• 180 GRAM VINYL AUDIOPHILE PRESSEING
• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK
• LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs
• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
The virtuosity led to relaxing, stylish mood music as the end result -- the very thing that came to define West Coast or ‘cool’ jazz -- but this music is so inventive, it remains alluring even after its influence has been thoroughly absorbed into the mainstream.” - (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
PERSONNEL:
- SIDE A, 1-4: Kai Winding (trombone), Junior Collins (flugelhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), Al Haig (piano), Joe Shulman (bass), Max Roach (drums).
- New York, January 21, 1949.
- SIDE A, 5-6 & SIDE B, 1-2: J.J. Johnson (trombone), Sandy Siegelstein (flugelhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), John Lewis (piano), Nelson Boyd (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums).
- New York, April 22, 1949.
- SIDE B, 3-6: J.J. Johnson (trombone), Gunther Schuller (flugelhorn), Bill Barber (tuba), Lee Konitz (alto sax), Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax), John Lewis (piano), Al McKibbon (bass), Max Roach (drums), Kenny Hagood (vc on B6 only).
- New York, March 9, 1950.
TRACKS:
- SIDE A
- 01 JERU
- 02 MOVE
- 03 GODCHILD
- 04 BUDO
- 05 VENUS DE MILO
- 06 ROUGE
- SIDE B
- 01 BOPLICITY
- 02 ISRAEL
- 03 DECEPTION
- 04 ROCKER
- 05 MOONDREAMS
- 06 DARN THAT DREAM
- 07 CONCEPTION [aka DECEPTION] (*)