The Private Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: Volume 1: Studio Sessions, Chicago, 1956
• 1
  March 19th Blues
  3:26
• 2
  Feet Bone
  4:22
• 3
  In a Sentimental Mood
  3:36
• 4
  Discontented
  4:37
• 5
  Jump for Joy
  5:28
• 6
  Just Scratchin the Surface
  3:44
• 7
  Prelude to a Kiss
  4:27
• 8
  Miss Lucy
  3:46
• 9
  Uncontrieved
  4:15
• 10
  Satin Doll
  3:53
• 11
  Do Not Disturb
  4:29
• 12
  Love You Madly
  5:41
• 13
  Short Sheet Cluster
  6:10
• 14
  Moon Mist
  6:47
• 15
  Long Time Blues
  5:56
• CD 2: Volume 2: Dance Concerts, California, 1958
• 1
  Main Stem
  3:26
• 2
  Dancing In The Dark
  4:22
• 3
  Stompy Jones
  3:36
• 4
  Time On My Hands
  4:37
• 5
  Stomping At The Savoy
  5:28
• 6
  Sophisticated Lady
  3:44
• 7
  Take The "A" Train (Instrumental)
  4:27
• 8
  All Heart
  3:46
• 9
  Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
  4:15
• 10
  Take The "A" Train (Vocal)
  3:53
• 11
  Where Or When
  4:29
• 12
  The Mooche
  5:41
• 13
  One O'Clock Jump
  6:10
• 14
  Autumn Leaves
  6:47
• 15
  Oh! Lady Be Good / Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  5:56
• CD 3: Volume 3: Studio Sessions, New York, 1962
• 1
  ESP
  4:44
• 2
  Blue, Too (The Shepherd)
  4:08
• 3
  Tune Up
  3:24
• 4
  Take It Slow
  2:57
• 5
  Telstar
  2:32
• 6
  To Know You Is To Love You
  2:32
• 7
  Like Late
  3:40
• 8
  Major
  4:06
• 9
  Minor
  1:58
• 10
  "G" For Groove
  4:17
• 11
  The Lonely Ones
  2:53
• 12
  Monk's Dream
  2:26
• 13
  Frère Monk
  2:23
• 14
  Cordon Bleu
  4:19
• 15
  New Concerto For Cootie
  2:31
• 16
  September 12th Blues
  5:05
• CD 4: Volume 4: Studio Sessions, New York, 1963
• 1
  Bad Woman
  4:35
• 2
  Jeep's Blues
  4:08
• 3
  Stoona
  4:33
• 4
  Serenade To Sweden
  2:38
• 5
  Harmony In Harlem
  4:20
• 6
  Action In Alexandria
  2:31
• 7
  Tajm
  3:21
• 8
  Isfahan
  3:19
• 9
  Killian's Lick
  4:30
• 10
  Blousons Noir
  3:46
• 11
  Élysée
  2:25
• 12
  Butter And Oleo
  4:37
• 13
  Got Nobody Now
  2:36
• 14
  M.G.
  2:54
• 15
  Blue Rose
  2:47
• 16
  July 18th Blues
  5:33
• CD 5: Volume 5: The Suites, New York, 1968 & 1970
• 1
  The Degas Suite (Complete)
  27:32
• 2
  The River Suite - The Spring
  2:28
• 3
  The Run
  2:35
• 4
  The Meander
  5:08
• 5
  Giggling Rapids
  4:21
• 6
  The Lake
  6:53
• 7
  The Falls
  3:00
• 8
  The Whirlpool
  3:23
• 9
  The River
  3:55
• 10
  The Neo-Hip-Hot Kiddies Communities
  1:47
• 11
  The Village Of The Virgins
  5:09
• 12
  Her Majesty The Sea
  2:35
• 13
  The Spring (Reprise)
  2:27

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Release credits

• Aaron Bell
  double bass [13-14]
• Bill Berry
  trumpet [13-14]
• Billy Strayhorn
  piano [13-14]
• Buster Cooper
  trombone [4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15, 3.13-14]
• Chuck Connors
  trombone [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• Cootie Williams
  trumpet [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• Duke Ellington
  piano [1, 10-13, 15]
• Ernie Shepard
  double bass [1, 10-13, 15]
• Harry Carney
  baritone saxophone [4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15, 3.13-14]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  reeds [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• Milt Grayson
  vocal [13-14]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• Ray Nance
  cornet [1, 10-13, 15], trumpet [13-14]
• Rolf Ericson
  trumpet [1, 10-13, 15]
• Roy Burrowes
  trumpet [13-14]
• Russell Procope
  alto saxophone [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.13, 4.15]
• Sam Woodyard
  drums (drum set) [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
• William “Cat” Anderson
  trumpet [3.13-14, 4.1, 4.10-13, 4.15]
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Issues

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  The Private Collection

  5x CD (see annotation about CD mis-labeling)
  1987