CD 1
01. Bounce (Bobby Searle) 3:16
02. Out of Nowhere (Green-Heyman) 2:26
03. Too Marvelous for Words (Whiting-Mercer) 3:59
04. It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers-Hammerstein II) 3:54
05. Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) 3:19
06. Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson-Kahn) 2:27
07. Whitewash (Jerry Cournoyer) 3:02
08. Our Love Is Here To Stay (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:52
09. Lost World (Jerry Cournoyer) 2:36
10. I’ll Take Romance (Oakland-Hammerstein II) 2:25
11. Searle’s Corner (Bobby Searle) 2:33
12. Viva Zapata (Shorty Rogers) 3:38
13. Half Mine (Bobby Searle) 2:34
14. Goody-Goody (Malneck-Mercer) 3:05
15. Gar-din (John Marabuto) 2:54
16. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers-Hart) 2:57
17. Fascinatin’ Rhythm (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:44
18. Bags’ Groove (Milt Jackson) 3:18
CD 2
01. Wail for Patrick (Jerry Coker) 2:44
02. Smithsonian (Jerry Mulvihill) 3:21
03. Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) 4:28
04. Topsy Returns (Jerry Mulvihill) 2:49
05. Boot’s Boots (Jerry Cournoyer) 2:32
06. Litle Melonae (Jackie McLean) 7:14
07. Sharon (Danny Patiris) 4:45
08. Oasis (Virgil Gonsalves) 5:42
09. Lover Man (Davis-Sherman-Ramirez) 4:50
10. Stablemates (Benny Golson) 5:02
11. A Sunday Kind of Love (Prima-Belle-Leonard-Rhodes) 4:37
12. Moment’s Notice (John Coltrane) 3:30
13. Steresis (Jerry Cournoyer) 4:05
14. Blue Bird (Charlie Parker) 6:59
Musicos:
CD 1:
Tracks #1-6: VIRGIL GONSALVES SEXTET
Virgil Gonsalves, baritone sax; Bob Enevoldsen, valve trombone; Buddy Wise, tenor sax; Lou Levy, piano; Harry Babasin, bass; Larry Bunker, drums.
Recorded at Western Recorders, Hollywood, September 29, 1954
Tracks #7-18: VIRGIL GONSALVES SEXTET
Virgil Gonsalves, baritone sax; Bob Badgley, valve trombone; Dan Patiris, tenor sax; Clyde Pound, piano; Ron Crotty and Max Hartstein, bass; Gus Gustafson, drums.
Recorded at Capitol Records, Hollywood, November 1955
CD 2:
Tracks #1-5: RUDY SALVINI BIG BAND
Rudy Salvini, Allen Smith, Al DelSimone, Wayne Allen, Billy Catalano, trumpets; Van Hughes, Archie Lecoque, Chuck Etter, Ron Bertuccelli, trombones; Charles Martin, alto sax; Jerry Coker, Tom Hart, Howard Dudune (#2, 3, 4, 5) or Charles Peterson (#1), tenor saxes; Virgil Gonsalves, baritone sax; John Marabuto, piano; Dean Reilly, bass; John Markham, drums.
Jerry Coker, Jerry Cournoyer, Jerry Mulvihill, arrangers
Recorded at the Sands Ballroom, Oakland, CA, November 1956
Tracks #6-9: VIRGIL GONSALVES SEXTET
Mike Downs, trumpet; Dan Patiris, tenor sax; Virgil Gonsalves, baritone sax; Merril Hoover, piano; Eddie Kahn, bass, Al Randall, drums.
Recorded in San Francisco, May 25, 1959
Tracks #10-14: VIRGIL GONSALVES BIG BAND
John Coppola, Billy Catalano, Dick Mills, Mike Downs, Jerry Cournoyer, trumpets; Leo Wright, Bob Davidson, alto saxes; Dan Patiris, Chuck Peterson, tenor saxes; Virgil Gonsalves, baritone sax Junior Mance, Merril Hoover (#11) piano; Eddie Kahn, bass; Benny Barth, drums.
Recorded in San Francisco, May 1959
Original recordings produced by Harry Babasin,
Simon Jackson, Pat Henry and Dave Hubert
Liner notes by Jordi Pujol
Compiled and produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
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