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Date: October 4, 1959
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Jackie McLean (as), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Doug Watkins (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | tk 3 | Lament - 8:25 (Donald Byrd) |
b. | tk 8 | Amen - 4:45 (Donald Byrd) |
c. | tk 14 | Fuego - 6:38 (Donald Byrd) |
d. | tk 15 | Low Life - 6:00 (Donald Byrd) |
e. | tk 17 | Bup A Loup - 4:02 (Donald Byrd) |
f. | tk 18 | Funky Mama - 10:56 (Donald Byrd) |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84026 — Fuego
Blue Note CD: CDP 7 46534 2 — Fuego (1986) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9036 — Fuego (1998) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 63802 2 6 — Fuego (2005) |
Donald Byrd is credited as playing "pocket trumpet" on this session. This has sometimes been misidentified as piccolo trumpet.
Date: October 25, 1959
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p), Gene Taylor (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | tk 09 | Witchcraft - 5:40 (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
b. | tk 14 | Two Mile Run - 5:52 (Duke Pearson) |
c. | tk 18 | Gate City Blues - 5:07 (Duke Pearson) |
d. | tk 19 | Taboo - 4:55 (Ernesto Lecuona, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) |
e. | tk 27 | Black Coffee - 4:28 (Johnny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
f. | tk 28 | I'm Glad There Is You - 4:49 (Paul (Madeira) Mertz) |
g. | tk 30 | Like Someone In Love - 5:25 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
Blue Note CD: 81331 — Blue Valentines: From Blue Note With Love (1999) |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84022 — Profile
Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9072 — Profile (1999) |
Date: December 16, 1959
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p), Gene Taylor (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | The Golden Striker (John Lewis) | |
b. | Bluebird Of Happiness (Harry Parr Davies, Sandor Harmati, Edward Heyman) | |
c. | Something's Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer) | |
d. | tk 10 | On Green Dolphin Street - 6:47 (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
e. | tk 16 | When Sunny Gets Blue - 5:09 (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
f. | I'm A Fool To Want You (J. S. Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) | |
g. | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
h. | I Love You (Cole Porter) |
Everything but the two issued titles was rejected.
Date: December 19, 1959
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p), Gene Taylor (b), Lex Humphries (d, tam)
a. | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
b. | tk 36 | The Golden Striker - 5:28 (John Lewis)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
c. | tk 38 | I Love You - 4:34 (Cole Porter)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
d. | tk 46 | I'm A Fool To Want You - 5:24 (J. S. Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
e. | tk 47 | Bluebird Of Happiness - 4:20 (Harry Parr Davies, Sandor Harmati, Edward Heyman)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
f. | tk 56 | Three A.M. - 8:55 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84035 — Tender Feelin's Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9037 — Tender Feelin's (1998) |
Lex Humphries (tam) on b.
Date: January 17, 1960
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Hank Mobley (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Doug Watkins (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | That's All (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) | |
b. | tk 6 | Soulful Kiddy - 5:37 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — Byrd In Flight (1996) |
c. | tk 8 | Gate City Blues - 5:03 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84048 — Byrd In Flight Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — Byrd In Flight (1996) |
d. | Carol (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
"Gate City Blues" listed as "Gate City" on this issue. "Carol" incorrectly credited to Donald Byrd. BMI shows this to be composed by Kenny Drew, Sr. who recorded it in 1957.
Date: January 25, 1960
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Hank Mobley (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Doug Watkins (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | tk 14 | Child's Play - 6:55 (Duke Pearson) |
b. | tk 17 | Ghana - 7:18 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84048 — Byrd In Flight Blue Note CD: 95590 — Blue Bossa (1992) |
c. | tk 18 | Lex - 7:36 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84048 — Byrd In Flight |
d. | tk 21 | Carol - 5:40 (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
All titles on: | Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — Byrd In Flight (1996) |
"Carol" incorrectly credited to Donald Byrd. BMI shows this to be composed by Kenny Drew, Sr. who recorded it in 1957.
Date: June 26, 1960
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Ike Quebec (ts), Duke Pearson (p), Israel Crosby (b), Vernel Fournier (d)
a. | tk 3 | For All We Know - 5:27 (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21484 2 4 — The Lost Sessions (1999) |
b. | tk 6 | I'll Remember April (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston) |
c. | tk 9 | I See Your Face Before Me - 3:21 (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21484 2 4 — The Lost Sessions (1999) |
d. | tk 12 | Sweet Slumber - 5:31 (Lucius 'Lucky' Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21484 2 4 — The Lost Sessions (1999) |
e. | tk 13 | Midnight Sun (Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer, Johnny Burke) |
Ike Quebec (ts) on a, d.
Date: June 30, 1960
Location: Newport Jazz Festival - Freebody Park, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
The Jazztet (ldr), Benny Golson (ts), Art Farmer (t), Kiane Zawadi (eu), Duke Pearson (p), Addison Farmer (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | 01 | It Ain't Necessarily So - 7:09 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
b. | 02 | A Portrait Of Jennie - 4:09 (Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson) |
c. | 03 | Bean Bag - 8:42 (Benny Golson) |
d. | 04 | Killer Joe - 6:56 (Benny Golson) |
e. | 05 | Mox Nix - 11:48 (Art Farmer) |
Voice Of America tapes held by U.S. Library of Congress.
Date: July 10, 1960
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Jackie McLean (as), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Reggie Workman (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | Kimyas (Donald Byrd) | |
b. | Cecile (Donald Byrd) | |
c. | tk 6 | Little Boy Blue - 7:26 (Milton Adelstein, Eugene Field)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84048 — Byrd In Flight Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — Byrd In Flight (1996) |
d. | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) | |
e. | tk 14 | Bo - 6:32 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84048 — Byrd In Flight Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — Byrd In Flight (1996) |
f. | tk 16 | My Girl Shirl - 5:47 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84048 — Byrd In Flight Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 52435 2 3 — Byrd In Flight (1996) |
Jackie McLean (as) on a-b, d-f.
Date: November 11, 1960
Location: The Half Note, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Laymon Jackson (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | I - tk 1 | Mr. Lucky - 10:51 (Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
b. | I - tk 2 alt | Kimyas (Donald Byrd) |
c. | I - tk 3 alt | A Portrait Of Jennie (Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson) |
d. | I - tk 4 alt | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
e. | I - tk 5 | Jeannine - 13:08 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84061 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9506 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
f. | I - tk 6 | Pure D. Funk - 6:09 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84061 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9506 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
g. | II - tk 7 | My Girl Shirl - 10:32 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84060 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9505 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
h. | II - tk 8 | Soulful Kiddy - 9:55 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84060 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9505 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
i. | II - tk 9 | A Portrait Of Jennie - 6:48 (Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84060 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9505 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
j. | II - tk 10 | Chant - 11:03 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
k. | II - tk 11 alt | Pure D. Funk (Donald Byrd) |
l. | III - tk 12 alt | Mr. Lucky (Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) |
m. | III - tk 13 alt | That's All (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) |
n. | III - tk 14 | Kimyas - 11:58 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84061 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9506 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
o. | III - tk 15 | Cecile (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84060 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9505 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
p. | III - tk 16 | Pure D. Funk - 14:46 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84060 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9505 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 1 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
q. | IV - tk 17 | When Sunny Gets Blue - 6:17 (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84061 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9506 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volume 2 (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
r. | IV - tk 18 | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - 9:54 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
s. | IV - tk 19 | Child's Play - 8:45 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 57187 2 4 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (1997) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90881 2 9 — At The Half Note Cafe, Volumes 1 & 2 (2004) |
t. | V - tk 20 alt | Mr. Lucky (Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) |
u. | V - tk 21 alt | Pure D. Funk (Donald Byrd) |
v. | VI - tk 22 alt | A Portrait Of Jennie (Gordon Burdge, J. Russell Robinson) |
w. | VI - tk 23 alt | Pure D. Funk (Donald Byrd) |
o, p performed as medley.
Pepper Adams (bar) on a-b, d-h, j-u, w.
A 1:20 introduction by Ruth Mason appears prior to "My Girl Shirl."
