Tracklist
Total time: 73:25 min.
Album details
Personnel on tracks #1-5:
Sonny Berman (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Flip Phillips (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs), Ralph Burns (p), Chuck Wayne (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Don Lamond (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, September 21, 1946
Personnel on tracks #6-9:
Red Rodney (tp), Allen Eager (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs), Al Haig (p), Chubby Jackson (b), Tiny Khan (d).
Recorded in New York City, January 29, 1947
Personnel on tracks #10-13:
Red Rodney (tp), Earl Swope (tb), Serge Chaloff (bs), George Wallington (p), Curley Russell (b), Tiny Khan (d).
Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, March 5, 1947
Personnel on track #14:
Ernie Royal (tp), Woody Herman (cl), Serge Chaloff (bs), Lou Levy (p), Terry Gibbs (vb), Chubby Jackson (b), Don Lamond (d).
Recorded live at Royal Roost, New York City, November 20, 1948
Personnel on tracks #15-17:
Red Rodney (tp), Earl Swope (tb), Al Cohn (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs), Barbara Carroll (p), Terry Gibbs (vb), Oscar Pettiford (b), Denzil Best (d).
Recorded in New York City, March 10, 1949
Personnel on tracks #18-19:
Gait Preddy (tp), Mert Goodspeed (tb), Charlie Mariano (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs), Ralph Burns (p), Frank Vaccaro (b), Pete DeRosa (d).
Recorded in Boston, April 16, 1949
Personnel on tracks #20-22:
Miles Davis (tp), Bennie Green (tb), Sonny Stitt (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs), Bud Powell (p), Curley Russell (b), Max Roach (d).
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York City, December 25, 1949
