Part of the Impulse Best 50! Series. Japanese exclusive 24-bit 96khz digitally remastered reissue of 1964 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.

Recorded June 22, 1953 and September 24, 1954 1953 June 22 recording session. LP tracks 1~5 and all CD tracks: J.J. Johnson – trombone Clifford Brown – trumpet (except "It Could Happen To You") Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (except "It Could Happen To You") John Lewis – piano Percy Heath – bass Kenny Clarke – drums 1954 September 24 recording session. LP tracks 6~10: J.J. Johnson – trombone Wynton Kelly – piano Charles Mingus – bass Kenny Clarke – drums Sabu Martinez – congas (except, "It's You or No One")

Recorded September 24, 1954 (for later compilations add June 6, 1955; June 22, 1953) 1953 June 22 recording session ("Turnpike", "Capri", "It Could Happen To You") J.J. Johnson – trombone Clifford Brown – trumpet (except "It Could Happen To You") Jimmy Heath – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (except "It Could Happen To You") John Lewis – piano Percy Heath – bass Kenny Clarke – drums 1954 September 24 recording session ("Jay", "Time After Time", "Old Devil Moon", "Too Marvelous For Words", "It's You Or No One", "Coffee Pot") J.J. Johnson – trombone Wynton Kelly – piano Charles Mingus – bass Kenny Clarke – drums Sabu Martinez – congas (except "It's You or No One" and "Time After Time") 1955 June 6 recording session ("'Daylie' Double", "You're Mine, You", "Pennies From Heaven", "Groovin'", "Viscosity", "Portrait of Jennie") J.J. Johnson – trombone Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Horace Silver – piano Paul Chambers – bass Kenny Clarke – drums

Recorded：1957 September 29, October 7 Stan Getz – tenor saxophone (except "Yesterdays") J.J. Johnson – trombone (except "It Never Entered My Mind") Oscar Peterson – piano Herb Ellis – guitar Ray Brown – double bass Connie Kay – drums

Double Bass – Paul Chambers Drums – Max Roach Piano – Tommy Flanagan Trombone – J.J. Johnson