Boxset / Compilation · 2000
Tracklist
1-1 New Orleans Feetwarmers, The – Bugle Call Rag 2:39
1-2 New Orleans Feetwarmers, The – The Sheik Of Araby 3:24
1-3 Kenny Clarke's Quintet – I've Found A New Baby 2:53
1-4 Kenny Clarke's Quintet – Swing To Bop 8:43
1-5 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet – One Bass Hit 2:53
1-6 Kenny Clarke And His 52th Street Boys – 52nd Street Theme 2:43
1-7 Kenny Clarke And His 52th Street Boys – Oo Bop Sh-bam 3:00
1-8 Be Bop Boys – Fat Boy, Part I & II 5:42
1-9 Tadd Dameron And His Band – The Tadd Walk 2:51
1-10 Tadd Dameron And His Band – A Bebop Carroll 2:57
1-11 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra – Oop-Pap-A-Da 5:00
1-12 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra – Ool-Ya-Koo 5:20
1-13 Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra – Things To Come 3:30
1-14 Kenny Clarke And His 52th Street Boys – A La Colette 3:02
1-15 Kenny Clarke And His 52th Street Boys – Jumpin' There (Listen Here) 3:05
1-16 Kenny Clarke And His Orchestra – Laurenzology 2:34
1-17 Kenny Clarke And His Orchestra – Maggie's Dream 3:08
1-18 Tadd Dameron Septet – Jabhero 2:53
2-1 Tadd Dameron Septet – Lady Bird 2:47
2-2 Tadd Dameron Septet – Symphonette 3:05
2-3 Tadd Dameron Band – Dameronia 5:19
2-4 Howard McGhee/Fats Navarro Sextet, The* – Double Talk 5:35
2-5 Tadd Dameron Band – Eb-Pob 6:00
2-6 Kenny Clarke And His Clique – Casbah 3:02
2-7 Kenny Clarke And His Clique – Conglomeration 2:56
2-8 Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra – Roll 'Emm Bags 2:41
2-9 Miles Davis And His Orchestra – Focus 3:01
2-10 Miles Davis And His Orchestra – Venus De Milo 3:10
2-11 Miles Davis & Tadd Dameron Quintet – Rouge 3:15
2-12 Miles Davis & Tadd Dameron Quintet – "Wah" "Hoo" 5:26
2-13 Miles Davis & Tadd Dameron Quintet – Allen's Alley 4:16
2-14 Sidney Bechet & His All Star Band – Ornithology 3:46
2-15 Sidney Bechet & His All Star Band – Klook's Blues 3:20
2-16 Sidney Bechet & His All Star Band – American Rhythm 2:55
2-17 Hubert Fol Et Ses Be-Bop Minstrels – Iambic Pentameter 2:35
2-18 Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra – Bah-U-Bh 3:20
Line-up/Musicians
Clarinet – Sidney Bechet (track 1-2)
Bass – Frank "Coco" Darling (track 1-3),Nick
Fenton (track 1-4),Ray Brown (track 1-5),Alf Masselier(track 2-16),Percy Heath(track 2-17)
Guitar – Eddie Gibbs (track 1-3),Charlie Christian (track 1-4), Harry Montaggioni (track 1-16), Al Hall (tracks: 1-6 to 1-8), Al McKibbon (tracks: 1-11 to 1-15, 1-18), Curley Russell (tracks: 1-9, 1-10), Stubby Sebastian (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), Wilson Myers (tracks: 1-1, 1-2),John Collins (tracks: 1-6, 1-7, 1-17, 2-9)
Piano – Edgar Hayes (track 1-3),Kenny Kersey (track 1-4),Al Haig (track 1-5),Bernard Peiffer (track 2-17),Jean-Paul Mengeon(track 2-18),Bud Powell (tracks: 1-6 to 1-8), Charlie Lewis (tracks: 2-15, 2-16), Don Frye (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), John Lewis (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13, 1-17, 2-10 to 2-14), Milt Jackson (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-8), Ralph Schécroun (tracks: 1-14, 1-15), Tadd Dameron (tracks: 1-9, 1-10, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-9)
Saxophone [Alto] – Ernie Henry (tracks: 1-9, 1-10, 2-4, 2-5), Howard Johnson (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Hubert Fol (tracks: 1-16, 2-17, 2-18), John Brown (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8), Lee Konitz (tracks: 2-10, 2-11), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 2-6, 2-9), Sonny Stitt (tracks: 1-14, 1-15)
Saxophone [Alto] – Rudy Powell (track 1-3),Jimmy Heath(track 1-17),Rudy Williams (track 2-3), Ernie Henry (tracks: 1-9, 1-10, 2-4, 2-5), Howard Johnson (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Hubert Fol (tracks: 1-16, 2-17, 2-18), John Brown (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8), Lee Konitz (tracks: 2-10, 2-11), Sahib Shihab (tracks: 2-6, 2-9), Sonny Stitt (tracks: 1-14, 1-15)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Morris Lane (track 1-8), Jean-Claude Fohrenbach(track 1-16),Allen Eager(track 2-3), Dexter Gordon (track 2-6),Benjamin Lundy(track 2-9),Frank "Big Boy" Goodie (track 2-15), George "Big Nick" Nicholas (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Billy Mitchell (tracks: 2-7, 2-8), James Moody (tracks: 2-12 to 2-14), Joe Gayles (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Ray Abramson (tracks: 1-6, 1-7), Wardell Gray (tracks: 1-18 to 2-2)
Trumpet - Harry Goodwin (track 1-3),Joe Guy (track 1-4),Benny Bailey (tracks: 1-11 to 1-15), Bill Coleman(tracks: 2-15, 2-16), Dave Burns (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1-5, 1-11 to 1-13), Elmon Wright (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Thedore "Fats" Navarro (tracks: 1-6 to 1-10, 1-18 to 2-6), Howard McGhee (tracks: 1-17, 2-4, 2-5), McKinlay Dorham (tracks: 1-6 to 1-8, 2-7, 2-8), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 1-8, 2-7, 2-8), Lamar Wright Jr. (tracks: 1-11 to 1-13), Miles Davis (tracks: 2-9 to 2-14),Dick Collins (track 1-16)
Vocals – James Anderson (track 1-3),Rae Pearl (track 2-6)
Violin – Claude Laurence (track 1-16)
Bongos – Diego Ibarra (track 2-6)
Congas – Vidal Bolado (track 2-6),Chino Pozo (tracks: 1-18 to 2-2)
Drums, Vibraphone – Kenny Clarke
French Horn – Julius Watkins (tracks: 2-7, 2-8), Sandy Siegelstein (tracks: 2-10, 2-11)
Percussion – Joe Harris (tracks: 2-7, 2-8)
Saxophone [Baritone] – Cecil Payne (tracks: 1-11 to 1-15), Eddie De Verteuil (tracks: 1-6, 1-7, 1-8), Gerry Mulligan (tracks: 2-10, 2-11)
Saxophone [Soprano] – Sidney Bechet (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 2-15, 2-16)
Tuba – Bill Barber (tracks: 2-10, 2-11)
Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: 1-5, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8)
About this release
Frémeaux & Associés – FA 235 (France)
Thanks to snobb for the addition