Date: May 2, 1961
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Laymon Jackson (b), Philly Joe Jones (d)
a. | tk 2 | Say You're Mine - 7:20 (Duke Pearson) |
b. | tk 5 | Hello Bright Sunflower - 7:32 (Duke Pearson) |
c. | tk 8 | Each Time I Think Of You - 5:35 (Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson) |
d. | tk 10 | Duke's Mixture - 7:03 (Duke Pearson) |
e. | tk 14 | The Cat Walk - 6:42 (Donald Byrd) |
f. | tk 15 | Cute - 6:18 (Neal Hefti) |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84075 — The Cat Walk
Mosaic CD: MD4-194 — The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions (2000) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74226 2 5 — The Cat Walk (2007) |
Date: August 1, 1961
Location: Bell Sound Studio, New York City
Label: Jazztime/Jazzline
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p), Thomas Howard (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | 01 tk 4 alt | I'm An Old Cowhand - 4:25 (Johnny Mercer) |
b. | 01 tk 5 | I'm An Old Cowhand - 4:41 (Johnny Mercer)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) |
c. | 02 tk 3 alt | Say You're Mine - 5:25 (Duke Pearson) |
d. | 02 tk 4 | Say You're Mine - 5:22 (Duke Pearson)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) |
e. | 03 tk 2 alt | Le Carrousel - 5:12 (Duke Pearson) |
f. | 03 tk 3 | Le Carrousel - 4:50 (Duke Pearson)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) |
g. | 04 tk 1 | Exodus - 5:44 (Charles E. Boone, Ernest Gold)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) |
h. | 05 tk 1 | Bags' Groove - 4:59 (Milt Jackson)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) |
i. | 06 tk 1 | Jeannine - 5:28 (Duke Pearson)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) |
All titles on: | Black Lion CD: BLCD 760149 — Bags Groove (1990) |
Date: August 2, 1961
Location: Bell Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Jazztime/Jazzline
Willie Wilson (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Freddie Hubbard (t), Willie Wilson (tb), Duke Pearson (p), Thomas Howard (b), Lex Humphries (d)
a. | 01 - tk 3 | Minor Mishap - 4:25 (Tommy Flanagan) |
b. | 01 - tk 4 | Minor Mishap - 4:23 (Tommy Flanagan)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
c. | 02 - tk 3 | Blues For Alvina (Willie Wilson) |
d. | 02 - tk 4 alt | Blues For Alvina (Willie Wilson)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
e. | 03 - tk 3 | The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
f. | 04 - tk 3 | Number Five - 3:26 (Duke Pearson) |
g. | 04 - tk 5 | Number Five - 3:47 (Duke Pearson)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
h. | 06 - tk 2 | Lex - 5:56 (Donald Byrd) |
i. | 06 - tk 4 | Lex - 5:48 (Donald Byrd)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
j. | 07 - tk 2 | Time After Time - 6:45 (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
k. | 08 - tk 4 | Apothegm - 5:36 (Park 'Pepper' Adams)
Prestige LP 12": PR 7729 — Dedication! (1970) Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1939-2 — Dedication! (2000) |
l. | 08 - tk 6 | Apothegm - 5:25 (Park 'Pepper' Adams) |
All titles on: | Black Lion CD: BLCD 760122 — Minor Mishap (1989) |
Never issued under the true leader's name. Issued on Prestige under Pearson's name and on Black Lion under Hubbard's.
Date: January 12, 1962
Location: New York City
Label: Jazztime/Jazzline
Duke Pearson (ldr), Donald Byrd, Johnny Coles (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Walter Perkins (d)
a. | 01 | Groovin' For Nat - 3:37 (Ernie Wilkins) |
b. | 02-02 alt | Child's Play - 6:40 (Duke Pearson)
Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
c. | 02-03 | Child's Play - 5:36 (Duke Pearson) |
d. | 03-02 | Sudel - 7:08 (Duke Pearson) |
e. | 03-04 | Sudel - 6:02 (Duke Pearson)
Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
f. | 04-02 | Angel Eyes - 5:58 (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent)
Polydor LP 12": 583 723 — Angel Eyes (1968) Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
g. | 05-01 | Friday's Child - 6:26 (Paul Mitchell)
Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
h. | 06-04 | Smoothie - 5:50 (Rudy Stevenson)
Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
i. | 07-01 | Hush! - 7:30 (Donald Byrd) |
j. | 07-02 | Hush! - 6:07 (Donald Byrd)
Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
k. | 08-01 | Out Of This World - 6:40 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Trip LP 12": TLX 5000 — Two Sides Of Donald Byrd Jazztime/Jazzline LP 12": 33-02 — Hush! Tokuma CD: TKCB 70558 — Hush! |
All titles on: | Black Lion CD: BLCD 760134 — Groovin' For Nat (1990) |
Donald Byrd (t) on a-e, h-j; Johnny Coles (t) on a-e, g-j.
Date: January 12, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Hank Mobley (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Donald Best (vib), Kenny Burrell (g), Herbie Hancock (p), Butch Warren (b), Lex Humphries (d), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (con)
a. | tk 5 | Cristo Redentor - 5:39 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 96378 — The Blue Note Years, volume 3: Organ & Soul 1956-1967 (1999) |
b. | tk 8 | Chant - 7:31 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | tk 11 | Elijah - 9:17 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | tk 17 | The Black Disciple - 8:08 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | tk 19 | Beast Of Burden - 10:02 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84124 — A New Perspective
Blue Note CD: 7243 4 99006 2 2 — A New Perspective (1999) |
All tracks feature an unknown chorus (2x SATB) "Most are graduates of Manhattan School of Music."
Date: May 2, 1963
Location: New York City
Label: Atlantic
Leo Wright (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Richard Williams (t), Duke Pearson (p), Ben Tucker (b), Stu Martin (d)
a. | Say You're Mine (Duke Pearson) | |
b. | Ode To A Blossom (Leo Wright) | |
c. | Los Malos Hombres (Duke Pearson) | |
d. | When You Find Your Lover (Duke Pearson) | |
e. | Richard's Tune (Richard Williams) |
Date: May 16, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Grant Green (ldr), Joe Henderson (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Grant Green (g), John Patton (org), Ben Dixon (d)
a. | tk 3 | Am I Blue - 6:56 (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84139 — Am I Blue Blue Note CD: 7243 5 35564 2 6 — Am I Blue (2002) |
b. | tk 5 | Take These Chains From My Heart - 6:12 (Hy Heath, Fred Rose) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84139 — Am I Blue Blue Note CD: 7243 5 35564 2 6 — Am I Blue (2002) |
c. | tk 10 | Sweet Slumber - 7:17 (Lucius 'Lucky' Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84139 — Am I Blue Blue Note CD: 7243 5 35564 2 6 — Am I Blue (2002) |
d. | inc | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | tk 23 | I Wanna Be Loved - 7:39 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84139 — Am I Blue Blue Note CD: 7243 5 35564 2 6 — Am I Blue (2002) |
f. | tk 25 | For All We Know - 13:59 (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84139 — Am I Blue Blue Note CD: 7243 5 35564 2 6 — Am I Blue (2002) |
Date: ca. July 1963
Location: New York City
Label: Audio Fidelity
Antonio Diaz 'Chocolaté' Mena (ldr), Seldon Powell (f, ts), Jerome Richardson (f, bar), Leo Wright (f), Clark Terry (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Felipe Yanez (p), Frank Schifano (b), Rudy Collins (d), Antonio Diaz 'Chocolaté' Mena (cga), Victor Alende, Meguil Avila (per), Duke Pearson (con)
a. | Take Five (Paul Desmond) / arr: Duke Pearson | |
b. | Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie) / arr: Duke Pearson | |
c. | Caravan (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) / arr: Duke Pearson | |
d. | On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington) / arr: Duke Pearson | |
e. | Poinciana (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) / arr: Duke Pearson | |
All titles on: | Audio Fidelity LP 12": AFLP 6117 — Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man! |
Date: July 18, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Johnny Coles (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Walter Perkins (d)
a. | tk 08 | Little Johnny C - 5:09 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
b. | tk 12 | Hobo Joe - 8:12 (Joe Henderson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
c. | tk 21 | Jano - 7:21 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
d. | So Sweet My Little Girl (Duke Pearson) |
Date: August 9, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Johnny Coles (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Pete LaRoca Sims (d)
a. | tk 4 | Heavy Legs - 5:58 (Duke Pearson) |
b. | tk 18 | My Secret Passion - 7:08 (Duke Pearson) |
c. | tk 22 | So Sweet My Little Girl - 6:24 (Duke Pearson) |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
Leo Wright (f) on b; (as) on a-b.
b. mistitled "My Sweet Passion" on CD issue.
