CD 15 : 76’03
1 Trav'lin' Light 3'13
(Trummy Young/Jimmy Mundy/Johnny Mercer)
Billie Holiday with Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Monty Kelly, Larry Neill, Don Waddilove (tp) Skip Layton, Murray McEachern (tb) Alvy West, Danny d'Andrea, Lenny Hartman (saxes) ensemble de cordes; Buddy Weed (p) Mike Pingitore (g) Art Shapiro (b) Willie Rodriguez (dms) Paul Whiteman (dir)
Los Angeles, 12 juin 1942
2 Main Stem 2’47
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (tb) Barney Bigard (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as, b-sx) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 26 juin 1942
3 The Jumpin’ Blues 2’59
(Jay McShann)
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Bob Merill, Orville Minor, Bernard Anderson (tp) Joe Baird, Lawrence Anderson (tb) Charlie Parker, John Jackson (as) Bob Mabane, Fred Culliver (ts) Jay McShann (p, dir) Leonard Enois (g) Gene Ramey (b) Harold West (dms) Walter Brown (arr)
New York, 2 juillet 1942
4 Indiana 4'50
(James Frederik Hanley/Ballard McDonald)
Lester Young
Lester Young (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Red Callender (b)
New York, 15 juillet 1942
5 It's Sand Man 3'05
(Ed Lewis)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian (tp) Robert Scott, Eli Robinson, Dickie Wells (tb) Earl Warren, Caughey Roberts (as) Don Byas, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (as, bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (dms)
Los Angeles, 27 juillet1942
6 Little John Special 3'09
(Lucky Millinder)
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, William Scott, Nelson Bryant (tp) George Stevenson, Joe Britton (tb) Tab Smith, Billy Bowen (as) Stafford Simon, Dave Young (ts) Ernest Purce (bs) Bill Doggett (p) Trevor Bacon (g) Nick Fenton (b) Panama Francis (dms) Lucky Millinder (dir)
New York, 29 juillet 1942
7 Ain't Misbehavin' 3'57
(Thomas Waller/Harry Brooks/Andy Razaf)
Fats Waller
Benny Carter (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore (tb) Gene Porter (cl, ts) Fats Waller (p, voc) Irving Ashby (g) Slam Stewart (b) Zutty Singleton (dms)
Hollywood, 23 janvier 1943
8 Moppin' & Boppin' 4'19
(Thomas Waller/Benny Carter/Ed Kirkeby)
Fats Waller
Benny Carter (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore (tb) Gene Porter (cl, ts) Fats Waller (p) Irving Ashby (g) Slam Stewart (b, voc) Zutty Singleton (dms)
Hollywood, 23 janvier 1943
9 Cotton Tail 2’47
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Rex Stewart (ct) Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Harold “Shorty” Baker (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Juan Tizol (v-tb) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Chauncey Haughton (cl, ts) Otto Hardwicke (as) Ben Webster (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Billy Strayhorn (p) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Carnegie Hall, New York, 23 janvier 1943
10 Manoir de mes rêves 3'17
(Django Reinhardt)
Quintette Du Hot Club De France
André Lluis, Gérard Lévêque (cl) Django Reinhardt, Eugène Vées (g) Jean Storne (b)
Gaston Léonard (dms)
Paris, 17 février 1943
11 Blues clair 3'01
(Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (g) Eugène Vées (g) Jean Storne (b) Gaston Léonard (dms)
Paris, 26 février 1943
12 Cow Cow Boogie 2'52
(Benny Carter/Don Raye/Gene De Paul)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald (voc) Johnny McGhee (tp) Bill Doggett (p) Bernie McKay (g) Bob Haggart (b) Johnny Blowers (dms) The Ink Spots : Bill Kenny, Charles Fuqua, Ivory Watson, Happy Jones (voc)
New York, 3 novembre 1943
13 The Gasser 2'52
(Roy Eldridge)
Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra
Roy Eldridge (tp) Joe Eldridge (as, arr) Andrew “Goon” Gardner (as) Ike Quebec (ts) Rozelle Gayle (p) Ted Sturgis (b) Harold "Doc" West (dms)
Chicago, 16 novembre 1943
14 Eager Beaver 3’08
(Stanley Kenton)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Ray Borden, John Carroll, Buddy Childers, Karl George, Dick Morse (tp) Harry Forbes, George Faye (tb) Bart Varsalona (btb) Eddie Meyers, Art Pepper (as) Red Dorris, Maurice Beeson (ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Stan Kenton (p, dir, arr) Bob Ahern (g) Clyde Singleton (b) Joe Vernon (dms)
Hollywood, 9 novembre 1943
15 Knock Me a Kiss 2'16
(Louis Jordan)
Louis Jordan
Eddie Roane (tp) Louis Jordan (as, voc) Arnold Thomas ou Bill Davis (p) Jesse “Po” Simpkins (b) Shadow Wilson (dms)
Hollywood, 22 novembre 1943
16 Bechet Parades The Blues 4’18
(William Christopher Handy)
Sidney Bechet
Vic Dickenson (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss) Don Donaldson (p) Ernest Wilson Myers (b) Wilbert Kirk (dms)
New York, 8 décembre 1943
17 Stumpy 3'16
