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Art Davis Discography

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Date: July 6, 1958
Location: Newport Jazz Festival - Freebody Park, Newport, RI
Label: Mercury

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Ray Draper (tu), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. JB343 La Villa - 6:19(Kenny Dorham)
EmArcy LP 12"SR 80010 — At Newport   
b. JB344 A Night In Tunisia - 8:20(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
EmArcy LP 12"SR 80010 — At Newport   
c. JB345 Deeds, Not Words - 4:28(Bill Lee)
Mercury LP 12"195J-42 — At Newport   
d. JB346 Minor Mode - 5:30(Booker Little)
EmArcy LP 12"SR 80010 — At Newport   
e. JB347 Tune Up - 5:21(Eddie Vinson, Miles Davis)
EmArcy LP 12"SR 80010 — At Newport   
All titles on:
Mosaic CDMD7-201 — The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions   (2000)

A spoken introduction by Max Roach (2:33) precedes the first selection.


Date: summer 1958
Label: Mercury

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Ray Draper (tu), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. JB 342 Love For Sale - 9:57(Cole Porter)
EmArcy LP 12"SR 80010 — At Newport   
Mosaic CDMD7-201 — The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions   (2000)

Actual date unknown. Sometimes listed as from the Newport Jazz Festival performance of July 6, 1958, this is now thought to have been recorded later that summer at an unknown studio. Information from the Mosaic boxed set.


Date: September 4, 1958
Location: Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Ray Draper (tu), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. a-01 You Stepped Out Of A Dream - 7:46(Gus Kahn, Nacio Herb Brown)
b. a-02 Fillide - 7:06(Ray Draper)
c. a-03 It's You Or No One - 4:14(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
Prestige CDPCD 24226-2 — It's Magic - The Jazz Giants Play Sammy Cahn   (1999)
d. b-01 Jodie's Cha Cha - 4:56(Bill Lee)
Riverside 4545-417 — Jodie's Cha Cha/Larry-Larue   
Milestone LP 12"M 47016 — The Big Beat   (1973)
Milestone CDMCD 47016 — The Big Beat   (1989)
e. b-02 Deeds, Not Words - 4:34(Bill Lee)
f. b-03 Larry-Larue - 5:13(Booker Little)
Riverside 4545-417 — Jodie's Cha Cha/Larry-Larue   
Milestone LP 12"M 47016 — The Big Beat   (1973)
Milestone CDMCD 47016 — The Big Beat   (1989)
g. b-04 Conversation - 3:48(Max Roach)
Milestone LP 12"M 47016 — The Big Beat   (1973)
Milestone CDMCD 47016 — The Big Beat   (1989)
All titles on:
Riverside LP 12"RLP 1122 — Deeds, Not Words   
Riverside LP 12"RLP-12-280 — Deeds, Not Words   
Jazzland LP 12"JLP 79 — Conversation   (1963)
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-304-2 — Deeds, Not Words   (1992)

George Coleman (ts) on a-f; Booker Little (t) on a-f; Ray Draper (tu) on a-f; Art Davis (b) on a-f.


Date: October 1958
Location: Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City
Label: United Artists

Booker Little (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Tommy Flanagan (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. Milestones - 5:33(John Lewis)
b. Sweet And Lovely - 4:13(Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare)
c. Rounder's Mood - 5:19(Booker Little)
d. Dungeon Waltz - 4:27(Booker Little)
e. Jewel's Tempo - 6:35(Booker Little)
f. Moonlight Becomes You - 5:40(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
All titles on:
United Artists LP 12"UAL 4034 — Booker Little 4 & Max Roach   
Blue Note CDCDP 7 84457 2 — Booker Little 4 & Max Roach   (1991)

George Coleman (ts) on a, c-e.


Date: October 4, 1958
Location: Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
Label: [private recording]

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Ray Draper (tu), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. 01 La Villa - (Kenny Dorham)
b. 02 It's You Or No One - (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
c. 03 Fillide - (Ray Draper)
d. 04 drum solo -
e. 05 Love For Sale - (Cole Porter)

George Coleman (ts) on a-c, e; Booker Little (t) on a-c, e; Ray Draper (tu) on a-c, e; Art Davis (b) on a-c, e.

Monterey Jazz Festival tapes held by Stanford University.


Date: October 6, 1958
Location: KABC-TV studio, Hollywood, CA
Label: [television broadcast]

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Ray Draper (tu), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. 01 Minor Mode - (Booker Little)
b. 02 The Scene Is Clean - (Tadd Dameron)
c. 03 Love For Sale - (Cole Porter)
All titles on:
Calliope LP 12"CAL 3013 — Sessions, Live   (1976)

Date given may be broadcast date.


Date: January 1959
Location: New York City
Label: Time

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Ray Draper (tu), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. a-01 Tuba De Nod - 3:56(Max Roach)
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
b. a-02 Milano - 5:09(John Lewis) / arr: Booker Little, Max Roach
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
c. a-03 Variations On The Scene - 5:37(George Coleman)
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Time LP 12"8 — Vol. 8 Jazz Series   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
d. a-04 Pies Of Quincy - 3:19(Max Roach)
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
e. b-01 Old Folks - 4:16(Willard Robison, Dedette Hill)
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
f. b-02 Sadiga - 6:31(George Coleman)
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
g. b-03 Gandolfo's Bounce - 5:38(Booker Little)
Time LP 12"T/70003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time LP 12"S/2087 — Max Roach   
Time LP 12"8 — Vol. 8 Jazz Series   
Bainbridge CDBCD 1042 — Award-Winning Drummer   
Time CDST 2003 — Award-Winning Drummer   
h. alt Milano - 6:33(John Lewis) / arr: Booker Little, Max Roach
i. alt Old Folks - 4:31(Willard Robison, Dedette Hill)
j. alt Gandolfo's Bounce - 6:12(Booker Little)
All titles on:
Leafage Jazz Pony Canyon (J) CD — Award-Winning Drummer   (2001)

Bruyninckx and Lord give date as November 25, 1959, which is unquestionably incorrect as this lineup no longer existed at that point. Lord also acknowledges November 4, 1958 as an option. However, Mosaic boxed set (Mercury sessions) gives date for this session as January 1959.

Despite the "corrections" in Bruyninckx and Lord, the correct title is not "Pieces Of Quincy" but is indeed "Pies of Quincy." The liner notes by Nat Hentoff make this clear - Quincy, Mass. is the location of the Zildjian cymbal factory and cymbals are reportedly known to their makers as "pies."


Date: January 22, 1959
Location: Fine Recording, New York City
Label: Mercury

Max Roach (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d, tmp)

a. JB454-9 Lepa - 2:08(Muhal Richard Abrams)
b. JB455-7 Connie's Bounce - 5:19(Bill Lee, Consuela Lee Moorehead)
c. JB463-5 Prelude - 5:06(Consuela Lee Moorehead) / arr: Bill Lee
d. JB464-11 Bemsha Swing - 5:26(Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best)
e. JB465-5 Tympanalli - 4:52(Max Roach)
f. JB466-4 There's No You - 5:41(George Durgom, Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) / arr: Booker Little
g. JB467-7 A Little Sweet - 3:05(Max Roach)
All titles on:
Mercury LP 12"SR 60911 — The Many Sides Of Max   
Mosaic CDMD7-201 — The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions   (2000)

Max Roach (tmp) on e.

Mosaic set notes: It is likely that some of this music was recorded at an early February session.

Roach overdubbed timpani on JB465. Overdub take 12 was used.


Date: July 3, 1959
Location: Newport Jazz Festival - Freebody Park, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Les Spann (f, g), Dizzy Gillespie (t), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Lex Humphries (d)

a. 02 My Heart Belongs To Daddy - (Cole Porter)
b. 03 Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - (Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)
c. 04 On The Trail - (Ferde Grofe)
d. 05 My Man - (Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles)
e. 06 Manteca - (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)
f. 07 Blues After Dark - (Benny Golson)

Voice Of America tapes held at U.S. Library of Congress.

Library of Congress listings contradict each other. Second listing gives 04 as "On The Alamo".

Personnel speculative based on Spring 1959 engagement mentioned in Down Beat 28 May 1959, p.42


Date: September 17, 1959
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: SteepleChase

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Dizzy Gillespie (t, v), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Teddy Stewart (d)

a. 01 I Found A Million Dollar Baby - 10:17(Harry Warren, Mort Dixon, Billy Rose)
b. 02 My Man - 4:17(Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles)
c. 03 Oh, Lady Be Good - 3:32(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
d. 04 They Can't Take That Away From Me - 4:38(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e. 05 Wheatleigh Hall - 11:32(Dizzy Gillespie)
f. 06 A Short One - 0:06(Dizzy Gillespie)
g. 08 A Night In Tunisia - 12:43(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
h. 09 Lorraine - 3:50(Dizzy Gillespie)
i. 10 Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 3:53(Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)
j. 11 There Is No Greater Love - 3:45(Marty Symes, Isham Jones)
k. 12 Woody 'n You - 7:50(Dizzy Gillespie)
All titles on:
SteepleChase CDSCCD 36024 — Copenhagen Concert   (1995)

Dizzy Gillespie (v) on c, i.

A 0:27 introduction precedes "A Night In Tunisia."


Date: probably late September 1959
Location: RAI Studios, Roma, Italy
Label: [television broadcast]

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (as), Dizzy Gillespie (t), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Teddy Stewart (d)

a. St. Louis Blues - (W. C. Handy)
b. Tour de Force - (Dizzy Gillespie)
c. I Can't Get Started - (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
d. Manteca - (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)

Date: January 1960
Label: Verve

Katie Bell Nubin (ldr), Leo Wright (as), Dizzy Gillespie (t), Les Spann (g), Junior Mance, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (p), Art Davis (b), Lex Humphries (d), Katie Bell Nubin (v)

a. 24000 When The Bridegroom Comes - (Traditional)
b. 24001 Virgin Mary - (Traditional)
c. 24002 Miami Storm - (Traditional)
d. 24003 Pressin' On - (Traditional)
e. 24004 I Shall Not Be Moved - (Traditional)
f. 24005 Angels Watchin' Over Me - (Traditional)
g. 24006 Where's Adam? - (Traditional)
h. 24007 Come Over Here - (Traditional)
i. 24008 Sad To Think Of My Saviour - (Traditional)
All titles on:
Verve LP 12"MG V-3004 — Soul, Soul Searching   

Pianists not specified.


Date: March 28-29, 1960
Location: Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL
Label: Verve

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Dizzy Gillespie (t), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Teddy Stewart (d)

a. 26600-17 (pt 1) Theme From Formula 409 - 2:50(Dizzy Gillespie)
Verve 4510213 — Theme From Formula 409   
b. 26601-14 (pt 2) Theme From Formula 409 - 3:19(Dizzy Gillespie)
Verve 4510213 — Theme From Formula 409   
c. 26602-7 (pt 1) Kush - 2:56(Dizzy Gillespie)
d. 26603-1 (pt 2) Kush - 3:08(Dizzy Gillespie)
e. 26604-7 Goin' Fishin' - 2:37(Composer Unknown)
f. 26605/6 This Is The Way - (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller)
g. 26605/6 untitled Dizzy Gillespie original - (Dizzy Gillespie)
h. 26605/6 Cubano Be - (George Russell)
i. 26605/6 I Waited For You - 7:36(Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie)
All titles on:
Mosaic CDMD7-234 — The Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions   (2006)

f, g, h, i performed as medley.


Date: May 25, 1960
Location: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Leo Wright (ldr), Leo Wright (as), Richard Williams (t), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Charli Persip (d), Gigi Gryce (con)

a. 4569 A Night In Tunisia - 5:21(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
b. 4570 The Wind - 4:37(Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone)
c. 4571 Two Moods - 5:47(Leo Wright)
d. 4572 Blues Shout - 4:58(Gigi Gryce)
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"1358 — Blues Shout   
Collectables CDCOL 6281 — Soul Clinic/Blues Shout   

Gigi Gryce (con) on a, d.

Art Davis has confirmed that Gryce was in the studio during this session.


Date: July 1, 1960
Location: Newport Jazz Festival - Freebody Park, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Dizzy Gillespie (t, v), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Al Dreares (d)

a. 01 Norm's Norm - 5:13(Dizzy Gillespie)
Omega CDOCD 3025 — Four Jazz Legends Live At Newport 1960   (1994)
b. 02 Lorraine - 4:21(Dizzy Gillespie)
Omega CDOCD 3025 — Four Jazz Legends Live At Newport 1960   (1994)
c. 03 A Night In Tunisia - 9:42(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
Omega CDOCD 3025 — Four Jazz Legends Live At Newport 1960   (1994)
d. 04 Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - (Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)
e. 05 Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
f. 06 I'm Gonna Go Fishin' - (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee)
g. 07 Wheatleigh Hall - (Dizzy Gillespie)
h. 08 Kush - (Dizzy Gillespie)

Dizzy Gillespie (v) on d, f.

Voice Of America tapes held by U.S. Library of Congress.


Date: August 11, 16, 19, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Time

Harold 'Hal' Mooney (ldr), Phil Bodner, Andy Fitzgerald, Bernard Kaufman, Walt Levinsky, Tom Parshley, Romeo Penque, Ray Shiner, William J. Slapin, Joe Soldo, Stanley Webb (ww), Al Caiola, Barry Galbraith, Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Don Abney, Moe Weschler (p, org), Art Davis (b, per), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Eddie Costa, Phil Kraus, Bobby Rosengarden, Teddy Sommer, Joe Venuto (per), Harold 'Hal' Mooney (con)

a. a-01 Who? - 2:17(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
b. a-02 Yesterdays - 2:04(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
c. a-03 Ol' Man River - 1:55(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
d. a-04 All The Things You Are - 2:02(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
e. a-05 The Way You Look Tonight - 2:13(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
f. a-06 The Last Time I Saw Paris - 2:11(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
g. b-01 Make Believe - 2:10(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
h. b-02 Look For The Silver Lining - 1:51(Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
i. b-03 She Didn't Say Yes - 1:55(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
j. b-04 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 2:52(Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
k. b-05 They Didn't Believe Me - 2:13(Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
l. b-06 Why Do I Love You - 1:48(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Harold 'Hal' Mooney
All titles on:
Time LP 12"52012 — Flutes & Percussion: Jerome Kern   

Personnel is collective.

Woodwinds used were: f, af, bf, cl, bcl, ob, enh


Date: August 29, 1960
Location: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Leo Wright (ldr), Leo Wright (f), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Charli Persip (d), Harry Lookofsky (vn), Gigi Gryce (con)

a. 4868 Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 3:45(Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
b. 4869 Indian Summer - 7:00(Victor Herbert, Al Dubin)
c. 4870 Angel Eyes - 4:09(Matt Dennis, Earl Brent)
d. 4871 Sigi - 3:22(Leo Wright)
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"1358 — Blues Shout   
Collectables CDCOL 6281 — Soul Clinic/Blues Shout   

Harry Lookofsky (vn) on b-d; Gigi Gryce (con) on b-c.

