Collection: 1947-1972

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  I'll Never Smile Again
  2:52
• 2
  I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
  2:41
• 3
  Why Was I Born?
  2:37
• 4
  I Should Care
  3:00
• 5
  That Old Black Magic
  2:42
• 6
  Close Your Eyes
  2:32
• 7
  S'Posin'
  2:42
• 8
  Goodbye
  2:28
• 9
  September in the Rain
  3:14
• 10
  Out of the Night
  3:01
• 11
  Worry Bird
  2:40
• 12
  Wheel of Fortune
  2:31
• 13
  Wild
  2:39
• 14
  Black Shadows
  3:03
• 15
  I Feel Like Crying
  3:01
• 16
  I See Your Face Before Me
  3:36
• 17
  The End of a Love Affair
  3:22
• 18
  The World Was Mine
  2:45
• 19
  Bye, Baby, Bye
  2:17
• 20
  I Thought About You
  3:12
• 21
  Mam'selle
  2:24
• CD 2
• 1
  My One and Only Love
  4:56
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Lush Life
  5:31
• 3
  In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
  2:48
• 4
  Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)
  4:14
• 5
  Stairway to the Stars
  3:09
• 6
  My Ship
  3:11
• 7
  The More I See You
  2:31
• 8
  Almost Like Being in Love
  2:37
• 9
  The Very Thought of You
  2:48
• 10
  Unforgettable
  2:39
• 11
  If I Had You
  2:44
• 12
  As You Desire Me
  2:43
• 13
  When I Get the Time
  2:50
• 14
  I Cover the Waterfront
  3:37
• 15
  Fly Me to the Moon
  4:03
• 16
  On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
  3:02
• 17
  The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme From The Sandpiper)
  6:49

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Release credits

• Al Porcino
  trumpet [8]
• Anthony Ortega
  alto saxophone [1.17, 2.8]
• Bob Thiele
  producer [1-2, 5, 8-10]
• Bud Brisbois
  trumpet [8]
• Curtis Amy
  tenor saxophone [8]
• Danny Bank
  baritone saxophone [17]
• Dennis Budimir
  guitar [9-10]
• Elvin Jones
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 5]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [17]
• Ernie Tack
  trombone [8]
• Frank Hunter
  arranger [17]
• Frank Rehak
  trombone [17]
• Freddie Hill
  trumpet [8]
• Hank Jones
  piano [2.5, 1.17]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [8]
• Howard McGhee
  trumpet [17]
• Illinois Jacquet
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Jack Nimitz
  baritone saxophone [8]
• James E. Bond
  bass [8-10]
• Jerome Richardson
  reeds [17]
• Jimmy Garrison
  double bass [1-2]
• John Coltrane
  tenor saxophone [1-2]
• John Erwing
  trombone [8]
• Johnny Hartman
  vocal [1.17, 2.1-2, 2.5, 2.8-10]
• Jules Chaikin
  trumpet [8]
• Lester Robertson
  trombone [8]
• Lucky Thompson
  tenor saxophone [17]
• McCoy Tyner
  piano [1-2]
• Melvin Moore
  trumpet [8]
• Mike Barone
  trombone [8]
• Mike Melvoin
  piano [8-10]
• Milt Hinton
  bass [17], double bass [5]
• Osie Johnson
  drums (drum set) [17]
• Rudy van Gelder
  engineer [5], recording [1-2]
• Stan Levey
  drums (drum set) [8-10]
• The Ernie Wilkins Orchestra
  performing orchestra [17]
• Show all credits (36)

Issues

• C
  Collection: 1947-1972

  2x CD
  22 September 1998