4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (30 pages) 4 3/4 in digital optical
Notes:
Compact discs Includes Ella Fitgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong and many other greats in the Jazz world
Contents:
Disc one, 1944-1953 : JATP/J. J. Johnson, Illinois Jacquet, Nat "King" Cole JATP/Charlie Parker, Lester Young I've found a new baby/Lester Young Trav'lin' light/Billie Holiday --Repetition/Charlie Parker Picassso/Coleman Hawkins --Tanga/Machito Celia/Bud Powell Just friends/Charlie Parker Bloomdido/Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie Jeep's blues/Johnny Hodges Drum boogie/Gene Krupa Port of Rico/Illinois Jacquet Tenderly/Oscar Peterson --It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)/Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz Echoes of Harlem/Roy Eldridge. Disc two, 1953-1957 : Tea for two/Art Tatum Manteca/ Dizzy Gillespie My one and only love/Benny Carter Flying home/ Lionel Hampton Lemonaid 21/Flip Phillips Every day I have the blues/Count Basie, Joe Williams April in Paris/Count Basie Honeysuckle Rose/Anita O'Day All of me/Lester Young, Teddy Wilson Just one of those things/Ella Fitzgerald Lady sings the blues/Billie Holiday Swinging of a star/Oscar Peterson Cooking the blues/Buddy DeFranco They can't take that away from me/Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong La Rosita/Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster I know that you know/Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins . Disc three, 1957-1962 : Crazy rhythm/Stan Getz, J.J. Johnson Surrey with the fringe on top/Blossom Dearie Stompy Jones/Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges I can't give you anything but love/Sonny Stitt Chelsea Bridge/Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster --Mack the knife/Ella Fitzgerald Too close for comfort/Mel Torme In the mornings out there/Jimmy Giuffre I'm gonna go fishin'/Gerry Mulligan Night Rider/Stan Getz I remember you/Lee Konitz Something's coming/Oscar Peterson Desafinado/Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd Walk on the wild side/Jimmy Smith. Disc four, 1962-1994 : 'Round midnight/Bill Evans The girl from Ipanema/Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto Soul source/Cal Tjader Last night when we were young/Kenny Burrell If you could see me now/Wes Montgomery Night train/Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery Every night/Joe Williams The good life/Betty Carter You won't forget me/Shirley Horn Bird alone/Abbey Lincoln Johnny come lately/Joe Henderson Hello my lovely/Charlie Haden