Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series

Verve Jazz 8300 series (12 inch LP)

MGV 8300  Hey! Here's Gene Krupa

Eddie Shu (tp, cl, as, ts) Dave McKenna (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Gene Krupa (d)
NYC, June 6, 1957
21054-2Day By Day
21055-2Little Girl Blue
21056-2As Long As I Live
21057-1Love Is Here To Stay
21058-7Jumpin' At The Woodside
21059-3Memories Of You
same personnel
NYC, July 2, 1957
21077-4 | 62VK448Gene's Solo Flight
21078-1Home (When Shadows Fall)
21079-6Chelsea Bridge
21080-3Out Of Nowhere
21081-3China Boy

MGV 8301  Bud Powell - The Lonely One...

Bud Powell (p) Percy Heath (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 13, 1955
2162-1Mediocre
2163-1All The Things You Are
2164-2Epistrophy
2165-1Dance Of The Infidels
2166-3Salt Peanuts
2167-1Sweet Georgia Brown (Hey George)
Bud Powell (p) George Duvivier (b) Art Taylor (d)
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, April 25, 1955
2337-1Willow Weep For Me
same personnel
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, April 27, 1955
2341-4Lullaby In Rhythm
2342-9Star Eyes
2343-1Confirmation

MGV 8302  Billie Holiday - Stay With Me

Charlie Shavers (tp) Tony Scott (cl) Budd Johnson (ts) Carl Drinkard (p) Billy Bauer (g) Leonard Gaskin (b) Cozy Cole (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
NYC, February 14, 1955
2274-1Say It Isn't So
2275-5I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
2276-4I Wished On The Moon
2277-3Always
2278-2Everything Happens To Me
2279-2Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2280-2Ain't Misbehavin'

MGV 8303  George Lewis Concert, Vol. 1 - On Stage

Thomas Jefferson (tp) Bob Thomas (tb) George Lewis (cl) Alton Purnell (p, vo) Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau (b) Joe Watkins (d, vo)
live in San Francisco, CA, June 7, 1956
22689Original Dixieland One-Step
22690Four Or Five Times
22691Struttin' With Some Barbecue
22692Salty Dog Blues
22693That's A Plenty
22694Move The Body Over
22695Don't Give Up The Ship
22696Oh, Didn't He Ramble
22697She's Crying For Me
22698Tishomingo Blues

MGV 8304  George Lewis Concert, Vol. 2 - On Stage

Thomas Jefferson (tp) Bob Thomas (tb) George Lewis (cl) Alton Purnell (p, vo) Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau (b) Joe Watkins (d, vo): same session
live in San Francisco, CA, June 7, 1956
22699South Rampart Street Parade
22700Sugar Blues
22701Shine
22702Yes Sir, That's My Baby
22703Sweet Sue, Just You
22704On A Coconut Island
22705Chinatown My Chinatown
22706Nobody's Sweetheart Now
22707Dinah
22708Swing A Lullaby
22709Should I?
22710Limousine Blues (Limehouse Blues)

MGV 8305  Howard Roberts - Good Pickin's

Bill Holman (ts) Pete Jolly (p) Howard Roberts (g) Red Mitchell (b) Stan Levey (d)
Los Angeles, CA, 1959
22739Will You Still Be Mine?
22740When The Sun Comes Out
22741All The Things You Are
22742Lover Man
22743Relaxin' At Camarillo
22744Godchild
22745Easy Living
22746Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
22747The More I See You
22748Terpsichore

MGV 8306  Sonny Stitt - The Hard Swing

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Amos Trice (p) George Morrow (b) Lenny McBrowne (d)
NYC, February 9, 1959
22676-2Presto
22677-2If I Had You
22679-10I'll Remember April
22680-16Subito
22681-8Street Of Dreams
22682-2Tune Up
22683-16What's New?
22684-18The Way You Look Tonight
22685-6After You've Gone
22686-3I Got Rhythm
22687-6Blues For Lester
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6038.

MGV 8307  The Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Seven Pieces

Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bars) Jim Hall (g) Red Mitchell (b)
Los Angeles, CA, February 23 & 25, March 2, 1959
25057-28The Happy Man
25058-16Princess
25059-13Song Of The Wing
25060-6Lovely Willow
25061-2The Little Melody
25062-1The Story
25063-5Time Machine
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6039.

MGV 8308  The Lester Young Story

Lester Young (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)
NYC, March, 1950
370-2 | 62VK227Up 'N' Adam
Lester Young (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, January 16, 1951
485-1Undercover Girl Blues
same personnel
NYC, March 8, 1951
531-1Let's Fall In Love
Jesse Drakes (tp) Lester Young (ts) Gildo Mahones (p) Gene Ramey (b) Connie Kay (d)
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, December 11, 1953
1396-1This Can't Be Love
1399-2New D.B. Blues
1400-2Jumpin' At The Woodside
1402-1Oh, Lady Be Good
Roy Eldridge (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Freddie Green (g) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 12, 1956
2648-4Gigantic Blues
Lester Young (ts) Teddy Wilson (p) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 13, 1956
2657-1 | 62VK455Pres Returns

MGV 8309  Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

Lee Katzman, Jack Sheldon (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Al Pollen (tu) Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, arr, dir) Jimmy Rowles (p) Buddy Clark (b) Lawrence Marable (d)
Los Angeles, CA, February 16, 1959
22688-17New York Blues
22689-22Giuff
22690-23Laura
2269-12Two For Timbucktu
2269-15Down Country
2269-19Sonny Boy
2269-2Uptown
2269-31I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
2269-5Singin' In The Rain
2269-9Downtown
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6041.

MGV 8310  Gene Krupa At The London House - Big Noise From Winnetka

Eddie Wasserman (ts, cl, fl) Ronnie Ball (p) Jimmy Gannon (b) Gene Krupa (d)
"London House", Chicago, IL, January, 1959
22635-1Petits Fleur
22636-3 | 64VK327Big Noise From Winnetka
22642Lonesome Road
22645Take The "A" Train
22649Drum Boogie
22657Sweet Georgia Brown
22658?Lover Come Back To Me
22659Some Of These Days
22660Don't Be That Way
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6042.

MGV 8311  Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre

Art Pepper, Bud Shank (as) Richie Kamuca (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bars) Lou Levy (p) Herb Ellis, Jim Hall (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Stan Levey (d)
Los Angeles, CA, March 26, 1959
26285-5Goose Geese
26286-3When Your Lover Has Gone
26287-8You Know
26288-7My Old Flame
26289-4Country Boy
26290-10People Will Say We're In Love
26291-7Remember?
26292-1Patricia
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6045.

MGV 8312  Anita O'Day Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements

Anita O'Day (vo) Jimmy Giuffre (arr, dir) unidentified orchestra
Los Angeles, CA, April 6, 1959
26301-5Come Rain Or Come Shine
26302-3You're A Clown
26303-1Easy Come, Easy Go
26304-13A Lover Is Blue
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, April 7, 1959
26305-12Mack The Knife
26306-4Gone With The Wind
26307-4Hershey Bar
26308-2My Heart Belongs To Daddy
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, April 8, 1959
26309-1Orphan Annie
26310-6The Way You Look Tonight
26311-5It Had To Be You
26312-12Hurry For Hollywood (Hooray For Hollywood)
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6046.

