CD 1
MILES DAVIS - MILES AHEAD
1. Springsville (John Carisi)
2. The Maids of Cadiz (Leo Delibes)
3. The Duke (Dave Brubeck)
4. My Ship (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin)
5. Miles Ahead (Miles Davis, Gil Evans)
6. Blues for Pablo (Gil Evans)
7. New Rhumba (Ahmad Jamal)
8. The Meaning of the Blues (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth)
9. Lament (J.J. Johnson)
10. Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone but You) (Harold Spina, Jack Elliot)
Recorded in NYC on May 6, 10, 23, 27 & August 22, 1957
HANK MOBLEY - HANK MOBLEY QUINTET
11. Funk in Deep Freeze (Hank Mobley)
12. Wham and They're Off (Hank Mobley)
13. Fin de l'affaire (Hank Mobley)
14. Startin' from Scratch (Hank Mobley)
15. Stella-Wise (Hank Mobley)
16. Base on Balls (Hank Mobley)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J. on March 8, 1957
CD 2
JOHN COLTRANE - BLUE TRAIN
1. Blue Train (John Coltrane)
2. Moment's Notic (John Coltrane)
3. Locomotion (John Coltrane)
4. I'm Old Fashioned (Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern)
5. Lazy Bird (John Coltrane)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J. on September 15, 1957
GERRY MULLIGAN - MEETS STAN GETZ
6. Let's Fall in Love (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
7. Anything Goes (Cole Porter)
8. Too Close for Comfort (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss)
9. That Old Feeling (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown)
10. This Can't Be Love (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
11. A Ballad (Gerry Mulligan)
Recorded in Los Angeles, Californiaon October 12, 1957
CD 3
SONNY ROLLINS - THE SOUND OF SONNY
1. The Last Time I Saw Paris (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein)
2. Just in Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
3. Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye) (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, Robert A. King)
4. What Is There to Say? (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg)
5. Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer)
6. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter)
7. Cutie (Sonny Rollins)
8. It Could Happen to You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
9. Mangoes (Dale Libbey, Sid Wayne)
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studio, New York City on June 11, 12 and 19, 1957
THELONIOUS MONK AND GERRY MULLIGAN - MULLIGAN MEETS MONK
10. 'Round Midnight (Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk)
11. Rhythm-A-Ning (Thelonious Monk)
12. Sweet and Lovely (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias)
13. Decidedly (Gerry Mulligan)
14. Straight, No Chaser (Thelonious Monk)
15. I Mean You (Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins)
Recorded in NYC on August 12 and 13, 1957
CD 4
CHARLES MINGUS - TIJUANA MOODS
1. Dizzy Moods (Charles Mingus)
2. Ysabel's Table Dance (Charles Mingus)
3. Tijuana Gift Shop (Charles Mingus)
4. Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)
5. Flamingo (Ted Grouya)
Recorded on July 18 and August 6, 1957
MAX ROACH - JAZZ IN 3/4 TIME
6. Blues Waltz (Max Roach)
7. Valse Hot (Sonny Rollins)
8. I'll Take Romance (Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland)
9. Little Folks (Max Roach)
10. Lover (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
11. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Hart, Rodgers)
Recorded in New York City on September 19, 1956 and in Hollywood, California on March 18, 20 and 21, 1957
CD 5
JOHN LEWIS - THE JOHN LEWIS PIANO
1. Harlequin (John Lewis)
2. Little Girl Blue (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
3. The Bad and the Beautiful (David Raksin)
4. D and E (John Lewis)
5. It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers, Hart)
6. Warmeland (Traditional)
7. Two Lyric Pieces:
a) Pierrot, b) Colombine (John Lewis)
Recorded in NYC and the Music Inn in Lenox, MA on July 30, 1956, February 21 and August 24, 1957
THELONIOUS MONK - BRILLIANT CORNERS
8. Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk)
9. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Thelonious Monk)
10. Pannonica (Thelonious Monk)
11. I Surrender, Dear (Harry Barris)
12. Bemsha Swing (Denzil Best, Monk)
Recorded in NYC on October 9, October 15, and December 7, 1956
CD 6
JAY JAY JOHNSON - BLUE TROMBONE
1. Hello, Young Lovers (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
2. Kev (J.J. Johnson)
3. What's New (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
4. Blue Trombone (J.J. Johnson)
5. Gone with the Wind (Allie Wrubel, Herbert Magidson)
6. 100 Proof (J.J. Johnson)
Recorded in NYC on April 26, 1957
KENNY BURRELL - ALL NIGHT LONG
7. All Night Long (Kenny Burrell)
8. Boo-Lu (Hank Mobley)
9. Flickers (Mal Waldron)
10. Li'l Hankie (Hank Mobley)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on December 28, 1956
CD 7
CHET BAKER & ART PEPPER - PLAYBOYS
1. For Minors Only (Jimmy Heath)
2. Minor-Yours (Art Pepper)
3. Resonant Emotions (Jimmy Heath)
4. Tynan Tyme (Art Pepper)
5. Picture of Heath (Jimmy Heath)
6. For Miles and Miles (Jimmy Heath)
7. C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath)
Recorded in Los Angeles on October 31, 1956
ART BLAKEY - ORGY IN RHYTHM
8. Buhaina Chant (Art Blakey)
9. Ya Ya (A. Blakey)
10. Toffi (A. Blakey)
11. Split Skins (A. Blakey)
Recorded in NYC live on March 7, 1957
CD 8
BEN WEBSTER - SOULVILLE
1. Soulville (Ben Webster)
2. Late Date (Webster)
3. Time on My Hands (Adamson, Gordon, Youmans)
4. Lover Come Back to Me (Hammerstein II, Romberg)
5. Where Are You (Pollack, Davis)
6. Makin' Whoopee (Kahn, Donaldson)
7. I'll Wind (Arlen, Koehler)
Recorded in Los Angeles on October 15, 1957
YUSEF LATEEF - JAZZ MOOD
8. Metaphor (Yusef Lateef)
9. Yusef's Mood (Lateef)
10. The Beginning (Lateef)
11. Morning (Lateef)
12. Blues in Space (Lateef)
Recorded April 9, 1957
CD 9
JOHNNY GRIFFIN - A BLOWIN' SESSION
1. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
2. Ball Bearing (Johnny Griffin)
3. All the Things You Are (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein)
4. Smoke Stack (Griffin)
Recorded on April 6, 1957 at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
ART TAYLOR - TAYLOR'S WAILERS
5. Batland (Lee Sears)
6. C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath)
7. Exhibit A (Sears)
8. Cubano Chant (Ray Bryant)
9. Off Minor (Thelonious Monk)
10. Well You Needn't (Thelonious Monk)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J. on February 25, 1957 (5, 7-10) and March 22, 1957 (6)
CD 10
ART PEPPER - MEETS THE RHYTHM SECTION
1. You'd Be so Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter)
2. Red Pepper Blues (Art Pepper, Red Garland)
3. Imagination (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
4. Waltz Me Blues (Art Pepper, Paul Chambers)
5. Straight Life (Art Pepper)
6. Jazz Me Blues (Tom Delaney)
7. Tin Tin Deo (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo)
8. Star Eyes (Gene de Paul, Don Raye)
9. Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie)
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on January 19, 1957