EVOLUTION OF A GENIUS 1945 - 1954 (Giants of Jazz CD 53009; TT = 70:35) 1. Now's the Time (C.Parker) 11.26.45 3:14 Charlie Parker's Reboppers: Charlie Parker alto sax Miles Davis trumpet Dizzy Gillespie piano Curley Russell bass Max Roach drums New York City 2. Donna Lee (C.Parker) 5.8.47 2:31 Charlie Parker All Stars: Charlie Parker alto sax Miles Davis trumpet Bud Powell piano Tommy Potter bass Max Roach drums New York City 3. Milestones (Davis) 8.14.47 2:33 Miles Davis All Stars: Miles Davis trumpet Charlie Parker alto sax John Lewis piano Nelson Boyd bass Max Roach drums New York City 4. Jeru (Mulligan) 1.21.49 3:08 Miles Davis and his Orchestra: Miles Davis trumpet Kai Winding trombone Junior Collins french horn Bill Barber tuba Lee Konitz alto sax Gerry Mulligan baritone sax, arr. Al Haig piano Joe Shulman bass Max Roach drums New York City 5. Boplicity (Cleo Henry) 4.22.49 2:59 Miles Davis and his Orchestra: Miles Davis trumpet J.J. Johnson trombone Sandy Siegelstein french horn Bill Barber tuba Lee Konitz alto sax Gerry Mulligan baritone sax John Lewis piano Nelson Boyd bass Kenny Clarke drums Gil Evans arr. New York City 6. Rocker (Mulligan) 3.9.50 3:01 Miles Davis and his Orchestra: Miles Davis trumpet J.J. Johnson trombone Gunther Schuller french horn Bill Barber tuba Lee Konitz alto sax Gerry Mulligan baritone sax, arr. John Lewis piano Al McKibbon bass Max Roach drums New York City 7. Ezz-Thetic (George Russell) 3.8.51 2:51 Lee Konitz Sextet: Lee Konitz alto sax Miles Davis trumpet Sal Mosca piano Billy Bauer guitar Arnold Fishkin bass Max Roach drums New York City 8. Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) 5.9.52 3:42 Miles Davis trumpet Gil Coggins piano Oscar Pettiford bass Kenny Clarke drums 9. Compulsion (Davis) 1.30.53 5:44 Miles Davis trumpet Sonny Rollins tenor sax Charlie Parker tenor sax Walter Bishop piano Percy Heath bass Philly Joe Jones drums New York City 10. Tempus Fugit (B.Powell) 4.20.53 3:49 Miles Davis trumpet J.J. Johnson trombone Jimmy Heath tenor sax Gil Coggins piano Percy Heath bass Philly Joe Jones drums New York City 11. Tune Up (Davis) 5.19.53 3:50 Miles Davis trumpet John Lewis piano Percy Heath bass Max Roach drums New York City 12. It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers-Hart) 3.6.54 4:02 Miles Davis trumpet Horace Silver piano Percy Heath bass Art Blakey drums Hackensack, NJ 13. Old Devil Moon (Harburg-Lane) 3.15.54 3:21 Miles Davis trumpet Horace Silver piano Percy Heath bass Art Blakey drums New York City 14. I'll Remember April (De Paul-Johnston-Raye) 4.3.54 7:49 Miles Davis trumpet Dave Schildkraut alto sax Horace Silver piano Percy Heath bass Kenny Clarke drums Hackensack, NJ 15. Walkin' (R.Carpenter) 4.29.54 13:27 Miles Davis trumpet J.J. Johnson trombone Lucky Thompson tenor sax Horace Silver piano Percy Heath bass Kenny Clarke drums Hackensack, NJ 16. But Not For Me (G.&I.Gershwin) 6.29.54 4:34 Miles Davis trumpet Sonny Rollins tenor sax Horace Silver piano Percy Heath bass Kenny Clarke drums Hackensack, NJ