COLEMAN HAWKINS “FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA”
– New York, March 19, 1931
Clarinet marmalade (bc arr), Sugar foot stomp (fh arr), Hot and anxious (1,hh arr)
Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (tp) Rex Stewart (cnt) Claude Jones (tb) Harvey Boone (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Fletcher Henderson (p) Clarence Holiday (bj,g) John Kirby (tu,b) Walter Johnson (d) Lois Deppe (vcl) vcl quartet (prob. Jones, Stewart, Carter, Harrison ) John Nesbitt (arr) Horace Henderson (p-1) Benny Morton (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Benny Morton (tb) Russell Procope (cl,as) Horace Henderson (p-1) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts,bar)
– New York, October 16, 1931 Business in F (ab arr)
Rex Stewart (cnt) Russell Smith, Bobby Stark (tp) J.C. Higginbotham (tb) Russell Procope (as,cl) Edgar Sampson (cl,as,vln) Coleman Hawkins (cl,ts) Fletcher Henderson (p,arr) Clarence Holiday (g,bj) John Kirby (tu,b) Walter Johnson (d) Les Reis (vcl) Archie Bleyer (arr)
HARRY CARNEY “AND HIS BIG EIGHT”
– New York, March 18, 1946
Shadowy sands, Minor mirage, Candy cane, Jamaica rumble
Joe Thomas (tp) Lawrence Brown (tb) Otto Hardwick (as) Ted Nash (ts) Harry Carney (bar) Jimmy Jones (p) Billy Taylor, Sr. (b) Jimmy Crawford (d)
RUSSELL PROCOPE “BIG SIX”
– New York, late 1946 Bottle it, Denzil’s best, Right foot, then left foot, Four wheel drive
Harold “Shorty” Baker (tp) Russell Procope (as) John Hardee (ts) Billy Kyle (p) John Simmons (b) Denzil Best (d)
GENE KRUPA “THE GENE KRUPA TRIO”
– Hollywood, CA, February 20 & 26, April 1, 1946
Body and soul, 10 Ritchie drive, How high the moon, Dark eyes
Gene Krupa (dr) Charlie Ventura (ts) Teddy Napoleon (p)
