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BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA “THE CHRONOLOGICAL CLASSICS (1944-1945)”
- New York, December 5, 1944
Blowin’ the blues away, Opus X
Dizzy Gillespie, Shorty Mcconnell, Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel (Tp) Gerald Valentine, Taswell Baird, Howard Scott, Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt (Tb) John Jackson, Bill Frazier (As) Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons (Ts) Leo Parker (Bar) John Malachi (P) Connie Wainwright (G) Tommy Potter (B) Art Blakey (D) Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan (Vcl) And Tadd Dameron - New York, May 2, 1945
Lonesome lover blues, I love the rhythm in a riff
Budd Johnson (as) Bill Frazier out, Sonny Stitt (as) replaces John Jackson, rest same
DIZZY GILLESPIE “THE CU-BOP DAYS”
- New York, December 22, 30, 1947
Algo bueno [Woody’n you], Cool breeze, Cubana be, Cubana bop, Good bait, Ool-ya-koo, Minor walk, Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie (tp,vcl) Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Benny Bailey, Lammar Wright, Jr. (tp) William Shepherd, Ted Kelly (tb) Howard Johnson, John Brown (as) Joe Gayles, George “Big Nick” Nicholas (ts) Cecil Payne (bar) John Lewis (p) Al McKibbon (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chano Pozo (bgo,cga,vcl) Kenny Hagood (vcl) Tadd Dameron, George Russell, Gil Fuller, Linton Garner (arr)
BOYD RAEBURN AND HIS ORCHESTRA “THE COLLECTION 1944-48”
- Hollywood, CA, c. December, 1945
Tonsilectomy, Boyd’s Nest, Boyd meets Stravinsky, Dalvatore Sally, Two spoos in an igloo, I can’t believe that you’re in love with me
Ray Linn, Dale Pierce, Nelson Shelladay, Zeke Zarchy (tp) Britt Woodman, Ollie Wilson, Fred Zito (tb) Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as) Harry Klee (fl,as) Ralph Lee, Lucky Thompson (ts) Hy Mandel (bar) Boyd Raeburn (bassax) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Tony Rizzi (g) Joe Mondragon (b) or Harry Babasin (b) Jackie Mills (d) David Allyn, Ginnie Powell (vcl) Eddie Finckel, George Handy, Johnny Mandel (arr)
