Notes: | Compact disc. Program notes by Alun Morgan ([3] p. : ill.) inserted. Dexter Gordon Quartet (Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone ; Sadik Hakim, piano ; Gene Ramey, bass ; Eddie Nicholson, drums) ; Dexter Gordon Quintet (Leonard Hawkins, trumpet ; Dexter Gordon, tenor saxophone ; Bud Powell, piano ; Curley Russell, bass ; Max Roach, drums) ; Wardell Gray Quartet (Wardell Gray, tenor saxophone ; Dodo Marmarosa, piano ; Red Callender, bass ; Harold "Doc" West, drums ; Chuck Thompson, drums (on The great lie). Recorded in New York City on Oct. 30, 1945 (Gordon Quartet) & Jan. 29, 1946 (Gordon Quintet) and in Los Angeles, Nov. 23, 1946 (Gray).
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