VA - Contemporary Records Vol. 1 [5 Japan SACD Box] (2016) [DSD64] DSF + HDTracks

Art Pepper - Art Pepper meets The Rhythm Section (1957)

Tracklist:
1. YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO by Cole Porter [5:27]
2. RED PEPPER BLUES by Red Garland [3:39]
3. IMAGINATION by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen [5:53]
4. WALTZ ME BLUES by Art Pepper & Paul Chambers [2:58]
5. STRAIGHT LIFE by Art Pepper [4:04]
6. JAZZ ME BLUES by Tom Delaney [4:49]
7. TIN TIN DEO by Chano Pozo [7:45]
8. STAR EYES by Gene De Paul & Don Raye [5:14]
9. BIRKS WORKS by Dizzy Gillespie [4:21]

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ART PEPPER alto sax
RED GARLAND piano
PAUL CHAMBERS bass
PHILLY JOE JONES drums

Hampton Hawes - Four! (1958)

Tracklist:
1. YARDBIRD SUITE by Charlie Parker [6:42]
2. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon [7:03]
3. BOW JEST by Red Mitchell [6:34]
4. SWEET SUE by Victor Young & Will Harris [5:40]
5. UP BLUES by Hampton Hawes [5:13]
6. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen [3:24]
7. LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER by Leo Robin & Lewis E. Gensler [5:46]

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HAMPTON HAWES piano
BARNEY KESSEL guitar
RED MITCHELL bass
SHELLY MANNE drums

Barney Kessel with Shelly Manne and Ray Brown - The Poll Winners (1957)

Tracklist:
1. JORDU by Duke Jordan [3:31]
2. SATIN DOLL by Duke Ellington [6:34]
3. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU by Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke [4:27]
4. MEAN TO ME by Roy Turk & Fred E. Ahlert [6:33]
5. DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT ME by Rube Bloom & Ted Koehler [4:37]
6. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET by Bronislaw Kaper & Ned Washington [4:04]
7. YOU GO TO MY HEAD by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie [4:25]
8. MINOR MOOD by Barney Kessel [3:23]
9. NAGASAKI by Harry Warren & Mort Dixon [3:09]

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BARNEY KESSEL guitar
RAY BROWN bass
SHELLY MANNE drums

The Curtis Counce Group, Vol.1 - Landslide (1956)

Tracklist:
1. LANDSLIDE by Harold Land [8:43]
2. TIME AFTER TIME by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn [6:36]
3. SONAR by Gerald Wiggins & Kenny Clarke [7:28]
4. MIA by Carl Perkins [4:57]
5. SARAH by Jack Sheldon [11:41]
6. A FIFTH FOR FRANK by Gerald Wiggins & Cal Tjader [7:16]

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JACK SHELDON trumpet
HAROLD LAND tenor sax
CARL PERKINS piano
CURTIS COUNCE bass
FRANK BUTLER drums

Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins & The Contemporary Leaders (1958)

Tracklist:
1. I’VE TOLD EV’RY LITTLE STAR by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II [5:28]
2. ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY by Samuel M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz & Joseph Young [4:55]
3. HOW HIGH THE MOON by William M. Lewis, Jr. & Nancy Hamilton [7:47]
4. YOU by Harold Adamson & Walter Donaldson [4:16]
5. I’VE FOUND A NEW BABY by Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams [3:40]
6. ALONE TOGETHER by Arthur Schwartz & Howard Dietz [6:01]
7. IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT by Billy Hill[6:42]
8. THE SONG IS YOU by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II [5:46]

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SONNY ROLLINS tenor sax
HAMPTON HAWES piano
BARNEY KESSEL guitar
LEROY VINNEGAR bass
SHELLY MANNE drums
VICTOR FELDMAN vibraharp on “You”