1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists
2. Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria ~ Various Artists
3. This Here - Cannonball Adderley ~ Various Artists
4. Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists
5. Four On Six - Wes Montgomery ~ Various Artists
6. Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans ~ Various Artists
7. African Waltz - Cannonball Adderley ~ Various Artists
8. Meditation - Charlie Byrd ~ Various Artists
9. Village Caller, The - Johnny Lytle ~ Various Artists
10. Blues For Dracula - Philly Joe Jones ~ Various Artists
11. Wade In The Water - Johnny Griffin ~ Various Artists
12. Smooth As The Wind - Blue Mitchell ~ Various Artists
13. Big "P" - Jimmy Heath ~ Various Artists
Disc 2
Song Title
Sample
1. Freedom Suite, The - Sonny Rollins ~ Various Artists
2. Cariba - Wes Montgomery ~ Various Artists
3. Tune-Up - Wes Montgomery ~ Various Artists
4. Ruby, My Dear - Coleman Hawkins/Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists
5. Ruby, My Dear - John Coltrane/Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists
6. Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk/Gerry Mulligan ~ Various Artists
7. One Foot In The Gutter - Clark Terry/Thelonious Monk ~ Various Artists
8. Peace Piece - Bill Evans ~ Various Artists
9. Know What I Mean? - Cannonball Adderley - (featuring Bill Evans) ~ Various Artists
Disc 3
Song Title
Sample
1. Things Are Getting Better - Cannonball Adderley - (featuring Milt Jackson) ~ Various Artists
2. Delilah - Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery ~ Various Artists
3. Trav'lin' Light - Ben Webster/Joe Zawinul ~ Various Artists
4. Tickletoe - Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis ~ Various Artists
5. Work Song - Nat Adderley ~ Various Artists
6. If You Could See Me Now - Chet Baker ~ Various Artists
7. One By One - Art Blakey ~ Various Artists
8. On A Misty Night - Tadd Dameron ~ Various Artists
9. My Old Flame - Kenny Dorham ~ Various Artists
10. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Kenny Drew ~ Various Artists
11. Circle Waltz - Don Friedman ~ Various Artists
12. Out Of The Past - Benny Golson ~ Various Artists
13. Mutattra - Barry Harris ~ Various Artists
14. Laura - Coleman Hawkins ~ Various Artists
Disc 4
Song Title
Sample
1. Autumn Leaves - Ernie Henry ~ Various Artists
2. Eyes So Beautiful As Yours - Elmo Hope ~ Various Artists
3. Invitation - Junior Mance ~ Various Artists
4. Letter From Home - Eddie Jefferson ~ Various Artists
5. Blue Lou - Budd Johnson ~ Various Artists
6. Some Kinda Mean - Sam Jones ~ Various Artists
7. On Green Dolphin Street - Wynton Kelly ~ Various Artists
8. West Coast Blues - Harold Land ~ Various Artists
9. I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So - Yusef Lateef ~ Various Artists
10. I Am In Love - Abbey Lincoln ~ Various Artists
11. Invitation - Junior Mance ~ Various Artists
12. Out Of This World - Mark Murphy ~ Various Artists
13. Nardis - George Russell ~ Various Artists
14. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - Zoot Sims ~ Various Artists
15. Come Sunday - Clark Terry ~ Various Artists
16. So Tired - Bobby Timmons ~ Various Artists
17. Zulu - Randy Weston ~ Various Artists
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info
Recorded between 1952 and 1964.
Musical Guests
Bill Evans
Milt Jackson
Technical Info
Release Date : 09/15/1997
Original Release Date : n/a
Catalog ID : 4422
Label : Riverside Records (Jazz)
Number of Discs : 4
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Mixed
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00025218442220
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (12/12/97, p.84) - "Between 1952 and 1964, Riverside was one of the small-but-tough indie lables helping to guide jazz's evolution. The story is told in fragmented form on this four-CD set...jazz history in the making." - Rating: B
Down Beat (2/98, p.60) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "In this retrospective boxed set, [Orrin] Keepnews attempts to capture, on four jam-packed discs, the essence of his work..."
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