Art Blakey Catalog

1944 (The age of 25)

Billy Eckstine - Mr. B (Ember (E) FA 2010)

Gail Brockman, Dizzy Gillespie, Marion Hazel, Shorty McConnell (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott (tb) Gerald "Gerry" Valentine (tb, arr) Bill Frazier, John Jackson (as) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) John Malachi (p, arr) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Sarah Vaughan (vo) Billy Eckstine (vo, vtb, cond) Tadd Dameron (arr)

NYC, December 5, 1944

118-2	If That's The Way You Feel
119-4	I Want To Talk About You
120-3	Blowing The Blues Away
121-2	Opus X
122	I'll Wait And Pray

Billy Eckstine - Blowing The Blues Away (Swingtime (E) ST 1015)

same session

NYC, December 5, 1944

120	Blowing The Blues Away

Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra (Audio Lab AL 1549)

same session

NYC, December 5, 1944

123	The Real Thing Happened To Me

1945

Billy Eckstine - Together (Spotlite (E) SPJ 100)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Bill Frazier, John Jackson (as) Gene Ammons (ts) Budd Johnson (ts, arr) Leo Parker (bars) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan (vo) Tadd Dameron, John Malachi, Jerry Valentine (arr)

AFRS Jubilee broadcast, Los Angeles, CA, February, March, 1945

	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	Blowin' The Blues Away
	'Deed I Do
	I Wanna Talk About You
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Together
	Mean To Me
	Without A Song
	Mr. Chips
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Air Mail Special
	Don't Blame Me
	If That's The Way You Feel
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Opus X
	Love Me Or Leave Me
	One O'Clock Jump (theme)

Billy Eckstine - Blues For Sale (EmArcy MG 36029)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott (tb) Gerald "Gerry" Valentine (tb, arr) Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt (as) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) John Malachi (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo, vtb, cond)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC53-1

Lonesome Lover Blues

Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro, Raymond Orr (tp) Walter Knox, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) John Cobbs, Budd Johnson (as) Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (ts) Teddy Cypron (bars) Richard "Duke" Ellington (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo)

NYC, September, 1945

NSC61	My Deep Blue Dream
NSC64	It Ain't Like That

same personnel

NYC, October, 1945

NSC71	All I Sing Is Blues
NSC72	Long Long Journey

Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro, Raymond Orr (tp) Chippy Outcalt, Robert Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Norris Turney, Bob "Junior" Williams (as) Gene Ammons, Josh Jackson (ts) Leo Parker (bars) possibly Jimmy Golden (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Bill McMahon (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo)

NYC, February, 1946

NSC114	Blue
NSC117	Tell Me Pretty Baby

Miles Davis, Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax (tp) Water Knox, Chippy Outcalt, Gerald Velentine (tb) John Cobbs, Sonny Stitt (as) Gene Ammons, Arthur Sammons (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Linton Garner (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo, vtb)

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC167

Jelly Jelly

Billy Eckstine - The Love Songs Of Mr. "B" (EmArcy MG 36030)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC54-3

A Cottage For Sale

NYC, September, 1945

NSC62

Prisoner Of Love

same personnel

NYC, October, 1945

NSC69	I'm In The Mood For Love
NSC70	You Call It Madness

Kenny Dorham, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Raymond Orr (tp) Chippy Outcalt, Robert Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Norris Turney, Bob "Junior" Williams (as) Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (ts) Tate Houston (bars) possibly Richard Ellington (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Bill McMahon (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo)

NYC, January 3, 1946

NSC103

You're My Everything

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC165

I Love The Loveliness Of You

add unidentified strings

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 6, 1946

NSC168	My Silent Love
NSC169	Time On My Hands
NSC170	All The Things You Are

Various Artists - The Advance Guard Of The '40s (EmArcy MG 36016)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC55-2

I Love The Rhythm In A Riff

NYC, February, 1946

NSC115

Second Balcony Jump

Billy Eckstine - You Call It Madness (Regent MG 6058)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC56

Last Night

Billy Eckstine - Prisoner Of Love (Regent MG 6052)

NYC, September, 1945

NSC63

A Penny For Your Thoughts

1946

Billy Eckstine - Mr. B And The Band (Savoy SJL 2214)

NYC, January 3, 1946

NSC100	I Only Have Eyes For You
NSC105	The Jitney Man

Fats Navarro (tp) Josh Jackson (ts) Leo Parker (bars) possibly Jimmy Golden (p) replaces Dorham, Simmons, Houston, Ellington

NYC, March, 1946

NSC125

Don't Take Your Love From Me

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC164

Oo Bop Sh' Bam (alt. take)

Billy Eckstine Sings (Savoy SJL 1127)

NYC, January 3, 1946

NSC104

I've Got To Pass Your House

Billy Eckstine - My Deep Blue Dream (Regent MG 6054)

Fats Navarro (tp) Josh Jackson (ts) Leo Parker (bars) possibly Jimmy Golden (p) replaces Dorham, Simmons, Houston, Ellington

NYC, February, 1946

NSC116

Gloomy Sunday

same personnel

NYC, March, 1946

NSC122

Love Is The Thing

Billy Eckstine - I Surrender, Dear (EmArcy MG 36010)

same session

NYC, March, 1946

NSC123

Without A Song

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC166

In The Still Of The Night

add unidentified strings

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 6, 1946

NSC171

In A Sentimental Mood

Various Artists - Boning Up The 'Bones (EmArcy MG 36038)

NYC, March, 1946

NSC124

Cool Breeze

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC164

Oo Bop Sh' Bam

Billy Eckstine - Rhythm In A Riff (Soundtrack) (Harlequin (E) HQ 2068)

Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax, possibly Rostelle Reese (tp) Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, unknown, Gerald Valentine (tb) Billy Eckstine (vtb, vo) Porter Kilbert, possibly Robert "Junior" Williams (as) Gene Ammons, Frank Wess (ts) unknown (bars) possibly Linton Garner or Jimmy Golden (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Bill McMahon (b) Art Blakey (d) Ann Baker (vo)

NYC, circa June, July, 1946

	Second Balcony Jump
	Rhythm In A Riff
	You Call It Madness
	Second Balcony Jump (alt. take)
	Lonesome Lover Blues
	Taps Miller
	I Cried For You
	I Want To Talk About You
	Our Delight
	Prisoner Of Love

Miles Davis - Boppin' The Blues (Black Lion (E) BLP 60102)

Miles Davis (tp) Gene Ammons (ts) Linton Garner (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Earl Coleman (vo)

Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, October 18, 1946

168-1	Don't Sing Me The Blues
168-2	-
169-1	Don't Explain To Me Baby
169-2	-
169-3	-
169-4	-

Ann Baker (vo) replaces Coleman

same location, date

170-1	Baby, Won't You Make Up Your Mind
170-2	-
170-3	-
171-1	I've Always Got The Blues (incomplete)
171-2	I've Always Got The Blues
171-3	-

** also issued on Black Lion (E) BLCD 760102.

1947

Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1510)

Idrees Sulieman (tp) Danny Quebec West (as) Billy Smith (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947

BN308-2	Humph
BN311-0	Thelonious

Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 24, 1947

BN313-1	Ruby, My Dear
BN314-0	Well, You Needn't
BN315-1	April In Paris
BN317-1	Off Minor
BN316-3	Introspection

George Taitt (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1947

BN318-3	In Walked Bud
BN321-1	'Round About Midnight

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81510 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Blue Note BN-LA 579-H2; Mosaic MR4-101.

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic MR4-101)

Idrees Sulieman (tp) Danny Quebec West (as) Billy Smith (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947

BN309-1	Evonce (alt. take)
BN310-2	Suburban Eyes (alt. take)

Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 24, 1947

BN312-0	Nice Work If You Can Get It (alt. take)
BN313-0	Ruby, My Dear (alt. take)
BN314-1	Well, You Needn't (alt. take)
BN315-0	April In Paris (alt. take)

George Taitt (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1947

BN320-7

Who Knows? (alt. take)

Sahib Shihab (as -1) Milt Jackson (vib -1) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951

1. BN393-1	Criss Cross (alt. take)
2. BN396-0	Ask Me Now (alt. take)

** same contents as Blue Note BLP 1510 + BLP 1511 + 25 bonus tracks.

Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1511)

Idrees Sulieman (tp) Danny Quebec West (as) Billy Smith (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947

BN309-4	Evonce
BN310-1	Suburban Eyes

Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 24, 1947

BN312-1

Nice Work If You Can Get It

George Taitt (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1947

BN319-0	Monk's Mood
BN320-0	Who Knows?

Sahib Shihab (as -1,2) Milt Jackson (vib -1,2) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951

1. BN392-1	Four In One
2. BN395-0	Straight, No Chaser
3. BN396-1	Ask Me Now

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81511 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Blue Note BN-LA 579-H2; Mosaic MR4-101.

Fats Navarro - Fat Girl (Savoy SJL 2216)

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 5, 1947

S3483-1	Nostalgia
S3484-3	Barry's Bop
S3485-1	Bebop Romp

Fats Navarro Memorial, Vol. 2 - Nostalgia (Savoy MG 12133)

same session

NYC, December 5, 1947

S3483-6	Nostalgia
S3484-6	Barry's Bop
S3485-6	Bebop Romp
S3486	Fat Blows

Dexter Gordon - Dexter Rides Again (Savoy MG 12130)

Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 11, 1947

S3491-3	Settin'n The Pace, Pt. 1
S3492-3	Settin'n The Pace, Pt. 2
S3493	So Easy
S3494	Dexter's Riff

Dexter Gordon - Long Tall Dexter (Savoy SJL 2211)

same session

NYC, December 11, 1947

S3493	So Easy (alt. take)
S3494	Dexter's Riff (alt. take)

Max Roach/James Moody/Art Blakey - New Sounds (Blue Note CDP 7 84436-2)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Howard Bowe (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Orland Wright (ts) Ernest Thompson (bars) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) LaVerne Barker (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, December 22, 1947

BN322-3	The Thin Man
BN323-1	The Bop Alley
BN323-2	The Bop Alley (alt. take)
BN324-2	Groove Street
BN325-1	Musa's Vision

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 5006 entitled "James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo" + 6 bonus tracks.

Ida James - Try A Little Tenderness c/w Yesterdays (Manor 1107)

John Hunt (tp) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Lawrence "88" Keyes (org) probably John Simmons (b) Art Blakey (d) Ida James (vo) and others

NYC, 1947

I-1565	Try A Little Tenderness
I-1566	Yesterdays

Ida James - You're A Fool If You Don't c/w Let's Do It (Manor 1121)

same session

NYC, 1947

A1658	You're A Fool If You Don't
A1660	Let's Do It

1948

The Vibes Are On Art Tatum/Thelonious Monk (Chazzer 2002)

Idrees Sulieman (tp) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

WNYC radio broadcast, "Festival Of American Music", February 16, 1948

	All The Things You Are
	Just You, Just Me
	Suburban Eyes

James Moody/George Wallington - The Beginning And End Of Bop (Blue Note B 6503)

Dave Burnes, Elmon Wright (tp) Ernie Henry (as) James Moody (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) James "Men Gates" Forman (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art Blakey (d) Chino Pozo (bgo, vo) Gil Fuller (arr)

Apex Studios, NYC, October 25, 1948

BN344-0	Tropicana
BN345-1	Cu-Ba
BN346-0	Moody's All Frantic

Various Artists - 25 Years Blue Note: Anniversary Album (Blue Note BLP 1001)

same session

Apex Studios, NYC, October 25, 1948

BN347-0

Tin Tin Deo

** also issued on Blue Note BLP 2001, BST 82001 entitled "Blue Note Gems Of Jazz".

1949 (The age of 30)

Lucky Millinder - Moanin' The Blues c/w How Would You Know? (RCA Victor 20-3430)

Frank Galbreath, Gene Roland, Abdul Salaam, Lammar Wright (tp) Alfred Cobbs, Porky Cohen, Fred Zito (tb) Rudy Powell, Teddy Small (as) Harold Clark, Ike Quebec, Paul Quinichette (ts) Sidney Brown (bars) Leroy Lovett, Lannie Scott (p) Danny Perri (g) Horace Holmes (b) Art Blakey, Chris Stanton (d) Annisteen Allen, J. Carnes (vo) Lucky Millinder (ldr)

NYC, February 15, 1949

D9VB888	Moanin' The Blues
D9VB889	How Would You Know?

Big John Greer - Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee c/w Long Tall Gal (RCA Victor 22-0023)

Frank Galbreath (tp) Teddy Small (as) Harold Clark (ts) Big John Greer (ts, vo) Leroy Lovett (p) Al Casey (g) Henry Holmes (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, April 8, 1949

D9VB1251	Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee
D9VB1252	Long Tall Gal

Big John Greer - I Found A Dream c/w If I Told You Once (RCA Victor 22-0045)

same session

NYC, April 8, 1949

D9VB1253

I Found A Dream

Frank Galbreath (tp) Zolman "Pork" Cohen (tb) Tony Scott (cl) Big John Greer (ts, vo) Tate Houston (bars, ts) Leroy Lovett (p) Danny Perri (g) Henry Holmes (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, June 27, 1949

D9VB1754

If I Told You Once

Various Artists - The Bebop Boys (Savoy SJL 2225)

Dave Burns, Mustapha Daleel, Bill Massey, Abdul Salaam (tp) Charlie Johnson, Haleen Rasheed, Clarence Ross, Rip Tarrant (tb) Jimmy Heath, Sahib Shihab (as) Pritchard Cheesman, Billy Mitchell (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Milt Jackson (vib, p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Gil Fuller (arr, cond, vo)

NYC, June 11, 1949

D172 \| D268	Mean To Me
D173	Blues For A Debutante
D174 \| D268	The Scene Changes
D175	Tropicana

Big John Greer - Rockin' With Big John c/w ??? (RCA Victor 22-0137)

Frank Galbreath (tp) Zolman "Pork" Cohen (tb) Tony Scott (cl) Big John Greer (ts, vo) Tate Houston (bars, ts) Leroy Lovett (p) Danny Perri (g) Henry Holmes (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, June 27, 1949

D9VB1753

Rockin' With Big John

1950

Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits (Prestige PRLP 7133)

Sonny Stitt (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, February 17, 1950

JRC1008	Avalon
JRC1011	Mean To Me
JRC1012	Stairway To The Stars

Sonny Stitt (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 15, 1950

120	Nevertheless
121	Jeepers Creepers

Sonny Stitt - Kaleidoscope (Prestige PRLP 7077)

Sonny Stitt (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, February 17, 1950

JRC1009A	Later
JRC1010A	Ain't Misbehavin'

Sonny Stitt (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 15, 1950

122	Imagination
123	Cherokee

Charlie Bateman (p) replaces Mance

NYC, January 31, 1951

133	Liza
134	Can't We Be Friends?

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 060, OJCCD 060-2.

Here Are Stan Getz And Miles Davis (Kings Of Jazz (It) KLJ 20013)

Dick Hyman (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WNYC radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, February 18, 1950

Honeysuckle Rose

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Stan Getz (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

same location, date

That Old Black Magic

Miles Davis - Dick Hyman - Sonny Stitt (Ozone 1)

Sonny Stitt (as -1,3) Gene Ammons (ts -2,3) Dick Hyman (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WNYC radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, February 18, 1950

1.	You're Driving Me Crazy
2.	The Way You Look Tonight
3.	Fine And Dandy

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Stan Getz (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

same location, date

	Conception
	Ray's Idea
	Max Is Making Wax
	Woody'n You

Gene Ammons - Blues Up And Down, Vol. 1 (Prestige PR 7823)

Bill Massey (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Gene Ammons (ts) Sonny Stitt (bars) Duke Jordan (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, April 26, 1950

85	Chabootie
86	Who Put The Sleeping Pills (In Rip Van Winkle's Coffee?)
87	Gravy (Walkin')
88	Easy Glide

Charlie Parker - Fats Navarro - Bud Powell (Ozone 4)

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950

52nd Street Theme, I

Charlie Parker - One Night In Birdland (Columbia JG 34808)

Fats Navarro (tp -1,4/12) Charlie Parker (as -1/4,6/12) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950

1.	Perdido (Wahoo)
2.	'Round About Midnight (incomplete)
3.	This Time The Dream's On Me
4.	Dizzy Atmosphere
5.	A Night In Tunisia
6.	Rifftide (The Street Beat)
7.	Out Of Nowhere
8.	Little Willie Leaps (into)
9.	52nd Street Theme, III
10.	Ornithology (into)
11.	I'll Remember April (into)
12.	52nd Street Theme, IV

Charlie Parker - Bud Powell - Fats Navarro (Ozone 9)

same session

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950

	Move (into)
	52nd Street Theme, II (incomplete)

Miles Davis - The Last Bebop Session (Jazz Music Yesterday (It) JMY ME 6401)

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Brew Moore (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

	band warming up
	Max Is Making Wax

The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis (Alto AL 701)

Miles Davis (tp) Fats Navarro (tp -2) J.J. Johnson (tb -1) Brew Moore (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

1.	Wee (Rambunctious Rambling)
2.	Ow! (Chubbie's Blues)

Miles Davis, Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

same location, date

Conception/Deception (Poobah)

Hooray For Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (Session Disc 101)

Miles Davis (tp) Fats Navarro (tp -1) J.J. Johnson (tb) Brew Moore (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

1.	Hot House (Miles' Midnight Breakaway)
2.	Embraceable You

Miles Davis All Stars And Gil Evans (Beppo (E) BEP 502)

same session

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

52nd Street Theme

Hooray For Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Session Disc 102)

Miles Davis, Fats Navarro (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Brew Moore (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

	Eronel (Overturia)
	52nd Street Theme (Slow Broadway Theme)

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 2, 1951

	Move (Moo/Mod)
	Half Nelson (two)
	Down (Mick's Blues)
	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Charlie Parker - More Unissued, Vol. 2 (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 506)

Red Rodney (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d) Bob Garrity, "Symphony Sid" Torin (ann)

WJZ radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, December 8, 1950

	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
	Anthropology
	Embraceable You
	Cheryl
	Salt Peanuts
	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

1951

Dizzy Gillespie - Trane's First Ride 1951 (Oberon 5100)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) John Coltrane (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Billy Taylor (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Joe Carroll (vo)

"Birdland", NYC, January 6, 1951

	Congo Blues
	Yesterdays
	A Night In Tunisia

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, January 13, 1951

Good Bait

add J.J. Johnson (tb)

"Birdland", NYC, February 3, 1951

	Birks' Works
	I Can't Get Started
	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Dizzy Gillespie - Birks' Works (Duke (It) D 1019)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) John Coltrane (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Billy Taylor (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Joe Carroll (vo)

"Birdland", NYC, January 6, 1951

	Ooh-Pa-Pa-Dah
	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (incomplete)

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, January 13, 1951

	Birks' Works
	Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (incomplete)

Dizzy Gillespie - Trane's First Ride 1951, Vol. 2 (Broadcast Tributes 0009)

same session

"Birdland", NYC, January 13, 1951

	Good Groove
	Tin Tin Deo, No. 1

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, January 20, 1951

	Groovin' High
	A Night In Tunisia

add J.J. Johnson (tb)

"Birdland", NYC, February 3, 1951

Good Bait

Dinah Washington - Queen Of The Juke Box "Live" 1948-1955 (Baldwin Street Music BJH 310)

Wynton Kelly (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, January 13, 1951

	I'll Never Be Free
	I Cross My Fingers
	Harbor Lights
	Only A Moment Ago

same personnel

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, January 20, 1951

	I Wanna Be Loved
	My Heart Cries For You
	Time Out For Tears

Sonny Stitt - This Can't Be Love c/w For The Fat Man (Prestige 831 (alt.))

Sonny Stitt (ts) Charlie Bateman (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, January 31, 1951

135	This Can't Be Love

Gene Ammons All Star Sessions (Prestige PRLP 7050)

Billy Massey (tp) Chippy Outcalt (tb) Sonny Stitt (ts) Gene Ammons (bars) Charlie Bateman (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d) Larry Townsend (vo)

NYC, January 31, 1951

136A	New Blues Up And Down, Pt. 1
137A	New Blues Up And Down, Pt. 2

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7050 (alt.) entitled "Woofin' And Tweetin'": Fantasy OJC 014, OJCCD 014-2.

Dizzy Gillespie - School Days (Regent MG 6043)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Budd Johnson (ts) Milt Jackson (vib, p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Joe Carroll, Melvin Moore (vo)

NYC, April 16, 1951

3636	Lady Be Good
3637	Love Me Pretty Baby

** also issued on Savoy MG 12204 entitled "Dizzy Gillespie - Milt Jackson - Joe Carroll".

Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ (Savoy MG 12047)

same session

NYC, April 16, 1951

3638	The Champ, Pt. 1&2

Jazz Moods By Illinois Jacquet (Clef MGC 622)

Illinois Jacquet (ts) Hank Jones (p) John Collins (g) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, May 24, 1951

545-4	Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'
546-6	Mean To Me

Illinois Jacquet - Groovin' (Clef MGC 702)

same session

NYC, May 24, 1951

547-4	One-Nighter Boogie
548-2	Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
549-2	Cotton Tail
550-3	Weary Blues
551-4	Groovin'

** also issued on Verve MGV 8086.

Milt Jackson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1509)

Sahib Shihab (as -1/3) Milt Jackson (vib) Thelonious Monk (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, July 23, 1951

1. BN392-2	Four In One (alt. take)
2. BN393-0	Criss Cross
3. BN394-0	Eronel
4. BN397-0	Willow Weep For Me

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81509 (pseudo stereo).

Zoot Sims Quartets (Prestige PRLP 7026)

Zoot Sims (ts) Harry Biss (p) Clyde Lombardi (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, August 14, 1951

164	Trotting
165	It Had To Be You
166A	Swingin' The Blues (Zoot Swings The Blues)
166	Zoot Swings The Blues (alt. take)
168	East Of The Sun
169	I Wonder Who

** originally intended as New Jazz NJLP 8302.
** also issued on Prestige PR 16009 entitled "Trotting": Fantasy OJC 242, OJCCD 242-2.

Zoot Sims Quartets (Fantasy OJCCD 242-2)

same session

NYC, August 14, 1951

164	Trotting (alt. take 1)
-	Trotting (alt. take 2)

** reissue of Prestige PRLP 7026 + 2 bonus tracks.

Miles Davis - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Art Blakey (Ozone 7)

Miles Davis (tp) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Big Nick Nicholas (ts) Billy Taylor (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, September 29, 1951

	Move (Mod)
	The Squirrel
	Lady Bird

J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding/Bennie Green - Trombone By Three (Prestige PRLP 7023)

Bennie Green (tb) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Big Nick Nicholas (ts) Rudy Williams (bars) Teddy Brannon (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, October 5, 1951

221	Green Junction
222	Flowing River
223	Whirl-A-Licks
224	Bennie's Pennie's (Pennies From Heaven)

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 091, OJCCD 091-2.
** part of Prestige PRLP 16-4.

J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding/Bennie Green - Trombone By Three (Fantasy OJCCD 091-2)

same session

NYC, October 5, 1951

226	Tenor Sax Shuffle
227	Sugar Syrup

** reissue of Prestige PRLP 7023 + 5 bonus tracks.

Various Artists - Conception (Prestige PRLP 7013)

Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as -1) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, October 5, 1951

1. 228	Conception
2. 233	My Old Flame

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 1726, OJCCD 1726-2.

Miles Davis - Dig (Prestige PRLP 7012)

Miles Davis (tp) Jackie McLean (as -1/5) Sonny Rollins (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, October 5, 1951

1. 229	Out Of The Blue
2. 230	Denial
3. 231	Bluing, Pt. 1&2
4. -	Bluing, Pt. 3
5. 232	Dig
6. 234	It's Only A Paper Moon

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7281 entitled "Diggin' With The Miles Davis Sextet": Fantasy OJC 005, OJCCD 005-2.

Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Art Blakey, Kenny Drew (Prestige PRLP 7029)

Sonny Rollins (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Apex Studios, NYC, December 17, 1951

267	Time On My Hands
268	Mambo Bounce
269	This Love Of Mine
270	Shadrack
271	On A Slow Boat To China
272	With A Song In My Heart
273	Scoops
274	Newk's Fadeaway

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7269 entitled "Rollins And The Stars": Prestige PR 7856 entitled "First Recordings!": Fantasy OJC 011, OJCCD 011-2.

1952

Buddy DeFranco (MGM E 3396)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

Hollywood, CA, June 30, 1952

52-S-3107	Just One Of Those Things
52-S-3108	Street Of Dreams
52-S-3109	Carioca

same personnel

Hollywood, CA, July 23, 1952

52-S-3123	The Way You Look Tonight
52-S-3124	Sophisticated Lady
52-S-3125	Lover Come Back To Me
52-S-3126	I Got It Bad

Buddy DeFranco - Lady Be Good c/w Easy Living (MGM 11453)

same personnel

Hollywood, CA, June 30, 1952

52-S-3110

Easy Living

Stan Getz/Zoot Sims/Al Cohn - The Brothers (Prestige PRLP 7022)

Kai Winding (tb -1/3) Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts) George Wallington (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, September 8, 1952

1. 359	Tangerine
2. 360	Zootcase
3. 361	The Red Door
4. 362	Morning Fun

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7252; Fantasy OJC 008, OJCCD 008-2.

Buddy DeFranco - Street Scene c/w Kamasutra (MGM 11358)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d) Luis Martinez (cga) Richard Maltby (arr, cond) unidentified strings

NYC, October 2, 1952

52-S-386	Street Scene
52-S-388	Kamasutra

Buddy DeFranco - Summertime c/w Over The Rainbow (MGM 11411)

same session

NYC, October 2, 1952

52-S-387	Summertime
52-S-389	Over The Rainbow

King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings (Prestige PRLP 7128)

Teacho Wiltshire (p -1,2) George Wallington (p -3,4) Roger Ram Ramirez (org) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Annie Ross (vo)

NYC, October 9, 1952

1. 363	Twisted
2. 364	Farmer's Market
3. 365	The Time Was Right
4. 366	Annie's Lament

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 217, OJCCD 217-2.

Horace Silver Trio And Art Blakey-Sabu (Blue Note BLP 1520)

Horace Silver (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 9, 1952

BN448 tk.1	Horoscope
BN449-1 tk.5	Safari

Curly Russell (b) replaces Ramey

WOR Studios, NYC, October 20, 1952

BN453-2 tk.6	Ecaroh
BN454-0 tk.7	Yeah!
BN456-3 tk.15	Prelude To A Kiss

Horace Silver (p -2,3,5/7) Percy Heath (b -2,3,5/7) Art Blakey (d) "Sabu" Martinez (bgo, cga -1)

WOR Studios, NYC, November 23, 1953

1. BN533-0 tk.1	Message From Kenya
2. BN534-2 tk.6	Opus De Funk
3. BN535-1 tk.9	Day In, Day Out
4. BN536-0 tk.11	Nothing But The Soul
5. BN537-1 tk.14	I Remember You
6. BN538-0 tk.15	Silverware
7. BN539-0 tk.18	How About You?

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81520 (pseudo stereo), (J) LNJ 70108, CDP 7 81520-2.

Horace Silver - The Trio Sides (Blue Note BN-LA 474-H2)

Horace Silver (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, October 9, 1952

BN450-6 tk.15

Thou Swell

Curly Russell (b) replaces Ramey

WOR Studios, NYC, October 20, 1952

BN452-1 tk.2	Quicksilver
BN455-3 tk.11	Knowledge Box

Percy Heath (b) replaces Russell

WOR Studios, NYC, November 23, 1953

BN540-0 tk.21

Buhaina

Thelonious Monk Trio (Prestige PRLP 7027)

Thelonious Monk (p) Gerry Mapp (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, October 15, 1952

367	Little Rootie Tootie
368	Sweet And Lovely
369	Bye-Ya
370	Monk's Dream

Percy Heath (b) replaces Mapp

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 22, 1954

621

Blue Monk

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7159 entitled "Monk's Moods": Prestige PR 7508 entitled "The High Priest": Fantasy OJC 010, OJCCD 010-2.

Lou Donaldson Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (Blue Note BLP 1537)

Blue Mitchell (tp -2/4) Lou Donaldson (as) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, November 19, 1952

1. BN457-0 tk.1	Sweet Juice
2. BN459-1 tk.8	Down Home
3. BN460-1 tk.10	The Best Things In Life Are Free
4. BN458-5 tk.12	If I Love Again

Kenny Dorham (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Lou Donaldson (as) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 22, 1954

tk.3	Caracas
tk.4	The Stroller
tk.6	Moe's Bluff

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 81537-2.

1953

Buddy DeFranco - Song From "Moulin Rouge" c/w Many Are The Times (MGM 11491)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Milt Hinton (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, January, 1953

53-S-185	Song From "Moulin Rouge"
53-S-186	Many Are The Times

Buddy DeFranco - Lost In The Night c/w I'm Getting Sentimental (MGM 11538)

same session

NYC, January, 1953

53-S-187	Lost In The Night
53-S-188	I'm Getting Sentimental

Buddy DeFranco Quartet (Norgran MGN 1026)

same personnel

NYC, April 15, 1953

1208-9	Ferdinando
1209-3	It Could Happen To You
1210-5	Autumn In New York
1211-8	Bass On Balls
1212-4 \| 63VK737	Left Field
1213-3	Show Eyes

same personnel

NYC, April 20, 1953

1218-6	But Not For Me
1221-1	Buddy's Blues

** also issued on Norgran MGN 1069; Verve MGV 8159 entitled "Mr. Clarinet".

Buddy DeFranco Quartet (no details) (Norgran EPN 123)

same personnel

NYC, April 15, 1953

1213-?

Show Eyes (alt. take)

Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio (Blue Note (J) BNJ 71002)

Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 16, 1953

BN469-3 tk.4	Lover Come Back To Me
BN470-1 tk.6	Yesterdays (alt. take)
BN470-2 tk.7	Yesterdays
BN471-0 tk.8	Everything Happens To Me
BN472-1 tk.11	Spring Will Be A Little Late
BN473-2 tk.14	Be My Love
BN474-1 tk.16	Drew's Blues
BN475-0 tk.17	Gloria
BN476-1 tk.19	Stella By Starlight
BN471-2 tk.20	Everything Happens To Me (alt. take)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 5023 entitled "New Faces-New Sounds" + 2 bonus tracks.

Buddy DeFranco - Jazz Tones (Norgran MGN 1068)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Milt Hinton (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, April 20, 1953

1219-4	When Your Lover Has Gone
1220-3	The Things We Did Last Summer

** also issued on Verve MGV 8158.

Miles Davis - Complete 2nd Session On Blue Note (Blue Note CDP 7 81502-2)

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Jimmy Heath (ts) Gil Coggins (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, April 20, 1953

BN477-1 tk.2	Kelo (alt. take)
BN478-1 tk.5	Enigma (alt. take)

Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1501)

same session

WOR Studios, NYC, April 20, 1953

BN477-2 tk.3	Kelo
BN478-2 tk.6	Enigma
BN479-2 tk.9	Ray's Idea
BN480-0 tk.10	Tempus Fugit
BN481-2 tk.14	C.T.A. (alt. take)
BN481-3 tk.15	C.T.A.

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81501 (pseudo stereo).

Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1502)

Miles Davis (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb -1,2) Jimmy Heath (ts -1,2) Gil Coggins (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, April 20, 1953

1. BN479-0 tk.7	Ray's Idea (alt. take)
2. BN480-1 tk.11	Tempus Fugit (alt. take)
3. BN482-0 tk.16	I Waited For You

Miles Davis (tp) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 6, 1954

BN548-3 tk.4	Take Off
BN549-0 tk.6	Lazy Susan
BN550-0 tk.8	The Leap
BN551-0 tk.9	Well, You Needn't
BN552-0 tk.10	Weirdo
BN553-1 tk.12	It Never Entered My Mind

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81502 (pseudo stereo).

Oscar Peterson Trio And Buddy DeFranco Quartet 1953 Live (Jazz Band (E) EBCD 2111-2)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Blue Note Club", Chicago, IL, May 1, 1953

	Somebody Loves Me
	The Tthings We Did Last Summer
	Cairo
	Street Of Dreams
	Easy Living

Gerry Mulligan - Chet Baker - Buddy DeFranco (Gene Norman Presents GNP 2)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Kenny Drew (p) Gene Wright (b) Art Blakey (d) "Sabu" Martinez (cga -1) Herman McCoy Swing Choir (vo)

Los Angeles, CA, June, 1953

1. GNP111	Star Of Africa
2. GNP112	Star Eyes
3.	Star Sapphire
4.	Handful Of Stars
5.	Stairway To The Stars
6.	Stella By Starlight
7.	It Wasn't In The Stars

Clifford Brown - More Memorable Tracks (Blue Note (J) BNJ 61001)

Clifford Brown (tp) Gigi Gryce (as, fl) Charlie Rouse (ts) John Lewis (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Audio-Video Studios, NYC, August 28, 1953

BN524-0 tk.1	Wail Bait (alt. take)
BN527-0 tk.18	Cherokee (alt. take)
BN525-3 tk.26	Hymn Of The Orient (alt. take)

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84428 entitled "Alternate Takes".
** part of Mosaic MR5-104; Blue Note CDP 7243 8 34195-2.

Clifford Brown Memorial Album (Blue Note BLP 1526)

same session

Audio-Video Studios, NYC, August 28, 1953

BN524-2 tk.3	Wail Bait
BN525-1 tk.9	Hymn Of The Orient
BN527-1 tk.21	Cherokee
BN528-0 tk.23	Easy Living
BN529-0 tk.24	Minor Mood

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81526 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MR5-104; Blue Note CDP 7243 8 34195-2.

Clifford Brown - Brownie Eyes (Blue Note BN-LA 267-G)

same session

Audio-Video Studios, NYC, August 28, 1953

BN526-1 tk.13

Brownie Eyes

Hooray For Milt Jackson - John Lewis - Art Blakey - Kenny Dorham (Session Disc 110)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Horace Silver (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, October 31, 1953

	An Oscar For Oscar
	If I Love Again

Kenny Dorham 1953, 1956, 1964 (Royal Jazz (D) RJD 515)

same session

"Birdland", NYC, October 31, 1953

	Split Kick
	Get Happy
	Lullaby Of Birdland

Introducing Paul Bley (Fantasy OJC 201)

Paul Bley (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, November 30, 1953

	Opus One
	Teapot
	Like Someone In Love
	Spontaneous Combustion
	Spilt Kick
	I Can't Get Started

** reissue of Debut DLP 7 + 1 bonus track.

Introducing Paul Bley (Fantasy OJCCD 201-2)

same session

NYC, November 30, 1953

	Opus One (alt. take)
	The Theme
	This Time The Dream's On Me
	Zootcase

** reissue of Debut DLP 7 + 5 bonus tracks.

Jazz Workshop - Autobiography In Jazz (Debut (D) DEB 198)

same session

NYC, November 30, 1953

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2 - Burning In U.S.A., 53-55 (Mythic Sound MS 6002-1)

Bud Powell (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d) Steve Allen (ann)

television broadcast, "Tonight Show With Steve Allen", CBS Studios, NYC, 1953

Bud's Bubble

omit Allen

"Birdland", NYC, September, 1955

	Intro And That Old Black Magic
	Like Someone In Love
	Star Eyes
	Blues In The Closet
	Hallucinations (Budo)

** also issued on Mythic Sound MS 6002-2.

1954 (The age of 35)

Art Blakey - Live Messengers (Blue Note BN-LA 473-J2)

Clifford Brown (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Horace Silver (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d) Pee Wee Marquette (ann)

"Birdland", NYC, 1st set, February 21, 1954

tk.1	Wee Dot (alt. take)

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Wayne Shorter (ts) Cedar Walton (p) Jymie Merritt (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Village Gate", NYC, August 17, 1961

	Arabia
	The Promised Land

same personnel

"Renaissance Club", Los Angeles, CA, March 18, 1962

tk.8	Up Jumped Spring (alt. take)
tk.11	It's Only A Paper Moon
tk.12	Mosaic
tk.13	Ping Pong

A Night At Birdland With Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1522)

Clifford Brown (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Horace Silver (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d) Pee Wee Marquette (ann)

"Birdland", NYC, 1st set, February 21, 1954

tk.2	Now's The Time

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, 2nd set, February 21, 1954

tk.4	Confirmation

omit Brown

"Birdland", NYC, 3rd set, February 21, 1954

tk.8	If I Had You

add Clifford Brown (tp)

"Birdland", NYC, 4th set, February 21, 1954

tk.13

Quicksilver (alt. take)

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, 5th set, February 21, 1954

tk.17

Wee Dot

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81522 (pseudo stereo), (J) NR 8839, (J) LNJ 70092, CDP 7 46520-2.
** part of Mosaic MR5-104; Blue Note CDP 7243 8 34195-2.

A Night At Birdland With Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 2 (Blue Note (J) NR 8839)

same session

"Birdland", NYC, 5th set, February 21, 1954

tk.16

The Way You Look Tonight

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 1522 + 1 bonus track.

A Night At Birdland With Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1521)

Clifford Brown (tp) Lou Donaldson (as -2) Horace Silver (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d) Pee Wee Marquette (ann)

"Birdland", NYC, 2nd set, February 21, 1954

1. tk.5	Once In A While
2. tk.6	Mayreh

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, 3rd set, February 21, 1954

tk.9	Split Kick

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, 4th set, February 21, 1954

tk.12

A Night In Tunisia

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, 5th set, February 21, 1954

tk.18

Quicksilver

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81521 (pseudo stereo), (J) NR 8838, (J) LNJ 70091, CDP 7 46519-2.
** part of Mosaic MR5-104; Blue Note CDP 7243 8 34195-2.

A Night At Birdland With Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 1 (Blue Note (J) NR 8838)

same session

"Birdland", NYC, 5th set, February 21, 1954

tk.15

Blues (Improvisation)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 1521 + 1 bonus track.

A Night At Birdland With Art Blakey Quintet, Vol. 3 (Blue Note (J) BNJ 61002)

same personnel

"Birdland", NYC, 3rd set, February 21, 1954

tk.10

Lou's Blues

Various Artists - Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. Album (Mercury (J) 25PJ 58/61)

Clark Terry (tp) unknown (tb) unknown (as) unknown (b) Art Blakey (d)

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, February, 1954

10321-7	Money In The Bank (take 7)
10321-12	Money In The Bank (take 12)

Miles Davis - Blue Haze (Prestige PRLP 7054)

Miles Davis (tp) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Beltone Studios, NYC, March 15, 1954

556	Four
557	Old Devil Moon
558	Blue Haze

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 093, OJCCD 093-2.

The Complete Art Blakey On EmArcy (EmArcy (J) 195J 10085)

Henry Durant (ts) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, March 24, 1954

10397	In The Basement
10398	Try A Little Tenderness
10399	Little Girl Blue
10400	On The Roof

Joe Gordon (tp) Gigi Gryce (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Bernie Griggs (b) Art Blakey (d)

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, May 20, 1954

10542	Minority
10543	Salute To Birdland
10544	Eleanor
10545	Futurity
10546	Simplicity
10547	Strictly Romantic
10548	Hello
10549	May Rah

** reissue of EmArcy MG 26030 entitled "Blakey Featuring Art Blakey" + 4 bonus tracks.

Elmo Hope Trio/Elmo Hope Quintet (Blue Note (J) K18P 9271)

Freeman Lee (tp) Frank Foster (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 9, 1954

BN566-2 tk.3	Crazy
BN567-3 tk.8	Later For You
BN568-1 tk.10	Abdullah
BN569-1 tk.12	Chips
BN570-2 tk.15	Maybe So
BN571-2 tk.18	Low Tide

** same contents as Blue Note BLP 5029 + BLP 5044.

Elmo Hope Trio And Quintet (Blue Note CDP 7 84438-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 9, 1954

BN566-3 tk.4

Crazy (alt. take)

** same contents as Blue Note BLP 5029 + BLP 5044 + 3 bonus tracks.

Thelonious Monk - Monk (Prestige PRLP 7053)

Ray Copeland (tp) Frank Foster (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 11, 1954

570	Wee See
571	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
572	Locomotive
573	Hackensack

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7245 entitled "Wee See": Prestige PR 7363 entitled "The Golden Monk": Fantasy OJC 016, OJCCD 016-2.

Sonny Rollins - Moving Out (Prestige PRLP 7058)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 18, 1954

606	Movin' Out
607	Swinging For Bumsy
608	Silk 'N' Satin
609	Solid

** also issued on Prestige PR 7433 entitled "Jazz Classics": Fantasy OJC 058, OJCCD 058-2.

Various Artists - The Other Side Of Blue Note 1500 Series (Blue Note (J) BNJ 61008/10)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Lou Donaldson (as) Elmo Hope (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 22, 1954

tk.10

After You've Gone

Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 30, 1955

tk.9	K.D.'s Cab Ride (Echo Of Spring)

Miles Davis (tp) Cannonball Adderley (as) Hank Jones (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 9, 1958

tk.7	Alison's Uncle (Bangoon)

Introducing Joe Gordon (EmArcy MG 36025)

Joe Gordon (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Junior Mance (p) Jimmy Schenck (b) Art Blakey (d)

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, September 3, 1954

10952	Grasshopper
10953	Flash Gordon
11086	Xochimilco

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, September 8, 1954

10948	Boos Bier
10949	Toll Bridge
10950	Lady Bob

** also issued on EmArcy (J) EJD 3071; Universal (J) UCCM 9106.
** part of Verve 314 538 634-2.

Various Artists - The Jazz School (Wing MGW 60002)

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, September 3, 1954

W249 | 10954

Evening Lights

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, September 8, 1954

W254 | 10951

Body And Soul

** also issued on EmArcy MG 36093.

Thelonious Monk And Sonny Rollins (Prestige PRLP 7075)

Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 22, 1954

619	Work
620	Nutty

** also issued on Prestige PRLP 7169 entitled "Work": Prestige PR 7656 entitled "The Genius Of Thelonious Monk": Fantasy OJC 059, OJCCD 059-2.

Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers (Blue Note BLP 1518)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 13, 1954

tk.3	Room 608
tk.6	Creepin' In
tk.8	Doodlin'
tk.10	Stop Time

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 6, 1955

tk.3	Hippy
tk.5	To Whom It May Concern
tk.9	Hankerin'
tk.13	The Preacher

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81518 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7 46140-2.

1955

Clark Terry (EmArcy MG 36007)

Clark Terry (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Oscar Pettiford (b, cello) Art Blakey (d) Quincy Jones (arr)

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 3, 1955

11094	Double Play
11095	Slow Boat
11096	Swahili
11097	Co-Op

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 4, 1955

11098	The Countess
11099	Chuckles
11100	Tuma
11101	Kitten

** also issued on EmArcy (J) 195J 10107 entitled "Clark Terry + 5": Verve 314 537 754-2; Universal (J) UCCM 9104.

The Complete Bud Powell On Verve (Verve 314 521 669-2)

Bud Powell (p) Lloyd Trotman (b) Art Blakey (d)

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 11, 1955

2154-1	Thou Swell (alt. take)
2157-1	Tenderly (incomplete)

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 12, 1955

2159-1	I Get A Kick Out Of You (incomplete)
2160-1	The Best Thing For You (incomplete)

Bud Powell - Jazz Original (Norgran MGN 1017)

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 11, 1955

2154-2	Thou Swell
2155-2	Someone To Watch Over Me
2156-1	Bean And The Boys (Lover Come Back To Me)
2157-2	Tenderly

same personnel

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 12, 1955

2158-1

How High The Moon

** also issued on Norgran MGN 1098; Verve MGV 8185 entitled "Bud Powell '57".

Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran MGN 1064)

same session

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 12, 1955

2159-2	I Get A Kick Out Of You
2160-1	The Best (The Best Thing For You)
2161-1	You Go To My Head

** also issued on Verve MGV 8154.

The Genius Of Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Verve VE2 2526)

same session

Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 12, 1955

2159-3

I Get A Kick Out Of You (alt. take)

Randy Weston - Trio And Solo (Riverside RLP 12-227)

Randy Weston (p) Sam Gill (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 25, 1955

	Again
	Zulu
	Pam's Waltz
	Solemn Meditation
	Sweet Sue

** also issued on Jazzland JLP 4 entitled "Randy Weston/Art Blakey - Zule".

Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (Blue Note BLP 1535)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 30, 1955

tk.2	Venetia's Dance
tk.6	K.D.'s Motion
tk.12	The Villa

Kenny Dorham (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d) Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga) Richie Goldberg (cowbell -1,3)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 29, 1955

1. tk.3	Minor's Holiday
2. tk.5	Basheer's Dream
3. tk.7	Afrodisia
4. tk.8	Lotus Flower

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 46815-2.

Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (Blue Note CDP 7 46815-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 29, 1955

tk.2	Minor's Holiday (alt. take)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 1535 + 2 bonus tracks.

Julius Watkins Sextet (Blue Note (J) K18P 9273)

Julius Watkins (frh) Hank Mobley (ts -1/3,5) Duke Jordan (p) Perry Lopez (g -2,4,5) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 20, 1955

1. tk.4	B And B
2. tk.6	Garden Delights
3. tk.11	Jordu (Jor-Du)
4. tk.13	Julie Ann
5. tk.15	Sparkling Burgundy

** same contents as Blue Note BLP 5053 + BLP 5064.

The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (Mosaic MQ10-181)

Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 27, 1955

tk.2	Walkin' The Fence (alt. take)
tk.6	Hank's Pranks (alt. take)

add Art Farmer (tp)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 8, 1957

tk.5	Funk In Deep Freeze (alt. take)

** also issued on Mosaic MD6-181.
** same contents as Blue Note BLP 1540 + BLP 1544 + BLP 1550 + BLP 1560 + BLP 1568 + (J) GXF 3066 + (J) BNJ 61006 + 20 bonus tracks.

George Wallington And His Band/Hank Mobley Quartet (Blue Note (J) K18P 9276)

Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 27, 1955

tk.3	Walkin' The Fence
tk.5	Avila And Tequila
tk.8	Hank's Pranks
tk.10	Just Coolin'
tk.12	My Sin
tk.14	Love For Sale

** same contents as Blue Note BLP 5045 + BLP 5066.

Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note (J) K18P 9272)

Herbie Nichols (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 6, 1955

tk.1	The Third World
tk.3	Step Tempest
tk.4	Dance Line
tk.6	Blue Chopsticks
tk.9	Double Exposure
tk.10	Cro-Mangnon Nights

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 13, 1955

tk.16	Amoeba's Dance
tk.18	Brass Rings
tk.20	2300 Skidoo
tk.22	It Didn't Happen
tk.23	Crisp Day
tk.24	Shuffle Montgomery

** same contents as Blue Note BLP 5068 + BLP 5069.

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2)

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 6, 1955

tk.2	The Third World (alt. take)
tk.8	Double Exposure (alt. take)
tk.11	Cro-Mangnon Nights (alt. take)

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 13, 1955

tk.14	It Didn't Happen (alt. take)
tk.17	Brass Rings (alt. take)
tk.19	2300 Skidoo (alt. take)
tk.21	Shuffle Montgomery (alt. take)

Duke Jordan Trio And Quintet (Signal S 1202)

Duke Jordan (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 10, 1955

109	Sultry Eve
110	Forecast
111	A Night In Tunisia
112	They Can't Take That Away From Me

Eddie Bert (tb -1/4) Cecil Payne (bars) Duke Jordan (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 20, 1955

1. 124	Scotch Blues
2. 125	Two Loves
3.	Cu-Ba
4.	Flight To Jordan
5. 129	Yesterdays

Gigi Gryce Quartet And Orchestra (Signal S 1201)

Gigi Gryce (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 15, 1955

114	Brake's Sake
115	Gallip's Gallop
116	Shuffle Boil
117	Nica's Tempo

Art Farmer (tp) Eddie Bert (tb) Julius Watkins (frh) Bill Barber (tu) Gigi Gryce (as) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d) Ernestine Anderson (vo)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 22, 1955

118	Social Call
119	(You'll Always Be) The One I Love

The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1508)

Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 1st set, November 23, 1955

tk.2	Like Someone In Love
tk.4	I Waited For You

Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts -1) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 2nd set, November 23, 1955

1. tk.7	Avila And Tequila
2. tk.8	Yesterdays

same personnel

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 4th set, November 23, 1955

tk.15	Sportin' Crowd
	The Theme (incomplete)

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81508 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7 46522-2.

The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1507)

same personnel

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 1st set, November 23, 1955

tk.5	Minor's Holiday

Kenny Dorham (tp -1) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 2nd set, November 23, 1955

1. tk.6	Soft Winds
2. tk.10	Alone Together

same personnel

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 3rd set, November 23, 1955

tk.12

Prince Albert

same personnel

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 4th set, November 23, 1955

tk.19

The Theme

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81507 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7 46521-2.

The Jazz Messengers At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 3 (Blue Note (J) DY 5805-01)

Kenny Dorham (tp -2) Hank Mobley (ts -2) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 2nd set, November 23, 1955

1. tk.9	What's New?
2. tk.11	Deciphering The Message / The Theme

same personnel

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 3rd set, November 23, 1955

tk.13	Just One Of Those Things
tk.14	Gone With The Wind

same personnel

"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, 4th set, November 23, 1955

tk.17	Hank's Symphony
tk.18	Lady Bird

** originally intended as Blue Note (J) GXF 3074.
** also issued on Blue Note (J) BNJ 61007.

Donald Byrd - Byrd's Eye View (Transition TRLP 4)

Donald Byrd (tp) Joe Gordon (tp -3/5) Hank Mobley (ts -1/4) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Cambridge, MA, December 2, 1955

1.	Everything Happens To Me
2.	Hank's Other Tune (Late Show)
3.	Doug's Blues
4.	Hank's Tune
5.	El Sinoa

** also issued on Transition (J) LNJ 70104, (J) GXF 3123.

Various Artists - Jazz In Transition (Transition TRLP 30)

Donald Byrd, Joe Gordon (tp) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Cambridge, MA, December 2, 1955

Crazy Rhythm

** also issued on Transition (J) GXF 3126.

1956

Thelonious Monk - The Unique (Riverside RLP 12-209)

Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 17, 1956

	Liza
	You Are Too Beautiful
	Just You, Just Me

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 3, 1956

	Honeysuckle Rose
	Darn That Dream
	Tea For Two

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 064, OJCCD 064-2.

The Jazz Messengers (Columbia CL 897)

Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, April 5, 1956

CO55744	It's You Or No One
CO55745	The End Of A Love Affair
CO55746	Nica's Dream
CO55747	Infra-Rae
CO55748	Carol's Interlude

same personnel

NYC, May 4, 1956

CO56026	Ecaroh
CO56027	Hank's Symphony

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Originally (Columbia FC 38036)

same personnel

NYC, April 5, 1956

	Late Show
	Ill Wind

same personnel

NYC, May 4, 1956

	Weird-O
	Carol's Interlude (alt. take)

Donald Byrd (tp) Ira Sullivan (tp, ts) Kenny Drew (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, June 25, 1956

	Lil T
	The New Message

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 12, 1956

CO57026

Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody In Blue / Summertime / Someone To Watch Over Me / The Man I Love

The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys With Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers (Philips (H) B 08006L)

Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d) Rita Reys (vo)

NYC, May 3, 1956

	I Cried For You
	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
	Takin' A Chance On Love
	That Old Black Magic

Donald Byrd (tp) Ira Sullivan (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d) Rita Reys (vo)

NYC, June 25, 1956

	My One And Only Love
	Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year

Metronome All Stars 1956 (Clef MGC 743)

Thad Jones (tp) Eddie Bert (tb) Tony Scott (cl) Lee Konitz (as) Al Cohn, Zoot Sims (ts) Serge Chaloff (bars) Teddy Charles (vib) Billy Taylor (p) Tal Farlow (g) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, June 18, 1956

2860-1

Billie's Bounce

** also issued on Verve MGV 8030.

Stan Getz Special, Vol. 1 (Raretone (It) FC 5010)