Art Davis has confirmed that Gryce was in the studio during this session.


Date: September 17, 1960
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Dizzy Gillespie (t, v), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Al Dreares (d)

a. 02 Night Train - (Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington)
b. 02 Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac - 3:00(Dizzy Gillespie)
c. 03 Kush - 13:30(Dizzy Gillespie)
d. 04 Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 5:00(Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)

a, b performed as medley.

Dizzy Gillespie (v) on b, d.

Timings are approximate. Personnel speculative. One additional selection: #1 (5:00) - title unknown.


Date: September 24, 1960
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Dizzy Gillespie (t, v), Junior Mance (p), Art Davis (b), Al Dreares (d)

a. 01 The Mooch - 13:15(Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
b. 02 Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 8:30(Bill Graham, Joe Carroll)

Dizzy Gillespie (v) on b.

Timings are approximate. Personnel speculative. One additional selection: #3 (6:30) - title unknown.


Date: October 14, 1960
Location: Universal Recording, Chicago, IL
Label: Vee-Jay

Lee Morgan (ldr), Clifford Jordan (ts), Lee Morgan (t), Eddie Higgins (p), Art Davis (b), Art Blakey (d)

a. 60-1663 (tk 3)alt Expoobident - 5:09(Eddie Higgins)
b. 60-1663 (tk 5) Expoobident - 5:00(Eddie Higgins)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
c. 60-1664 (tk 3)alt Fire - 5:04(Wayne Shorter)
d. 60-1664 (tk 4) Fire - 4:49(Wayne Shorter)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
e. 60-1665 (tk 2)alt Just In Time - 5:43(Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
f. 60-1665 (tk 5) Just In Time - 3:31(Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
g. 60-1666 (tk 1)alt Triple Track - 5:10(Lee Morgan)
h. 60-1666 (tk 3) Triple Track - 5:00(Lee Morgan)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
i. 60-1667 Easy Living - 5:56(Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
j. 60-1668 The Hearing - 3:35(Clifford Jordan)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
k. 60-1669 Lost And Found - 3:32(Clifford Jordan)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP-3015 — Expoobident   
All titles on:
Mosaic CDMD6-202 — The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan - Wayne Shorter Sessions   (2000)

Clifford Jordan (ts) on a-h, j-k.

Date and take information corrected according to Mosaic boxed set.


Date: November 14 & 15, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Verve

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), John Frosk, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (t), Jim Buffington, Al Richman, Gunther Schuller, Julius Watkins (frh), Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Don Butterfield (tu), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d), Willie Rodriguez (tim), Jack Del Rio (bgo), Candido Camero (cga)

a. a-01 Prelude (from Gillespiana) - 5:52(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
b. a-02 Blues (from Gillespiana) - 11:16(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
c. a-03 Panamericana (from Gillespiana) - 4:39(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
All titles on:
Verve LP 12"MG V-8394 — Gillespiana   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)

Date: November 16, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Verve

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), John Frosk, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (t), William Lister, Gunther Schuller, Morris Scott, Julius Watkins (frh), Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Don Butterfield (tu), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d), Willie Rodriguez (tim), Jack Del Rio (bgo), Candido Camero (cga)

a. b-01 Africana (from Gillespiana) - 7:31(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
b. b-02 Toccata (from Gillespiana) - 12:01(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
Both titles on:
Verve LP 12"MG V-8394 — Gillespiana   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)

Date: November 21, 1960
Location: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Verve

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Stan Getz (ts), Dizzy Gillespie (t, v), J. J. Johnson (tb), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d), Candido Camero (cga)

a. Blues After Dark - (Benny Golson)
b. Oh, Lady Be Good - (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c. My Man - (Channing Pollock, Maurice Yvain, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles)
d. 63VK 374 Kush - (Dizzy Gillespie)
Verve LP 12"V6-8542 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
e. 63VK 375 The Mooch - (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
Verve LP 12"V6-8542 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
f. 63VK 376 Wheatleigh Hall - (Dizzy Gillespie)
Verve LP 12"V6-8542 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   

Leo Wright (f) on d, (as) on a-b, e-f; Stan Getz (ts) on d-f; J. J. Johnson (tb) on d-f; Candido Camero (cga) on f; Dizzy Gillespie (v) on b.

Date is definitely not November 22, 1960 according to Chris Sheridan's "Dis Here: A Bio-Discography of Cannonball Adderley" p.99.


Date: November 21, 1960
Location: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Verve

Benny Carter (as), Don Byas, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Roy Eldridge (t), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Jo Jones (d)

a. These Foolish Things - (Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell)
Bean (Italy) LP 12"01   
b. 63VK 368 Take The "A" Train - (Billy Strayhorn)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
c. 63VK 369 These Foolish Things - (Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
d. 63VK 370 Yesterdays - (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
e. 63VK 371 The Nearness Of You - (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
f. 63VK 372 You Go To My Head - (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
g. 63VK 373 Back Home Again In Indiana - (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
h. 63VK 379 All The Things You Are - (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Verve LP 12"V6-8539 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   
i. 63VK 446 A Jazz Portrait Of Brigitte Bardot - (Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge)
Verve LP 12"V6-8541 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   

c, d, e, f performed as medley.

Benny Carter (as) on b, e, g, i; Don Byas (ts) on b, d, g-i; Stan Getz (ts) on h; Coleman Hawkins (ts) on a-c, g-i; Roy Eldridge (t) on b, f-i.

The version of "These Foolish Things" on Bean 01 is a different version than appears on the Verve issue. No further details.


Date: November 21, 1960
Location: Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Label: Verve

Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Benny Carter (as), Dizzy Gillespie (t), J. J. Johnson (tb), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d)

a. 63VK 377 Bernie's Tune [aka Bobby Sox] - (Bernie Miller, Bobby Lehman)
b. 63VK 378 Swedish Jam - (Benny Carter, Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, J. J. Johnson)
Both titles on:
Verve LP 12"V6-8539 — Norman Granz Presents Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe   

Date: November 25, 1960
Location: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Label: RTE

Benny Carter (as), Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Roy Eldridge (t), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Jo Jones (d)

a. Take The "A" Train - 7:42(Billy Strayhorn)
b. Back Home Again In Indiana - 14:17(James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
Both titles on:
Pablo LP 12"2310 933 — Bean Stalkin'   (1992)
Pablo CDPACD 2310 933-2 — Bean Stalkin'   

Date: November 25, 1960
Location: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Label: RTE

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Dizzy Gillespie (t), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d)

a. 01 Prelude (from Gillespiana) - 5:02(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
b. 02 Blues (from Gillespiana) - 10:56(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
c. 03 Panamericana (from Gillespiana) - 6:25(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
d. 04 Africana (from Gillespiana) - 6:56(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
e. 05 Toccata (from Gillespiana) - 13:41(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
f. 06 Caravan - 9:29(Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
g. 07 Coda - 0:38(Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
All titles on:
RTE CD710705 — En Concert Avec Europe1   (1995)

Date: late 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Mercury

Ernestine Anderson (ldr), Yusef Lateef (f, ob, ts), Tate Houston (bar), Ernie Royal, Clark Terry (t), Frank Rehak (tb), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Charli Persip (d), Willie Rodriguez (per), Mac Ceppos (vn), Ernestine Anderson (v), Ernie Wilkins (con)

a. a-01 My Kinda Love - 2:12(Louis Alter, Jo Trent) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
b. a-02 Trouble Is A Man - 3:21(Alec Wilder) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c. a-03 See See Rider - 3:05(Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Lena Arrant) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
d. a-04 Moonlight In Vermont - 2:41(Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
e. a-05 Land Of Dreams - 2:23(Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
f. a-06 Black Moonlight - 2:39(Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
g. b-01 All My Life - 3:20(Sam Stept, Sidney Mitchell) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
h. b-02 Mound Bayou - 2:37(Leonard Feather, Andy Razaf) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
i. b-03 I'll Never Be The Same - 3:29(Matt Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Gus Kahn) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
j. b-04 It Don't Mean A Thing - 2:18(Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
k. b-05 Lazy Afternoon - 2:47(Jerome Moross, John Latouche) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
l. b-06 They Didn't Believe Me - 2:24(Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
All titles on:
Mercury LP 12"MG 20496 — My Kinda Swing   
Verve CD422 842 409-2 — My Kinda Swing   (2002)

Date: ca. 1961
Location: Count Basie's, New York City
Label: Mercury

Joe Newman (ldr), Oliver Nelson (ts), Joe Newman (t), Lloyd Mayers (p), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d)

a. 24341 Take The "A" Train - (Billy Strayhorn)
b. 24342 There Is No Greater Love - (Marty Symes, Isham Jones)
c. 24343 On Green Dolphin Street - 5:58(Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20696 — At Count Basie's   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60696 — At Count Basie's   
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
Verve CD075021034808 — At Count Basie's   (2005)
d. 24344 Cuein' The Blues - (Joe Newman)
e. 24345 Song Of The Soul - (Harold Ousley)
f. 24346 Love Is Here To Stay - 4:38(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20696 — At Count Basie's   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60696 — At Count Basie's   
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
Verve CD075021034808 — At Count Basie's   (2005)
g. 24347 The Midgets - 4:27(Joe Newman)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20696 — At Count Basie's   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60696 — At Count Basie's   
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
Verve CD075021034808 — At Count Basie's   (2005)
h. 24348 Wednesday's Blues - 8:13(Joe Newman)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20696 — At Count Basie's   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60696 — At Count Basie's   
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
Verve CD075021034808 — At Count Basie's   (2005)
i. 24349 Misty - (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)
j. 24350 Bird Song - (Thad Jones)
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
k. 24352 Cute - (Neal Hefti)
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
l. 24353 Please Send Me Someone To Love - 5:52(Percy Mayfield)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20696 — At Count Basie's   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60696 — At Count Basie's   
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
Verve CD075021034808 — At Count Basie's   (2005)
m. 24354 Caravan - 9:51(Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20696 — At Count Basie's   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60696 — At Count Basie's   
EmArcy LP 12"195J 10105 — At Count Basie's   (1988)
Verve CD075021034808 — At Count Basie's   (2005)
n. 24355 Cuttin' Out - (Joe Newman)

Uncertain if "Song of the Soul" is the Harold Ousley composition of that title.

One additional unissued selection 24351 "Two for One" - composer unknown.


Date: February 14, 1961
Location: Bell Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

Clifford Jordan (ldr), Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner (as), Clifford Jordan (ts), Tommy Flanagan, Ronnie Mathews (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. a-01 A Story Tale - 4:48(Clifford Jordan)
b. a-02 Cumberland Court - 3:40(Clifford Jordan)
c. a-03 You're Driving Me Crazy - 5:35(Walter Donaldson)
d. a-04 Defiance - 3:23(Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner)
e. b-01 Prints - 5:58(Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner)
f. b-02 Hip Pockets - 5:00(Clifford Jordan, Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner)
g. b-03 They Say It's Wonderful - 5:12(Irving Berlin)
Riverside LP 12"RM 3519 — Great Jazz Artists Play Irving Berlin   
Riverside LP 12"RS 93519 — Great Jazz Artists Play Irving Berlin   
h. b-04 If I Didn't Care - 5:13(Jack Lawrence)
All titles on:
Jazzland LP 12"JLP 40 — A Story Tale   
Milestone CDMCD 47092-2 — Mosaic   (2001)

Tommy Flanagan (p) on c-e, g; Ronnie Mathews (p) on a-b, f, h.

Contrary to every known listing, Tommy Flanagan is not the pianist on "Hip Pockets."


Date: February 22, 1961
Location: Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City
Label: Candid

Abbey Lincoln (ldr), Eric Dolphy (pic, f, bcl, as), Walter Benton, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Roger 'Montego Joe' Sanders, Robert Whitley (cga), Abbey Lincoln (v)

a. a-01 Straight Ahead - 5:18(Mal Waldron, Earl Baker, Abbey Lincoln) / arr: Mal Waldron
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   
b. a-02 When Malindy Sings - 4:00(Paul Laurence Dunbar, Oscar Brown, Jr.) / arr: Booker Little
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   
c. a-03 In The Red - 8:23(Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, Chips Bayen) / arr: Booker Little
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   
d. b-01 Monkery's The Blues [lyric version of Blue Monk] - 6:32(Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln) / arr: Mal Waldron
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   
e. b-02 Left Alone - 6:42(Mal Waldron, Billie Holiday) / arr: Julian Priester
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   
Universal CD0600753209615 — Through The Years   (2009)
f. b-03 African Lady - 3:42(Randy Weston, Langston Hughes) / arr: Max Roach
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   
g. b-03 (tk 04)alt African Lady - 3:39(Randy Weston, Langston Hughes) / arr: Max Roach
Candid CDCCD 79033 — Candid Dolphy   (1989)
h. b-04 Retribution - 3:45(Julian Priester, Abbey Lincoln) / arr: Julian Priester
Candid LP 12"CJM 8015 — Straight Ahead   
CBS LP 12"S 64655 — Straight Ahead   
Candid CDCCD 79015 — Straight Ahead   

Eric Dolphy (pic) on f-g, (f) on b, (bcl) on e, h, (as) on a-d; Roger 'Montego Joe' Sanders (cga) on f-g; Robert Whitley (cga) on f-g.

Contrary to Lord, Dolphy plays flute not piccolo on b.


Date: March 4, 1961
Location: Carnegie Hall, New York City
Label: Verve

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), John Frosk, Clark Terry, Nick Travis, Carl Warwick (t), Dizzy Gillespie (t, v), John Barrows, Richard Berg, Jim Buffington, Gunther Schuller (frh), George Matthews, Arnet Sparrow, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Don Butterfield (tu), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Chuck Lampkin (d), Ray Barretto, Julio Collazo, José Mangual, Sr. (per), Joe Carroll (v)

a. 61VK 248 This Is The Way - 3:53(Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
Verve LP 12"V6-8423 — Carnegie Hall Concert   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)
b. 61VK 249 Manteca - 6:24(Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Walter 'Gil' Fuller) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
Verve LP 12"V6-8423 — Carnegie Hall Concert   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)
c. 61VK 250 Things To Come - (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
d. 61VK 251 Ool-Ya-Koo - 5:38(Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
Verve LP 12"V6-8423 — Carnegie Hall Concert   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)
e. 61VK 252 Ow! - (Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
f. 61VK 253 Emanon - (Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
g. 61VK 254 Con Alma - (Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
h. 61VK 255 I Waited For You - (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
i. 61VK 256 A Night In Tunisia - 13:14(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
Verve LP 12"V6-8423 — Carnegie Hall Concert   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)
j. ? Kush - 4:11(Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Lalo Schifrin
Verve LP 12"V6-8423 — Carnegie Hall Concert   
Verve CD314 519 809-2 — Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall Concert   (1993)

Joe Carroll (v) on d; Dizzy Gillespie (v) on d.

"A Night In Tunisia" listed as "Tunisian Fantasy." Master number for "Kush" is unknown.


