The Perfect Jazz Collection 2: 25 Original Albums [2011]

Following the success of The Perfect Jazz Collection comes a second volume of quintessential Jazz albums. A new selection of 25 of the finest Jazz albums ever released on the Columbia, Epic, RCA Victor, CTI and Novus labels.



Remastered CD versions with extra tracks were available. Each album is packaged in a card wallet, in a nice facsimile vinyl format. If you want to expand the history of Jazz, this box set is a bargain.



Albums included:



N?01 DUKE ELLINGTON "Ellington Uptown"

Original Issue: Columbia ML 4639 in 1952



N?02 DAVE BRUBECK "Jazz Goes to College"

Original Issue: Columbia Stereo CS 8631 in 1954



N?03 LOUIS ARMSTRONG "Satch Plays Fats"

Original issue: Columbia LP CL708 in 1955



N?04 MILES DAVIS "Round about Midnight"

Original issue: Columbia Stereo CS 8649 in 1956



N?05 VARIOUS ARTISTS "The Sound of Jazz"

Original issue: Columbia Stereo CS 8040 in 1958



N?06 CHARLES MINGUS "Mingus Ah Um"

Original issue: Columbia Stereo CS 8171 in 1959



N?07 PAUL DESMOND "Desmond Blue"

Original issue: RCA Stereo LSP-2438 in 1962



N?08 SONNY ROLLINS "The Bridge"

Original issue: RCA Stereo LSP-2527 in 1962



N?09 ARETHA FRANKLIN "The Electrifying"

Original issue: Columbia Stereo CS 8561 in 1962



N?10 NINA SIMONE "Silk & Soul"

Original issue: RCA Stereo LSP-3837 in 1967



N?11 THELONIOUS MONK "Underground"

Original issue: Columbia, CS9632 in 1968



N?12 FREDDIE HUBBARD "Straight Life"

Original issue: CTI 6007 in 1970



N?13 GEORGE BENSON "Beyond the Blue Horizon"

Original issue: CTI 6009 in 1971



N?14 MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA "Birds of Fire"

Original isuue: Columbia, KC 31996 in 1973



N?15 CLIFFORD BROWN "The Beginning & the End"

Original issue: Columbia, KC 32284 in 1973



N?16 CHET BAKER "She Was Too Good to Me"

Original issue: CTI 6050 S1 in 1973



N?17 GERRY MULLIGAN-CHET BAKER

"Carnegie Hall Concert I & II"

Original issue: CTI 6054 S1 in 1974



N?18 WAYNE SHORTER "Native Dancer"

Original issue: Columbia, PC 33418 in 1975



N?19 JIM HALL "Concierto"

Original issue: CTI 6060 S1 in 1975



N?20 RETURN TO FOREVER "Romantic Warrior"

Original issue: Columbia, PC 34076 in 1976



N?21 STANLEY CLARKE "School Days"

Original issue: Epic, PE 36975 in 1976



N?22 WEATHER REPORT "8:30"

Original issue: Columbia, PC2 36030 in 1979



N?23 O.S.T. "Round Midnight"

Original issue: Columbia, SC 40464 in 1986



N?24 CARMEN McRAE "Carmen Sings Monk"

Original issue: Novus CD 3086-2-N in 1988



N?25 WYNTON MARSALIS "Standard Time, Vol.3"

Original issue: Columbia, CK 46143 in 1990 Complete tracklisting:



CD 1



01. Skin Deep 6:58

02. The Mooche 6:36

03. Take the 'A' Train 8:00

04. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite) 13:47

05. Perdido 8:23

The Controversial Suite (Bonus Track)

06. Before My Time 6:08 (Bonus Track)

07. Later 4:23 (Bonus Track)

The Liberian Suite (Bonus Track)

08. I Like the Sunrise 4:28 (Bonus Track)

09. Dance No.1 4:50 (Bonus Track)

10. Dance No.2 3:26 (Bonus Track)

11. Dance No.3 3:45 (Bonus Track)

12. Dance No.4 3:05 (Bonus Track)

13. Dance No.5 5:08 (Bonus Track)



CD 2



01. Balcony Rock 11:55

02. Out of Nowhere 8:04

03. Le Souk 4:36

04. Take the "A" Train 6:11

05. The Song Is You 5:38

06. Don't Worry 'Bout Me 8:47

07. I Want to Be Happy 6:36



CD 3



01. Honeysuckle Rose 2:56

02. Blue Turning Grey Over You 4:56

03. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby 4:28

04. Squeeze Me 5:06

05. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 3:21

06. All That Meat and No Potatoes 5:16

07. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling 3:13

08. (What Did I Do To Be So)

Black And Blue 4:39

09. Ain't Misbehavin' 4:01 (Bonus Track)

10. (What Did I Do to be So)

Black and Blue 4:53 [Alt. take]

11. I'm Crazy 'Bout

My Baby 4:41 [Alt. take]

12. Blue Turning Grey

Over You 4:57 [Alt. take]

