Boxset / Compilation · 2008
Tracklist
1.01 Adventure Swing 6:01
1.02 Mark One 4:49
1.03 Dedicatory Piece To The Geophysical Year Of 1957 4:45
1.04 Dominica 5:54
1.05 Ballet Time 6:48
1.06 Iron Works 3:59
1.07 Walter Ego 3:24
1.08 Jacqueline 5:18
1.09 It Don't Mean A Thing 6:15
1.10 Full House 5:15
1.11 Quadrama 3:35
1.12 In A Sentimental Mood 4:47
1.13 Rush Hour In Hong Kong 6:49
2.01 Tomorrow 6:12
2.02 Block Island 4:55
2.03 Soudan 6:24
2.04 Still Life 8:14
2.05 Sixpence 5:54
2.06 Ghengis 3:47
2.07 Funk For Star People 6:38
2.08 Golden Age 6:48
2.09 Herbie 4:21
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Billy Phillips (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06), George Duvivier (tracks: 1.07 to 1.13, 2.07 to 2.09), Vinnie Burke (tracks: 2.01 to 2.06)
Drums – Ed Thigpen (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06, 2.01 to 2.06), Shadow Wilson (tracks: 1.07 to 1.13, 2.07 to 2.09)
French Horn – Julius Watkins (tracks: 2.01 to 2.03)
Guitar – Joe Cinderella (tracks: 1.01 to 1.13, 2.01 to 2.06)
Saxophone [Alto] – Hal McKusick (tracks: 2.01 to 2.09)
Saxophone [Baritone] – Gil Mellé
Saxophone [Tenor] – Seldon Powell (tracks: 2.07 to 2.09)
Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: 2.01 to 2.03, 2.07 to 2.09), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 2.04 to 2.06)
Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: 2.04 to 2.06)
Vibraphone – Teddy Charles (tracks: 2.07 to 2.09)
About this release
Fresh Sound Records – FSR-CD 479 (Spain)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey between 1956 and 1957.
Recording dates are as follows.
1.01 to 1.03: April 6, 1956.
1.04 to 1.06: June 1, 1956.
1.07 to 1.13: April 26, 1957.
2.01 to 2.03: August 10, 1956.
2.04 to 2.06: August 24, 1956.
2.07 to 2.09: January 18, 1957.
1.01 to 1.06: originally released as "Plays Primitive Modern" LP on Prestige (PRLP 7040).
1.07 to 1.13: originally released as "Quadrama" LP on Prestige (PRLP 7090).
2.01 to 2.06: originally released as "Gil's Guests" LP on Prestige (PRLP 7063).
2.07 to 2.09: taken from an unfinished Prestige LP.
Thanks to snobb for the addition