• Four Charlie Rouse albums on this 2CD set : his debut as leader, ‘Takin’ Care of Business’ and the live album, ‘Getting’ Into Somethin’’ (both 1960) and ‘Yeah!’ and ‘We Paid Our Dues!’ (both 1961).

• Despite a decade with Thelonious Monk’s high-profile quartet, Seattle-born Charlie Rouse (1924-1988) remained somewhat taken for granted, but his gifts were appreciated by leaders as disparate as Gillespie, Ellington, Dameron and Basie - and these albums demonstrate why : a lovely ballad player, he was also equally at home on the blues and uptempo pieces.

• He backed on these sessions by musicians including : Clark Terry, Curtis Fuller, Blue Mitchell, Horace Parlan, Reggie Workman, Dave Bailey, Art Taylor, Walter Bishop Jr., etc. 2CD set - 19 tracks - 24-bit digitally remastered.