The Complete Masters 1941–1954

Compilation by Charlie Parker

Released 21 November 2011

big band classical jazz

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CD 1: The Complete Masters 1941-1945
1
Swingmatism
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
2:46
2
Hootie Blues
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
3:03
3
Dexter Blues
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
3:03
4
Lonely Boy Blues
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
3:00
5
The Jumpin' Blues
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
3:07
6
Sepian Bounce
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
3:13
7
Tiny's Tempo
Tiny Grimes Quintet
2:54
8
I'll Always Love You Just the Same
Tiny Grimes Quintet
3:00
9
Romance Without Finance
Tiny Grimes Quintet
3:03
10
Red Cross
Tiny Grimes Quintet
3:08
11
What's the Matter Now?
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:51
12
I Want Every Bit of It
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
3:13
13
That's the Blues
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:58
14
G.I. Blues (4-F Blues)
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:29
15
Dream of You
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:56
16
Seventh Avenue
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:53
17
Sorta Kinda
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:44
18
Ooh Ooh, My My, Ooh Ooh
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
2:50
19
Groovin High
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
2:44
20
All the Things You Are
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
2:50
21
Dizzy Atmosphere
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
2:49
CD 2: The Complete Masters 1945
1
Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars
3:19
2
Shaw 'Nuff
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars
3:04
3
Lover Man
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars
3:24
4
Hot House
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Stars
3:13
5
What More Can a Woman Do?
Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
3:03
6
I'd Rather Have a Memory Than a Dream
Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
2:43
7
Mean to Me
Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
2:42
8
Hallelujah
Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
4:12
9
Get Happy
Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
3:49
10
Slam Slam Blues
Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
4:30
11
Congo Blues
Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
3:55
12
Takin' Off
Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
3:11
13
If I Had You
Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
3:02
14
20th Century Blues
Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
2:55
15
The Street Beat
Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
2:35
16
Warming Up a Riff
Charlie Parker's Reboppers
2:35
17
Billie's Bounce
Charlie Parker's Reboppers
3:10
18
Now's the Time
Charlie Parker's Reboppers
3:16
19
Thriving on a Riff
Charlie Parker's Reboppers
2:55
20
Ko-Ko
Charlie Parker's Reboppers
2:54
21
Meandering
Charlie Parker's Reboppers
3:17
CD 3: The Complete Masters 1945-1947
1
Dizzy's Boogie
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
3:11
2
Flat Floot Floogie
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
2:32
3
Popity Pop
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
2:59
4
Slim's Jam
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
3:17
5
Diggin' Diz
Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
2:53
6
Moose the Mooche
Charlie Parker Septet
3:02
7
Yardbird Suite
Charlie Parker Septet
2:54
8
Ornithology
Charlie Parker Septet
3:01
9
A Night in Tunisia (The Famous Alto Break)
Charlie Parker Septet
0:48
10
A Night in Tunisia
Charlie Parker Septet
3:03
11
Max Making Wax
Charlie Parker - Howard McGhee Quintet
2:31
12
Lover Man
Charlie Parker - Howard McGhee Quintet
3:19
13
The Gipsy
Charlie Parker - Howard McGhee Quintet
3:02
14
Bebop (Dizzy's Fingers)
Charlie Parker - Howard McGhee Quintet
2:52
15
Home Cooking III: I Got Rhythm
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:26
16
Home Cooking II: Cherokee
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:07
17
Home Cooking I: Opus
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:21
18
This Is Always
Charlie Parker Quartet with Earl Coleman
3:12
19
Dark Shadows
Charlie Parker Quartet with Earl Coleman
3:07
20
Bird's Nest
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:45
21
Cool Blues (Hot Blues)
Charlie Parker Quartet
1:57
22
Cool Blues (Blowtop Blues)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:22
23
Cool Blues
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:05
CD 4: The Complete Masters 1947
1
Relaxin' at Camarillo
Charlie Parker's New Stars
3:02
2
Cheers
Charlie Parker's New Stars
3:00
3
Carvin' the Bird
Charlie Parker's New Stars
2:43
4
Stupendous
Charlie Parker's New Stars
2:54
5
Donna Lee
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:33
6
Chasin' the Bird
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:45
7
Cheryl
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:59
8
Buzzy
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:31
9
Milestones
Miles Davis All Stars
2:36
10
Little Willie Leaps
Miles Davis All Stars
2:52
11
Half Nelson
Miles Davis All Stars
2:44
12
Sippin' at Balls
Miles Davis All Stars
2:22
13
Dexterity
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:58
14
Bongo Bop
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:44
15
Dewey Square
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:06
16
The Hymn
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:27
17
Bird of Paradise
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:10
18
Emraceable You [take A]
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:42
19
Emraceable You [take B]
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:21
20
Bird Feathers
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:50
21
Klactoveedsedstene
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:05
22
Scrapple From the Apple
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:55
CD 5: The Complete Masters 1947-1948
1
My Old Flame
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:10
2
Out of Nowhere
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
3:49
3
Don't Blame Me
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:46
4
Drifting on a Reed (Big Foot)
Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
3:01
5
Quasimado
Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
2:58
6
Charlie's Wig
Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
2:45
7
Bongo Beep
Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
3:04
8
Crazeology
Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
3:02
9
How Deep Is the Ocean?
