First Hour:
  1. Bedouin [Duke Pearson] (5:20
      Solos: Jery Dodgion-fl; Randy Brecker-tp.
      Personnel: Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm, Burt Collins, Randy Brecker-tp; Garnett Brown, Julian Priester, Kenny Rupp-tb; Benny Powell-btb; Jerry Dodgion-as, fl, pic; Al Gibbons-as, fl, bcl; Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin-ts; Pepper Adams-bs; Duke Pearson-p, arr; Bob Cranshaw-b; Mickey Roker-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 15 December 1967.
      From: Introducing Duke Pearson's big band (Blue Note)

  2. I'm getting sentimental over you [Bassman, Ned Washington] (4:11)
  3. ummertime [George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin] (4:30)
      Personnel: Lou Donaldson-as; Jimmy Smith-org.
  4. Plum Nellie [Jimmy Smith] (7:37)
      Personnel: Lou Donaldson-as; Jimmy Smith-org; Eddie McFadden-eg; Donald Bailey-d. NYC, 12 February 1957.
      From: The complete February 1957 Blue Note sessions, d.2 / Jimmy Smith (Mosiac)

  5. Better get it in your soul [Charles Mingus] (7:21)
      Personnel: Jimmy Knepper-tb; John Handy-as; Shafi Hadi, Booker Ervin-ts; Horace Parlan-p; Charles Mingus-b; Dannie Richmond-d. 30th Street Studios, NYC, 5 May 1959.
  6. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat [Mingus] (5:42)
  7. Self-portrait in three colors [Mingus] (3:08)
      Personnel: Willie Dennis-tb; John Handy, Shafi Hadi, Booker Ervin-ts; Horace Parlan-p; Charles Mingus-b; Dannie Richmond-d. 30th Street Studios, NYC, 12 May 1959.
      From: Mingus ah um / Charles Mingus (Columbia)

  8. While the city sleeps [Charles Strouse, Lee Adams] (3:39)
      Personnel: Al Cohn-ts; Ben Aronov-p; Steve LaSpina-b; Joe Cocuzzo-d; Susannah McCorkle-voc.
  9. How do you keep the music playing? [Michel LeGrand, Alan Bergman] (4:04)
      Personnel: Ben Aronov-p; Gene Bertoncini-eg; Steve LaSpina-b; Joe Cocuzzo-d; Susannah McCorkle-voc.
10. A fine romance [Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields] (4:07)
      Personnel: Al Cohn-ts; Ben Aronov-p; Gene Bertoncini-eg; Steve LaSpina-b; Joe Cocuzzo-d; Susannah McCorkle-voc.
11. Cheek to cheek [Irving Berlin] (2:39)
      Personnel: Ben Aronov-p; Steve LaSpina-b; Joe Cocuzzo-d; Susannah McCorkle-voc.

12. By the time I get to Phoenix [Jimmy Webb] (3:22)
      Personnel: Ben Aronov-p; Susannah McCorkle-voc.
      From: How do you keep the music playing? / Susannah McCorkle (Jazz Alliance)

Second Hour:
13. Stingy blues [Pack, Blackman] (2:59)
14. He should;a flip'd when he flop'd [Mercer Ellington] (2:58)
15. Echoes of Harlem [Duke Ellington] (2:58)
16. That's the lick [Cootie Williams] (3:12)
      Personnel: Cootie Williams & His Orchestra: Cootie Williams, Bob Merrill-tp, voc; E.V. Perry, George Treadwell, Billy Ford, Clarence "Gene" Redd-tp; Ed Burke, Edward Johnson, Bob Horton-tb; Rupert Cole, John Jackson-as; Sam Taylor, Everett Gaines-ts; Bob Ashton-bs; Arnold Jarvis-p; Sam "Christopher" Allen-g; Norman Keenan-b; Butch Ballard-d; Johnny Mercer-vcl. WMCA Studios, NYC, 29 January 1946.
17. Wrong neighborhood [S. Hall, Bob Merrill] (2:45)
      Personnel: Cootie Williams & His Orchestra: Cootie Williams, E.V. Perry, Otis Gamble, Billy Ford, Clarence "Gene" Redd-tp; Bob Merrill-tp, voc; Ed Burke, Edward Johnson, Julius "Hawkshaw" Watson-tb; Rupert Cole, Daniel Williams-as; Chuck Clarke, Edwin Johnson-ts; Bob Ashton-bs; Arnold Jarvis-p; Pee Wee Tinney-g; Norman Keenan-b; Butch Ballard-d. NYC, 1946.

18. T'ain't like that [Rex Stewart] (3:00)
19. T'ain't like that [alt] [Stewart] (3:00)
20. Dutch treat [Stewart] (2:56)
21. Rexercise [Stewart] (2:51)
22. Blue jay [Stewart] (2:35)
      Personnel: Rex Stewart's Big Eight: Rex Stewart-cnt; Lawrence Brown-tb; Al Sears-ts; Harry Carney-bs; Eddie Heywood-p; Ulysses Livingston-g; Junior Raglin-b; Keg Purnell-d. Los Angeles, 25 January 1945.

23. Mood indigo [Duke Ellington] (2:53)
24. Mood indigo [alt] [Duke Ellington] (2:58)
25. Bug in a rug [Dick Larkin] (2:46)
26. The mooche [Duke Ellington] (3:03)
27. The mooche [alt] [Duke Ellington] (2:54)
28. Kandylamb [Barney Bigard, Otto Hardwick] (2:54)
      Personnel: Sonny Greer & the Duke's Men: Taft Jordan-tp; Barney Bigard-cl; Otto Hardwick-as; Duke Brooks-p; Fred Guy-g; Red Callender-b; Sonny Greer-d. Los Angeles, 24 February 1945.

29. The Jeep is jumpin' [Johnny Hodges; arr. Billy Strayhorn] (3:04)
20. Passion flower [Billy Strayhorn; arr. Strayhorn] (2:43)
30. Johnny come lately [Strayhorn; arr. Strayhorn] (2:44)
31. Shadows [Louis Bellson; arr. Buddy Baker] (2:29)
      Personnel: Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars: Clark Terry-tp; John Graas-frn; Juan Tizol-vtb; Willie Smith-as; Wardell Grey-ts; Harry Carney-bs; Billy Strayhorn-p; Wendell Marshall-b; Louis Bellson-d. Los Angeles, 23 May 1952.

Note: All of the second hour from: Classic Capitol jazz sessions, d. 10 / Various Artists (Mosaic)

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