Pony Poindexter Discography

Herb Caro (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Herb Caro, Morrie Stewart (ts), Buzz Wheeler (p), Dick Hopkins (b), Johnny Berger (d)

The Tom Lord Discography list the two unissued titles from Charles Mingus' first Fentone session for this release number; Sunenblick and Homzy, who acquired all Fentone masters, found out this is incorrect. There is no entry for the session of The Owl Sextette in Lord's database.
As this was recorded during a recording ban, all the musicians had to use fantasy names, the group was called "The Owl Sextette": The Owl [= Herb Caro]; Colt Hoot [= Pony Poindexter]; ? Hoot [= Morrie Stewart]; Izzy Hoot [= Buzz Wheeler]; Schlomey Hoot [= Dick Hopkins] L. Hoot [= Johnny Berger]. This personnel was partly documented and partly identified by Dick Saltzman when listening to a tape of the tracks. In his memoirs Poindexter remembers Claude Williamson (p), Red Kelly (b), and Herby Stewart (sic!) (ts) besides Caro and Berger.

Robert E. Sunenblick, Andrew Homzy: Booklet notes of Uptown UPCD 27.48 (Charles 'Baron' Mingus: West Coast 1945-49)
Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985

Teddy Bunn (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Teddy Bunn (g, v), Jerome Parsons (p), Curtis Counce (b), Bryant Allen (d)

Teddy Bunn (v) on b, d.

Contrary to its title the P-Vine CD covers recordings beyond 1940.

Saunders King (ldr), Allen Smith (t), Pony Poindexter (as), Kermit Scott (ts), Saunders King (g, v), Cedric Haywood (p), Vernon Alley (b), Bernard "Bunny" Peters (d)

Track a as St. James Infirmary Blues.

Saunders King (ldr), Allen Smith (t), Pony Poindexter (as), Kermit Scott (ts), Saunders King (g, v), Cedric Haywood (p), Vernon Alley (b), Bernard "Bunny" Peters (d)

Personnel as listed in the Classics CD reissue. Broven says "similar personnel" (to the previous Saunders King session).

Saunders King (ldr), Allen Smith (t), Pony Poindexter (as), Kermit Scott (ts), Saunders King (g, v), Cedric Haywood (p), Vernon Alley (b), Bernard "Bunny" Peters (d)

Take numbers as in Tom Lord's discography / John Broven's discography. Personnel of this session as listed in the Classics CD reissue. Broven just says "similar personnel" (to the previous Saunders King session). Poindexter does not mention his recordings with Saunders King in his memoirs. The Tom Lord Discography has Vernon King playing bass on some Saunders King sessions, but all others sources have Vernon Alley.

Vernon Alley (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Richard Wyands (p), Vernon Alley (b), Roy Porter (d)

These titles were recorded when the Vernon Alley Quartet played opposite the Dave Brubeck Quartet with Paul Desmond at the Blackhawk, the band members shared the expenses. The group took them to Fantasy Records but the label refused to release them. They remain unissued.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985, pp. 68-71

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Buddy Montgomery (vib), Wes Montgomery (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d), Bill Perkins (tam), Jon Hendricks (v)

Pony Poindexter (as) on c, (v) on a-b, d; Buddy Montgomery (vib) on c-d; Wes Montgomery (g) on c-d; Bill Perkins (tam) on a-b.

