Booker Little

• double CD JEWEL CASE FORMAT

• 4 COMPLETE ALBUMS - 26 TRACKS

• INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

All four complete original LPs recorded by the phenomenal trumpeter Booker Little as a leader (he died tragically at the age of 23 on October 5, 1961). The albums consist of: Booker Little Four and Max Roach (United Artists UAS5034), Booker Little (Time S2011), Out Front (Candid CJS9027), and Booker Little and Friend (Bethlehem BCP6061).

The trumpeter is backed by such important figures as Eric Dolphy, George Coleman, Julian Priester, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Scott LaFaro, and Max Roach, among others.

PERSONNEL:

• BOOKER LITTLE _ (trumpet) on all tracks, plus:

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
• Eric Dolphy (as, bass cl, fl), George Coleman (ts), Julian Priester (tb), Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Don Friedman (p), Scott LaFaro, Art Davis, Ron Carter, Reggie Workman (b), Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Pete La Roca (d).

• CD ONE. [1-6]: Booker Little 4 & Max Roach. [7-13]: Out Front
• CD TWO: [1-6]: Booker Little (Time label). [7-13]: Booker Little and Friend

Recorded in New York, 1958-1961.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (76:34 min.):
• 01 MILESTONES
• 02 SWEET AND LOVELY
• 03 ROUNDER’S MOOD
• 04 DUNGEON WALTZ
• 05 JEWEL’S TEMPO
• 06 MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU
• 07 WE SPEAKv
• 08 STRENGTH AND SANITY
• 09 QUIET PLEASE
• 10 MOODS IN FREE TIME
• 11 MAN OF WORDS
• 12 HAZY BLUES
• 13 A NEW DAY

• CD TWO (77:20 min.)
• 01 OPENING STATEMENT
• 02 MINOR SWEET
• 03 BEE TEE’S MINOR PLEA
• 04 LIFE’S A LITTLE BLUE
• 05 THE GRAND VALSE
• 06 WHO CAN I TURN TO?
• 07 VICTORY AND SORROW
• 08 FORWARD FLIGHT
• 09 LOOKING AHEAD
• 10 IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
• 11 CALLING SOFTLY
• 12 BOOKER’S BLUES
• 13 MATILDE