The Greatest Jazz Legends - Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Bird, Getz, Brubeck and More (10 CDs)

The cast reads like the intro to the WHO IS WHO of Jazz: This 10-CD-Box presents eighteen of the biggest names of the genre – and nineteen of their best and
most famous albums. From Miles Davis to Chet Baker, from Bill Evans to Bud Powell, from Cannonball Adderley to Art Blakey – the best of the best. 

Included are iconic albums that deserve a place in everybodys' collections, such as Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' and 'Sketches of Spain', Sonny Rollins' 'Saxophone Colossus', John Coltrane's 'Blue Train', Dave Brubeck's 'Time Out' and Cannonball Adderley's 'Somethin' Else'.

CD 1

CD1
MILES DAVIS “KIND OF BLUE” (1959)
Alto Saxophone Julian Adderley (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5) + Bass Paul Chambers +
Drums Jimmy Cobb, Piano Bill Evans (tracks: 1, 3 & 5) Wynton Kelly (track 2) +
Tenor Saxophone John Coltrane + Trumpet Miles Davis
 1. So What (Davis)
 2. Freddie Freeloader (Davis)
 3. Blue in Green (Davis)
 4. All Blues (Davis)
 5. Flamenco Sketches (Davis)

MILES DAVIS “SKETCHES OF SPAIN” (1960)
Trumpet Miles Davis + Orchestra Conductor: Gil Evans
 6. Concierto De Aranjuez (Rodrigo)
 Will O´ the Wisp (De Falla) Listen CD 10 Track 15
 The Pan Piper (Evans) Listen CD 10 Track 16
 7. Saeta (Evans)
 8. Solea (Evans)

CD 2
BILL EVANS TRIO “WALTZ FOR DEBBY”
(1961)
Bass Scott LaFaro + Drums Paul Motian + Piano Bill Evans
 1. My Foolish Heart (Washington/Young)
 2. Waltz for Debby (Evans)
 3. Detour Ahead (Ellis/Frigo/Carter)
 4. My Romance (Rodgers/Hart)
 5. Some Other Time (Green/Comden/Bernstein)
 6. Milestones (Davis)

SONNY CLARK “Cool Struttin´” (1958)
Alto Saxophone Jackie McLean + Bass Paul Chambers + Drums „Philly“ Joe
Jones, Trumpet Art Farmer + Piano Sonny Clark
 7. Cool Struttin´ (Clark)
 8. Blue Minor (Clark)
 9. Slippin´ at Bells (Davis)
 10. Deep Night (Henderson/Vallee)

CD 3

ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS “MOANIN`” (1958)
Bass Jymie Merritt + Piano Bobby Timmons + Tenor Saxophone Benny Golson
+ Trumpet Lee Morgan, Drums Art Blakey
 1. Moanin´ (Timmons)
 2. Are You Real (Golson)
 3. Along Came Betty (Golson)
 

4. THE DRUM THUNDER SUITE
 1st Theme: Drum Thunder + 2nd Theme: Cry a Blue Tear
 + 3rd Theme: Harlem´s Disciples (Golson)
 5. Blues March (Golson)
 6. Come Rain or Come Shine (Mercer/Arlen)

WES MONTGOMERY “THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ GUITAR OF WES MONTGOMERY” (1960)
Bass Percy Heath + Drums Albert „Tootie“ Heath + Piano Tommy Flanagan +
Guitar Wes Montgomery
 7. Airegin (Rollins)
 8. D-Natural Blues (Montgomery)
 9. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke/Van Heusen)
 10. Four on Six (Montgomery)
 11. West Coast Blues (Montgomery)
 12. In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck)
 Mister Walker (Montgomery) Listen CD 10 Track 17
 13. Gone With the Wind (Wrubel/Magidson)

 CD4
JOHN COLTRANE “BLUE TRAIN” (1957)
Bass Paul Chambers + Drums „Philly“ Joe Jones + Piano Kenny Drew + Trombone Curtis Fuller, Trumpet Lee Morgan + Tenor Saxophone John Coltrane
 1. Blue Train (Coltrane)
 2. Moment´s Notice (Coltrane)
 3. Locomotion (Coltrane)
 4. I´m Old Fashioned (Kern/Mercer)
 5. Lazy Bird (Coltrane)

