First Hour:
  1. Bearcat shuffle [Mary Lou Williams] (2:57)
      Personnel: Harry Lawson, Paul King, Earl Thompson-tp; Ted Donnelly-tb; John Harrington-cl, as,bs; John Williams-as, bs; Dick Wilson-ts; Claude Williams-vln; Mary Lou Williams-p, arr; Ted Brinson-g; Booker Collins-b; Ben Thigpen-d. NYC, 4 March 1936.
      From: Mary's idea / Andy Kirk (Decca)

  2. Introduction by Norman Granz (0:22)
  3. Angel eyes [Matt Dennis, Earl Brent] (3:37)
  4. That old black magic [Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer] (3:38)
  5. Midnight sun [Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer] (3:40)
  6. The lady is a tramp [Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart] (2:46)
      Personnel: Lou Levy-p; Max Bennett-b; Gus Johnson-d. Ella Fitzgerald-voc. Recorded in concert at the Teatro Sistina, Rome, 25 April 1958.
      From: Ella in Rome / Ella Fitzgerald (Verve)

  7. Another kinds of soul [Nat Adderley] (3:39)
  8. Spring is here [Rogers, Hart] (3:45)
  9. That funky train [Nat Adderley] (5:52)
10. Our delight [Tadd Dameron] (4:38)
      Personnel: Nat Adderley-cnt; Cannonball Adderley-as; Junior Mance-p; Sam Jones-b; Jimmy Cobb-d. Recorded NYC, 11 February (7-9) & 4 March (10) 1957.
      From: Sophisticated swing : the EmArcy small group sessions, d.2 / Cannonball Adderley (Emarcy)

11. I talk to the trees [Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe] (8:32)
      Personnel: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Bill Hardman-tp; Johnny Griffin-ts; Sam Dockery-p; Spanky DeBrest-b; Art Blakey-d. NYC, 13 March 1957.
12. A night at Tony's [take 3, previously unissued] [Gigi Gryce] (4:37)
13. Social call [take 4] [Gigi Gryce, Jon Hendricks] (5:36)
      Personnel: The Jazz Messengers Plus Four: Lee Morgan, Bill Hardman-tp; Melba Liston-tb, arr; Sahib Shihab-as; Johnny Griffin-ts; Cecil Payne-bs; Wynton Kelly-p; Spanky DeBrest-b; Art Blakey-d. NYC, 2 April 1957.
      From: The Jazz Messengers / Art Blakey (RCA Victor)

14. Just you, just me [Jesse Greer] (2:59)
      Personnel: Dave Brubeck-p. Recorded at the Performing Arts Center, State University of New York, Purchase NY, 4 January 1994.
      From: Just you, just me / Dave Brubeck (Telarc)

Second Hour:
15. Introduction of the band (0:50)
16. I got a woman I got a woman [Ray Charles] (6:07)
17. Georgia on my mind [Hoagy Carmichael] (6:08)
18. Hit the road, Jack [Percy Mayfield] (2:14)
      Personnel: Marcus Belgrave, Wallace Davenport, Phillip Guilbeau, John Hunt-tp; Henderson Chambers, James Harbert, Keg Johnson, Dickie Wells-tb; Hank Crawford, Rudy Powell-as; David "Fathead" Newman-as, ts, fl; Don Wilkerson-ts; LeRoy Cooper-bs; Ray Charles-p, voc; Sonny Forrest-eg; Edgar Willis-b; Bruno Carr-d; The Raylettes: Gwen Berry, Margie Hendrix, Darlene Love, Pat Mosely-voc. Recorded in concert at the Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany, 6 March 1962.
      From: Berlin, 1962 / Ray Charles (Pablo)

19. Ruby, my dear [Thelonious Monk] (2:23)
20. Ba-lue Bolivar ba-lues [Monk] (4:13)
21. Ask me now [Monk] (4:43)
22. Jackie-ing [Monk] (4:40)
      Personnel: Sir Roland Hanna-p; George Mraz-b. SNS Studios, NYC, 10, 12 April 1978.
      From: Play for Monk / Roland Hanna (Artists House)

23. Blue Farouq [Blue Mitchell] (7:24)
24. Pretty strange [Randy Weston] (5:14)
      Personnel: Blue Mitchell-tp; Charlie Rouse-ts; Walter Bishop-p; Earl May-b; Art Taylor-d. NYC, 1 May 1960.
      From: Takin' care of business / Charlie Rouse (New Jazz)

25. I wanted to say [Victor Lewis] (10:15)
      Personnel: Stan Getz-ts; Jim McHeely-p; Marc Johnson-b; Victor Lewis-d. New Morning, Paris, France, 1982.
      From: Live at New Morning / Stan Getz (Dreyfus)

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