Harry Lookofsky Leader Entry
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sun, Oct 02, 2011


Date: June 18, 1954
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia

Harry Lookofsky (ldr), Billy Taylor (p), Oscar Pettiford (b, vc), Charlie Smith (d), Harry Lookofsky (vn, vl)

a. CO51628    Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home - 2:47  (Oscar Pettiford) / arr: Quincy Jones
b. CO51629    The Little Bandmaster - 2:06  (Art Farmer, Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones
c. CO51630    Leaky Faucet - 2:47  (Harry Lookofsky) / arr: Quincy Jones
d. CO51631    Fiddle Mambo - 3:19  (Quincy Jones, Harry Lookofsky) / arr: Quincy Jones
All titles on:      Epic EP 7": EG 7081 — Miracle In Strings   
     Sony CD: 14-477455-10 — Together!/Miracle In Strings   (1994)

Lookofsky plays multiple parts (3 vn, 2 vl) and Pettiford adds cello via overdubbing.


Date: January 20, 1959
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Harry Lookofsky (ldr), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Hank Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Elvin Jones (d), Harry Lookofsky (vn, vl)

a. 3310    Moose The Mooche - 5:25  (Charlie Parker) / arr: Hank Jones
     Atlantic 45: 45-5004 — Moose The Mooche/Move   
b. 3311    Dancing On The Grave - 4:36  (Bob Brookmeyer) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
c. 3312    Champagne Blues - 5:11  (Bob Brookmeyer) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
d. 3313    Little Willie Leaps - 4:33  (Miles Davis) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
e. 3314    Give Me The Simple Life - 5:01  (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
All titles on:      Atlantic LP 12": 1319 — Stringsville   (1960)
     Collectables CD: COL CD 7792 — Stringsville   (2007)

Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) on a-d.

Lookofsky played multiple parts via overdubbing. Lookofsky also credited as playing tenor violin, an instrument tuned a fourth lower than a viola.

45 rpm issue contains an edited (3:16) version of 3310.


Date: June 22, 1959
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic

Harry Lookofsky (ldr), Hank Jones (p), Milt Hinton (b), Elvin Jones (d), Harry Lookofsky (vn, vl)

a. 3568    Move - 2:46  (Denzil Best) / arr: Hank Jones
     Atlantic 45: 45-5004 — Moose The Mooche/Move   
b. 3569    I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - 3:27  (Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Irving Mills) / arr: Bob Brookmeyer
c. 3570    'Round Midnight - 3:48  (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) / arr: Hank Jones
All titles on:      Atlantic LP 12": 1319 — Stringsville   (1960)
     Collectables CD: COL CD 7792 — Stringsville   (2007)

Lookofsky played multiple parts via overdubbing. Lookofsky also credited as playing tenor violin, an instrument tuned a fourth lower than a viola.