John Coltrane - Live at Birdland (1964)

Live:
1. Afro Blue
2. I Want to Talk About You
3. The Promise

Studio:
4. Alabama
5. Your Lady
6. Vilia

John Coltrane – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
McCoy Tyner – piano
Jimmy Garrison – double bass
Elvin Jones – drums

Oliver Nelson - Straight Ahead (1961)

1. Images
2. Six and Four
3. Mama Lou
4. Ralph's New Blues
5. Straight Ahead
6. 111-44

Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Richard Wyands - piano
George Duvivier - double bass
Roy Haynes - drums

Kenny Burrell - Ode to 52nd Street (1967)

1. Suite for Guitar and Orchestra Theme 1: So Little Time
2. Suite for Guitar and Orchestra Theme 2: Growing
3. Suite for Guitar and Orchestra Theme 3: Round and Round We Go
4. Suite for Guitar and Orchestra Theme 4: Recapitulation
5. I Want My Baby Back
6. Con Alma
7. Soulero
8. Wild Is the Wind
9. Blues Fuse

Kenny Burrell - guitar
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Richard Evans

Gil Evans - Blues in Orbit (1969/1971)

1 Thoroughbred
2. Spaced
3. Love In the Open
4. Variation on the Misery
5. Blues In Orbit
6. Proclamation
7. General Assembly
8. So Long

Gil Evans - piano, electric piano, arranger, conductor
Johnny Coles (tracks 1 & 5), Mike Lawrence (tracks 2-4 & 6-8), Ernie Royal (tracks 1 & 5), Snooky Young (tracks 2-4 & 6-8) -

trumpet
Garnett Brown (tracks 1 & 5), Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Knepper (tracks 2-4 & 6-8) - trombone
Ray Alonge (tracks 1 & 5), Julius Watkins (tracks 2-4 & 6-8) - French horn
Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone
Hubert Laws - flute (tracks 2-4 & 6-8)
Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
George Marge - flute, tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 5)
Joe Beck - guitar (tracks 2-4 & 6-8)
Gene Bianco - harp
Herb Bushler - bass
Elvin Jones (tracks 2-4 & 6-8), Alphonse Mouzon (tracks 1 & 5) - drums
Sue Evans, Donald McDonald - percussion

Sarah Vaughan - Dreamy (1960)

1. Dreamy
2. Hands Across the Table
3. The More I See You
4. I'll Be Seeing You
5. Star Eyes
6. You've Changed
7. Trees
8. Why Was I Born
9. My Ideal
10. Crazy He Calls Me
11. Stormy Weather
12. Moon Over Miami

Sarah Vaughan - vocals
Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
Gerald Sanfino - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Janet Soyer - harp
Ronnell Bright – piano, celeste
Richard Davis - double bass
George Duvivier - bass
Percy Brice - drums
Produced by Jimmy Jones

Les McCann Ltd. ‎Plays The Truth (1960)

1. Vacushna
2. A Little 3/4 For God & Co
3. I'll Remember April
4. Fish This Week
5. How High The Moon
6. This Can't Be Love
7. For Carl Perkins
8. The Truth

Les McCann - piano
Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Ron Jefferson - drums

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Central Park North (1969)

1. Tow Away Zone
2. Quietude
3. Jive Samba
4. The Groove Merchant
5. Big Dipper
6. Central Park North

Thad Jones – flugelhorn
Mel Lewis – drums
Roland Hanna – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Barry Galbraith – guitar
Sam Brown – guitar
Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone
Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone
Joe Temperley – baritone saxophone
Snooky Young – trumpet
Richard Williams – trumpet
Danny Moore – trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Jimmy Knepper – trombone
Benny Powell – trombone
Eddie Bert – trombone
Cliff Heather – trombone

produced by Sonny Lester

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra - Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)

1. The Little Pixie
2. A- That's Freedom
3. Bachafillen
4. Don't Git Sassy
5. Willow Tree
6. Samba Con Getchu
7. Quietude
8. The Second Race
9. Lover Man

Thad Jones – flugelhorn
Mel Lewis – drums
Roland Hanna – piano
Richard Davis – bass
Sam Herman – guitar
Jerome Richardson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
Eddie Daniels – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone, clarinet
Richard Williams – trumpet
Bill Berry – trumpet
Snooky Young – trumpet
Marvin Stamm – trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Bob Brookmeyer – trombone
Garnett Brown – trombone
Tom McIntosh – trombone
 Cliff Heather – trombone

The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Sextet - Calypso Blues (1965)

1. Ebony Samba
2 Tin Tin Deo
3 Please Don't Leave
4 Lush Life
5 The Man From Potter's Crossing
6. Wives And Lovers
7. Ensadinado
8. Lorraine
9. Love Hungry
10. Balafon
11. Day By Day
12. Calypso Blues
13. Invitation
14. Insensatez
15. Serenata
16. Con Alma
17. Just Give Me Time
18. Born To Be Blue
19. Lilemor
20. Sconsolato

Francy Boland - piano, arranger
Sahib Shihab - flute
Joe Harris - percussion
Jimmy Woode - bass
Kenny Clarke - drums
Fats Sadi - vibraphone, percussion
Produced by Gigi Campi

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Standing Out (1960)

1. Li'l Liza Jane
2. This Is My Night to Dream
3. Scarlet Ribbons
4. Here 'Tis
5. My Ship
6. Put Your Little Foot Right Out
7. Solo Para Ti
8. These Foolish Things
9. When the Spirit Moves You
10. A Portrait of Jennie

