Title from disc label. Lester Young, tenor saxophone ; Teddy Wilson, piano ; Gene Ramey, bass ; Jo Jones, drums ; Don Byas, Ben Webster, tenor saxophone ; Tete Montoliu, piano ; Peter Trunk, bass ; Al Tootie Heath, drums ; Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone ; Slide Hampton, trombone ; Dizzy Reece, trumpet ; Kenny Drew, piano ; Niels-Henning Orstedt-Pederson, bass ; Art Taylor, drums ; Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, tenor saxophone ; John Houston, piano ; Charles Williams, bass ; George Brown, drums ; Eddie Davis, Johnny Griffin, tenor saxophone ; Francy Boland, piano ; Jimmy Woode, jr., bass ; Kenny Clarke, drums ; Sonny Rollins Trio (Sonny Rollins, tenor saxophone ; Henry Grimes, bass ; Charlie Wright, drums) ; Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, tenor saxophone ; Mose Allison, piano ; Major Holley, bass ; Osie Johnson, drums ; Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone ; Dizzy Gillespie Quartet (Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet ; Wade Legge, piano ; Lou Hackney, bass ; Charlie Persip, drums) ; Wardell Gray, Stan Getz, tenor saxophone ; Harry Edison, trumpet ; Willie Smith, alto saxophone ; Arnold Ross, piano ; John Simmons, bass ; Buddy Rich, drums ; Wayne Shorter, tenor saxophone ; Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (Lee Morgan, trumpet ; Walter Davis, jr., piano ; Jymie Merritt, bass ; Art Blakey, drums) ; John Coltrane, tenor saxophone ; Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Wynton Kelly, piano ; Paul Chambers, bass ; Jimmy Cobb, drums) ; Joe Farrell, Booker Ervin, Yusef Lateef, tenor saxophone ; Charles Mingus, Ted Curson, trumpet ; Jimmy Knepper, trombone ; Eric Dolphy, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet ; Paul Bley, piano ; Charles Mingus, bass ; Dannie Richmond, drums ; Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone ; Chick Corea, piano ; Ron Carter, bass ; Billy Higgins, drums ; Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone. Recorded between 1953-1980. Booklet with biographical notes in English and German (7 unnumbered pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
All of me / Lester Young (5:02) -- Perdida / Don Byas & Ben Webster (5:48) -- Shadow of your smile / Dexter Gordon (4:58) -- Autumn leaves / Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt -(6:30) - Again 'n again / Johnny Griffin & Edie "Lockjaw" Davis (3;25) -- What's my name? / Sonny Rollins (3:47) -- You'd be so nice to come home to / Al Cohn & Zoot Sims (4:51) -- Sugar hips / Hank Mobley (5;24) -- Ballad medley (Indian Summer, Willow weep for me, If I had you, Ghost of a chance) / Wardell Gray & Stan Getz (6:26) -- A night in Tunisia / Wayne Shorter (6;46) -- You're a weaver of dreams / John Coltrane (5:31) -- Take the A-train/Exactly like you / Joe Farrell, Booker Ervin, Yusef Lateef (3:34) -- What's new? / Joe Henderson (3:58) -- Picasso / Coleman Hawkins (3:10).
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