The recording dates for the sessions to record Jon Hendricks' LP " A Good Git-Together" are uncertain; all sources available to me say 1958 or 1959 (the Pacific Jazz CD reissue) or just late 1950's. The date given by Poindexter in his memoirs is November 1958, but since he also writes that the Montgomery session below was recorded only two weeks later this seems questionable; reissue producer Michael Cuscuna states October 1959 for the Montgomery quartet session. The fact that the Adderley Brothers (who participated in one session) recorded at the Blackhawk in San Francisco on October 18-20, 1959 for Riverside further supports this date, as Cannonball Adderley was still a member of the Miles Davis Sextet in 1958.
I'll Die Happy, which was first recorded by Louis Jordan in 1954, credited to "Moore-Hendricks" on the Vogue issue, to Hendricks alone on all other releases and other recordings.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Wes Montgomery (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Monk Montgomery (eb), Walter Bolden (d), Jon Hendricks (v)

Jon Hendricks (ldr) on a-b, d, (v) on a-b, d; Pony Poindexter (as) on a-b, d; Wes Montgomery (g) on a-b, d; Gildo Mahones (p) on a-b, d; Monk Montgomery (eb) on a-b, d; Walter Bolden (d) on a-b, d.

In his memoirs, Pondexter tells he wrote A Good Git-Together after being called for the recording by producer Richard Bock, and Hendricks picked it up and set lyrics to it. Most issues and sources credit both lyrics and tune incorrectly to Hendricks.
A Good Git-Together was edited for the 45 rpm release. For the LP "A Portrait of Wes Montgomery", compiled after Montgomery's death, a horn section, arranged and conducted by Gerald Wilson, was overdubbed to this edited version, probably in July, 1968. Personnel: John Audino, Larry McGuire, Alex Rodriguez, Jerry Rusch (t), Thurman Green, Lester Robertson, Frank Strong (tb), Mike Wimberly (btb).

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, Pony Poindexter (as), Nat Adderley (c), Wes Montgomery (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Monk Montgomery (eb), Walter Bolden (d), Bill Perkins (tam), Jon Hendricks (v)

Bill Perkins (tam) on c.

Music In The Air is Gigi Gryce's tune Wildwood with lyrics by Jon Hendricks; Gryce is not credited on all issues.
Some details remain unclear as far as the personnel on this session is concerned. The Adderley Brothers were not credited on the World Pacific and Vogue LP issues because they were under contract with Riverside at the time. There are no seprarate personnel credits on the back cover; Jon Hendricks mentions the musicians participating in his liner notes. He talks about the Adderleys as "Blockbuster and his brother on alto sax and cornet".
Poindexter is not listed in the Bruyninckx and Lord discographies for this session, nor mentioned as participating in the credits of the 2006 CD reissue, but in his memoirs Poindexter says Out Of The Past was a feature for him, and describes the session. He had collaborated with Hendricks on the preparation of the session. The addition of the Adderley brothers was producer Richard Bock's idea. Aural evidence clearly confirms the above personnel; e.g. Cannonball Adderley plays the opening thematic sax solo on Music In The Air, Poindexter is the sax soloist after Hendricks' vocals and on the remainder of this session's tracks, their styles are easily distinguished – Cannonball’s solo style is so easily recognized that more than one solo would have revealed his identity. (Nat Adderley does not play a single solo.) The cover photo shows the session musicians, the Adderley Brothers and Poindexter are seen. There are passages in the arrangements where two alto saxophones are audible. The front cover of the original World Pacific LP has "Pony Poindexter and The Montgomery Brothers" below Jon Hendricks' name, which has been changed to "With Cannonball Adderley and Wes Montgomery" on the CD reissue, which is incorrect as far as Poindexter's important role in this album is concerned. If his solos had been given to Adderley just for the recording session, Poindexter certainly would have remembered, he was extremely alert to injusticies in the music business.
Unfortunately the credits from the 2006 Pacific Jazz CD reissue have been adapted by practically all sources; e.g. Poindexter is omitted from the credits of the Essential Jazz Classics reissue and Cannonball Adderley named as featured soloist.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985

Wes Montgomery (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Wes Montgomery (g), Buddy Montgomery (p), Monk Montgomery (eb), Louis Hayes (d)

On World Pacific ST 20137 and equivalent releases, tracks b and c had orchestral overdubs added, arranged and conducted by Gerald Wilson - see next entry.
For more releases of this session, see https://attictoys.com/wes-montgomery-discography-1948-1963/
There is another 45 rpm EP with a track from this session, Montgomeryland Vol. 3, details are missing.

