• 01. Now's the Time 04:30
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Charlie Parker
Published by Atlantic Music Co.
• 02. Pennies from Heaven 04:02
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston
Published by Anne-Rachel Music Co.
• 03. So What 03:40
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Miles Davis
Published by Jazz Horn Music Co.
• 04. Bless My Soul 04:19
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Charlie Parker, Eddie Jefferson
Published by Atlantic Music Co.
• 05. Keep Walkin' 02:25
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Arnett Cobb, Eddie Jefferson
Published by Orpheum Music
• 06. Trane's Blues 04:58
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by John Coltrane
Published by Jowcol Music
• 07. A Night in Tunisia 03:20
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Dizzy Gillespie
Published by Universal Music Corp.
• 08. Body and Soul 05:48
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by John Green, Edward Heyman
Published by Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
• 09. Billie's Bounce 04:14
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by Charlie Parker
Published by Atlantic Music Co.
• 10. Moody's Mood for Love 04:43
Performed by Eddie Jefferson, Benny Wilson, Marvin Blackman, Marsha Frazier, Rashied Ali
Music by James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
Published by EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc.

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• Rashied Ali - drums
• Eddie Jefferson - voice
• Jimmy Vass - saxophone
• Marvin Blackman - saxophone
• Marsha Frazier - piano
• Benny Wilson - bass

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This remaster is made from a reel of a 1976 performance featuring vocalese master Eddie Jefferson with Rashied Ali Quintet. Documented in the emerging downtown New York loft scene at Ali's Alley, Jefferson's art and career - which was overlooked for many years - was finally undergoing a deserved revival. This rare ensemble played two nights in July of which the latter is released here unedited. The selections are Jefferson classics; all original lyrics to bebop standards including the classic horn solos, which Jefferson interprets with his own spicy and witty sense of humor. This historical recording is a must for all singers and vocal jazz, vocalese and scat fans, not to mention jazz historians who will want to place this important recording in the collection of classic jazz performances.

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