Original Charlie Parker Quintet with J.J. Johnson
3:30
10
Another Hair Do
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:39
11
Bluebird
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:51
12
Klaunstance
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:43
13
The Bird
Original Charlie Parker Quintet
2:37
5.0 ★
14
Repetition
Neal Hefti Orchestra
2:58
15
The Bird
Charlie Parker Quartet
4:46
16
Barbados
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:31
17
Ah-Leu-Cha
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:55
18
Constellation
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:29
19
Parker's Mood
Charlie Parker All-Stars
3:05
20
Perhaps
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:33
21
Marmaduke
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:44
22
Steeplechase
Charlie Parker All-Stars
3:05
23
Merry-Go-Round
Charlie Parker All-Stars
2:25
CD 6: The Complete Masters 1948-1949
1
No Noise, Parts 1 & 2
Machito and His Orchestra
5:54
2
Mango Mangue
Machito and His Orchestra
2:55
3
Overtime [short version]
Metronome All-Stars Band
3:07
4
Victory Ball [short version]
Metronome All-Stars Band
2:41
5
Overtime [long version]
Metronome All-Stars Band
4:32
6
Victory Ball [long version]
Metronome All-Stars Band
4:12
7
Okiedoke
Machito and His Orchestra
3:03
8
Cardboard
Charlie Parker Septet
3:09
9
Visa
Charlie Parker Septet
2:59
10
Segment
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:21
11
Passport [version 1]
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:56
12
Passport [version 2]
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:00
13
Diverse (Segment)
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:18
14
Just Friends
Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
3:31
15
Everything Happens to Me
Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
3:16
16
April in Paris
Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
3:07
17
Summertime
Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
2:47
18
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
3:13
19
If I Should Lose You
Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
2:47
CD 7: The Complete Masters 1950
1
Star Eyes
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:29
2
Blues (Fast)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:46
3
I'm in the Mood for Love
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:52
4
Bloomdido
Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet
3:26
5
An Oscar for Treadwell
Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet
3:24
6
Mohawk
Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet
3:36
2.0 ★
7
My Melancholy Baby
Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet
3:24
8
Leap Frog
Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet
2:30
9
Relaxin' With Lee
Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Quintet
2:47
10
Dancing in the Dark
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:11
11
Out of Nowhere
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:07
12
Laura
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
2:59
13
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:40
14
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:20
15
Easy to Love
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:31
16
I'm in the Mood for Love
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:35
17
I'll Remember April
Charlie Parker Quartet with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:04
18
Celebrity
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
1:35
19
Ballade
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
2:56
CD 8: The Complete Masters 1950-1951
1
Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite (Cancion / Mambo, Part 1 / Mambo, Part 2 / 6/8 / Jazz / Rhumba Abierta)
Machito and His Orchestra
17:14
2
Au Privave
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:44
3
She Rote
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:07
4
K.C. Blues
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:26
5
Star Eyes
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:36
6
My Little Suede Shoes
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
3:05
7
Un Poquito de Tu Amor
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:43
8
Tico-Tico
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:46
9
Fiesta
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
2:51
10
Why Do I Love You?
