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1948-1973.
Double gatefold jacket.
A1 Shorty Rogers And His Giants – Martians Go Home 7:52
Bass – Curtis Counce
Clarinet – Jimmy Giuffre
Drums – Shelly Manne
Engineer – John Palladino
Piano – Pete Jolly
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Written-By, Trumpet – Shorty Rogers
A2 Lennie Tristano – Requiem 4:51
Written-By, Piano, Producer – Lennie Tristano
A3 Ray Charles – Doodlin' 5:49
Baritone Saxophone – Emmott Dennis*
Bass – Roosevelt Sheffield
Drums – William Peeples
Piano – Ray Charles
Producer – Jerry Wexler, Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Earle Brown, Tom Dowd
Tenor Saxophone – David Newman*
Trumpet – Joseph Bridgewater*, John Hunt
Written-By – Horace Silver
A4 Jimmy Giuffre 3, The* – The Train And The River 3:31
Bass – Ralph Pena*
Guitar – Jim Hall
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – John Kraus
Written-By, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre
A5 Milt Jackson – The Spirit-Feel
Arranged By – Quincy Jones
Bass – Oscar Pettiford
Drums – Connie Kay
Piano – Horace Silver
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Johnny Cue, Tom Dowd
Tenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson
Trumpet – Joe Newman
Written-By, Vibraphone – Milt Jackson 4:22
B1 Modern Jazz Quartet, The – The Golden Striker
Bass – Percy Heath
Drums – Connie Kay
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Tom Dowd
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson
Written-By, Piano – John Lewis (2) 3:39
B2 Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers* With Thelonious Monk – Blue Monk
Bass – Spanky DeBrest
Drums – Art Blakey
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Earle Brown, Tom Dowd
Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Griffin
Trumpet – Bill Hardman
Written-By, Piano – Thelonious Monk 7:49
B3 David Newman* – Hard Times
Alto Saxophone – David Newman*
Baritone Saxophone – Hank Crawford
Bass – Edgar Willis
Drums – Milt Turner
Piano – Ray Charles
Producer – Jerry Wexler, Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Tom Dowd
Trumpet – Marcus Belgrave
Written-By – Paul Mitchell* 4:39
B4 Charles Mingus – Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
Alto Saxophone – Jackie McLean, John Handy
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams
Drums – Dannie Richmond
Piano – Horace Parlan
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Tom Dowd
Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin
Trombone – Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis
Written-By, Bass – Charles Mingus 5:39
B5 John Coltrane – Giant Steps
Bass – Paul Chambers (3)
Drums – Art Taylor
Piano – Tommy Flanagan
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
Written-By, Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane 4:43
C1 Ornette Coleman – Una Muy Bonita
Bass – Charlie Haden
Drums – Billy Higgins
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Bones Howe
Trumpet [Pocket] – Donald Cherry*
Written-By, Alto Saxophone – Ornette Coleman 5:31
C2 Mitchell-Ruff Trio, The – The Catbird Seat
Bass – Willie Ruff
Drums – Charles Smith*
Producer – George Simon
Written-By, Piano – Dwike Mitchell 7:34
C3 Mose Allison – Your Mind Is On Vacation
Bass – Addison Farmer
Drums – Ossie Johnson*
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
Written-By, Piano, Vocals – Mose Allison 2:35
C4 Punch Miller's Bunch & George Lewis (2) – Preservation Blues
Banjo – Emanuel Sayles
Bass – "Papa John" Joseph*
Clarinet – George Lewis (2)
Drums – Abbey "Chinee" Foster*
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Cosimo Matassa*
Trombone – Louis Nelson (2)
Trumpet – Ernest "Punch" Miller*
Written-By – Traditional 3:50
C5 Hank Crawford – Whispering Grass
Orchestra – Marty Paich Orchestra
Producer – Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded By – Marty Paich
Saxophone – Hank Crawford
Written-By – Doris Fisher, Fred Fisher (2) 2:45
C6 Charles Lloyd Quartet, The – Sombrero Sam
Bass – Cecil McBee
Drums – Jack DeJohnette
Piano – Keith Jarrett
Producer – Arif Mardin, George Avakian
Recorded By – Phil Iehle
Written-By, Flute – Charles Lloyd 5:12
D1 Freddie Hubbard – Backlash
Alto Saxophone – James Spaulding
Bass – Bob Cunningham
Drums – Otis Ray Appleton*
Percussion – Ray Barretto
Piano – Albert Dailey
Producer – Arif Mardin
Recorded By – Phil Iehle, Tom Dowd
Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard
Written-By – Donald Pickett 4:46
D2 Rahsaan Roland Kirk* – The Inflated Tear
Bass – Steve Novosel
Drums – Jimmy Hopps
Piano – Ron Burton
Producer – Joel Dorn
Recorded By – Paul Goodman
Written By, Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Stritch], Saxophone [Manzello], Clarinet – Rahsaan Roland Kirk* 4:46
D3 Herbie Mann – Memphis Underground
Drums – Gene Christman*
Electric Bass [Fender] – Mike Leech
Electric Piano – Bobby Wood
Guitar – Larry Coryell, Reggie Young
Organ – Bobby Emmons
Recorded By, Producer – Tom Dowd
Vibraphone – Roy Ayers
Written-By, Flute – Herbie Mann 2:50
D4 Yusef Lateef – Eastern Market
Bass – Cecil McBee
Congas – Norman Pride
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey
Electric Guitar – Eric Gale
Percussion – Albert "Tootie" Heath*
Producer – Joel Dorn
Recorded By – Steve Schaeffer (2)
Trumpet – Danny Moore, Snookie Young*, Jimmy Owens
Written-By, Flute – Yusef Lateef 4:15
D5 Les McCann & Eddie Harris – Compared To What
Bass – Leroy Vinnegar
Drums – Donald Dean
Piano, Vocals – Les McCann
Producer – Joel Dorn, Nesuhi Ertegun
Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Harris
Trumpet – Benny Bailey
Written-By – Gene McDaniels* 9:45
A1 recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Calif. in March 1955.
A3 recorded at Capitol Studios, New York, NY on November 26, 1956.
A4 recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, Calif. on December 3, 1956.
A5 recorded at Coastal Studios, New York, NY on January 5, 1957.
B1 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on April 4, 1957.
B2 recorded at Capitol Studios, New York, NY on May 14, 1957.
B3 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on November 5, 1958.
B4 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on February 4, 1959.
B5 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on May 5, 1959.
C1 recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California on October 9, 1959.
C2 recorded at The Playback, New Haven, Conn. on July 27, 1961.
C3 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on March 15, 1962.
C4 recorded at Preservation Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana on July 6, 1962.
C5 recorded at United Recorders, Hollywood, California on February 16, 1963.
C6 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on March 29, 1966.
D1 recorded at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY on October 19, 1966.
D2 recorded at Webster Hall, New York, NY on November 30, 1967.
D3 recorded at American Sound Studios, Memphis, Tenn. on August 21, 1968.
D4 recorded at Century Sound Studios, New York NY on February 5, 1969.
D5 recorded live at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland in June, 1969.