13. I've Got a Feeling

I'm Falling 3:18 [Alt. take]

14. Squeeze Me 3:20

15. (What Did I Do to be So)

Black and Blue 3:03

16. Ain't Misbehavin' 3:15

17. Blue Turning Grey Over You 3:29

18. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 3:31

19. Sweet Savannah Sue 3:14

20. That Rhythm Man 3:08



CD 4



01. 'Round Midnight 5:55

02. Ah-Leu-Cha 5:53

03. All of You 7:01

04. Bye Bye Blackbird 7:54

05. Tadd's Delight 4:26

06. Dear Old Stockholm 7:49

07. Two Bass Hit 3:45 (Bonus Track)

08. Little Melonae 7:18 (Bonus Track)

09. Budo 4:14 (Bonus Track)

10. Sweet Sue, Just You 3:39 (Bonus Track)



CD 5



Henry "Red" Allen All Stars

01. Wild Man Blues 4:46

02. Rosetta 4:57

Billie Holiday with Mal Waldron All-Stars

03. Fine and Mellow 6:19

Jimmy Giuffre, "Pee Wee" Russell

04. Blues 6:53

Count Basie All-Stars feat. Jimmy Rushing

05.I Left My Baby 4:27

The Jimmy Giuffre Trio

06. The Train and the River 4:43

Mal Waldron

07. Nervous 3:43

Count Basie All-Stars

08. Dickie's Dream 5:53

Henry "Red" Allen All Star

09. Wild Man Blues (Alternate Take) 8:42



CD 6



01. Better Git It in Your Soul 7:23

02. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 5:44

03. Boogie Stop Shuffle 5:02

04. Self-Portrait in Three Colors 3:10

05. Open Letter to Duke 5:51

06. Bird Calls 6:17

07. Fables of Faubus 8:13

08. Pussy Cat Dues 9:14

09. Jelly Roll 6:17

10. Pedal Point Blues 6:30 (Bonus Track)

11. GG Train 4:39 (Bonus Track)

12. Girl of My Dreams 4:08 (Bonus Track)



CD 7



01. My Funny Valentine 3:49

02. Desmond Blue 3:38

03. Then I'll Be Tired of You 4:03

04. I've Got You Under My Skin 4:31

05. Late Lament 4:07

06. I Should Care 3:49

07. Like Someone in Love 4:10

08. I'll Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) 3:48

09. Body and Soul 4:51

10. Autumn Leaves 5:42 (Bonus Track)

11. Imagination 4:02 (Bonus Track)

12. Advise and Consent 2:00 (Bonus Track)

13. Autumn Leaves (previously unreleased) 5:37

14. Autumn Leaves (previously unreleased) 3:38

15. Imagination (previously unreleased) 4:51

16. Advise and Consent (previously unreleased) 2:01



CD 8



01. Without a Song 7:27

02. Where Are You 5:08

03. John S. 7:43

04. The Bridge 5:58

05. God Bless the Child 7:26

06. You Do Something to Me 6:49



CD 9



01. You Made Me Love You 2:21

02. I Told You So 2:46

03. Rock-a-Bye Your Baby

With a Dixie Melody 2:26

04. Nobody Like You 2:25

05. Exactly Like You 2:38

06. It's So Heartbreakin' 2:42

07. Rough Lover 2:49

08. Blue Holiday 2:55

09. Just For You 2:22

10. That Lucky Old Sun 3:22

11. I Surrender, Dear 2:48

12. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive 2:18

13. Introduction to

Hard Times 0:30 (Bonus Track)

14. Hard Times (No One Knows

Better Than I) [Take 2] 3:09 (Bonus Track)