Stan Getz (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (d)

television broadcast, Chicago, IL, September 17, 1956

Broadway

The Jazz Messengers - Hard Bop (Columbia CL 1040)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 12, 1956

CO57023	Cranky Spanky
CO57024	Stella By Starlight
CO57025	Little Melonae
CO57027	My Heart Stood Still

same personnel

NYC, December 13, 1956

CO57030

Stanley's Stiff Chickens

Ray Bryant (p) Oscar Pettiford (b, cello) Art Blakey, Jo Jones (d) Charles "Specs" Wright (d, timp, gong) Candido, "Sabu" Martinez (bgo)

NYC, February 22, 1957

CO57063

Oscalypso

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Drum Suite (Columbia CL 1002)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 13, 1956

CO57028	D's Dilemma
CO57029	Just For Mary

Ray Bryant (p -2) Oscar Pettiford (b, cello -2) Art Blakey, Jo Jones (d) Charles "Specs" Wright (d, timp, gong) Candido, "Sabu" Martinez (bgo)

NYC, February 22, 1957

1. CO57064	The Scanifice
2. CO57065	Cubano Chant

1957

Milt Jackson - Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic LP 1269)

Joe Newman (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Cannonball Adderley (as) Frank Foster (ts) Sahib Shihab (bars) Milt Jackson (vib) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d) Quincy Jones (arr)

NYC, January 7, 1957

2439	Plenty, Plenty Soul
2440	Boogity Boogity
2441	Heartstrings

** also issued on Atlantic SD 1269, SD 8811.

Hank Mobley And His All Stars (Blue Note BLP 1544)

Hank Mobley (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 13, 1957

tk.2	Reunion
tk.3	Lower Stratosphere
tk.4	Don't Walk
tk.6	Ultramarine
tk.7	Mobley's Musings

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81544 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MQ10-181, MD6-181.

The Jazz Messengers Featuring Art Blakey - Ritual (Pacific Jazz PJM 402)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, January 14, 1957

	Once Upon A Groove
	Sam's Tune (Sam You Made The Bridge Too Long)
	Touche

same personnel

NYC, February 11, 1957

	Scotch Blues
	Wake Up
	Comments By Art Blakey
	Ritual

** also issued on World Pacific WPM 402, WP 1275.

Various Artists - The Hard Swing (World Pacific JWC 508)

same personnel

NYC, January 14, 1957

Little T (Lil' T)

A Date With Jimmy Smith, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1547)

Donald Byrd (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Hank Mobley (ts) Jimmy Smith (org) Eddie McFadden (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 11, 1957

tk.3	Falling In Love With Love
tk.5	Funk's Oats

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81547 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MQ5-154, MD3-154.

The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic MQ5-154)

Jimmy Smith (org) Eddie McFadden (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 11, 1957

tk.4	First Night Blues

** also issued on Mosaic MD3-154.
** same contents as Blue Note BLP 1547 + BLP 1548 + BLP 1551 + BLP 1552 + BLP 1556 + 4 bonus tracks.

The Sounds Of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note BLP 1556)

same session

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 11, 1957

tk.6	Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81556 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MQ5-154, MD3-154.

A Date With Jimmy Smith, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1548)

Donald Byrd (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Hank Mobley (ts) Jimmy Smith (org) Eddie McFadden (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 11, 1957

tk.8	Groovy Date
tk.9	I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81548 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MQ5-154, MD3-154.

The Jazz Messengers Featuring Art Blakey/The Elmo Hope Quintet Featuring Harold Land (Pacific Jazz PJ 33)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, February 11, 1957

Exhibit A

Jimmy Smith At The Organ, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1552)

Lou Donaldson (as) Jimmy Smith (org) Kenny Burrell (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 12, 1957

tk.8	Billie's Bounce

Jimmy Smith (org) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 13, 1957

tk.10

The Duel

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81552 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MQ5-154, MD3-154.

Jimmy Smith At The Organ, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1551)

Lou Donaldson (as -1,3) Jimmy Smith (org) Kenny Burrell (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 12, 1957

1. tk.10	Yardbird Suite
2. tk.11	There's A Small Hotel
3. tk.12	All Day Long

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81551 (pseudo stereo).
** part of Mosaic MQ5-154, MD3-154.

Cliff Jordan/John Gilmore - Blowing In From Chicago (Blue Note BLP 1549)

John Gilmore, Clifford Jordan (ts) Horace Silver (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 3, 1957

tk.2	Evil Eye
tk.3	Status Quo
tk.7	Bo-Till
tk.9	Everywhere
tk.12	Blue Lights
tk.13	Billie's Bounce

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28977-2.
** part of Blue Note BN-LA 521-H2.

Cliff Jordan/John Gilmore - Blowing In From Chicago (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28977-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 3, 1957

tk.5	Let It Stand

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 1549 + 1 bonus track.

Art Blakey - Orgy In Rhythm, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1554)

Herbie Mann (fl -1,3,4) Ray Bryant (p -1,3,4) Wendell Marshall (b -1,3,4) Jo Jones, Art Taylor (d) Charles "Specs" Wright (d -1,3,4) Art Blakey (d, vo -1,3,4, d -2) Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Jose Valiente (cga -1,3,4) "Sabu" Martinez (bgo, tim, vo -1,3,4) Ubaldo Nieto (tim -1,3,4) Evilio Quntero (concerro, maracas, tee log -1,3,4)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, March 7, 1957

1. tk.1	Toffi
2. tk.4	Split Skins
3. tk.6	Ya Ya
4. tk.11	Buhaina Chant

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81554, CDP 7 89390-2.

Art Blakey - Orgy In Rhythm, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1555)

Blakey plays (d, vo)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, March 7, 1957

tk.5	Elephant Walk
tk.9	Abdullah's Delight
tk.12	Come Out Meet Me Tonight
tk.13	Amuck

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81555.

A Midnight Session With The Jazz Messengers (Elektra EKL 120)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Carl Fisher Concert Hall", NYC, March 8 & 9, 1957

	Casino
	The Biddie Griddies
	Potpourri
	Ugh!
	Mirage
	Reflections Of Buhaina

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Mirage (Savoy Jazz ZDS 4409)

same session

"Carl Fisher Concert Hall", NYC, March 8 & 9, 1957

Reflections Of Buhaina

** reissue of Savoy SJL 1112 + 1 bonus track.

Hank Mobley Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1550)

Art Farmer (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 8, 1957

tk.1	Wham And They're Off
tk.6	Funk In Deep Freeze
tk.7	Startin' From Scratch
tk.8	Stellawise
tk.9	Bass On Balls
tk.10	Fin De L'affaire (End Of The Affair)

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 46816-2.
** part of Mosaic MQ10-181, MD6-181.

Various Artists - 40 Years Of Jazz: History Of Blue Note, Box 2 (Blue Note (H) 1A158-83385/8)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 8, 1957

tk.4	Wham And They're Off (alt. take)

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Selections From Lerner And Loewe's... (Vik LAK 1103)

Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

Webster Hall, NYC, March 13, 1957

	I Talk To The Trees
	I Could Have Danced All Night
	On The Street Where You Live
	There But For You Go
	They Call The Wind Maria
	Almost Like Being In Love

** also issued on RCA Bluebird 07863 66661-2 entitled "Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers 1957 - Second Edition".

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers 1957 - Second Edition (RCA Bluebird 07863 66661-2)

Bill Hardman, Lee Morgan (tp) Melba Liston (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Johnny Griffin (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

RCA Studio 3, NYC, April 2, 1957

A Night At Tony's (take 3)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, April 8, 1957

H4JB3338	Off The Wall (take 5)
H4JB3340	Couldn't It Be You? (take 3)

** reissue of Vik LAK 1103 entitled "Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Selections From Lerner And Loewe's..." + 5 bonus tracks.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Tough! (Cadet LP 4049)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

Minneapolis, MN, circa spring 1957

	Scotch Blues
	Flight To Jordan
	Transfiguration
	Exhibit A
	Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody In Blue / Summertime / Someone To Watch Over Me / The Man I Love

** part of Chess 2ACMJ 406, CH2 92511.

Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2 - A Blowing Session (Blue Note BLP 1559)

Lee Morgan (tp) John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin, Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 6, 1957

tk.2	Smokestack
tk.3	The Way You Look Tonight
tk.4	Ball Bearing
tk.5	All The Things You Are

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 81559-2, CDP 7243 4 99009-2.
** part of Blue Note BN-LA 521-H2.

Johnny Griffin, Vol. 2 - A Blowing Session (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 99009-2)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 6, 1957

tk.1	Smokestack (alt. take)

** reissue of Blue Note BLP 1559 + 1 bonus track.

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia (Vik LAX 1115)

Bill Hardman (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, April 8, 1957

H4JB3338	Off The Wall
H4JB3339	A Night In Tunisia
H4JB3340	Couldn't It Be You?
H4JB3341	Theory Of Art
H4JB3342	Evans

** also issued on RCA Bluebird 6286-2-RB entitled "Art Blakey - Theory Of Art".

Art Blakey - Theory Of Art (RCA Bluebird 6286-2-RB)

Bill Hardman, Lee Morgan (tp) Melba Liston (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Johnny Griffin (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

RCA Studio 3, NYC, April 2, 1957

	A Night At Tony's (take 4)
	Social Call (take 4)

** reissue of Vik LAX 1115 entitled "Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - A Night In Tunisia" + 2 bonus tracks.

Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1558)

J.J. Johnson (tb -1,2,4/6) Sonny Rollins (ts) Horace Silver (p -1,2,4/6) Thelonious Monk (p -3,6) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, April 14, 1957

1. tk.1	Why Don't I?
2. tk.4	Wail March
3. tk.6	Reflections
4. tk.7	Poor Butterfly
5. tk.11	You Stepped Out Of A Dream
6. tk.12	Misterioso

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81558 (pseudo stereo), CDP 7 46818-2, CDP 7 81558-2.

Art Blakey And His Jazz Messengers With Sabu And A Bongo - Cu-Bop (Jubilee JLP 1049)

Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d) "Sabu" Martinez (bgo)

NYC, May 13, 1957

	Woody'n You
	Sakeena
	Shorty
	Dawn On The Street

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk - Jazz Connection (Atlantic LP 1278)

Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, May 14, 1957

2560	Blue Monk
2561	I Mean You

same personnel

NYC, May 15, 1957

2562	Rhythm-A-Ning
2563	Purple Shades
2564	Evidence
2565	In Walked Bud

** also issued on Atlantic SD 1278.

Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside R 022)

Ray Copeland (tp) Gigi Gryce (as) John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 25, 1957

	Crepuscule With Nellie (take 1)
	Crepuscule With Nellie (breakdown)

same personnel

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 26, 1957

	Crepuscule With Nellie (take 4+5)
	Well, You Needn't (opening)

** also issued on Riverside 15RCD 022-2, (J) VIJ 5102/23.

Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane - The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Riverside RCD2 30027-2)

same personnel

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 25, 1957

Crepuscule With Nellie (take 2)

Various Artists - Blues For Tomorrow (Riverside RLP 12-243)

Ray Copeland (tp) Gigi Gryce (as) John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 25, 1957

Blues For Tomorrow

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 030, OJCCD 030-2.

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (Riverside RLP 12-242)

Ray Copeland (tp -1/4) Gigi Gryce (as -1/4) Coleman Hawkins (ts) John Coltrane (ts -1/4) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 26, 1957

1.	Crepuscule With Nellie (take 6)
2.	Off Minor (take 5)
3.	Epistrophy
4.	Well, You Needn't
5.	Ruby, My Dear

** also issued on Riverside RLP 1102; Fantasy OJC 084, OJCCD 084-2: Riverside RS 3004 entitled "Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane".

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane (Jazzland JLP 46)

Ray Copeland (tp) Gigi Gryce (as) John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Wilbur Ware (b) Art Blakey (d)

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, June 26, 1957

	Off Minor (take 4)
	Epistrophy (alt. take)

** also issued on Riverside RLP 490 entitled "Monk And Coltrane": Fantasy OJC 039, OJCCD 039-2.

Count Basie/Joe Williams/Art Blakey - Sessions, Live (Calliope CAL 2008)

Bill Hardman (tp) Johnny Griffin (ts) Sam Dockery (p) Spanky DeBrest (b) Art Blakey (d)

television broadcast, "Stars Of Jazz", Hollywood, CA, July 29, 1957

	I Mean You (Stick Ball Swing)
	Blue Monk
	Evidence (Justice)

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Hard Drive (Bethlehem BCP 6023)

same personnel

NYC, October 9, 1957

Deo-X

Junior Mance (p) replaces Dockery

NYC, October 11, 1957

	For Minors Only
6442	Right Down Front
	Sweet Sakeena
	For Miles And Miles
	Krafty
6443	Late Spring

** also issued on West Wind (G) WW 065, WW 2065 entitled "Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - For Minors Only".

John Coltrane - Bethlehem Years (Bethlehem 20 50012)

Donald Byrd, Ray Copeland, Bill Hardman, Idrees Sulieman (tp) Jimmy Cleveland, Melba Liston, Frank Rehak (tb) Bill Graham, Sahib Shihab (as) Al Cohn, John Coltrane (ts) Bill Slapin (bars) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December, 1957

	Oasis (take 4)
	Midriff (take 1)
	Midriff (take 2)
	The Kiss Of No Return (take 1)
	The Kiss Of No Return (take 2)
	The Outer World (take 2)
	The Outer World (take 5)
	El Toro Valiente (take 1)
	Ain't Life Grand (take 2)
	Ain't Life Grand (take 5)

Donald Byrd (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Art Blakey (d)

same location, date

	Pristine (take 2)
	Pristine (take 6)
	Pristine (take 8)
	Tippin' (take 1)
	Tippin' (take 3)

Art Blakey Big Band (Bethlehem BCP 6027)

NYC, December, 1957

	Midriff
	The Kiss Of No Return
	The Outer World
	El Toro Valiente
	Ain't Life Grand
	Last Date

Donald Byrd (tp) John Coltrane (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Art Blakey (d)

same location, date

	Pristine
	Tippin'

1958

Jimmy Smith - Confirmation (Blue Note LT 992)

Lee Morgan (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Tina Brooks (ts) Jimmy Smith (org) Kenny Burrell (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958

tk.12

Confirmation

Jimmy Smith - House Party (Blue Note BLP 4002)

same session

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958

tk.13

Au Privave

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84002.

Jimmy Smith - The Sermon! (Blue Note BLP 4011)

Lee Morgan (tp) Lou Donaldson (as -2) Tina Brooks (ts -2) Jimmy Smith (org) Kenny Burrell (g) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, February 25, 1958

1. tk.14	Flamingo
2. tk.15	The Sermon

** also issued on Blue Note BST 84011.

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (Blue Note BLP 1595)

Miles Davis (tp -1/4) Cannonball Adderley (as) Hank Jones (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 9, 1958

1. tk.2	Autumn Leaves
2. tk.3	Love For Sale
3. tk.4	Somethin' Else
4. tk.6	One For Daddy-O
5. tk.11	Dancing In The Dark

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81595, BN-LA 169-F, CDP 7 46338-2.

Cannonball Adderley - Alison's Uncle (Blue Note (J) BNJ 27001)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 9, 1958

tk.2	Autumn Leaves (mono take)

Various Artists - Blue Trails: The Rare Tracks (Blue Note (J) TOCJ 1601)

Lee Morgan (tp) Tina Brooks (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 16, 1958

tk.3	Minor Move (alt. take)

Tina Brooks - Minor Move (Blue Note (J) GXF 3072)

same session

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 16, 1958

tk.7	The Way You Look Tonight
tk.9	Nutville
tk.10	Star Eyes
tk.11	Everything Happens To Me
tk.15	Minor Move

** also issued on Blue Note (J) GXK 8162, (J) BRP 8043.
** part of Mosaic MR4-106.

Jimmy Smith - Cool Blues (Blue Note LT 1054)

Lou Donaldson (as) Tina Brooks (ts) Jimmy Smith (org) Eddie McFadden (g) Art Blakey (d)

"Smalls' Paradise", NYC, 3rd set, April 7, 1958

tk.11	A Night In Tunisia
tk.12	Dark Eyes
tk.13	Groovin' At Small's

** also issued on Blue Note CDP 7 84441-2.

Gil Evans - New Bottle, Old Wine (World Pacific WP 1246)

Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci, Ernie Royal (tp) Joe Bennett, Tom Mitchell, Frank Rehak (tb) Julius Watkins (frh) Harvey Phillips (tu) Cannonball Adderley (as) Jerry Sanfino (reeds) Gil Evans (p, arr, cond) Chuck Wayne (g) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)

Manhattan Towers, NYC, April 9, 1958

	St. Louis Blues
	King Porter Stomp
	Lester Leaps In
	'Round About Midnight

Bill Barber (tu) Phil Bodner (reeds) replaces Phillips, Sanfino

Manhattan Towers, NYC, May 21, 1958

Struttin' With Some Barbecue

Clyde Reasinger (tp) replaces Royal

Manhattan Towers, NYC, May 26, 1958

	Manteca
	Bird Feathers

** also issued on World Pacific ST 1011: World Pacific WP 1298, ST 1298 entitled "Cannonball Adderley/Gil Evans - New Bottle, Old Wine": Pacific Jazz PJ 40, ST 40 entitled "Cannonball Adderley/Gil Evans - Roots".
** part of Blue Note BN-LA 461-H2.

Various Artists - The Sound Of Big Band Jazz In Hi Fi! (World Pacific WP 1257)

Ernie Royal (tp) Harvey Phillips (tu) Jerry Sanfino (reeds) replac