Date: March 17, 1961
Location: Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City
Label: Candid

Booker Little (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, bcl, as), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Don Friedman (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d, tmp)

a. We Speak - 6:41(Booker Little)
Candid LP 12"CJM 8027 — Out Front   
Candid CD32JDC-106 — Out Front + 1   
Candid CDTKCB-30462 — Out Front + 1   
Candid CDCCD 79027 — Out Front   (2000)
b. tk 01alt Quiet Please - 8:12(Booker Little)
Candid CDCCD 79033 — Candid Dolphy   (1989)
c. Quiet Please - 8:00(Booker Little)
Candid LP 12"CJM 8027 — Out Front   
Candid CD32JDC-106 — Out Front + 1   
Candid CDTKCB-30462 — Out Front + 1   
Candid CDCCD 79027 — Out Front   (2000)
d. A New Day - 5:23(Booker Little)
Candid LP 12"CJM 8027 — Out Front   
Candid CD32JDC-106 — Out Front + 1   
Candid CDTKCB-30462 — Out Front + 1   
Candid CDCCD 79027 — Out Front   (2000)

Eric Dolphy (f) on d, (bcl) on a-c, (as) on a.

All titles from Candid CM 8027 issued on CBS Sony-Candid (Jap) SOPC-57004, Victor-Candid (Jap) SMJ-6170, Barnaby BR-5019, Candid (G) 9027.


Date: April 22, 1961
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Quincy Jones (ldr), Joe Lopes, Phil Woods (as), Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson (ts), Pat Patrick (bar), John Bello, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham (t), Julius Watkins (frh), Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Les Spann (g), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Stu Martin (d), Quincy Jones (con)

a. 01 G'won Train - 6:15(Patti Bown)
b. 02 Caravan - 2:30(Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
c. 03 Stockholm Sweetnin' - 5:30(Quincy Jones)
d. 04 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set - 5:00(Quincy Jones, Henri Gabriel Salvador, Dorcas Cochran)
e. 05 Airmail Special - 4:30(Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy, Benny Goodman)

Timings are approximate. Personnel speculative, based on July 3, 1961 Newport Jazz Festival performance. One additional selection: #6: Theme - composer unknown.


Date: April 29, 1961
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Quincy Jones (ldr), Joe Lopes, Phil Woods (as), Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson (ts), Pat Patrick (bar), John Bello, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham (t), Julius Watkins (frh), Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Les Spann (g), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Stu Martin (d), Quincy Jones (con)

a. 01 Cherokee - 5:00(Ray Noble)
b. 02 G'won Train - 6:15(Patti Bown)
c. 03 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set - 5:00(Quincy Jones, Henri Gabriel Salvador, Dorcas Cochran)
d. 04 Caravan - 2:30(Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)

Timings are approximate. Personnel speculative, based on July 3, 1961 Newport Jazz Festival performance. One additional selection: #5 (5:30) - title unknown.


Date: May 25, 1961
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic

John Coltrane (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, as), John Coltrane (ss, ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. 5556 Olé [aka Venga Vallejo] - 18:05(John Coltrane)
Atlantic LP 12"1373 — Olé Coltrane   (1962)
b. 5557 Dahomey Dance - 10:50(John Coltrane)
Atlantic LP 12"1373 — Olé Coltrane   (1962)
c. 5558 Aisha - 7:32(McCoy Tyner)
Atlantic LP 12"1373 — Olé Coltrane   (1962)
d. 5559 To Her Ladyship - 8:54(Billy Frazier)
Atlantic LP 12"1553 — The Coltrane Legacy   (1970)
All titles on:
Rhino CDR2 71984 — The Heavyweight Champion - The Complete Atlantic Recordings   (1995)

Eric Dolphy (f) on a, d, (as) on b-c; John Coltrane (ss) on a, d, (ts) on b-d; Art Davis (b) on a-b, d; Reggie Workman (b) on a-c.

"To Her Ladyship" has been issued as "Untitled Original Ballad".

"Ole" is actually a traditional piece named "Venga Vallejo".


Date: June 7, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

John Coltrane (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, bcl, as), John Coltrane (ts), Pat Patrick (bar), Booker Little (t), Donald Corrado, Robert Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (frh), Britt Woodman (tb), Carl Bowman (eu), Bill Barber (tu), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. alt Africa - 16:01(John Coltrane) / arr: Eric Dolphy
b. Africa - 16:26(John Coltrane) / arr: Eric Dolphy
c. Blues Minor - 7:20(John Coltrane)
All titles on:
GRP/Impulse! CDIMPD2-168 — The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions   (1995)

ABC Ledger indicates "no master #'s" for this session.

According to Fujioka, the shorter, alternative take of "Africa" is a spliced together version. Details on specific takes are not known.

"Blues Minor" was hastily arranged by Tyner and Dolphy.

Some issues misspell McCoy Tyner as Turner.


Date: July 1, 1961
Location: Music At Newport, Newport, RI
Label: [private recording]

John Coltrane (ldr), John Coltrane (ss, ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Reggie Workman (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. 01 Impressions - 6:16(John Coltrane)
Musica Jazz (It) LP 12"2MJP 1051 — John Coltrane   
b. 02 Naima - 4:05(John Coltrane)
c. 03 My Favorite Things - 16:16(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Musica Jazz (It) LP 12"2MJP 1051 — John Coltrane   

John Coltrane (ss) on c, (ts) on a-b.

In 1961 there was no Newport Jazz Festival affiliated with George Wein.

According to Fujioka, a short spoken announcement (0:13) precedes the first selection, introducing it as "So What."


Date: July 3, 1961
Location: Music At Newport, Newport, RI
Label: Mercury

Quincy Jones (ldr), Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson (f, ts), Les Spann (f, g), Joe Lopes, Phil Woods (as), Pat Patrick (bar), John Bello, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham (t), Julius Watkins (frh), Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Stu Martin (d), Quincy Jones (con)

a. 21118 Ghana - 4:06(Ernie Wilkins) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
Mercury LP 12"25PJ-58/61 — Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album   (1984)
b. 21119 Meet B. B. [aka Meet Benny Bailey] - 3:58(Quincy Jones, Jon Hendricks)
c. 21120 G'won Train - 6:02(Patti Bown)
d. 21121 Evening In Paris - 5:11(Quincy Jones)
e. 21122 Banjaluka - 5:54(Phil Woods)
f. 21123 Lester Leaps In - 6:10(Lester Young) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
g. 21124 The Boy In The Tree - 5:01(Quincy Jones)
h. 21125 Airmail Special - 4:25(Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy, Benny Goodman) / arr: Al Cohn
All titles on:
Mercury LP 12"MG 20653 — At Newport '61   

In 1961 there was no Newport Jazz Festival affiliated with George Wein.


Date: July 3, 1961
Location: Music At Newport, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]

Carol Sloane (ldr), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Stu Martin (d), Carol Sloane (v)

a. 01 Pennies From Heaven - (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke)
b. 02 What's New - (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
c. 03 Little Girl Blue - (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
d. 04 Sweet Georgia Brown - (Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey, Ben Bernie)

Voice of America tape held by Library of Congress.

In 1961 there was no Newport Jazz Festival affiliated with George Wein.


Date: July 6, 1961
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Label: Chess

Al Grey, Billy Mitchell (ldr), Billy Mitchell (as, ts), Henry Boozier (t), Al Grey (tb, eu), Gene Kee (ah, p), Art Davis (b), Jual Curtis (d), Ray Barretto (cga)

a. 11030 African Lady - (Randy Weston, Langston Hughes)
b. 11031 Bantu - 3:05(Randy Weston)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)
c. 11032 Just Waiting - (Melba Liston)
d. 11033 Melba's Blues [aka Melba's Tune] - 6:40(Melba Liston)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)
e. 11034 Nothin' But The Truth - (Patti Bown, Durwar Collins)
f. 11035 Maggie's Theme -
g. 11036 On Green Dolphin Street - 2:47(Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)
h. 11037 Wild Deuce - 3:18(Gene Kee)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)
i. 11038 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
j. 11039 Bluish Grey - 4:35(Thad Jones)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)
k. 11040 Home Fries - 3:00(Gene Kee)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)
l. Grey's Blues - 4:54(Al Grey)
Argo LP 12"LP 689 — The Al Grey-Billy Mitchell Sextet Presented by Metronome Magazine and the Museum of Modern Art   (1961)
Chess LP 12"2ACMJ 409 — Basic Grey   (1976)
Chess LP 12"CH2-9220 — Basic Grey   (1984)

Date: July 11, 1961
Location: Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

Elvin Jones (ldr), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. Pretty Brown - 3:30(Ernie Wilkins)
b. Four And Six - 5:01(Oliver Nelson)
Both titles on:
Riverside LP 12"RLP 9409 — Elvin!   
Milestone LP 12"M 47016 — The Big Beat   (1973)
LoneHill Jazz CDLHJ 10340 — Complete Original Trio Recordings   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-259-2 — Elvin!   (1987)
Milestone CDMCD 47016 — The Big Beat   (1989)

Date: August 1, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Eric Dolphy (as), Clifford Jordan (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga), Carlos Eugenio (per), Abbey Lincoln (v)

a. 10460 Garvey's Ghost - 7:53(Max Roach)
b. 10461 Mendacity - 8:54(Max Roach, Chips Bayen)
Both titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A-8 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD-122 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   (1993)

Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga) on a; Carlos Eugenio (per) on a.


Date: August 3, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, bcl), Clifford Jordan (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga)

a. 10462 Mama - 4:50(Max Roach)
b. 10463 Tender Warriors - 6:53(Max Roach)
Both titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A-8 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD-122 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   (1993)

Eric Dolphy (f) on b; Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga) on b.

ABC ledgers show a performance of "Tender Warriors" - it is not known whether this take or the one from August 8, 1961 is the issued take.


Date: August 8, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, bcl, as), Clifford Jordan (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga)

a. 10463 Tender Warriors - (Max Roach)
b. 10468 Praise For A Martyr - 7:10(Max Roach)
Impulse! LP 12"A-8 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD-122 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   (1993)

Eric Dolphy (bcl) on a, (as) on b; Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga) on a.

ABC ledgers show a performance of "Tender Warriors" - it is not known whether this take or the one from August 3, 1961 is the issued take.

ABC ledgers show a performance of "Praise For A Martyr" - it is not known whether this take or the one from August 9, 1961 is the issued take.


Date: August 9, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, as), Clifford Jordan (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga)

a. 10468 Praise For A Martyr - (Max Roach)
b. 10473 Man From South Africa - 5:12(Max Roach)
Impulse! LP 12"A-8 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD-122 — Percussion Bitter Sweet   (1993)

Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga) on b.

ABC ledgers show a performance of "Praise For A Martyr" - it is not known if this take or the one from August 8, 1961 is the issued take.


Date: August 16, 1961
Location: Nola Studios, New York City
Label: Mercury

Roland Kirk (ldr), Roland Kirk (ww), Richard Wyands (p), Art Davis (b), Charli Persip (d)

a. 21889-1alt Blues For Alice - 5:11(Charlie Parker)
Mercury LP 12"25PJ-58/61 — Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album   (1984)
b. 21889-3 Blues For Alice - 4:07(Charlie Parker)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20679 — We Free Kings   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60679 — We Free Kings   
c. 21890 My Delight - 4:28(Roland Kirk)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20679 — We Free Kings   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60679 — We Free Kings   
d. 21891 The Haunted Melody - 3:37(Roland Kirk)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20679 — We Free Kings   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60679 — We Free Kings   
e. 21892 A Sack Full Of Soul - 4:37(Roland Kirk)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20679 — We Free Kings   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60679 — We Free Kings   
All titles on:
Mercury CD846 630-2 — Rahsaan: The Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk   (1990)

Date: August 19, 1961
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Gigi Gryce (ldr), Gigi Gryce (as), Richard Williams (t), Eddie Costa (vib), Richard Wyands (p), Art Davis (b), Mickey Roker (d)

a. 01 Blues In Bloom - 11:00(Norman Mapp)
b. 02 A Premonition Of You - 4:30(Gigi Gryce)
c. 03 A Night In Tunisia - 7:15(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
d. 04 Down Home - 5:30(Curtis Fuller)

Personnel is speculative.


Date: August 21, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note

Freddie Hubbard (ldr), Wayne Shorter (ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), Kiane Zawadi (eu), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. tk 5 Arietis - 6:39(Freddie Hubbard)
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84085 — Ready For Freddie   
b. tk 6alt Arietis - 5:50(Freddie Hubbard)
c. tk 7 Marie Antoinette - 6:37(Wayne Shorter)
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84085 — Ready For Freddie   
d. tk 10alt Marie Antoinette - 6:14(Wayne Shorter)
e. tk 12 Crisis - 11:42(Freddie Hubbard)
Blue Note LP 12"BN LA 356 H2 — Freddie Hubbard   
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84085 — Ready For Freddie   
f. tk 13 A Weaver Of Dreams - 6:34(Victor Young, John M. 'Jack' Elliott)
Blue Note LP 12"BN LA 356 H2 — Freddie Hubbard   
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84085 — Ready For Freddie   
g. tk 16 Birdlike - 10:34(Freddie Hubbard)
Blue Note LP 12"BST 84085 — Ready For Freddie   
Blue Note CDCDP 7 93202 2 — The Best Of Freddie Hubbard   (1989)
Blue Note CD0946 3 31431 2 8 — The Artist Selects   (2005)
All titles on:
Blue Note CDCDP 7243 8 32094 2 2 — Ready For Freddie   (1995)
Blue Note CD7243 5 90837 2 8 — Ready For Freddie   (2004)

Wayne Shorter (ts) on a-e, g; Kiane Zawadi (eu) on a-e, g.

The ending of "Birdlike" sounds spliced after the bass solo.


Date: September 15, 1961
Label: Impulse!

Gil Evans (ldr), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (as), John Carisi (t, con), Johnny Glasel, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (t), Urbie Green (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Harvey Phillips (tu), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Barry Galbraith (g), Art Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a. 10519alt Barry's Tune - (John Carisi) / arr: John Carisi

Gil Evans sponsored this and the other related sessions.

ABC ledgers lists this - assumed that this is not the issued take as issues give date of October 6, 1961. Personnel uncertain and speculative - taken from the later date.


Date: September 15, 1961
Location: Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

Mark Murphy (ldr), Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry (t), Wynton Kelly (p), Art Davis (b), Jimmy Cobb (d), Ray Barretto (cga), Mark Murphy (v), Ernie Wilkins (con)

a. Doodlin' - 3:24(Horace Silver) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
b. Twisted - 2:27(Wardell Gray) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c. Milestones [aka Miles] - 2:26(Miles Davis) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
All titles on:
Riverside LP 12"RLP 9395 — Rah   
Riverside LP 12"RLP-12-395 — Rah   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-141-2 — Rah   

Date: September 20, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Verve

Anita O'Day (ldr), Art Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d), Gary McFarland (con)

a. 61VK 283 One More Mile - (Gary McFarland, Bobby Paxton) / arr: Gary McFarland
b. 61VK 284 Boogie Blues - (Gene Krupa, Ray Biondi) / arr: Gary McFarland
c. 61VK 285 Ballad Of The Sad Young Men - (Thomas J. Wolf, Jr., Fran Landesman) / arr: Gary McFarland

Tapes for this session are reportedly lost. Two additional master numbers 61VK 458 and 61VK 459 listed but with no titles.

