Buck Clayton: All The Cats Join In (1956) [Vinyl, 24-96]
1 "All The Cats Join In" (Alec Wilder, Eddie Sauter, Ray Gilbert) 2 "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) 3 "Don't You Miss Your Baby" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) 4 "Lean Baby" (Billy May, Roy Alfred) 5 "Blue Lou" (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills)
Buck Clayton – trumpet Billy Butterfield (1 & 3), Joe Newman (4) – trumpet Ruby Braff – cornet (1 & 3) Henderson Chambers (4), Bennie Green (2 & 5), Urbie Green (4), Dicky Harris (2 & 5), J. C. Higginbotham (1 & 3) – trombone Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone (1) Lem Davis – alto saxophone (4) Julian Dash (1, 3 & 4), Coleman Hawkins (1-3 & 5), Buddy Tate (2 & 5) – tenor saxophone Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone (4) Sir Charles Thompson – piano, celeste (4) Ken Kersey (1 & 3), Al Waslohn (2 & 5) – piano Steve Jordan (1-3 & 5), Freddie Green (4) – guitar Milt Hinton (2 & 5), Walter Page (1, 3 & 4) – bass Bobby Donaldson (1 & 3), Jo Jones (2, 4 & 5) – drums
Recorded in NYC on December 16, 1953 (4), March 15, 1955 (2, 5) and March 5, 1956 (1, 3)
1. "Song No. 2 (a.k.a. Prenda Minha, Brazilian folk song)" (Gil Evans, Miles Davis) 1:40
2. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Johnny Mercer, Michel Legrand, Eddie Barclay, Eddy Marnay) 3:27
3. "Aos Pés da Cruz" (Marino Pinto, José Gonçalves) 4:18
4. "Song No. 1 (a.k.a. Adelita by Francisco Tárrega)" (Gil Evans, Miles Davis) 4:37
5. "Wait Till You See Her" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) 4:06
6. "Corcovado" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) 2:45
7. "Summer Night" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) 6:04
8. "The Time of the Barracudas" (Gil Evans, Miles Davis) 12:45
Miles Davis – trumpet
Gil Evans – arranger, conductor
Shorty Baker, Bernie Glow, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal – trumpets
J.J. Johnson, Frank Rehak – trombones
Ray Alonge, Don Corrado, Julius Watkins – french horns
Bill Barber – tuba
Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Albert Block – flute
Ray Beckenstein, Jerome Richardson – woodwinds
Garvin Bushell, Bob Tricarico – bassoons
Janet Putnam – harp
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb – drums
Willie Bobo – bongos
Elvin Jones – percussion
On 7:
Miles Davis – trumpet
George Coleman – tenor saxophone
Victor Feldman – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Frank Butler – drums
On 8:
Miles Davis – trumpet
Gil Evans – arranger, conductor
Dick Leith – bass trombone
Bill Hinshaw, Art Maeba, Richard Perissi – french horns
Gene Cipriano, Buddy Collette, Paul Horn – woodwinds
Fred Dutton – bassoon
Marjorie Call – harp
Kenny Burrell - electric guitar
Herbie Hancock – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Tony Williams – drums
July 27–November 6 1962, April 17, 1963 (7), October 9, 10, 1963 (8) at Columbia Studios, NYC
"Israel" (John Carisi)
"Elsa" (Earl Zindars)
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams)
"Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
"How My Heart Sings" (Earl Zindars)
"Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
"If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
Bill Evans – piano; Chuck Israels – bass; Larry Bunker – drums
Recorded February 3, 1965; NYC
Charlie Parker Story On Dial Volume 1: West Coast Days
01 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen Diggin' Diz (D. Gillespie)
02 The Charlie Parker Septet Moose The Mooche (C. Parker)
03 The Charlie Parker Septet Yardbird Suite (C. Parker)
04 The Charlie Parker Septet Ornithology (Harris, Parker)
05 The Charlie Parker Septet A Night In Tunisia (Gillespie, Paparelli)
06 The Charlie Parker Quintet Max Making Wax (Unknown Artista
07 The Charlie Parker Quintet Lover Man (Sherman, Davis, Ramirez)
08 The Charlie Parker Quintet The Gypsy (Reid)
09 The Howard McGhee Quintet Bebop (D. Gillespie)
10 The Charlie Parker Quartet This Is Always (Warren, Gordon)
11 The Charlie Parker Quartet Dark Shadows (S. Henry)
12 The Charlie Parker Quartet Bird's Nest (C. Parker)
13 The Charlie Parker Quartet Hot Blues (Cool Blues) (C. Parker)
14 The Charlie Parker Quartet Cool Blues (Hot Blues) (C. Parker)
15 The Charlie Parker Quartet Relaxin' At Camarillo (C. Parker)
16 The Charlie Parker Quartet Cheers (H. McGhee)
17 The Charlie Parker Quartet Carvin' The Bird (C. Parker)
18 The Charlie Parker Quartet Stupendous (C. Parker)
Alto Saxophone – Charlie Parker
Trumpet – Dizzy Gillespie (1), Howard McGhee (7 to 9, 15 to 18), Miles Davis (2 to 5, 15 to 18)
Tenor Saxophone – Lucky Thompson (1 to 5), Wardell Gray (15 to 18)
Guitar – Arvin Garrison (3 to 5), Barney Kessel (15 to 18)
Piano – Dodo Marmarosa (2 to 5), Erroll Garner (10 to 14), George Handy (1), Jimmy Bunn (7 to 10)
Bass – Bob Kesterson (6 to 9), Ray Brown (1), Red Callender (10 to 18), Vic McMillan (2 to 6)
Drums – Don Lamond (15 to 18), Harold "Doc" West (10 to 14), Roy Porter (2 to 8), Stan Levey (1)
Vocals – Earl Coleman (10 to 14)
Recorded February 5th, 1946 to February 26, 1947; Hollywood, CA
"Re: Person I Knew" (Bill Evans)
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
"I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
"Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish)
"If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron)
"It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
"In Love in Vain" (Leo Robin, Jerome Kern)
"Very Early" (Bill Evans)
Bill Evans - piano, Chuck Israels - bass, Paul Motian - drums
Recorded May 17, 29, June 2, 1962 at Sound Makers, NYC
(DSD64 source converted to PCM in 24bit 176khz FLAC format; this audio is not "lossless" technically.)