Charlie Parker's Jazzers
3:08
11
Blues for Alice
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:48
12
Si Si
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:40
13
Swedish Schnapps
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:12
14
Back Home Blues
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:49
15
Lover Man
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:23
CD 9: The Complete Masters 1952
1
Temptation
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:32
2
Lover
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:08
3
Autumn in New York
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:30
4
Stella by Starlight
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
2:58
5
Mama Inez
Charlie Parker Sextet
2:51
6
La Cucaracha
Charlie Parker Sextet
2:44
7
Estrellita
Charlie Parker Sextet
2:45
8
Begin the Beguine
Charlie Parker Sextet
3:14
9
La Paloma
Charlie Parker Sextet
2:42
10
Night and Day
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
2:51
11
Almost Like Being in Love
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
2:36
12
I Can't Get Started
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
3:09
13
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Charlie Parker with Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
2:38
14
The Song Is You (I Hear Music)
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:58
15
Laird Baird
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:46
16
Kim
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:00
17
Cosmic Rays
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:06
CD 10: The Complete Masters 1952
1
Jam Blues
Norman Granz
14:44
2
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Norman Granz
15:54
3
Ballad Medley (All the Things You Are / Dearly Beloved / The Nearness of You)
Norman Granz
17:25
4
Funky Blues
Norman Granz
13:28
CD 11: The Complete Masters 1953-1954
1
Compulsion
Miles Davis Sextet
5:46
2
The Serpent's Tooth, I
Miles Davis Sextet
7:02
3
The Serpent's Tooth, II
Miles Davis Sextet
6:20
4
'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis Sextet
7:07
5
In the Still of the Night
Charlie Parker Quartet with The Gil Evans Orchestra
3:25
6
Old Folks
Charlie Parker Quartet with The Gil Evans Orchestra
3:37
7
If I Love Again
Charlie Parker Quartet with The Gil Evans Orchestra
2:27
8
Chi-Chi
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:05
9
I Remember You
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:05
10
Now's the Time
Charlie Parker Quartet
3:03
11
Confirmation
Charlie Parker Quartet
2:59
12
I Get a Kick Out of You
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:36
13
Just One of Those Things
Charlie Parker Quintet
2:43
14
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:21
15
I've Got You Under My Skin
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:36
16
Love for Sale
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:37
17
I Love Paris
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:07
CD 12: Broadcasts, Concerts, Private Recordings 1940-1946
1
Moten Swing
Jay McShann Octet
2:50
2
Coquette
Jay McShann Octet
3:11
3
Oh, Lady Be Good!
Jay McShann Octet
2:59
4
Honeysuckle Rose
Jay McShann Octet
2:59
5
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
4:08
6
Cherokee
Charlie Parker with Clark Monroe's Band
2:52
7
Cherokee
3:11
8
Ko-Ko
