Debut Records Catalog: 78 rpm, 45 rpm series

Debut 78 rpm series (10 inch 78 rpm)

M 101  Charles Mingus - Precognition c/w Portrait

Lee Konitz (as) Phyllis Pinkerton (p) George Koutzen (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Al Levitt (d) Jackie Paris (vo -2)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, April 12, 1952
1. RKV5241Precognition
2. RKV5242Portrait (take 2)
** also issued on Cupol (Swd) American Jazz AJ 1.

M 102  Charles Mingus - Paris In Blue c/w Make Believe

Paige Brook (fl, as) John Mehegan (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, nar) Max Roach (d, voice) Jackie Paris (vo, nar)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, September 16, 1952
E2CB6494-2Paris In Blue, Ed. 1 (Orientation)
E2CB6495-2Make Believe
** also issued on Cupol (Swd) American Jazz AJ 2.

M 103  Charles Mingus - Montage c/w Extrasensory Perception

Lee Konitz (as) Phyllis Pinkerton (p) George Koutzen (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Al Levitt (d)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, April 12, 1952
E2KB6500-1Extrasensory Perception
Paige Brook (fl, as) John Mehegan (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, nar) Max Roach (d, voice) Jackie Paris (vo, nar)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, September 16, 1952
E2CB6497-2Montage

M 104  Hal Mitchell - Confidentially c/w Mitch's Blues

Hal Mitchell (tp) Allen Harris (org) George Duvivier (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, probably January, 1953
E3CB2914-1Confidentially
E3CB2916-1Mitch's Blues
** also issued on Swing (F) 431.

M 105  Max Roach - Orientation c/w Mobleyzation

Idrees Sulieman (tp) Leon Comegys (tb) Gigi Gryce (as, fl) Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, April 10, 1953
A105Orientation
B105Mobleyzation
** also issued on Swing (F) 423; Vogue (E) 2270.

M 106  Max Roach - Glow Worm c/w Sfax

Idrees Sulieman (tp) Leon Comegys (tb) Gigi Gryce (as, fl) Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d): same session
NYC, April 10, 1953
A106Glow Worm
B106Sfax
** also issued on Swing (F) 424.

M 107  Max Roach - Just One Of Those Things c/w Drum Conversation

Hank Mobley (ts -1) Walter Davis Jr. (p -1) Franklin Skeete (b -1) Max Roach (d)
NYC, April 21, 1953
1. RM502Just One Of Those Things
2. RM507Drum Conversation
** also issued on Swing (F) 437; Vogue (E) V 2329.

M 108  Max Roach - Kismet c/w Chi-Chi

Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d): same session
NYC, April 21, 1953
RM504Kismet
RM505Chi-Chi
** also issued on Swing (F) 436.

M 109  Max Roach - I'm A Fool To Want You c/w Cou-Manchi-Cou

Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d): same session
NYC, April 21, 1953
RM503Cou-Manchi-Cou
RM506I'm A Fool To Want You

M 110  The Gordons - Bebopper c/w Can You Blame Me Me

Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) Honey Gordon (vo) George Gordon, George Gordon Jr., Richard Gordon (vo -2)
NYC, April 29, 1953
1. RM508Can You Blame Me
2. RM510Bebopper

M 111  Honey Gordon - You And Me c/w Cupid

Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) Honey Gordon (vo) George Gordon, George Gordon Jr., Richard Gordon (vo -1)
NYC, April 29, 1953
1. RM509You And Me
2. RM511Cupid

M 112  Don Senay - The Edge Of Love c/w Fanny

Louis Mucci (tp) unknown (tb) unknown (frh) Julius Baker (fl) unknown (ob) John LaPorta (as, cl) unknown (harp) Billy Taylor (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Milt Hinton, Fred Zimmerman (b) Joe Morello (d, per) probably Morris Lang (timp) Don Senay (vo) Alonzo Levister (arr, cond) unidentified 5 strings
NYC, September 19, 1955 or September 17, 1954
RM512The Edge Of Love
RM513Fanny

Debut 45 rpm series (7 inch 45 rpm)

BAB 0001/2  Babs Gonzales - Voila c/w No Fools-No Fun

James Moody (ts, fl) Numa "Pee Wee" Moore (bars) Jimmy Boyd (p) John Lathan (b) Clarence Johnston (d) unknown (bgo) Babs Gonzales (vo) unidentified vocal group
NYC, probably 1954
BAB-0001Voila
BAB-0002No Fools-No Fun