This session apparently never received vocal overdubs by O'Day and was not used for the album "All The Sad Young Men."

Personnel based on Art Davis's recollections. Unknown additional musicians (a studio big band such as McFarland led for subsequent sessions).


Date: September 29, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Oliver Nelson (ldr), Bob Ashton (f, cl, ts), Eric Dixon (f, ts), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Arthur 'Babe' Clark (cl, bar), Oliver Nelson (as, ts, con), Jerry Kail, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder (t), Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins (frh), Urbie Green, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Don Butterfield (tu), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Ray Barretto (per), Peter Makas, Charles McCracken (vc)

a. 3227 Message - 5:50(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Prestige LP 12"PR 7225 — Afro-American Sketches   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1819-2 — Afro-American Sketches   
b. 3228 There's A Yearnin' - 4:20(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Prestige LP 12"PR 7225 — Afro-American Sketches   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1819-2 — Afro-American Sketches   
Warner Bros. CD20383 — Les Incontournables   (1997)
c. 3229alt Jungleaire - (Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
d. 3230 Disillusioned - 5:30(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Prestige LP 12"PR 7225 — Afro-American Sketches   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1819-2 — Afro-American Sketches   
e. 3231 Freedom Dance - 4:39(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Prestige LP 12"PR 7225 — Afro-American Sketches   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1819-2 — Afro-American Sketches   
f. 3232 Emancipation Blues - 8:10(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Prestige LP 12"PR 7225 — Afro-American Sketches   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1819-2 — Afro-American Sketches   

Eric Dixon (f) on d-f, (ts) on d-f; Arthur 'Babe' Clark (cl) on d-f, (bar) on d-f; Ray Alonge (frh) on a-c; Jim Buffington (frh) on a-c; Julius Watkins (frh) on a-c; Patti Bown (p) on d-f.


Date: September 30, 1961
Location: Birdland, New York City
Label: [radio broadcast]

Gigi Gryce (ldr), Gigi Gryce (as), Richard Williams (t), Eddie Costa (vib), Richard Wyands (p), Art Davis (b), Mickey Roker (d)

a. 01 [unknown title] - 7:15(Composer Unknown)
b. 02 Take The "A" Train - 4:30(Billy Strayhorn)
c. 03 Down Home - 5:00(Curtis Fuller)

Personnel is speculative.


Date: October 1961
Location: Basin Street East, New York City
Label: Mercury

Billy Eckstine (ldr), Les Spann (f, g), Joe Lopes, Phil Woods (as), Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson (ts), John Bello, Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham (t), Julius Watkins (frh), Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Stu Martin (d), Billy Eckstine (v), Quincy Jones (con)

a. 01 All Right, OK, You Win - (Sidney Wyche, Mayme Watts) / arr: Quincy Jones
b. 02 I'm Falling For You - (Clarence Williams, Joe Trafalger Hubert, George H. Sanders) / arr: Quincy Jones
c. 02 Fool That I Am - (Floyd Hunt) / arr: Quincy Jones
d. 02 Everything I Have Is Yours - (Burton Lane, Harold Adamson) / arr: Quincy Jones
e. 02 In The Still Of The Night - (Cole Porter) / arr: Quincy Jones
f. 03 Don't Get Around Much Anymore - (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Quincy Jones
g. 03 I'm Just A Lucky So And So - (Duke Ellington, Mack David) / arr: Quincy Jones
h. 03 Caravan - (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) / arr: Quincy Jones
i. 03 Sophisticated Lady - (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) / arr: Quincy Jones
j. 04 Work Song [lyric version] - (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr.) / arr: Quincy Jones
k. 05 Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me) - (Sidney Clare, Con Conrad) / arr: Quincy Jones
All titles on:
Mercury LP 12"MG 20674 — At Basin Street East   

b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i performed as medley.

"Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)" performed as "Ma (She's Making Eyes At Me)"


Date: October 6, 1961
Label: Impulse!

John Carisi (ldr), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (as), John Carisi (t, con), Johnny Glasel, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (t), Urbie Green (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Harvey Phillips (tu), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Barry Galbraith (g), Art Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a. 10528alt Moon Taj - (John Carisi) / arr: John Carisi
b. 10529 Barry's Tune - 3:30(John Carisi) / arr: John Carisi
Impulse! LP 12"A-9 — Into The Hot   (1962)
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD-39104 — Into The Hot   (1988)
c. 10529A Israel - (John Carisi) / arr: John Carisi

Issued under the name of Gil Evans, who sponsored the sessions.

ABC ledger lists the unissued selections. "Israel" is marked - "will not be in album." It is assumed that the issued version of "Moon Taj" is from October 31, 1961.


Date: October 17, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Gene Ammons (ldr), Gene Ammons (ts), Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Art Davis (b), Arthur Taylor (d), Ray Barretto (cga)

a. 3233 The Breeze And I - 6:25(Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7208 — Up Tight   
b. 3234 Carbow - 6:05(Gene Ammons)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7445 — Boss Soul   
c. 3235 Moonglow - 5:02(Will Hudson, Edgar DeLange, Irving Mills)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7208 — Up Tight   
d. 3236 The Masquerade Is Over - 6:00(Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7445 — Boss Soul   
e. 3237 I'm Beginning To See The Light - 4:45(Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Don George)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7445 — Boss Soul   
f. 3238 Jug's Blue Blues - 8:15(Gene Ammons)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7208 — Up Tight   
g. 3239 Lester Leaps In - 4:10(Lester Young)
Prestige LP 12"PR 7208 — Up Tight   
All titles on:
Prestige CDPRCD-24140-2 — Up Tight!   

Date: October 31, 1961
Label: Impulse!

John Carisi (ldr), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (as), John Carisi (t, con), Johnny Glasel, Joe Wilder (t), Urbie Green (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Harvey Phillips (tu), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Barry Galbraith (g), Art Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a. 10555 Moon Taj - 8:15(John Carisi) / arr: John Carisi
Impulse! LP 12"A-9 — Into The Hot   (1962)
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD-39104 — Into The Hot   (1988)

Issued under the name of Gil Evans, who sponsored the sessions.

ABC ledger lists this, marked "remake" - apparently this is the version issued.


Date: November 10, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Oliver Nelson (ldr), Eric Dixon (f, ts), Oliver Nelson (as, ts, con), Joe Newman, Clyde Reasinger, Ernie Royal (t), Billy Byers, Melba Liston (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Don Butterfield (tu), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Ray Barretto (per)

a. 3260 Going Up North - 6:08(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
b. 3261 Jungleaire - 6:25(Oliver Nelson) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Warner Bros. CD20383 — Les Incontournables   (1997)
Both titles on:
Prestige LP 12"PR 7225 — Afro-American Sketches   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-1819-2 — Afro-American Sketches   

Date: December 1, 1961
Location: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Label: Columbia

Carol Sloane (ldr), Bob Brookmeyer (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), Bernie Leighton (p), Art Davis (b), Walter Perkins (d), Carol Sloane (v), Bill Finegan (con)

a. CO68514 Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries - 1:55(Ray Henderson, Lew Brown) / arr: Bill Finegan
b. CO68515 Aren't You Glad You're You - 2:01(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Bill Finegan
c. CO68516 The More I See You - 2:34(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) / arr: Bill Finegan
All titles on:
Columbia LP 12"CL 1766 — Out Of The Blue   
Koch Jazz CDKOC3-7810-2 — Out Of The Blue   (1996)

Date: December 6, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Atlantic

Solomon Burke (ldr), Leon Cohen (as), Jesse Powell (ts), Phil Kraus (vib), Don Arnone, Everett Barksdale, Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Hank Jones (p), Robert Mosely (org), Art Davis (b), Gary Chester (d), Solomon Burke, William Eaton, Noah Hopkins, Richard Kraus, Howard Roberts, Earl Rogers, Sherman Sneed, David Vogel (v), Claus Ogerman (con)

a. A5843 A Tear Fell - (Dorian Burton, Eugene Randolph) / arr: Claus Ogerman
b. A5844 Cry To Me - (Bert Berns [aka Bert Russell]) / arr: Claus Ogerman
Atlantic 452131 — Cry To Me/I Almost Lost My Mind   
Rhino CDR2 70284 — Home In Your Heart   (1992)
c. A5845 I Almost Lost My Mind - (Ivory Joe Hunter) / arr: Claus Ogerman
Atlantic 452131 — Cry To Me/I Almost Lost My Mind   
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"8067 — Greatest Hits   (1962)

Date: December 27, 1961
Location: Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

Elvin Jones (ldr), Frank Wess (f), Frank Foster (ts), Thad Jones (c), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. Shadowland - 4:06(Sara Cassey)
b. Ray-El - 8:03(Thad Jones)
Both titles on:
Riverside LP 12"RLP 9409 — Elvin!   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-259-2 — Elvin!   (1987)

Date: ca. 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Roulette

Lalo Schifrin (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Jimmy Raney (g), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Rudy Collins (d), Willie Rodriguez (per)

a. The Snake's Dance - (Lalo Schifrin)
b. An Evening In Sao Paulo - (Lalo Schifrin)
c. Desafinado [aka Slightly Out Of Tune] - (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Jon Hendricks)
d. Kush - (Dizzy Gillespie)
e. Rhythm-a-ning - (Thelonious Monk)
f. Mount Olive - (Lalo Schifrin)
g. Cubano Be - (George Russell)
h. Sphyros - (Lalo Schifrin)
All titles on:
Roulette LP 12"R 52088 — Lalo = Brilliance   
Fresh Sound CDFSR-CD 319 — Tin Tin Deo   

Date given as 1962.


Date: 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Vanguard

Sylvia Fricker, Ian Tyson (ldr), Ian Tyson (g, v), Art Davis (b), Sylvia Fricker (v)

a. Un Canadien Errant - 2:55(Traditional, Antoine Gerin-Lajoie)
b. Got No More Home Than A Dog - 3:19(W. C. Handy)
Both titles on:
Vanguard LP 12"VSD 2113 — Ian & Sylvia   

1962 is issue date.


Date: January 3, 1962
Location: Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside

Elvin Jones (ldr), Frank Wess (f), Frank Foster (ts), Thad Jones (c), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. Lady Luck - 6:19(Thad Jones)
Milestone LP 12"M 47016 — The Big Beat   (1973)
Milestone CDMCD 47016 — The Big Beat   (1989)
b. Buzz-at - 6:31(Thad Jones)
Milestone LP 12"M 47016 — The Big Beat   (1973)
Milestone CDMCD 47016 — The Big Beat   (1989)
c. You Are Too Beautiful - 4:20(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
All titles on:
Riverside LP 12"RLP 9409 — Elvin!   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-259-2 — Elvin!   (1987)

Frank Foster (ts) on a-b.


Date: January 10, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

McCoy Tyner (ldr), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. 10684 Inception - 4:18(McCoy Tyner)
b. 10685 Sunset - 4:30(McCoy Tyner)
c. 10686 Effendi - 6:23(McCoy Tyner)
All titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A 18 — Inception   
Impulse! LP 12"ASD 9338/2 — The Early Trios   (1978)
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 42000 — Inception/Nights Of Ballads And Blues   (1988)
GRP/Impulse! CDIMPD 220 — Inception   (1997)

Date: January 11, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

McCoy Tyner (ldr), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. 10687 Speak Low - 6:05(Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
b. 10688 There Is No Greater Love - 6:07(Marty Symes, Isham Jones)
c. 10689 Blues For Gwen - 4:16(McCoy Tyner)
All titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A 18 — Inception   
Impulse! LP 12"ASD 9338/2 — The Early Trios   (1978)
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 42000 — Inception/Nights Of Ballads And Blues   (1988)
GRP/Impulse! CDIMPD 220 — Inception   (1997)

Date: January 17, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Verve

Jack Teagarden (ldr), Don Goldie (t), Jack Teagarden (tb, v), Barry Galbraith (g), Bernie Leighton (p), Art Davis (b), Bob Brookmeyer, Claus Ogerman (con)

a. 62VK326-5 Where Are You? - 2:50(Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) / arr: Claus Ogerman
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)
b. 62VK327 Moonlight Mississippi - (Willard Robison) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
c. 62VK328-7 A Cottage For Sale - 3:34(Willard Robison, L. Conley) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)
d. 62VK329-8/insert 2 In A Little Waterfront Cafe - 3:55(Willard Robison) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)

Bob Brookmeyer (con) on b-d; Claus Ogerman (con) on a.

Other personnel unknown. Identity of pianist and guitarist is uncertain. Elliot Eberhard has also been suggested as pianist on some of this material.


Date: January 18, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Verve

Jack Teagarden (ldr), Don Goldie (t), Jack Teagarden (tb, v), Barry Galbraith (g), Bernie Leighton (p), Art Davis (b), Bob Brookmeyer, Russ Case (con)

a. 62VK330-6 Don't Smoke In Bed - 3:18(Willard Robison) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)
b. 62VK331-7 'Tain't So Honey, 'Tain't So - 2:40(Willard Robison) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)
c. 62VK332 Don't Take Your Meanness Out On Me - (Willard Robison) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
d. 62VK333-6/insert 2 I'm A Fool About My Mama - 3:30(Willard Robison) / arr: Russ Case
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)
e. 62VK334-12 Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer - 3:39(Willard Robison, Ray Mayer) / arr: Russ Case
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)

Jack Teagarden (v) on a-c, e; Bob Brookmeyer (con) on a-c; Russ Case (con) on d-e.

Other personnel unknown. Identity of pianist and guitarist is uncertain. Elliot Eberhard has also been suggested as pianist on some of this material.


Date: January 19, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Verve

Jack Teagarden (ldr), Don Goldie (t), Jack Teagarden (tb, v), Barry Galbraith (g), Bernie Leighton (p), Art Davis (b), Russ Case (con)

a. 62VK335-3 Country Boy Blues - 4:06(Willard Robison) / arr: Russ Case
b. 62VK336-5/insert 2 Old Folks - 2:45(Willard Robison, Dedette Hill) / arr: Russ Case
c. 62VK337-4/insert 4 'Round The Old Deserted Farm - 2:55(Willard Robison) / arr: Russ Case
d. 62VK338-6/? Think Well Of Me - 2:40(Willard Robison) / arr: Russ Case
All titles on:
Verve LP 12"V6-8465 — Think Well Of Me   
Verve CD314 557 101-2 — Think Well Of Me   (1998)

Other personnel unknown. Identity of pianist and guitarist is uncertain. Elliot Eberhard has also been suggested as pianist on some of this material.


Date: February 15, 1962
Location: Fine Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Clifford Jordan (ts), Richard Williams (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Earl Baker (v), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (con)

a. 10776 It's Time - 6:42(Max Roach)
b. 10777 Living Room - 7:28(Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln)
Both titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A-16 — It's Time   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 185 — It's Time   (1996)

In addition to bass vocalist Earl Baker, all tracks feature a chorus of additional unknown singers. Possibly students at Manhattan School of Music (see Donald Byrd Blue Note session of January 12, 1963).


