Featuring the contents of no less than six original LPs, various EP releases and tracks released on multi-artist compilations, this 5-CD set tells the whole story, including every recording Reece made under his own name between 1954 and 1962, on both sides of the Atlantic, together with performances made in collaboration with the great multi-instrumentalist Victor Feldman and as a member of the New Jazz Group. The leader’s distinctive playing and composing – mixing early elements of exotic world music and pure Hard Bop - are complemented by a whole phalanx of modern jazz talent including saxophonists Hank Mobley, Joe Farrell, Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, fellow trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Wynton Kelly and the legendary drummers Art Taylor and Phil Seamen. This release also features a comprehensive booklet essay by noted jazz saxophonist and writer Simon Spillett.
- 1-1 Ahmed
- 1-10 These Foolish Things
- 1-11 Umf
- 1-12 Diz The Wiz
- 1-13 Chorus
- 1-14 Basie Line
- 1-15 Yardbird Suite
- 1-16 How Deep Is The Ocean
- 1-2 O Moon
- 1-3 Butch
- 1-4 Bang
- 1-5 This Is Always
- 1-6 Now's The Time
- 1-7 Please Call
- 1-8 When?
- 1-9 Any Questions?
- 2-1 Out Of Nowhere
- 2-10 The Gypsy (Take 1)
- 2-11 The Gypsy (Take 2)
- 2-12 Momentum
- 2-2 Scrapple From The Apple
- 2-3 Bluebird (Take 1)
- 2-4 Bluebird (Take 2)
- 2-5 Wilbert's Tune
- 2-6 Stomp
- 2-7 Riviera
- 2-8 Now
- 2-9 Get Up
- 3-1 A Variation On Monk
- 3-10 Round About Midnight
- 3-11 Main Title (Nowhere To Go)
- 3-12 The Escape And Chase
- 3-13 The Search (On The Scene)
- 3-2 Sweet And Lovely
- 3-3 Eboo
- 3-4 On The Scene
- 3-5 Blues In Trinity
- 3-6 I Had The Craziest Dream
- 3-7 Close Up
- 3-8 Shepherd's Serenade
- 3-9 Color Blind
- 4-1 The Sunset Scene (Nowhere To Go)
- 4-10 Eb Bop
- 4-11 Yesterdays
- 4-2 The Rake
- 4-3 I'll Close My Eyes
- 4-4 Groovesville
- 4-5 A Variation On Monk
- 4-6 The Rebound
- 4-7 I Wished On The Moon
- 4-8 (I Don't Stand A Ghost) Of A Chance
- 4-9 Once In A While
- 5-1 Our Love Is Here To Stay
- 5-2 Blue Streak
- 5-3 The Shadow Of Khan
- 5-4 The Story Of Love
- 5-5 Yamask
- 5-6 Spiritus Parkus (Parker's Spirit)
- 5-7 summertime
- 5-8 Ackmet