MGV 8313  Dizzy Gillespie - Have Trumpet, Will Excite

Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Junior Mance (p) Les Spann (g, fl) Sam Jones (b) Lex Humphries (d) Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga)
NYC, February 17, 1959
22712-5My Man
22713-3Moonglow
22714-5There Is No Greater Love
22716-2St. Louis Blues
same personnel
NYC, February 18, 1959
22717-5I Found A Million Dollar Baby
22719-3Always
22722-1My Heart Belongs To Daddy
same personnel
NYC, February 20, 1959
22724-1Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
22725-2Woody'n You
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6047.

MGV 8314  Johnny Hodges And His Strings Play The Prettiest Gershwin

Johnny Hodges (as) Horst Jankowski (p) Russ Garcia (arr) Wolfram Rohrig (cond) unidentified strings
Stuttgart, West Germany, November 18, 1958
25012Love Is Here To Stay
25013Nice Work If You Can Get It
25014'S Wonderful
25015Summertime
25016Soon
25017But Not For Me
25018They All Laughed
25019Somebody Loves Me
25020They Can't Take That Away From Me
25021Someone To Watch Over Me
25022The Man I Love
25023Lady Be Good
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6048.

MGV 8315  Buddy DeFranco And His Music - Bravura

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Herbie Mann (ts, bcl) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, April 5, 1958
22208-2Squeeze Me
22209-4Undecided
22210-5Ja-Da
22211-2Now I Lay Me Down To Dream / Honey / This Love Of Mine / Darn That Dream
22212-1Lulu's Back In Town
22213-2Ballad Medley: Old Folks / How Long Has This Been Going On? / Please
22214-13Minor Melody
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6051.

MGV 8316  Lester Young/Roy Eldridge/Harry Edison - Laughin' To Keep From Cryin'

Harry "Sweets" Edison, Roy Eldridge (tp) Lester Young (ts, cl) Hank Jones (p) Herb Ellis (g) George Duvivier (b) Mickey Sheen (d)
Fine Recording, NYC, February 8, 1958
21929-7Romping
21930-1Gypsy In My Soul
21931-2Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
21932-9They Can't Take That Away From Me
21933-2Salute To Benny
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6054.

MGV 8317  Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues - Back To Back

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Duke Ellington (p) Les Spann (g) Sam Jones (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, February 20, 1959
22729-2St. Louis Blues
22730-3Royal Garden Blues
22731-4Beale Street Blues
22732-5Loveless Love
22733-4Basin Street Blues
Spann plays (g, fl). Al Hall (b) replaces Sam Jones
same location, date
22734-1Weary Blues
22736-5Wabash Blues
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6055.
** part of Verve 2V6S 8822.

MGV 8318  Ben Webster And Associates

Roy Eldridge (tp) Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson, Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Les Spann (g) Ray Brown (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, April 9, 1959
26357-1Budd Johnson
26358-3De-Dar
26359-2Young Bean
26360-3Time After Time
26361-3In A Mellow Tone
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6056.

MGV 8319  Junior Mance - Junior

Junior Mance (p) Ray Brown (b) Lex Humphries (d)
NYC, April 9, 1959
26347A Smooth One
26348Miss Jackie's Delight
26349Whisper Not
26350Love For Sale
26351Lilacs In The Rain
26352Small Fry
26353Jubilation
26354Birks' Works
26355Blues For Beverlee
26356Junior's Tune
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6057.

MGV 8320  Various Artists - Down Beat's Hall Of Fame, Vol. 1

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b)
NYC, March, 1950
374-3Debut
Lester Young (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, March 8, 1951
533-1 | 62VK439Lester Swings
Bud Lavine (p) Monty Budwig (b) John Poole (d) Anita O'Day (vo)
Los Angeles, CA, June 28, 1954
1850-3Anita's Blues
Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones (tp) Joe Newman (tp, arr) Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell (tb) Bill Graham (as) Marshall Royal (as, cl) Frank Wess (ts, fl, arr) Frank Foster (ts, arr) Charlie Fowlkes (bars) Count Basie (p, org) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Joe Williams (vo) Ernie Wilkins (arr)
NYC, January 4, 1956
2623-3 | 62VK443Magic
Art Tatum (p) Red Callender (b) Jo Jones (d)
Los Angeles, CA, January 27, 1956
2676-2 | 62VK467Trio Blues
Eddie Shu (tp, cl, as, ts) Dave McKenna (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Gene Krupa (d)
NYC, July 2, 1957
21077-4 | 62VK448Gene's Solo Flight
Stan Getz (ts) Mose Allison (p) Addison Farmer (b) Jerry Segal (d)
NYC, July 12, 1957
21204-2 | 62VK442Down Beat
Harold Baker, Clark Terry (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln) Quentin Jackson (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Harry Carney (bars) Billy Strayhorn (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d)
NYC, September 3, 1957
21391-2 | 62VK464Early Morning Rock
Charlie Shavers (tp) Eddie Wasserman (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Louis Bellson (d) and others
NYC, January 26, 1958
22593-1 | 62VK441Drummer's Holiday
Roy Eldridge (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Hank Jones (p) George Duvivier (b) Mickey Sheen (d)
Fine Recording, NYC, February 7, 1958
21923-2 | 62VK437Hanid
Lou Levy (p) Dick Hyman (org -1) Max Bennett (b) Gus Johnson (d) Ella Fitzgerald (vo)
NYC, July 1, 1958
1. 22290You Red Wagon
2. 22291Travelin' Light

MGV 8321  Stan Getz - The Soft Swing

Stan Getz (ts) Mose Allison (p) Addison Farmer (b) Jerry Segal (d)
NYC, July 12, 1957
21200-2All The Things You Are
21201-1To The Ends Of The Earth
21202-1Bye Bye Blues
21203-1Pocono Mac
21204-2 | 62VK442Down Beat

MGV 8322  Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

Louis Armstrong (tp, vo) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Louis Bellson (d)
Chicago, IL, October 14, 1957
21716-4 | 63VK646Blues In The Night
21717-4 | 63VK719That Old Feeling
21718-5 | 63VK645Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love
21719-12I'll Never Be The Same
21720-8How Long Has This Been Going On?
21721-6I Was Doing All Right
21722-6What's New?
21723Moon Song
21724-10Just One Of Those Things
21725-8There's No You
21726-4You Go To My Head
21727-1Sweet Lorraine
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6062, 825 713-2.

MGV 8323  Art Tatum - The Greatest Piano Of Them All

Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 1954
1599-1Deep Purple
1601-1I Didn't Know What Time It Was
1602-1Somebody Loves Me
1603-1What's New?
1607-1You're Blase
1608-1You're Mine, You
1610-1That Old Feeling
1611-1Heat Wave
1612-1She's Funny That Way

MGV 8324  Sonny Stitt - Personal Appearance

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Bobby Timmons (p) Edgar Willis (b) Kenny Dennis (d)
NYC, May 12, 1957
20985-3Easy To Love
20986-8Easy Livin'
20987-16You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
20988-3Autumn In New York
20990-9I Never Knew
20991-6 | 62VK470Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
20992-3For Some Friends
20993-6East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
20994-5Original
20995-4Avalon
20996-1Blue Greasy

MGV 8325  The George Lewis Band - Oh, Didn't He Ramble

Alvin Alcorn (tp) Jim Robinson (tb) George Lewis (cl) Joe Robichaux (p) Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau (b) Joe Watkins (d, vo)
Chicago, IL, September 29, 1958
22481-3Say Si Si
22482-1Beale Street Blues
22483-7Down Home Rag
22484-6Riverside Blues
22485-2Somebody Stole My Gal
22486-2Runnin' Wild
same personnel
Chicago, IL, September 30, 1958
22487-7I Shall Walk Through The Streets Of The City
22488-5Lily Of The Valley
22489-6Oh, Didn't He Ramble
22490-2Weary Blues
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6064.

MGV 8326  Bobby Scott Plays The Music Of Leonard Bernstein

Jim Buffington (frh) Jerome Richardson (fl) Dave Kurtzer (ob, sax) Hal McKusick (as, cl) Harry Lookofsky, Gene Orloff (vln) Dave Schwartz (vla) Charles McCracken (vlc) Bobby Scott (p, vo) John Drew (b)
NYC, April 9 & 10, 1959
26362-6Lucky To Be Me
26363-4Some Other Time
26364-2New York, New York
26365-4Somewhere
26366-3It Must Be So
26367-1Lonely Town
26368-6A Quiet Girl
26369-6It's Love
26370-9Maria
26371-8You Got Me
26372-6I Can Cook Too
26373-7Tonight
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6065.

MGV 8327  Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster

Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d)
Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, October 16, 1957
21764-4Blues For Yolanda
21766-2It Never Entered My Mind
21767-2Prisoner Of Love
21768-3Tangerine
21769-4La Rosita
21771-4Shine On Harvest Moon
21772-2You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6066.

MGV 8328  Dizzy Gillespie - The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Junior Mance (p) Les Spann (g, fl) Sam Jones (b) Lex Humphries (d) Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga)
NYC, February 17, 1959
22711-5Girl Of My Dreams
22715Ungawa
same personnel
NYC, February 18, 1959
22718-1Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
22720-1Willow Weep For Me
22721-5The Umbrella Man
same personnel
NYC, February 20, 1959
22723-1Constantinople
22726-2Lorraine
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6068.

MGV 8329  Billie Holiday - All Or Nothing At All

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
Los Angeles, CA, August 14, 1956
2914-3Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
2915-6Cheek To Cheek
2916-4Ill Wind
2917-8Speak Low
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, August 18, 1956
2929-4We'll Be Together Again
2930-3All Or Nothing At All
2931-6Sophisticated Lady
2932-6April In Paris
Red Mitchell (b) replaces Mondragon
Los Angeles, CA, January 3, 1957
20498-4I Wished On The Moon
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, January 7, 1957
20506-7But Not For Me
Joe Mondragon (b) Larry Bunker (d) replaces Mitchell, Stoller
Los Angeles, CA, January 8, 1957
20562-2Say It Isn't So
20563-2Our Love Is Here To Stay

MGV 8330  The Touch Of Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson (p) Arvell Shaw (b) Roy Burness (d)
NYC, August 12, 1957
21241-8Avalon
21242-2The Little Things That Mean So Much
21243-2'S Wonderful
21244-3Someone To Watch Over Me
21245-2Jeepers Creepers
21246-2Rubenstein Melody
21247-2Bye Bye Blues
21248-5Sunny Morning
21249-1Talking To The Moon
21250-1Dream House
21251-1Sometimes I'm Happy
21252-5That Old Feeling

MGV 8331  Stan Getz - Imported From Europe

Benny Bailey (tp) Ake Persson (tb) Stan Getz, Erik Nordstrom (ts) Lars Gullin (bars) Jan Johansson (p) Gunnar Johnson (b) William Schiopffe (d)
Stockholm, Sweden, August 26, 1958
22554Honeysuckle Rose
22555Topsy
22556They Can't Take That Away From Me
Benny Bailey (tp) Ake Persson (tb) Stan Getz, Erik Nordstrom (ts) Bjarne Nerem (ts -2) Lars Gullin (bars -2) Bengt Hallberg (p) Gunnar Johnson (b) William Schiopffe (d)
Stockholm, Sweden, September 15, 1958
1. 22557Like Someone In Love
2. 22558Speak Low
Jan Johansson (p) replaces Nerem, Hallberg
Stockholm, Sweden, September 16, 1958
22559Stockholm Street
Bengt Hallberg (p) replaces Gullin, Johansson
same location, date
22553Bengt's Blues

MGV 8332  The Incomparable Art Tatum

Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, CA, January 19, 1955
2193-1I Surrender, Dear
2199-1When Your Lover Has Gone
2200-1The Moon Is Low
2201-1If I Had You
2203-1Don't Worry 'Bout Me
2204-1Prisoner Of Love
2212-1Everything I Have Is Yours
2213-1I Only Have Eyes For You
2218-1If You Hadn't Gone Away
2219-1Please Be Kind

MGV 8333  Lyle Ritz And His Jazz Ukulele - 50th State Jazz

Lyle Ritz (uke)
Los Angeles, CA, April 15, 16 & 21, 1959
22805-4BRose Room
22806-7Blue Hawaii
22807-3The Song Is You
22808-3Leis Of Jazz
22809-13Blue Lou
22810-7Clean From Porterville
22811-1Polka Dots And Moonbeams
22812-4On The Beach At Waikiki
22813-5Pick-A-Lili
22814-4Perjazz
22815-4Hana Maui
22816-8Skylark
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6070.

MGV 8334  Oscar Peterson - A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Paris, France, May 18, 1959
50010-3You Make Me Feel So Young
50011-9Come Dance With Me
50012-2Saturday Night
50015-4The Tender Trap
50016-2Learnin' The Blues
50017-4Witchcraft
50018-4Just In Time
50019-8It Happened In Monterey
50020-2I Get A Kick Out Of You
50021-4All Of Me
50022-2The Birth Of The Blues
50023-8How About You?
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6071.

MGV 8335  Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre

Lee Konitz, Hal McKusick (as) Ted Brown, Warne Marsh (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (bars, arr) Bill Evans (p) Buddy Clark (b) Ronnie Free (d)
NYC, May 12 & 13, 1959
22829-2Moonlight In Vermont
22830-10The Song Is You
22831-11Somp'n Outa' Nothin'
22832-31Uncharted
22833-33Someone To Watch Over Me
22834-22Palo Alto
22835-35When Your Lover Has Gone
22836-24Cork'n Bib
22837-28Darn That Dream
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6073.

MGV 8336  Flautista! Herbie Mann Plays Afro-Cuban Jazz

Herbie Mann (fl, ts) Johnny Rae (vib, tim) Knobby Totah (b) Santo Miranda (d) Jose Mangual, Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga, bgo, maracas)
"Basin Street East", NYC, June 30, 1959
22853Todos Locos
22854Cuban Potatoe Chips
22855Come On Mule
22856 | 63VK323The Amazon River
22857Caravan
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6074.

MGV 8337  Jimmy Giuffre - The Easy Way

Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bars) Jim Hall (g) Ray Brown (b)
Chicago, IL?, August 6 & 7, 1959
50026-4Ray's Time
50027-11The Easy Way
50028-13Time Enough
50029-7Come Rain Or Come Shine
50030-1Montage
50031-1Mack The Knife
50032-2A Dream
50033-4Off Center
50034-1Careful
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6095.

