Personnel includes: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet, piano); Lucky Thompson, Wardell Gray (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Howard McGhee (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Thelonious Monk, Al Haig, Duke Jordan, Clyde Hart, Walter Bishop, Dodo Marmarosa, Erroll Garner, John Lewis, Bud Powell (piano); Mundell Lowe, Percy Heath, Barney Kessel, Arvin Garrison, Remo Palmieri (guitar); Slam Stewart, Red Callender, Teddy Kotick, Tommy Potter, Curly Russell, Vic McMillan (bass); Max Roach, Cozy Cole, Buddy Rich, Sidney Catlett, Harold "Doc" West, Don Lamond, Roy Haynes, Roy Porter (drums); Luis Miranda (congas); Jose Mangual (bongos). Producers include: Albert Marx, Ross Russell, Teddy Reig, Doug Hawkins, Norman Granz. Compilation producers: Bob Porter, James Austin, Patrick Milligan. Recorded in Detroit, Michigan, Hollywood, California and New York, New York between February 28, 1945 and September 26, 1952. Includes liner notes by Bob Porter and Ira Gitler. Digitally remastered...