liner notes Don Heckman
reissue producer Brad McCuen
16 exciting jazz performances of the mid 1940s that were significant in the evolution of modern jazz starring Dizzy Gillespie, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Parker, Charlie Ventura, John Lewis, Miles Davis, Kenny Clarke, Fats Navarro and others.

Purple label

RCA Victor Vintage Series
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