TRACKLISTING
The Lady Is a Tramp
Good Spirits
A Blues Serenade
Lazy Man Stomp
Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good)
Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
S-H-I-N-E
Back to Back
So Far So Good
Winter
I Should Care
Bunny Hunch

Al Cohn and Bob Brookmeyer are at least as well known for their arranging and composing as they are for their instrumental skills. They each contributed three compositions and six arrangements to this 1956 quintet session, demonstrating their mastery as both writers and players.

TRACKLISTING
Blowin' the Blues Away
B.R. Blues
Late Date
Caravan
Young Blood
I Remember Clifford

Using a formula he had perfected with his celebrated Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts and studio jam sessions, producer Norman Granz teamed Dizzy Gillespie with three outstanding tenor saxophonists gave them a first-rate rhythm section, and let everybody cut loose and blow.

ARTISTS
Dizzy Gillespie

TRACKLISTING
Dizzy Atmosphere
2.    Ballad Medley :
I'm Thru With Love
Without a Word of Warning
Sweet Lorraine
Love Walked In
September Song
3.    Ballad Medley :
On the Alamo
Stompin' at the Savoy
This Time the Dream's on Me
Time After Time
Gone With the Wind
4. The Way You Look Tonight

TRACKLISTING
Bird House
Margie
Mulligan Stew
Begin the Beguine
Sugar
The Way of All Flesh
Disc Jockey Jump
Birds of a Feather
Sometimes I'm Happy
How High the Moon
If You Were the Only Girl in the World
Yardbird Suite

'Beyond the perspective these scores lend to the saga of Gerry Mulligan, they remain musically sound creations that are obviously a ball for musicians to play.' Down Beat 1959

Gerry Mulligan wrote some of his first arrangements for Gene Krupa's big band in 1946, when he was still a teenager. Krupa revisits those arrangements on this album, recorded twelve years later, and they sound as fresh and fiery as ever.

TRACKLISTING
Hollering at the Watkins
Used to Be Basie
How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky)
Studio Call
Willow Weep for Me
Opus 711
Love Is Here to Stay
K.M. Blues
Walkin' With Sweets

'Here is the essence of the muscular relaxation, the flowing swing, and the natural spontaneous expression of emotion that is the mainstream of jazz. . . . An essential LP.' Down Beat 1956

TRACKLISTING
Cuba Libre (Guaracha)
One Mint Julep (Cha-Cha Twist)
Old-Fashioned (Beguine)
Daiquiri (Bossa Nova)
Cocktails for Two (Cha-Cha
Rum and Coca-Cola (Mambo)
Cugi's Cocktail (Hully Gully Cha-Cha)
Grasshopper (Rhumba)
Blue Champagne (Bossa Nova)
Zombie (Bolero)
Manhattan (Cha-Cha)
Singapore Sling (Rhumba)

'Next time you're hosting your own home party, try this magical foolproof recipe and be a host with confidence. A spin of Cugi's Cocktails -- all twelve of them -- will take the butterflies out of your stomach when guests knock and the strain of cocktail-fixing hour requires some Cugat magic.'

TRACKLISTING
Caravan
Love Is Here to Stay
Please Send Me Someone to Love
The Midgets
On Green Dolphin Street
Wednesday's Blues

After two long stints with Count Basie's big band, trumpeter Joe Newman put together a quintet and unveiled it at his former employer's New York nightclub. This is exemplary small-group jazz from a musician who never received the recognition he deserved.

TRACKLISTING
Blues Waltz
Valse Hot
I'll Take Romance
Little Folks
Lover
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

The idea of jazz in 3/4 time was not a new one when Max Roach recorded these tracks in 1956 and 1957, but this was the first jazz album entirely devoted to that unusual time signature. At the helm of a first-rate quintet including Sonny Rollins and Kenny Dorham, Roach proves conclusively that waltzes can swing.