Ramsey Lewis - piano
El Dee Young - bass
Issac "Red" Holt - drums

The Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band Live at Ronnie Scott's (1969)

1. Box 703
2. Griff's Groove
3. Volcano
4. Love Which To No Loved One Permits Excuse For Loving
5. Now Hear My Meanin'
6 And Thence We Issued Out Again To See The Stars
7. Rue Chaptal
8. I Don't Want Nothin' From Nobody And I Ain't Giving Nothin' Away
9. Sax No End
10. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
11. The Minor Blues
12. The Girl & The Turk
13. Kenny & Kenny

Eric Van Lier, Nat Peck, Ake Persson - trombone
Benny Bailey, Dusko Gojkovic*, Idrees Sulieman, Tony Fisher - trumpet
Ron Mathewson -bass
Francy Boland - piano
Derek Humble, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Sahib Shihab - saxophone
Tony Coe – saxophone, clarinet
Kenny Clare, Kenny Clarke - drums

Donald Byrd - The Creeper (1967)

1. Samba Yanta
2. I Will Wait for You
3. Blues Medium Rare
4. The Creeper
5. Chico-San
6. Early Sunday Morning
7. Blues Well Done

Donald Byrd - trumpet
Sonny Red - alto saxophone
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone
Chick Corea - piano
Miroslav Vitouš - bass
Mickey Roker - drums

Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (1963)

Recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 15, 1963 at the Montmartre jazz club.


1. Consequences
2. Monk's Mood
3. Emotions
4. Wo Wo
5. Trio
6. Crepuscule With Nellie
7. O.C.
8. When Will the Blues Leave?
9. The Funeral
10. Mick

Archie Shepp - tenor saxophone
John Tchicai - alto saxophone
Don Cherry - trumpet
Don Moore - bass
J. C. Moses - drums

Carmen McRae - Alive! (1965)

Live in NY at The Village Gate.

1. Sometimes I'm Happy
2. Don't Explain
3. Woman Talk
4. Kick Off Your Shoes
5. The Shadow of Your Smile
6. The Sweetest Sounds
7. Where Would You Be Without Me?
8. Feeling Good
9. Run Run Run
10. No More
11. Look at That Face
12. I Wish I Were in Love Again
13. You Better Go Now
14. Love for Sale
15. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
16. Miss Brown to You
17. Perdido
18. Too Close for Comfort
19. Midnight Sun
20. Trav'lin' Light
21. Love Is Here to Stay

Carmen McRae - vocals
Ray Beckenstein - flute
Jo Puma - guitar
Norman Simmons - piano
Paul Breslin - double bass
Jose Mangual - bongos
Frank Severino - drums

The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (1964)

1. Ecclusiastics
2. By Myself
3. Roland Speaks
4. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
5. Variations on a Theme by Hindemith
6. I've Got Your Number
7. Between the Fourth and the Fifth Step
8. April Morning
9. Get in the Basement
10. Abstract Improvisation

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
Harold Mabern: piano (tracks 1-9)
Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 6-9)
Sonny Brown: drums (tracks 6-9)

The Benny Golson Orchestra (tracks 1-5)
Benny Golson - conductor, arranger
Richard Williams, Virgil Jones - trumpet
Charles Greenlee, Tom McIntosh: trombone
Don Butterfield: tuba
Richard Davis: bass
Albert Heath: drums

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Reeds & Deeds (1963)

1. Land of Peace
2. Lonesome August Child
3. Limbo Boat
4. Hay Ro
5. Waltz of the Friends
6. This Is Always
7. Reeds and Deeds
8. Song of the Countrymen

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, flute, siren
Virgil Jones - trumpet
Charles Greenlee - trombone (tracks 1-5)
Harold Mabern - piano
Abdullah Rafik: bass (tracks 1-5)
Walter Perkins: drums
Tom McIntosh: trombone (tracks 6-8)
Richard Davis: bass (tracks 6-8)
Benny Golson: arranger (tracks 6-8)

Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance (1961)

1. Five Will Get You Ten
2. Subdued
3. Sundu Clark
4. A Fickle Sonance
5. Enitnerrut
6. Lost

Jackie McLean – alto saxophone
Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
Sonny Clark – piano
Butch Warren – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Louis Bellson and Gene Krupa - The Mighty Two (1963)

1. The Mighty Two
2. The Three Drags
3. Paradiddle Song
4. Accent on Flamboyance
5. Rolls ala Bossa Nova
6. The Mighty Two Alone Together
7. Rolls ala Bossa Nova #2
8. More Flams
9. Swingin' the Rudiments
10. Que Sticks
11. Two in One
12. Rhythmic Excursion

Louis Bellson, Gene Krupa - drums
Joe Newman, Joe Wilder - trumpet
Tyree Glenn - trombone
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Dick Hyman - piano
Mary Osborne - guitar
Milt Hinton - bass
Fred Thompson - arranger

Freddie Hubbard - Backlash (1967)

1. Backlash
2. The Return of the Prodigal Son
3. Little Sunflower
4. On the Que-Tee
5. Up Jumped Spring
6. Echoes of Blue

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
James Spaulding - alto saxophone, flute
Albert Dailey - piano
Bob Cunningham - bass
Ray Appleton - drums
Ray Barretto - conga Produced by Arif Mardin

Cannonball Adderley - Cannonball in Japan (1966)

1. Work Song
2. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
3. This Here
4. Money in the Pocket
5. The Sticks
6. Jive Samba

Cannonball Adderley – alto sax
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Victor Gaskin – bass
Roy McCurdy – drums