First Hour:
  1. Bluejean beguine [Duke Ellington] (6:13)
      Solos: Russell Procope-cl; Willie Cook-tp; Duke Ellington-p.
      Personnel: Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Clark Terry-tp; Ray Nance-tp, vln; Quinton Jackson, Britt Woodman, John Sanders-tb; Russell Procope-as, cl; Rick Henderson-as; Paul Gonsalves-ts; Jimmy Hamilton-ts, cl; Harry Carney-bs; Duke Ellington-p; Wendell Marshall-b; Dave Black-d. Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles CA, 13 April 1954.
      From: The 1954 Los Angeles concert / Duke Ellington (GNP Records)

  2. Serenade in blue [Harry Warren, Max Gordon] (5:00)
  3. You said it [Tommy Turrentine] (4:28)
  4. Love looked out [Ray Noble] (4:45)
      Personnel: Tommy Turrentine-tp; Dexter Gordon-ts; Sir Charles Thompson-p; Al Lucas-b; Willie Bobo-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 5 May 1962.
      From: Landslide / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note) also The complete Sixties Blue Note sessions, d.2 / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note)
  5. Blue gardenia [Bill Russell] (6:40)
      Personnel: Dave Burns-tp; Dexter Gordon-ts; Sonny Clark-p; Ron Carter-b; Philly Joe Jones-d. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 14 May 1962.
      From: Landslide / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note) also The complete Sixties Blue Note sessions, d.2 / Dexter Gordon (Blue Note)

  6. Yesterdays [Jorome Kern, Otto Harbach] (6:10)
  7. All the things you are [Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, II] (9:32)
      Personnel: Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins-ts; Paul Bley-p; Bob Cranshaw-b; Roy McCurdy-d. RCA Victor Studios, NYC, 15 July 1963.
      From: Sonny meets Hawk / Sonny Rolline (RCA); also on Complete RCA Victor recordings, d.4 / Sonny Rollins (RCA)

  8. With a song in my heart [alt] [Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart] (8:45)
      Personnel: Donald Byrd-tp; Curtis Fuller-tb; John Coltrane-ts; Sonny Clark-p; Paul Chambers-b; Art Taylor-d. Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack NJ, 1 September 1957.
      From: Sonny's crib / Sonny Clark (Blue Note)

Second Hour:
  9. Bemsha swing [Thelonious Monk] (4:49)
10. Well, you needn't [Monk] (7:20)
11. 'Round midnight [Monk] (7:09)
      Personnel: Charlie Rouse-ts; Thelonious Monk-p; John Ore-b; Frankie Dunlop-d. Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15 April 1961.
      From: The first European concert, 1961 / Thelonious Monk (Magnetic)

12. The Lion & the Wolff [Lee Morgan] (9:39)
13. Midtown blues [Jackie McLean] (12:08)
      Personnel: Lee Morgan-tp; Jackie McLean-as; Bobby Timmons-p; Paul Chambers-b; Art Blakey-d; Cal Massey-arr. Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, 28 April 1960.
      From: Leeway / Lee Morgan (Blue Note)

14. The African Queen [Horace Silver] (10:20)
      Personnel: Woody Shaw-tp; Joe Henderson-ts; Horace Silver-p; Larry Ridley-b; Roger Humphries-d. The Half Note, NYC, 11 or 18 February 1966.
      From: Re-entry / Horace Silver (32 Jazz)

15. Crazeology [take D] [Charlie Parker] (2:52)
16. Drifting on a reed [take E] [Parker] (247)
      Personnel: Miles Davis-tp; J.J. Johnson-tb; Charlie Parker-as; Duke Jordan-p; Tommy Potter-b; Max Roach-d. WOR Studios, NYC, 17 December 1947.
      From: Bebop & Bird, v.1 / Charlie Parker (Hipsville)

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