The First Four Albums

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Easy Like
  4:06
• 2
  Tenderly
  3:15
• 3
  Lullaby of Birdland
  3:10
• 4
  What Is There to Say
  3:34
• 5
  Bernardo
  2:36
• 6
  Vicky's Dream
  2:53
• 7
  Salute to Charlie Christian
  3:17
• 8
  That's All
  4:11
• 9
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  3:40
• 10
  Just Squeeze Me
  3:00
• 11
  April in Paris
  2:46
• 12
  North of the Border
  2:46
• 13
  Speak Low
  2:45
• 14
  Love Is Here to Stay
  3:26
• 15
  On a Slow Boat to China
  3:17
• 16
  How Long Has This Been Going On
  3:20
• 17
  My Old Flame
  3:39
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Jeepers Creepers
  3:51
• 19
  Barney's Blues
  3:01
• 20
  Prelude to a Kiss
  3:13
• 21
  A Foggy Day
  3:11
• 22
  You Stepped Out of a Dream
  2:51
• 23
  I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  3:56
• 24
  64 Bars on Wilshire
  3:18
• CD 2
• 1
  Begin the Blues
  4:31
• 2
  Louisiana
  3:57
• 3
  Happy Feeling
  3:59
• 4
  Embraceable You
  3:24
• 5
  Wail Street
  4:27
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Indiana
  3:13
• 7
  Moten Swing
  3:59
• 8
  Midnight Sun
  3:10
• 9
  Contemporary Blues
  4:09
• 10
  Don't Blame Me
  2:58
• 11
  Cheerful Little Earful
  3:28
• 12
  Makin' Whoopee
  3:20
• 13
  My Reverie
  2:33
• 14
  Blues for a Playboy
  4:02
• 15
  Love Is for the Very Young
  2:30
• 16
  Carioca
  4:34
• 17
  Mountain Greenery
  3:51
• 18
  Indian Summer
  5:02
• 19
  Gone With the Wind
  2:47
• 20
  Laura
  3:26
• 21
  I Love You
  3:32
• 22
  Fascinating Rhythm
  2:30

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Release credits

• Al Hendrickson
  guitar [1-10]
• André Previn
  piano [12, 19, 21-22]
• Arnold Ross
  piano [2-7, 9-10]
• Barney Kessel
  arranger [11-22], guitar [2.1-22, 1.2-7, 1.9-10, 1.13-17, 1.19-22, 1.24]
• Bill Perkins
  tenor saxophone [3, 6, 9]
• Bob Cooper
  tenor saxophone [13-17, 19-22, 24]
• Bud Shank
  alto saxophone [3], flute [3], woodwind [2-7, 9-10]
• Buddy Clark
  double bass [12, 19, 21-22]
• Buddy Collette
  woodwind [12, 19, 21-22]
• Chuck Thompson
  drums (drum set) [17, 22]
• Claude Williamson
  piano [2.17, 1.13-16, 1.19-21, 1.24]
• George W. Smith
  clarinet [12, 19, 21-22]
• Georgie Auld
  tenor saxophone [2, 5, 7]
• Hampton Hawes
  piano [22]
• Harold Land
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Harry Babasin
  double bass [2-7, 9-10]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [2-3, 5-7, 9]
• Howard Terry
  wind instruments [12, 19, 21-22]
• Irv Cottler
  drums (drum set) [2, 5, 7]
• Jimmy Rowles
  piano [1.3, 2.1-11, 2.13-16, 2.18, 2.20]
• John Palladino
  engineer [1.13-16, 1.19-21, 1.24, 2.1-10]
• Jules Jacob
  wind instruments [12, 19, 21-22]
• Justin Gordon
  clarinet [12, 19, 21-22]
• Larry Bunker
  vibraphone [3]
• Lester Koenig
  producer [2.2, 2.11-22, 1.2-7, 1.9-10, 1.13-16, 1.19-21, 1.24]
• Mel Lewis
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Monty Budwig
  bass [13-16, 19-21, 24]
• Pete Candoli
  trumpet [3]
• Red Mitchell
  bass [2.2, 1.3], double bass [2.1-11, 2.13-18, 1.17, 1.22]
• Roy DuNann
  engineer [11-22]
• Shelly Manne
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.19, 2.21-22, 1.2-7, 1.9-10, 1.13-16, 1.19-21, 1.24]
• Ted Nash
  woodwind [11, 13-18]
• Val Valentin
  audio [3], engineer [2-7, 9-10]
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Issues

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  The First Four Albums

  2x CD
  11 February 2008