01 "The Gig"
02 "House Party Starting"
03 "Chit-Chatting"
04 "Lady Sings the Blues" (Billie Holiday, Herbie Nichols)
05 "Terpsichore"
06 "Spinning Song"
07 "Query"
08 "Wildflower"
09 "Hangover Triangle"
10 "Mine" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
(All compositions by Herbie Nichols except as noted in brackets)
Herbie Nichols - piano; Al McKibbon (on 1-4, 9), Teddy Kotick (on 6-8, 10) - bass; Max Roach - drums
Recorded August 1 (1-4, 9), August 7 (5), 1955, April 19, 1956 (6-8, 10) at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
"Like Someone in Love" (Burke, Van Heusen)
"Johnny's Blue" (Morgan)
"Noise in the Attic" (Shorter)
"Sleeping Dancer Sleep On" (Shorter)
"Giantis" (Shorter)
Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan – trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Recorded August 7, 14, 1960 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio
A1 "Tahiti"
A2 "Lillie"
A3 "Criss-Cross"
A4 "Willow Weep for Me"
B1 "What's New?"
B2 "Bags' Groove"
B3 "On the Scene"
B4 "Eronel"
A3, A4, B4 - Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Thelonious Monk on piano, John Simmons on bass, Shadow Wilson on drums; recorded July 23, 1951
A1, A2, B1-B3 - Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Lou Donaldson on alto saxophone, John Lewis on piano, Percy Heath on bass, Kenny Clarke on drums; recorded April 7, 1952
1 Daahoud 00:00
2 I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You 04:10
3 Joyspring 07:20
4 I Get A Kick Out Of You 14:14
5 These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You 21:54
6 Mildama 25:35
7 I'll String Along With You (Previously Unreleased) 30:12
8 I Get A Kick Out Of You (Alternate Take) 34:28
9 Joyspring (Alternate Take) 43:00
Clifford Brown - trumpet
Harold Land - tenor sax
Richie Powell - piano
George Morrow - bass
Max Roach - drums
Recorded August 3, 6, 1954
(This CD was converted to 24 bit PCM, and 2x up-sampled using an interpolative algorithm; thus the audio track is from a 24-88 source, whereas the title describes the source properly as 16-44)
"Ornithology" (Harris, Parker)
"Scrapple from the Apple"
"My Little Suede Shoes"
"Parker's Mood"
"Au Privave"
"Ko-Ko"
"Confirmation"
"Hootie Blues" (McShann)
"Constellation"
Sonny Stitt – alto saxophone; John Lewis – piano; Jim Hall – guitar; Richard Davis – bass; Connie Kay – drums
Recorded January 29, 1963 at Atlantic Studios, NYC
A1 Three To Get Ready
A2 La Paloma Azul
A3 Cielito Lindo
B1 Swanee River
B2 Forty Days
C1 Blues For Joe
D1 Rude Old Man
D2 Take Five
D3 Someday My Prince Will Come
Piano – Dave Brubeck
Saxophone – Paul Desmond
Bass – Eugene Wright
Drums – Joe Morello
Recorded October 24, 1967 at the Kurhaus, Scheveningen
"My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
"Waltz for Debby" (Take 2) (Bill Evans, Gene Lees)
"Detour Ahead" (Take 2) (Lou Carter, Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo)
"My Romance" (Take 1) (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
"Some Other Time" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
"Milestones" (Miles Davis)
Bill Evans – piano; Scott LaFaro – bass; Paul Motian – drums
Recorded June 25, 1961 at the Village Vanguard, NYC
1 "Newport Romp" (McCoy Tyner)
2 "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
3 "All of You" (Cole Porter)
4 "Monk's Blues" (Tyner)
5 "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie)
McCoy Tyner – piano
Clark Terry – trumpet (1, 2, 5)
Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone (1, 2, 5)
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Mickey Roker – drums
Recorded July 5, 1963 at Newport Jazz Festival
Finger Poppin'
Juicy Lucy
Swingin' the Samba
Sweet Stuff
Cookin' at the Continental
Come on Home"
You Happened My Way
Mellow D
Horace Silver - piano; Blue Mitchell - trumpet; Junior Cook - tenor saxophone; Gene Taylor - bass; Louis Hayes - drums
Recorded January 31, 1959 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio