Mp3, 320 kbps.
CD 1
01. For Hecklers Only
02. Smokey Hollow Jump
03. Boppin’ The Blues
04. Moody Speaks
05. Slow Down
06. Blue Lou
07. Song Of The Volga Boatmen
08. Little Toe
09. All Of You
10. Everything I Have Is Yours
11. Alone Together
12. After You’ve Gone
13. Will You Still Be Mine?
14. My Foolish Heart
15. Bass introduction
16. Blues For Sylvia
17. Blues For Lorraine
18. Bass conclusion
19. Cat Without A Playmate
CD 2
01. Body And Soul
02. Bass Ball
03. Bric-A-Brac
04. Upstairs Blues
05. Indiana (Back Home Again In)
06. The Nearness Of You
07. Take The “A” Train
08. Cool Walk
09. Jim
10. Mighty Cool Penthouse
Personnel in CD 1:
Tracks #1-4: Ray Brown Octet
Ray Brown (b), Izzie Goldberg (alias Dizzy Gillespie), Dave Burns (tp), John Brown (as), James Moody (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), Hank Jones (p) and Joe Harris (d). Recorded in New York, on September 25, 1946.
Tracks #5-7: Ray Brown Trio
Ray Brown (b), Hank Jones (p) and Buddy Rich (d). Recorded in New York, April & July 1950.
Tracks #8-12: Ray Brown Big Band
Ray Brown (b), Pete Candoli, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Ray Linn, Conrad Gozzo (tp), Herbie Harper (tb), Herb Geller, Jack Dulong (as), Bill Holman (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts & bs), Jimmy Rowles (p), Herb Ellis (g) and Alvin Stoller (d). Marty Paich (arranger & conductor). Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, on November 21, 1956.
Tracks #13-18: Same personnel, but Conrad Gozzo (tp) and Mel Lewis (d), replaced Candoli and Stoller. Recorded at Radio Recorders, on November 3, 1956.
Track #19: Ray Brown unaccompanied bass solo.
Recorded at Radio Recorders, on November 23, 1956.
Personnel in CD 2:
Track #1: Ray Brown / Oscar Pettiford
Ray Brown (b), Oscar Pettiford (cello), Herbie Mann (fl), Dick Katz (p) and Connie Kay (d). Recorded live at "Music Inn", Lenox, Massachussetts, on August 30, 1956.
Track #2: Ray Brown Trio
Ray Brown (b), Herb Ellis (g) and Stan Levey (d). Recorded at Radio Recorders, on July 31, 1957.
Tracks #3-9: Ray Brown Quintet
Ray Brown (b), Jerome Richardson (fl), Oscar Peterson (org, p on #5 & 7), Herb Ellis (g) and Osie Johnson (d). Recorded in New York, on February 27 & 28, 1958.
Track #10: Ray Brown Trio
Ray Brown (b), Hank Jones (p) and Ed Thigpen (d). Recorded in New York, on July 10, 1959.