Date: February 20, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Sam 'The Man' Taylor (ldr), Sam 'The Man' Taylor (ts), Wally Richardson (g), Lloyd Mayers (p), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d)

a. 3409 Ruby - (Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld)
b. 3410 Love Theme From "The World Of Suzie Wong" - (George Duning)
c. 3411 Laura - (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer)
d. 3412 Theme From "Anastasia" - (Alfred Newman)
e. 3413 Theme From "The Barefoot Contessa" - (Mario Nascimbene)
f. 3414 Gloria - (Bronislau Kaper)
g. 3415 The Bad And The Beautiful - (David Raksin, Dory Langdon Previn)
h. 3416 El Negro Zumbon (Theme From "Anna") - (Francesco Giordano, William Engvick, Vatro Roman)
All titles on:
Prestige/Moodsville LP 12"MVLP 24 — The Bad And The Beautiful   

Date: February 26, 1962
Location: Fine Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Clifford Jordan (ts), Richard Williams (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Earl Baker (v), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (con)

a. 10790 Another Valley - 8:44(Max Roach)
b. 10791 The Profit - 7:30(Max Roach)
Both titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A-16 — It's Time   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 185 — It's Time   (1996)

In addition to bass vocalist Earl Baker, all tracks feature a chorus of additional unknown singers. Possibly students at Manhattan School of Music (see Donald Byrd Blue Note session of January 12, 1963).


Date: February 27, 1962
Location: Fine Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Max Roach (ldr), Clifford Jordan (ts), Richard Williams (t), Julian Priester (tb), Mal Waldron (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Earl Baker, Abbey Lincoln (v), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (con)

a. 10792 Lonesome Lover - 7:01(Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln)
Impulse! 4545-214 — Lonesome Lover/Sunday Afternoon   
Impulse! LP 12"A-16 — It's Time   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 185 — It's Time   (1996)
Universal CD0600753209615 — Through The Years   (2009)
b. 10793 Sunday Afternoon - 6:13(Max Roach)
Impulse! 4545-214 — Lonesome Lover/Sunday Afternoon   
Impulse! LP 12"A-16 — It's Time   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 185 — It's Time   (1996)
c. 10794 Prelude - (Max Roach)

Abbey Lincoln (v) on a.

In addition to bass vocalist Earl Baker, all tracks feature a chorus of additional unknown singers. Possibly students at Manhattan School of Music (see Donald Byrd Blue Note session of January 12, 1963).

Selections must have been edited for release on 45 rpm single.


Date: March 10, 1962
Location: Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Label: [private recording]

Gunther Schuller (ldr), Eric Dolphy (f, cl, bcl, as), John Oberbrunner (f), Leroy Strickland (t), Harold Britton, Lorelei Trenge (frh), John Iannotta (tb), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Barry Galbraith (g), Art Davis, Chuck Israels (b), Sticks Evans (d), Adrienne Galimir, Louis Krasner (vn), Joan Mulfinger (vl), George Mulfinger, Jr. (vc), Gunther Schuller (con)

a. II - 01 Ragtime For Eleven Instruments - (Igor Stravinsky)
b. II - 02 Little Blue Devil [Kleiner Blauteufel] - (Gunther Schuller)
c. II - 03 Variants On A Theme Of Thelonious Monk (Criss Cross) - 16:52(Gunther Schuller)
GM CDGM 3005 CD — Vintage Dolphy   
d. II - 04 Abstraction - (Gunther Schuller)
e. Night Music - 3:50(Gunther Schuller)
GM LP 12"GM 3005D — Vintage Dolphy   (1986)
GM CDGM 3005 CD — Vintage Dolphy   

Eric Dolphy (f) on c, (cl) on a, (bcl) on c, e, (as) on c-d; John Oberbrunner (f) on a-c; Leroy Strickland (t) on a; Harold Britton (frh) on a; Lorelei Trenge (frh) on a; John Iannotta (tb) on a; Eddie Costa (vib) on c, (p) on e; Barry Galbraith (g) on c-e; Art Davis (b) on c-e; Chuck Israels (b) on c-e; Sticks Evans (d) on c-e; Adrienne Galimir (vn) on b-d; Louis Krasner (vn) on b-d; Joan Mulfinger (vl) on b-d; George Mulfinger, Jr. (vc) on b-d.

II - 03 divided 1:15/5:33/2:06/5:21/2:37

Further details of musicians on Stravinsky needed.


Date: April 25, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

Curtis Fuller (ldr), Al DeRisi, Bernie Glow, Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Royal (t), Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Anthony Miranda, Morris Secon (frh), Wayne Andre, Curtis Fuller, Kai Winding (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Alan Raph (btb), Harvey Phillips (tu), Eddie Costa (vib), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d), Manny Albam (con)

a. 10897 Honey In The Honeycomb - 3:17(John Latouche, Vernon Duke) / arr: Manny Albam
b. 10898 Love Me Tomorrow (But Leave Me Alone Today) - 5:15(Vernon Duke, John Latouche) / arr: Manny Albam
Both titles on:
Impulse! CDMVCJ 19145 — Cabin In The Sky   

b performed as medley.

ABC ledger lists this as separate session (#750) from next one for this album (#751).

Love Me Tomorrow/The Prayer issued as a medley. See session of April 24, 1962.

Some discographies confuse the big band and strings sessions for this album.

LP - aural evidence
ABC ledgers


Date: April 25, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

Curtis Fuller (ldr), Al DeRisi, Bernie Glow, Freddie Hubbard, Ernie Royal (t), Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Anthony Miranda, Morris Secon (frh), Wayne Andre, Curtis Fuller, Alan Raph, Kai Winding (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Harvey Phillips (tu), Eddie Costa (vib, p, per), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d), Manny Albam (con)

a. 10899 In My Old Virginia Home (On The River Nile) - 3:32(John Latouche, Vernon Duke) / arr: Manny Albam
b. 10900 Old Ship Of Zion - 3:15(Traditional) / arr: Hall Johnson
c. 10901 Savannah - 2:39(Vernon Duke, John Latouche) / arr: Manny Albam
d. 10902 Taking A Chance On Love - 4:42(Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter) / arr: Manny Albam
e. 10903 The Prayer - 0:32(Roger Edens, George Bassman) / arr: Manny Albam
All titles on:
Impulse! CDMVCJ 19145 — Cabin In The Sky   

d;   e performed as medleys.

Eddie Costa (vib) on a-d, (per) on e.

ABC ledger lists this as separate session (#751) from previous one for this album (#750).

The Prayer/Taking A Chance On Love issued as a medley. See session of April 24, 1962.

Eddie Costa plays chimes on The Prayer.

Some discographies confuse big band and strings sessions for this album.

LP - aural evidence
ABC ledgers


Date: May 4, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Etta Jones (ldr), Budd Johnson (ts), Patti Bown (p), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Etta Jones (v)

a. 3515 Out In The Cold Again - 3:13(Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom)
b. 3516 My Gentleman Friend - 2:17(Arnold B. Horwitt, Richard Lewine)
c. 3517 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 3:06(Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
d. 3518 Trav'lin' Light - 3:41(Jimmy Mundy, James Oliver 'Trummy' Young, Johnny Mercer)
All titles on:
Prestige LP 12"PR 7241 — Lonely And Blue   
Original Jazz Classics CDOJCCD-702-2 — Lonely And Blue   (1992)

Date: May 11, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Clark Terry (ldr), Budd Johnson (ts), George Barrow (bar), Clark Terry (t, fh), Lester Robertson (tb), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d)

a. 3519 Nightlife - 4:34(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Oliver Nelson
b. 3520 Once Upon A Time - 2:20(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Oliver Nelson
c. 3521 It's Fun To Think - 5:06(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Oliver Nelson
d. 3522 I've Just Seen Her - 3:50(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Oliver Nelson
All titles on:
Prestige/Moodsville LP 12"MVLP 26 — All-American   
Prestige CDPRCD-24136-2 — Mellow Moods   

Date: May 15, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Prestige

Clark Terry (ldr), Budd Johnson (ts), George Barrow (bar), Clark Terry (t, fh), Lester Robertson (tb), Eddie Costa (vib, p), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d)

a. 3523 If I Were You - 5:00(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Oliver Nelson
b. 3524 The Fight Song - 3:45(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Oliver Nelson
c. 3525 We Speak The Same Language - 4:05(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Oliver Nelson
d. 3526 What A Country! - 4:22(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Oliver Nelson
All titles on:
Prestige/Moodsville LP 12"MVLP 26 — All-American   
Prestige CDPRCD-24136-2 — Mellow Moods   

Date: June 2, 1962
Location: DC International Jazz Festival, Washington Coliseum, Washington, DC
Label: [radio broadcast]

Thelonious Monk (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Thelonious Monk (p), Art Davis (b), Billy Higgins (d)

a. 01 Evidence - (Thelonious Monk)
b. 02 Well, You Needn't - (Thelonious Monk)
c. 03 Epistrophy - (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke)

Voice of America tapes held in the US Library of Congress.


Date: July 1, 1962
Location: Capitol Studios, New York City
Label: Roulette

Count Basie (ldr), Eric Dixon (f, ts), Frank Wess (f, as, ts), Marshal Royal (cl, as), Charles Fowlkes (bcl, bar), Frank Foster (ts), Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard (t), Henry Coker, Quentin 'Butter' Jackson, Benny Powell (tb), Freddie Green (g), Count Basie (p), Art Davis (b), Sonny Payne (d)

a. 16825-6 The Elder - 6:54(Thad Jones)
Roulette LP 12"R 52113 — Back With Basie   
Mosaic LP 12"MR15-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
Mosaic CDMD10-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
b. 16826-3 Four, Five, Six - 4:37(Frank Foster)
Roulette LP 12"R 52106 — Easin' It   
Mosaic LP 12"MR15-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
Mosaic CDMD10-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
c. 16827-7 Toot Sweet - 3:18(Thad Jones)
Roulette LP 12"R 52117 — Big Band Scene '65   
Mosaic LP 12"MR15-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
Mosaic CDMD10-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
d. 16828-4 Summer Frost - 3:07(Frank Wess)
Roulette LP 12"R 52113 — Back With Basie   
Mosaic LP 12"MR15-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
Mosaic CDMD10-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
e. 16829 The Song Is You - (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)

Studio not definite.

Mosaic boxed set notes: Buddy Catlett is listed on bass on Roulette 52113, but he did not join the Basie band until September, 1962 and is not present on any of these July, 1962 sessions.


Date: July 2, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

Freddie Hubbard (ldr), John Gilmore (ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), Curtis Fuller (tb), Tommy Flanagan (p), Art Davis (b), Louis Hayes (d)

a. 10994 Caravan - 7:27(Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
Impulse! LP 12"AS-9237-2 — Reevaluations: The Impulse Years   
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 9934 — Priceless Jazz Collection   (1998)
b. 10995 Happy Times - 4:30(Freddie Hubbard)
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 9934 — Priceless Jazz Collection   (1998)
c. 10996 Summertime - 10:07(George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 9934 — Priceless Jazz Collection   (1998)
d. 10997 Bob's Place - 10:05(Freddie Hubbard)
Impulse! LP 12"AS-9237-2 — Reevaluations: The Impulse Years   
e. 10998 The Seventh Day - 10:38(Freddie Hubbard)
Impulse! LP 12"AS-9237-2 — Reevaluations: The Impulse Years   
All titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A 27 — The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD-33111 — The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard   (1989)
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD 179 — The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard   (1999)

ABC Ledger refers to Bob's Place as "Blues One".


Date: July 3, 1962
Location: Capitol Studios, New York City
Label: Roulette

Count Basie (ldr), Eric Dixon (f, ts), Frank Wess (f, as, ts), Marshal Royal (cl, as), Charles Fowlkes (bcl, bar), Frank Foster (ts), Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard (t), Henry Coker, Quentin 'Butter' Jackson, Benny Powell (tb), Freddie Green (g), Count Basie (p), Art Davis (b), Gus Johnson (d), Irene Reid (v)

a. 16829-8 The Song Is You - 2:28(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b. 16830-4 I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - 3:14(Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
Roulette LP 12"R 52113 — Back With Basie   
c. 16831-5 Them That's Got - 3:10(Ray Charles, Ricci Harper)
d. 16832-2 It Won't Be Long - 2:58(Abraham, Benny Moten)
All titles on:
Mosaic LP 12"MR15-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)
Mosaic CDMD10-149 — The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings Of Count Basie And His Orchestra   (1993)

Irene Reid (v) on c-d.

Studio not definite.

Mosaic boxed set notes: Buddy Catlett is listed on bass on Roulette 52113, but he did not join the Basie band until September, 1962 and is not present on any of these July, 1962 sessions.


Date: August 18, 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Verve

Johnny Hodges (ldr), Johnny Hodges (as), Bernie Leighton (p), George Duvivier (b), Osie Johnson (d), Ray Nance (vn), Art Davis (cb), Oliver Nelson (con)

a. 62VK570 Guitar Amour - 3:32(Duke Ellington) / arr: Oliver Nelson
Verve LP 12"V6-8492 — The Eleventh Hour   

Unknown additional strings.


Date: August 20, 1962
Location: Columbia Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Colpix

Zoot Sims (ldr), Spencer Sinatra (pic, f, af), Ron Odrich (f, cl), Gene Quill (cl, bcl), Phil Woods (cl), Zoot Sims (ts), Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall (g), Art Davis (b), Sol Gubin, Willie Rodriguez, Teddy Sommer (per)

a. a-01 - part 1 Recado Bossa Nova - 2:34(Luiz Antonio, Djalma Ferreira)
b. a-02 - part 2 Recado Bossa Nova - 2:55(Luiz Antonio, Djalma Ferreira)
c. a-03 Cano Canoe - 5:34(Mick Micheyl)
d. a-04 Contando A Orquestra - 4:05(Sacha Distel)
e. b-01 Ciume - 4:10(Carlos Lyra)
f. b-02 Maria Ninguen - 2:36(Carlos Lyra)
g. b-03 Sem Saudades De Voce - 5:58(Haroldo Barbosa)
h. b-04 Barquino De Papel - 2:51(Carlos Lyra)
All titles on:
Colpix LP 12"SCP 435 — New Beat Bossa Nova Means The Samba Swings   
West Side CD584 — Bossa Nova Sessions   

Date: October 9, 1962
Location: Village Gate, New York City
Label: Colpix

Clark Terry (ldr), Clark Terry (t, fh), Willie Dennis (tb), Dick Hyman (p), Art Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a. a-02 The Simple Waltz - 7:12(Clark Terry)
b. a-03 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 11:24(Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
Both titles on:
Colpix LP 12"CP 450 — Eddie Costa Memorial Concert   

Clark Terry (t) on b; Willie Dennis (tb) on b.