(Coleman Hawkins)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Bill Coleman (tp) Andy Fitzgerald (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Ellis Larkins (p) Al Casey (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Shelly Manne (dms)
New York, 8 décembre 1943
18 I Got Rhythm 4’06
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Dickie Wells & His Orchestra
Bill Coleman (tp) Dickie Wells (tb) Lester Young (ts) Ellis Larkins (p) Freddie Green (g) Al Hall (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 21 décembre 1943
19 The Man I Love 5'03
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Coleman Hawkins’ Swing Four
Coleman Hawkins (ts); Eddie Heywood Jr. (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Shelly Manne (dms)
New York, 23 décembre 1943
20 Afternoon of a Basie-ite 3'05
(Lester Young)
Lester Young Quartet
Lester Young (ts) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Slam Stewart (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 28 décembre 1943
21 Just You Just Me 3'08
(Jesse Greer/Raymond Klages)
Lester Young Quartet
Lester Young (ts) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Slam Stewart (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 28 décembre 1943
22 Honeysuckle Rose 3'11
(Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf)
Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams (tp, dir) Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (as) Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts) Bud Powell (p) Norman Keenan (b) Sylvester “Vess” Payne (dms)
New York, 6 janvier 1944
CD 16 : 74'54
1 Honeysuckle Rose 2'18
(Thomas Waller/Andy Razaf)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Slam Stewart (b)
New York, 5 janvier 1944
2 Flying Home 8'32
(Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton/Sid Robin)
Esquire All American Jazz Stars
Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge (tp) Barney Bigard (cl) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Art Tatum (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Al Casey (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 18 janvier 1944
3 Fiesta in Brass 2'55
(Roy Eldridge)
Little Jazz Trumpet Ensemble
Roy Eldridge, Emmett Berry, Joe Thomas (tp) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Israel Crosby (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 24 janvier 1944
4 Woody'n You 2'57
(John Birks Gillespie)
Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, arr) Vic Coulsen, Eddie Vanderveer (tp) Leo Parker, Leonard Lowry (as) Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ray Abrams (ts) Budd Johnson (bs) Clyde Hart (p)
Oscar Pettiford (b) Max Roach (dms) New York, 16 février 1944
5 Lester Leaps Again 4'23
(Buck Clayton)
Lester Young
Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 22 mars 1944
6 Curry in A Hurry 4'44
(Earl Hines)
Charlie Shavers Quintet
Charlie Shavers (tp) Tab Smith (as) Earl Hines (p) Al Lucas (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 22 avril 1944
7 Dark Eyes 4'39
(Traditionnel)
Art Tatum
Art Tatum (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Slam Stewart (b)
New York, 1er mai 1944
8 Jump Lester Jump 3'15
(Lester Young)
Lester Young Quintet
Lester Young (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Shadow Wilson (dms)
New York, 1er mai 1944
9 I Can't Get Started with You 2'48
(Vernon Duke)
Benny Carter
John Carroll, Karl George, Edwin Davis, Milton Fletcher (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore, Jay Jay Johnson, John "Shorty" Haughton, Bart Varsalona (tb) Benny Carter (as, arr) Porter Kilbert (as) Willard Brown (as, bs) Eugene Porter, Bumps Myer (ts) Gerald Wiggins (p) W.J. Edwards (g) Charles Drayton (b) Max Roach (dms)
Los Angeles, 21 mai 1944
10 Blues 10'32
(JATP)
Jazz at The Philharmonic
Jay Jay Johnson (tb) Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Les Paul (g) Johnny Miller (b) Lee Young (dms)
Philhamonic Auditorium, Los Angeles 2 juillet 1944
11 Blue Harlem 4'33
(Ike Quebec)
Ike Quebec Quintet
Ike Quebec (ts) Ram Ramirez (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Milt Hinton (b) J. C. Heard (dms)
New York, 18 juillet 1944
12 Jammin' The Blues 4'08
(Lester Young)
Lester Young
Harry Edison (tp) Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet (ts) Marlowe Morris (p) Barney Kessel (g) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett, Jo Jones (dms)
Hollywood, août 1944
13 Skyliner 3'00
(Charlie Barnet)
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
Peanuts Holland, Johnny Martell, Jack Mootz, Lyman Vunk (tp) Charles Coolidge, Gerald Foster, Dave Hallet, Burt Johnson (tb) Charlie Barnet (as, ss, ts, dir) Harold Herzone, Joe Meisner (as) Kurt Bloom, Ed Pripps (ts) Bob Poland (bs) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Howard Rumsey (b) Harold Hahn (dms)
Los Angeles, 3 août 1944
14 Persian Rug 2'38
(Neil Moret/Gus Kahn)
Mary Lou Williams Trio
Bill Coleman (tp) Mary Lou Williams (p) Al Hall (b)
New York, 10 août 1944
15 Lip's Blues 3'21
(Oran Thadeus Page)
Hot Lips Page Band
Hot Lips Page (tp, voc) Joe Keyes, Jesse Brown (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Earl Bostic, Floyd “Horsecollar” Williams (as) Don Byas, Ike Quebec (ts) Clyde Hart (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Al Lucas (b) Jack Parker (dms)
New York, 12 septembre 1944
16 Tiny's Tempo 2'53
(Lloyd Grimes/Clyde Hart)
Tiny Grimes Quintet
Charlie Parker (as) Clyde Hart (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Jimmy Butts (b)
Harold "Doc" West (dms)
New York, 15 septembre 1944
17 Tempo's Boogie 3'04
(Lionel Hampton)
Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Morris, Dave Page, Lammar Wright (tp) Vernon Porter, Fred Beckett, Andrew Penn, Sonny Craven, Allen Durham (tb) George Dorsey, Gus Evans (as) Arnett Cobb, Freddie Simon (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bs) Milt Buckner (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Billy Mackel (g) Charles Harris, Ted Sinclair (b) Fred Radcliffe (dms)
Los Angeles, 16 octobre 1944
18 Erroll's Bounce 3'04
(Erroll Garner)
Erroll Garner Trio
Erroll Garner (p) Red Callender (b) Harold "Doc" West (dms)
New York, 18 décembre 1944
CD 17 : 75’12
1 Black Brown & Beige 18'08
Work Song - Come Sunday - The Blues - Three Dances
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His 0rchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln) Lawrence Brown, Joe “Trick Sam” Nanton, Claude Jones (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as, ss) Otto Hardwicke (as) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, as) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Joya Sherrill (voc)
New York, 11/12 décembre 1944
2 Blue Horizon 4'25
(Sidney Bechet)
Sidney Bechet & His Blue Note Jazzmen
Sidney de Paris (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Manzie Johnson (dms)
New York, 20 décembre 1944
3 Caldonia 3'02
(Fleecie Moore)
Woody Herman & His Orchestra
Sonny Berman, Charles Frankhauser, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick (tp) Ralph Pfeffner, Bill Harris, Ed Kiefer (tb) Woody Herman (cl, as, voc, dir) Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (cl, as) Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts) Skippy DeSair (bs) Ralph Burn (p, arr) Marjorie Hyams (vib) Chubby Jackson (b) Dave Tough (dms)
New York, 26 février 1945
4 Avenue C 3'09
(Buck Clayton)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Harry “Sweets” Edison, Al Killian, Joe Newman (tp) Ted Donnelly, Eli Robinson, Louis Taylor, Dickie Wells (tb) Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as) Lucky Thompson, Buddy Tate (ts) Rudy Rutherford (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Joe Marshall (dms)
New York, 26 février 1945
5 All The Things You Are 2'44
(Oscar Hammerstein/Jerome Kern)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Clyde Hart (p) Remo Palmieri (g) Slam Stewart (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 28 février 1945
6 Groovin' High 2'38
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Clyde Hart (p) Remo Palmieri (g) Slam Stewart (b) Cozy Cole (dms)
New York, 28 février 1945
7 Riffmarole 2'49
(Benny Carter)
Capitol International Jazzmen
Bill Coleman (tp) Buster Bailey (cl) Benny Carter (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Nat King Cole (p) Oscar Moore (g) John Kirby (b) Max Roach (dms)
Los Angeles, 30 mars 1945
8 Salt Peanuts 3'11
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Al Haig (p) Curley Russell (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 11 mai 1945
9 Blow Top Blues 3'19
(Leonard Feather)
Lionel Hampton & His Septet
Dinah Washington (voc) Wendell Culley (tp) Herbie Fields (as) Arnett Cobb (ts) John Mehegan (p) Lionel Hampton (vib) Billy Mackel (g) Charlie Harris (b) George Jones (dms)
New York, 21 mai 1945
10 I Got Rhythm 4'47
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Don Byas & Slam Stewart
Don Byas (ts) Slam Stewart (b)
Town Hall, New York, 9 juin 1945
11 The Perfume Suite (extraits) 4'51
Balcony Serenade - Dancers in Love
(Edward Kennedy Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Rex Stewart, Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown, Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Claude Jones (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, cl, b-cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Junior Raglin (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
New York, 24 juillet 1945
12 Don't Explain 3'21
(Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog Jr.)