Date: November 4, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Grant Green (ldr), Joe Henderson (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Grant Green (g), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Al Harewood (d)
a. | tk 11 alt | Jean De Fleur - 8:09 (Grant Green) |
b. | tk 14 | Idle Moments - 14:58 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84154 — Idle Moments EMI CD: 536418 — Jazz Chillout (2002) |
c. | tk 28 | Nomad - 12:18 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84154 — Idle Moments |
d. | tk 32 alt | Django - 13:13 (John Lewis) |
All titles on: | Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84154 2 — Idle Moments (1988)
Blue Note CD: 7243 4 99003 2 5 — Idle Moments (1999) |
Date: November 15, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Grant Green (ldr), Joe Henderson (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Grant Green (g), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Al Harewood (d)
a. | tk 36 | Django - 8:45 (John Lewis) |
b. | tk 39 | Jean De Fleur - 6:49 (Grant Green) |
Both titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84154 — Idle Moments
Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84154 2 — Idle Moments (1988) Blue Note CD: 7243 4 99003 2 5 — Idle Moments (1999) |
Date: December 29, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Bobby Hutcherson (ldr), Joe Henderson (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Grant Green (g), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Al Harewood (d)
a. | tk 8 alt | The Kicker (Joe Henderson) |
b. | tk 9 | The Kicker - 6:05 (Joe Henderson)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21437 2 6 — The Kicker (1999) |
c. | tk 11 | Bedouin - 8:11 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21437 2 6 — The Kicker (1999) |
d. | tk 22 | For Duke P. - 7:53 (Bobby Hutcherson)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21437 2 6 — The Kicker (1999) |
e. | tk 24 | Step Lightly - 14:17 (Joe Henderson)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21437 2 6 — The Kicker (1999) |
f. | tk 25 alt | Step Lightly (Joe Henderson) |
g. | tk 35 | Mirrors - 6:51 (Joe Chambers)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21437 2 6 — The Kicker (1999) |
h. | tk 36 | If Ever I Should Leave You - 10:32 (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21437 2 6 — The Kicker (1999) |
Grant Green (g) on a-d.
"For Duke P." was listed in discographies as "Bobby's Tune." Hutcherson titled the tune for the CD issue.
Date: February 12, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Grant Green (ldr), John Gilmore (ts), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Grant Green (g), Duke Pearson (p), Butch Warren (b), Billy Higgins (d)
a. | 1299 | Untitled Grant Green Tune No. 3 (Grant Green) |
b. | 1300 | Minor League (Duke Pearson) |
c. | 1301 | Grant's Tune (Grant Green) |
d. | 1302 | Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell) |
e. | 1303 | Ezz-thetic (George Russell) |
All titles from this session were rejected.
Date: June 12, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Grant Green (ldr), James Spaulding (as), Joe Henderson (ts), Duke Pearson (t), Grant Green (g), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Elvin Jones (d)
a. | tk 3 | Grant's Tune - 6:58 (Grant Green)
Blue Note LP 12": LT 990 — Solid Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33580 2 1 — Solid (1995) |
b. | tk 14 | Minor League - 7:05 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": LT 990 — Solid Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33580 2 1 — Solid (1995) |
c. | tk 25 | Wives And Lovers - 9:02 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84442 2 — Matador (1990) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33580 2 1 — Solid (1995) |
d. | tk 28 | The Kicker - 6:19 (Joe Henderson)
Blue Note LP 12": LT 990 — Solid Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33580 2 1 — Solid (1995) |
e. | untitled (Duke Pearson) | |
f. | tk 35 | Ezz-thetic - 10:39 (George Russell)
Blue Note LP 12": LT 990 — Solid Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33580 2 1 — Solid (1995) |
g. | tk 37 | Solid - 7:20 (Sonny Rollins)
Blue Note LP 12": LT 990 — Solid Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33580 2 1 — Solid (1995) |
James Spaulding (as) on a-b, d-g; Joe Henderson (ts) on a-b, d-g; Duke Pearson (t) on e.
The original composition by Duke Pearson was rejected. Cuscuna/Ruppli 2 lists this as "Spanish Dancer" - confirmation needed on composer - no mention of this in Pearson's BMI listing.
Date: November 6, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), James Spaulding (as), Joe Henderson (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Otis 'Candy' Finch (d)
a. | 1463 | Amanda (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | ESP (Extrasensory Perception) (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson | |
c. | Fly Little Bird Fly (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All three performances were rejected.
Date: November 24, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 1475 (tk 3) | Amanda - 9:20 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1476 (tk 6) | ESP (Extrasensory Perception) - 7:45 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1477 (tk 12) | Bedouin - 9:20 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1478 (tk 15) | Wahoo - 7:00 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 57745 — Blue 'n Groovy, volume 2: Mostly Modal (1999) |
e. | 1479 (tk 22) | Fly Little Bird Fly - 6:10 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 1480 (tk 28) | Farewell Machelle - 2:35 (Duke Pearson) |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84191 — Wahoo!
Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84191 2 — Wahoo! (1988) Blue Note CD: TOCJ-4191 — Wahoo! (1995) |
James Spaulding (f) on c-d; (as) on a-e; Joe Henderson (ts) on a-e; Donald Byrd (t) on a-e.
Cuscuna/Ruppli 2 gives date as November 21, 1964. CD 84191 gives above date. Confirmation needed.
Date: December 17, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Donald Byrd (t, fh), Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (t), Jim Buffington, Robert Northern (frh), Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, J. J. Johnson, Benny Powell (tb), Don Butterfield (tu), Grant Green (g), Herbie Hancock (p), Freddie Roach (org), Bob Cranshaw (b), Grady Tate (d), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (con)
a. | 1493 (tk 3) | I'm Tryin' To Get Home - 6:55 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1494 (tk 5) | March Children - 7:05 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1495 (tk 11) | Brother Isaac - 4:50 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 4940300 — Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox (1999) |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home
Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84188 2 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home (1986) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 4188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home |
Donald Byrd (fh) on a, c.
An 8-voice choir is present.
Date: December 18, 1964
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Donald Byrd (t, fh), Joe Ferrante, Jimmy Owens, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Jim Buffington, Robert Northern (frh), Jimmy Cleveland, Henry Coker, J. J. Johnson, Benny Powell (tb), Don Butterfield (tu), Herbie Hancock (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Grady Tate (d), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (con)
a. | 1496 (tk 17) | I've Longed And Searched For My Mother - 8:30 (Donald Byrd) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1497 (tk 20) | Noah - 6:55 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1498 (tk 26) | Pearly Gates - 2:35 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home
Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84188 2 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home (1986) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 4188 — I'm Tryin' To Get Home |
Donald Byrd (t) on b-c.
An 8-voice choir is present. On 1496, an unknown percussionist plays chimes, tambourine, etc.
Date: ca. May 25, 1965
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Duke Pearson (ldr), Les Spann (f), Pepper Adams (cl, bar), James Spaulding (as), George Coleman (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Garnett Brown (tb), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | a-01 | Honeybuns - 7:14 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | a-02 | New Girl - 4:00 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | a-03 | You Know I Care - 4:07 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | b-01 | Is That So? - 4:14 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | b-02 | Our Love - 4:07 (Buddy Bernier, Larry Clinton, Robert Emmerich) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | b-03 | Heavy Legs - 5:55 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Atlantic LP 12": SD 3002 — Honeybuns (1966)
Koch Jazz CD: KOC-CD-8519 — Honeybuns (1999) |
Lord gives date as May 25, 26, 1965.
Date: ca. 1966
Location: New York City
Label: Atlantic
Duke Pearson (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Harold Vick (ss, ts), George Coleman (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Gene Bertoncini (g), Duke Pearson (p, cel), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | a-01 | Prairie Dog - 6:44 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | a-02 | Fakir - 5:12 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | a-03 | Little Waltz - 6:03 (Ron Carter) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | b-01 | Soulin' - 6:57 (Joe Henderson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | b-02 | Hush-a-bye - 4:10 (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Thomas) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | b-03 | Angel Eyes - 5:26 (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Atlantic LP 12": SD 3005 — Prairie Dog (1966)
Koch Jazz CD: KOC-CD-8532 — Prairie Dog (1999) |
James Spaulding (f) on b; (as) on a, c-d; Harold Vick (ss) on b; (ts) on a, d; George Coleman (ts) on a-d; Johnny Coles (t) on a-d; Gene Bertoncini (g) on a-d; Mickey Roker (d) on a-d.