There are comments by Willis Conover and Clark Terry (1:31) that precede the first selection.


Date: ca. November 1962
Location: Columbia Studio A, New York City
Label: Columbia

Bob Dylan (ldr), Bob Dylan (h, g, v), George Barnes (g), Art Davis (b)

a. Rocks And Gravel - (Bob Dylan)

This session for "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" album was not used.


Date: November 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Vee-Jay

Eddie Harris (ldr), Eddie Harris (ts), Jimmy Raney (g), Lalo Schifrin (p), Art Davis (b), Osvaldo Cigno, Jack Del Rio (per)

a. Samba Para Dos - 5:29(Lalo Schifrin)
b. Tel Eco Teco No. 2 - 3:28(Nelsinado O. Magalhaes)
c. Céu E Mar - 8:29(Johnny Alf)
d. The Whispering Bossa Nova - 5:42(Lalo Schifrin)
e. 63-2945 Mima - 7:39(Lalo Schifrin)
f. 63-2946 Lolita Marie - 4:54(Eddie Harris)
All titles on:
Vee-Jay LP 12"3034 — Bossa Nova   
Ubatuqui (Spain) CDUBCD-301 — Bossa Nova Groove   (1999)
Collectables CDCOL-CD-7266 — Bossa Nova/Jazz For "Breakfast At Tiffany's"   (2001)

Schifrin was playing with Dizzy Gillespie at Birdland around this time.

Some sources list Chicago as location, but Art Davis recalls this was a New York session.


Date: December 20 & 21, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Argo

Ahmad Jamal (ldr), Ahmad Jamal (p), Art Davis (b), Richard Evans (con)

a. 12087 Sugar Loaf At Twilight - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
b. 12088 Montevideo - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
c. 12089 Belo Horizonte - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
d. 12090 Bossa Nova Do Marilla - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
e. 12091 Buenos Aires - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
f. 12092 Bogota - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
g. 12093 Haitian Marketplace - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
h. 12094 Carnival In Panama - (Richard Lee Evans) / arr: Richard Evans
All titles on:
Argo LP 12"LP 712 — Macanudo   

Personnel from Art Davis's recollections. Unknown additional players, including strings.


Date: July 10, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Verve

Jimmy Smith (ldr), Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods (as), Budd Johnson, Seldon Powell (ts), Marvin Halladay (bar), Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Charlie Shavers (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Kai Winding (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Kenny Burrell (g), Jimmy Smith (org), Art Davis (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), George Devens (per)

a. 63VK495 G'won Train - 4:20(Patti Bown) / arr: Billy Byers
Verve LP 12"V6-8552 — Any Number Can Win   
Verve CD314 557 447-2 — Any Number Can Win   (1998)
b. 63VK496 Tubs - 2:50(Jimmy Smith) / arr: Claus Ogerman
Verve LP 12"V6-8552 — Any Number Can Win   
Verve CD314 557 447-2 — Any Number Can Win   (1998)
c. 63VK497 Women Of The World - 5:45(Riz Ortolani) / arr: Claus Ogerman
Verve LP 12"V6-8583 — Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?   
d. 63VK498 You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 4:20(John Benson Brooks, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Claus Ogerman
Verve LP 12"V6-8552 — Any Number Can Win   
Verve CD314 557 447-2 — Any Number Can Win   (1998)

Date: July 16, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

Art Blakey (ldr), Sonny Stitt (as, ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis (b), Art Blakey (d)

a. 11625 Just Knock On My Door - 6:58(Edward 'Sonny' Stitt, Art Blakey)
Impulse! LP 12"A-45 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! LP 12"MCA 5648 — A Jazz Message   
GRP/Impulse! CD314 547 964-2 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 5648 — A Jazz Message   
b. 11626 Sunday - 7:21(Chester Conn, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne)
Impulse! LP 12"A-45 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! LP 12"MCA 5648 — A Jazz Message   
GRP/Impulse! CD314 547 964-2 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 5648 — A Jazz Message   
c. 11627 Café - 5:33(Edward 'Sonny' Stitt, Art Blakey)
Impulse! LP 12"A-45 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! LP 12"MCA 5648 — A Jazz Message   
GRP/Impulse! CD314 547 964-2 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 5648 — A Jazz Message   
d. 11628 Blues Back - 6:21(McCoy Tyner)
Impulse! LP 12"A-45 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! LP 12"MCA 5648 — A Jazz Message   
GRP/Impulse! CD314 547 964-2 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 5648 — A Jazz Message   
e. 11629 The Song Is You - 5:06(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Impulse! LP 12"A-45 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! LP 12"MCA 5648 — A Jazz Message   
GRP/Impulse! CD314 547 964-2 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 5648 — A Jazz Message   
f. 11630 Art's Sunday Best - (Art Blakey)
g. 11631 Summertime - 4:40(George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
Impulse! LP 12"A-45 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! LP 12"MCA 5648 — A Jazz Message   
GRP/Impulse! CD314 547 964-2 — A Jazz Message   
MCA/Impulse! CDMCAD 5648 — A Jazz Message   

Sonny Stitt (as) on a, d-f, (ts) on b-c, f-g.

Composer uncertain for the never issued "Art's Sunday Best."

Studio may be RCA Studios, NY. Confirmation needed.


Date: July 17, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Verve

Jimmy Smith (ldr), Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods (as), Budd Johnson, Seldon Powell (ts), Marvin Halladay (bar), Jimmy Maxwell, Joe Newman, Snooky Young (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Kai Winding (tb), Paul Faulise (btb), Kenny Burrell (g), Jimmy Smith (org), Art Davis (b), Bob Bushnell (eb), Ed Shaughnessy (d), George Devens (per)

a. 63VK502 Blues For C. A. - 3:43(Jimmy Smith) / arr: Billy Byers
b. 63VK503 The Ape Women - 3:21(Lalo Schifrin) / arr: Billy Byers
Both titles on:
Verve LP 12"V6-8552 — Any Number Can Win   
Verve CD314 557 447-2 — Any Number Can Win   (1998)

LP issue names Herbie Lovelle as drummer, but CD names Ed Shaughnessy, who is mentioned in LP notes.


Date: July 22, 1963
Location: Capitol Studios, New York City
Label: Mercury

Buddy Emmons (ldr), Jerome Richardson (ss, ts), Buddy Emmons (stg), Bobby Scott (p), Art Davis (b), Charli Persip (d)

a. 29126 Anytime - (Herbert Lawson)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
b. 29127 I Can't Stop Loving You - (Don Gibson)
c. 29128 Bluemmons - (Buddy Emmons)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
d. 29129 Back Home Again In Indiana - (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
e. 29130 The Preacher - (Horace Silver)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
f. 29131 Oleo - (Sonny Rollins)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
g. 29132 Witchcraft - (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
h. 29133 Cherokee - (Ray Noble)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
i. 29134 Where Or When - (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
j. 29135 There Will Never Be Another You - (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
k. 29136 Gonna Build A Mountain - (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   
l. 29137 Gravy Waltz - (Ray Brown, Steve Allen)
Mercury LP 12"MG 20843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Mercury LP 12"SR 60843 — Steel Guitar Jazz   
Razor & Tie CD2135 — Amazing Steel Guitar: The Buddy Emmons Collection   

Date: July 25 & 26, 1963
Label: Regina

Charlie Mariano (ldr), Charlie Mariano (as), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Sedlar, Marvin Stamm (t), Bob Abernathy, Richard Berg, Dale Clevenger, Aubrey Facenda (frh), Wayne Andre, Joe Ciavardone (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Paul Faulise (btb), Don Butterfield (tu), Roger Kellaway (p), Art Davis (b), Mel Lewis (d), Don Sebesky (con)

a. I Feel Pretty - 2:54(Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) / arr: Don Sebesky
b. The Song Is You - 3:05(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Don Sebesky
c. Portrait Of An Artist - 5:25(Don Sebesky) / arr: Don Sebesky
All titles on:
Regina LP 12"R-286 — A Jazz Portrait Of Charlie Mariano   
Fresh Sound CDFSR-CD 176 — A Jazz Portrait Of Charlie Mariano   

Date: September 17, 1963
Location: RCA Studios, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Freda Payne (ldr), Phil Woods (as), Seldon Powell, Zoot Sims (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Al DeRisi, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (t), Quentin 'Butter' Jackson, Alan Raph (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Gus Johnson (d), Freda Payne (v), Manny Albam (con)

a. 11740 Sweet Pumpkin - 2:56(Ronnell Bright) / arr: Manny Albam
Impulse! LP 12"A-53 — After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!   
b. 11741 After The Lights Go Down Low - 3:23(Leroy Lovett, Allen White) / arr: Manny Albam
Impulse! LP 12"A-53 — After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!   
c. 11742 Love Theme From "David And Lisa" - (Mark Lawrence) / arr: Manny Albam

ABC Ledger does not indicate separate dates but does show two sessions (of 3 and 4 selections).


Date: September 18, 1963
Location: RCA Studios, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Freda Payne (ldr), Phil Woods (as), Seldon Powell, Zoot Sims (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Al DeRisi, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (t), Quentin 'Butter' Jackson, Alan Raph (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Gus Johnson (d), Freda Payne (v), Manny Albam (con)

a. 11743 Blue Piano - 2:48(Duke Ellington, Bill Katz, Ruth Roberts, Bob Thiele) / arr: Manny Albam
b. 11744 Awaken My Lonely One - 2:07(Philip Moody, Doris Pony Sherrell) / arr: Manny Albam
c. 11745 Sweet September - 2:33(Bill McGuffie, Peter Stanley, Lorraine Phillips) / arr: Manny Albam
d. 11746 The Things We Love To Do - 2:32(Stanley Clayton, Clara Ward) / arr: Manny Albam
All titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A-53 — After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!   

ABC Ledger shows this as a second session on September 17, 1963.


Date: September 19, 1963
Location: RCA Studios, New York City
Label: Impulse!

Freda Payne (ldr), Phil Woods (as), Jim Hall (g), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Walter Perkins (d), Freda Payne (v)

a. 11747 I Cried For You - 3:58(Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman, Arthur Freed)
b. 11748 I Wish I Knew - 3:50(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
c. 11749 Lonely Woman [lyric version] - 3:10(Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan)
d. 11750 It's Time - 1:53(Pauline Rivelli, Ruth Roberts, Stanley Clayton)
e. 11751 Out Of This World - 3:10(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
f. 11769 'Round Midnight - 4:20(Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
All titles on:
Impulse! LP 12"A-53 — After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!   

Date: ca. 1964
Label: Vanguard

Buffy Sainte-Marie (ldr), Buffy Sainte-Marie (g, v), Art Davis (b)

a. Now That The Buffalo's Gone - 2:46(Buffy Sainte-Marie)
Vanguard LP 12"VRS 9142 — It's My Way   (1964)
Vanguard LP 12"VSD 79142 — It's My Way   (1964)
Vanguard CDVMD 79142-2 — It's My Way   

Date: June 1964
Location: New York City
Label: Mercury

Quincy Jones (ldr), George Dessinger, William J. Slapin, Stanley Webb (ww), Jerome Richardson (ss, ts), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts), Jim Buffington, Morris Secon (frh), Don Elliott (vib, mar, v), Jim Hall (g), Art Davis, Milt Hinton (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Theodore Israel, Archie Levin, Harry Lookofsky (vn), Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Harold Coletta, David Mankowitz, David Schwartz, Karen Tuttle (vl), Maurice Bialkin, Selwart Clarke, Charles McCracken, Kermit Moore, George Ricci (vc), Margaret Ross (hrp), Quincy Jones (con)

a. 2-32405 Theme From "Golden Boy" - 2:47(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Quincy Jones
Mercury LP 12"20938 — Golden Boy   
b. 2-32406 Seaweed - 2:24(Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
Mercury LP 12"20938 — Golden Boy   
c. 1-32407 Arizonee Gold - arr: Quincy Jones

Theodore Israel (vn) on a; Archie Levin (vn) on a; Harry Lookofsky (vn) on a; Julien Barber (vl) on a; Alfred Brown (vl) on a; Harold Coletta (vl) on a; David Mankowitz (vl) on a; David Schwartz (vl) on a; Karen Tuttle (vl) on a; Maurice Bialkin (vc) on a; Selwart Clarke (vc) on a; Charles McCracken (vc) on a; Kermit Moore (vc) on a; George Ricci (vc) on a; Don Elliott (v) on b.

Strings personnel is based on LP sleeve, which may or may not refer to session on September 15, 1964 or, more likely, a collective listing for both sessions. Don Elliott plays bass marimba on Seaweed.

Golden Boy is listed as (string version) to distinguish from big band version recorded September 15, 1964.


Date: September 29, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Verve

Jimmy Smith (ldr), Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Danny Stiles, Joe Wilder (t), Joe Newman (fh), Jim Buffington, Earl Chapin, Donald Corrado, Morris Secon (frh), Jimmy Cleveland, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Paul Faulise, Tommy Mitchell (btb), Harvey Phillips (tu), Kenny Burrell (g), Jimmy Smith (org), Art Davis (b), Grady Tate (d), George Devens (per), Margaret Ross (hrp)

a. 64VK 489 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - 4:19(Traditional) / arr: Billy Byers
b. 64VK 490 We Three Kings - 3:45(John H. Hopkins, Jr.) / arr: Al Cohn
c. 64VK 491 The Christmas Song - 4:32(Mel Torme, Robert Wells) / arr: Billy Byers
d. 64VK 492 White Christmas - 2:51(Irving Berlin) / arr: Billy Byers
e. 64VK 493 Silent Night - 4:04(Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber) / arr: Billy Byers
All titles on:
Verve LP 12"V6-8604 — Christmas '64   (1964)
Verve LP 12"V6-8666 — Christmas Cookin'   (1966)
Verve CD314 513 711-2 — Christmas Cookin'   (1992)

Byers and/or Cohn may have served as conductor.


Date: December 4, 1964
Location: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Max Roach (ldr), Hasaan Ibn Ali (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. 8385 Three-Four vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways - 5:43(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
b. 8386 Din-Ka Street - 6:08(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
c. 8387 Almost Like Me - 5:40(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1435 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan   (1965)
Atlantic CD7 82273-2 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan   
Collectables CDCOL-6256 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited   (1999)

Date: December 7, 1964
Location: Atlantic Recording Studio, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Max Roach (ldr), Hasaan Ibn Ali (p), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d)

a. 8388 Hope So Elmo - 3:52(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
b. 8389 Off My Back Jack - 5:16(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Collectables CDCOL-6256 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited   (1999)
c. 8390 Pay Not Play Not - 8:19(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Collectables CDCOL-6256 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited   (1999)
d. 8391 To Inscribe - 5:01(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Collectables CDCOL-6256 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited   (1999)
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"SD 1435 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan   (1965)
Atlantic CD7 82273-2 — The Max Roach Trio Featuring The Legendary Hasaan   

Art Davis (b) on a-c; Max Roach (d) on b-c.


Date: December 10, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

John Coltrane (ldr), John Coltrane, Archie Shepp (ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. tk 01 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 9:09(John Coltrane)
Universal CD314 589 945-2 — A Love Supreme - Deluxe Edition   (2002)
b. tk 02 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 9:22(John Coltrane)
Universal CD314 589 945-2 — A Love Supreme - Deluxe Edition   (2002)
c. fragmentreh A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 0:10(John Coltrane)
d. tk 03 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 0:56(John Coltrane)
e. rehearsalreh A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 0:25(John Coltrane)
f. tk 04 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 8:50(John Coltrane)
g. tk 05 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 0:30(John Coltrane)
h. tk 06 A Love Supreme: Acknowledgment - 12:29(John Coltrane)

Unissued material held in the collection of Naima Coltrane.

All takes listed under the master number of 90246, part 1.

10 seconds of conversation precede tk 02.


Date: ca. 1965
Location: Village Gate, New York City
Label: RCA

Father Tom Vaughn (ldr), Father Tom Vaughn (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. a-01 The "In" Congregation - 3:28(Thomas W. Vaughn)
b. a-02 I Get A Kick Out Of You - 6:50(Cole Porter)
c. a-03 I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - 4:30(Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner)
d. a-04 Chim Chim Cheree - 6:23(Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)
e. b-01 Mr. Cholly - 5:23(Thomas W. Vaughn)
f. b-02 Get Me To The Church On Time - 3:53(Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
g. b-03 Where Is Love - 5:08(Lionel Bart)
h. b-04 Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 4:25(Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
All titles on:
RCA Victor LP 12"LSP-3577 — Jazz In Concert At The Village Gate   (1966)

Date: 1965
Location: New York City
Label: Philips

Joan Toliver (ldr), Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods (as), Jerome Richardson (ts), Danny Bank, Romeo Penque (bar), Bill Berry, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Kenny Burrell, Carl Lynch, Wally Richardson (g), Paul Griffin (p), Art Davis, Richard Davis, Milt Hinton (b), Bobby Donaldson, Osie Johnson, Grady Tate (d), Estelle Brown, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Joan Toliver, Dee Dee Warwick (v), Jimmy Jones (con)

a. 2-35187 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 2:20(Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Jimmy Jones
b. 2-35188 Willow, Weep For Me - 2:55(Ann Ronell) / arr: Jimmy Jones
c. 2-35189 Endlessly - 2:47(Brook Benton, Clyde Otis) / arr: Jimmy Jones
All titles on:
Philips LP 12"PHM 200-186 — The Most Unusual Joan Toliver   (1965)
Philips LP 12"PHS 600-186 — The Most Unusual Joan Toliver   (1965)

Date: 1965
Location: New York City
Label: Philips

Joan Toliver (ldr), Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods (as), Jerome Richardson (ts), Danny Bank, Romeo Penque (bar), Bill Berry, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Kenny Burrell, Carl Lynch, Wally Richardson (g), Paul Griffin (p), Art Davis, Richard Davis, Milt Hinton (b), Bobby Donaldson, Osie Johnson, Grady Tate (d), Estelle Brown, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Joan Toliver, Dee Dee Warwick (v), Jimmy Jones (con)

a. 2-35215 Trouble In Mind - 2:41(Richard M. Jones) / arr: Jimmy Jones
b. 2-35216 A Sunday Kind Of Love - 2:45(Stanley Rhodes, Louis Prima, Anita Leonard, Barbara Belle) / arr: Jimmy Jones
c. 2-35217 In The Name Of Love - 2:33(Estelle Levitt, Kenny Rankin) / arr: Jimmy Jones
d. 2-35218 Squeeze Me - 3:13(Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Clarence Williams) / arr: Jimmy Jones
All titles on:
Philips LP 12"PHM 200-186 — The Most Unusual Joan Toliver   (1965)
Philips LP 12"PHS 600-186 — The Most Unusual Joan Toliver   (1965)

collective personnel


Date: February 17, 1965
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

John Coltrane (ldr), John Coltrane (ss, ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. 90253 Nature Boy - 7:03(Eden Ahbez)
Impulse! LP 12"IZ-9345-2 — The Mastery Of John Coltrane, vol. 1 - Feelin' Good   
GRP/Impulse! CDIMPD8-280 — The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings   (1998)
b. 90254 Feeling Good - (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)
c. 90255 Chim Chim Cheree - (Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman)

Date: February 18, 1965
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

John Coltrane (ldr), John Coltrane (ss, ts), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. 90256 Nature Boy - 8:01(Eden Ahbez)
Impulse! LP 12"A-85 — The John Coltrane Quartet Plays   
b. 90257-alt.alt Feeling Good - 6:16(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)
c. 90257-mst. Feeling Good - 6:22(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)
Impulse! LP 12"IZ-9345-2 — The Mastery Of John Coltrane, vol. 1 - Feelin' Good   
All titles on:
GRP/Impulse! CDIMPD8-280 — The Classic Quartet - Complete Impulse! Studio Recordings   (1998)

Date: March 18, 1965
Location: New York City
Label: Atlantic

Elvin Jones (ldr), Charles Davis (bar), Thad Jones (c), J. J. Johnson (tb), Hank Jones (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d), Melba Liston (con)

a. 8758 Elvin Elpus - 5:53(Melba Liston) / arr: Melba Liston
b. 8759 Forever Summer - 4:04(Thad Jones) / arr: Melba Liston
c. 8760 All Deliberate Speed - 7:35(Melba Liston) / arr: Melba Liston
d. 8761 And Then Again - 6:22(Elvin Jones) / arr: Thad Jones
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"1443 — And Then Again   
Collectables CDCOL-CD-6242 — And Then Again/Midnight Walk   (2000)

Charles Davis (bar) on a-c; Thad Jones (c) on a-c; Melba Liston (con) on a-c.

J.J. Johnson listed on issues as "Hunt Peters"

All titles issued on Atlantic (F) 850.001, Atlantic (Jap) SNJ-7739, Atlantic P-6091, Victor-Atlantic (Jap) SMJ-7276, Warner-Pioneer (Jap) P-6091A.


Date: early April 1965
Label: Atlantic

Elvin Jones (ldr), Charles Davis (bar), Freddie Hubbard (t), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. [unknown titles] - (Composer Unknown) / arr: Melba Liston

It is assumed this session lost in Atlantic warehouse fire.


Date: 1965
Location: New York City
Label: Philips

Joan Toliver (ldr), Charlie Mariano, Phil Woods (as), Jerome Richardson (ts), Danny Bank, Romeo Penque (bar), Bill Berry, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Kenny Burrell, Carl Lynch, Wally Richardson (g), Paul Griffin (p), Art Davis, Richard Davis, Milt Hinton (b), Bobby Donaldson, Osie Johnson, Grady Tate (d), Estelle Brown, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Joan Toliver, Dee Dee Warwick (v), Jimmy Jones (con)

a. 2-36011 Feeling Good - 3:29(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) / arr: Jimmy Jones
b. 2-36012 Careless Love - 2:10(Spencer Williams, W. C. Handy) / arr: Jimmy Jones
c. 2-36013 Rockin' Chair - 2:39(Hoagy Carmichael) / arr: Jimmy Jones
d. 2-36014 One Room Paradise - 2:34(J. Leslie McFarland) / arr: Jimmy Jones
e. 2-36015 Talihi - 2:35(J. Leslie McFarland) / arr: Jimmy Jones
All titles on:
Philips LP 12"PHM 200-186 — The Most Unusual Joan Toliver   (1965)
Philips LP 12"PHS 600-186 — The Most Unusual Joan Toliver   (1965)

Date: June 28, 1965
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Impulse!

John Coltrane (ldr), Marion Brown, John Tchicai (as), John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp (ts), Freddie Hubbard, Dewey Johnson (t), McCoy Tyner (p), Art Davis, Jimmy Garrison (b), Elvin Jones (d)

a. Edition I Ascension - 38:37(John Coltrane)
Impulse! LP 12"A 95 — Ascension   
b. Edition II Ascension - 40:31(John Coltrane)
Both titles on:
GRP/Impulse! CDGRD-113 — The Major Works Of John Coltrane   (1992)

The original LP contained Edition I but soon after issue this was replaced by Edition II at Coltrane's request, with no change in catalog number. The edition was marked in the runout groove. On LP issues the track was split between A & B sides.


Date: July 1, 1965
Location: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City
Label: Mercury

Quincy Jones (ldr), Herbie Hancock (cel), Art Davis (b), Johnny Mathis (v), Quincy Jones, Lincoln Mayorga (con)

a. Mirage - 2:03(Quincy Jones, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Glenn Osser
Mercury 4572464 — The Sweetheart Tree/Mirage   (1965)
Mercury LP 12"SR 61041 — The Sweetheart Tree   (1965)
Rhino CDR2 74363 — Q - The Musical Biography Of Quincy Jones   (2001)
b. Boobie Baby - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
c. Shoot To Kill - 2:26(Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
Rhino CD72913 — Crime Jazz   (1997)
d. Dead Duck - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
e. Purple Prose - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
f. Mirage - Main Title - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
g. Mirage - (Quincy Jones, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Quincy Jones
h. Turtle's Last Lap - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
i. A Shot In The Dark - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
j. Kinda Scary - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
k. End Title (from Mirage) - (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
All titles on:
Mercury LP 12"MG 21025 — Mirage (soundtrack)   (1965)
Mercury LP 12"SR 61025 — Mirage (soundtrack)   (1965)

Quincy Jones (ldr) on a, c-k, (con) on b-k; Herbie Hancock (cel) on a, c-k; Art Davis (b) on a, c-k; Johnny Mathis (v) on a; Lincoln Mayorga (con) on a.

Date given is for vocal version of "Mirage" - other selections may be from other unknown dates around this time.

Unknown additional musicians (and choir).


Date: August 23, 1965
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Hasaan Ibn Ali (ldr), Odean Pope (ts), Hasaan Ibn Ali (p), Art Davis (b), Khalil Madi (d)

a. 9220 The Atlantic Ones - 5:25(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
b. 9220-altalt The Atlantic Ones - 4:44(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
c. 9221 Viceroy - 7:59(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
d. 9221-altalt Viceroy - 5:28(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
e. 9222 El Hasaan - 5:15(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
f. 9223 Richard May Love Give Powell - 7:13(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
All titles on:
Omnivore LP 12"OVLP 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
Omnivore CDOVCD 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)

Date: September 7, 1965
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Hasaan Ibn Ali (ldr), Odean Pope (ts), Hasaan Ibn Ali (p), Art Davis (b), Khalil Madi (d)

a. 9284 Metaphysics - 6:31(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Omnivore LP 12"OVLP 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
Omnivore CDOVCD 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
b. 9285 Epitome - 4:03(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Omnivore LP 12"OVLP 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
Omnivore CDOVCD 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
c. 9286 True Train [aka The True Trane] - 11:01(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Omnivore LP 12"OVLP 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
Omnivore CDOVCD 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
d. 9286-altalt True Train [aka The True Trane] - 6:03(Hasaan Ibn Ali)
Omnivore LP 12"OVLP 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
Omnivore CDOVCD 411 — Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album   (2021)
e. 9287 Per Aspera Ad Astra [aka Reaching For The Stars] - (Hasaan Ibn Ali)

9287 listed in Atlantic files, but not present on the only surviving copies of this session.


Date: 1966
Location: New York City
Label: Dot

Mort Lindsey (ldr), Shelly Gold (f, cl, as), Roger Pemberton (f, cl, bar), Dick Hafer (ob, cl, ts), Richie Kamuca (enh, cl, ts), Bill Berry, Danny Stiles (t), Billy Byers (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Everett Barksdale, Jimmy Mitchell (g), Ernie Hayes (org), Art Davis (b), Jake Hanna (d), Joe Venuto (per), Mort Lindsey (con)

a. Heartaches - 2:04(Al Hoffman, John Klenner) / arr: Mort Lindsey
b. Strangers In The Night - 2:17(Bert Kaempfert, Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton) / arr: Mort Lindsey
c. Forgotten Dreams - 2:05(Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) / arr: Mort Lindsey
d. Just Friends - 2:36(John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) / arr: Mort Lindsey
e. The Shadow Of Your Smile - 3:01(Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) / arr: Mort Lindsey
f. Green Grass - 2:12(Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) / arr: Mort Lindsey
g. Poinciana - 2:44(Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) / arr: Mort Lindsey
h. I Will Wait For You - 2:39(Michel Legrand, Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel) / arr: Mort Lindsey
i. You've Got Your Troubles - 2:05(Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) / arr: Mort Lindsey
j. Stolen Hours - 2:31(Mort Lindsey) / arr: Mort Lindsey
k. Poor Butterfly - (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) / arr: Mort Lindsey
l. Soul Country - arr: Mort Lindsey
All titles on:
Dot LP 12"DLP 25765 — Merv Griffin Presents Mort Lindsey And His Orchestra   

Date: January 17, 1978
Location: Blue Rock Studio, New York City
Label: Bee Hive

Dizzy Reece (ldr), Charles Davis, Clifford Jordan (ts), Dizzy Reece (t), Albert Dailey (p), Art Davis (b), Roy Haynes (d)

a. a-01 Con Man - 8:55(Dizzy Reece)
b. a-02 Manhattan Walk - 7:59(Dizzy Reece)
c. a-03 Yule On The Hudson - 9:05(Dizzy Reece)
d. b-01 Woody 'n You - 13:20(Dizzy Gillespie)
e. b-02 One For Trane - 7:57(Lee Oddis 'Mickey' Bass)
All titles on:
Bee Hive LP 12"BH 7001 — Manhattan Project   (1978)

Date: September 5, 1978
Location: Master Sound Productions, Franklin Square, NY
Label: Bee Hive

Sal Salvador (ldr), Sal Salvador (g), Billy Taylor (p), Art Davis (b), Joe Morello (d)

a. a-01 Opus De Funk - 11:03(Horace Silver)
b. a-02 Daddy-o - 7:41(Billy Taylor)
c. a-03 Tune For Two - 3:55(Sal Salvador)
d. b-01 Northern Lights - 9:00(Sal Salvador)
e. b-02 Juicy Lucy - 6:14(Horace Silver)
f. b-03 For All We Know - 5:29(Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots)
All titles on:
Bee Hive LP 12"BH 7009 — Juicy Lucy   (1979)

Date: January 4, 1979
Location: New York City
Label: Interplay

Joe Albany (ldr), Joe Albany (p), Art Davis (b), Roy Haynes (d)

a. a-01 Now's The Time - 4:15(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
b. a-02 Yardbird Suite - 4:28(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
c. a-03 Blue Bird - 4:03(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
d. a-04 Charlie Parker Blues - 6:06(Art Davis, Joe Albany, Roy Haynes)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
e. b-01 My Little Suede Shoes - 4:39(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
f. b-02 Billie's Bounce - 4:09(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
g. b-03 Confirmation - 5:19(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
h. b-04 Barbados - 5:02(Charlie Parker)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
i. They Can't Take That Away From Me - 6:25(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Interplay LP 12"IP 7723 — Bird Lives!   
Storyville CDSTCD 4164 — Bird Lives!   
j. Autumn In New York - (Vernon Duke)
Art Union (Japan) CDARTCD 30 — Modern Jazz Piano Forum   

Date: January 5, 1979
Location: New York City
Label: Interplay

Horace Tapscott (ldr), Horace Tapscott (p), Art Davis (b), Roy Haynes (d)

a. a-01 Akirfa - 9:21(Composer Unknown)
b. a-02 Lino's Pad - 10:02(Horace Tapscott)
c. b-01 Sketches Of Drunken Mary - 9:16(Horace Tapscott)
d. b-02 If You Could See Me Now - 10:28(Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman)
All titles on:
Interplay LP 12"IP 7724 — In New York   

Composer of "Akirfa" is unknown.