Billie Holiday with Bob Haggart Orchestra
Billie Holiday (voc) Joe Guy (tp) Bill Stegmeyer (as) Hank Ross, Armand Camgros (ts) Stan Webb (bs) Sammy Benskin (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Bob Haggart (b, dir) Specs Powell (dms) Morris Lefkowitz, Frank Siefields, George Serloff, Leo Kruczek, Charles Jaffe (vln) Armand Kaproff (alto)
New York, 14 août 1945
13 For Dancers Only 2'31
(Sy Oliver)
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
Charles Stewart, Russell Green, Bob Mitchell (tp) Fernando Arbello, Russell Bowles, Earl Hardy, James Williams (tb) Omer Simeon (cl, as) Earl Carruthers (cl, as, bs) Joe Thomas (cl, ts) Jimmie Lunceford (as, fl, dir) Kirkland Bradford (as) Ernest Purce (ts) Edwin Wilcox (p) John Mitchell (g) Truck Parham (b) Joe Marshall (dms) Sy Oliver (arr)
Jefferson Army Barracks, Missouri, 23 novembre 1945
14 Billie's Bounce 3'07
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s Reboppers
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1945
15 Meandering 3'14
(Miles Davis/Bernard Hermann)
Charlie Parker’s Reboppers
Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1945
16 Koko 2'54
(Charlie Parker)
Charlie Parker’s Reboppers
Charlie Parker (as) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 26 novembre 1945
17 These Foolish Things 3'08
(Harry Link/Jack Strachey/Holt Marvell)
Lester Young & His Band
Lester Young (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Red Callender (b) Henry Tucker (dms)
Los Angeles, 20 décembre 1945
18 Tonk 2'47
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Billy Strayhorn)
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington (p) Billy Strayhorn (p)
New York, 10 janvier 1946
CD 18 : 76’31
1 Mellow Mood 3'12
(James Smith)
Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa (p) Ray Brown (b) Jackie Mills (dms)
Los Angeles, 11 janvier 1946
2 Intermission Riff 3'15
(Ray Wetzel)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Buddy Childers, John Anderson, Russ Burgher, Bob Lymperis (tp) Ray Wetzel (tp, arr) Freddie Zito, Ray Klein, Milt Kabak, Bart Varsalona (tb) Al Anthony, Boots Mussulli (as) Vido Musso, Bob Cooper ( ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Stan Kenton (p, dir) Bob Ahern (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Robert Collier (dms)
Hollywood, 14 janvier 1946
3 Oh! Lady Be Good 10'06
(George & Ira Gershwin)
Jazz at The Philharmonic
Howard McGhee, Al Killian (tp) Charlie Parker, Willie Smith (as) Arnold Ross (p) Lester Young (ts) Billy Hadnott (b) Lee Young (dms)
Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 28 janvier 1946
4 Long Tall Dexter 3'01
(Dexter Gordon)
Dexter Gordon Quintet
Leonard Hawkins (tp) Dexter Gordon (ts) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (dms)
New York, 29 janvier 1946
5 The King 3'06
(William Basie)
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Harry “Sweet” Edison, Ed Lewis, Al Killian, Joe Newman (tp) Ted Donnelly, Louis Taylor, George Matthews, Eli Robinson (tb) Earl Warren, Jimmy Powell (as) Budy Tate (ts) Rudy Rutherford (bs) Count Basie (p, dir) Freddie Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (dms)
New York, 6 février 1946
6 The 52nd Street Theme 3'09
(Thelonious Monk)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Don Byas (ts) Al Haig (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Bill De Arango (g) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (dms)
New York, 22 février 1946
7 A Night in Tunisia 3'03
(John Birks Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Don Byas (ts) Al Haig (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Bill De Arango (g) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (dms)
New York, 22 février 1946
8 Cool Breeze 2'49
(Billy Eckstine/Tadley Dameron/John Birks Gillespie)
Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Kenny Dorham, Raymond Orr (tp) Billy Eckstine (tb, dir) Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt, Robert Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Norris Turney, Bob “Junior” Williams (as) Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (ts) Tate Houston (bs) Richard Ellington (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Bill McMahon (b) Art Blakey (dms) Tadd Dameron (arr)
