• 3 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2-CD set
• COOKIN’ (1957)
• DIMINUENDO, CRESCENDO AND BLUES (1958)
• & CLARK TERRY featuring PAUL GONSALVES (1959)
• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS
All of the recordings ever made by Paul Gonsalves and Clark Terry in a quintet format, backed by two other Ellington collaborators: Jimmy Woode and Sam Woodyard, plus pianists Willie Jones, Carlos Diernhammer & Raymond Fol.
PERSONNEL:
- CLARK TERRY, trumpet
- PAUL GONSALVES, tenor sax
- JIMMY WOODE, bass
- SAM WOODYARD, drums.
- On all tracks plus:
- CD 1 [1-10]: COOKIN’
- Willie Jones (p). Chicago, August 6, 1957.
- CD 1 [11-20]: DIMINUENDO, CRESCENDO AND BLUES
- Carlos Diernhammer (p). Munich, Germany, November 15, 1958.
- CD 2 [1-11]: CLARK TERRY AND HIS ORCHESTRA featuring PAUL GONSALVES
- Raymond Fol (p). Paris, France, October 1959.
- BONUS TRACKS CD 2 [12-15]:
- CLARK TERRY-PAUL GONSALVES SEXTET: THE JAZZ SCHOOL
- Clark Terry (tp), Paul Gonsalves (ts), Porter Kilbert (bar),
- Junior Mance (p), Chubby Jackson (b), Gene Miller (d).
- New York, September 18, 1956.
TRACKS:
- CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 74:00 Min.
- 01 FESTIVAL
- 02 CLARK BARS
- 03 DADDY-O’S PATIO
- 04 BLUES
- 05 IMPECCABLE
- 06 PAUL’S IDEA
- 07 PHAT BACH
- 08 MILLI-TERRY
- 09 FUNKY
- 10 THE GIRL I CALL BABY
- 11 DIMINUENDO AND CRESCENDO IN BLUE
- 12 I COVER THE WATERFRONT
- 13 C-JAM BLUES
- 14 EVAD
- 15 IT DON’T MEAN A THING
- 16 AUTOBAHN
- 17 WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
- 18 HILDEGARD
- 19 OCEAN MOTION
- 20 JIVIN’ WITH FRITZ
- CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 74:24 Min.
- 01 SERENADE TO A BUS SEAT
- 02 PANNONICA No.1
- 03 PEA-EYES
- 04 SATIN DOLL
- 05 DANIEL’S BLUES
- 06 MEAN TO ME
- 07 BLUES FOR THE CHAMP OF CHAMPS
- 08 CIRCEO
- 09 CLARK BARS
- 10 PANNONICA No.2
- 11 LONELY ONE
- 12 DON’T BLAME ME
- 13 IT DON’T MEAN A THING
- 14 TAKE NINE
- 15 EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME