First Impulse: The Creed Taylor Collection: 50th Anniversary

Various Artists

Verve

A 4 CD set that collects together the first 6 LPs released on the Impulse! label pluys a number of alternate takes and other tracks from the recordings sessions for those albums. Ray Crawford plays guitar on the Gil Evans album.

Tracks / Musicians

CD 1:

• This Could Be The Start Of Something - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Georgia On My Mind - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Blue Monk - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Judy - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Alone Together - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Side By Side - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• I Concentrate On You - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Moonglow/Theme From "Picnic" - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Trixie - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Going Going Gong - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Just For A Thrill - J. J. Johnson & Kai Winding
• Speak Low - Kai Winding
• Lil Darlin' - Kai Winding
• Doodlin' - Kai Winding
• Love Walked In - Kai Winding
• Mangos - Kai Winding
• Impulse - Kai Winding
• Black Coffee - Kai Winding
• Bye, Bye, Blackbird - Kai Winding
• Michie (Slow) - Kai Winding
• Michie (Fast) - Kai Winding

• From The Heart - Ray Charles
• I've Got News For You - Ray Charles
• Moanin' - Ray Charles
• Let's Go - Ray Charles
• One Mint Julep - Ray Charles
• I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Ray Charles
• Stompin' Room Only - Ray Charles
• Mister C. - Ray Charles
• Strike Up The Band - Ray Charles
• Birth Of The Blues - Ray Charles
• La Nevada - The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Where Flamingos Fly - The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Bilbao Song - The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Stratusphunk - The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Sunken Treasure - The Gil Evans Orchestra

• Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
• Hoe-Down - Oliver Nelson
• Cascades - Oliver Nelson
• Yearnin' - Oliver Nelson
• Butch And Butch - Oliver Nelson
• Teenie's Blues - Oliver Nelson
• Africa - John Coltrane
• Greensleeves - John Coltrane
• Blues Minor - John Coltrane

• One Mint Julep (Mono Version) - Ray Charles
• Sister Sadie - The Gil Evans Orchestra
• Song Of The Underground Railroad - John Coltrane
• Greensleeves (Alternate Take) - John Coltrane
• The Damned Don't Cry - John Coltrane
• Africa (First Version) - John Coltrane
• Africa (Alternate Take) - John Coltrane
• Laura - John Coltrane
• Nakatine Serenade - John Coltrane
• The Damned Don't Cry (Rehearsal Version) - John Coltrane

The last 5 tracks on CD 2 were originally released on;

• Out Of The Cool, Gil Evans, 1961

The other albums included on this set are;

• The Great Kai & J. J., Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson, 1960
• The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones, Kai Winding, 1961
• Genius + Soul = Jazz, Ray Charles, 1961
• Blues And The Abstract Truth, Oliver Nelson, 1961
• Africa/Brass, John Coltrabe, 1961