Danish Debut 45 rpm series (7 inch 45 rpm)

(D) D 45-1  Charles Mingus/Max Roach - Percussion Discussion, Pt. 1&2

Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, December 23, 1955
Percussion Discussion

(D) D 45-2  Bent Axen - The Man I Love c/w Laverne Walk

Bent Axen (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Finn Frederiksen (d)
Copenhagen, Denmark, January 17, 1961
The Man I Love
Laverne Walk

Fantasy/Debut Compact Disc series (Compact Disc)

12DCD 4402-2  Charles Mingus - The Complete Debut Recordings

Spaulding Givens (p -1,2,4/9) Charles Mingus (b -1,2,4/9, p -3)
Hollywood, CA, April, 1951
1.What Is This Thing Called Love?
2.Darn That Dream
3.Yesterdays
4.Body And Soul
5.Blue Moon
6.Blue Tide
7.Darn That Dream (alt. take)
8.Jeepers Creepers (take 1)
9.Jeepers Creepers (take 2)
Lee Konitz (as) Phyllis Pinkerton (p) George Koutzen (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Al Levitt (d) Jackie Paris (vo -2,3) Bob Benton (vo -4,5)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, April 12, 1952
1. RKV5241Precognition
2.Portrait (take 1)
3. RKV5242Portrait (take 2)
4.I've Lost My Love (take 1)
5.I've Lost My Love (take 2)
6. E2KB6500-1Extrasensory Perception
7.Extrasensory Perception (alt. take)
Paige Brook (fl, as) John Mehegan (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, nar) Max Roach (d, voice) Jackie Paris (vo, nar)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, September 16, 1952
E2CB6494-2Paris In Blue, Ed. 1 (Orientation)
E2CB6495-2Make Believe
E2CB6497-2Montage
Spaulding Givens (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, April 14, 1953
Day Dream (take 1)
Day Dream (take 2)
Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 1)
Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 2)
Jet (take 1)
Jet (take 2)
Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) Honey Gordon (vo -2/5) George Gordon, George Gordon Jr., Richard Gordon (vo -3,4)
NYC, April 29, 1953
1.Medley: You Go To My Head
2. RM508Can You Blame Me
3. RM509You And Me
4. RM510Bebopper
5. RM511Cupid
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
"Massey Hall", Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
Perdido (undubbed version)
Perdido
Salt Peanuts (undubbed version)
Salt Peanuts, #1&2
All The Things You Are (undubbed version)
52nd Street Theme (undubbed version)
All The Things You Are
52nd Street Theme
Max Roach (d)
same location, date
Drum Conversation (Drum Conversation, Pt. 2)
Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
same location, date
I've Got You Under My Skin
Embraceable You
Sure Thing
Cherokee
Hallelujah (Jubilee)
Lullaby Of Birdland
add Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as)
same location, date
Allen's Alley (Wee) (undubbed version)
Allen's Alley (Wee)
Hot House (undubbed version)
Hot House, #1&2
A Night In Tunisia (undubbed version)
A Night In Tunisia
Billy Taylor (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Taylor (d)
NYC, summer 1953
Bass-Ically Speaking (alt. take 1)
Bass-Ically Speaking (alt. take 2)
Bass-Ically Speaking (alt. take 3)
Bass-Ically Speaking
Untitled Blues
Willie Dennis, Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb) John Lewis (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Taylor (d)
"Putnam Central Club", Brooklyn, NY, September 18, 1953
Wee Dot (Blues For Some Bones)
Stardust
Move
I'll Remember April
Now's The Time
Trombosphere
Ow!
Chazzanova
Yesterdays
Kai's Kid (Kai's Day)
Ernie Royal (tp) Willie Dennis (tb) Eddie Caine (as, fl) Teo Macero (ts, cl) Danny Bank (bars) John Lewis (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, arr) Kenny Clarke (d) Janet Thurlow (vo -3,5,6) Spaulding Givens (arr) Paul Bley (cond)
NYC, October 28, 1953
1.Pink Topsy (alt. take)
2.Miss Bliss
3.Blue Tide
4.Pink Topsy (edited version)
5.Eclipse (alt. take)
6.Eclipse
Paul Bley (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (d)
NYC, November 30, 1953
Opus I (alt. take)
Opus I
Walkin' (Teapot)
Like Someone In Love
I Can't Get Started
Spontaneous Combustion
The Theme
Split Kick
This Time The Dream's On Me
Zootcase