01 Three J's Blues
02 Smada
03 Pie Eye's Blues
04 Sweet And Pungent
05 C Jam Blues
07 In A Mellow Tone
09 Blues In Blueprint
08 Swingers Get The Blues Too
09 The Swingers' Jump
10 Blues In Orbit
11 Villes Ville Is The Place, Man
Duke Ellington – piano
Billy Strayhorn - piano (2, 7)
Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Clark Terry - trumpet
Fats Ford - trumpet (11)
Britt Woodman, Matthew Gee, Booty Wood, - trombone
Quentin Jackson - trombone (10, 11)
John Sanders - valve trombone (10, 11)
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
Jimmy Woode - bass
Jimmy Johnson - drums
Sam Woodyard - drums (10, 11)
(DSD64 source converted to PCM in 24 bit 176 khz FLAC format; the audio is not "lossless" technically.)
"Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
"Algo Bueno (Woody 'n' You)" (Dizzy Gillespie)
"Trumpet Blues" (Roy Eldridge, Gillespie)
Ballad Medley
- "I’m Through with Love"
- "Can't We Be Friends"
- "Don't You Know?"
- "I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do"
- "If I Had You"
"Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber)
"Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet, vocals
Oscar Peterson - piano
Herb Ellis - guitar
Ray Brown - bass
Louis Bellson - drums
Recorded October 29, 1954; NYC
"Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie, Jon Hendricks)
"Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster)
"How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis)
"Nails" (Buster Harding)
"Flute Juice" (Ernie Wilkins)
"One O'Clock Jump" (Basie, Eddie Durham)
"Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche)
"Roll 'Em Pete" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner)
"The Comeback" (Charles Frazier)
"Blues Backstage" (Foster)
"Corner Pocket" (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf)
"Blee Blop Blues" (A. K. Salim)
Count Basie - piano
Joe Williams - vocals
Frank Foster, Charlie Fowlkes, Bill Graham, Marshal Royal, Frank Wess - reeds
Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman - trumpet
Henry Coker, Matthew Gee, Benny Powell - trombone
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Sonny Payne - drums
Recorded September 7, 1956, Gothenburg, Sweden
A1 Mack The Knife
A2 The Old Circus Train Turn-around Blues
A3 Lullaby Of Birdland
B1 Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo
B2 Going Out Of My Head
B3 How Long Has This Been Going On?
B4 Dimuninuendo In Blue And Blow By Blow
C1 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
C2 All Too Soon
C3 Misty
D1 Jazz Samba(Só Danço Samba)
D2 Rose Of The Rio Grande
D3 The More I See You
D4 El Vilti (The Matador)
D5 Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)
E1 La Plus Belle Africaine
E2 West Indian Pancake
F1 Soul Call
F2 Skin Deep
F3 Jam With Sam
Ella Fitzgerald – vocals, Duke Ellington – piano, Cat Anderson – trumpet, Lawrence Brown – trombone, Harry Carney – clarinet, baritone sax, Buster Cooper – trombone, claves, Mercer Ellington – trumpet, Paul Gonsalves – tenor sax, Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone, Johnny Hodges – alto sax, Jim Hughart – bass, Herbie Jones – trumpet, guiro, John Lamb – bass, Ray Nance – trumpet, violin, vocals, Russell Procope – clarinet, alto saxophone, Grady Tate – drums, Ben Webster – tenor saxophone, Cootie Williams – trumpet, Sam Woodyard – drums
Recorded June 26-July 29, 1966
01. "Malletoba Spank" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
02. "Red Garter (Toot Suite, Pt. I)" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
03. "Red Shoes (Toot Suite, Pt. II)" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
04. "Red Carpet (Toot Suite, Pt. III, IV & V)" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
05. "Ready, Go! (Toot Suite, Pt. VI)" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
06. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
07. "U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)" (Strayhorn)
08. "All of Me" Gerald MarksSeymour Simons
09. "Tymperturbably Blue" (Ellington, Strayhorn)
10. "Fillie Trillie" (Ellington)
11. "Hello Little Girl" (Ellington)
Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, Andres Ford – Trumpet
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – Trombone
John Sanders – Valve trombone
Jimmy Hamilton – Clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges – Alto saxophone
Russell Procope – Clarinet, alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – Tenor saxophone
Harry Carney – Baritone saxophone
Duke Ellington – Piano
Jimmy Woode – Bass
Sam Woodyard – Drums
Dizzy Gillespie – Trumpet on 7, 11
Jimmy Jones – Piano on 11
Jimmy Rushing – Vocals on 11
Elden C. Bailey, Harry Breuer, George Gaber, Morris Goldenberg, Chauncey Morehouse, Walter Rosenberg, Bobby Rosengarden, Milton Schlesinger, Brad Spinney - percussion on 1, 9
Recorded February 19, 25, 1959 at Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC