Tracks 1-8: All-Star Mainstream Sextet, featuring Oscar Pettiford and Billy Taylor as highlighted soloists beside him.

Recorded in New York, November 26, 1955. 9-10: Ernie Royal and His All-Stars. Recorded in Paris, April 13, 1950.

11-16: This compilation also contains the recordings he made in Paris in 1950 when he was on a European tour with Duke Ellington’s band. The line up included some of the best Ellington sidemen, three famous French musicians and two outstanding American boppers who were then living in Paris: James Moody and Kenny Clarke.