Barry Ulanov And His All Star Metronome Jazzmen
6:20
9
My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)
3:19
10
I Found a New Baby
3:31
11
Body and Soul
3:42
12
Floogie Boo
Cootie Williams Sextet
3:45
13
Dizzy Atmosphere
Dizzy Gillespie His Rebop Six
4:35
14
Groovin' High
Dizzy Gillespie His Rebop Six
6:03
15
Shaw 'Nuff
Dizzy Gillespie His Rebop Six
4:47
16
I Can't Get Started
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
9:12
17
After You've Gone
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
7:32
CD 13: Broadcasts, Concerts, Private Recordings 1947-1953
1
52nd Street Theme
Barry Ulanov And His All Star Metronome Jazzmen
1:41
2
Groovin' High
Barry Ulanov And His All Star Metronome Jazzmen
3:15
3
Tiger Rag
Barry Ulanov And His All Star Metronome Jazzmen
3:51
4
Hot House
Charlie Parker All-Stars
4:33
5
Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)
Charlie Parker All-Stars
3:27
6
Oop Bop Sh'Bam
Charlie Parker All-Stars
4:58
7
Anthropology
Charlie Parker All-Stars
5:09
8
April in Paris
Charlie Parker Quintet
3:32
9
Move
Charlie Parker Quintet
6:28
10
The Street Beat
Charlie Parker Quintet
9:26
11
Cool Blues
Charlie Parker Quintet
7:13
12
'Round Midnight
Charlie Parker All-Stars
3:30
13
A Night in Tunisia
Charlie Parker All-Stars
5:19
14
Wee
The Quintet
6:51
15
Don't Blame Me
Charlie Parker Quintet
5:00
16
Now's the Time
Charlie Parker Quintet
4:16

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Release credits

Al Block
flute [5-7]
Al Haig
piano [11.8-11, 12.13-15, 13.4-8, 2.1-2, 2.2-4, 6.8-13]
Al Hall
double bass [11-18]
Al Hibbler
vocal [5]
Al Killian
trumpet [16-17]
Al Porcino
trumpet [9.1-4, 9.10-13, 5.14]
Al Stewart
trumpet [1]
Allen Tinney
piano [6]
Anne Carlier
producer
Annie Ross
vocal [5-7]
Arnold Fishkind
double bass [15-17]
Arnold Jarvis
piano [12]
Arnold Ross
piano [16-17]
Art Blakey
drums (drum set) [9-10]
Art Drelinger
tenor saxophone [1-4], woodwind [2]
Art Ryerson
guitar [1-4]
Art Taylor
drums (drum set) [16-17]
Arvin Garrison
electric guitar [5], guitar [5-10]
Barney Kessel
guitar [10.1-4, 4.1-4]
Barry Ulanov And His All Star Metronome Jazzmen
performing orchestra [1-3]
Bart Varsalona
trombone [5.14, 9.10-13]
Ben Webster
tenor saxophone [1-4]
Benny Carter
alto saxophone [1-4]
Benny Harris
trumpet [5-9]
Bernard Anderson
trumpet [1.1-6, 12.1-5]
Bernie Leighton
piano [10-17]
Bernie Privin
trumpet [1-4, 10-13]
Bill DeArango
guitar [5-7]
Bill Harris
trombone [9.1-4, 9.10-13, 5.14]
Billy Bauer
arranger [4, 6], guitar [11.16-17, 13.1-3, 12.8, 6.3-6]
Billy Hadnott
double bass [16-17]
Bob Haggart
double bass [1-4]
Bob Kesterson
double bass [11-14]
Bob Mabane
tenor saxophone [12.1-5, 1.1-6]
Bob Merrill
trumpet [12.5, 1.4-6]
Bob Parent
photography
Bobby Woodlen
trumpet [8.1, 6.1-2, 6.7]
Bronislaw Gimpel
violin [14-19]
Buck Clayton
trumpet [12-15]
Buck Ram
producer [7-10]
Bud Gould
trombone [1-4], violin [1-4]
Bud Powell
piano [4.5-8, 13.9-10, 13.12-14]
Buddy DeFranco
clarinet [3-6]
Buddy Rich
drums (drum set) [13.1-2, 6.14-19, 7.1-19, 8.1, 12.8]
Carl Pool
trumpet [10-13]
Carl Poole
trumpet [10-13]
Carl Pruitt
double bass [12]
Carlos Vidal
bongos [8-9]
Chano Pozo
congas [1]
Charles Mingus
double bass [11.5-7, 13.14]
Charles Nadell
photography
Charlie Parker
alto saxophone [5.1-23, 9.1-2, 9.2-13, 9.15-17, 4.1-8, 4.13-22, 8.1-15, 11.5-17, 12.1-17, 6.1-19, 13.1-16, 2.1-2, 2.2-9, 2.9-21, 3.1-23, 10.1-4, 1.1-21, 7.1-19], tenor saxophone [11.1-4, 4.9-12]