Wes Montgomery (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Wes Montgomery (g), Buddy Montgomery (p), Monk Montgomery (eb), Israel Baker, Jan Glinka, Leonard Malarsky, George Poole (vn), Robert Ostrowsky (vl), Raymond Kelley (vc), Gerald Wilson (con)

These are the same performances as in the previous session, but edited and with a string section overdubbed, arranged and conducted by Gerald Wilson, probably recorded in July 1968, when the release of the album "A Portrait of Wes Montgomerry" was prepared.

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Jon Hendricks (na, v), Pony Poindexter (na), Ben Webster (ts), Bobby Gibbons (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d), unknown (tam, per, v), Hannah Dean, Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller, Jimmy Witherspoon (v)

Pony Poindexter (na) on e; Ben Webster (ts) on f-h; Bobby Gibbons (g) on c, e, g-h; Gildo Mahones (p) on e-h; Ike Isaacs (b) on c, e-h; Jimmy Wormworth (d) on b, e-h; unknown (tam) on f, (per) on b-c, (v) on a-d; Hannah Dean (v) on d; Jon Hendricks (v) on b-c; Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller (v) on f, h; Jimmy Witherspoon (v) on g.

On several tracks, Jon Hendricks is accompanied by unidentified background singers; Hannah Dean is accompanied by a gospel group from Berkeley, California. The introduction probably belongs to the master number of track b.
Tracks were edited after the recording sessions and master numbers attributed in LP track sequence. The date above (from the Lord Discography) probably is the date of one of the sesions or when the master tape was edited and assembled; recording sessions most likely took place at several dates. The Monterey Jazz Festival where this music was first performed, took place September 23-25, 1960. A session by Big Miller for his Columbia LP "Revelation And The Blues" was recorded in Los Angeles on October 18, 1960, with master numbers RHCO46807, 46815, 46823, and 46825 assigned and Ben Webster, Bobby Gibbons, Gildo Mahones, Ike Issacs, and Jimmy Wormworth participating. Members of the rhythm section were not credited on all issues, but were Lambert, Hendrick, & Ross' regular accompaniment and/or participated in the Monterey performance. The Lord and Bruyninckx discographies list Eric Gale (p) for these sessions, but this is doubtful, as he was a guitarist and started his recording career in New York in 1961.

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Jon Hendricks (na, v), Pony Poindexter (as), Bobby Gibbons (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d), unknown (hnd, v), Hannah Dean, Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller, Jimmy Witherspoon (v)

Pony Poindexter (as) on d; Bobby Gibbons (g) on d-f; Gildo Mahones (p) on a, c-f; Ike Isaacs (b) on c-f; Jimmy Wormworth (d) on c-f; unknown (hnd) on b, (v) on a-b, g; Hannah Dean (v) on a; Jon Hendricks (v) on b, f; Clarence Horatius "Big" Miller (v) on g; Jimmy Witherspoon (v) on c, e.

See note to previous session.

Bev Kelly (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Joseph "Flip" Nuñez (p), Johnny Allen (b), Tony Johnson (d), Bev Kelly (v)

Pony Poindexter (as) on b-d, f-g, i-k.

Josh White (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss), Josh White (g, v), Harold Mabern, Jr. (p), Bill Lee (b), Walter Perkins (d), unknown (cga), Josh White, jr. (v)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on e; Harold Mabern, Jr. (p) on e; Walter Perkins (d) on e; unknown (cga) on e; Josh White, jr. (v) on j.

