東芝EMIの持つジャズ音源から選りすぐったオムニバス盤で、ジャズの入門盤として最適な1枚。

収録曲の多くは一般教養として、是非知っておきたいものばかりだ。

マイルス、コルトレーンやビル・エヴァンスの叙情性、チェット・ベイカーの中性的なヴォーカルを孤高のものと称えながら、でもメタルが最高だというと「こいつ変わってるな」と思われるけどね。

1. ST.THOMAS/SONNIE ROLLINS (S.Rollins) 6:46
Sonny Rollins(ts),Tommy Flanagan(p),Doug Watkins(b),Max Roach(ds)
Recorded On June 22, 1956

2. CLEOPATRA'S DREAM/BUD POWELL (B.Powell) 4:23
Bud Powell(p),Paul Chambers(b),Art Taylor(ds)
Recorded On Dec. 29, 1958

3. LEFT ALONE/MAL WALDRON (M.Waldron,B.Holliday) 6:04
Jackie McLean(as),Mal Waldron(p),Julian Euell(b),Al Dreares(ds)
Recorded in 1960

4. MOANIN'/ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS (B.Timmons)9:33
Lee Morgan(tp),Benny Golson(ts),Bobby Timmons(p),Jymie Merritt(b),Art Blakey(ds)
Recorded on Oct.30, 1958

5. SAY IT(Over And Over Again)/JOHN COLTRANE (F.Loesser,J.McHugh) 4:16
John Coltrane(ts),McCoy Tyrner(p),Jimmy Garrison(b),Elvin Jones(ds)
Recorded on Nov.13, 1962

6. MERCY,MERCY,MERCY/CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (J.Zawinul) 5:05
Nat Adderley(cor),Cannonball Adderley(as),J.Zawinul(p),Victor Gaskin(b),Roy McCurdy(ds)
Recorded on Oct.1966

7. FIVE SPOT AFTER DARK/CURTIS FULLER (B.Golson) 5:18
Curtis Fuller(tb),Benny Golson(ts),Tommy Flanagan(p),Jimmy Garrison(b),Al Harewood(ds)
Recorded on May 21,1959

8. WALTZ FOR DEBBY/BILL EVANS (B.Evans,G.Lees) 6:58
Bill Evans(p),Scott La Faro(b),Paul Motian(ds)
Recorded on June25, 1961

9. DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM/MILES DAVIS (Trad.) 4:12
Miles Davis(tp),Jay Jay Johnson(tb),Jackie McLean(as),Gil Coggins(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clarke(ds)
Recorded on May9, 1952

10. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE/ART PEPPER (C.Porter) 6:05
Art Pepper(as),Russ Freeman(p),Ben Tucker(b),Chuck Flores(ds)
Recorded on Jan.14, 1957

11. MY FUNNY VALENTINE/CHET BAKER (R.Rodgers,L.Hart) 2:18
Chet Baker(vo,tp),Russ Freeman(p),Carson Smith(b),Bob Neal(ds)
Recorded on Feb.15, 1954

12. DJANGO/MODERN JAZZ QUARTET (J.Lewis) 7:03
Milt Jackson(vib),John Lewis(p),Percy Heath(b),Kenny Clarke(ds)
Recorded on Dec.23, 1954

13. MAIDEN VOYAGE/HERBIE HANCOCK (H.Hancock) 7:55
Freddy Hubbard(tp),George Coleman(ts),Herbie Hancock(p),Ron Carter(b),Anthony Williams(ds)
Recorded on May17, 1965