Charlie Parker All Stars
performing orchestra [5.16-23, 4.5-8]
Charlie Parker Quartet
performing orchestra [6.14-19, 7.1-3, 7.10, 5.15, 3.15-23]
Charlie Parker Quintet
performing orchestra [5.1-11, 5.13, 6.10-13, 7.4-9, 4.13-22]
Charlie Parker Septet
performing orchestra [6.8-9, 3.6-10]
Charlie Parker's New Stars
performing orchestra [1-4]
Charlie Parker’s Ree Boppers
performing orchestra [16-21]
Charlie Shavers
trumpet [1-4]
Charlie Ventura
tenor saxophone [3-6]
Chico O’Farrill
arranger [1], conductor [1]
Chris Griffin
trumpet [1-4]
Claude Chabane
producer
Clyde Hart
piano [7-21]
Clyde Hart’s All Stars
performing orchestra [11-18]
Coleman Hawkins
tenor saxophone [19]
Cootie Williams
trumpet [12]
Cozy Cole
drums (drum set) [19-21]
Curley Russell
bass [16], double bass [13.9-10, 2.1-2, 2.2-7, 2.16-21, 7.4-9, 5.14, 5.16-23]
Danny Bank
baritone saxophone [10-13], bass saxophone [12]
Danny Barker
banjo [13-15], guitar [12-15]
Dave Lambert
vocal [5-7], vocal arranger [5-7]
Dexter Gordon
tenor saxophone [12-15]
Diego Iborra
bongos [14], congas [14], percussion [14]
Dizzy Gillespie
piano [16-19, 21], trumpet [13.3, 13.12-14, 7.4-9, 6.3-6, 2.1-2, 2.2-9, 2.9-11, 2.20, 12.13-15, 3.1-5, 1.11-21], vocal [1-7, 9]
Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
performing orchestra [5]
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
performing orchestra [2.5-7, 1.19-21]
Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
performing orchestra [1-4]
Dodo Marmarosa
piano [4.1-4, 3.1-4, 3.6-10]
Don Byas
tenor saxophone [11-18]
Don Lamond
arranger [12], conductor [12], drums (drum set) [4.1-4, 9.1-4, 9.10-13]
Doug Hawkins
recording [5.2, 1.7-10, 2.16-17, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20-22]
Doug Mettome
trumpet [14]
Duke Jordan
piano [4.13-22, 5.1-13]
Earl Coleman
vocal [18-19]
Ebenezer Paul
double bass [6]
Eddie Brown
oboe [13]
Eddie Safranski
double bass [3, 3-5, 5-6]
Edwin Brown
oboe [10-17]
Efferge Ware
guitar [7, 9-11]
Ernie Caceres
baritone saxophone [3-6]
Erroll Garner
piano [18-23]
Fats Navarro
trumpet [12.8, 13.1-2, 13.9-11, 6.3-6]
Flip Phillips
tenor saxophone [5.14, 2.5-9, 2.9-11, 9.10-13, 8.1, 10.1-4]
Frank ''Paquito'' Davilla
trumpet [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
Frank Brieff
viola [14-19]
Frank Driggs
photography
Frank Miller
cello [14-19]
Fred Ruzilla
viola [14]
Fred Skerritt
alto saxophone [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
Freddie Green
guitar [10-13]
Freddy Culliver
tenor saxophone [1.4-6, 12.5]
Gene Johnson
alto saxophone [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
Gene Orloff
violin [14]
Gene Ramey
double bass [12.1-5, 1.1-6]
George Handy
piano [5]
Gil Evans
arranger [5-7], conductor [5-7]
Gilles Pétard
photography
Gus Johnson
drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 12.1-4]
Hal McKusick
clarinet [5-7]
Hank Jones
piano [9.15-17, 5.15, 7.1-3, 7.18-19]
Hank Ross
tenor saxophone [1-4, 10-13]
Harold Bruce
trumpet [1-3]
Harold Ferguson
tenor saxophone [1-3]
Harry Kaltzman
violin [14]
Harry Melnikoff
violin [10-17]
Harry Terrill
alto saxophone [10-13]
Harry “Sweets” Edison
trumpet [1]
Herb Pomeroy
trumpet [12-13, 15-16]
Herman Leonard
photography
Hervé Imbault
art direction
Howard Kay
violin [10-17]
Howard McGhee
trumpet [12.16-17, 3.11-14, 4.1-4]