Poindexter mentions recording one track with Josh White in January 1962 in his memoirs; all sources date this session in 1960. It is also mentioned in the liner notes of Jon Hendricks' LP "Fast Livin' Blues", Hendricks was present at the session, which is said to have been "some time before this album was recorded". Poindexter reports the sessions for Hendricks' album were held "a few weeks later". Elijah Wald's Josh White biography is of little use as far as discographical details are concerned, but the surrounding events in White's and Poindexter's lives make early 1961 probable for the later Elektra sessions.
Only bassist Lee was credited on the album cover. The Bruyninckx and Lord discographies list George Coleman on alto sax for this track, but it clearly is a soprano sax and Poindexter, who used the same introduction in his recording of Lagniappe for his Epic LP. Bruyninckx and Lord also list Harold Mabern and Walter Perkins for playing piano and drums, but this is unconfirmed. Perkins was credited for playing alongside Lee on the back cover of one of White's previous Elektra albums; Coleman, Mabern, and Perkins for another album. What is audible on this track only besides White's vocals and guitar and Bill Lee's bass is soprano sax, piano, one conga, and a drummer using brushes.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985, p. 185
Jon Hendricks, liner notes to "Fast Livin' Blues", Columbia CL 1805/CS 8605
Elijah Wald: Josh White - Society Blues. Abingdon & New York: Routledge, 2002

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Joe Newman (t), Pony Poindexter (as), Billy Mitchell (ts), Al Grey (tb), Gildo Mahones (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Stu Martin (d), Jon Hendricks (v)

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Joe Newman (t), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Billy Mitchell (ts), Al Grey (tb), Freddie Green (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Stu Martin (d), Jon Hendricks (v)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a-b, (as) on c-d; Billy Mitchell (ts) on a-c; Al Grey (tb) on a-c.

Freddie Green is not listed in the Bruyninckx and Lord discographies, but he is mentioned in the liner notes and by Hendricks in his impromptu lyrics. (The album cover has no separate personnel credits.) Contemporary Blues was recorded during the last five minutes of studio time when Grey and Mitchell already had left.

Jon Hendricks (ldr), Joe Newman (t), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Billy Mitchell (ts), Al Grey (tb), Freddie Green (g), Gildo Mahones (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Stu Martin (d), Jon Hendricks (v)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on c-d, (as) on a-b.

Freddie Green is not listed in the Bruyninckx and Lord discographies, but he is mentioned in the liner notes and by Hendricks in his impromptu lyrics. He was also not listed in the personnel credits on Columbia PC 38508. The uncredited background vocals on Do You Call That A Buddy are by band members. Another Git Together is the same tune as A Good Git-Together from the 1959 Pacific Jazz LP, and properly credited to Poindexter here.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Eric Dolphy, Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner (as), Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Gildo Mahones (p), Ron Carter (b), Elvin Jones (d), Gene Kee (con)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a, d, (as) on b-c.

Poindexter's composition Lagniappe (a creole expression for "a little something extra") is misspelled Lanyop on all issues (s. his memoirs). It is based on an old tune he heard in New Orleans, Black Gal. He uses the same sax introduction as in his recording with Josh White (s. above).

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985, p. 184

Lambert Hendricks & Ross (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Gildo Mahones (p), Ron Carter (b), Stu Martin (d), Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Annie Ross (v)

Pony Poindexter (as) on a-b.

Lambert Hendricks & Ross (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Gildo Mahones (p), William Yancey (b), Stu Martin (d), Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert, Annie Ross (v)

Pony Poindexter (as) on b-d.

The credits of Columbia PC 38508 list Ron Carter on bass for this session; on Columbia C2K 64933 it was changed to "Ron Carter or William Yancey". Sound and playing style suggest it was Yancey rather than Carter; the fact that Carter is listed as playing bass on two other sessions in New York on the same day, March 9, 1962, led by Charles Bell and Tadd Dameron, makes his participation unlikely.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), Sylvester 'Sonny Red' Kyner, Phil Woods (as), Clifford Jordan, Sal Nistico (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Tommy Flanagan (p), Ron Carter (b), Charli Persip (d), Gene Kee (con)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on b, (as) on a, c-d, (v) on a.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (as), Dexter Gordon, Billy Mitchell (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Gildo Mahones (p), William Yancey (b), Charli Persip (d), Gene Kee (con)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a, c, f, (as) on b, d-e, (v) on d; Gene Quill (as) on a-c, f; Phil Woods (as) on a-c, f; Billy Mitchell (ts) on a-c, f; Pepper Adams (bar) on a-d, f.

