Arturo, O’Farrill, p; Steve Swallow, b; D Sharp, d. 1981
DISC 7
Artist Luis Russell
Title Panama
Composer Tyers
Album n/a
Label Okeh
Number 8849 side A
Duration 3.16
Performers: Henry Red Allen, Otis Johnson, t; J C Higginbotham, tbn; Albert Nicholas, cl, as; Charlie Holmes, as; Greely Walton, ts; Luis Russell, p; Will Johnson, bj; Pops Foster, b; Paul Barbarin, d. 5 Sep 1930
DISC 8
Artist Kid Ory
Title The World’s Jazz Crazy, Lawdy So Am I
Composer Huff / Blythe
Album Kid Ory and His Creole Jazz band
Label Columbia
Number C-126 Track 6
Duration 3.15
Performers: Mutt Carey, c; Kid Ory, tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Bud Scott, bj; Buster Wilson, p; Ed Garland, b; Minor Hall, d.
DISC 9
Artist Woody Herman
Title Not Really The Blues
Composer Mandel
Album The Woody Herman Story
Label Proper
Number Properbox 15 CD 4 Track 17
Duration 2.53
Performers: Ernie Royal, Al Porcino, Stan Fishelson, Charlie Walp, Shorty Rogers, tp; Earl Swope, Bill Harris, Ollie Wilson, Bart Varselona, tb; Woody Herman, cl, as, v; Sam Marowitz, as; Gene Ammons, Buddy Savitt, Jimmy Giuffre, ts; Serge Chaloff, bs; Lou Levy, p; Oscar Pettiford, b; Shelly Manne, d; Terry Gibbs, vib; 14 July 1949
DISC 10
Artist Fats Navarro
Title Double Talk
Composer McGhee / Navarro
Album Bebop Spoken Here
Label Proper
Number Properbox 10 CD 3 Track 23
Duration 5.30
Performers Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro, t; Ernie Henry, as; Milt Jackson, p; Curly Russell, b; Kenny Clarke, d. 11 Oct 1948
DISC 11
Artist Julia Hülsmann Quartet with Theo Bleckmann
Title Mack the Knife
Composer Brecht / Weill
Album A Clear Midnight: Kurt Weill and America
Label ECM
Number Track 1
Duration 4.30
Performers: Theo Bleckmann, v; Tom Arthurs, t; Julia Hülsmann, p; Marc Muellbauer, b: Heinrich Kobberling, d. 2015
DISC 12
Artist Duke Ellington
Title Sonnet for Caesar
Composer Ellington / Strayhorn
Album Such Sweet Thunder
Label Columbia
Number Track 2
Duration 3.00
Performers: Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, reeds; Duke Ellington, p; Jimmy Woode, b; Sam Woodyard, d. 1957