SONNY ROLLINS “SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS” (1956)
Bass Doug Watkins + Drums Max Roach + Piano Tommy Flanagan + Tenor
Saxophone Sonny Rollins
 6. St. Thomas (Rollins)
 7. You Don´t Know What Love Is (Raye/DePaul)
 Strode Rode (Rollins) Listen CD 10 Track 18
 8. Moritat (Weil)
 9. Blue Seven (Rollins)

 CD5
CHARLIE PARKER “JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL” (1953)
Bass Charles Mingus + Drums Max Roach + Piano Bud Powell +
Trumpet Dizzy Gillespie, Alto Saxophone Charlie Chan (Charlie Parker)
 1. Perdido (Drake/Lengsfelder/Tizol)
 2. Salt Peanuts (Clarke/Coleman/Gillespie)
 3. All the Things You Are /// 52nd Street
 Theme (Hammerstein II/Kern/Monk)

CLIFFORD BROWN “STUDY IN BROWN” (1955)
Bass George Morrow + Drums Max Roach +
Piano Richie Powell + Tenor Saxophone
Harold Land, Trumpet Clifford Brown
 4. Cherokee (Noble)
 5. Jacqui (Powell)
 6. Swingin´ (Brown)
 7. Lands’ End (Land)
 8. George´s Dilemma (Brown)
 9. Sandu (Brown)
 10. Gerkin for Perkin (Brown)
 11. If I Love Again (Murray/Oakland)
 12. Take the A-Train (Strayhorn)

 CD6
THELONIUS MONK “BRILLIANT CORNERS”
(1957)
Alto Saxophone Ernie Henry (tracks: 1 to 3) + Bass Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1 to
3) & Paul Chambers (track 5), Drums Max Roach (tracks: 1 to 3, 5) + Tenor Saxophone Sonny Rollins (tracks: 1 to 3, 5), Trumpet Clark Terry (track 5) + Celesta
Thelonious Monk (track 3) + Piano Thelonious Monk
 1. Brilliant Corners (Monk)
 2. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Monk)
 3. Pannonica (Monk)
 4. I Surrender, Dear (Barris/Clifford)
 5. Bemsha Swing (Best/Monk)

ART PEPPER “ART PEPPER MEETS THE RHYTHM SECTION” (1957)
Bass Paul Chambers + Drums Philly Joe Jones + Piano Red Garland + Alto
Saxophone Art Pepper
 6. You´d Been So Nice To Come Home to (Porter)
 7. Red Pepper Blues (Garland)
 8. Imagination (Burke/Van Heusen)
 9. Waltz Me Blues (Pepper/Chambers)
 10. Straight Life (Pepper)
 11. Jazz Me Blues (Delaney)
 Tin Tin Deo (Pozo) Listen CD 10 Track 19
 12. Star Eyes (De Paul/Raye)
 13. Birks Works (Gillespie)
 

CD7
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY “SOMETHIN´ ELSE” (1958)
Bass Sam Jones + Drums Art Blakey + Piano Hank Jones + Trumpet Miles
Davis, Alto Saxophone Cannonball Adderley
 1. Autumn Leaves (Provert/Kosma)
 2. Love for Sale (Porter)
 3. Somethin´ Else (Davis)
 4. One for Daddy-O (Adderley)
 5. Dancing In the Dark (Schwartz/Dietz)

DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET “TIME OUT” (1959)
Alto Saxophone Paul Desmond + Bass Gene Wright + Drums Joe Morello +
Piano Dave Brubeck
 6. Blue Rondo a La Turk (Brubeck)
 7. Strange Meadow Lark (Brubeck)
 8. Take Five (Desmond)
 9. Three to Get Ready (Brubeck)
 10. Kathy´s Waltz (Brubeck)
 11. Everybody´s Jumpin´ (Brubeck)
 12. Pick up Sticks (Brubeck)

CD8
RED GARLAND “GROOVY” (1957)
Bass Paul Chambers + Drums Arthur Taylor + Piano Red Garland
 1. C-Jam Blues (Ellington)
 2. Gone Again (Hamner/Lewis/Hampton)
 3. Will You Still Be Mine (Dennis/Adair)
 4. Willow Weep for Me (Ronnell)
 5. What Can I Say (After I Say I´m Sorry) (Lyman/Donaldson)
 6. Hey Now (Garland)