In his memoirs Poindexter tells he was called for recording Teo Macero's arrangement of "Rudolph The Rednose Reindeer" "later the same week" after finishing his first session for the "Pony's Express" LP, but the identical personnel suggests it was recorded at this session.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985

Lambert Hendricks & Bavan (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Gildo Mahones (p), George Tucker (b), Jimmie Smith (d), Yolande Bavan, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert (v)

In his memoirs Poindexter tells how the group was dropped by Columbia Records after they had returned from Europe in June, 1962 without Annie Ross but was contracted by RCA within two weeks and "taped a bossa nova album" at the RCA Studio on 30th Street. There is no other evidence for this session; maybe Poindexter mixed it up with the live recordings made in September, 1962 which included bossa nova tunes.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985, p. 193

Lambert Hendricks & Bavan (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss), Gildo Mahones (p), George Tucker (b), Jimmie Smith (d), Yolande Bavan, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert (v)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a-b.

Lambert Hendricks & Bavan (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss), Gildo Mahones (p), George Tucker (b), Jimmie Smith (d), Yolande Bavan, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert (v)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a, c-d.

Poindexter did not play on the tracks recorded at the 3rd session for this album on September 8, 1962.

Lambert Hendricks & Bavan (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss), Gildo Mahones (p), George Tucker (b), Jimmie Smith (d), Yolande Bavan, Jon Hendricks, Dave Lambert (v)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on b-d, f-g; Yolande Bavan (v) on c-g; Jon Hendricks (v) on c-g; Dave Lambert (v) on c-g.

The show was recorded during the second week of a Lambert, Hendricks, & Bavan engagement at Sugar Hill in San Francisco that started January 16, 1963, Poindexter reports in his memoirs. The DVD credits state the show was aired on February 22, 1963. It also includes a 6 minute interview Ralph J. Gleason conducted with Jon Hendricks after the first tune.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), Gildo Mahones (p), George Tucker (b), Jimmie Smith (d)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a-b, d, g, i-k, m, (as) on e-f, h, l, (v) on d.

It is not known which saxophone Poindexter plays on Sack O' Woe, which remains unissued. The liner notes of PRCD-24229-2 mention four unissued tracks as listed in the Prestige discography, but only three are issued on that CD.
Poindexter does not play on Fly Me To The Moon.
On the BGP reissue this album is listed as tracks 1-8, but they play as tracks 9-16!

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Booker Ervin (ts), Al Grey (tb), Gildo Mahones (p), George Tucker (b), Jimmie Smith (d), unknown (cga)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a-d, f-g, (as) on e-f, h; Booker Ervin (ts) on a-e, g; Al Grey (tb) on e-g; unknown (cga) on a-d.

On Gumbo Filet several band members sing the tune's title, Poindexter among them. The conga player is not mentioned in any issue credits or in previous discographies. Sound and playing style suggest it could be Juan Amalbert, who recorded for Prestige at the time.
This session was scheduled for release on 12" LP New Jazz NJ 8297, which was never issued; some printed covers of this issue were used to pack copies of Prestige PR 16001.
On the BGP reissue this album is listed as tracks 9-16, but they play as tracks 5-8 and 1-4!

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), Jane Getz (p), Teddy Smith (b), Marvin Patillo (d)

In his memoirs Poindexter reports he was obliged to record a third album for Prestige with his working group. The session probably never took place; Poindexter left for Europe on August 22, 1964.

