The Bethlehem Years

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Midriff (take 1)
  2:47
• 2
  Midriff (take 2) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:41
• 3
  Midriff (take 3)
  3:24
• 4
  Midriff (take 4) (only announcement)
  0:28
• 5
  Ain't Life Grand (take 1) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:51
• 6
  Ain't Life Grand (take 2)
  3:18
• 7
  Ain't Life Grand (take 3) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  1:20
• 8
  Ain't Life Grand (take 4)
  3:42
• 9
  Ain't Life Grand (take 5) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  2:59
• 10
  Ain't Life Grand (take 6) (only announcement) (unreleased)
  0:36
• 11
  Ain't Life Grand (insert take) (ending part) (unreleased)
  1:21
• 12
  Ain't Life Grand (insert take) (ending) (unreleased)
  0:51
• 13
  El Toro Valiente (take 1)
  3:02
• 14
  El Toro Valiente (take 2) (only announcement) (unreleased)
  0:15
• 15
  The Kiss of No Return (take 1)
  5:55
• 16
  The Kiss of No Return (take 2) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:24
• 17
  The Kiss of No Return (take 3) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  1:18
• 18
  The Kiss of No Return (take 4) (false start)
  0:42
• 19
  The Kiss of No Return (take 5)
  5:37
• 20
  The Outer World (take 1) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:33
• 21
  The Outer World (take 2)
  3:02
• 22
  The Outer World (take 3) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:24
• 23
  The Outer World (take 4) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  1:24
• 24
  The Outer World (take 5)
  3:39
• 25
  The Outer World (take 6) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:29
• 26
  The Outer World (take 7) (false start of art) (unreleased)
  0:27
• 27
  The Outer World (take 8) (only announcement) (unreleased)
  0:12
• 28
  Oasis (take 1) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:28
• 29
  Oasis (take 2) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:28
• 30
  Oasis (take 3) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  1:00
• 31
  Oasis (take 4)
  2:45
• CD 2
• 1
  Tippin' (take 1)
  6:27
• 2
  Tippin' (take 2) (breakdown)
  1:21
• 3
  Tippin' (take 3)
  6:10
• 4
  Tippin' (take 4) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  0:43
• 5
  Tippin' (take 5)
  0:46
• 6
  Tippin' (take 6) (unreleased)
  6:20
• 7
  Tippin' (take 7) (false start) (unreleased)
  0:30
• 8
  Pristine (take 1) (false start)
  0:20
• 9
  Pristine (take 2)
  7:19
• 10
  Pristine (take 3) (false start)
  0:47
• 11
  Pristine (take 4) (beakdown) (unreleased)
  1:13
• 12
  Pristine (take 5) (breakdown) (unreleased)
  0:46
• 13
  Pristine (take 6)
  8:22
• 14
  Pristine (take 7) (unreleased)
  6:10
• 15
  Pristine (take 8)
  6:17

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Release credits

• Al Cohn
  tenor saxophone [1-13, 15-31]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [2.1-15, 1.1-13, 1.15-31]
• Art Blakey Big Band
  performer [31]
• Bill Graham
  alto saxophone [1-13, 15-31]
• Bill Hardman
  trumpet [1-13, 15-31]
• Bill Slapin
  baritone saxophone [1-13, 15-31]
• Donald Byrd
  trumpet [1.1-13, 1.15-31, 2.1-15]
• Frank Rehak
  trombone [1-13, 15-31]
• Idrees Sulieman
  trumpet [1-13, 15-31]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [1-13, 15-31]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [1.1-13, 1.15-31, 2.1-15]
• Lee Kraft
  producer [2.9, 2.13, 2.15, 1.13, 1.15]
• Melba Liston
  trombone [1-13, 15-31]
• Ray Copeland
  trumpet [1-13, 15-31]
• Sahib Shihab
  alto saxophone [1-13, 15-31]
• Walter Bishop, Jr.
  piano [2.1-15, 1.1-13, 1.15-31]
• Wendell Marshall
  bass [31], double bass [1.1-13, 1.15-31, 2.1-15]
• Show all credits (17)

Issues

• 

  T
  (Combined release view)
• 

  T
  The Bethlehem Years

  2x CD
  1994
• T
  The Bethlehem Years

  2x CD
  2000
• T
  The Outer World

  2x CD
  25 July 2001
• 

  I
  In a Soulful Mood

  2x CD
  27 June 2005
• T
  The Bethlehem Years

  2x CD
  2 August 2005
• 

  T
  The Bethlehem Years

  2x CD
  12 March 2014