Tracklist

1	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	Blue 'N' Boogie	2:59
2	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	Groovin' High	2:44
3	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	All The Things You Are	2:49
4	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	Dizzy Atmosphere	2:49
5	–Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet*	Salt Peanuts	3:18
6	–Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet*	Shaw 'Nuff	3:02
7	–Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet*	Lover Man	3:25
8	–Dizzy Gillespie All Star Quintet*	Hot House	3:12
9	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	One Bass Hit (Part 1)	2:57
10	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	Opp-Bop-Sh'Bam	3:03
11	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	A Hand Fulla Gimme	3:03
12	–Dizzy Gillespie Sextet	That's Earl, Brother	2:42
13	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped	2:46
14	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Our Delight	2:30
15	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Good Dues Blues	2:59
16	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	One Bass Hit (Part 2)	2:54
17	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Ray's Idea	2:22
18	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Things To Come	2:47
19	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped	2:40
20	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	I Waited For You	2:04
21	–Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	Emanon	3:09
22	–The Be Bop Boys* / Ray Brown's All Stars	For Heckers Only	2:56
23	–The Be Bop Boys* / Ray Brown's All Stars	Smoky Hollow Blues	3:01
24	–The Be Bop Boys* / Ray Brown's All Stars	Boppin' The Blues	3:05
25	–The Be Bop Boys* / Ray Brown's All Stars	Moody Speaks	2:30
26	–Dizzy Gillespie With The Boyd Raeburn Orchestra*	Interlude (A Night In Tunisia)	3:07

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Disconforme SL
• Copyright (c) – Disconforme SL

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker (tracks: 2 to 8), Hal McKusick (tracks: 26), Howard Johnson (tracks: 13 to 21), John Brown (tracks: 13 to 15, 22 to 25), Johnny Bothwell (tracks: 26), Sonny Stitt (tracks: 9 to 12, 16 to 21)
• Arranged By – Gil Fuller (tracks: 22 to 25)
• Baritone Saxophone – Leo Parker (tracks: 16 to 21), Pee Wee More* (tracks: 13 to 15), Serge Chaloff (tracks: 26)
• Bass – Murray Shipinski* (tracks: 1), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 26), Ray Brown (tracks: 9 to 25), Slam Stewart (tracks: 2 to 4)
• Drums – Cozy Cole (tracks: 2 to 4), Irv Kluger (tracks: 1), Joe Harris (tracks: 22 to 25), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 9 to 21), Shelly Manne (tracks: 26), Sid Catlett* (tracks: 5 to 8)
• Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: 1), Curly Russell (tracks: 5 to 8), Remo Palmieri (tracks: 2 to 4), Steve Jordan (tracks: 26)
• Piano – Al Haig (tracks: 5 to 12), Clyde Hart (tracks: 2 to 4), Frank Paparelli (tracks: 1), Hank Jones (tracks: 22 to 25), Ike Carpenter (tracks: 26), John Lewis (tracks: 16 to 21), Milt Jackson (tracks: 13 to 15)
• Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Boyd Raeburn (tracks: 26)
• Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 26), Dexter Gordon (tracks: 1), James Moody (tracks: 22 to 25), Joe Megro (tracks: 26), Ray Abrams (tracks: 13 to 21), Warren Luckey (tracks: 13 to 21)
• Trombone – Alton Moore (tracks: 13 to 21), Charles Greenlea* (tracks: 13 to 21), Gordon Thomas (tracks: 16 to 21), Jack Carman (tracks: 26), Leon Comegys (tracks: 13 to 21), Ollie Wilson (tracks: 26), Pee Wee Moore (tracks: 16 to 21), Trummy Young (tracks: 26)
• Trumpet – Benny Harris (tracks: 26), Dave Burns (tracks: 13 to 25), Dizzy Gillespie, Elmon Wright (tracks: 16 to 21), John Lynch (tracks: 13 to 21), Kenny Dorham (tracks: 16 to 21), Ray Orr* (tracks: 13 to 15), Stan Fishelson (tracks: 26), Talib Daawud (tracks: 13 to 21), Tommy Allison (tracks: 26)
• Trumpet, Trombone – Walter Robertson (tracks: 26)
• Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: 9 to 13, 16 to 25)
• Vocals – Alice Roberts (tracks: 11, 15, 19), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 5, 10, 13), Gil Fuller (tracks: 10), Joe Carroll (tracks: 20), Sarah Vaughan (tracks: 7)
• Written By – Fields (tracks: 13, 19), Shaw (tracks: 21)
• Written-By – Charlie Parker (tracks: 6), Dave Burns (tracks: 25), Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 9 to 11, 13, 15, 16, 18 to 21, 26), Frank Paparelli (tracks: 1, 26), Gil Fuller (tracks: 15 to 18, 22), Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II* (tracks: 3), James Moody (tracks: 25), Jimmy Davis (tracks: 7), Jimmy Sherman (tracks: 7), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 5), Milton Shaw (tracks: 13, 19), Ray Brown (tracks: 9, 12, 16, 17, 24), Roger "Ram" Ramirez* (tracks: 7), Sidney Russell* (tracks: 20), Tadd Dameron (tracks: 8, 14)

Notes

Recorded in New York, January 1945-September 1946.

"This edition presents some of the earliest tracks recorded by Dizzy Gillespie under his own name for the small Guild and Musicraft labels."

Track 1: New York, February 9, 1945.
Tracks 2 to 4: New York, February 28, 1945.
Tracks 5 to 8: New York, May 11, 1945.
Tracks 9 to 12: New York, May 15, 1945.
Tracks 13 to 15: New York, June 10, 1946.
Tracks 16 to 21: New York, July 9, 1946.
Tracks 22 to 25: New York, September 25, 1946.
Track 26: New York, January 26, 1945.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8436006493829