Track 1: Original LP issue: Lester Young: [r=3321603].
Tracks 2 & 9: Original LP issue: Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars: [r=3879453].
Track 3: Original LP issue: Jazz at the Philharmonic: [m=674556].
Track 4: Original LP issue: [m=701122].
Track 5: Original LP issue of this reconstructed version: [r=2645562]; original 78-rpm issue in [m=982253].
Track 6: Original LP issue: The Gene Krupa Trio [r=4227013].
Track 7: Original 10" LP: [r=7756540]; original 78-rpm issue in [r=2800663].
Track 8: Original 10" LP issue: Billie Holiday [r=4234840].

Recorded July 2, 1944 at Philharmonic Auditorium, Hollywood.
Original recording produced by Norman Granz

This landmark concert was Verve Records' founder Norman Granz's first presentation - a concert hall jazz program planned as a jam session. This recording stands as the first recording in Verve's catalog as well - marking its fiftieth anniversary this year [i.e., the year this recording was released]

Total Playing Time 62:41

Tracks 1 & 3: Original 10"-LP issue: "Jazz at Carnegie Hall" Mercury / Clef MG 35005 (although this LP's title referred to Carnegie Hall, this selection came from the Los Angeles concert.)
Tracks 2 & 5: Original 10"-LP issue: "Jazz at the Philharmonic Volume 7" Mercury / Clef MG 35008
Tracks 4, 6 & 7: Original 10"-LP issue: "Jazz at the Philharmonic Volume 5" Mercury / Clef MG 35006

Reissued in 1994 at the time of Verve's 50th Anniversary.

Made in U.S.A.
Printed in the USA.