1951年3月から52年7月までの5つのセッションをまとめたアルバム。セッションによって構成は異なるが、ボーカル、ヴァイブ、バイオリンが配置され、全体的にホットな雰囲気に包まれる。
都並清史氏が、2000年5月20付けのライナーノーツの最後でこうまとめている。「仕事を終えて、深夜、少しボリュームを落として、ウイスキーでも味わいながらゆっくりと聴きたい、これは大人のジャズファンのためのアルバムなのだ」。まぁよくわかるが、ジャケットは幼児向けみたいだ。
1. The Champ
2. Birk's Works
3. Caravan
4. Time On My Hands
5. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
6. Tin Tin Deo
7. Stardust
8. They Can't Take That Away From Me
9. The Bluest Blues
10. Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
11. Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee
Track 1
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
J.J. Johnson - trombone
Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
Milt Jackson - vibraphone, piano
Percy Heath - bass
Art Blakey - drums
Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore - vocals
Recorded on April 16, 1951 in NYC.
Tracks 2 & 6
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
John Coltrane - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Milt Jackson - vibraphone, piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Percy Heath - bass
Carl "Kansas" Fields - drums
Freddy Strong - vocals
Recorded on March 1, 1951 in Detroit, MI.
Track 10
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
Bill Graham - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Milt Jackson - vibraphone, piano
Percy Heath - bass
Al Jones - drums
Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore - vocals
Recorded on August 16, 1951 in NYC.
Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
Bill Graham - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Stuff Smith - violin
Milt Jackson - vibraphone, piano, organ, vocals
Percy Heath - bass
Al Jones - drums
Joe Carroll - vocals
Recorded on October 25, 1951 in NYC.
Track 8 & 11
Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
Bill Graham - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Wynton Kelly - piano
Bernie Griggs - bass
Al Jones - drums
Joe Carroll - vocals
Recorded on July 18, 1952 in Chicago, IL.