Date: March 18, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Hank Mobley (ldr), James Spaulding (as), Hank Mobley (ts), Lee Morgan (t), Kiane Zawadi (eu), Howard Johnson (tu), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Billy Higgins (d)
a. | 1714 (tk 1) | A Touch Of The Blues - 8:44 (Hank Mobley) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1715 (tk 9) | A Slice Of The Top - 9:40 (Hank Mobley) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1716 (tk 15) | Hank's Other Bag - 7:10 (Hank Mobley) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1717 (tk 21) | There's A Lull In My Life - 6:22 (Harry Revel, Mack Gordon) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 1718 (tk 25) | Cute 'n Pretty - 7:34 (Hank Mobley) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": LT 995 — A Slice Of The Top
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 33582 2 9 — A Slice Of The Top (1995) |
On original LP issue, bassist was misidentified as Reggie Workman.
Date: April 26, 1966
Location: Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Milestone
Pepper Adams, Thad Jones (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Thad Jones (fh), Duke Pearson (p), Ron Carter (b), Mel Lewis (d)
a. | a-01 | Mean What You Say - 4:33 (Thad Jones) |
b. | a-02 | H And T Blues - 7:37 (Thad Jones) |
c. | a-03 | Wives And Lovers - 4:50 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) |
d. | a-04 | Bossa Nova Ova - 3:17 (Thad Jones) |
e. | b-01 | No Refill - 4:34 (Thad Jones) |
f. | b-02 | Little Waltz - 6:25 (Ron Carter) |
g. | b-03 | Chant - 5:18 (Duke Pearson) |
h. | b-04 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby - 4:07 (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) |
All titles on: | Milestone LP 12": MSP 9001 — Mean What You Say
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 464-2 — Mean What You Say (1990) |
Dates listed as 4/26/66, 5/4/66, 5/9/66.
Date: July 1, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), James Spaulding (as), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Blue Mitchell (t), Grant Green (g), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b, eb), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 1752 (tk 02) | What Could I Do Without You - 4:34 (Ray Charles) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1753 (tk 11) | The Shake - 5:53 (Sam Cooke) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1754 (tk 12) | Walk On By - 5:55 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1755 (tk 15) | And Satisfy - 6:46 (Ronnell Bright) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 57745 — Blue 'n Groovy, volume 2: Mostly Modal (1999) |
e. | 1756 (tk 22) | Baptismal - 6:37 (John Hines) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 1757 (tk 23) | Feeling Good - 7:13 (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84240 — Rough 'n' Tumble
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 24552 2 5 — Rough 'n' Tumble (2000) |
Bob Cranshaw (b) on a-d, f; (eb) on e.
Date: September 22, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Blue Mitchell (t), Julian Priester (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b, eb), Mickey Roker (d), Joseph Rivera (per)
a. | 1788 (tk 6) | La Fiesta - 5:01 (Armando Bozo) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84256 — The Spoiler |
b. | 1789 (tk 8) | Sunny - 7:20 (Bobby Hebb) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84256 — The Spoiler |
c. | 1790 (tk 11) | The Magilla - 6:02 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84256 — The Spoiler |
d. | 1791 (tk 16) | Maybe September - 4:43 (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84256 — The Spoiler |
e. | 1792 (tk 20) | When The Sun Comes Out - 5:58 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84256 — The Spoiler |
f. | 1793 (tk 29) | Lonesome Lover - 4:36 (Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 1794 (tk 32) | You're Gonna Hear From Me - 5:18 (André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84256 — The Spoiler |
All titles on: | Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 53359 2 1 — The Spoiler (1996)
Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74224 2 7 — The Spoiler (2007) |
James Spaulding (f) on d; Bob Cranshaw (b) on a, c-g; (eb) on b; Joseph Rivera (per) on a-c.
Date: November 17, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Blue Mitchell (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Junior Cook (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Blue Mitchell (t), Julian Priester (tb), Chick Corea, Cedar Walton (p), Gene Taylor (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 1788 (tk 5) | O Mama Enit - 5:35 (Richard 'Blue' Mitchell) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1789 (tk 15) | Rigor Mortez - 6:21 (Dave Burns) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1790 (tk 17) | I Should Care - 7:32 (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1791 (tk 22) | Millie - 6:21 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 1792 (tk 31) | Straight Up And Down - 6:39 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 1793 (tk 42) | Tones For Joan's Bones - 6:38 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84257 — Boss Horn
Mosaic CD: MD4-178 — The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions (1963-67) (1998) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 63813 2 2 — Boss Horn (2005) |
Jerry Dodgion (f) on f; Chick Corea (p) on e-f; Cedar Walton (p) on a-d.
Date: December 7, 1966
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), Duke Pearson (p), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 1803 (tk 1) | Gaslight - 5:50 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1804 (tk 10) | Ready Rudy? - 6:10 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1805 (tk 12) | Big Bertha - 5:50 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1806 (tk 17) | After The Rain - 4:25 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 54365 — Midnight Blue (1999) |
e. | 1807 (tk 27) | Sweet Honey Bee - 4:50 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 1808 (tk 28) | Empathy - 6:00 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 1809 (tk 32) | Sudel - 5:40 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84252 — Sweet Honey Bee
Blue Note CD: CDP 0777 7 89792 2 7 — Sweet Honey Bee (1993) Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9503 — Sweet Honey Bee (2003) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90834 2 1 — Sweet Honey Bee (2004) |
James Spaulding (f) on d, f; (as) on b-c, g; Joe Henderson (ts) on a-c, e-g; Freddie Hubbard (t) on a-c, e-g.
Date: January 13, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Lee Morgan (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Wayne Shorter (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Lee Morgan (t), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 1816 (tk 2) | Blue Gardenia - 5:50 (Lester Lee, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1816 (tk 6) alt | Blue Gardenia - 5:54 (Lester Lee, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1817 (tk 20) | God Bless The Child - 7:17 (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1818 (tk 24) | Somewhere - 5:49 (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 1819 (tk 39) | If I Were A Carpenter - 6:08 (Tim Hardin) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 1820 (tk 41) | A Lot Of Livin' To Do - 6:01 (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 1821 (tk 46) | This Is The Life - 5:02 (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 23213 2 3 — Standards (1998) |
Date: January 20, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Lou Donaldson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Lou Donaldson (as), Wayne Shorter (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Freddie Hubbard (t), Garnett Brown (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Ron Carter (b), Al Harewood (d)
a. | 1822 (tk 4) | Sweet And Lovely - 6:09 (Gus Arnheim, Jules Lemare, Harry Tobias) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1823 (tk 6) | You've Changed - 4:24 (Carl Fischer, Bill Carey) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1824 (tk 7) | Sweet Slumber - 5:54 (Lucius 'Lucky' Millinder, Al J. Neiburg, Henri Woode) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 1825 (tk 9) | It Might As Well Be Spring - 4:24 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 1826 (tk 11) | What Will I Tell My Heart - 4:24 (Henry Glover, Frank Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 31434 — The Artist Selects (2005) |
f. | 1827 (tk 14) | The Good Life [aka Marina] - 4:57 (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 1828 (tk 15) | Star Dust - 3:46 (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Applause LP 12": APBL 2304 — Lush Life
Blue Note LP 12": GXF 3068 — Sweet Slumber Blue Note CD: CDP 7 84254 2 — Lush Life (1988) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74214 2 0 — Lush Life (2007) |
Date: February 17, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Joe Farrell (f, ts), Pepper Adams (cl, bar), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Julian Priester (tb), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Kenny Barron (p), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | tk 3 alt | She's A Carioca (Antonio Carlos Jobim) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1839 (tk 4) | She's A Carioca - 6:33 (Antonio Carlos Jobim) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35283 5 — Blue Note Plays Jobim (1996) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
c. | 1840 (tk 9) | Samba Do Aviao - 5:08 (Antonio Carlos Jobim) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
d. | 1841 (tk 14) | Manhã De Carnaval - 5:51 (Luiz Bonfá, Antonio María) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
e. | 1842 (tk 15) | What Now, My Love - 4:35 (Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
f. | 1843 (tk 24) | Night Song - 6:28 (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
g. | 1844 (tk 32) | Here's That Rainy Day - 5:29 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
h. | tk 35 alt | Blues For Del (Stanley Turrentine) / arr: Duke Pearson |
i. | 1845 (tk 41) | Blues For Del - 4:10 (Stanley Turrentine) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
1845 was issued, contrary to Cuscuna/Ruppli "The Blue Note Label," first edition.
