Performer: Various
Genre: Jazz
Album: Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album
Released: 1984
Style: Contemporary Jazz
MP3 version ZIP size: 1981 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1553 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1606 mb
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 792
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Tracklist

1	–Erroll Garner	All The Things You Are
2	–Erroll Garner	My Heart Stood Still
3	–Erroll Garner	Sleep
4	–Gene Ammons And His Orchestra	Jay Jay
5	–Jay McShann And His Orchestra	You Didn't Tell Me
6	–Jay McShann And His Orchestra	The Duke And The Brute
7	–Jay McShann And His Orchestra	Reach
8	–Arnett Cobb & His Orchestra	Operation Take 3
9	–Arnett Cobb & His Orchestra	Operation Take 5
10	–Arnett Cobb & His Orchestra	Operation Take 8
11	–Clark Terry	Money In The Bank Take 7
12	–Clark Terry	Money In The Bank Take 12
13	–Dinah Washington	Blue Skies
2-1	–Paul Quinichette And His Orchestra	Plush Life
2-2	–Junior Mance Trio	Hot Springs
2-3	–Junior Mance Trio	111 East Ontario
2-4	–Paul Bley Trio	Willow Weep For Me
2-5	–Helen Merrill	Glad To Be Unhappy
2-6	–Helen Merrill	How's The World Treating You
2-7	–Clifford Brown All Stars	Blues (Coronado)
2-8	–John Williams Trio	Manteca
2-9	–Herb Geller Quartet	Cherokee
2-10	–Herb Geller Quartet	Blues In The Night
2-11	–Herb Geller Quartet	Suppertime
3-1	–Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra	The Roamin' Showman
3-2	–Maynard Ferguson & His Orchestra	Taking A Change On Love
3-3	–Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars	Our Love Is Here To Stay
3-4	–The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	Hopping John
3-5	–The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	Yesterdays
3-6	–The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	Sam's Tune
3-7	–The Cannonball Adderley Quintet	Fuller Bop Man
3-8	–Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	Moanin'
3-9	–Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	Close Your Eyes
3-10	–Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	Blues From Free And Easy
3-11	–Quincy Jones And His Orchestra	Ghana
3-12	–The Roland Kirk Quartet	Blues For Alice
3-13	–The Roland Kirk Quartet	Domino
4-1	–Billy Taylor Quartet	At La Carrousel
4-2	–Billy Taylor Quartet	Paraphrase
4-3	–Art Farmer - Benny Golson Jazztet*	Tonk
4-4	–Art Farmer - Benny Golson Jazztet*	Sonny's Back
4-5	–Art Farmer - Benny Golson Jazztet*	Another Git Together
4-6	–Bob James Trio	Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
4-7	–Bob James Trio	Ghost Riders In The Sky
4-8	–Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	Blues (From Gillespiana)
4-9	–Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	My Funny Valentine
4-10	–Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	A Night In Tunisia

