ESP-Disk' Catalog: 3000 series
ESP-Disk' 3000 series (12 inch LP and 7 inch 45 rpm)
ESP 3000 The Comprehensive Charlie Parker - Live Performances Volume I not released
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; John LaPorta, clarinet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Lennie Tristano, piano; Billy Bauer, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Max Roach, drums; Carl Caruso, announcer.
radio broadcast, Bands For Bonds, WOR Studios, NYC, September 20, 1947
| Tiger Rag |
Miles Davis, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.
radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, December 11, 1948
| F2504/F2505 | Groovin' High |
| Big Foot (a/k/a Air Conditioning, Drifting On A Reed) | |
| Ornithology (as Thriving On From A Riff) | |
| Slow Boat To China (aka On A Slow Boat To China) |
Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.
radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, December 25, 1948
| Half Nelson | |
| White Christmas | |
| Little Willie Leaps |
** originally released on ESP-Disk' ESP-BIRD-1 in 1972.
ESP 3001 Charlie Parker - Broadcast Performances 1948-1949 Vol. 2 Of 14 Volumes not released
Miles Davis, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Tadd Dameron, piano; Curly Russell, bass; Max Roach, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.
radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, September 4, 1948
| 52nd Street Theme | |
| Koko (aka Ko-Ko) |
Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.
radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, January 1, 1949
| Bebop (aka Be-Bop) | |
| Slow Boat To China (aka On A Slow Boat To China) | |
| Ornithology | |
| Groovin' High | |
| East Of The Sun & West Of The Moon (aka East Of The Sun) | |
| Cheryl |
** originally released on ESP-Disk' ESP-BIRD-2 in 1973.
ESP 3002 Billie Holiday - The Lady Lives 1970
Neal Hefti, trumpet; Herbie Harper, trombone; Herbie Steward, clarinet, tenor sax; Jimmy Rowles, piano; Robert "Iggy" Shevak, bass; Blinkie Garner, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
AFRS radio broadcast, Just Jazz, Los Angeles, CA, June, 1949
| My Man | |
| Miss Brown To You |
Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Horace Henderson, piano; Jack Lesberg, bass; George Wettling, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
NBC television broadcast, Eddie Condon Floor Show, NYC, August 27, 1949
| Keeps On 'A Rainin' | |
| Lover Man |
Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Horace Henderson, piano; unknown, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
television broadcast, Art Ford Television Show, NYC, August 27, 1949
| I Cover The Waterfront | |
| All Of Me |
Billie Holiday, vocal; The Apollo House Band.
broadcast, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY, May 24, 1950
| You're My Thrill |
Al Haig, piano; Jimmy Raney, guitar; Teddy Kotick, bass; Tiny Kahn, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
broadcast, Storyville, Boston, MA, October 29, 1951
| He's Funny That Way | |
| Billie's Blues |
Buster Harding, piano; John Field, bass; Marquis Foster, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
broadcast, Storyville, Boston, MA, October 31, 1951
| Miss Brown To You |
Billie Holiday, vocal; unidentified small combo.
radio broadcast, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY, possibly July, 1952
| My Man |
Tony Scott, clarinet; Buster Harding, piano, conductor; Billie Holiday, vocal; and others.
broadcast, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY, December 10, 1952
| Tenderly |
** also released on Lady Lives Volume 1: Broadcast Performances 1949-1953, ESP-Disk' ESP 3002 (later) in 1972; Base Record (It) ESP 3002 in 1982. and on Broadcast Performances Vol. 1, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3002-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3002 in 2005+.
ESP 3003 Billie Holiday - Radio & TV Broadcasts Volume 2 / 1953-56 1972
Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet; Ray Nance, violin; Buster Harding, piano; John Field, bass; Marquis Foster, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
broadcast, Carnegie Hall, NYC, November 14, 1952
| I Cover The Waterfront | |
| Lover Come Back To Me | |
| My Man (mistitled as All Of Me) | |
| Fine And Mellow (mistitled as Billie's Blues) |
unknown, trumpet; probably Carl Drinkard, piano; Jimmy Raney, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal, speech; Louis Armstrong, Tallulah Bankhead, Mae Barnes, Leonard Feather, Arthur Herzog, "Pods" Hollingsworth, Artie Shaw, speech; unidentified actors, actor; George Jessel, host, narrator.