Date: March 21, 1967
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p)
a. | 01 | Minor League (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 02 | Cha Cha Piro (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 03 | When Did You Leave Heaven? (Walter Bullock, Richard Whiting) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 04 | A. J. (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 05 | Häschen [aka Little Bunny] (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 06 | Say You're Mine (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 07 | Invitation (Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Personnel unknown. This session is presumed to have been lost in the fire that destroyed nearly all Atlantic unissued material. "So You're Mine" has been listed in discographies. This was most likely "Say You're Mine."
Date: March 21, 1967
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p)
a. | 01 | A. J. (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 02 | Minor League (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 03 | Say You're Mine (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 05 | Moon Love (Andre Kostelanetz, Mack David, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 06 | Cha Cha Piro (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 07 | When Did You Leave Heaven? (Walter Bullock, Richard Whiting) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 08 | Häschen [aka Little Bunny] (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Personnel unknown. This session is presumed to have been lost in the fire that destroyed nearly all Atlantic unissued material. "So You're Mine" has been listed in discographies. This was most likely "Say You're Mine." "Hatian" has been listed in discographies. This was most likely "Haschen." It is uncertain whether there were two Duke Pearson Atlantic sessions on 3/21/67. Composer as yet unknown for a title "Signorita Juanita" (possibly "Senorita Juanita").
Date: June 9, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Pepper Adams (cl, bar), Al Gibbons (bcl, ts), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Blue Mitchell, Tommy Turrentine (t), Julian Priester (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Walter Booker (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 1904 (tk 16) | With This Ring - 5:49 (Luther Dixon, Anthony Hester, Richard Wayne Wylie) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
b. | 1905 (tk 15) | Silver Tears - 5:07 (Henry Mancini) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
c. | 1906 (tk 20) | A Bluish Bag - 7:17 (Henry Mancini) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
d. | 1907 (tk 26) | Come Back To Me - 5:55 (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
e. | 1908 (tk 30) | Days Of Wine And Roses - 6:06 (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 0946 3 85193 2 4 — A Bluish Bag (2007) |
f. | 1909 (tk 45) | Message To Michael (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Date: June 23, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ts), Al Gibbons (f, bcl, as), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Mario Rivera (bar), Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (t, fh), Garnett Brown, Julian Priester (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Ray Lucas (d)
a. | 1910 (tk 4) | Better Luck Next Time - 5:12 (Irving Berlin) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
b. | 1911 (tk 11) | Bonita - 6:06 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ray Gilbert, Gene Lees) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
c. | 1912 (tk 14) | The Return Of The Prodigal Son - 6:30 (Harold Ousley) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
d. | 1913 (tk 16) | Flying Jumbo (Prez Delight) - 7:47 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
e. | 1914 (tk 27) | Ain't No Mountain High Enough - 4:33 (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
f. | 1915 (tk 32) | New Time Shuffle - 5:53 (Joe Sample) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LT 993 — New Time Shuffle (1979) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
g. | tk 34 | Better Luck Next Time (Irving Berlin) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Take order shows recording sequence.
Date: July 28, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), James Spaulding (f, as), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Blue Mitchell (t), Garnett Brown (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Duke Pearson (org), Bob Cranshaw (b), Ray Lucas (d), Richard 'Pablo' Landrum (per)
a. | 1928 (tk 3) | The Look Of Love - 6:02 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
b. | 1929 (tk 14) | You Want Me To Stop Loving You - 5:38 arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 31883 2 1 — The Lost Grooves (1995) Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
c. | 1930 (tk 18) alt | Dr. Feelgood - 5:58 (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
d. | 1930 (tk 21) | Dr. Feelgood - 5:39 (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 5099 9 5 17462 2 3 — The Return Of The Prodigal Son (2008) |
e. | 1931 (tk 34) | Up, Up And Away (Jimmy Webb) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 1932 (tk 36) | Georgy Girl (Jim Dale, Tom Springfield) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 1933 (tk 39) | A Foggy Day - 6:23 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 29908 2 6 — Easy Walker (1997) |
James Spaulding (f) on a-f; (as) on a-f; Blue Mitchell (t) on a-f; Garnett Brown (tb) on a-f; Duke Pearson (org) on c-d; Richard 'Pablo' Landrum (per) on a-f.
This was the last Blue Note session supervised by Alfred Lion. "You Want Me To Stop Loving You" composed by W. Davis and M. Watts.
Date: September 13, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), James Spaulding (as), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), Garnett Brown (tb), Duke Pearson (p), Gene Taylor (b), Grady Tate (d)
a. | 1939 | My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) (Duke Pearson, Jack Manno) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 1940 | Chili Peppers (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 1941 (tk 23) | Make It Good - 6:39 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84267 — The Right Touch Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
d. | 1942 (tk 25) | Los Malos Hombres - 6:34 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84267 — The Right Touch Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
e. | 1942 (tk 30) alt | Los Malos Hombres - 5:00 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
f. | 1943 (tk 33) | Scrap Iron - 5:23 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84267 — The Right Touch Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
g. | 1944 (tk 35) | Rotary - 6:17 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84267 — The Right Touch Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
h. | 1939 (tk 37) | My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) - 5:56 (Duke Pearson, Jack Manno) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84267 — The Right Touch Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
i. | 1940 (tk 38) | Chili Peppers - 6:55 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84267 — The Right Touch Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 28269 2 7 — The Right Touch (1994) Blue Note CD: 80679 — Blue 'n Groovy (1999) Blue Note CD: 0946 3 74220 2 1 — The Right Touch (2007) |
Date: November 17, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Blue Mitchell (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (as), Junior Cook (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Burt Collins, Blue Mitchell (t), Julian Priester (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Gene Taylor (b), Al Foster (d)
a. | 1988 (tk 8) | Len Sirrah - 7:20 (Melba Liston) / arr: Melba Liston
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84272 — Heads Up! |
b. | 1989 (tk 14) | Togetherness - 6:49 (Jimmy Heath) / arr: Jimmy Heath
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84272 — Heads Up! |
c. | 1989 (tk 16) alt | Togetherness - 6:38 (Jimmy Heath) / arr: Jimmy Heath |
d. | 1990 (tk 18) | Heads Up! Feet Down! - 5:59 (Jimmy Heath) / arr: Jimmy Heath
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84272 — Heads Up! |
e. | 1991 (tk 23) alt | Good Humor Man - 5:12 (Don Pickett) / arr: Don Pickett |
f. | 1991 (tk 24) | Good Humor Man - 5:40 (Don Pickett) / arr: Don Pickett
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84272 — Heads Up! |
g. | 1992 (tk 32) | The Folks Who Live On The Hill - 5:33 (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84272 — Heads Up! |
h. | 1993 (tk 34) | The People In Nassau - 5:40 (Richard 'Blue' Mitchell) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84272 — Heads Up! |
All titles on: | Mosaic CD: MD4-178 — The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions (1963-67) (1998) |
Date: December 15, 1967
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (pic, f, as), Al Gibbons (f, bcl, as), Pepper Adams (cl, bar), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (t), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell, Julian Priester (tb), Kenny Rupp (btb), Duke Pearson (p, con), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 2000 (tk 6) | Ready When You Are, C. B. - 2:51 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 2001 (tk 11) | Ground Hog - 3:00 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 54360 — Blue Break Beats, volume 3 (1997) |
c. | 2002 (tk 19) | Mississippi Dip - 2:30 arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 2003 (tk 24) | A Taste Of Honey - 5:25 (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 2005 (tk 30) | Bedouin - 5:20 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 2004 (tk 37) | New Time Shuffle - 5:30 (Joe Sample) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 2006 (tk 40) | Straight Up And Down - 6:55 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson |
h. | 2007 (tk 47) | New Girl - 6:00 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
i. | 2008 (tk 54) | Time After Time - 4:05 (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84276 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
It may be that matrix numbers 2004/2005 were reversed in the Cuscuna/Ruppli Blue Note Label book. Or perhaps Bedouin was abandoned then revisited. "Mississippi Dip" composed by Irwin and Andrews.
Date: April 15, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (t), Jim Buffington (frh), Benny Powell (btb), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones, Duke Pearson (p), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d)
a. | 2091 (tk 7) | Blues For Stan - 5:59 (Thad Jones) / arr: Thad Jones |
b. | 2092 (tk 18) | Smile - 4:07 (Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner) / arr: Thad Jones
Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA 394-H2 — Stanley Turrentine (1975) |
c. | 2093 (tk 22) | The Look Of Love - 4:21 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look Of Love |
Hank Jones (p) on a-b; Duke Pearson (p) on c.