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley (tracks: 3-4 to 3-7), Frank Wess (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Herb Geller (tracks: 2-7, 2-9 to 2-11, 3-1, 3-2), Joe Maini (tracks: 2-7), Phil Woods (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Rick Henderson (tracks: 1-13)
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Ernest McDonald (tracks: 1-4)
• Alto Saxophone, Flute – James Moody (tracks: 4-8 to 4-10)
• Arranged By – Quincy Jones (tracks: 3-3, 3-8 to 3-11)
• Baritone Saxophone – Bud Shank (tracks: 3-1), Cecil Payne (tracks: 3-3), Danny Bank (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
• Bass – Al McKibbon (tracks: 3-4 , 3-5), Art Davis (tracks: 3-12), Bill Anthony (tracks: 2-8), Bob Cranshaw (tracks: 4-1, 4-2), Chris White (tracks: 4-8 to 4-10), Curtis Counce (tracks: 2-7), Eugene Wright (tracks: 1-4), Herbie Lewis (tracks: 4-3 to 4-5), Keter Betts (tracks: 1-13), Lloyd Anderson (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Milt Hinton (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Paul Chambers* (tracks: 2-1, 3-3), Peter Ind (tracks: 2-4), Ray Brown (tracks: 3-1), Red Mitchell (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11), Ron Brooks (tracks: 4-6, 4-7), Vernon Martin (tracks: 3-13), Walter Buchanan (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10)
• Cello – Sam Jones (tracks: 3-6)
• Compiled By, Research – Kiyoshi Koyama
• Conductor – Johnny Richards (tracks: 2-5, 2-6)
• Cornet – Nat Adderley (tracks: 3-4 to 3-7)
• Drums – Al Levitt (tracks: 2-4), Alphonse Walker (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10), Alvin Stoller (tracks: 3-1), Art Blakey (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Charlie Persip (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11, 3-12, 3-13), Cooky Jackson (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Ed Thigpen (tracks: 1-13), Ellis Bartee (tracks: 1-4), Harold Wing (tracks: 2-1), Jack Edie (tracks: 2-8), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: 3-7), Joe Harris (tracks: 3-3), Max Roach (tracks: 2-7), Mel Lewis (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11), Robert Pozar (tracks: 4-6, 4-7), Roy Haynes (tracks: 3-13), Roy McCurdy (tracks: 4-3 to 4-5), Rudy Collins (tracks: 4-8 to 4-10), Specs Wright (tracks: 3-4 to 3-6), Walter Perkins (tracks: 4-1, 4-2)
• French Horn – Julius Watkins (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
• Guitar – Barry Galbraith (tracks: 2-1, 3-3), Gene Griddins (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Jerome Darr (tracks: 2-1), Jim Hall (tracks: 4-1, 4-2), Kenny Burrell (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
• Liner Notes – Dan Morgenstern, Leonard Feather
• Percussion – Candido Camero* (tracks: 1-13)
• Photography By – Chuck Stewart
• Piano – Billy Taylor (tracks: 4-1, 4-2), Bob James (tracks: 4-6, 4-7), Erroll Garner (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), George Rhodes (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10), Harold Mabern (tracks: 4-3 to 4-5), Jay McShann (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), John Williams (tracks: 2-8), Junior Mance (tracks: 1-4, 1-13, 2-2, 2-3, 3-4, 3,5), Kenny Barron (tracks: 4-8 to 4-10), Kenny Drew (tracks: 2-7), Lorraine Geller (tracks: 2-9 to 2-11, 3-1), Patti Bown (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Paul Bley (tracks: 2-4), Richard Wyands (tracks: 3-12), Sir Charles Thompson (tracks: 2-1), Wade Legge (tracks: 3-3), Wynton Kelly (tracks: 3-13)
• Piano, Celesta – Erroll Garner (tracks: 1-3)
• Tenor Saxophone – Arnett Cobb (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10), Ben Webster (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Benny Golson (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11, 4-3 to 4-5), Benny Golson (tracks: 4-3 to 4-5), Clifford Jenkins (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tracks: 1-13), Fats Dennis (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Gene Ammons (tracks: 1-4), Georgie Auld (tracks: 3-1), Jerome Richardson (tracks: 3-3), Paul Quinichette (tracks: 1-13), Walter Benton (tracks: 2-7), Zoot Sims (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
• Tenor Saxophone, Arranged By – Bill Holman (tracks: 3-1)
• Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Charlie Ferguson (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10)
• Tenor Saxophone, Siren, Flute – Roland Kirk (tracks: 3-12 to 3-13)
• Trombone – Grachan Moncur III (tracks: 4-3 to 4-5), Gus Chappell (tracks: 1-13), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 3-3, 3-8 to 3-11), Melba Liston (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Richard Harris (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10), Urbie Green (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11)
• Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: 4-3 to 4-5), Buddy Childers (tracks: 3-1), Clark Terry (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Clark Terry (tracks: 1-13, 3-8 to 3-11), Clifford Brown (tracks: 2-7), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 4-8 to 4-10), Ed Lewis (tracks: 1-8 to 1-10), Ernie Royal (tracks: 3-3), Ernie Royal (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Gail Brockman (tracks: 1-4), Harry Edison (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Joe Wilder (tracks: 3-8 to 3-11), Maynard Ferguson (tracks: 3-1), Orville "Piggy" Minor (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7), Ray Linn (tracks: 3-1)
• Vocals – Dinah Washington (tracks: 1-13), Helen Merrill (tracks: 2-5, 2-6)

Notes

For first time in jazz history, an entire four-record set has been created out of previously undiscovered gems, representing a cross-section of the most formidable talents in what we now realize was a golden era of Jazz. The three hours and 20 minutes of music, performed by 22 artists on 47 unissued tracks, is the product of two years of painstaking research by Kiyoshi Koyama at the Polygram tape facility in Edison, New Jersey. Comes with a 33 page booklet in English and Japanese.

Recording date andlocation:
#1-1 to 1-3: New York. March 14, 1955
#1-4: Chicago, December 10, 1947
#1-5 to 1-7: Kansas City, October 27, 1951
#1-8 to 1-10: New York, June 14, 1953
#1-11, 1-12: New York, February 1954
#1-13: New York, June 15, 1954
#2-1: New York, November 4, 1954
#2-2, 2-3: March 1954
#2-4: New York, August 30, 1954
#2-5, 2-6: New York, Mid, February, 1954
#2-7: Los Angeles, August 11, 1954
#2-8: New York, June 15, 1955
#2-9. 2-10: Los Angeles, April 20, 1955
#2-11: Los Angeles, April 26, 1955
#3-1: Los Angeles, November 7, 1955
#3-2: Los Angeles:October 10, 1955
#3-3: New York, November 4, 1955
#3-4: New York, July 12, 1956
#3-5, 3-6: New York, July 23, 1956
#3-7: New York, March 6, 1958
#3-8 to 3-11: New York, May 26, 1959
#3-12: New York, August 16, 1961
#3-13: New York, April 18, 1962
#4-3, 4-4: New York, March 2, 1962
#4-5: New York, June 21, 1962
#4-6, 4-7: Chicago, August 14, 1962
#4-8 to 4-10: Live at the Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Carnegie Hall, New York, March 27, 1965

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society (Japan): JASRAC
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): 30JD 22 M2C
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): 30JD 23 M5C
• Matrix / Runout (CD3): 30JD 24 S4E
• Matrix / Runout (CD4): 30JD 25 3E1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
25PJ-58~61	Various	Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album ‎(4xLP, Album, Comp)	Mercury	25PJ-58~61	Japan	1984