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Date: June 10, 1957
Location: New York City
Label: Debut
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Joe Maini (as), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Bill Triglia (p), Charles Mingus (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
| a. | Cunningbird - 4:46 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Debut EP 7": DL 101 — Jazz Workshop Presents Jimmy Knepper Debut LP 12": DEB 129 — New Faces Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) | |
| b. | alt. 1 alt | Latter Day Saint - 5:23 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) |
| c. | alt. 2 alt | Latter Day Saint - 3:46 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) |
| d. | tk 6 | Latter Day Saint - 4:01 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) |
| e. | spliced take 8C/6 | Latter Day Saint - 4:07 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Debut EP 7": DL 101 — Jazz Workshop Presents Jimmy Knepper Debut LP 12": DEB 129 — New Faces |
| f. | tk 7A fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:02 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| g. | tk 7B fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:10 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| h. | tk 8A fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:04 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| i. | tk 8B fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:03 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| j. | tk 8C fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:37 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| k. | tk 9A fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:04 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| l. | tk 9B inc | Latter Day Saint - 1:15 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| m. | tk 9C fs | Latter Day Saint - 0:07 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper |
| n. | alt. tk ? alt | Latter Day Saint - 3:51 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) |
| o. | The Jumpin' Blues - 4:53 (Walter Brown, Jay McShann) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Debut EP 7": DL 101 — Jazz Workshop Presents Jimmy Knepper Debut LP 12": DEB 129 — New Faces Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) | |
| p. | The Masher - 3:33 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Debut EP 7": DL 101 — Jazz Workshop Presents Jimmy Knepper Debut LP 12": DEB 129 — New Faces Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) | |
| q. | alt | The Masher - 4:15 (Jimmy Knepper) / arr: Jimmy Knepper
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1807-2 — The Charles Mingus Octet/The Jimmy Knepper Quintet (1992) |
Date corrected (not July 10, 1957) by Jimmy Knepper.
It is unclear whether DEB-129 was issued. DL-101 is a Danish issue.
Date: September 1957
Label: Bethlehem
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Gene Quill (as), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Bill Evans (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
| a. | Love Letters - 5:05 (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) | |
| b. | 6448 | Ogling Ogre - 3:42 (Jimmy Knepper)
Bethlehem 45: 11032 — Ogling Ogre/You Stepped Out Of A Dream |
| c. | 6449 | You Stepped Out Of A Dream - 4:41 (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn)
Bethlehem 45: 11032 — Ogling Ogre/You Stepped Out Of A Dream |
| d. | How High The Moon - 3:58 (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis) | |
| e. | Idol Of The Flies - 5:46 (Jimmy Knepper) | |
| f. | Avid Admirer - 4:59 (Jimmy Knepper) | |
| All titles on: | Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6031 — Idol Of The Flies (1977)
Affinity LP 12": AFF 89 — Idol Of The Flies Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 77 — A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10151 — The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings (2004) Toshiba/Bethlehem CD: TOCJ 6364 — A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper (2004) JVC CD: VICJ 61473 — A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper | |
Date: September 1957
Label: Bethlehem
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Gene Roland (t, v), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Bob Hammer (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
| a. | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 4:38 (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) | |
| b. | Close As Pages In A Book - 4:22 (Sigmund Romberg, Dorothy Fields) | |
| c. | Irresistible You - 4:05 (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) | |
| All titles on: | Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6031 — Idol Of The Flies (1977)
Affinity LP 12": AFF 89 — Idol Of The Flies Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 77 — A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10151 — The Complete Gus Wildi Recordings (2004) Toshiba/Bethlehem CD: TOCJ 6364 — A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper (2004) JVC CD: VICJ 61473 — A Swinging Introduction To Jimmy Knepper | |
Gene Roland (v) on a.
Date: March 25, 1958
Location: Beltone Studios, New York City
Label: MGM
Pepper Adams, Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar, p), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Wynton Kelly (p, org), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (d)
| a. | 58-XY-413ST | Minor Catastrophe - 6:05 (Jon Hendricks) |
| b. | 58-XY-414ST | All Too Soon - 5:55 (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) |
| c. | 58-XY-415ST | Primrose Path - 7:07 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| d. | 58-XY-416ST | Beaubien - 6:25 (Park 'Pepper' Adams) |
| e. | 58-XY-417ST | Adams In The Apple - 4:25 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| f. | 58-XY-418ST | I Didn't Know About You - 4:26 (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) |
| g. | 58-XY-419ST | Riverside Drive - 5:30 (Leonard Feather) |
| All titles on: | Metrojazz LP 12": E 1004 — The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (1958)
Metrojazz LP 12": SL 3012 — The Pepper-Knepper Quintet Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 344 — The Pepper-Knepper Quintet (2003) | |
Pepper Adams (p) on f; Wynton Kelly (org) on f.