MGV 8338-2  Billie Holiday - The Unforgettable Lady Day

possibly Buck Clayton, Joe Guy (tp) Tommy Turk (tb) Willie Smith (as) possibly Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young (ts) Milt Raskin (p) possibly Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) David Coleman (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
"Embassy Auditorium", Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 1946
Body And Soul
Strange Fruit
Trav'lin' Light
He's Funny That Way
The Man I Love
All Of Me
Charly Shavers (tp) Flip Phillips (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, March 26, 1952
766-1You Go To My Head
768-1Easy To Love
769-3These Foolish Things
771-1Solitude
J.C. Heard (d) replaces Stoller
Los Angeles, CA, April, 1952
784-1Everything I Have Is Yours
786-4Moonglow
788-2If The Moon Turns Green
789-3(You Forgot To) Remember
Joe Newman (tp) Paul Quinichette (ts) Oscar Peterson (p, org) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Gus Johnson (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
NYC, July 27, 1952
840-4Lover Come Back To Me
842-2Yesterdays
843-2He's Funny That Way
844-3I Can't Face The Music
Charlie Shavers (tp) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
NYC, April 14, 1954
1568-1What A Little Moonlight Can Do
1569-5I Cried For You
Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Benny Carter (as, ts) Jimmy Rowles (p, cel) Barney Kessel (g) John Simmons (b) Larry Bunker (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
Los Angeles, CA, August 23, 1955
2441-3When Your Lover Has Gone
2443-2 | 62VK225Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Charlie Shavers (tp) Tony Scott (cl, arr) Paul Quinichette (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Aaron Bell (b) Lenny McBrowne (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
NYC, June 6, 1956
2850-5 | 62VK224Trav'lin' Light
Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Mitchell (b) Alvin Stoller (d) Billie Holiday (vo)
Los Angeles, CA, January 3, 1957
20498-4I Wished On The Moon
Larry Bunker (d) replaces Stoller
Los Angeles, CA, January 9, 1957
20568-5Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You

MGV 8339  Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle

Stuff Smith (vln) Paul Smith (p) Red Mitchell (b) Sid Bulkin (d) Shirley Horn (vo)
Washington, DC, August 7, 1959
26471-3'S Wonderful
26474-5Somebody Loves Me
26475-1Strike Up The Band
26476-3Oh, Lady Be Good
26478-1The Man I Love
26479-2They Can't Take That Away From Me
26481-5Nice Work If You Can Get It
Stuff Smith (vln) John Eaton (p) Lewis Packer (b) Harry Saunders (d)
October 22, 1959
22953-2Blue Violin
22954-2Undecided
22955-2Nice And Warm
22956-2Take The "A" Train
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6097.

MGV 8340  Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy And Bess

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Los Angeles, CA, October 12, 1959
22935-1Oh Dey's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)
22936-1It Ain't Necessarily So
22937-1I Wants To Stay Here (I Loves You, Porgy)
22938-1Summertime
22939-2Here Comes De Honey Man
22940-2Bess, You Is My Woman Now
22941-11Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way
22942-6I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
22943-2Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
22944-9There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6098.

MGV 8341  Various Artists - Special College Jazz Album (complimentary record)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Curly Russell (b) Buddy Rich (d)
NYC, June 6, 1950
410-4Bloomdido
Lester Young (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, March 8, 1951
532-2Down 'N Adam
Oscar Peterson (p, vo) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b)
Los Angeles, CA, November 25, 1951
631-4Turtle Neck
Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Stan Getz (ts) John Williams (p) Bill Crow (b) Al Levitt (d)
NYC, April 16, 1953
1217-2Erudition
Bud Lavine (p) Monty Budwig (b) John Poole (d) Anita O'Day (vo)
Los Angeles, CA, June 28, 1954
1850-3Anita's Blues
Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp) Henry Coker (tb) Frank Wess (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Eddie Jones (b) Sonny Payne (d) Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams (vo)
NYC, June 25, 1956
2904-5Party Blues
Clark Terry (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln) Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Russell Procope (as, cl) Harry Carney (bars) Billy Strayhorn (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d)
NYC, June 26, 1957
21041-2Gone And Crazy
Eddie Shu (tp, cl, as, ts) Dave McKenna (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Gene Krupa (d)
NYC, July 2, 1957
21077-4 | 62VK448Gene's Solo Flight
Talib Daawud, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick (tp) Ray Connor, Al Grey, Melba Liston (tb) Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell (as) Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell (ts) Pee Wee Moore (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul West (b) Charlie Persip (d)
NYC, July 8, 1957
21092Joogie Boogie (alt. take)
Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Amos Trice (p) George Morrow (b) Lenny McBrowne (d)
NYC, February 9, 1959
22676-2Presto
Henry "Red" Allen (tp) Kid Ory (tb, vo) Bob McCracken (cl) Cedric Haywood (p) Frank Haggerty (g) Charles Oden or Morty Corb (b) Alton Redd (d, vo)
Los Angeles, CA, July 19, 1959
26432-2Blues For Jimmy Noone
Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bars) Jim Hall (g) Ray Brown (b)
Chicago, IL?, August 6 & 7, 1959
50028-13Time Enough

MGV 8342  The Incredible Guitar Of Jorge Sevilla

Jorge Sevilla (g)
Los Angeles, CA, September 11, 1959
22897Prelude, No. 1
22898Prelude, No. 2
22899Prelude, No. 3
22900Nocturne
22901Etude
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA?, September 25, 1959
22913Etude In E Flat Minor
22914Waltz Minor
22915Mazurka
22916C Sharp Minor Waltz
22917Prelude
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6103.

MGV 8343  Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster

Ben Webster (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bars) Jimmy Rowles (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, November 3, 1959
22973 | 62VK461Chelsea Bridge
22974 | 63VK620Go Home
22975 | 63VK618Who's Got Rhythm
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, December 2, 1959
23006-2 | 63VK619Tell Me When
23008-6 | 63VK616The Cat Walk
23009-2 | 63VK617Sunday
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6104, V/V6 8534.

MGV 8344  Sonny Stitt Sits In With The Oscar Peterson Trio

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Paris, France, May 18, 1959
50001-7I Can't Give You Anything But Love
50002-4Bird's Tune (Au Privave)
50003-2The Gypsy
50004-2Moten Swing
50005-3Blues For Prez, Sweets, Ben And All The Other Funky Ones
50006-5Easy Does It
50007-3I'll Remember April
50008-10Scrapple From The Apple
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6108.

MGV 8345  Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges - Blues Summit

Roy Eldridge (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster (ts) Billy Strayhorn (p) Wendell Marshall (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, August 14, 1958
25000-4Just A Memory
25001-7Let's Fall In Love
25002-1Big Shoe
25003-3Ruint
25004-5Bend One
25005-6You Need To Rock
Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Duke Ellington (p) Les Spann (g, fl) Al Hall (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, February 20, 1959
22735-9Squeeze Me
22737-2Stompy Jones
22738-11Going Up
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6109.
** part of Verve 2V6S 8822.

MGV 8346  Coleman Hawkins And Confreres

Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d)
Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, October 16, 1957
21765-2Maria
Roy Eldridge (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Hank Jones (p) George Duvivier (b) Mickey Sheen (d)
Fine Recording, NYC, February 7, 1958
21922-8 | 63VK639Sunday
21923-2 | 62VK437Hanid
21924-8Honey Flower
21925-3Nahob
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6110.

