Beautiful vinyl, all 12 records look virtually unplayed. Box has some mild wear and tear, see pics. Still has great front cover and not bad but mild shelf wear.
Id grade STRONG VG/VG+ to be extra conservative. Marshal Royal (as, cl), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster (ts), Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bari, bcl), Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Harry `Sweets' Edison-2 (tps), Al Grey, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tbs), Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Joe Williams-1 (vcl). Marshal Royal (as, cl), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster (ts), Budd Johnson (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bari), Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Lennie Johnson, Snooky Young (tps), Quentin Jackson, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tbs), Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), O. Smith-1, Sarah Vaughan-2, Jon Hendricks-3 (vcls). Marshal Royal (as, cl), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster (ts), Eric Dixon (ts, fl) Charlie Fowlkes (bari), Thad Jones, Sonny Cohn, Fip Ricard, Al Aarons (tps) Quentin Jackson, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tbs), Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Ike Isaacs (b), Louis Bellson (d), O.
Smith-1 and IreneReid-2 (vcls); Benny Bailey (tp) played on August 10th at least the third set and on August 11th the second and third set. Ake Persson (tb) played on August 11th the second and third set. The Miami and Birdland performances are remixes from the original 3-track master tapes.
The Swedish performances were transferred from their original 2-track tapes.