First Steps (1951/54/56)

Tracklist

A1	–Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	Birk's Works	5:04
A2	–Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	Good Bait	3:34
A3	–Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	Night In Tunisia	6:43
A4	–Johnny Hodges Band	Sideways	4:36
A5	–Johnny Hodges Band	Don't Blame Me	3:05
B1	–Johnny Hodges Band	In A Mellotone	6:52
B2	–Miles Davis Quintet*	Tune Up	4:12
B3	–Miles Davis Quintet*	Walkin'	5:00

Companies, etc.

• Printed By – Grafica Centonze

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: A4 to B1)
• Bass – Paul Chambers , Percy Heath (tracks: A1 to A3), Unknown Artist (tracks: A4 to B1)
• Drums – Philly Joe Jones*, Art Blakey (tracks: A1 to A3), Unknown Artist (tracks: A4 to B1)
• Liner Notes – Daniele Ionio
• Piano – Billy Taylor (tracks: A1 to A3), Red Garland, Unknown Artist (tracks: A4 to B1)
• Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane
• Trombone – Lawrence Brown (tracks: A4 to B1)
• Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (tracks: A1 to A3), Harold "Shorty" Baker* (tracks: A4 to B1), Miles Davis
• Vibraphone – Milt Jackson

Notes

A1 to A3 Birdland, New York, January 1951
A3 to B1 Presumibly summer 1954
B2 & B3 Blue Note, Philadelphia, December 8, 1956

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: S.I.A.E.