DISC 1
Artist Christian McBride
Title Optimism
Composer Steve Davis
Album Bringin’ It
Label Mack Avenue
Number Track 11
Duration 7.05
Performers: include Frank Greene, Freddie Hendrix, Brandon Lee, Nabat Isles, t; Steve Davis, Michael Dease, James Burton, Douglas Purviance, tb; Steve Wilson, Todd Bashaw, Ron Blake, Dan Pratt, Carl Maraghi, reeds; Xavier Davis, p; Christian McBride, b; Quincy Phillips, d. 2017
DISC 2
Artist Duke Ellington / Count Basie
Title To You
Composer Thad Jones
Album First Time (on Ellington 4 classic albums)
Label Avid
Number 1158 CD 2 Track 13
Duration 3.53
Performers Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Lonnie Johnson, Snooky Young, t; Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell, Urbie Green, tb; Marshall Royal, Budd Johnson, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, reeds; Count Basie, p; Freddie Green, g; Eddie Jones, b; Sonny Payne, d; Ed Mullins, Fats Ford, Willie Cook, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance, t; Juan Tizol, Laurence Brown, Louis Blackburn, tb; Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, reeds; Aaron Bell, b; Sam Woodyard, d. July 1961.
DISC 3
Artist Simon Spillett
Title Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Composer Lees, Manzanero
Album Square One
Label Gearbox
Number 1512 Side A Track 3
Duration 7.03
Performers Simon Spillett, ts; John Critchenson, p; Alec Dankworth, b; Clark Tracey, d. 2013
DISC 4
Artist Lee Morgan
Title You Go To My Head
Composer Coots / Gillespie
Album The Gigolo
Label Blue Note
Number 854212 Track 5
Duration 7.22
Performers Lee Morgan, t; Wayne Shorter, ts; Harold Mabern, p; Bob Cranshaw, d; Billy Higgins, d. 1965.
DISC 5
Artist Sidney Bechet and Claude Luter
Title Les Oignons
Composer trad
Album Moulin à Café
Label Milan
Number 399 277-2 Track 3
Duration 4.14
Performers Guy Lognon, Claude Rabanit, t; Bernard Zacharias, tb; Claude Luter, cl; Sidney Bechet, ss; Raymond Fol, p; Claude Philippe bj; Roland Bianchini, b; Moustache Galepides, d. 30 May 1952.
DISC 6
Artist Humphrey Lyttelton
Title Blue and Sentimental
Composer Basie, Livingston, David
Album 1959
Label Lake
Number 282 CD 1 Track 10
Duration 3.43
Performers Humphrey Lyttelton, t; John Picard, tb; Tony Coe, Ronnie Ross, as; Jimmy Skidmore, Kathy Stobart, ts; Joe Temperley, bars; Ian Armit, p; Brian Brockleurst, b; Eddie Taylor, d. 9 Feb 1959.
DISC 7
Artist Frankie Trumbauer
Title Shivery Stomp
Composer Ellis
Album 1928-1929
Label Classics
Number 1216 Track 24
Duration 2.47
Performers: Andy Secrest, Charles Margolis, t; Bill Rank, tb; Min Leibrook, Izzy Friedman, Charles Strickfadden, reeds; Joe Venuti, vn; Lennie Hayton, p; Eddie Lang, g; George Marsh, d. 22 May 1929.
DISC 8
Artist Muggsy Spanier
Title Jazz me Blues
Composer Delaney
Album Muggsy A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier
Label Upbeat
Number 215 Track 21
Duration 4.21
Performers: Muggsy Spanier, c; Lou McGarity, tb; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Boomie Richman, ts; Jess Stay, p; Hy White, g; Bob Haggart, b; George Wettling, d. 17 Oct 1944.
DISC 9
Artist Pee Wee Russell’s Rhythmakers
Title There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Composer Overstreet
Album James P Johnson 1928-1938
Label Classics
Number 671 track 19
Duration 2.50
Performers: Max Kaminsky, t; Dicky Wells, tb; Pee Wee Russell, cl; Al Gold, ts; James P Johnson, p; Freddie Green, g; Wellman Braud, b; Zutty Singleton, d. 31 Aug 1938.
DISC 10
Artist Miles Davis
Title So What
Composer Davis
Album Miles Davis with John Coltrane: Complete Columbia Recordings
Label Columbia
Number AC6K 65833 CD 4 Track 4
Duration 9.22
Performers: Miles Davis t; Cannonball Adderley, as; John Coltrane, t; Bill Evans p; Paul Chambers, b; Jimmy Cobb, d. 2 March 1959