Charlie Rouse

Tracklisting:

CD 1
01. You Don’t Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) 6:26
02. Lil’ Rousin’ (Rouse) 5:01
03. Stella by Starlight (Young-Washington) 6:16
04. Billy’s Blues (Rouse) 8:43
05. Rouse’s Point (Rouse) 4:44
06. (There Is) No Greater Love (Symes-Jones) 6:21
07. When Sunny Gets Blue (Segal-Fisher) 5:50
08. Quarter Moon (Mahones) 5:49
09. I Should Care (Cahn-Stordahl) 7:09

CD 2
01. Blue Farouq (Mitchll) 7:24
02. 204 (Weston) 7:24
03. Upptankt (Rouse) 4:44
04. Weirdo (Drew) 6:00
05. Pretty Strange (Weston) 5:13
06. They Didn’t Believe Me (Kern-Reynolds) 6:52
07. Slop Jah (Terry) 7:23
08. Little Old Mongoose (Terry) 5:47
09. Evad Smurd (Terry) 3:19
10. Blues for J.P. (Parlan) 16:47


Original sources:

CD-1, tracks #1-6 from the 12" album
“Yeah!” (Epic BA17012)
CD-1, tracks #7-9 from the 12" album
“Charlie Rouse & Seldon Powell - We Paid Our Dues!”
(Epic BA17018)
CD-2, tracks #1-6 from the 12" album
“Takin' Care of business!” (Jazzland JS919)
CD-2, tracks #7-10 from the 12" album
“Dave Bailey Sextet - Gettin' Int Somethin'”
(Epic BA17008)



Personnel on "Yeah!" + "We Paid Our Dues!":
Charlie Rouse (ts), Billy Gardner #1-6 or Gildo Mahones #7-9 (p), Peck Morrison #1-6 or Reggie Workman #7-9 (b), Dave Bailey #1-6 or Art Taylor #7-9 (d).

Recorded in New York City, December 20 & 21 (#1-6), 1960, and July 13 (#7-9), 1961.


Personnel on "Takin’ Care Of Business!":
Blue Mitchell (tp, out on #5), Charlie Rouse (ts), Walter Bishop Jr. (p), Earl May (b), Art Taylor (d).

Recorded in New York City, May 11, 1960.


Personnel on "Gettin' Into Somethin'":
Clark Terry (tp, flgh), Curtis Fuller (tb), Charlie Rouse (ts), Horace Parlan (p), Peck Morrison (b), Dave Bailey (d).

Recorded live in the studio, NYC, Oct. 26 & 27, 1960.