television broadcast, The Comeback Story, NYC, October 16, 1953
| God Bless The Child |
unknown, trumpet; probably Carl Drinkard, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal; Steve Allen, announcer; Skitch Henderson, director; and others.
television broadcast, The Tonight Show With Steve Allen, NYC, February 8 or 14, 1955
| My Man | |
| Them There Eyes | |
| Lover Man |
Buck Clayton, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor sax; Bobby Tucker, piano; Count Basie, organ; Eddie Jones, bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
broadcast, Carnegie Hall, NYC, May 6, 1955
| Stormy Weather |
probably Carl Drinkard, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
radio broadcast, Band Stand U.S.A., Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ, August 29, 1956
| Willow Weep For Me | |
| I Only Have Eyes For You | |
| My Man | |
| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone |
** also released on Base Record (It) ESP 3003 in 1982. and on Broadcast Performances Vol. 2, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3003-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3003 in 2005+.
ESP 3004 Tony Snell - Medieval & Latter Day Lays 1973
Tony Snell, guitar, vocal, producer.
released 1973
| Fungus | |
| Gypsomania | |
| The Lay Of The Last Crusader | |
| Chandler's Shop | |
| Ball At The Hall | |
| Eddystone Light (parody) | |
| Hired Knight's Day | |
| Senoreater Margarita | |
| Englishman Abroad | |
| Island In The Road (parody) | |
| San Francisco (parody) | |
| Frank And Johnny | |
| Gigolo | |
| U And Non U | |
| National Park For Diseases | |
| Puff The Tragic Faggot | |
| Brownie |
** also released on Englishman Abroad, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 1072-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 1072 in 2005+.
ESP 3005 Tony Kelly - Busker Boy never released
no details.
ESP 3006 Billie Holiday - Broadcast Performances Volume 3, 1956-1958 1973
probably Carl Drinkard, piano; Billie Holiday, vocal; Steve Allen, announcer; unidentified studio house band, Skitch Henderson, director.
television broadcast, The Tonight Show With Steve Allen, NYC, February 10, 1956
| I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You | |
| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone |
probably Carl Drinkard, piano; unknown, bass; Eddie Phyfe, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
radio broadcast, Olivia Davis' Patio Lounge, Washington, DC, October 27, 1956
| Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| God Bless The Child | |
| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | |
| Don't Explain |
probably Carl Drinkard, piano; Billie Holiday, vocal; unidentified studio house band, including strings, Skitch Henderson, director.
television broadcast, The Tonight Show With Steve Allen, NYC, November 8, 1956
| Porgy |
Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Benny Morton, trombone; Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, tenor sax; Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Freddy Green, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
television broadcast, The Sound Of Jazz, CBS Studio #58, NYC, December 8, 1957
| Fine And Mellow |
Buck Clayton, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Georgie Auld, tenor sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Mary Osborne, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
television broadcast, Art Ford's Jazz Party, Channel 13, NYC, July 10, 1958
| What A Little Moonlight Can Do | |
| Foolin' Myself (as Fooling Myself) | |
| Easy To Remember |
Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Georgie Auld, tenor sax; Harry Sheppard, vibes; Mal Waldron, piano; Mary Osborne, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.
television broadcast, Art Ford's Jazz Party, Channel 13, NYC, July 17, 1958
| Moaning Low | |
| Don't Explain | |
| When Your Lover Has Gone |
** also released on Base Record (It) ESP 3006 in 1982. and on Broadcast Performances Vol. 3, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3005-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3005 in 2005+.
ESP 3007 Revolutionary Ensemble 1973
Leroy Jenkins, violin, viola; Sirone, bass, cello; Jerome Cooper, percussion.
NYC, March, 1972
| Vietnam 1 | |
| Vietnam 2 |
** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3007-2 in 1992. and on Vietnam, ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3007 in 2005+.
ESP 3008 Jim McCarthy - Alien 1974
Jonathan Thayer, oboe; George Cameron, harmonica; Julie Case, piano; Bob Claster, piano, organ; Bill Johnson, Bob Miles, organ; Steve Martin, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal; Jim McCarthy, rhythm acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocal; Bob Gallagher, electric guitar; Leslie Fradkin, bass; Tom Hayes, drums; Paul Thornton, maracas.
