3LPs ON 2CD SET Plus 11 BONUS TRACKS

PERSONNEL:

ON CD 1 [1-2]: ARTIE SHAW and His Gramercy Five.
From Decca 24870

DON FAGERQUIST, trumpet
ARTIE SHAW, clarinet
GIL BARRIOS, piano
JIMMY RANEY, guitar
DICK NIVESON, bass
IRV KLUGER, drums
Recorded in New York City, January 6, 1950

ON CD 1 [3-6]: AL COHN and His Orchestra.
(3-4), from Roost 511 - (5-6), from Roost 514

RED RODNEY, trumpet
EARL SWOPE, trombone
AL COHN, tenor sax, arranger
GERRY MULLIGAN, baritone sax
AL HAIG, piano
CURLEY RUSSELL, bass
JEFF MORTON, drums
Recorded in New York City, February 1, 1950

ON CD 1 [7-9]: CHARLIE VENTURA Quartet.
From the  “An Evening with Mary Ann McCall & Charlie Ventura” (Norgran MG N-8)

CHARLIE VENTURA, tenor sax
DAVE McKENNA, piano
BOB CARTER, bass
SONNY IGOE, drums
Recorded in Los Angeles, June 7, 1954

ON CD 1 [10-11]: CHARLIE VENTURA and His Orchestra
From the album “Another Evening with Mary Ann McCall & Charlie Ventura” (Norgran MG N-1013)

CHARLIE SHAVERS, trumpet
KAI WINDING, trombone
LENNY HAMBRO, alto sax
CHARLIE VENTURA, tenor sax
DAVE McKENNA, piano
PERRY LOPEZ, guitar
BOB CARTER, bass
SONNY IGOE, drums
Recorded in New York City, August 16, 1954

ON CD 1 [12-23]: ERNIE WILKINS and His Orchestra
(12-21), from the album “Easy Living” (Regent RMG-6040)
(22 & 23), from the miscellaneous album

JOE WILDER, trumpet
ZOOT SIMS, GEORGE BARROW, SELDON POWELL, ttenor sax
SOLL MOORE, baritone sax
NAT PIERCE, piano
WENDELL MARSHALL, bass
KENNY CLARKE, drums
Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, August 14, 16 & 23, 1956
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CD 2 [1-12] TEDDY CHARLES Quintet.
From the album DETOUR TO THE MOON (Jubilee JLP-1078)

Tracks (1,2,5,7,10,12):
TEDDY CHARLES, vibes
CHARLES McCRACKEN, cello
WALT TRAMBLER, viola
JIMMY RANEY, guitar
GEORGE DUVIVIER, bass

Tracks (3,4,6,8,9,11):
TEDDY CHARLES, vibes
MAL WALDRON, piano
JIMMY RANEY, guitar
OSCAR PETTIFORD, bass
JERRY SEGAL, drums
Recorded in New York City, March, 1958.

[13-24] JOHNNY RICHARDS and His Orchestra

Tracks (14,18,21,24): Burt Collins, Jerry Kail, John Bello, Ray Copeland, trumpets;
Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Jim Dahl, trombones; Jay McAllister, tuba;
Joe Singer, French horn; Gene Quill, alto sax; Frank Socolow, tenor sax;
Bill Slapin, baritone sax, flute, piccolo; Shelly Gold, bass sax; John Knapp, piano;
Barry Galbraith, guitar; Chet Amsterdam, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums;
Joe Venuto, vibes & percussion; Warren Smith, percussion.
Recorded in New York City, March 2, 1959

Tracks (15,17,19,22): Burt Collins, trumpet; Frank Socolow, tenor sax; John Knapp, piano;
Joe Venuto, vibes; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Chet Amsterdam, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums.
Recorded in New York City, March 6, 1959

Tracks (13,16,20,23): Bill Slapin, flute; Billy Byers, trombone; John Knapp, piano;
Chet Amsterdam, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums; plus eight cellos.
Recorded in New York City, March 20, 1959.

CD 1:

01. There Must Be Something Better than Love
02. Nothin’ for Nothin’
03. The Sky Is Crying
04. After I Say I’m Sorry
05. I Cried for You
06. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
07. Careless
08. Please Be Kind
09. Detour Ahead
10. We’ll Be Together Again
11. There’ll Be Some Changes Made
12. Shake Down the Stars
13. You Can Depend On Me
14. Easy Living
15. Mean to Me
16. In My Solitude
17. I Thought About You
18. Deep Purple
19. Deed I Do
20. It’s You Or No One
21. It’s Been So Long
22. Something I Dreamed Last Night
23. It Must Be True

CD 2:
 
01. Detour Ahead
02. I Wished On the Moon
03. The Moon Was Yellow
04. Oh! You Crazy Moon
05. Moonlight Becomes You
06. Moonglow
07. Shine On Harvest Moon
08. Blue Moon
09. East of the Sun
10. No Moon at All
11. It’s Only a Paper Moon
12. Moon Country
13. My Melancholy Baby
14. Melancholy Nights
15. A Lover Is Blue
16. Trouble Is a Man
17. Blue (And Broken Hearted)
18. The Thrill Is Gone
19. Am I Blue
20. My Old Flame
21. Blue and Sentimental
22. Sentimental and Melancholy
23. Melancholy Mood
24. Melancholy (Is a Friend of Mine)