Disc one
No. Title Original release Length
1. "Focus on Sanity" The Shape of Jazz to Come 6:49
2. "Chronology" The Shape of Jazz to Come 6:04
3. "Peace" The Shape of Jazz to Come 9:02
4. "Congeniality" The Shape of Jazz to Come 6:44
5. "Lonely Woman" The Shape of Jazz to Come 4:57
6. "Monk and the Nun" Twins 5:53
7. "Just for You" The Art of the Improvisers 3:51
8. "Eventually" The Shape of Jazz to Come 4:20
9. "Una Muy Bonita" Change of the Century 5:59
10. "Bird Food" Change of the Century 5:28
11. "Change of the Century" Change of the Century 4:41
12. "Music Always" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 5:29
Disc two
No. Title Original release Length
1. "The Face of the Bass" Change of the Century 6:55
2. "Forerunner" Change of the Century 5:13
3. "Free" Change of the Century 6:20
4. "The Circle with a Hole in the Middle" The Art of the Improvisers 4:52
5. "Ramblin'" Change of the Century 6:35
6. "Little Symphony" Twins 5:14
7. "The Tribes of New York" previously unreleased 4:33
8. "Kaleidoscope" This Is Our Music 6:34
9. "Rise and Shine" previously unreleased 6:11
10. "Mr. and Mrs. People" previously unreleased 4:40
11. "Blues Connotation" This Is Our Music 5:17
12. "I Heard It Over the Radio" previously unreleased 6:24
Disc three
No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length
1. "P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation No. 2)" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 5:53
2. "Revolving Doors" previously unreleased 4:26
3. "Brings Goodness" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 6:38
4. "Joy of A Toy" Twins 4:55
5. "To Us" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 4:32
6. "Humpty Dumpty" This Is Our Music 5:21
7. "The Fifth of Beethoven" The Art of the Improvisers 6:37
8. "Motive for Its Use" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 5:39
9. "Moon Inhabitants" The Art of the Improvisers 4:31
10. "The Legend of Bebop" The Art of the Improvisers 7:15
11. "Some Other" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 7:20
12. "Embraceable You"
George GershwinIra Gershwin
This Is Our Music 4:55
13. "All" To Whom Who Keeps a Record 4:30
Disc four
No. Title Original release Length
1. "Folk Tale" This Is Our Music 4:47
2. "Poise" This Is Our Music 4:37
3. "Beauty Is a Rare Thing" This Is Our Music 7:13
4. "First Take" Twins 17:03
5. "Free Jazz" Free Jazz 37:03
Disc five
No. Title Original release Length
1. "Proof Readers" previously unreleased 10:25
2. "W.R.U." Ornette! 16:24
3. "Check Up" Twins 10:10
4. "T & T" Ornette! 4:35
5. "C & D" Ornette! 13:10
6. "R.P.D.D." Ornette! 9:38
7. "The Alchemy of Scott LaFaro" The Art of the Improvisers 9:50
Disc six
No. Title Writer(s) Original release Length
1. "EOS" Ornette on Tenor 6:35
2. "Enfant" Ornette on Tenor 6:26
3. "Ecars" Ornette on Tenor 7:35
4. "Cross Breeding" Ornette on Tenor 11:17
5. "Harlem's Manhattan" The Art of the Improvisers 8:10
6. "Mapa" Ornette on Tenor 9:05
7. "Abstraction" Gunther Schuller Jazz Abstractions 4:07
8. "Variants on a Theme of Thelonious Monk (Criss Cross)" Schuller Jazz Abstractions 15:22