First Hour:
  1. Passing giants [Tim Hagans] (6:22)
      Solo: Tim Hagans-tp.
      The Norrbotten Big Band: Tim Hagams-tp, arr, cond; Bo Strandberg, Dan Johansson, Magnus Ekholm, Tapio Maunuvaara-tp, flg; P-O Svanstrom, Magnus Puls, Peter Dahlgren-tb; Bjorn Hangsel-btb; Haken Brostrom-ss, as; Jan Thelin-as, bcl; Mats Garberg-ts, fl; Bengt Ek-ts; Per Moberg-bs, fl; Hans Delander-p, Fender-Rhodes ep; Christian Spering-b; Jukkis Uotila-d, perc; Mangus Persson-perc, didgeridoo. June 1997, Musikhogskolan i Pitea, Stockholm, Sweden.
      From: Norrbotten Big Band (Double-Time Records)

  2. Come rain or come shine [Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer] (19:13)
      Personnel: Dexter Gordon-ts; George Cables-p; Rufus Reid-b; Eddie Gladden-d. Keystone Corner, San Francisco, 16 May 1978.
      From: Nights at the Keystone, v. 2 / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note)

  3. Thou swell [Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart] (4:24)
  4. The song is you [Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, II] (7:11)
  5. Mosquito knees [Gigi Gryce] (5:21)
      Personnel: Stan Getz-ts; Al Haig-p; Jimmy Rainey-eg; Teddy Kotick-b; Tiny Kahn-d. Storyville, Boston, 28 October 1951.
      From: Stan Getz at Storyville (Roulette)

  6. Blues [trad.] (3:48)
  7. Who, me? [Count Basie] (4:26)
  8. Jumpin' at the Woodside [Basie] (4:15)
      Personnel: The Count Basie Orchestra: Thad Jones-cnt, tp; Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman-tp; Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell-tb; Marshall Royal-as; Frank Wess-as, fl; Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster-ts; Charles Fowlkes-bs; Count Basie-p; Freddie Green-g; Eddie Jones-d; Sonny Payne-d. Europe, mid-1950s.
      From: Live! / Count Basie (LaserLight)

  9. Low life [Johnny Mandel] (2:05)
      Personnel: The Count Basie Orchestra: Thad Jones-cnt, tp; Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman-tp; Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell-tb; Marshall Royal-as; Frank Wess-as, fl; Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster-ts; Charles Fowlkes-bs; Count Basie-p; Freddie Green-g; Eddie Jones-d; Sonny Payne-d. Europe, mid-1950s.
      From: Live! [v.2] / Count Basie (LaserLight)

Second Hour:
10. Little Johnny C [Duke Pearson] (5:09)
11. Hobo Joe [Joe Henderson] (8:12)
      Personnel: Johnny Coles-tp; Leo Wright-as, fl; Joe Henderson-ts; Duke Pearson-p; Bob Cranshaw-b; Walter Perkins-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 18 July 1963.
      From: Little Johnny C / Johnny Coles (Blue Note)

12. Grant's dimensions [Grant Green] (7:53)
13. Green with envy [Green] (9:44)
      Personnel: Grant Green-eg; Ben Tucker-b; David Bailey-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 1 April 1961.
      From: Green Street / Grant Green (Blue Note)

14. King Cobra [Herbie Hancock] (6:52)
15. Blind man, blind man [Hancock] (8:16)
      Personnel: Donald Byrd-tp; Grachan Moncur, III-tb; Hank Mobley-ts; Herbie Hancock-p; Grant Greem-eg; Chuck Israels-b; Tony Williams-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 19 March 1962.
      From: My point of view / Herbie Hancock (Blue Note)

16. More than you know [Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose] (11:11)
      Personnel: Dexter Gordon-ts; George Cables-p; Rufus Reid-b; Eddie Gladden-d. Keystone Corner, San Francisco, 16 May 1978.
      From: Nights at the Keystone, v. 2 / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note)

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