Jerry Dodgion Leader Entry
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sat, Oct 01, 2011


Date: August? 1955
Location: San Francisco, CA
Label: Fantasy

Jerry Dodgion (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (as), Sonny Clark (p), Eugene Wright (b), Larance Marable (d)

a.     The Groove - 5:45  (Jerry Dodgion)
b.     Miss Jackie's Dish - 9:08  (Eugene Wright)
Both titles on:      Fantasy CD: FCD 24760-2 — The Jazz Scene: San Francisco   (2001)

Date: August 25 and October 2, 2003
Location: Nola Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Love & Smiles Music

Jerry Dodgion (ldr), Jerry Dodgion (ss, as), Daniel Block (as, ts), Brad Leali (as), Frank Wess (ts), Jay Brandford (bar), Mike LeDonne (p), Dennis Irwin (b), Joe Farnsworth (d)

a. 01    Quill - 5:51  (Phil Woods) / arr: Phil Woods
b. 02    Skyline Waltz - 7:22  (Jimmy Mosher)
c. 03    Love And Smiles - 8:25  (Jerry Dodgion) / arr: Jerry Dodgion
d. 04    Slow Motion Strut - 6:35  (Jerry Dodgion) / arr: Jerry Dodgion
e. 05    The Magical Lizard - 10:39  (Jerry Dodgion)
f. 06    Paris Blues - 5:12  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Harold Flender)
g. 07    Cotton Tail - 6:33  (Duke Ellington)
h. 08    Thaddeus - 6:56  (Jerry Dodgion) / arr: Jerry Dodgion
i. 09    Simone - 7:40  (Frank Foster)
j. 10    Brown Penny - 2:48  (Duke Ellington, John Latouche)
All titles on:      Love & Smiles Music CD: LSM 101 — Jerry Dodgion & The Joy Of Sax   (2004)

Some sources give second recording date as August 17, 2003. Confirmation needed.