4 LPs ON 2 CDs

PERSONNEL:

CD 1 (1-9) from the Orovox album Marv Jenkins Arrives (MG 1001)

MARVIN JENKINS, piano
BOB MARTIN, bass
JACK DEAN, drums
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1960

CD 1 (10-21) from the Reprise album A Tribute to My People (R9-6013)

MARVIN JENKINS, piano
JACK BRUCE, bass
KENNY DENNIS, drums
Recorded at United Studios, Hollywood, November 14 & 15, 1961


CD 2 (1-8) from the Reprise album Good Little Man – At the Rubaiyat Room (R9-6077)

MARVIN JENKINS, piano
STANLEY GILBERT, bass
KENNY DANNIS, drums
Recorded at United Studios, Hollywood, October 22, 1962

CD 2 (9-20) from the album Big City (Palomar GS 34001)

In this album Marvin Jenkins used a different line-up for almost each song, with personnel and instrumentation ranging from quartet to octet, and the accompanying musicians alternating between them. Collective personnel includes: Marvin Jenkins (p, cl, vcl), Carmell Jones & Freddie Hill (tp), Buddy Collette (fl, ts), Clifford Scott (ts), Richard 'Groove' Holmes & Charles Kynard (org), Ray Crawford & John Gray (g), Al McKibbon & Lewis Large (b), Donald Dean & Frank Severino (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, January 1965


CD 2 (21) Bonus track: MARVIN JENKINS, piano, with unknown bass & drums
Recorded in Hollywood, 1965

CD 1

01. Bluesology
02. A Foggy Day
03. Duet
04. I’ve Never Been In Love Before
05. One Mint Julep
06. Stella by Starlight
07. Cubano Chant
08. Fugue for Lulu
09. Marv’s Blues
10. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
11. St. Louis Blues
12. Someday Sweetheart
13. Don’t Be That Way
14. Misty
15. Cherry
16. Undecided
17. Canadian Sunset
18. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
19. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
20. Basin Street Blues
21. One O’Clock Jump

CD 2

01. Time After Time
02. My Man’s Gone Now
03. Blues Cha Cha
04. What’s New?
05. Trane’s Message
06. Blues Waltz
07. I’ll Drown in My Own Tears
08. Good Lil’ Man
09. Big City
10. I Love Paris
11. I’m Always Drunk in San Francisco
12. Kansas City
13. A Long Way from St. Louis
14. City Blues
15. A Rainy Day in L.A.
16. Autumn in New York
17. Chicago
18. Small Town
19. Memphis Tennessee
20. Visit Me Today
21. I've Got the Blues (*) Bonus Track