Retrospective 1940-1953

Original Release Date:  April 4, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. Swingmatism
• 2. Hootie Blues
• 3. Tiny's Tempo
• 4. Groovin' High
• 5. All the Things You Are
• 6. Dizzy Atmosphere
• 7. Salt Peanuts
• 8. Shaw 'Nuff
• 9. Hot House
• 10. Hallelujah
• 11. Slam Slam Blues
• 12. Congo Blues
• 13. Billie's Bounce
• 14. Ko Ko
• 15. Slim's Jam
• 16. Yardbird Suite
• 17. Ornithology
• 18. A Night in Tunisia
• 19. The Famous Alto Break
• 20. Cool Blues
• 21. Bird's Nest
• 22. Relaxin' at Camarillo
• 23. Chasin' the Bird
• 24. Honeysuckle Rose/Body and Soul
• 25. Donna Lee
• 26. Milestones
• 27. Little Willie Leaps
• 28. The Hymn
• 29. Scrapple from the Apple
• 30. My Old Flame
• 31. Don't Blame Me
• 32. Bongo Beep
• 33. How Deep Is the Ocean
• 34. Bird Gets the Worm
• 35. Barbados
• 36. Ah-Leu-Cha
• 37. Parker's Mood
• 38. Perhaps
• 39. Marmaduke
• 40. Visa
• 41. April in Paris
• 42. Bloomdido
• 43. Leap Frog
• 44. Out of Nowhere
• 45. Au Privave
• 46. Star Eyes
• 47. My Little Suede Shoes
• 48. Lover Man
• 49. Ko Ko
• 50. Hot House
• 51. On a Slow Boat to China
• 52. Confirmation
• 53. Embraceable You
• 54. Cheryl
• 55. Bird of Paradise
• 56. Blue 'N' Boogie
• 57. Anthropology
• 58. 'Round Midnight
• 59. Lester Leaps In
• 60. Cool Blues
• 61. Salt Peanuts
• 62. Wee

Credits

• John Jackson: Sax (Alto)
• Irving Berlin: Composer
• Walter Bishop, Jr.: Piano, Composer
• Tadd Dameron: Composer
• Miles Davis: Trumpet, Composer
• Kenny Dorham: Trumpet
• Roy Eldridge: Trumpet
• Erroll Garner: Piano
• Dizzy Gillespie: Piano, Trumpet, Composer, Vocals
• Joe Gordon: Trumpet
• Wardell Gray: Sax (Tenor)
• Tiny Grimes: Guitar
• Al Haig: Piano
• Duke Jordan: Piano
• Barney Kessel: Guitar
• Jay McShann: Piano, Composer
• Charles Mingus: Double Bass
• Red Norvo: Composer, Vibraphone
• Flip Phillips: Sax (Tenor)
• Bud Powell: Piano
• Buddy Rich: Drums
• Max Roach: Drums
• Red Rodney: Trumpet
• Slam Stewart: Double Bass
• Lucky Thompson: Sax (Tenor)
• Fats Waller: Composer
• Cootie Williams: Composer
• Lester Young: Composer, Sax (Tenor)
• Cozy Cole: Drums
• Bernie Leighton: Piano
• Tommy Potter: Double Bass
• Zutty Singleton: Drums
• Stan Freeman: Piano
• Don Lamond: Drums
• Jimmy McHugh: Composer
• Vincent Youmans: Composer
• Mitch Miller: Horn (English), Oboe
• Walter Brown: Composer, Vocals
• Vernon Duke: Composer
• Howard McGhee: Trumpet
• Slim Gaillard: Guitar, Composer, Vocals
• Luis Miranda: Conga
• Andy Razaf: Composer
• Teddy Kotick: Double Bass
• Al McKibbon: Double Bass
• Gene Ramey: Double Bass
• Jerome Kern: Composer
• Frank Loesser: Composer
• Jack McVea: Sax (Tenor)
• Denzil Best: Composer
• Nelson Boyd: Double Bass
• Verlye Mills: Harp
• Maurice Brown: Cello
• Jimmy Butts: Double Bass
• Red Callender: Double Bass
• Big Sid Catlett: Drums
• Kenny Clarke: Composer, Drums
• Gene DePaul: Composer
• Dorothy Fields: Composer
• Johnny Green: Composer
• Oscar Hammerstein II: Composer
• E.Y. "Yip" Harburg: Composer
• Joe Harris: Drums
• Clyde Hart: Piano, Composer
• Roy Haynes: Drums
• J.C. Heard: Drums
• Edward Heyman: Composer
• Max Hollander: Violin
• Isadore Zir: Viola
• Gus Johnson: Drums
• Jose Mangual: Bongos
• Dodo Marmarosa: Piano
• Harry Melnikoff: Violin
• Thelonious Monk: Piano, Composer
• Frank Paparelli: Composer
• Charlie Parker: Composer
• Roy Porter: Drums
• Roger "Ram" Ramirez: Composer
• Samuel Rand: Violin
• Don Raye: Composer
• Richard Twardzik: Piano
• Leo Robin: Composer
• William Scott: Arranger, Composer
• Joseph Singer: French Horn
• Carlos Vidal: Bongos
• Harold "Doc" West: Drums
• Howard Kay: Violin
• Milton Lomask: Violin
• Meyer Rosen: Harp
• Jimmy Sherman: Composer
• Tommy Turk: Trombone
• Jimmy Carroll: Arranger, Conductor
• Alain Tercinet: Introduction
• Frank Brieff: Viola
• Bronislaw Gimpel: Violin
• Remo Palmieri: Guitar
• Sam Caplan: Violin
• Arthur Johnston: Composer
• Bob Mabane: Sax (Tenor)
• Vic McMillan: Double Bass
• Orville Minor: Trumpet
• Harold Bruce: Trumpet
• Sam Coslow: Composer
• Robert Sour: Composer
• Frank Eyton: Composer
• Clifford Grey: Composer
• Martin Davies: English Translations
• Art Ford: MC
• Dizzy Gillespie Sextet: Performer
• Charlie Parker Quintet: Performer
• Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers: Performer
• Charlie Parker Septet: Performer
• Charlie Parker's All Stars: Performer
• Charlie Parker Sextet: Performer
• Charlie Parker With His Quintet & Strings: Performer
• Charlie Parker's New Stars: Performer
• Charlie Parker Quartet: Performer
• Tiny Grimes Quintet: Performer
• François Lê Xuân: Coordination, Research
• Alexis Frenkel: Mastering, Transfers
• Joe Taswell Baird: Trombone
• Marie Carette: Art Direction, Design
• Harold Ferguson: Sax (Tenor)
• Bruno Guermonprez: Research
• Ziggy Smirnoff: Violin
• Joe Lippman Orchestra: Arranger, Conductor
• John G. Lewis: Piano
• Hank Jones Great Jazz Trio: Piano
• Charlie Parker Big Band : Sax (Alto), Vocals, Author