1973
| Guide Me To Your Love | |
| In The Search Of An Audience | |
| Word Of Honour | |
| We Love You | |
| Song For All Seasons | |
| Sickness Or Cure | |
| So Beautiful | |
| Girly Pearl | |
| Seething With Tears |
** also released on The Godz - Alien, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3008-2 in 1993. and on ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3008 in 2005+.
ESP 3009 The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Smoke Dreams 1973
Jim Conway, harmonica, kazoo, vocal; Jim Niven, piano, pedal organ; Mick Fleming, banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocal; Dave Hubbard, guitar; Peter Inglis, guitar, vocal; Peter Scott, tea chest bass; Mic Conway, washboard, ukulele, vocal.
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, probably recorded before November, 1972;
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, released 1973
| I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) | |
| My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes | |
| Nagasaki | |
| Sophisticated Mama | |
| Mobile Line | |
| France Blues | |
| Hotsy Totsy (Everything Is) | |
| Who Walks In When I Walk Out | |
| I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter | |
| After You've Gone | |
| That Cat Is High | |
| Smoke Dreams Of You |
** also released on ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3010 in 2005+.
ESP 3010 The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes / Nagasaki 1973
same session.
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, probably recorded before November, 1972;
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, released 1973
| My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes | |
| Nagasaki |
ESP 3011 not used
ESP 3012 not used
ESP 3013 Frank Lowe - Black Beings 1973
Joseph Jarman, soprano, alto sax; Frank Lowe, tenor sax; The Wizard, violin; William Parker, bass; Rashied Sinan, drums.
NYC, March, 1973
| In Trane's Name | |
| Brother Joseph | |
| Thulani |
** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3013-2 in 1992, (US) ESP 3013 in 2005+.
ESP 3014 Peter Stampfel, Luke Faust - Wendigo Dwain Story never released
no details.
ESP 3015 Nadolski - New Music From Poland 1 never released
Andrzej Nowak, organ; Czeslaw Niemen, Moog; Helmut Nadolski, bass, text, music; Olgierd Lukaszewicz, recitation.
St. George's Church, Sopot, August 27, 1974
| Medytacje (Meditation) | |
| - |
** transferred to Helmut Nadolski - Meditation, Veriton (Polish) SXV-786 in 1974.
ESP 3016 Niemen Enigmatic - New Music From Poland 2 never released
no details.
ESP 3017 Lester Young - Newly Discovered Performances Vol. 1 1974
Jessie Drakes, trumpet; Ted Kelly, trombone; Lester Young, tenor sax; Freddie Jefferson, piano; Ted Briscoe, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Symphony Sid, MC.
WMGM radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, November 27, 1948
| Lester Leaps In | |
| I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance | |
| Just You, Just Me | |
| Sweet Georgia Brown |
Kai Winding, trombone; Allen Eager, Lester Young, tenor sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Ella Fitzgerald, vocal; Symphony Sid, MC.
| How High The Moon |
Jessie Drakes, trumpet; Ted Kelly, trombone; Lester Young, tenor sax; Freddie Jefferson, piano; Ted Briscoe, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Symphony Sid, MC.
WMGM radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, December 4, 1948
| Be Bop Boogie (as Boppin' Boogie) | |
| I'm Confessin' That I Love You | |
| I Cover The Waterfront |
ESP 3018 The Sea Ensemble - We Move Together 1974
Zusaan Kali Fasteau, cello, piano, drums, vocal, shakuhachi, nye; Donald Rafael Garrett, sheng, clarinet, bass, drums, shakuhachi, vocal.
January, 1974
| Ride Tiger To Mountain | |
| Wave Hands Like Clouds | |
| Snake Creeps Down | |
| Needle Of Sea Bottom | |
| Stork Cools Its Wings |
** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3018-2 in 1992, (US) ESP 3018 in 2005+.
ESP 3019 Thornton, Fradkin & Unger And The Big Band - Pass On This Side 1974
Randy Edelman, piano, vocal #1; Paul Thornton, acoustic guitar, lead vocal #2,3,5,8; Leslie Fradkin, 12-string guitar, Mellotron, piano, organ, bass, drums, mandolin, lead vocal #1,4,6; Bob Unger, bass #7; Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, bass, vocal #1; Richard Davis, upright bass #4; Dennis Seiwell, drums #1; Andrew Lloyd, drums, vocal #7; David Peel, lead vocal #7.