MGV 8347  Art Tatum - More Of The Greatest Piano Of Them All

Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 1954
1604-1Sweet Lorraine
1605-1Crazy Rhythm
1606-1Isn't It Romantic?
1609-1Indiana
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, January 19, 1955
2194-1Happy Feet
2195-1Mean To Me
2196-1Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
2197-1 | 62VK445Moonlight On The Ganges
2198-1Moon Song
2202-1S'posin'

MGV 8348  Stan Getz And Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio

Stan Getz (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b)
Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, October 10, 1957
21583-3Blues For Herky
21586-1Detour Ahead
21587-1Sunday
21588-5Three Little Words
Stan Getz (ts, bars) Gerry Mulligan (bars, ts) Lou Levy (p) Ray Brown (b) Stan Levey (d)
Los Angeles, CA, October 12, 1957
21703-1Scrapple From The Apple
21704-2I Didn't Know What Time It Was

MGV 8349  Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Ben Webster (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
NYC, November 6, 1959
22989-6Sunday
22990-1When Your Lover Has Gone
22991-4The Touch Of Your Lips
22992-3In The Wee, Small Hours Of The Morning
22993-1This Can't Be Love
22994-1Bye Bye Blackbird
22995-3How Deep Is The Ocean?
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6114 entitled "Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson And His Trio".

MGV 8350  Johnny Hodges - A Smooth One (not released)

Harold Baker (tp) Quentin Jackson, John Sanders (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Les Spann (g, fl) Ray Brown (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, April 7, 1959
26324A-3First Klass
26325-5Second Klass
26326-4Straight Back
26328-4Steerage
26329-5Third Klass
same personnel
NYC, April 8, 1959
26330-5Meet The Frog
26331-1Nite Life
26332-2My Melancholy Baby
26333-10Lotus Blossom
26334-6Free For All
** part of Verve VE2 2532.

MGV 8351  The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL, July 14-August 9, 1959
50039-1Lisa
50040-2Con Alma
50041-5Close Your Eyes
50042-2The Maidens Of Cadiz
50043-7My Heart Stood Still
50044-8Woody'n You
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6116.

MGV 8352  Dizzy Gillespie - The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Henry Coker (tb) Gigi Gryce (as, arr) Benny Golson (ts, arr) Pee Wee Moore (bars) Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Charlie Persip (d)
NYC, December 17, 1957
21849Blues After Dark
21850Sea Breeze
21851Out Of The Past
21852Shabozz
21853Reminiscing
21854A Night At Toni's
21855Smoke Signals
21856Just By Myself
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6117.

MGV 8353  Harry Edison - Mr. Swing

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Jimmy Forrest (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Freddie Green (g) Joe Benjamin (b) Charlie Persip (d)
NYC, September 18, 1958
22472-2Love Is Here To Stay
22474-2Ill Wind
22475-6Impresario
22476Short Coat
22477Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6118.

MGV 8354  Louis Bellson - Drummer's Holiday

Charlie Shavers (tp) Eddie Bert (tb) Ernie Wilkins (as) Ted Lee (bars) Nat Pierce (p) Ray Brown (b) Louis Bellson (d) Pearl Bailey (vo)
NYC, February 12, 1956
2755-1Blues For Keeps
Charlie Shavers (tp) Vincent Forchetti (tb) Red Press (as) Eddie Wasserman (ts) Ted Lee (bars) Lou Stein (p) George Duvivier (b) Louis Bellson (d)
NYC, May 30, 1956
2804-6For Louie's Kicks
2805-5T-Bones
Charlie Shavers (tp) Eddie Wasserman (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Louis Bellson (d) and others
NYC, January 26, 1958
22589-6I'm Shooting High
22590-8How Many Times
22592-3Portofino
22593-1 | 62VK441Drummer's Holiday
22594-1Limehouse Blues

MGV 8355  Johnny Hodges - Not So Dukish

Roy Eldridge, Ray Nance (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl) Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster (ts) Billy Strayhorn (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d)
NYC, September 10, 1958
22447-3M.H.R.
22448-5Broadway Babe
22449-5Three And Six
22450-4Not So Dukish
22451-4Central Park Swing
22452-1Preacher Blues
22453-3Jeep Bounced Back
22454-4The Last Time I Saw Paris
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6120.

MGV 8356  Stan Getz Quintet (not released)

Stan Getz (ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d)
Capitol Studios, Vine Street, Hollywood, CA, August 2, 1957
21229-1But Beautiful
21230-2All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
Benny Bailey (tp) Ake Persson (tb) Stan Getz, Erik Nordstrom (ts) Bjarne Nerem (ts -1) Lars Gullin (bars -1) Bengt Hallberg (p) Gunnar Johnson (b) William Schiopffe (d)
Stockholm, Sweden, September 15, 1958
1. 22560Cabin In The Sky
2. 22561Celebration (Janne's Blues)
Jan Johansson (p) replaces Nerem, Hallberg
Stockholm, Sweden, September 16, 1958
22562Gold Rush

MGV 8357  Dizzy Gillespie Big Band (not released)

Dizzy Gillespie, Taft Jordan, Ermit V. Perry, Ernie Royal (tp) Jimmy Cleveland, Matthew Gee, Jimmy Wilkins (tb) Gigi Gryce, Hilton Jefferson (as) Budd Johnson, Ernie Wilkins (ts) Sahib Shihab (bars) Wade Legge (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Charlie Persip (d) Herb Lance (vo)
NYC, September 12, 1955
2515-4Evening Sound
2516-3About To Wail
2517-7Begin The Beguine
2518-2Shout By Rail
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Melba Liston (tb) Willie Smith (as) Curtis Amy, Ed Beel (ts) Clyde Dunn (bars) Carl Perkins (p) George Bledsoe (b) Al Bartee (d) Toni Harper (vo)
Los Angeles, CA, November 8, 1955
2554-8Flamingo
Talib Daawud, Dizzy Gillespie, Lee Morgan, Ermit V. Perry, Carl Warwick (tp) Ray Connor, Al Grey, Melba Liston (tb) Ernie Henry, Jimmy Powell (as) Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell (ts) Pee Wee Moore (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul West (b) Charlie Persip (d)
NYC, July 8, 1957
21092Joogie Boogie (alt. take)
21093-2I Remember Clifford
21094-4You'll Be Sorry
21095-8Wonder Why

MGV 8358  Johnny Hodges - Blues-A-Plenty

Roy Eldridge (tp -1,2,4,7,9) Vic Dickenson (tb -1,2,4,7,9) Johnny Hodges (as) Ben Webster (ts -1,2,4,7,9) Billy Strayhorn (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d)
NYC, April 5, 1958
1. 22154-1Blues-A-Plenty
2. 22155-3Cool Your Motor
3. 22156-3Gene With The Wind
4. 22157-2Honey Hill
5. 22158-1I Didn't Now About You
6. 22159-3Satin Doll
7. 22160-6Reeling And Rocking
8. 22161-3Don't Take Your Love From Me
9. 22162-5Saturday Afternoon Blues
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6123.

MGV 8359  The Soul Of Ben Webster

Art Farmer (tp) Harold Ashby, Ben Webster (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Milt Hinton (b) Dave Bailey (d)
NYC, July, 1958
22318-10Fajista
22319-3Cool Train
22320-6When I Fall In Love
22321-4Ev's Mad
22322-4Chelsea Bridge
22323-3Ash
22324-2Charlotte's Piccolo
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6124.

