First Hour:
  1. Bedouin [Duke Pearson] (5:20)
      Solos: Jerry Dogion-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 Dogion-fl, as, 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, 15 December 1967.
      From: Introducting the Duke Pearson big band / Duke Pearson (Blue Note)

  2. Over the rainbow [Harold Arlen, Yip Harberg] (8:20)
  3. Ain’t misbehavin’ [Fats Waller] (9:04)
      Personnel: Benny Carter-as, arr; Herb Geller-as; Jimmy Heth, Frank Wess-ts; Joe Temperly-bs; Richard Wyands-p; Milt Hinton-b; Ronnie Bedford-d. RCA Studios, NYC, 18, 19 October 1988.
      From: Over the rainbow / Benny Carter (Musical Heritage Society)

  4. Introduction of the group by Ruth Mason (1:20)
  5. My girl Shirl [Duke Pearson] (10:32)
  6. Soulful Kiddy [Donald Byrd] (9:55)
      Personnel: Donald Byrd-tp; Pepper Adams-bs; Duke Pearson-p; Laymon Jackson-b; Lex Humphries-d. Half Note Café, NYC, 11 November 1960.
      From: At the Half Note Café, d.1 / Donald Byrd (Blue Note)

  7. I can’t get started [Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin] (3:33)
      Personnel: Lester Young-ts; Bill Potts-p; Norman Williams-b; Jim Lucht-d. Washington, DC, December 1956.
      From: Lester Young in Washington D.C. 1956, v.1 / Lester Yong (Pablo)

  8. Groundhog [Pearson] (3:00)
      Solos: Duke Pearson-p.
      Personnel: Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm, Burt Collins, Randy Brecker-tp; Garnett Brown, Julian Priester, Kenny Rupp-tb; Benny Powell-btb; Jerry Dogion-fl, as, 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, 15 December 1967.
      From: Introducting the Duke Pearson big band / Duke Pearson (Blue Note)

Second Hour:
  9. Fast Bb blues [Lester Young] (5:54)
10. D.B. blues [Young] (7:50)
      Personnel: Lester Young-ts; Bill Potts-p; Norman Williams-b; Jim Lucht-d. Washington, DC, December 1956.
      From: Lester Young in Washington D.C. 1956, v.1 / Lester Yong (Pablo)

11. It’s you or no one [Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn] (6:12)
12. For regulars only [Dexter Gordon] (5:43)
      Personnel: Freddie Hubbard-tp; Dexter Gordon-ts; Horace Parlan-p; George Tucker-b; Al Harewood-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 6 May 1961.
      From: Doin’ all right / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note); The complete Sixties Blue Note sessions, d.1 / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note)

13. This is new [Kenny Drew] (6:56)
14. It’s you or no one [Styne, Cahn] (8:07)
      Personnel: Donald Byrd-tp; Hank Mobley-ts; Kenny Drew-p; Wilbur Ware-b; G.T. Hogan-d. Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack NJ, 28 March 1957.
      From: This is new / Kenny Drew (Riverside)

15. Janie Huk [Frank Foster] (11:20)
16. Raunchy Rita [Foster] (5:30)
      Personnel: Virgil Jones-tp; Frank Foster-ts; Albert Daley-p; Bob Cunningham-b; Alan Dawson-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 2 December 1965.
      From: Fearless / Frank Foster (Prestige)

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