NYC, 1970, 1973 and 1974
| 1. | God Bless California |
| 2. | M'Lady |
| 3. | Jimi |
| 4. | Christopher's Sorrow |
| 5. | Walkin' Guitar Blues |
| 6. | Oh Woman |
| 7. | To Err Is Human |
| 8. | Sometimes |
** also released on Godz Bless California, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3019-2 in 1993. and on ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3019 in 2005+.
ESP 3020 Bill Horwitz - Lies, Lies, Lies 1975
E. Martin, trombone, trumpet; T. Negel, trombone, drums; Steve Hecker, French horn; G. Hicks, piano, violin, viola; B. Grant, acoustic guitar; M. Giacolone, acoustic guitar, guitar; Bill Horwitz, acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, 6 & 12-string guitar, banjo, piano, bass, bass guitar, vocal; H. Guffee, Dobro; Tony Markellis, bass; R. Leab, Richard Steinberg, drums; Human Condition, clapping; B. Carron, vocal; Jerry Mitnick, background vocal.
Shaggy Dog Studios, Stockbridge, MA, released 1975
| Consumption | |
| New American Guilt Trip | |
| Father (Workingman's Daughter) | |
| Henry K. | |
| Sing Me | |
| My Father | |
| If I Had A Friend Like Rosemary Woods | |
| Tocks Island | |
| Broken Record | |
| Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do | |
| Candyman | |
| Sadness |
** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3020-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3020 in 2005+.
ESP 3021 Bud Powell - Broadcast Performances 1953 Vol. 1 Of 6 Volumes not released
Bud Powell, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Roy Haynes, drums.
WJZ radio broadcast, Birdland, NYC, February 7, 1953
| Tea For Two | |
| It Could Happen To You | |
| Lover Come Back To Me |
same personnel.
WJZ radio broadcast, Birdland, NYC, February 14, 1953
| Lullaby Of Birdland | |
| I Want To Be Happy | |
| Embraceable You | |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | |
| Ornithology |
** originally released on ESP-Disk' ESP-BUD-1 in 1973.
ESP 3022 not used
ESP 3023 Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit - April Is The Cruellest Month (aka New Music From Japan) never released
Kenji Mori, alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar; Nobuyoshi Ino, bass, cello; Hiroshi Yamazaki, percussion.
Yamaha Music Foundation Studio, April 30, and May 11, 1975
| We Have Existed | |
| What Have We Given? | |
| My Friend, Blood Shaking My Heart |
** transferred to April Disc (J) AP-1 in 1991.
ESP 3024 not used
ESP 3025 Anton Bruhin - New Music From Switzerland never released
no details.
ESP 3026 Ronnie Boykins 1975
Daoud Haroom, trombone; Joe Ferguson, soprano, tenor sax, flute; Monty Waters, alto, soprano sax; James Vass, alto, soprano sax, flute; Ronnie Boykins, bass, sousaphone; George Avaloz, congas; Art Lewis, percussion.
NYC, February, 1975
| The Will Come, Is Now | |
| Starlight At The Wonder Inn | |
| Demon's Dance | |
| Dawn Is Evening, Afternoon | |
| Tipping On Heels | |
| The Third I |
** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3026-2 in 1992. and on The Will Come, Is Now, ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3026 in 2009.
ESP 3027 not used
ESP 3028 not used
ESP 3029 not used
ESP 3030 Albert Ayler - Prophecy 1975
Albert Ayler, sax; Gary Peacock, bass; Sonny Murray, percussion.
Cellar Cafe, NYC, June 14, 1964
| Spirits | |
| Wizard | |
| Ghosts, First Variation | |
| Prophecy | |
| Ghosts, Second Variation |
** also released on Base Record (It) ESP 3030 in 1982; ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3030 in 2005+.
** part of Bells-Prophecy, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 1010-2 in 1992. and of Bells/Prophecy, ESP-Disk' ESP 4006 in 2005.