MGV 8360  Art Tatum - Still More Of The Greatest Piano Of Them All

Art Tatum (p)
Los Angeles, CA, January 19, 1955
2205-1Moonglow
2206-1I Won't Dance
2207-1I Can't Give You Anything But Love
2208-1Lullaby In Rhythm
2209-1Out Of Nowhere
2210-1I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
2211-1It's Only A Paper Moon
2214-1On The Sunny Side Of The Street
2216-1Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
2217-1So Beats My Heart For You

MGV 8361  The Jimmy Giuffre 4 - Ad Lib

Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bars) Jimmy Rowles (p) Red Mitchell (b) Lawrence Marable (d)
Los Angeles, CA, August 3, 1959
26222I've Got Those Blues
26223I'm Old Fashioned
26224I Hear Red
26225The Boy Next Door
26226Stella By Starlight
26227Problems
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6130.

MGV 8362  Lee Konitz - You And Lee

Marky Markowitz, Ernie Royal, Phil Sunkel (tp) Eddie Bert, Billy Byers (tb) Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Lee Konitz (as) Bill Evans (p) Sonny Dallas (b) Roy Haynes (d) Jimmy Giuffre (arr, cond)
NYC, October 29, 1959
22961-7I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
22962-3You Don't Know What Love Is
22963-2I Didn't Know About You
22964-3Everything I've Got Belongs To You
Jim Hall (g) replaces Evans
NYC, October 30, 1959
22965-11Out Of This World
22966-6You Are Too Beautiful
22967-1The More I See You
22968-5You're Driving Me Crazy
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6131.

MGV 8363  Buddy DeFranco - Generalissimo

Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Bob Hardaway (ts) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Curtis Counce (b) Alvin Stoller (d)
Los Angeles, CA, April 2, 1958
22188-1Sunday
22189-5Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
22190-15Tea For Two
22191-1Medley: 'Round About Midnight / You Don't Know What Love Is / How Can We Be Wrong? / Lullaby Of The Leaves / Yesterdays
22192-4Blue Lou
22193Funky's Uncle
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6132.

MGV 8364  Swinging Brass With The Oscar Peterson Trio

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Russ Garcia (arr, cond) unidentified orchestra
Los Angeles, CA?, November 5, 1959
22981-6Con Alma
22982-5Blues For Big Scotia
22983-1The Spirit Feel
22984-7Stockholm Sweetnin'
22985-6Cubano Chant
22986-6Little Pea's Blues
22987-3Close Your Eyes
O.P.
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6119.

MGV 8365  Pete Brown - From The Heart

Pete Brown (as) Reginald Ashby (p) Wally Richardson (g) Bill Pemberton (b) Clarence Stroman (d)
NYC, May 5 & 6, 1959
22817-4Cherokee
22818-2Sometimes I'm Happy
22819-1Blues For Leslie (Leslie's Blues)
22820-3It All Depends On You
22821-4Body And Soul
22822-3Avalon
22823-1But Not For Me
22824-1Trouble In Mind
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6133.

MGV 8366  Oscar Peterson - The Music From "Fiorello"

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Los Angeles, CA, January, 1960?
26213When Did I Fall In Love?
26214Little Tin Box
26215Home Again
26216'Till Tomorrow
26217Politics And Poker
26218Gentleman Jimmy
26219Unfair
26220On The Side Of The Angels
26221Where Do I Go From Here?
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6134.

MGV 8367  Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges

Johnny Hodges (as) Gerry Mulligan (bars -1/4,6) Claude Williamson (p) Buddy Clark (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, November 17, 1959
1. 50171-2 | 63VK421Bunny
2. 50172-8 | 63VK42518 Carrots For Rabbit
3. 50173-3 | 63VK426Shady Side
4. 50175-1 | 63VK424What It's All About
5. 50177-3 | 63VK422What's The Rush
6. 50178-4 | 63VK423Back Beat
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6137, V/V6 8536.

MGV 8368  The Oscar Peterson Trio At The JATP

Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers (tp) Benny Carter (as) Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)
"Carnegie Hall", NYC, September 13, 1952
Cottontail
Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b)
same location, date
Sweet Georgia Brown
Cheek To Cheek
C Jam Blues
62VK202/203Tenderly, Pt. 1&2
Seven Come Eleven

MGV 8369  Gene Krupa/Buddy Rich - The Drum Battle

Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers (tp) Benny Carter (as) Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)
"Carnegie Hall", NYC, September 13, 1952
Perdido
Willie Smith (as) Hank Jones (p) Gene Krupa (d)
same location, date
Idaho
Sophisticated Lady
Flying Home
Drum Boogie
Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich (d)
same location, date
The Drum Battle
** also issued on Verve V/V6 8484 entitled "The Original Drum Battle".

MGV 8370  The Guitar Artistry Of Tal Farlow

Charlie Fowlkes (bars) Dick Hyman (p) Tal Farlow (g) Joe Benjamin (b -1,3) Wendell Marshall (b -2,4) Osie Johnson (d)
NYC, December 15 & 16, 1959
1. 26530-7Saratoga
2. 26533The Man In My Life
3. 26537-1Blue Funk
4. 26538-1Wess Side
Bobby Jaspar (ts) Tal Farlow (g) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d)
same location, date
26539-12A Foggy Day
26541-4Sweet Lorraine
26542Telefunky
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6143.

MGV 8371  Tal Farlow Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen

Benny Powell (tb -1/3) Frank Wess (ts, as, fl -1/3) Charlie Fowlkes (bars) Dick Hyman (p) Tal Farlow (g) Wendell Marshall (b -1/3,6/8) Joe Benjamin (b -4,5) Osie Johnson (d)
NYC, December 15 & 16, 1959
1. 26527-10Petticoat Hight
2. 26528-6One Step-Two Step
3. 26529-4For Every Man There's A Woman
4. 26531-3Hit The Road To Dreamland
5. 26532-7Lessons In Love
6. 26534-4As Long As I Live
7. 26535-4Blues In The Night
8. 26536-10Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6144.

MGV 8372  Katie Bell Nubin - Soul, Soul Searching (not released)

Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Leo Wright (as) Junior Mance or Sister Rosetta Tharpe (p) Les Spann (g) Art Davis (b) Lex Humphries (d) Katie Bell Nubin (vo)
NYC, January, 1960
24000When The Bride Groom Comes
24001Virgin Mary
24002Miami Storm
24003Pressin' On
24004I Shall Not Be Moved
24005Angels Watchin' Over Me
24006Where's Adam?
24007Come Over Here
24008Sad To Think Over My Saviour
** transfered to Verve MGV 3004.

MGV 8373  Gene Krupa (not released)

Eddie Wasserman (ts, cl, fl) Ronnie Ball (p) Jimmy Gannon (b) Gene Krupa (d)
"London House", Chicago, IL, January, 1959
22640Stompin' At The Savoy
22641Pick Yourself Up
22647There'll Never Be Another You
22663Drum Solo

MGV 8374  Sonny Stitt Blows The Blues

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 1959
26551-3Blue Devil Blues
26552-1Blues Offering
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, December 22, 1959
26556-1Morning After Blues
26557-3Home Free Blues
26558-3Blue Prelude
26559-8Frankie And Johnny
26560-1Birth Of The Blues
26561-3Hymnal Blues
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6149.

