Bud Powell, piano ; Ray Brown, Curly Russell, George Duvivier, Percy Heath, or Lloyd Trotman on bass ; Max Roach, Buddy Rich, Art Taylor, Art Blakely, Kenny Clarke, or Osie Johnson on drums
Previously released on Mercury, Clef Records and Verve Records.
Compact discs.
Program notes (150 p.) bound in container.
Recorded between 1949 and 1956.
1. Tempus fugue-it -- Celia -- Cherokee -- I'll keep loving you -- Strictly confidential -- All God's chillun got rhythm -- So sorry please -- Get happy -- Sometimes I'm happy -- Sweet Georgia Brown -- Yesterdays -- April in Paris -- Body and soul -- Hallelujah! -- Tea for two -- Parisian thoroughfare -- Oblivion -- Dusky 'n' Sandy -- Hallucinations -- The fruit -- A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square -- Just one of those things -- The last time I saw Paris
2. Moonlight in Vermont -- Spring is here -- Buttercup -- Fantasy in blue -- It never entered my mind -- A foggy day -- Time was -- My funny valentine -- Like someone in love -- Deep night -- That old black magic -- 'Round midnight
3. Thou swell -- Someone to watch over me -- Bean and the boys -- Tenderly -- How high the moon? -- I get a kick out of you -- The best thing for you -- You go to my head -- Mediocre -- All the things you are -- Epistrophy -- Dance of the infidels -- Salt peanuts -- Sweet Georgia Brown
4. Conception -- Bean and the boys -- Heart and soul -- Willow Grove -- Crazy rhythm -- Willow weep for me -- East of the sun (and west of the moon) -- Stairway to the stars -- Lady Bird
5. Lullaby in rhythm -- Star eyes -- Confirmation -- When I fall in love -- My heart stood still -- Blues in the closet -- Swingin' till the girls come home -- I know that you know -- Elegy -- Woody 'n' you -- I should care -- Now's the time -- I didn't know what time it was -- Bebop -- 52nd Street theme