Ruppli & Novitsky note: "58-XY-420: no information (prob. not used)."
Date: November 8, 1976
Location: C.I. Recording, New York City
Label: SteepleChase
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Al Cohn (ts), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Roland Hanna (p), George Mraz (b), Dannie Richmond (d)
| a. | a-01 | Figment Fragment - 7:41 (Jimmy Knepper)
SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1061 — Cunningbird (1977) |
| b. | a-02 | Languid - 5:34 (Jimmy Knepper)
SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1061 — Cunningbird (1977) |
| c. | a-03 | Just Tonight - 8:25 (Jimmy Knepper)
SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1061 — Cunningbird (1977) |
| d. | b-01 | Cunningbird - 6:33 (Jimmy Knepper)
SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1061 — Cunningbird (1977) |
| e. | b-02 - alt. alt | Noche Triste - 8:07 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| f. | b-02 | Noche Triste - 7:33 (Jimmy Knepper)
SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1061 — Cunningbird (1977) |
| g. | b-03 - alt. alt | Spotlight Girl - 6:43 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| h. | b-03 | Spotlight Girl - 7:44 (Jimmy Knepper)
SteepleChase LP 12": SCS 1061 — Cunningbird (1977) |
| All titles on: | SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31061 — Cunningbird (1987) | |
Date: September 8 & 9, 1977
Location: Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Label: Disco Mate
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Lew Tabackin (f, ts), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Roger Kellaway (p), Monty Budwig (b), Shelly Manne (d)
| a. | a-01 | The Masher - 5:00 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| b. | a-02 | My Old Flame - 4:55 (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) |
| c. | a-03 | Yesterdays - 8:21 (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) |
| d. | b-01 | Bertha The Dragoness - 5:27 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| e. | b-02 | All The Things You Are - 10:27 (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| f. | b-03 | Things Ain't What They Used To Be - 6:24 (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons) |
| All titles on: | Inner City LP 12": IC 6047 — Jimmy Knepper In L. A. (1979)
Disco Mate LP 12": DSP 5008 — Jimmy Knepper In L. A. - Best Of The West, Vol. 2 3D Japan CD: XQAM 1609 — Jimmy Knepper In L. A. (2008) | |
Lew Tabackin (f) on e; (ts) on a, c-f.
Date: October 20, 1978
Location: Masterstone Studio, New York City
Label: Hep
Jimmy Knepper, Joe Temperley (ldr), Joe Temperley (ss, ts, bar), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Derek Smith (p), Michael Moore (b), Billy Hart (d)
| a. | a-01 | John's Bunch - 4:55 (John Bunch)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| b. | a-02 | Stella By Starlight - 4:45 (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| c. | a-03 | Just In Time (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| d. | a-04 | Poor Butterfly (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) |
| e. | b-01 | Just Friends - 6:15 (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| f. | b-02 | Yardbird Suite - 6:10 (Charlie Parker)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| g. | b-03 | Aristocracy à la Jean LaFitte - 5:22 (Duke Ellington)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| h. | b-04 | Sophisticated Lady - 4:25 (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| i. | b-05 | Lester Leaps In - 5:08 (Lester Young)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| All titles on: | Hep LP 12": HEP 2003 — Just Friends (1979) | |
Joe Temperley (ss) on d; (ts) on a-c, e-g, i; (bar) on h.
Date: August 14, 1979
Label: Daybreak
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Dick Vennik (ts), Eddie Engels (fh), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Nico Bunink (p), Harry Emmery (b), John Engels (d)
| a. | a-01 | Tell Me - 8:17 (Jimmy Knepper)
Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) |
| b. | a-02 | Brewery Boys Blues - 6:28 (Jimmy Knepper)
Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) |
| c. | a-03 | Nearer My God To Thee - 8:52 (Traditional) |
| d. | b-01 | Ecclusiastics - 9:39 (Charles Mingus)
Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) |
| e. | b-02 | I Thought About You - 2:48 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) |
| f. | b-03 | I Thought About You - 2:44 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) |
| g. | b-04 | Home (When Shadows Fall) - 5:29 (Harry Clarkson, Jeff Clarkson, Peter Van Steeden)
Affinity CD: AFF 756 — Muted Joys (1989) |
| All titles on: | Daybreak LP 12": D 001 — Tell Me... (1979)
Affinity LP 12": AFF 183 — Tell Me Daybreak CD: DBCHR 75048 — Tell Me... (2000) | |
Dick Vennik (ts) on a-d, g; Eddie Engels (fh) on a-d, g; Harry Emmery (b) on a-d, g; John Engels (d) on a-d, g.
c. listed as "Nearer My God In G".
