Tracklist

CD 1: New Orleans & Chicago Styles
CD 2: Swing Is Here
CD 3: Big Band Drumming
CD 4: Modernism
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1RifftideDenzil Best (Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra)?:??
2Congo BluesJ.C. Heard (Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet)?:??
3Get HappySpecs Powell (Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet)?:??
4Moose the MoocheRoy Porter (Charlie Parker Sextet)?:??
5Commercial EyesJackie Mills (Lucky Thompson/Dodo Marmarosa Quartet)?:??
6Lester’s Be-Bop BoogieChico Hamilton (Lester Young)?:??
7Easy SwingHarold “Doc” West (Wardell Gray Quartet)?:??
8Relaxing at CamarilloDon Lamond (Charlier Parker All Stars)?:??
9The Chase
drums (drum set):
Chuck Thompson (40s jazz drummer)
Chuck Thompson (Dexter Gordon Quintet)?:??
10All God’s Children Got RhythmTiny Kahn (Red Rodney's Be-Boppers)?:??
11Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
drums (drum set):
Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer)
Max Roach (Charlie Parker Quintet)?:??
12Lop-Pow
alto saxophone:
Rudy Williams (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1947-02-21)
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-11-23)
drums (drum set):
Charles Simon (US drummer) (on 1947-02-21, on 1947-02-24) and Donald Bailey (drummer and harmonica player) (on 1956-06-18)
guitar:
Thornel Schwartz (on 1956-06-18)
organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist) (on 1956-06-18)
piano:
Tadd Dameron (on 1947-02-21) and Sonny Clark (on 1958-11-23)
tenor saxophone:
Eddy Williams (on 1958-11-23)
trombone:
Bennie Green (jazz trombonist) (on 1958-11-23)
vocals:
Babs Gonzales (on 1947-02-24)
part of:
Blue Note (by matrix number) (number: BN-296-1)
Charles Simon (Babs’ Three Bips and a Bop)?:??
13Dextrose
drums (drum set):
Art Mardigan (American jazz drummer)
Art Mardigan (Dexter Gordon and his Boys)?:??
14Wee DotShadow Wilson (Leo Parker's All Stars)?:??
15Jumpin’ at the Woodside
drums (drum set):
Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer and bandleader)
Roy Haynes (Lester Young)?:??
16The Bird
drums (drum set):
Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer)
Shelly Manne (Charlie Parker Quartet)?:??
17The Last Word
drums (drum set):
Joe Harris (jazz drummer/percussionist)
Joe Harris (Howard McGhee)?:??
18Dinky
drums (drum set):
Jack “The Bear” Parker (US jazz drummer & bandleader)
Jack "The Bear" Parker (Leo Parker’s Quintette)?:??
19Lady BirdKenny Clarke (The Tadd Dameron Sextet)?:??
20More BrewStan Levey (Brew Moore)?:??
21Pina ColadaEd Shaughnessy (Charlie Ventura and his Band)?:??
22Oh HenryTeddy Stewart (James Moody's Modernists)?:??
23Shawn
drums (drum set):
Sonny Igoe (on 1948-11-12)
tenor saxophone:
Wardell Gray (on 1948-11-12)
Sonny Igoe (Buddy Stewart Quintet)?:??
24Bop AlleyArt Blakey (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers)?:??