Norwood 'Pony' Poindexter: The Pony Express - Memoirs of a Jazz Musician. Frankfurt, Germany: JAS Publikationen, 1985, pp. 205, 234

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Michel Roques (ts), René Thomas (g), Georges Arvanitas (p), Michel Gaudry (b), Jean-Louis Viale (d)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on a-b, (as) on c-e; Michel Roques (ts) on c-d.

These are private live recordings made during Poindexter's first engagement in Paris, first released posthumously in memory of guitarist René Thomas and under his name, focusing on his solos - most tracks were faded out after these and are marked "incomplete" for this reason. The Gambit release contains longer edits of some performances. Muscial quality is very high with excellent solos, audio quality is substandard. Some fadeouts were caused by the tape running out.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), René Thomas (g), Georges Arvanitas (p), Georges Lucas (b), Michel Delaporte (d)

Pony Poindexter (ss) on e, (v) on c, e.

See note to previous session.

Booker Ervin (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Booker Ervin (ts), Kenny Drew, Sr. (p), Peter Trunk (b), Cees See (d)

Pony Poindexter (v) on a.

The first track was faded in; timing for the second is not reported.
Dexter Gordon and Brew Moore joined this jam in unknown titles.

http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/search/label/Booker%20Ervin%20Discography

Dexter Gordon (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Dexter Gordon (ts), Kenny Drew, Sr. (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b), Makaya Ntshoko (d)

Pony Poindexter (v) on a.

This originally was a broadcast on Danish Radio. There are three short spoken introductions by Dexter Gordon between the performances listed here. The last track was used as a theme and faded out.

Pony Poindexter, Annie Ross (ldr), Carmell Jones (t), Leo Wright (f, as), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), André Condouant (g), Fritz Pauer (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Joe Nay (d), Annie Ross (v)

Carmell Jones (t) on a-d, f-g; Leo Wright (f) on g, (as) on a-c, f-g; Pony Poindexter (ss) on b, e-g, (as) on g, (v) on a-f; Annie Ross (v) on a, c-g.

In the announcement to Home Cookin', Annie Ross tells the lyrics were written by Jon Hendricks; some sources miscredit them to her.
In the liner notes to the LP "Alto Summit" Poindexter is quoted to have regarded this session as his best recorded effort.

Joachim Ernst Berendt, liner notes to "Alto Summit", MPS LP 15.192

Ted Curson (ldr), Ted Curson (t, pt), Nathan Davis (f), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), Booker Ervin (ts), Kenny Drew, Sr. (p), Jimmy Woode (b), Edgar Bateman (d)

Ted Curson (ldr) on a-e, g-h, (t) on a, d-f, h, (pt) on c; Nathan Davis (f) on a, c-d, g-h; Pony Poindexter (ss) on b, d, f, (as) on a-b, d, h, (v) on b; Booker Ervin (ts) on a, d, f, h.

RTBF Recordings for the series "Jazz pour tous" in Belgium, aired on January 7, 1967, Complete broadcast accessible on the website of Belgian TV after a simple registration.
Excerpts under https://youtu.be/ikLlXX80I2I and https://youtu.be/disxLZ52iqw
A Ted Curson Quartet with Ervin, Woode, and Bateman recorded for Fontana in the Netherlands on May 13, 1966. Comparing all of the musicians' itinaries makes late May probable, e.g. Drew was back in Copenhagen in June. The Belgian TV Website confirms the May 1966 recording date.

http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/search/label/Booker%20Ervin%20Discography

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Willi Johanns (v)

Other performers unknown. This was a Jazz Party as part of the Berlin Jazz Festival.

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/chronicle/jazzfest/gruppe/pony-poindexter-und-willi-johanns-1967

Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods, Leo Wright (as), Steve Kuhn (p), Palle Danielsson (b), Jon Christensen (d)

b, c, d, e  performed as medley

Lee Konitz (as) on a, e-g, i-j; Pony Poindexter (as) on a, c, f-h, j; Phil Woods (as) on a, d, f-h, j; Leo Wright (as) on a-b, f-g, i-j.