A 14-piece string section was overdubbed on 2091 on May 27, 1968 arranged by Duke Pearson.
Date: May 2, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (fh), Jim Buffington (frh), Benny Powell (btb), Kenny Burrell (g), Hank Jones (p), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d)
a. | 3011 (tk 29) | A Beautiful Friendship - 3:20 (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) / arr: Thad Jones
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look Of Love |
b. | 3012 (tk 37) | This Guy's In Love With You - 2:34 (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) / arr: Thad Jones
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look Of Love Blue Note CD: 7243 8 57749 2 8 — Blue Bacharach: A Cooler Shaker (1999) |
c. | 3013 (tk 42) | I'm Always Drunk In San Francisco - 2:23 (Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.) / arr: Thad Jones, Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look Of Love |
d. | 3014 (tk 49) | Emily - 3:12 (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Thad Jones, Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look Of Love |
e. | 3015 | Cabin In The Sky (Vernon Duke, John Latouche) / arr: Thad Jones |
Kenny Burrell (g) on b-e.
A 14-piece string section was overdubbed on 3013 on May 27, 1968 arranged by Duke Pearson.
Date: May 13, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine (ldr), Stanley Turrentine (ts), Jimmy Nottingham, Snooky Young (fh), Jim Buffington (frh), Benny Powell (btb), Kenny Burrell (g), Roland Hanna (p), George Duvivier (b), Grady Tate (d)
a. | 3023 (tk 67) | Cabin In The Sky - 3:41 (Vernon Duke, John Latouche) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 3024 (tk 76) | Here, There And Everywhere - 3:24 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
c. | 3025 (tk 92) | MacArthur Park - 4:39 (Jimmy Webb) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84286 — The Look Of Love |
A 14-piece string section arranged by Duke Pearson was overdubbed on all titles on May 27, 1968 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Date: June 24, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, af), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Sam Brown, Al Gafa (g), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Victor Pantoja (cga)
a. | 3048 | Los Ojos Alegres (The Happy Eyes) (Duke Pearson) |
b. | 3049 (tk 22) | Bunda Amerela (Little Yellow Streetcar) - 5:46 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84293 — The Phantom Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) Water CD: 133 — The Phantom (2004) |
c. | 3050 | The Phantom (Duke Pearson) |
d. | 3051 | The Moana Surf (Jerry Dodgion) |
e. | 3052 | Say You're Mine (Duke Pearson) |
f. | 3053 (tk 30) | Theme From "Rosemary's Baby" - 3:16 (Krzysztof Komeda)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Jerry Dodgion (f) on a-b, f; (af) on c-d, f; Bobby Hutcherson (vib) on a-d, f; Sam Brown (g) on a-d, f; Al Gafa (g) on a-d; Victor Pantoja (cga) on a-d.
Date: September 11, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, af), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Sam Brown, Al Gafa (g), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (per)
a. | 4013 (tk 7) | Los Ojos Alegres (The Happy Eyes) - 6:17 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84293 — The Phantom Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) Water CD: 133 — The Phantom (2004) |
b. | 4014 (tk 8) | Blues For Alvina - 3:09 (Willie Wilson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84293 — The Phantom Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) Water CD: 133 — The Phantom (2004) |
c. | 4015 (tk 11) | The Phantom - 10:21 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84293 — The Phantom Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) Water CD: 133 — The Phantom (2004) EMI CD: 7243 5 24415 2 5 — Blue Note Mix CD, volume 2: Scotch & Sofa |
d. | 4016 | Bunda Amerela (Little Yellow Streetcar) (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 4017 (tk 22) | The Moana Surf - 7:24 (Jerry Dodgion) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84293 — The Phantom Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) Water CD: 133 — The Phantom (2004) |
f. | 4018 (tk 24) | Say You're Mine - 5:41 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84293 — The Phantom Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) Water CD: 133 — The Phantom (2004) |
Jerry Dodgion (f) on a-b, d; (af) on c, e; Bobby Hutcherson (vib) on a, c-e; Sam Brown (g) on a, c-e; Al Gafa (g) on a, c-e; Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (per) on a-e.
Date: December 2, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion, Al Gibbons (as), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jim Bossy, Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm (t), Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell (tb), Kenny Rupp (btb), Duke Pearson (p, con), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Andy Bey (v)
a. | 3056 | Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 3057 | Here's That Rainy Day (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 3058 | Minor League (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 3059 | I'm Tired Of Cryin' Over You (Buddy Johnson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Andy Bey (v) on d.
All titles from this session were rejected.
Date: December 3, 1968
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion, Al Gibbons (as), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jim Bossy, Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Marvin Stamm (t), Joe Shepley (t, fh), Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Benny Powell (tb), Kenny Rupp (btb), Duke Pearson (p, con), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Andy Bey (v)
a. | 3061 (tk 25) | Make It Good - 5:40 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
b. | 3062 (tk 35) | Amanda - 3:40 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 3063 (tk 43) | Dad Digs Mom (And Mom Digs Dad) - 2:45 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 3060 (tk 47) | Disapproachment - 5:42 (Frank Foster) / arr: Frank Foster
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
e. | 3056 (tk 53) | Days Of Wine And Roses - 5:55 (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
f. | 3057 (tk 54) | Here's That Rainy Day - 4:20 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
g. | 3058 (tk 55) | Minor League - 6:35 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
h. | 3064 (tk 60) | Tones For Joan's Bones - 5:30 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 4 94508 2 0 — Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band & Now Hear This (1998) |
i. | 3059 (tk 62) | I'm Tired Of Cryin' Over You - 3:40 (Buddy Johnson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84308 — Now Hear This |
Joe Shepley (t) on a-g, i; (fh) on h; Andy Bey (v) on i.
Solo credits not listed on album, but supplied here by Marvin Stamm:
a. - Lew Tabackin, Pepper Adams
b. - Benny Powell, Burt Collins
c. - Duke Pearson
d. - Frank Foster, Garnett Brown, Duke Pearson, Mickey Roker
e. - Frank Foster, Benny Powell
f. - Jerry Dodgion
g. - Garnett Brown, Al Gibbons, Marvin Stamm
h. - Joe Shepley, Duke Pearson
i. - Andy Bey (vocal)
Date: February 25, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p, cel), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | tk 4 | Sleigh Ride - 6:25 (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
b. | tk 9 | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
c. | tk 16 | Go Tell It On The Mountain (Traditional) |
d. | tk 17 | Little Drummer Boy (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) |
e. | tk 22 | Old Fashioned Christmas - 2:26 (Composer Unknown)
Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
f. | tk 32 | Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) |
g. | tk 34 | Silent Night (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) |
h. | tk 35 | Jingle Bells (J. S. Pierpont) |
i. | tk 37 | Wassail Song |
Date: April 11, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (fh, p, ep), Al Gafa (g), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per), Adrienne Abbot, Andy Bey, Elise Bretton, Robert Carlson, Lillian Clark, Robin Green, Curley Hale, Art Lang, Charles Magruder, June Magruder, Helen Mils, Don Riddell, James Ryan, Christine Spencer, David Vogel, Tony Wells, Joan Wibe (v), Jack Manno (con)
a. | 4019 (tk 3) | Cristo Redentor - 3:53 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Jack Manno, Duke Pearson |
b. | 4018 (tk 9) | Give Me Your Love - 3:24 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Jack Manno, Duke Pearson |
c. | 4017 (tk 17) | Stella By Starlight - 4:39 (Victor Young, Ned Washington) / arr: Jack Manno, Duke Pearson |
d. | 4120 (tk 21) | Little Song - 2:53 (Jack Manno) / arr: Jack Manno, Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive
Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Andy Bey (v) on b.