Date: ca. 1980
Location: Warner Library, Tarrytown, NY
Label: Mothlight

Carmen Leggio (ldr), Carmen Leggio (ts), Vinnie Riccitelli (p), Art Davis (b), Eddie McGinnis (d)

a. Star Dust - (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish)

Date: January 3, 1980
Location: New York City
Label: Interplay

Art Davis (ldr), Hilton Ruiz (p), Art Davis (b), Greg Bandy (d)

a. a-01 Lovin' You - 5:01(Minnie Ripperton)
b. a-02 I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 4:31(Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
c. a-03 Art's Boogie - 3:04(Art Davis)
d. a-04 The Spirit - 4:13(Art Davis)
e. b-01 Add - 20:11(Art Davis)
All titles on:
Interplay LP 12"IP 7728 — Reemergence   

Date: 1981
Location: Power Station, New York City
Label: Theresa

Pharoah Sanders (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ts, slb), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Joe Bonner (p), Art Davis (b), Elvin Jones (d), Babatunde Olatunji (per), B. Kazuko Ishida (spk)

a. Rejoice - 12:42(Pharoah Sanders)
Theresa LP 12"TR 112/113 — Rejoice   
Evidence CDECD 22020-2 — Rejoice   (1992)

Studio may be Bear West Studios, San Francisco where part of this album was recorded.

Sanders overdubbed multiple saxophone parts.


Date: 1981
Location: Power Station, New York City
Label: Theresa

Pharoah Sanders (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Danny Moore (t), Steve Turre (tb), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), John Hicks (p), Art Davis (b), Billy Higgins (d), Lois Colin (hrp), Flame Braithwaite, George V. Johnson, Jr., Bobby London, Sakinah Muhammad, Carroll Wilson Scott, Yvette S. Vanterpool (v)

a. Origin - 5:41(Pharoah Sanders) / arr: William S. Fischer, Pharoah Sanders
b. When Lights Are Low - 6:24(Benny Carter, Spencer Williams)
c. Moment's Notice - 5:16(John Coltrane)
d. Central Park West - 5:43(John Coltrane) / arr: William S. Fischer
All titles on:
Theresa LP 12"TR 112/113 — Rejoice   
Evidence CDECD 22020-2 — Rejoice   (1992)

Bobby Hutcherson (vib) on a, c; Lois Colin (hrp) on d; Flame Braithwaite (v) on a, d; George V. Johnson, Jr. (v) on a, c-d; Bobby London (v) on a, d; Sakinah Muhammad (v) on a, d; Carroll Wilson Scott (v) on a, d; Yvette S. Vanterpool (v) on a, d.

Studio may be Bear West Studios, San Francisco, CA where part of this album was recorded.

Likely that vocals were overdubbed at a separate session.


Date: February 9 & 10, 1981
Location: Puget Sound Recordings, Toronto, Canada
Label: Jump Street

Peter Leitch (ldr), Peter Leitch (g), Art Davis (b), Freddie Waits (d)

a. New Waltz For Susan - 9:02(Peter Leitch)
b. Blues (from Concertpiece For Bass) - 6:24(Art Davis)
Both titles on:
Jump Street LP 12"7001 — Jump Street   

Date: ca. July 1981
Location: Kool Jazz Festival, New York City
Label: Columbia

Arthur Blythe, Paquito D'Rivera, Phil Woods (as), John Hicks (p), Art Davis (b), Steve McCall (d)

a. Ornithology - (Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris)
Columbia LP 12"FC 37652 — The New York-Montreux Connection '81   (1982)

Date: November 1981
Label: Anami

Tisziji Munoz (ldr), Dave Liebman (ss), Pharoah Sanders (ts), Tisziji Munoz (g), John Hicks (p), Art Davis (b), Idris Muhammad (d), Guilherme Franco (per)

a. To Be - 9:18(John Coltrane)
Anami LP 12"AM-001 — Visiting This Planet   (1988)
Anami CDAM 001 CD — Visiting This Planet   

Date: May 20, 1982
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Label: [private recording]

Barry Harris (ldr), Charles McPherson (as), Barry Harris (p), Art Davis (b), Leroy Williams (d)

a. 01 Lover Man - 8:36(Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
b. 02 'Round Midnight - 6:09(Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
c. 03 Luminescence - 8:02(Barry Harris)
d. 04 A Night In Tunisia - 12:21(Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
e. 05 In A Sentimental Mood - 10:50(Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz)

Charles McPherson (as) on c-e.


Date: July 14, 1983
Location: Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Label: [radio broadcast]

Max Roach (ldr), Odean Pope (ts), Cecil Bridgewater (t), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Gayle Dixon, Cecelia Hobbs Gardner (vn), Maxine Roach (vl), Akua Dixon Turre (vc)

a. 01 Bird Says - 15:25(Cecil Bridgewater)
b. 02 Double Delight - 13:35(Steve Turre)

Date: July 16, 1983
Location: Pori Jazz Festival, Pori, Finland
Label: [radio broadcast]

Max Roach (ldr), Odean Pope (ts), Cecil Bridgewater (t), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d), Gayle Dixon, Cecelia Hobbs Gardner (vn), Maxine Roach (vl), Akua Dixon Turre (vc)

a. 01 Bird Says - 8:50(Cecil Bridgewater)
b. 03 A Little Booker - 20:50(Max Roach)

Max Roach (ldr) on a, (d) on a; Odean Pope (ts) on a; Cecil Bridgewater (t) on a; Art Davis (b) on a; Gayle Dixon (vn) on a; Cecelia Hobbs Gardner (vn) on a; Maxine Roach (vl) on a; Akua Dixon Turre (vc) on a.

Additional composition announced both as movement 3 and 4 of "Suite" by Jeff Hobbs. Further details needed.

Recording of final selection is incomplete.


Date: August 26, 1983
Location: Entermedia Theater, New York City
Label: [private recording]

Barry Harris (ldr), Clifford Jordan (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Red Rodney (t), Barry Harris (p), Art Davis (b), Leroy Williams (d), Jimmy Slyde (dnc)

a. 01 Luminescence - (Barry Harris)
b. 01 Ornithology - 14:41(Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris)
c. 02 Lover Man - 10:35(Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
d. 03 Lover, Come Back To Me - 16:55(Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
e. 04 Easy To Love - 3:47(Cole Porter)
f. 05 Valse Celtique - 11:52(Park 'Pepper' Adams)
g. 06 Second Balcony Jump - 3:53(Gerald Valentine, Billy Eckstine)

a, b performed as medley.

Clifford Jordan (ts) on a-d, f-g; Pepper Adams (bar) on a-d, f-g; Red Rodney (t) on a-d, f-g; Jimmy Slyde (dnc) on e.

Identity of dancer uncertain.


Date: October 5, 1985
Location: New York City
Label: Soul Note (It)

Art Davis (ldr), Pharoah Sanders (ts), John Hicks (p), Art Davis (b), Idris Muhammad (d)

a. a-01 Life - 10:32(Art Davis)
b. a-02 Duo - 3:26(Pharoah Sanders, Art Davis)
c. a-03 Blues (from Concertpiece For Bass) - 7:12(Art Davis)
d. b-01 Add - 19:25(Art Davis)
All titles on:
Soul Note (It) CDSN 1143 — Life   (1986)

John Hicks (p) on a, c-d; Idris Muhammad (d) on a, c-d.


Date: December 13 & 14, 1989
Location: Sage & Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Label: Delos

Bunky Green (ldr), Bunky Green (ss, as), Billy Childs (p, ep), Art Davis (b), Ralph Penland (d)

a. 01 The Thrill Is Gone - 7:30(Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
b. 02 Walter's Theme - 6:39(Ed Bland)
c. 03 Who Can I Turn To - 7:14(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
d. 04 I Concentrate On You - 6:03(Cole Porter)
e. 05 Love Theme - 4:41(Ed Bland)
f. 06 You've Changed - 5:50(Carl Fischer, Bill Carey)
g. 07 Wild Life - 4:56(Vernice 'Bunky' Green)
h. 08 Radio Theme - 3:40(Ed Bland)
i. 09 Everything I Have Is Yours - 5:30(Burton Lane, Harold Adamson)
j. 10 Seashells - 3:46(Vernice 'Bunky' Green)
k. 11 Goodbye - 7:23(Gordon Jenkins)
l. 12 Love Theme - 1:55(Ed Bland)
All titles on:
Delos CDDE 4020 — Healing The Pain   (1990)

12 listed as "Love Theme - Reprise"

Note: Ed Bland's compositions are from his score for the PBS 1989 TV network production of "A Raisin In The Sun."


Date: January 1990
Location: North Hollywood, CA
Label: Time Is

Dave Murdy (ldr), Eric Marienthal (as), Dave Murdy (g), Peggy Duquesnel (p), Art Davis (b), Kevin Tulius (d)

a. 01 That Goes To Show Ya - 5:37(Dave Murdy)
b. 02 The Thumb - (Wes Montgomery)
c. 02 Art's Boogie - 7:52(Art Davis)
d. 03 Suspend Me Not - 6:41(Dave Murdy)
e. 04 Confirmation - 7:18(Charlie Parker)
f. 05 Song For Peg - 7:23(Dave Murdy)
g. 06 Yes Or No - 5:37(Wayne Shorter)
h. 07 Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most - 6:17(Fran Landesman, Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.)
i. 08 Giant Steps - 5:45(John Coltrane)
All titles on:
Time Is CDTI-9806 — That Goes To Show Ya   (1992)

b, c performed as medley.

Eric Marienthal (as) on a, g, i.


Date: January 14, 1995
Location: Ocean Way Recording, Studio B, Hollywood, CA
Label: Jazz Planet

Art Davis (ldr), Ravi Coltrane (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Art Davis (b), Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (d)

a. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing - 7:59(Billy Strayhorn)
b. Driftin' - 7:18(Herbie Hancock)
Both titles on:
Jazz Planet CDJPCD 4001 — A Time Remembered   (1995)

Date: January 15, 1995
Location: Ocean Way Recording, Studio B, Hollywood, CA
Label: Jazz Planet

Art Davis (ldr), Ravi Coltrane (ss, ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Art Davis (b), Marvin 'Smitty' Smith (d)

a. Evidence - 7:17(Thelonious Monk)
b. Everybody's Doing It - 6:57(Art Davis)
c. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 8:45(Cole Porter)
d. Art's Boogie - 6:44(Art Davis)
e. A Time Remembered - 14:41(Art Davis)
All titles on:
Jazz Planet CDJPCD 4001 — A Time Remembered   (1995)

Ravi Coltrane (ss) on b, e, (ts) on a, c-e.

Date not specified for "A Time Remembered," which is a suite comprised of Sorrow (2:17); Uplift (6:57); and Joy (5:22). It may come from the previous day or from an entirely different session.


Date: between February and April 1997
Location: Track Record or Stagg Street Studios or American Recording or GrahamUvHerb Studios or MAMA's Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA
Label: MAMA

Kamau Daáood (ldr), James Newton (f), Phil Vieux (bcl, ts), Nate Morgan (p), Art Davis (b), Billy Higgins (d), Kamau Daáood (spk)

a. 02 Tears - 5:53(Kamau Daáood)
b. 08 Liberator Of The Spirit - 5:47(Art Davis, Billy Higgins, Phil Vieux, Kamau Daáood)
Both titles on:
MAMA CDMMF 1019 — Leimert Park   (1997)

James Newton (f) on a; Phil Vieux (bcl) on a, (ts) on b; Nate Morgan (p) on a.

Issue does not give specifics for the multiple sessions with varying personnel.


Date: ca. October 17, 2001
Location: Ming Dynasty Studio, Long Beach, CA
Label: Arkimu

Art Davis, Jan Jordan (ldr), Gary Matsuura (f), Jan Jordan (p), Art Davis (b), Don Littleton, Elias Toscano (per)

a. 01 It Had To Be You - 5:07(Gus Kahn, Isham Jones)
b. 02 Bésame Mucho - 5:21(Consuelo Velázquez, Sunny Skylar)
c. 03 Art's Boogie - 3:29(Art Davis)
d. 04 Song For Pierrette - 4:21(Jan Jordan)
e. 05 In A Sentimental Mood - 4:35(Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz)
f. 06 Prelude In E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 - (Frederic Chopin)
g. 06 How Insensitive [aka Insensatez] - 5:13(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
h. 07 Waltz In D Minor - 4:45(Johannes Brahms)
i. 08 As Time Goes By - 6:21(Herman Hupfeld)
j. 09 A Whole New World - 4:42(Alan Menken, Tim Rice)
k. 10 Puttin' On The Ritz - 3:17(Irving Berlin)
All titles on:
Arkimu CD8534 — Puttin' On The Ritz   (2002)

f, g performed as medley.

Gary Matsuura (f) on d; Don Littleton (per) on d; Elias Toscano (per) on b, f-g.

Date given as October 17, 27, 31, November 21, December 7 & 19, 2001, according to Art Davis.


Date: July 2 & 3, 2007
Location: Chapman Recording Studios, Kansas City, MO
Label: PCAMI

Roberto Magris (ldr), Roberto Magris (p), Art Davis (b), Zack Albetta, Jimmy 'Junebug' Jackson (d)

a. 01 Kansas City Outbound - 3:24(Roberto Magris)
b. 02 I Fall In Love Too Easily - 8:38(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
c. 03 Iraqi Blues - 7:09(Roberto Magris)
d. 04 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing - 4:22(Billy Strayhorn)
e. 05 KC Inbound - 3:25(Roberto Magris)
f. 06 Reverend DuBop - 7:38(Andrew Hill)
g. 07 Rainbow Eyes - 3:21(Roberto Magris)
h. 08 Bemsha Swing - 5:21(Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best)
i. 09 Lonely Woman - 4:02(Benny Carter)
j. 10 Darn That Dream - 6:43(Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
k. 11 Alone Together - 6:30(Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
l. 12 Bye Bye Baby - 5:06(Jule Styne, Leo Robin)
All titles on:
PCAMI CD- — Kansas City Outbound   (2008)

Zack Albetta (d) on d-g, i-l; Jimmy 'Junebug' Jackson (d) on a-c, h.


Sessions Reported: 140

Performances Reported: 691

Unique Songs Reported: 561

Unique Issues Reported: 202