Howard McGhee Quintet
performing orchestra [11-14]
Ira Gitler
producer [4]
Isadore Zir
viola [10-17]
J.C. Heard
drums (drum set) [10.1-4, 2.9-15]
J.J. Johnson
trombone [5.4-9, 6.3-6]
Jack McVea
tenor saxophone [1-4]
Jack Zayde
violin [2]
James "Jimmy" Siracuse
recording [10-11, 13]
Jay McShann
conductor [12.5, 1.1-6], piano [1.1-6, 12.1-5]
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [12.5, 1.1-6]
Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars
performing orchestra [18-19]
Jerome Darr
guitar [12-15]
Jimmy Bunn
piano [11-14]
Jimmy Butts
double bass [1.7-10, 2.12-15], vocal [8-9]
Jimmy Carroll
arranger [14-19], conductor [14-19]
Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [14-19]
Jimmy Coe
baritone saxophone [1.4-6, 12.5]
Jimmy Maxwell
trumpet [10-13]
Jimmy Pratt
drums (drum set) [15-17]
Jimmy Woode
double bass [12-13, 15-16]
Joe Benaventi
cello [14]
Joe Harris
drums (drum set) [5]
Joe Lipman
arranger [7.10-17, 9.1-4, 9.10-13], conductor [9.1-4, 9.10-13, 7.10-17]
Joe Lipman & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [9.10-13, 7.10-17]
John Jackson
alto saxophone [12.5, 1.1-6]
John LaPorta
clarinet [5.14, 13.1-3, 12.8]
John Lewis
piano [5.16-23, 4.9-12, 8.11-15]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [1-4]
Joseph Singer
French horn [10-17]
José Madera
tenor saxophone [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
José Mangual
bongos [8.1, 8.6-10, 9.5-9, 6.1-2, 6.7]
Junior Collins
French horn [5-7]
Kai Winding
trombone [3-6]
Kalunam Tenem
liner notes
Kenny Clarke
drums (drum set) [13.12-13, 13.15-16, 8.11-15]
Kenny Dorham
trumpet [6.8-13, 13.5-8]
Lawrence "Frog" Anderson
trombone [1.4-6, 12.5]
Lee Young
drums (drum set) [12.16-17, 5.15]
Lennie Tristano
arranger [4, 6], piano [6.3-6, 13.1-3, 12.8]
Leonard “Lucky” Enois
guitar [1.4-6, 12.5]
Leroy Kirkland
guitar [12]
Leslie Johnakins
baritone saxophone [8.1, 6.1-2, 6.7]
Lester Young
tenor saxophone [16-17]
Little Phil Phillips
drums (drum set) [7, 9-11]
Lou McGarity
trombone [10-13]
Lou Stein
piano [1-4]
Lucky Thompson
tenor saxophone [3.5-10, 13.7]
Luis Miranda
congas [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.6-10]
Machito
arranger [1-2, 7], conductor [1-2, 7], maracas [1]
Machito and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
Manny Albam
baritone saxophone [14]
Manny Fidler
violin [14]
Manny Thaler
bassoon [5-7]
Mario Bauzá
trumpet [8.1, 6.1-2, 6.7]
Maurice Brown
cello [10-17]
Max Hollander
violin [14-19]
Max Roach
drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.5-7, 2.16-21, 6.8-13, 9.5-9, 9.15-17, 11.5-11, 13.3-4, 13.6-7, 13.14, 4.5-22, 5.1-13, 5.16-23, 8.2-5]
Metronome All Stars
performing orchestra [3-6]
Meyer Rosen
harp [14-19]
Mike Bryan
guitar [11-18]
Miles Davis
trumpet [13.4, 6.3-6, 4.5-22, 5.1-13, 5.16-23, 8.2-5, 3.6-10, 2.16-21, 11.1-4]
Miles Davis All Stars
performing orchestra [9-12]
Milt Jackson
vibraphone [13.7, 12.13]
Milton Lomask
violin [14-19]
Mitch Miller
cor anglais [14-19], oboe [14-19]
Murray Williams
alto saxophone [5.14, 9.1-4, 9.10-13]
Myor Rosen
harp [14-19]
Nat Jaffe
piano [5, 7]
Nat Nathanson
viola [14]
Neal Hefti
arranger [14], conductor [14]
Neal Hefti Orchestra
performing orchestra [14]
Nelson Boyd
double bass [9-12]
Norman Granz
producer [2, 10-13]
Orville "Piggy" Minor
trumpet [12.1-5, 1.1-6]
Oscar Peterson
piano [10.1-4, 9.10-13]
Pascal Béjean