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Julius Watkins (frh) Phil Urso (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Oscar Pettiford (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Percy Brice (d)
NYC, December 29, 1953
The Pendulum At Falcon's Lair
Jack, The Fieldstalker
Stockholm Sweetnin'
Low And Behold
Thad Jones (tp) Frank Wess (ts, fl -1,2,4,5) Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 11, 1954
1.Elusive (Illusive)
2.Sombre Intrusion
3.You Don't Know What Love Is
4.Bitty Ditty
5.Chazzanova
6.I'll Remember April
Hazel Scott (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 21, 1955
Like Someone In Love
Peace Of Mind
Lament
The Jeep Is Jumpin'
Git Up From There
A Foggy Day
Mountain Greenery
Git Up From There (alt. take)
Lament (alt. take)
Thad Jones (tp) John Dennis (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 10, 1955
One More (alt. take)
One More
I Can't Get Started
More Of The Same
Get Out Of Town (alt. take)
Get Out Of Town
omit Jones
same location, date
Ensenada
Machajo
Cherokee
Seven Moons
Seven Moons (alt. take)
All The Things You Are (take 1)
All The Things You Are (take 2)
Cherokee (alt. take)
Miles Davis (tp) Britt Woodman (tb) Teddy Charles (vib) Charles Mingus (b) Elvin Jones (d)
Audio-Video Studios, NYC, July 9, 1955
Nature Boy
Alone Together
There's No You
Easy Living
Louis Mucci (tp) unknown (tb) unknown (frh) Julius Baker (fl) unknown (ob) John LaPorta (as, cl) unknown (harp) Billy Taylor (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Milt Hinton, Fred Zimmerman (b) Joe Morello (d, per) probably Morris Lang (timp) Don Senay (vo) Alonzo Levister (arr, cond) unidentified 5 strings
NYC, September 19, 1955 or September 17, 1954
RM512The Edge Of Love
RM513Fanny
Makin' Whoopee
Levister plays (cond). Charles Mingus (arr) overdubs: Thad Jones (tp) replaces Senay
NYC, probably September 26, 1955 or September 17, 1954
Portrait
Eddie Bert (tb) George Barrow (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, December 23, 1955
Jump Monk
Serenade In Blue
Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
same location, date
Percussion Discussion
Eddie Bert (tb) George Barrow (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
same location, date
Work Song
Septemberly
All The Things You C-Sharp
I'll Remember April
Love Chant
A Foggy Day
Max Roach (d) replaces Jones
same location, date
Drums
Willie Jones (d) replaces Roach
same location, date
Haitian Fight Song
Lady Bird
Jump Monk (alt. take)
All The Things You C-Sharp (alt. take)
Max Roach (d) replaces Jones
same location, date
Drums (take 1)
Drums (take 2)
I'll Remember April (alt. take)
Willie Jones (d) replaces Roach
same location, date
A Foggy Day (alt. take)
Mal Waldron (p)
same location, date
A Portrait Of Bud Powell
Eddie Bert (tb) George Barrow (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
same location, date
Haitian Fight Song (alt. take)
Love Chant (alt. take)
Lady Bird (alt. take)
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Jimmy Knepper (tb, arr) Joe Maini (as) Bill Triglia (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d)
NYC, July 10, 1957
Bird Feather (Cunningbird)
Latter Day Saint (alt. take 1)
Latter Day Saint (alt. take 2)
Latter Day Saint (take 6)
Latter Day Saint (alt. take #?)
Jump The Blues Away (The Jumpin' Blues)
The Masher
The Masher (alt. take)
Clarence Shaw (tp) Shafi Hadi (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) Wade Legge or Wynton Kelly (p) Henry Grimes or Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d)
NYC, September, 1957
We Got Blue (Untitled Original Blues (take 1))
Stella By Starlight (take 4)
Stella By Starlight (take 5)
Untitled Original Composition (take 3)
Untitled Original Composition (take 5)
Autumn In New York (take 1)
Autumn In New York (take 2)
Long Ago And Far Away (take 2)
Long Ago And Far Away (take 4)
Long Ago And Far Away (take 5)
We Got Blue (Untitled Original Blues (take 2))
Joldi (take 4)
Joldi (take 6) (Joldi (take 5))
Shafi Hadi (fl) Charles Mingus (p, per, voice) Dannie Richmond (d) Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan or Phineas Newborn Jr., Clarence Shaw (per)
NYC, probably October or late 1957 or 1958
Untitled Percussion Composition