15. When They Ask About You 3:01 (Bonus Track)

16. Operation Heartbreak 3:00 (Bonus Track)

17. I Surrender, Dear 2:48 (Bonus Track)

18. Rough Lover 2:49 (Bonus Track)

19. Kissin' By the Mistletoe 2:23 (Bonus Track)



CD 10



01. It Be's That Way Sometime 2:56

02. The Look of Love 2:22

03. Go to Hell 2:49

04. Love O' Love 5:06

05. Cherish 3:21

06. I Wish I Knew How It Would

Feel to Be Free 3:09

07. Turn Me On 2:24

08. Turning Point 2:01

09. Some Say 2:09

10. Consummation 4:09



CD 11



01. Thelonious [Take 1] 3:17

02. Ugly Beauty [Take 5] 10:45

03. Raise Four 7:00

04. Boo Boo's Birthday [Take 11] 5:56

05. Easy Street 7:50

06. Green Chimneys 13:10

07. In Walked Bud 6:48

08. Ugly Beauty [Take 4] 7:37 (Bonus Track)

09. Boo Boo's Birthday [Take 2] 5:34 (Bonus Track)

10. Thelonious [Take 3] 3:10 (Bonus Track)



CD 12



01. Straight Life 17:30

02. Mr. Clean 13:37

03. Here's That Rainy Day 5:16



CD 13



01. So What 9:18

02. The Gentle Rain 9:12

03. All Clear 5:27

04. Ode to a Kudu 3:45

05. Somewhere in the East 6:09

06. All Clear 5:45 [Alt. take]

07. Ode to a Kudu 4:39 [Alt. take]

08. Somewhere in the East 9:46 [Alt. take]



CD 14



01. Birds of Fire 5:44

02. Miles Beyond 4:40

03. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters 2:55

04. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love 0:21

05. Thousand Island Park 3:20

06. Hope 1:55

07. One Word 9:55

08. Sanctuary 5:02

09. Open Country Joy 3:53

10. Resolution2:09



CD 15



01. I Come From Jamaica 2:40

02. Ida Red 2:01

03. Walkin' 11:38

04. Night in Tunisia 11:04

05. Donna Lee 7:10



CD 16



01. Autumn Leaves 7:02

02. She Was Too Good to Me 4:40

03. Funk in Deep Freeze 6:07

04. Tangerine 5:27

05. With a Song in My Heart 4:05

06. What'll I Do 3:54

07. It's You or No One 4:28

08. My Future Just Passed 4:25



CD 17



01. Line for Lyons 8:14

02. For an Unfinished Woman 8:49

03. My Funny Valentine 8:40

04. Song for Strayhorn 9:27

05. It's Sandy at the Beach 9:09

06. Bernie's Tune 7:53

07. K-4 Pacific 11:42

08. There Will Never Be Another You 6:54



CD 18



01. Ponta de areia 5:18

02. Beauty and the Beast 5:05

03. Tarde 5:50

04. Miracle of the Fishes 4:49

05. Diana 3:04

06. From the Lonely Afternoons 3:16

07. Ana Maria 5:10

08. Lilia 7:04

09. Joanna's Theme 4:18



CD 19



1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 7:07

2. Two's Blues 3:52

3. The Answer Is Yes 7:40

4. Concierto de Aranjuez 19:19

5. Rock Skippin' 6:13

6. Unfinished Business 2:39

7. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 7:29 [Alt. take]

8. The Answer Is Yes 5:37 [Alt. take]

9. Rock Skippin' 6:03 [Alt. take]



CD 20



01. Medieval Overture 5:14

02. Sorceress 7:34

03. The Romantic Warrior 10:52

04. Majestic Dance 5:01

05. The Magician 5:29

06. Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant

Part I & Part II) 11:26



CD 21



01. School Days 7:51

02. Quiet Afternoon 5:10

03. The Dancer 5:29

04. Desert Song 6:57

05. Hot Fun 2:55

06. Life Is Just a Game 9:02



CD 22



01. Black Market 9:47

02. Teen Town 6:04

03. A Remark You Made 8:02

04. Slang 4:45

05. In a Silent Way 2:52

06. Birdland 6:58

07. Thanks for the Memory 3:34

08. Badia / Boogie Woogie Waltz Memory 9:29

09. 8:30 2:37

10. Brown Street 8:35

11. The Orphan 3:16

12. Sightseeing 5:36



CD 23



01. 'Round Midnight 5:37

02. Body and Soul 5:55

03. Bérangére's Nightmare 3:06

04. Fair Weather 6:06

05. Una Noche Con Francis 4:23

06. The Peacocks 7:16

07. How Long Has This Been Going On? 3:14

08. Rhythm-A-Night 4:12

09. Still Time 3:51

10. Minuit Aux Champs-Elysées 3:25

11. Chan's Song (Never Said) 4:15

12. 'Round Midnight 13:11 (Live Bonus Track)



CD 24



01. Get It Straight 3:58

02. Dear Ruby 6:01

03. It's Over Now 5:28

04. Monkery's the Blues 4:56

05. You Know Who 3:31

06. Little Butterfly 5:15

07. Listen to Monk 3:05

08. How I Wish 4:56

09. Man, That Was a Dream 2:55

10. 'Round Midnight 6:32

11. Still We Dream 3:34

12. Suddenly 3:41

13. Looking Back 5:38

14. Suddenly [Alt. take] 3:11

15. Get It Straight [Alt. take] 3:32

16. 'Round Midnight [Alt. take] 7:13

17. Listen to Monk [Alt. take] 3:02

18. Man, That Was a Dream [Alt. take] 3:23



CD 25



01. In the Court of King Oliver 4:31

02. Never Let Me Go 1:46

03. Street of Dreams 4:07

04. Where or When 2:51

05. Bona and Paul 1:46

06. The Seductress 2:56

07. A Sleepin' Bee 3:16

08. Big Butter and Egg Man 4:45

09. The Very Thought of You 5:37

10. I Cover the Waterfront 4:53

11. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? 2:58

12. My Romance 1:50

13. Everything Happens to Me 5:05

14. Flamingo 3:21

15. You're My Everything 3:25

16. Skylark 2:56

17. It's Easy to Remember 4:07

18. Taking a Chance on Love 3:50

19. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 5:00

20. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 1:57

21. It's Too Late Now 2:55