Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

1. "Ticket to Tokyo" — 4:49
2. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk
   Thelonious Monk
   Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
   
   ) — 6:45
3. "Bathing Beauties" (Art Pepper) — 6:18
4. "Over the Rainbow
   Over the Rainbow
   "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
   
   " [Take One] (Harold Arlen
   Harold Arlen
   Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...
   
   , Yip Harburg
   Yip Harburg
   Edgar Yipsel Harburg , known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers...
   
   ) — 2:27
5. "Over the Rainbow" [Take Two] (Arlen, Harburg) — 3:23
6. "Spinning at Trixi" — 6:34
7. "Good Bait" (Tadd Dameron
   Tadd Dameron
   Tadley Ewing Peake "Tadd" Dameron was an American jazz composer, arranger and pianist. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon called Dameron the "romanticist" of the bop movement, while reviewer Scott Yanow writes that Dameron was the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".-Biography:Born in Cleveland,...
   
   ) 6:54
8. "You're No Bunny Unless Some Bunny Loves You" (Pepper, Waldron) — 4:12
9. "A Pepper Poem, Pt. 1" (Pepper) — 2:05
10. "A Pepper Poem, Pt. 2" (Pepper) — 2:10
11. "Willy's Blues" (Pepper) — 4:45
12. "What Is This Thing Called Love?
    What Is This Thing Called Love?
    "What Is This Thing Called Love?"is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical Wake Up and Dream. It was first performed by Elsie Carlisle in March 1929. The song has become a popular jazz standard and one of Porter's most often played compositions.Wake Up and Dream ran for 263...
    
    " (Cole Porter
    Cole Porter
    Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
    
    ) — 5:56
13. "How Long Has This Been Going On?
    How Long Has This Been Going On?
    "How Long Has This Been Going On?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin for the musical "Funny Face" in 1928.Replaced by "He Loves and She Loves" in Funny Face, it was eventually introduced in the musical Rosalie by Bobbe Arnst.-Notable recordings:*Audrey Hepburn in...
    
    " (George Gershwin
    George Gershwin
    George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
    
    , Ira Gershwin
    Ira Gershwin
    Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
    
    ) — 6:33
14. "Indian Water" (Pepper) — 7:21
    • Recorded at Trixi Studios in Munchen, West Germany on April 5 & December, 1988