Date: November 19, 1980
Location: Wave Studios, London, UK
Label: Hep
Jimmy Knepper, Bobby Wellins (ldr), Bobby Wellins (ts), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Pete Jacobsen (p), Dave Green (b), Ron Parry (d)
| a. | a-01 | Primrose Path - 12:37 (Jimmy Knepper)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| b. | a-02 | What Is There To Say - 4:53 (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| c. | a-03 | Song For Keith (Pete Jacobsen) |
| d. | b-01 | Gnome On The Range - 8:44 (Jimmy Knepper)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| e. | b-02 | 'Round Midnight - 6:08 (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| f. | b-03 | Latter Day Saint - 7:16 (Jimmy Knepper)
Hep CD: HEP CD 2012 — Special Relationship (1994) |
| All titles on: | Hep LP 12": HEP 2012 — Primrose Path (1980) | |
Bobby Wellins (ts) on a-b, d-f; Jimmy Knepper (tb) on a-b, d-f; Dave Green (b) on a-b, d-f; Ron Parry (d) on a-b, d-f.
Date: February 9, 1982
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Black-Hawk
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Bruce Forman (g), Mike Richmond (b), Billy Hart (d)
| a. | a-01 | Leave Of Absinthe - 6:55 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| b. | a-02 | Awesome - 6:44 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| c. | a-03 | Distress Dismay - 8:28 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| d. | b-01 | Fallen Crest - 8:20 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| e. | b-02 | When I See You - 6:48 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| f. | b-03 | Idol Of The Flies - 8:00 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| All titles on: | Black-Hawk LP 12": BKH 51001 — First Place (1986) | |
Date: February 10 & 11 and March 2, 1984
Location: Vanguard Studios, New York City
Label: Soul Note
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), John Eckert (t), John Clark (frh), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Roland Hanna (p), George Mraz (b), Billy Hart (d)
| a. | a-01 | I Dream Too Much - 10:05 (Jerome Kern) |
| b. | a-02 | Sixpence - 6:52 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| c. | a-03 | If I Say I'm Sorry - 3:47 (Roland Hanna) |
| d. | b-01 | Under The Sun - 7:36 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| e. | b-02 | Beholden - 8:29 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| f. | b-03 | Bojangles Of Harlem - 7:13 (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) |
| All titles on: | Soul Note LP 12": SN 1092 — I Dream Too Much (1984)
Soul Note CD: SN 1092 CD — I Dream Too Much (1984) | |
Date: April 3, 1986
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Criss Cross
Jimmy Knepper (ldr), Ralph Moore (ts), Jimmy Knepper (tb), Dick Katz (p), George Mraz (b), Mel Lewis (d)
| a. | tk 1 alt | Dream Dancing - 7:14 (Cole Porter) |
| b. | a-01 | Dream Dancing - 7:04 (Cole Porter)
Criss Cross LP 12": 1024 — Dream Dancing (1986) |
| c. | a-02 | Goodbye - 6:25 (Gordon Jenkins)
Criss Cross LP 12": 1024 — Dream Dancing (1986) |
| d. | a-03 | All Through The Night - 5:22 (Cole Porter)
Criss Cross LP 12": 1024 — Dream Dancing (1986) |
| e. | tk 3 alt | In The Interim - 5:58 (Jimmy Knepper) |
| f. | b-01 | In The Interim - 6:43 (Jimmy Knepper)
Criss Cross LP 12": 1024 — Dream Dancing (1986) |
| g. | b-02 | Of Things Past - 6:34 (Jimmy Knepper)
Criss Cross LP 12": 1024 — Dream Dancing (1986) |
| h. | b-03 | This Time The Dream's On Me - 7:16 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Criss Cross LP 12": 1024 — Dream Dancing (1986) |
| i. | Night Vision - 6:57 (Jimmy Knepper) | |
| All titles on: | Criss Cross CD: 1024 CD — Dream Dancing (1992) | |