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Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet and leader
Joe Gordon, trumpet
Quincy Jones, trumpet
E.V. Perry, trumpet
Carl Warwick, trumpet
Melba Liston, trombone
Frank Rehak, trombone
Rod Levitt, bass trombone
Jimmy Powell, alto saxophone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Billy Mitchell, tenor saxophone
Ernie Wilkins, tenor saxophone
Marty Flax, baritone saxophone
Walter Davis, Jr., piano
Nelson Boyd, bass
Charli Persip, drums

Tracks:
1. Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat (Gillespie/Harding/Peterson
2. Yesterdays (Kern/Harback)
3. Tin Tin Deo (Fuller/Pozo)
4. Groovin' For Nat (Wilkins)
5. Annie's Dance (Liston)
6. Cool Breeze (Dameron/Eckstine/Gillespie)
7. School Days (Cobb/Edwards)
8. Stablemates (Golson)
9. That's All (Brandt/Haymes)
10. Groovin' High (Gillespie/Paparelli)

Billy Byers

Personnel on Tracks 3, 4, 8 and 10:
Billy Byers, trombone, arranger and leader
Bernie Glow, trumpet
Urbie Green, Fred Ohms and Chauncey Welsh, trombones
Al Cohn, clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophone
Moe Welscher, celeste and piano
Milt Hinton, bass
Osie Johnson, drums
Recorded December 9, 1955

Personnel on Tracks 2, 6, 7 and 11:
Billy Byers, trombone, arranger and leader
Nick Travis, trumpet
Phil Woods, clarinet and alto saxophone
Moe Welscher, celeste and piano
Milt Hinton, bass
Osie Johnson, drums
Recorded December 23, 1955

Personnel on tracks 1, 5, 9 and 12:
Billy Byers, trombone, arranger and leader
Jerry Sanfino, flute, alto saxophone and clarinet
Joe Venuto, vibraphone and marimba
Moe Welscher, celeste and piano
Milt Hinton, bass
Osie Johnson, drums
Gene Orloff, violin
Alan Schulman, Lucien Schmit, Bernie Greenhouse, cello
Recorded December 30, 1955

Tracks:
1. Alone Together (Dietz/Schwartz)
2. The Tickler (Byers)
3. Billy Bones (Byers)
4. Chinese Water Torture (Byers)
5. I See A Million People (Sour/Carlisle)
6. Back In Your Own Back Yard (Jolson/Rose/Dreyer)
7. The Funky Music Box (Byers)
8. The Great Rationalization (Byers)
9. Sunday (Miller/Cohn/Stein/Kreuger)
10. Misty Osie (Byers)
11. Thou Swell (Rodgers/Hart)
12. You're Mine You (Green/Heyman)

Al Cohn

Al Cohn, tenor saxophone, leader
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Conte Candoli, trumpet
Kenny Dorham, trumpet
Hank Jones, piano
John Simmons, bass
Kenny Clarke, drums

Songs:
Volume 1
1. A Bit Of The Blues (Albam)
2. Two Pairs of Aces (Albam)
3. Minorin' The Blues (Wilkins)
4. Phil 'Er Up (Albam)
5. Roulette (Wilkins)
6. Last Lap (Albam)

Volume 2
7. Hip Boots! (Wilkins)
8. For Kicks Only (Wilkins)
9. Ah Funky New Baby (Albam)
10. Birdland Fantasy (Wilkins)
11. Playboy (Wilkins)
12. Conte's Condolences (Albam)

No production credits or dates on CD.
Original sessions released 2/1956 and 10/1956

Various Artists

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Gene Quill, alto saxophone
George Syran, piano
Teddy Kotick, bass
Nick Stabulas, drums

Songs:
1. Solar (Davis)
4. Airegin (Rollins)

Recorded March 29, 1957

Jackie McLean, alto saxophone
John Jenkins, alto saxophone
Wade Legge, piano
Doug Watkins, bass
Art Taylor, drums

Song:
2. Bird Feathers (Parker)

Recorded May 3, 1957

Hal McKusick, also saxophone
Billy Byers, trombone
Eddie Costa, piano
Paul Chambers, bass
Charlie Persip, drums

Songs:
3. Interim (McKusick)
5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Bloom/Koehler)
6. Con Alma (Gillespie)

Recorded December 27, 1957

Supervision by bob Weinstock
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

** also issued on Original Jazz Classics OJC 1735, OJCCD 1735-2.

The Thelonious Monk Orchestra

Thelonious Monk, piano and leader
Jay McAllister, tuba
Robert Northern, French horn
Eddie Bert, trombone
Donald Byrd, trumpet
Pepper Adams, baritone saxophone
Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Sam Jones, bass
Art Taylor, drums

Tracks:
1. Thelonious (bonus track for CD)
2. Friday The 13th
3. Monk's Mood
4. Little Rootie Tootie
5. Off Minor
6. Crepuscule With Nellie
7. Little Rootie Tootie (encore - bonus track for CD)

All selection composed by Thelonious Monk

Friedrich Gulda

Fredrich Gulda, piano and arranger
Idrees Sulieman, trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland, trombone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Seldon Powell, tenor saxophone
Aaron Bell, bass
Nick Stabulas, drums
Pee Wee Marquette, announcer

Tracks:
1. Vienna Discussion (Gulda)
2. Scruby (Gulda)
3. Dark Glow (Gulda)
4. A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie/Paparelli)
5. Air From Other Planets (Gulda)
6. New Shoes (Gulda)
7. Bernie's Tune (Leiber/Miller/Stoller)