MGV 8375  Buddy DeFranco - Wholly Cats

Don Fagerquist (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Georgie Auld (ts) Victor Feldman (vib) Carl Perkins (p) Barney Kessel (g) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d)
Los Angeles, CA, October 29, 1957
21803-1More Than You Know
21804-2Wholly Cats
Ray Linn (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Alvin Stoller (d)
Los Angeles, CA, November 1, 1957
21831-3All The Things You Are
21833-2Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
21834-1I Surrender, Dear
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6150.

MGV 8376  Phil Nimmons - Nimmons' N' Nine

Erich Taugott (tp) Ross Culley (tb) Phil Nimmons (cl) Jerry Toth (as) Roy Smith (ts) Eddie Karam (bars) Vic Gentro (accor) Rudy Toth (p) Ed Bickert (g) Murray Lauder (b) Jack McQuade (d)
Canada?, 1959
26401-3Swing Softly
26402-5Just You, Just Me
26403-2My Old Flame
26404-1In A Minor Mode
26405-2Who Walks
26406-4Open Country
26407-3Little Poppy
26408-3Fascinating Rhythm
26409-1Kicks
26409-2Blue Lou
26410-1Kicks
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6153.

MGV 8377  Sonny Stitt - Saxophone Supremacy

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 1959
26553-7Two Had Days Blues
26554-1Blue Smile
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, December 23, 1959
26563-1I Cover The Waterfront
26564-2Lazy Bones
26565-3It's You Or No One
26567-3Sunday
26569-12All Of Me
26571-7Just Friends
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6154.

MGV 8378  Lester Young In Paris

Lester Young (ts) Rene Urtreger (p) Jimmy Gourley (g) Pierre Michelot (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Barclay Studios, Paris, France, March 4, 1959
26575-2 | (2829)I Didn't Know What Time It Was
26576-2 | (2830)Oh, Lady Be Good
26577-2 | (2831)Almost Like Being In Love
26578-1 | (2832)Three Little Words
26579-1 | (2833)I Cover The Waterfront
26580-1 | (2834)I Can't Get Started
26581-5 | (2835)Indiana
26582-2 | (2836)Pennies From Heaven
26583-1 | (2837)New D.B. Blues
26584-2 | (2838)Lullaby Of Birdland
26585-2 | (2839)There'll Never Be Another You
26586-1 | (2840)Tea For Two

MGV 8379  Stan Getz - Cool Velvet: Getz And Strings

Stan Getz (ts) Blanchie Birdsong (harp) Dave Hildinger (vib) Jan Johansson (p) Freddy Dutton (b) Sperie Karas (d) Russ Garcia (arr, dir) unidentified strings
Baden-Baden, West Germany, March, 1960
23174-1The Thrill Is Gone
23175-2Goodbye
23176-1A New Town Is A Blue Town
23177-2It Never Entered My Mind
23178-2'Round About Midnight
23179-2Whisper Not
23180-3Nature Boy
23181-4Early Autumn
23182-1Born To Be Blue
23183-3When I Go, I Go All The Way
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6160.

MGV 8380  Sonny Stitt Swings The Most

Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Amos Trice (p) George Morrow (b) Lenny McBrowne (d)
NYC, February 9, 1959
22678-1That's The Way To Be
22684-18The Way You Look Tonight
Sonny Stitt (as, ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 1959
26555-9Blue Sunday
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, December 23, 1959
26562-2The Gypsy
26566-2There Is No Greater Love
26568-4Jaunty
26570-8Lonesome Road
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6162.

MGV 8381  Herb Ellis - Thank You, Charlie Christian

Frank Strazzeri (p) Herb Ellis (g) Harry Babasin (cello) Chuck Berghofer (b) Kenny Hume (d)
Los Angeles, CA, June 1, 1960
23226-7Everything's Pat
23227-1Alexander's Ragtime Band
23228-6I Told Ya I Love Ya
23229-9Pickly Wickly
23230-5Karin
23231-1Lemon Twist
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, June 2, 1960
23233-2Thank You Charlie Christian
23234-7Cherry Kijafa
23235-2Cook One
23237-2Workin' With The Truth
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6164.

MGV 8382  Buddy DeFranco - Closed Session

Don Fagerquist (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Georgie Auld (ts) Victor Feldman (vib) Carl Perkins (p) Barney Kessel (g) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d)
Los Angeles, CA, October 30, 1957
21807-7Don't Be That Way
21808-5After You've Gone
21813-11Limehouse Blues
21814-2Medley: Poor Butterfly / Where Or When / These Foolish Things
Ray Linn (tp) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Paul Smith (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Milt Holland (d)
Los Angeles, CA, October 31, 1957
21817-6My Blue Heaven
Jimmy Rowles (p) Alvin Stoller (d) replaces Smith, Holland
Los Angeles, CA, November 1, 1957
21824-5'S Wonderful
21826-6Temptation
21827-5Night And Day
21832-6Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6165.

MGV 8383  Buddy DeFranco And His Septette - Live Date!

Herbie Mann (fl, ts, bcl) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Pete Jolly (p, accor) Victor Feldman (p, vib) Barney Kessel (g) Scott LaFaro (b) Frank De Vito (d)
Los Angeles, CA, April 4, 1958
22200-4Oh, Lady Be Good!
22201-3Satin Doll
22203-7My Funny Valentine
22204-7Blues For Space Travelers
22205-4Ballad Medley: I'm Glad There Is You / There's No You / These Foolish Things
22206-1Tin Reeed Blues
22207-4Crazy Rhythm
** also issued on Verve MGVS 6166.

MGV 8384  Buddy DeFranco (not released)

Buddy DeFranco (cl) Jimmy Rowles (p) Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts (g) Ralph Pena (b) Frank DeVito (d)
Los Angeles, CA, April 14, 1958
22215Untitled
22216Don't Worry About Me
22217I Love You
22218Chelsea Bridge
22219Raincheck
22220C Jam Blues
22221Medley

MGV 8385  Bob Brookmeyer - The Blues, Hot And Cold

Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Jimmy Rowles (p) Buddy Clark (b) Mel Lewis (d)
Los Angeles, CA, June 16, 1960
23257-6Hot And Cold Blues
23258-5On The Sunny Side Of The Street
23259-7Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
23260-4Stompin' At The Savoy
23268-2Languid Blues
23269-7I Got Rhythm

MGV 8386  Dizzy Gillespie - A Portrait Of Duke Ellington

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Bennie Green (tb) Ray Alonge, Richard Berg, Joe Singer (frh) Jay McAllister (tu) Robert DiDomenica (fl) Ernest Bright, John Murtaugh, Paul Richie, Stan Webb (woodwinds) George Devens (vib) Hank Jones (p) George Duvivier (b) Charlie Persip (d) Clare Fisher (arr, dir)
NYC, April 27, 1960
26644Caravan
26645Come Sunday
Jones plays (p, cel)
NYC, April 27 & 28, 1960
26752Things Ain't What They Used To Be
26753Chelsea Bridge
26754Upper Manhattan Medical Group
26755Johnny Come Lately
26756Perdido
Jones plays (p)
NYC, April 28, 1960
26647In A Mellow Tone
26648Sophisticated Lady
26649Serenade To Sweden
26650Don Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

MGV 8387  Jimmy Giuffre Quartet In Person

Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts) Jim Hall (g) Buell Neidlinger (b) Billy Osborne (d)
NYC, July 19, 1960
26743The Quiet Time
26744The Crab
26745My Funny Valentine
26746Wee See
26747What's New?
26748Two For Timbucktu

MGV 8388  Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band

Don Ferrara, Danny Stiles, Phil Sunkel (tp) Wayne Andre (tb) Alan Raph (btb) Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Dick Meldonian (as) Gene Quill (as, cl) Jim Reider (ts) Gerry Mulligan (bars) Gene Allen (bars, bcl) Bill Tackus (b) Dave Bailey (d)
Plaza Sound, NYC, May 21, 1960
26618I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (remake)
Conte Candoli, Nick Travis (tp) Zoot Sims (ts) Buddy Clark (b) Mel Lewis (d) replaces Stiles, Sunkel, Reider, Tackus, Bailey
Plaza Sound, NYC, July 25 & 27, 1960
26652Out Of This World (remake)
26653 | 63VK636Django's Castle (remake)
26654Bweebida Bwobbida (remake)
26655Sweet And Slow (remake)
26749You Took Advantage Of Me
26750 | 63VK635My Funny Valentine
26751Broadway
** part of Mosaic MD4-221.