Date: April 14, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (fh, p, ep), Al Gafa (g), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per), Adrienne Abbot, Andy Bey, Elise Bretton, Lillian Clark, Camilla Duncan, Harry Duvall, Robin Green, Curley Hale, Art Lang, Charles Magruder, June Magruder, Don Riddell, William Ruthenberg, James Ryan, Christine Spencer, Tony Wells, Joan Wibe (v), Jack Manno (con)
a. | 4021 (tk 29) | Clara - 2:43 (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) / arr: Jack Manno, Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
b. | 4022 (tk 39) | My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) - 4:35 (Duke Pearson, Jack Manno) / arr: Jack Manno, Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
c. | 4023 (tk 43) | Old Fashioned Christmas (Composer Unknown) |
d. | 4024 (tk 44) | How Insensitive [aka Insensatez] - 2:13 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Duke Pearson (fh) on a; (ep) on a-b; Al Gafa (g) on a-b; Bob Cranshaw (b) on a-c; Mickey Roker (d) on a-c; Airto Moreira (per) on a-b; Adrienne Abbot (v) on a-b; Andy Bey (v) on a; Elise Bretton (v) on a-b; Lillian Clark (v) on a-b; Camilla Duncan (v) on a-b; Harry Duvall (v) on a-b; Robin Green (v) on a-b; Curley Hale (v) on a-b; Art Lang (v) on a-b; Charles Magruder (v) on a-b; June Magruder (v) on a-b; Don Riddell (v) on a-b; William Ruthenberg (v) on a-b; James Ryan (v) on a-b; Christine Spencer (v) on a-b; Tony Wells (v) on a-b; Joan Wibe (v) on a-b; Jack Manno (con) on a-b.
Personnel on 4023 is speculative.
Date: April 27, 1969
Location: Left Bank Jazz Society - Famous Ballroom, Baltimore, MD
Label: [private recording]
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion, Al Gibbons (f, as), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Jim Bossy, Donald Byrd, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley (t, fh), Eddie Bert, Joe Forst, Julian Priester (tb), Kenny Rupp (btb), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b, eb), Mickey Roker (d)
a. | 01 | Hi-Fly - 12:41 (Randy Weston) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 02 | New Girl - 8:18 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 03 | Eldorado - 7:10 (Mitch Farber) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 04 | In The Still Of The Night - 9:17 (Cole Porter) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 05 | Tones For Joan's Bones - 9:57 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 06 | Straight Up And Down - 13:08 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson |
g. | 07 | Ready When You Are, C. B. - 7:17 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
h. | 08 | Night Song - 11:35 (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Uptown CD: UPCD 27.72 — Baltimore 1969 (2013) |
Date: May 5, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Dorio Ferreira (g, per), Duke Pearson (p), Jose de Castilho e Souza 'Bebeto' (b), Airto Moreira (d), Mickey Roker (per), Flora Purim (v)
a. | 6181 (tk 16) | Sandalia Dela - 3:28 (Duke Pearson, Jack Manno) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive Blue Note CD: 95590 — Blue Bossa (1992) |
b. | 6182 (tk 24) | Tears - 3:29 (Eumir Deodato, Ray Gilbert, Paulo Valle) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive |
c. | 6201 (tk 34) | Lamento - 2:51 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84344 — How Insensitive |
d. | 6202 (tk 29) | Upa Neguinho - 1:57 (Edu Lôbo, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) |
All titles on: | Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Flora Purim (v) on a-c.
Date: May 9, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Lew Tabackin (f), Frank Foster (ss, ts), Donald Byrd (t), Julian Priester (tb), Jimmy Ponder (g), Duke Pearson (ep), Roland Wilson (b), Joe Chambers (d), Nat Bettis, John 'J.R.' Robinson (per)
a. | tk 2 | Weasil - 9:50
Blue Note CD: 99106 — Blue Break Beats, volume 1 (1993) |
b. | tk 8 | I Love The Girl - 8:35 (Donald Byrd) |
Both titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84319 — Fancy Free
Blue Note CD: CDP 0777 7 89796 2 3 — Fancy Free (1993) |
Date: May 22, 1969
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Lee Morgan (ldr), Jean 'Toots' Thielemans (h, g), Burt Collins, Lee Morgan, Joe Shepley (t, fh), Al Gafa, Wally Richardson (g), Duke Pearson (p), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per)
a. | 4377 (tk 6) | Theme From "Midnight Cowboy" - 2:46 (John Barry) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: 57748 — Blue Movies: Scoring For The Studios (1999) |
b. | 4378 (tk 13) | Theme From "Popi" - 3:20 (Dominic Frontiere, Norman Gimbel) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Both titles on: | Blue Note 45: BN 45-1591 — Midnight Cowboy/Popi |
Lee Morgan (t) on a.
Date: June 6, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f), Frank Foster (ss, ts), Donald Byrd (t), Julian Priester (tb), Jimmy Ponder (g), Duke Pearson (ep), Roland Wilson (b), Idris Muhammad (d), Nat Bettis, John 'J.R.' Robinson (per)
a. | tk 10 | Fancy Free - 11:50 (Donald Byrd) |
b. | tk 23 | The Uptowner - 9:05 (Mitch Farber) |
Both titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84319 — Fancy Free
Blue Note CD: CDP 0777 7 89796 2 3 — Fancy Free (1993) |
Date: July 7, 1969
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Al Gibbons (f), Gary Campbell (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Kenny Rupp (frh), Wally Richardson (g), Duke Pearson (ep), Bob Cranshaw (eb), Freddie Waits (d), Roland Wilson (cga)
a. | 4612-9 | Now Wheddy |
b. | 4613-5 | Yano |
c. | 4614-3 | Congo |
Al Gibbons (f) on b-c; Gary Campbell (ts) on b-c; Donald Byrd (t) on b-c; Kenny Rupp (frh) on b-c.
All three selections were rejected.
Confirmation needed on personnel attributions - ordinarily, Kenny Rupp is a trombonist; Roland Wilson is a bassist. Cuscuna/Ruppli 2 indicates "horns out" on a. - does Byrd play?
Three unknown vocalists present on a. and b.
Date: August 19, 1969
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Duke Pearson (p, cel), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per)
a. | 3705 | Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 3706 | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - 2:00 (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
c. | 3707 | Go Tell It On The Mountain - 3:44 (Traditional) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
d. | 3708 | Little Drummer Boy - 5:47 (Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
e. | 3710 | Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 4:07 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
f. | 3711 | Silent Night - 4:12 (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
g. | 3712 | Jingle Bells - 5:10 (J. S. Pierpont) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
h. | 3725 | Wassail Song - 3:04 arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
i. | O Little Town Of Bethlehem - 1:14 (Phillips Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84323 — Merry Ole Soul Blue Note CD: TOCJ 9559 — Merry Ole Soul Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Duke Pearson (cel) on a-h; Bob Cranshaw (b) on a-h; Mickey Roker (d) on a-h; Airto Moreira (per) on a-h.
Date: October 3, 1969
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Al Gibbons (f), Jerry Dodgion (as), Frank Foster (ts), Burt Collins (t), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Al Gafa (g), Duke Pearson (p, ep), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per, v), Stella Mars (v)
a. | 5220-5 | Once I Loved [aka O Amor Em Paz] - 5:22 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Ray Gilbert) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35283 5 — Blue Note Plays Jobim (1996) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
b. | 5221-5 | Xibaba - 6:32 (Airto Moreira) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
c. | 5222-2 | Is That So? (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
Stella Mars (v) on a; Airto Moreira (v) on a-b.
Date: November 21, 1969
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Al Gibbons (f), Jerry Dodgion (as), Lew Tabackin (ts), Burt Collins (t), Bobby Hutcherson (vib), Wally Richardson (g), Ralph Towner (acg), Duke Pearson (p, ep), Bob Cranshaw (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per)
a. | 5565-7 | Come On Over, My Love (Jerry Dodgion) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 5566-9 | Dialogo - 3:34 (Antonio Carlos Jobim) / arr: Duke Pearson
Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
c. | 5567-1 | Captain Bacardi - 5:40 (Antonio Carlos Jobim) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
d. | 5568-5 | I Don't Know - 7:00 (Airto Moreira) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
c. misspelled as "Captain Bicardi"
Date: December 16, 1969
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Lew Tabackin (f, ts), Frank Foster (ts), Donald Byrd (t), William Campbell (tb), Duke Pearson (ep), Ron Carter (b), Bob Cranshaw (eb), Airto Moreira (per)
a. | 4615 | Kofi - 9:30 (Donald Byrd) |
b. | 4616 | Fufu - 9:45 (Donald Byrd) |
Both titles on: | Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 31875 2 2 — Kofi (1995) |
Frank Foster (ts) on a; Bob Cranshaw (eb) on b.
