He Likes It Slow (Louis Armstrong)
Play Me Slow (Fletcher Henderson)
Give me That Old Slow Drag (Trixie Smith)
Slow Blues (Duke Ellington)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Dizzy Gillespie)
Next up: FURIOUS
I know the copy I have of that Vol. 2 is a first pressing (bought directly from Prestige as soon as it was released). It looks like yours. No real deepgroove, cover photo is slightly darker. Dead wax includes VanGelder stamp plus the following indications NJLP 8288 (A/B) and PRLP 7294 (A/B).
Autumn Leaves (Miles Davis)
When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam (Bessie Smith)
Green Leaves of Summer (Hampton Hawes)
Lullaby of the Leaves (Erroll Garner)
Leaves of Grass (Fred Hersch)
Next up: IMAGE(S)
My Little Brown Book (Duke Ellington)
I Could Write a Book (Miles Davis)
Book-Ends (Cannonball Adderley)
The Book's Beat (Horace Parlan)
The Blue Book (Booker Ervin)
Next up: SPECIAL
Tomorrow Night (Louis Armstrong)
Tomorrow (CountBasie)
Here It Is Tomorrow Again (Billie Holiday)
Tomorrow Never Knows (Steve Marcus)
Tomorrow Is Another Day (King Pleasure)
Next up: LISTEN
When I started listening to jazz, the nasal sound of Brookmeyer's trombone was one of my early passions. Heard him with the Gerry Mulligan quartet back in 1954 during the Paris festival at the Salle Pleyel. Loved his sound and music ever since.
His passing is very sad news!
You've Got the Right Key but the Wrong Keyhole (Virginia Liston/Clarence Williams)
It Can't be Wrong (Duke Ellington)
I May be Wrong (Chubby Jackson)
Rub me the Wrong Way (Phillip Johnston)
When things go Wrong (Tampa Red)
Next up: SLEEPY