The Quintessence: Stockholm - New York - Paris 1939-1949

Original Release Date:  July 30, 2002

Track Listing

• 1. Bugle Call Rag
• 2. The Sheik of Araby
• 3. I've Found a New Baby
• 4. Swing to Bop (Charlie's Choice)
• 5. One Bass Hit
• 6. 52nd Street Theme
• 7. Oop Bop Sh-Bam
• 8. Fat Boy, Pts. 1 & 2
• 9. The Tadd Walk
• 10. A Bebop Carroll
• 11. Oop-Pap-A-Da
• 12. Ool-Ya-Koo
• 13. Things to Come
• 14. La Colette (En Fait Cheryl)
• 15. Jumpin' There (Listen Here)
• 16. Laurenzology
• 17. Maggie's Draw
• 18. Jabhero
• 19. Lady Bird
• 20. Symphonette
• 21. Dameronia
• 22. Double Talk
• 23. Eb-Pob
• 24. Casbah
• 25. Conglomeration (French Lick)
• 26. Roll 'Em Bags
• 27. Focus
• 28. Venus de Milo
• 29. Rouge
• 30. Wah 'Hoo"
• 31. Allen's Alley
• 32. Ornithology
• 33. Klook's Blues
• 34. American Rhythm (Blackstick)
• 35. Iambic Pentameter
• 36. Bah-U-Bah

Credits

• Benny Bailey: Trumpet
• Charlie Christian: Guitar
• Bill Coleman: Trumpet
• Tadd Dameron: Piano, Arranger, Composer, Leader
• Miles Davis: Trumpet
• Kenny Dorham: Trumpet
• Allen Eager: Sax (Tenor)
• Gil Fuller: Arranger, Composer, Leader
• Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpet, Composer, Leader, Vocals
• Dexter Gordon: Sax (Tenor)
• Wardell Gray: Sax (Tenor)
• Al Haig: Piano
• Jimmy Heath: Sax (Alto)
• Ernie Henry: Sax (Alto)
• Milt Jackson: Piano, Composer, Vibraphone
• Lee Konitz: Sax (Alto)
• John Lewis: Composer
• Pierre Michelot: Bass
• Billy Mitchell: Sax (Tenor)
• James Moody: Sax (Tenor)
• Gerry Mulligan: Arranger, Composer, Sax (Baritone)
• Fats Navarro: Trumpet
• Cecil Payne: Reeds, Sax (Baritone)
• Bud Powell: Piano
• Sonny Stitt: Sax (Alto)
• Julius Watkins: French Horn
• Dave Burns: Trumpet
• Dick Collins: Trumpet
• Andre Hodeir: Violin
• Bernard Peiffer: Piano
• Howard McGhee: Trumpet, Composer, Leader
• Coleman Hawkins: Leader, Sax (Tenor)
• Ken Kersey: Piano
• Chano Pozo: Conga
• Rudy Williams: Sax (Alto)
• Al McKibbon: Bass
• Percy Heath: Bass
• James Anderson: Vocals
• Billy Barber: Tuba
• Sidney Bechet: Composer, Leader, Sax (Soprano)
• Nelson Boyd: Bass
• Ray Brown: Bass, Composer
• Kenny Clarke: Composer
• Eddie de Verteuill: Sax (Baritone)
• Nick Fenton: Bass
• Hubert Fol: Leader, Sax (Alto)
• Don Frye: Piano
• Walter Fuller: Composer
• Joe Gayles: Reeds
• Harry Goodwin: Trumpet
• Joe Guy: Trumpet
• Al Hall: Bass
• Benny Harris: Composer
• Joe Harris: Percussion
• Edgar Hayes: Piano
• Morris Lane: Sax (Tenor)
• Wilson Myers: Bass
• George Nicholas: Reeds
• Charlie Parker: Composer
• Nat Peck: Trombone
• Rudy Powell: Sax (Alto)
• Sahib Shihab: Sax (Alto)
• Sandy Siegelstein: French Horn
• S. Williams: Composer
• Kai Winding: Trombone
• Elmon Wright: Trumpet
• Jean-Paul Mengeon: Piano
• Barney Spieler: Bass
• Carley Russell: Bass
• Jean Bouchety: Bass
• Alain Gerber: Liner Notes
• Bill Shepherd Singers: Trombone
• Lammar Wright, Jr.: Trumpet
• Jacques Denjean: Piano
• Jean-Claude Forenbach: Sax (Tenor)
• Ralph Schecroun: Piano
• Howard E. Johnson: Reeds
• Charlie Lewis: Piano
• Diego Ibarra: Bongos
• John Brown: Reeds, Sax (Alto)
• John Collins: Guitar
• John Richard Lewis: Piano, Arranger
• R. Abramson: Sax (Tenor)
• Laure Wright: Adaptation
• Claude Laurence: Violin
• Benjamin Lundy: Sax (Tenor)
• Franck "Big Boy" Goodie: Sax (Tenor)
• Vidal Bolado: Conga
• Frank "Coco" Darling: Bass
• Harry Montaggioni: Guitar
• Stubby Sebastian: Bass