At the end of the ballad medley all four saxophonist play a chorus on their chosen theme simultaneously, in four different keys.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Jan Hammer (p, org), George Mraz (b), Michael Dennert (d)

Jan Hammer (p) on a-c, f, (org) on d-e; Pony Poindexter (v) on a, c, e.

All LP credits give September, 1969 as recording date, which probably is incorrect. Jan Hammer, George Mraz, Michael Dennert, and Cees See all were members of the house rhythm section at The Domicile in the summer and autumn of 1968, before Hammer left for the USA, and participated in several recording sessions during that time period. Poindexter tells in his memoirs he performed at the Domicile from September 19 to October 6, 1968. As the Session LP was issued only in 1970, the 1969 date probably is a mistake by the editors of the LP credits. By September 1969 Jan Hammer was in the USA. The 2021 limited edition (500 copies) LP reissue on HGBS Blue uses the recording date from the MPS archives and re-arranges the track sequence.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Benny Bailey (t), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Jan Hammer (p, org), George Mraz (b), Michael Dennert (d)

Pony Poindexter (v) on b, e.

Track a as "Orpheu Negro Samba".
The ENJA release is a four CD box with recordings by Bavarian Radio from 1968-78; the other discs feature groups led by Frank Rosolino / Conte Candoli, Fritz Pauer, and Art Farmer. Both issues credit these recordings to have been made in September, 1968.

Pony Poindexter (as, v), Manfred Burzlaff (p), unknown (eb, d)

Poindexter is seen and heard in a Berlin nightclub scene in the movie "Ich ein Groupie" ("Me - A Groupie"), directed by Fred Williams, starring German starlet Ingrid Steeger in the title role. The club is Rolf Eden's "Old Eden Saloon" where Poindexter performed several times.
https://youtu.be/zXFsvxbh44I or https://youtu.be/Sj0fClXHTbs

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Josep Maria Farras (t), Pony Poindexter (ss, as, v), Ricardo "Kaito" Solis (tb), Pere Ferré (p), Eric Peter (b), Adria Font (d), Pedrito Diaz (cga), Deana Poindexter (v)

Josep Maria Farras (t) on a-d, f-g; Pony Poindexter (ss) on b, e, g, (as) on a, d, f, (v) on a, c-g; Ricardo "Kaito" Solis (tb) on a-b, d, f-g; Pedrito Diaz (cga) on a-c, f-g; Deana Poindexter (v) on d, g.

Talgo is a re-arrangement of Poindexter's own tune Another Git-Together.
Pony Poindexter's daughter Deana (mispelled Dina or Diana in other sources) was nine years old at the time and sings along with her dad in the themes. Pianist Ferré was accidentally omitted from the credits on the Spiral LP issue.

Etta James (ldr), Arthur Young (t), Pony Poindexter (ss, as), Klaus Doldinger (ts), Howard Johnson (bar, tu), Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners (tb), Brian Ray (eg), Frank Abel (ep, org), Richard Tee (key), John Paul Jones (eb), Doug Hammond (d), Etta James (v)

The complete LP issue is a imited edition of 1.000 hand-numbered copies. The performance is preceded by a spoken introduction by festival director Claude Nobs. The DVD issues of Etta James' 1993 performance include four tracks from the 1975 show, and excerpts of other Montreux performances of the singer.
Video excerpts: https://www.livemusictelevision.com/2018/04/etta-james-montreux-jazz-fest-1975.html or https://youtu.be/rHZnQQO_XQo

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as, v), Neal Kirkwood (p), Art Washington (b), Richie Goldberg (d)

Pony Poindexter (v) on c, f.

Pony Poindexter (ldr), Pony Poindexter (as), Kenny Drew, Sr. (p), Laurie Antonioli (v)

This session was scheduled during an eight month tour through Europe but was cancelled after Poindexter suffered a stroke; the tour was not concluded.