MGV 8389  Roy Eldridge - Swingin' On The Town

Roy Eldridge (tp) Ronnie Ball (p) Ben Moten (b) Eddie Locke (d)
NYC, June 2 & 3, 1960
26662-5The Way You Look Tonight
26663-6I've Got A Crush On You
26664-2Song Of The Islands
26666Sweet Sue
26667-19When I Grow Too Old To Dream
26668-5Easy Living
26669-3Honeysuckle Rose
26670-5But Not For Me
26671-2All The Things You Are
26672Bossa Nova
26673-5Misty

MGV 8390  Ray Brown - Jazz Cello

Don Fagerquist (tp) Harry Betts (tb) Jack Cave (frh) Bob Cooper, Med Flory, Bill Hood, Paul Horn (reeds) Jimmy Rowles (p) Ray Brown (cello, b) Joe Mondragon (b) Dick Shanahan (d) Russ Garcia (arr, cond)
Los Angeles, CA, August 31, September 1, 1960
23332-6Memories Of You
23333-9Rosalie
23334-8Poor Butterfly
23335-5Alice Blue Gown
23336-4Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
23337-5Ain't Misbehavin'
23338-7But Beautiful
23339-9Almost Like Being In Love
23340That Old Feeling
23341-7Tangerine

MGV 8391  Johnny Hodges (not released)

Harold Baker (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln) Lawrence Brown, Mitchell "Bootie" Wood (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Harold Ashby (ts) Jimmy Jones (p) Aaron Bell (b) Sam Woodyard (d)
NYC, September 8, 1960
26773Br' Rabbit
26774Starting With You (I'm Through)
26775The Hare
26776The Things You Miss
26777I Told You Son
26778Wiggle Awhile
26779Get Ready
26780Peaches
26781Hygiene
** part of Verve VE2 2532.

MGV 8392  Herbie Mann's Cuban Band - Flute, Brass, Vibes And Percussion

Leo Ball, Jerry Kail, Ziggy Schatz (tp) Herbie Mann (fl) Johnny Rae (vib) Knobby Totah (b) Rudy Collins (d) Ray Barretto (cga) Ray Mantilla, Michael Olatunji (per)
NYC, May 5, 1960
26702 | 63VK321Dearly Beloved
26703Fife' N' Tambourine Corps
Barretto plays (per)
NYC, July 26, 1960
26757A Ritual
26758You Stepped Out Of A Dream
26759I'll Remember April
26760 | 63VK327Autumn Leaves

MGV 8393-2  Stan Getz At Large

Stan Getz (ts) Jan Johansson (p) Daniel Jordan (b) William Schiopffe (d)
"Kildevangs Church", Copenhagen, Denmark, January 14 & 15, 1960
26879Night And Day
26880Pammie's Tune
26882I Like To Recognize The Tune
26883When The Sun Comes Out
26884In Your Own Sweet Way
26886Cafe Montmartre Blues
26887Goodbye
26888Just A Child
26889The Folks Who Live On The Hill
26890Ah-Moore
26891Land's End
26893He Was Too Good To Me
26894Younger Than Springtime
26895In The Night

MGV 8394  Dizzy Gillespie - Gillespiana

John Frosk, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (tp) Urbie Green, Frank Rehak, Britt Woodman (tb) Paul Faulise (btb) Jim Buffington, Al Richman, Gunther Schuller, Julius Watkins (frh) Don Butterfield (tu) Leo Wright (as, fl) Lalo Schifrin (p) Art Davis (b) Chuck Lampkin (d) Candido Camero (cga) Jack Del Rio (bgo) Willie Rodriguez (tim)
NYC, November 14 & 15, 1960
26850Pan Americana
26851Blues
26852Prelude
William Lister, Morris Secon (frh) replaces Buffington, Richman
NYC, November 16, 1960
26853Africana
26854Toccata

MGV 8395  Jimmy Giuffre With Strings

Jimmy Giuffre (fl) Wolfram Rohrig (dir) Sudwestfunk Orchestra
Baden-Baden, West Germany, March, 1960
Piece For Clarinet And Strings, Pt. 1/5
Mobiles, Pt. 1/16

MGV 8396  Gerry Mulligan And The Concert Jazz Band At The Village Vanguard

Don Ferrara, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (tp) Willie Dennis (tb) Alan Raph (btb) Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Bob Donovan (as) Gene Quill (as, cl) Jim Reider (ts) Gene Allen (bars, bcl) Gerry Mulligan (bars, p) Bill Crow (b) Mel Lewis (d)
"Village Vanguard", NYC, December 11, 1960
23512Lady Chatterley's Mother
23513Body And Soul
23514Let My People Be
23515Come Rain Or Come Shine
23516 | 63VK637Blueport
23517Black Night Gown
** part of Mosaic MD4-221.

MGV 8397  Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Fusion

Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, bars) Paul Bley (p) Steve Swallow (b)
NYC, March 3, 1961
23493-3Used To Be
23494-3Emphasis
23495-1Brief Hesitation
23496-1Venture
23497-5Trudgin'
23498-6Jesus Maria
23499-3In The Morning Out There (On The Morning Of The Mountain)
23500-8Cry Want
23501-4Scootin' About

MGV 8398  The Essential Lester Young

Roy Eldridge (tp) Tommy Turk (tb) Charlie Parker (as) Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)
"Carnegie Hall", NYC, September 18, 1949
385 | 62VK228Lester Leaps In, Pt. 1
386 | 62VK229Lester Leaps In, Pt. 2
387Lester Leaps In, Pt. 3
Lester Young (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)
NYC, March, 1950
368-4Encore
369-2Polka Dots And Moonbeams
370-2 | 62VK227Up 'N' Adam
Lester Young (ts) John Lewis (p) Gene Ramey (b) Jo Jones (d)
NYC, January 16, 1951
483-2Thou Swell
Jesse Drakes (tp) Lester Young (ts) Gildo Mahones (p) Gene Ramey (b) Connie Kay (d)
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, December 11, 1953
1399-2New D.B. Blues
Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp) Lester Young (ts, cl) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Louis Bellson (d)
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, July 31, 1957
21209-3Sunday

MGV 8399  Oscar Peterson - Carnival (not released)

no details

V/V6 8399  Lee Konitz - Motion

Lee Konitz (as) Sonny Dallas (b) Elvin Jones (d)
NYC, August 24, 1961
61VK388Foolin' Myself
61VK389You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
61VK390I'll Remember April
61VK391I Remember You
61VK392All Of Me