The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  [spoken introduction]
  1:00
• 2
  Blues for Heard
  12:22
• 3
  [spoken introduction]
  0:40
• 4
  Scrapple From the Apple
  11:36
• 5
  [spoken introduction]
  0:15
• 6
  But Beautiful
  10:55
• 7
  [spoken introduction]
  0:22
• 8
  My Friend John
  9:40
• 9
  [spoken introduction]
  0:30
• 10
  Cherokee
  16:36
• 11
  Blues for Heard
  5:51
• CD 2
• 1
  [spoken introduction]
  1:40
• 2
  For Freddie
  14:31
• 3
  [spoken introduction]
  0:47
• 4
  Valse triste
  11:26
• 5
  [spoken introduction]
  0:22
• 6
  Live at the Vanguard
  18:54
• 7
  [spoken introduction]
  0:20
• 8
  Caravan
  16:59
• 9
  Blues for Heard
  2:29
• CD 3
• 1
  [spoken introduction]
  0:26
• 2
  Over the Rainbow
  6:51
• 3
  [spoken introduction]
  0:29
• 4
  The Trip
  12:37
• 5
  Blues for Les
  11:57
• 6
  A Night in Tunisia
  9:02
• CD 4
• 1
  [spoken introduction]
  1:26
• 2
  No Limit
  13:33
• 3
  [spoken introduction]
  0:12
• 4
  Valse triste
  12:22
• 5
  [spoken introduction]
  0:46
• 6
  My Friend John
  11:43
• 7
  [spoken introduction]
  0:26
• 8
  You Go to My Head
  12:15
• 9
  Cherokee
  16:03
• 10
  Blues for Heard
  4:19
• CD 5
• 1
  Count-Off / Blues for Heard
  18:40
• 2
  Anthropology
  14:37
• 3
  These Foolish Things
  8:53
• 4
  For Freddie
  12:49
• 5
  Blues for Heard
  5:37
• CD 6
• 1
  [spoken introduction]
  1:18
• 2
  Las Cuevas de Mario
  14:29
• 3
  [spoken introduction]
  0:12
• 4
  Stella by Starlight
  17:50
• 5
  [spoken introduction]
  0:15
• 6
  Goodbye
  14:39
• 7
  [spoken introduction]
  0:15
• 8
  Vanguard Max
  13:50
• 9
  Blues for Heard
  3:26
• CD 7
• 1
  Count-Off / Vanguard Max
  12:43
• 2
  [spoken introduction]
  0:39
• 3
  Las Cuevas de Mario
  11:20
• 4
  [spoken introduction]
  0:59
• 5
  Goodbye
  12:15
• 6
  [spoken introduction]
  0:27
• 7
  For Freddie
  10:41
• 8
  Blues for Heard
  6:49
• CD 8
• 1
  [announcement and false start]
  0:55
• 2
  My Friend John
  12:35
• 3
  [spoken introduction]
  0:44
• 4
  More for Les
  16:14
• 5
  Cherokee
  21:04
• 6
  Blues for Heard
  6:56
• CD 9
• 1
  Count-Off / For Freddie
  9:21
• 2
  More for Les
  9:34
• 3
  Caravan
  13:55
• 4
  Labyrinth
  12:35
• 5
  My Friend John
  9:07

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Release credits

• Art Pepper
  alto saxophone [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10-11, 8.1-2, 8.5-6, 5.1, 5.4-5, 9.1, 9.3-5, 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4.8-10, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-9, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.8-9, 3.2, 3.4-6, 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7-8], clarinet [8.4, 9.2, 5.2], solo [2], tenor saxophone [2-3]
• Bob Simpson
  engineer [2.1-3, 2.5-9, 8.1-6, 1.1, 1.3-7, 1.9-11, 9.1-5, 3.1-4, 3.6, 4.1-10, 5.1-5, 6.1-9, 7.1-6, 7.8], recording [1.2, 1.8, 7.7, 2.4, 3.5]
• Danny Kopelson
  mix
• Ed Michel
  compiler, editor
• Elvin Jones
  drums (drum set), drums (drum set) [3.5, 7.7, 1.2, 1.8, 2.4]
• George Cables
  piano, piano [2.4, 3.5, 7.7, 1.2, 1.8]
• George Mraz
  double bass, double bass [2.4, 3.5, 7.7, 1.2, 1.8]
• Jamie Putnam
  art direction, graphic design
• Laurie Pepper
  photography
• Lester Koenig
  producer
• Mitchell Seidel
  photography
• Phil Carroll
  art direction
• Phil De Lancie
  mastering
• Ronnie Olson
  assistant
• Tom Brown
  assistant

Issues

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  The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions

  9x CD
  17 April 1995