Album · 1987
Tracklist
1 ESP 4:44
2 Blue, Too - The Shepherd 4:08
3 Tune Up 3:25
4 Take It Slow 2:57
5 Telstar 2:33
6 To Know You Is to Love You 2:32
7 Like Late 3:41
8 Major 4:06
9 Minor 1:58
10 G" for Groove 4:17
11 The Lonely Ones 2:54
12 Monk's Dream 2:26
13 Frere Monk 2:24
14 Cordon Bleu 4:19
15 New Concerto for Cootie 2:32
16 September 12th Blues 5:05
Line-up/Musicians
Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7-16)
Billy Strayhorn - piano (tracks 4, 5, 7 & 14)
Ray Nance - cornet (tracks 1, 6 & 11-16)
Cat Anderson, Bill Berry, Roy Burrowes, Cootie Williams - trumpet (tracks 1, 6, & 11-16)
Lawrence Brown (tracks 1, 6, & 11-16), Buster Cooper, Britt Woodman (tracks 2-5, 7-10), - trombone
Chuck Connors - bass trombone
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6, & 11-16)
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone (tracks 1-6 & 11-16)
Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1, 6, & 11-16)
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-6 & 11-15)
Aaron Bell - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums
Milt Grayson - vocals (tracks 6 & 11)
About this release
LMR
Recorded at A& R Studio, New York on July 25, 1962 (tracks 2-5 & 7-10), September 12, 1962 (tracks 1, 6 & 16), September 13, 1962 (tracks 11-15).
Thanks to snobb for the addition