Date: February 13, 1970
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (af, as), Frank Foster (acl, ts), Lew Tabackin (ts), Burt Collins (t), Kenny Rupp (tb), Duke Pearson (p, ep), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d), Andy Bey (v)
a. | 5921 (tk 2) | I Don't Care Who Knows It - 3:10 (Buddy Johnson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) |
b. | 5922 (tk 6) | Canto De Ossanha - 6:36 (Baden Powell, Vinicius DeMoraes) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) |
c. | 5923 (tk 15) | A Beautiful Friendship - 6:37 (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) |
d. | 5924 (tk 29) | Emily - 4:00 (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note LP 12": BN LA-317 — It Could Only Happen With You (1974) |
e. | 5925 (tk 33) | Bloos - 7:38 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) |
f. | 5926 (tk 36) | Horn In - 5:51 (Frank Foster) / arr: Duke Pearson
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 35220 2 6 — I Don't Care Who Knows It (1996) |
All titles on: | Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Andy Bey (v) on a.
Date: April 10, 1970
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Duke Pearson (ldr), Al Gibbons (af, as), Frank Foster (ts), Burt Collins, Joe Shepley (t), Kenny Rupp (tb), Hermeto Pascoal, Theo (g, b), Duke Pearson (p, ep), Bob Cranshaw (b, eb), Mickey Roker (d), Flora Purim (v)
a. | 6128 (tk 5) | It Could Only Happen With You - 3:35 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, L. Oliveira, Ray Gilbert) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | 6129 (tk 10) | Gira, Girou (Round And Round) - 7:20 (Milton Nascimento) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | 6130 (tk 19) | Book's Bossa - 6:35 (Walter Booker, Cedar Walton) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | 6131 (tk 20) | Lost In The Stars - 3:27 (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | 6132 (tk 22) | Stormy - 3:35 (Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | 6133 (tk 27) | Hermeto - 5:35 (Hermeto Pascoal) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BN LA-317 — It Could Only Happen With You (1974)
Mosaic CD: 72435 98222 2 0 — Mosaic Select 8 - Duke Pearson (2003) |
Hermeto Pascoal (g) on e; (b) on d; Theo (g) on a-c, e; (b) on f; Flora Purim (v) on a-b, e.
Date: May 1970
Location: Wollman Auditorium, Columbia University, New York City
Label: [private recording]
Duke Pearson (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Duke Pearson (p), Al Hibbler (v)
a. | [unknown titles] (Composer Unknown) / arr: Duke Pearson |
This performance for The Duke Ellington Society may exist in the society's archives. Additional personnel (big band) are as yet unknown.
Date: May 15, 1970
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (f, ss, as), Hermeto Pascoal (f), Lew Tabackin (f, ts), Frank Foster (af, ts), Pepper Adams (cl, bar), Donald Byrd (t), William Campbell (tb), Wally Richardson (g), Duke Pearson (ep), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira (per)
a. | tk 2 | Estavanico - 11:00 (Donald Byrd)
EMI CD: 7243 5 24415 2 5 — Blue Note Mix CD, volume 2: Scotch & Sofa |
b. | tk 4 | Essence - 10:30 (Donald Byrd) |
c. | tk 5 | The Dude - 8:00 (Donald Byrd) |
d. | tk 8 | Xibaba - 13:35 (Airto Moreira)
EMI CD: 7243 5 24415 2 5 — Blue Note Mix CD, volume 2: Scotch & Sofa |
All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84349 — Electric Byrd |
Hermeto Pascoal (f) on d.
Date: December 4, 1970
Location: A & R Studios, New York City
Label: Blue Note
Donald Byrd (ldr), Frank Foster (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Wally Richardson (g), Duke Pearson (ep), Ron Carter (b), Mickey Roker (d), Airto Moreira, Dom Um Romão (per)
a. | 6879 (tk 2) | Perpetual Love - 8:00 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 31875 2 2 — Kofi (1995) |
b. | 6880 (tk 7) | Elmina - 8:30 (Donald Byrd)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 31875 2 2 — Kofi (1995) |
c. | 6881 (tk 15) | The Loud Minority - 10:00 (Frank Foster)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 31875 2 2 — Kofi (1995) |
d. | 6882 (tk 18) | My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera) (Duke Pearson, Jack Manno) |
In discographies, "Perpetual Love" listed as "Untitled Byrd Ballad," "Elmina" listed as "Blues Rock," and "The Loud Minority" listed as "Untitled Frank Foster Tune." Correct titles were added when the material was issued.
Date: ca. 1971
Label: Temponic
Carmen McRae (ldr), Buddy Collette, Bob Cooper, Bill Green, Bill Hood, Marshal Royal, Bud Shank (ww), Cat Anderson, John Audino, Buddy Childers, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Gene Goe, Ray Triscari (t), William Hinshaw, Alan Robinson, Gale Robinson, Henry Sigismonti, Bob Watt (frh), George Bohanon, Nick Di Maio, Joe Howard, Grover Mitchell (tb), John E. Arnold, Larry Bunker (vib, per), John Collins, Barney Kessel (g), Bob Corwin, Jimmy Jones, Duke Pearson, Jimmy Rowles (p), Ray Brown, Dick McQuary (b), Louie Bellson (d), Carmen McRae (v), Benny Carter, Quincy Jones (con)
a. | a-01 | I'll Never Pass This Way Again - 3:45 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
b. | a-02 | Mr. Love - 3:40 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
c. | a-03 | All That I Can Do Is Think Of You - 5:05 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
d. | a-04 | All The Time - 4:58 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
e. | a-05 | When It's Time To Tell - 4:25 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
f. | b-01 | The Happy Ones - 4:47 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
g. | b-02 | Bobby - 3:16 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
h. | b-03 | Tender Loving Words - 3:37 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
i. | b-04 | When Twilight Comes - 4:08 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Benny Carter |
j. | b-05 | A Tribute To Benny Carter - 6:15 (Bob Friedman) / arr: Quincy Jones |
All titles on: | Temponic LP 12": TB-29562 — Carmen (1972) |
Benny Carter (con) on a-i; Quincy Jones (con) on j.
No date given. Personnel is collective and must be from several (four?) sessions. Flip Phillips is named as a tenor soloist in the notes, but is not listed in the personnel.
Date: February 9, 14, 16, 1984
Location: Crescendo Recorders, Atlanta, GA
Label: [private recording]
The Georgia State University Jazz Band (ldr), Carla Burgess, John Smarzewski (as), Paul Allopenna, Steven Byess (ts), Tom Regeski (bar), Dorrie Breen, Leslie Chapman, Bruce Reeves, Tony Smart, Marvin Stamm, Frank Vardaros, Jr. (t), Marion Barker, Harrison Everett, Russ Everett, Tim Johnson, Guy Smith (tb), Mark Haynes (g), Penelope Williams (p), Stephen Yates (eb), Edward 'Sonny' Emory III (d), Stacia Fernandez, Rosemary Rainey (v)
a. | a-01 | New Girl - 6:54 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
b. | a-02 | Days Of Wine And Roses - 5:46 (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Duke Pearson |
c. | a-03 | Minor League - 7:12 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
d. | b-01 | Make It Good - 4:48 (Duke Pearson) / arr: Duke Pearson |
e. | b-02 | A Taste Of Honey - 5:10 (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) / arr: Duke Pearson |
f. | b-03 | On Mother's Day - 3:38 (Duke Pearson, Dorothy Smith) / arr: Stacia Fernandez, Robert Morsch |
g. | b-04 | Straight Up And Down - 8:48 (Chick Corea) / arr: Duke Pearson |
All titles on: | [no label] LP 12": GSU-CR 22884 — The Georgia State University Jazz Band Plays The Music Of Duke Pearson |
Carla Burgess (as) on a-e, g; John Smarzewski (as) on a-e, g; Paul Allopenna (ts) on a-e, g; Steven Byess (ts) on a-e, g; Tom Regeski (bar) on a-e, g; Dorrie Breen (t) on a-e, g; Leslie Chapman (t) on a-e, g; Bruce Reeves (t) on a-e, g; Tony Smart (t) on a-e, g; Marvin Stamm (t) on a-e, g; Frank Vardaros, Jr. (t) on a-e, g; Marion Barker (tb) on a-e, g; Harrison Everett (tb) on a-e, g; Russ Everett (tb) on a-e, g; Tim Johnson (tb) on a-e, g; Guy Smith (tb) on a-e, g; Penelope Williams (p) on a-e, g; Stephen Yates (eb) on a-e, g; Edward 'Sonny' Emory III (d) on a-e, g; Stacia Fernandez (v) on f; Rosemary Rainey (v) on f.
BMI lists composer of f. as Dorothy Smith, but LP issue lists Dorelle Smith. Confirmation needed.