New York, mars 1946
9 A Night in Tunisia 3'00
(John Birks Gillespie/Frank Paparelli)
Charlie Parker Septet
Miles Davis (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Lucky Thompson (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Arvin Garrison (g) Vic McMillan (b) Roy Porter (dms)
Hollywood, 28 mars 1946
10 I Found My Baby 2'41
(Lennie Tristano)
Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano (p)
Chicago, printemps - été 1946
11 Boyd Meets Stravinsky 2'48
(Boyd Raeburn/Eddie Finckel)
Boyd Raeburn
Ray Linn, Dale Pierce, Nelson Shelladay (tp) Fred Zito, Ollie Wilson, Britt Woodman (tb) Willie Schwartz (cl, as) Harry Klee (as) Ralph Lee, Lucky Thompson (ts) Boyd Raeburn (b-sx, dir) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Harry Babasin (b) Jackie Mills (dms) Eddie Finckel (arr)
Hollywood, avril 1946
12 Cherokee 2'59
(Ray Noble)
Don Byas
Don Byas (ts) Teddy Brannon (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Fred Radcliffe (dms)
New York, 17 mai 1946
13 Our Delight 2'27
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Raymond Orr, Talib Ahmad Dawud, John Lynch (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore, Leon Comegys, Charles Greenlee (tb) Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Warren Lucky, Ray Abrams (ts) Pee Wee Moore (bs) Milt Jackson (p) Ray Brown (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 10 juin 1946
14 Things to Come 2'43
(John Birks Gillespie)
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Talib Ahmad Dawud, John Lynch (tp) Alton “Slim” Moore, Leon Comegys, Gordon Thomas (tb) Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Warren Lucky, Ray Abrams (ts) Pee Wee Moore (bs) John Lewis (p) Milt Jackson (vib) Ray Brown (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 9 juillet 1946
15 Transblucency 2'58
(Lawrence Brown/Duke Ellington)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty”Baker, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tp) Joe “Tricky Sam” Nanton, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, b-cl, cl)) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms) Kay Davis (voc)
Hollywood, 9 juillet 1946
16 Lover Man 3'17
(Ram Ramirez/James Davis/Jimmy Sherman)
Charlie Parker Quintet
Howard McGhee (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Jimmy Bunn (p) Bob Kesterton (b) Roy Porter (dms)
Hollywood, 29 juillet 1946
17 New Lester Leaps in 2'55
(Lester Young)
Lester Young & His Band
Lester Young (ts) Joe Albany (p) Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) Chico Hamilton (dms)
Los Angeles, août 1946
18 Cadillac Slim 3'02
(Ben Webster)
Benny Carter
Buck Clayton (tp) Al Grey (tb) Benny Carter (as, arr) Ben Webster (ts) Sonny White (p) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett (dms)
New York, 23 août 1946
19 Esquire Swank 3'27
(Edward Kennedy Ellington/Johnny Hodges)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Taft Jordan, Harold “Shorty” Baker, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance (tp) Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Al Sears (ts) Harry Carney (bs, b-cl, cl) Duke Ellington (p, dir) Fred Guy (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sonny Greer (dms)
Hollywood, 3 septembre 1946
20 Blues in Be-Bop 2'41
(McKinley Howard Dorham)
Be-Bop Boys Quintet
Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Morris Lane (ts) Eddie De Verteuil (bs) Bud Powell (p) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) W. Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 4 septembre 1946
21 Epistrophy 2'51
(Thelonious Monk/Kenny Clarke)
Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys
Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Ray Abrams (ts) Eddie De Verteuil (bs) Bud Powell (p) John Collins (g) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) W. Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 5 septembre 1946
22 Webb City 5'35
(Bud Powell/Gil Fuller)
Fats Navarro - Gil Fuller’s Modernists
Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Morris Lane (ts) Eddie De Verteuil (bs) Bud Powell (p) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (dms) W. Gil Fuller (arr)
New York, 6 septembre 1946
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