First Hour:
  1. Camel's breath soup [Dan Radlauer] (3:39)
      Solo: Dan Higgins-ss, cl.
      Personnel: Ira B. Liss' Big Band Jazz Machine: Wayne Bergeron, Bill Armstrong, Jeff Bunnel, Mark Nicholson-tp; Gary Bucher, Vern Ryker, John Klokow, Tim Hall, Dave Stout-tb; Alan Pruett, Lee Elderton, David Castel del Ora, Ward Baxter, Dan Higgins, Ira B. Liss-woodwinds; Dan Radlauer-kyb, arr; Carl Verheyen-eg; Lance Jeppersen, Bart Samolis-b; Charlie McGhee-d; Scott Breadman-perc. Los Angeles, 2002.
      From: Symphomaniacs / Ira B. Liss (Big Band Jazz Machine)

  2. In case you haven't heard [Woody Shaw] (11:13)
      Personnel: Woody Shaw-tp; Dexter Gordon-ts; Ronnie Matthews-p; Stafford James-b; Louis Hayes-d. Village Vanguard, NYC, 11 December 1976.
      From: Homecoming : live at the Village Vanguard, d.1 / Dexter Gordon (Columbia)

  3. Lulu's back in town [Harry Warren, Jack Dubin] (16:40)
      Personnel: Charlie Rouse-ts; Thelonious Monk-p; Larry Gales-b; Ben Riley-d. Paris, France, 18 or 20 March 1968.
      From: Sweet & lovely / Thelonious Monk (Moon)

  4. While the city sleeps [Charles Strouse, Lee Adams] (3:39)
  5. How do you keep the music playing? [Michel LeGrand, Alan Bergman] (4:04)
  6. Cheek to cheek [Irving Berlin] (2:39)
  7. Otra vez [Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vincinius De Moraes, Gene Lee] (4:50)
      Personnel: Al Cohn-ts; Ben Aronov-p; Gene Bertoncini-eg; Steve LaSpina-b; Joe Cocuzzo-d; Susannah McCorkle-voc. Delta Recording Studios, NYC, June 1985.
      From: How do you keep the music playing? / Susannah McCorkle (Jazz Alliance)

  8. Lotus blossom [Bily Strayhorn] (2:54)
      Personnel: Fred Hirsch-p.
  9. U.M.M.G. [Strayhorn] (7:12)
      Personnel: Fred Hirsch-p; Drew Gress-b; Tom Rainey-d. The Hit Factory, NYC, June & August 1995
.       From: Passion flower / Fred Hirsch (Nonesuch)

Second Hour:
10. Full house [Wes Montgomery] (9:14)
11. I've rown accustomed toher face [Alan Jay Lerner, Frank Loewe] (3:29)
      Personnel: Johnny Griffin-ts; Wynton Kelly-p; Wes Montgomery-eg; Paul Chambers-b; Jimmy Cobb-d. Tsubo's, Berkeley, CA, 25 June 1961.
      From: Full house /Wes Montgomery (Riverside)

12. The spur of the moment [John LaPorta] (8:44)
13. Abstraction [Charles Mingus] (4:01)
      Personnel: Thad Jones-tp; John LaPorta-as, cl; Teo Marceo-ts, bs; Jackson Wiley-clo; Charles Mingus-b, p; Clem de Rosa-d. NYC, ca. December 1959.
  From: The jazz experiments of Charles Mingus / Charles Mingus (Avenue Jazz; Baronet)

14. My ideal [Richard Whiting}(2:43)
15. Lover Man [Ram Ramerez, Ned Washington] (2:38)
16. Like someone in love [Jimmy van Huesen, Johnny Burke] (5:14)
17. Specific gravity [Ernie Henry] (6:34)
      Personnel: Ernie Henry-as; Wynton Kelly-p; Wilbur Ware-b; Philly Joe Jones-d. NYC, 1957.
      From: Seven standards & a blues /Ernie Henry (Riverside)

18. Something to live for [Strayhorn] (7:54)
      Personnel: Fred Hirsch-p; Andy Bey-voc. The Hit Factory, NYC, June & August 1995.
19. Ballad for very tired & very sad lotus-eaters [Strayhorn] (5:09)
      Personnel: Fred Hirsch-p; Drew Gress-b; Tom Rainey-d. The Hit Factory, NYC, June & August 1995.
      From: Passion flower / Fred Hirsch (Nonesuch)

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