WYNTON KELLY “KELLY BLUE” (1959)
Bass Paul Chambers + Cornet Nat Adderley (tracks: 1, 5)
+ Drums Jimmy Cobb + Flute Bobby Jaspar (tracks: 1, 5)
Tenor Saxophone Benny Golson (tracks: 1, 5)
+ Piano – Wynton Kelly
 7. Kelly Blue (Kelly)
 8. Softly As In a Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein/Romberg)
 Green Dolphin Street (Kaper)

9. Willow Weep for Me (Ronnell)
 10. Keep It Moving (Kelly)
 11. Old Clothes
 CD9
BUD POWELL “AMAZING BUD
POWELL VOL. 1” (1955)
Bass Curly Russell (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 8, 12) & Tommy Potter (tracks: 4, 5, 9 to
11) , Drums Max Roach (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 8, 12) & Roy Haynes (tracks: 4, 5,
9 to 11) , Tenor Saxophone Sonny Rollins (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11) + Trumpet Fats
Navarro (tracks: 4, 5, 9, 11) Piano Bud Powell
 1. Un Poco Loco (Powell) 1st Take
 2. Un Poco Loco (Powell) 2nd Take
 3. Un Poco Loco (Powell)
 4. Dance of the Infidels (Powell)
 5. 52nd St. Theme (Monk)
 6. It Could Happen to You
 (Burke/Van Heusen)
 7. A Night in Tunisia (Robin/Gillespie) Alternate Master
 8. A Night in Tunisia (Robin/Gillespie)
 9. Wail (Powell)
 10. Ornithology (Harris)
 11. Bouncing With Bud (Powell)
 12. Parisian Thoroughfare (Powell)

STAN GETZ
“STAN GETZ PLAYS” (1954)
Bass Bill Crow + Drums Frank Isola + Guitar Jimmy
Raney + Piano Duke Jordan + Tenor Saxophone
Stan Getz
 13. Stella by Starlight (Young/Washinton)
 14. Time on My Hands (Youmans/Adamson/Gordon)
 15. ´Tis Autumn (Nemo)
 16. The Way You Look Tonight (Fields/Kern)
 17. Lover Come Back To Me (Romberg/Hammerstein II)
 18. Body and Soul (Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton)
 19. Stars Fell on Alabama (Parish/Perkins)
 20. You Turned the Tables on Me (Mitchell/Alter)
 21. Thanks for the Memory (Rainger/Robin)
 22. Hymn of the Orient (Gryce)
 23. These Foolish Things Remind Me of You
 Strachey/Marvell/Link)

 CD10
CHET BAKER “CHET BAKER SINGS” (1956)
Bass Carson Smith (7 to 14) & James Bond (1 to 6) + Celesta Russ Freeman (1
to 6) + Piano Russ Freeman, Drums Lawrence Marable (6) & Peter Littman (1 to
5) + Vocals & Trumpet Chet Baker
 1. That Old Feeling (Brown/Fain)
 2. It´s Always You (Van Heusen/Burke)
 3. Like Someone In Love (Van Heusen/Burke)
 4. My Ideal (Robin/Chase/Whiting)
 5. I´ve Never Been In Love before (Loesser)
 6. My Buddy (Kahn/Donaldson)
 7. But Not For Me (Gershwin/Gershwin)
 8. Time After Time (Kahn/Styne)
 9. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Carmichael)
 10. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers/Hart)
 11. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren/Gordon)
 12. The Thrill Is Gone (Brown/Henderson)
 13. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Kahn/Styne)
 14. Look for the Silver Lining (DeSylva/Kern)
 15. Will O´ the Wisp (De Falla)
 from the Album MILES DAVIS “SKETCHES OF SPAIN” (1960)
16. The Pan Piper (Evans)
 from the Album MILES DAVIS “SKETCHES OF SPAIN” (1960)

17. Mister Walker (Montgomery)
 from the Album WES MONTGOMERY “THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ
 GUITAR OF WES MONTGOMERY” (1960)

 18. Strode Rode (Rollins)
 from the Album SONNY ROLLINS “SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS” (1956)

 19. Tin Tin Deo (Pozo)
 from the Album ART PEPPER “ART PEPPER MEETS THE
 RHYTHM SECTION” (1957)

 20. Green Dolphin Street (Kaper)
 from the Album WYNTON KELLY “KELLY BLUE” (1959)