art direction
Percy Heath
bass [1], double bass [1-4, 8-11]
Pete Mondello
tenor saxophone [14]
Pete Rugolo
arranger [3, 5]
Philippe Baudoin
photography
Philly Joe Jones
drums (drum set) [1-4]
Ralph Miranda
congas [1]
Ray Brown
bass [9.10-11, 10.2], double bass [5.15, 9.10-13, 10.1-4, 7.1-3, 7.10-19, 3.5, 6.14-19, 8.11-15, 12.13-15, 13.3]
Ray Wetzel
trumpet [14]
Red Callender
double bass [3.18-23, 4.1-4]
Red Norvo
vibraphone [8-9, 9-11], xylophone [9, 11]
Red Norvo & His Selected Sextet
performing orchestra [8-11]
Red Rodney
trumpet [11-15]
Remo Palmier
guitar [19-21]
René Hernández
piano [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
Roberto Rodriguez
double bass [6.1-2, 6.7, 8.1]
Ross Russell
producer [5.2, 4.4, 4.14, 4.16, 4.20-22, 3.5, 3.7, 3.19-20]
Roy Haynes
drums (drum set) [13.8, 13.11-13, 8.6-10, 11.12-15]
Roy Porter
drums (drum set) [6-14]
Rubberlegs Williams
vocal [11-18]
Rudy van Gelder
recording [1, 4]
Russ Freeman
piano [15-17]
Sadik Hakim
piano [19]
Sam Caplan
violin [7.13, 9.2]
Sam Kaplan
violin [10-17]
Sam Rand
violin [10-17]
Sam “The Man” Taylor
tenor saxophone [12]
Sammy Caplan
violin [14]
Sarah Vaughan
vocal [1-7]
Shelly Manne
drums (drum set) [5.14, 5.14-15, 6.3-6]
Sid Catlett
drums (drum set) [1-4]
Sid Harris
violin [14]
Sir Charles Thompson
piano [2.12-15, 13.12-13, 13.15-16]
Sir Charles Thompson & His All Stars
performing orchestra [12-15]
Slam Stewart
double bass [1.19-21, 2.8-9, 2.9-11]
Slim Gaillard
guitar [1-4, 4], piano [1-4], vocal [1-4]
Slim Gaillard and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [1-4]
Sol Rabinowitz
baritone saxophone [1], tenor saxophone [1]
Sonny Rollins
tenor saxophone [1-4]
Sonny Salad
alto saxophone [14]
Specs Powell
drums (drum set) [2.8-9, 2.9, 1.11-18]
Stan Freeman
piano [14-19]
Stan Levey
drums (drum set) [12.13-15, 3.5]
Stan Webb
baritone saxophone [1-4]
Sylvan Shulman
violin [2]
Sylvester "Vess" Payne
drums (drum set) [12]
Tadd Dameron
piano [6]
Taswell Baird
trombone [12.5, 1.1-6]
Teddy Kotick
bass [16], double bass [9.5-9, 9.15-17, 11.12-17, 8.2-10]
Teddy Reig
producer [2.16-17, 5.10-11, 5.13, 5.18, 4.5-7], task [11, 14]
Teddy Wilson
piano [8-9, 9-11]
The Dave Lambert Singers
vocal [5-7]
The Gil Evans Orchestra
performing orchestra [5-7]
Thelonious Monk
piano [4-9]
Tiny "Bam" Brown
double bass [1-4, 4], vocal [1-4]
Tiny Grimes
guitar [7-10], spoken vocals [9]
Tiny Grimes Quintet
performing orchestra [7-10]
Tommy Mace
oboe [5-7]
Tommy Potter
double bass [6.8-13, 13.1-2, 13.4-8, 13.11-13, 5.1-13, 4.5-8, 4.13-22, 12.8]
Tommy Turk
trombone [8-9]
Tony Aless
piano [11.5-7, 5.14]
Toots Mondello
alto saxophone [1-4]
Trummy Young
trombone [11-18], vocal [12-13, 15-18]
Ubaldo Nieto
timbales [8.1, 6.1-2, 6.7]
Verlye Mills
harp [9.1-4, 7.10-17]
Vic McMillan
double bass [6-10]
Vincent Jacobs
French horn [14]
Walter Bishop, Jr.
piano [13.11, 11.1-4, 11.12-17, 8.2-10, 9.5-9]
Walter Brown
vocal [1-6]
Wardell Gray
tenor saxophone [1-4]
Will Bradley
trombone [1-4]
William P. Gottlieb
photography
Willie Smith
alto saxophone [16-17]
Zelly Smirnoff
violin [7.10-17, 5.14]
Zutty Singleton
drums (drum set) [1-4]
[unknown]
cello [2], clarinet [1], tuba [13], viola [2], violin [2], xylophone [13]
‘Doc’ West
drums (drum set) [12.5, 3.18-23, 1.4-10]

Issues

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The Complete Masters 1941–1954
13x CD
21 November 2011