The Quintessence: 1945–1951

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Now's the Time

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  3:18
• 2
  Billie's Bounce

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  3:06
• 3
  Cheryl

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  3:01
• 4
  Buzzy

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  2:33
• 5
  Milestones

  Miles Davis All Stars
  2:38
• 6
  Half Nelson

  Miles Davis All Stars
  2:45
• 7
  Dewey Square

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:10
• 8
  Bird of Paradise

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:10
• 9
  Bird of Paradise

  Charlie Parker Quintet
  3:13
• 10
  Quasimado

  Charlie Parker Sextet
  3:01
• 11
  S'il vous plaît

  Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  5:05
• 12
  Ah-Leu-Cha

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  3:00
• 13
  Constellation

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  2:33
• 14
  Perhaps

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  2:37
• 15
  Marmaduke

  Charlie Parker All Stars
  2:45
• 16
  Overtime

  Metronome All-Stars
  4:41
• 17
  Jeru

  Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  3:13
• 18
  Godchild

  Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  3:07
• CD 2
• 1
  Boplicity

  Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  3:02
• 2
  Rifftide

  Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet
  4:37
• 3
  Don't Blame Me

  Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet
  4:17
• 4
  All the Things You Are

  Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet
  4:15
• 5
  Embraceable You

  Miles Davis-Tadd Dameron Quintet
  4:11
• 6
  Deception

  Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  2:48
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Moondreams

  Miles Davis and His Orchestra
  3:22
• 8
  It Might as Well Be Spring

  Sarah Vaughan
  3:14
• 9
  Mean to Me

  Sarah Vaughan
  2:55
• 10
  Au Privave

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  2:50
• 11
  Star Eyes

  Charlie Parker and His Orchestra
  3:40
• 12
  Blue Room

  Miles Davis and His Band
  3:05
• 13
  Ezz-Thetic

  Lee Konitz Sextet
  2:55
• 14
  Bluing

  Miles Davis All Stars
  9:58
• 15
  My Old Flame

  Miles Davis All Stars
  6:38
• 16
  It's Only a Paper Moon

  Miles Davis All Stars
  5:23

More by Miles Davis

Kind of Blue

Kind of Blue 1959

In a Silent Way

In a Silent Way 1969

Birth of the Cool

Birth of the Cool 1957

Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew 1970

Seven Steps to Heaven

Seven Steps to Heaven 1963

Milestones

Milestones 1958

Release credits

• Al McKibbon
  double bass [6]
• Art Blakey
  drums (drum set) [14, 16]
• Bennie Green
  trombone [8-9]
• Bill Barber
  tuba [6]
• Billy Taylor Jr.
  bass [9], double bass [8]
• Bob Weinstock
  producer [14, 16]
• Budd Johnson
  solo [9], tenor saxophone [8-9]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [8]
• George Treadwell
  producer [8]
• George Treadwell & His All Stars
  performing orchestra [8]
• Gerry Mulligan
  arranger [6], baritone saxophone [6]
• Gunther Schuller
  French horn [6]
• J.C. Heard
  drums (drum set) [8-9]
• J.J. Johnson
  trombone [6]
• Jackie McLean
  alto saxophone [14]
• Jimmy Jones
  piano [8-9]
• John Lewis
  piano [6]
• Lee Konitz
  alto saxophone [6]
• Max Roach
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Miles Davis
  solo [9], trumpet [6, 8-9, 14, 16]
• Mundell Lowe
  electric guitar [9]
• Rudy van Gelder
  recording [14, 16]
• Sarah Vaughan
  vocal [8-9]
• Sonny Rollins
  tenor saxophone [14, 16]
• Tommy Potter
  double bass [14, 16]
• Tony Scott
  clarinet [8-9]
• Walter Bishop, Jr.
  piano [14, 16]
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Issues

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  The Quintessence: 1945 - 1951

  2x CD
  27 March 2003