Hank Jones - Discographie

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Discographie Leader/Co-Leader

1947-1953

Urbanity

Clef/Mercury

NYC, September-October, 1947° & September 4, 1953¹.

Tracks: Blues For Lady Day°; The Night We Called It A Day°; Yesterdays°; You're Blasé°; Tea For Two°; The Blue Room°; Thad's Pad¹; Things Are So Pretty In The Spring¹; Little Girl Blue¹; Odd Number¹.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown¹: bass; Johnny Smith¹: guitar. Note: Reissued on Verve.

1955 The Trio

Savoy

NYC, August 4, 1955.

Tracks: My Hearts Are Young; We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together; We're All Together; Cyrano; Odd Number; There's A Small Hotel; My Funny Valentine; Now's The Time.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums. Note: Also issued as The Jazz Trio of Hank Jones.

Quartet/Quintet

Savoy

NYC, November 1, 1955.

Tracks: Almost Like Being In Love; An Evening At Papa Joe's; And Then Some; Summer's Gone; Don't Blame Me. Personnel: Donald Byrd: trumpet; Matty Dice: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Jones: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Bluebird

Savoy

NYC, November 1 & 3 & 29 & December 20, 1955.

Tracks: Little Girl Blue; Bluebird; How High The Moon; Hank's Pranks; Alpha; Wine And Brandy.

Personnel: Joe Wilder, Donald Byrd, Matty Dice: trumpet; Jerome Richardson: tenor sax, flute; Herbie Mann: flute; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Eddie Jones: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

1956

Have You Met Hank Jones?

Savoy

NYC, July 9 & August 8 & 20, 1956.

Tracks: Teddy's Dream; It Had To Be You; Gone With The Wind; Heart And Soul; But Not For Me; Have You Met Miss Jones?; You Don't Know What Love Is; How About You?; Body And Soul; Let's Fall In Love; Kanakee Shout; Solo Blues.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano.

Hank Jones Quartet

Savoy

Tracks: Moonlight Becomes You; Relaxin' At Camarillo; Minor Contention; Sunday In Savannah; Spontaneous Combination.

Personnel: Bobby Jaspar: flute; Hank Jones: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

1958

Hank Jones Swings 'Gigi'

Golden Crest January 21, 1958.

Tracks: Gigi; I'm Not Young Anymore; Thank Heaven For Little Girls; It's A Bore; Say A Prayer For Me Tonight; Gossip; Waltz At Maxim's; The Parisians; I Remember It Well; The Night They Invented Champagne.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Arnold Fishkind: bass; Don Lamond: drums. Note: Reissued together with Here's Love as Hank Jones Quartet: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 on Gambit.

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The Talented Touch

Capitol 1958.

Tracks: If I Love Again; My One And Only Love; Don't Ever Leave Me; It's Easy To Remember; You're My Love; Blue Lights; The Blue Room; A Sunday Kind Of Love; Star Eyes; Let Me Know; Try A Little Tenderness; Easy To Love.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Milt Hinton: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

Note: Reissued with Porgy and Bess on Okra-tone and on Gambit as Hank Jones Quartet: Complete Recordings,

Vol. 2.

Swingin' Impression By Hank Jones - Porgy And Bess

Capitol

NYC, late 1958.

Tracks: Summertime; There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York; My Man's Gone Now; A Woman Is A Sometime Thing; Bess, You Is My Woman Now; It Ain't Necessarily So; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'; I Can't Sit Down; Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?; I Ain't Got No Shame.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Kenny Burrell: guitar; Milt Hinton: bass; Elvin Jones: drums.

Note: Reissued with The Talented Touch on Okra-tone and on Gambit as Hank Jones Quartet: Complete Recordings,

Vol. 2. 1963

Meredith Willson's 'Here's Love'

Argo

October 19, 1963.

Tracks: Here's Love; My Wish; You Don't Know What Love Is; Dear Mister Santa Claus; That Man Over There; Arm In Arm; The Big Clown Balloons; Love, Come Take Me Again; Pine Cones And Holly Berries; My State, My Kansas, My Home.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Kenny Burrell: guitar; Milt Hinton: bass; Elvin Jones: drums.

Note: Reissued together with Swings Gigi as Hank Jones Quartet: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 on Gambit.

1964

This Is Ragtime Now

Paramount

April 13 & 14, 1964.

Tracks: Maple Leaf Rag; Cascades; Sunflower Slow Darg; St. Louis Rag; Bohemia; Eugenia; Sensation Rag; Ragtime Nightingale; The Cannonball; Contentment Rage; Jazz Mag Rag; Bag O' Rags.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Milt Hinton: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

1966 Happenings

Impulse

NYC, October 19-21, 1966.

Tracks: Broadway Samba; Winchester Cathedral; Mas Que Nada (Pow Pow Pow); Lullaby Of Jazzland; Jazztime, U.S.A.; Cul-De-Sac; Happenings; Lou's Good Dues Blues; Fugue Tune; Spy With A Cold Nose; Funky But Blues. Personnel: Clark Terry: trumpet, vocals; Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Snooky Young: trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson, Tom Mitchell, Britt Woodman: trombone; Phil Woods: alto sax; Jerry Dodgion, Bob Ashton, Romeo Penque: reeds; Jerome Richardson: tenor sax, flute; Danny Bank: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano, harpsichord; George Duvivier, Ron Carter: bass; Ed Shaugnessy, Grady Tate: drums; Joe Venuto: percussion; Oliver Nelson: arranger.

1975

Hanky Panky

Inner City

July 14 & 15, 1975.

Tracks: Nothin' Beats An Evil Woman; Warm Blue Stream; Confidence; Wind Flower; Minor Contention; Favors; As Long As I Live; Oh, What A Beautiful Morning; Hanky Panky.

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1976 Satin Doll

Trio

January 24, 1976.

Tracks: Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me); In A Sentimental Mood; Satin Doll; Prelude To A Kiss; What Am I Here For?; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Sophisticated Lady; Oh! Look At Me Now; Alone Together; Don't Blame Me; Gone With The Wind; My Heart Stood Still; If I Had You; The Very Thought Of You.

Arigato

Progressive

October 28 & December 27, 1976.

Tracks: Allen's Alley; I'm Old Fashioned; Night Sadness (Notte Trieste); Arigato; Recapitulation; Night Flight To Puerto Rico; Double Deal; Majorca; What Am I Here For?; The Bad And The Beautiful / But Beautiful / You Are Too Beautiful; Gerry's Blues.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ray Rivera: guitar; Jay Leonhart, Richard Davis: bass; Ronnie Bedford: drums.

Rockin' In Rhythm

Concord

August 10, 1976.

Tracks: Your Feet's Too Big; Dancing On The Ceiling; My Ship; Spring Is Here; Rockin' In Rhythm; Bags' Groove; Alone Together; The Girl Next Door.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Jimme Smith: drums. Note: Reissued together with Lazy Afternoon as The Touch.

1977 Bob Redux

Muse

January 18 & 19, 1977.

Tracks: Yardbird Suite; Confirmation; Ruby, My Dear; Relaxin' With Lee; Bloomdido; 'Round Midnight; Moose The Mooche; Monk's Mood.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Duvivier: bass; Ben Riley: drums. Note: Reissued together with Groovin' High as Master Class on 32 Jazz.

Just For Fun

Galaxy

Berkeley, CA, June 27 & 28, 1977.

Tracks: Interlude; A Very Hip Rock & Roll Tune; Lullaby; Little Rascal On A Rock; Bossa Nouveau; Just For Fun; Kids Are Pretty People.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Howard Roberts: guitar; Ray Brown: bass; Shelly Manne: drums.

Tiptoe Tapdance

Galaxy

Berkeley, CA, June 29, 1977 & January 21, 1978.

Tracks: I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Emily; Sweet Lorraine; Two Sleepy People; I'll Be Around; It's Me, O Lord (Standin' In The Need Of Prayer); Love Divine, All Loves Surpassing; Memories Of You; Lord, I Want To Be A Christian.

I Remember You

Black & Blue July 28, 1977.

Tracks: I Remember You; Young No More; Love Walked In; Dat Dere; I'll Be Around; Like Someone In Love; Theme For Jobim; You Took Advantage Of Me; Let's Fall In Love; It's The Talk Of The Town.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Duvivier: bass; Oliver Jackson: drums.

Portions

Muse

August 1 & 2, 1977.

Tracks: There's A Small Hotel; Portions; The Oregon Grinder; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); We're All Together; Like Someone In Love; Now's The Time; Robbins Nest.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Isla Eckinger: bass: Kurt Bong: drums. Note: Also issued as Have You Met This Jones.

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The Trio

Chiaroscuro October 17, 1977.

Tracks: 'S Wonderful; Queen Of Hearts; Mona's Feeling Lonely; Right Hear, Right Now; I'll Remember April; Oh, What A Beautiful Morning; Lullaby Of The Leaves; Re-Union; Hank You, Thank.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Milt Hinton: bass; Bobby Rosengarden: drums.

1978

Groovin' High

Muse

January 25, 1978.

Tracks: Algo Bueno; Anthropology; Sippin' At Bells; Blue Monk; Groovin' High; I Mean You; Jackie-Ing. Personnel: Thad Jones: cornet; Charlie Rouse: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Sam Jones: bass; Mickey Roker: drums.

Note: Reissued together with Bob Redux as Master Class on 32 Jazz.

Tommy Flanagan/Hank Jones Duo: Our Delights

Galaxy

Berkeley, CA, January 28, 1978.

Tracks: Our Delight; Autumn Leaves; Robbins' Nest; Jordu; Confirmation; A Child Is Born; Lady Bird. Personnel: Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan: piano.

Tommy Flanagan/Hank Jones Duo: More Delights

Galaxy

Berkeley, CA, January 28, 1978.

Tracks: Robbins' Nest; 'Round Midnight; Lady Bird; Jordu; Our Delight; A Child Is Born; Autumn Leaves; If You Could See Me Now.

Personnel: Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan: piano.

A Foggy Day

Tracks: A Foggy Day; Angel Face; Allen's Alley; Hank's Blues; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Compassion; Come To Me.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Duvivier: bass; Alan Dawson: drums. Note: Reissued as Compassion in 2002.

Ain't Misbehavin'

Galaxy

Berkeley, CA, August 5 & 6, 1978.

Tracks: Ain't Misbehavin'; Lounging at the Waldorf; Mean to Me; The Joint Is Jumpin'; Honeysuckle Rose; Squeeze Me.

Personnel: Bob Ojeda: trumpet; Teddy Edwards: clarinet, tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Kenny Burrell: guitar; Richard Davis: bass; Roy Haynes: drums.

1979

John Lewis & Hank Jones: An Evening With Two Grand Pianos

Little David / Collectables

January 25 & 26 & February 8 & 9, 1979.

Tracks: Stompin' At The Savoy; Saint Louis Blues; Confirmation; Tears From The Children; Willow Weep For Me; Billie's Bounce; Odds Against Tomorrow; I'll Remember April.

Personnel: Hank Jones, John Lewis: piano.

In Japan

All Arts Jazz / Jazz Alliance May 2, 1979.

Tracks: Blue Lou; Cotton Tail; The Man I Love; Crazy Rhythm; I Only Have Eyes For You; Bassically The Blues; Polka Dots And Moonbeams; Yardbird Suite; On Green Dolphin Street.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Duvivier: bass; Shelly Manne: drums.

Bluesette

Tracks: Bluesette; Milt's Mood; Blues In My Heart; Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Azure; Down; Blue And Sentimental; St. James Infirmary.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Rob Franken: keyboards; George Duvivier, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: bass; Alan Dawson, Alex Riel: drums.

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1982

Darji's Groove

Prevue

August 24, 1982.

Tracks: Darji's Groove; Organ Grinder's Swing; A Time For Love; Happy Blue; My Romance; Sugmad's Lullaby; Soul Speaks.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Darwin Gross: vibraphone; Rodney Jones: guitar; Victor Gaskin: bass; Mickey Roker: drums.

1983

I'm All Smiles

MPS/Verve

Villingen, Germany, May 7, 1983.

Tracks: Relaxin' At Camarillo; In A Sentimental Mood; Someday My Prince Will Come; Afternoon In Paris; Au Privave; I'm All Smiles; Rockin' In Rhythm; Con Alma.

Personnel: Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan: piano.

1987 Duo

Timeless December 1987.

Tracks: Gone With The Wind; What Am I Here For?; A Child Is Born; Wee; Like Someone In Love; Mean To Me; I'll Remember April; But Beautiful.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Red Mitchell: bass.

1988

George Sharing & Hank Jones: The Spirit Of 176

Concord March 1988.

Tracks: Oh, Look At Me Now; Angel Eyes; I Mean You; You Don't Know What Love Is; To Hank Jones; Minor Contention; Ask Me Now; Triste; Take A Good Look; Sweet Lorraine; Young No More; Lonely Moments; Star Eyes; Confirmation.

Personnel: Hank Jones, George Shearing: piano.

1989 The Oracle

Verve / Emarcy March 1989.

Tracks: Interface; Beautiful Love; The Oracle; Blues For C.M.; Yesterdays; Blood Count; Maya's Dance; Jacob's Ladder; Trane Connections.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Dave Holland: bass; Billy Higgins: drums.

Lazy Afternoon

Concord July 1989.

Tracks: Speak Low; Lazy Afternoon; Work Song; Lament; Comin' Home, Baby; Passing Time; Sublime; Arrival; Peedlum; Intimidation.

Personnel: Ken Peplowski: alto sax, clarinet; Hank Jones: piano; Dave Holland: bass; Keith Copeland: drums. Note: Reissued together with Rockin' In Rhythm as The Touch.

1990

The Essence

DMP

October 8 & 9, 1990.

Tracks: Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Whisper Not; What Am I Here For?; Emily; Wee; The Essence; Love Walked In; Imagination; Mister Higgins; Sou.

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Hank Jones With The Meridian String Quartet

LRC

November 15, 1990.

Tracks: What Is This Thing Called Love?; A Sleeping Bee; Ill Wind; Caravan; My Funny Valentine; There's A Small Hotel; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Love Walked In; Russian Lullaby.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Rufus Reid: bass; Dennis Mackrel: drums; Sebu Sirinian, Lisa Tipton: violin; Rachel Evans: viola; Deborah Assael: cello.

1991

Hank Jones Trio With Mads Vinding And Al Foster

Storyville March 19, 1991.

Tracks: Pent-Up House; When Will I Know You?; Bloomdido; Midnight Sun; Monk's Mood; Quintessence; Bemsha Swing; Up Jumped Spring; Bags' Groove; Four.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Mads Vinding; bass; Al Foster: drums.

Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 16

Concord

November 11, 1991.

Tracks: I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan; It's The Talk Of The Town; The Very Thought Of You; The Night We Called It A Day; Bluesette; A Child Is Born; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Oh, What A Beautiful Morning; Six And Four; I Cover The Waterfront; Memories Of You; Blue Monk; 'Round Midnight; Oh! Look At Me Now. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano.

1992

A Handful Of Keys: The Music Of Thomas 'Fats' Waller

Verve Gitanes April 28 & 29, 1992.

Tracks: Handful Of Keys; I'm More Than Satisfied; How Come You Do Me Like You Do?; Ain't Misbehavin';

Honeysuckle Rose; Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone; Black And Blue; Spreadin' Rhythm Around; I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling; Your Feet's Too Big; Squeeze Me; Sunday In Savannah.

1993

Upon Reflection: The Music Of Thad Jones

Verve Gitanes

February 25 & 26, 1993.

Tracks: Thad's Pad; Ah, Henry; The Summary; Little Rascal On A Rock; Upon Reflection; Lady Luck; Mean What You Say; Kids Are Pretty People; Ray-El; A Child Is Born.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Mraz; bass; Elvin Jones: drums.

1994

Charlie Haden / Hank Jones: Steal Away

Verve

June 29 & 30, 1994.

Tracks: It's Me, O Lord (Standin' In The Need Of Prayer); Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen; Spiritual; Wade In The Water; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child; L' Amour De Moy; Danny Boy; I've Got A Robe, You Got A Robe (Goin' To Shout All Over God's Heav'n); Steal Away; We Shall Overcome; Go Down Moses; My Lord, What A Mornin'; Abide With Me; Just As I Am Without One Plea; What A Friend.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Charlie Haden: bass.

1995 Sarala

Verve Gitanes April 1995.

Tracks: Aly Kawélé; Sarala; Maningafoly; Tounia Kanibala; Komidiara; Fantagué; Mâké; Walidid Ya; Soundjata; Hank Miri; Hadja Fadima; Moriba Ka Foly.

Personnel: Aly Wagué: flute; Hank Jones: piano; Djeli Moussa Kouyaté, Ousmane Kouyate: guitar; Eric Vinceno, Sékou Diabaté: bass; Cheik-Tidiane Seck: percussion, organ, vocals, doum-doum; César Anot: percussion, bass, vocals; Tom Diakité, Assitan Keita: percussion, vocals; Jorge Amorim: percussion; Lansine Kouyate: balafon; Djely-Moussa Condé: kora; Mare Sanogo: djembe, doum-doum; Moussa Sissikho: djembe, tama; Amina Annabi, Fatoumata Kouyaté, Manian Damba: vocals.

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1996 Favors

Verve

May 18, 1996.

Tracks: Love For Sale; Favors; Passing Time; Comin' Home Baby; Interface; Speak Low; On Green Dolphin Street; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); How High The Moon; A Child Is Born; Armageddon.

Personnel: Akhiro Kose, Mitsuru Yasuda: trumpet; Hiroshi Munekiyo: trombone; Jiro Akamatsu, Atsushi Umeguchi: sax; Hank Jones: piano; George Mraz: bass; Dennis Mackrel: drums.

2003

Hank And Frank

Lineage

November 29, 2003.

Tracks: You Made A Good Move; The Very Thought Of You; Just One Of Those Things; Autumn Serenade; Sara's Song; Something Went Wrong; A Hankerin'; Barbados; All Or Nothing At All.

Personnel: Frank Wess: tenor sax, flute; Hank Jones: piano; Ilya Lushtak: guitar; John Webber: bass; Mickey Roker: drums.

2004

For My Father

Justin Time

January 30 - February 1, 2004.

Tracks: Pauletta; Bemsha Swing; Queen Of Hearts; Sophisticated Lady; Johnny Come Lately; Prelude To A Kiss; Lotus Blossom; SKJ; Easy To Love; Because I Love You; Grace Of God (There But For The Grace Of God); Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Mraz: bass; Dennis Mackrel: drums.

2005

Roberta Gambarini & Hank Jones: You Are There

Emarcy

NOLA Recording Studio, NYC, September 27, 2005.

Tracks: You Are There; Then I'll Be Tired Of You; People Time; When Lights Are Low; Deep Purple; Reminiscing; Suppertime; Just Squeeze Me; Something To Live For; Stardust; Lush Life; You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me; Come Sunday; How Are Things In Glocca Morra.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Roberta Gambarini: vocals.

2006

West of 5th

Chesky

January 29, 2006.

Tracks: On Green Dolphin Street; Mr. Walker; Speak Low; A Child Is Born; If I Were A Bell; Billie's Bounce; Lotus Blossom; Confirmation; We'll Be Together Again; Stella By Starlight; Eleanor.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Christian McBride: bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums.

Kids: Duets Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Blue Note

April 27 & 28, 2006.

Tracks: Lady Luck; Charlie Chan; Lullaby; Little Rascal On A Rock; Budo; Soultrane; Kids Are Pretty People; Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'; Oh! Look At Me Now; Four In One; Lazy Afternoon.

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The Jones Brothers Keepin' Up With The Joneses

Metrojazz/Verve NYC, March 24, 1958.

Tracks: Nice And Nasty; Keepin' Up With The Joneses; Three And One; Sput 'N' Jeff; It Had To Be You; On The Alamo; There Is No Greater Love.

Personnel: Thad Jones: trumpet, flügelhorn; Hank Jones: piano, organ; Eddie Jones: bass; Elvin Jones: drums.

The Great Jazz Trio Love for Sale

Inner City May 22, 1976.

Tracks: Love For Sale; Glad To Be Unhappy; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You; Someone To Watch Over Me; Autumn Leaves; Secret Love.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Buster Williams: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard

Inner City / East Wind / Vanguard February 19 & 20, 1977.

Tracks: Moose The Mooche; Naima; Favors; 12 + 12; Confirmation; Wind Flower; Nardis; Lawra. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

Kindness, Joy, Love and Happiness

Inner City

October 3 & 4, 1977.

Tracks: Freedom Jazz Dance; Doom; Old Folks; Ah Qui; Mr. P.C.; All Blues; A Child Is Born. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

The Great Jazz Trio Direct from L.A.

East Wind October 6, 1977.

Tracks: A Night In Tunisia; 'Round Midnight; Satin Doll; My Funny Valentine. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

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Milestones

Inner City / East Wind April 5, 1978.

Tracks: Milestones; Lush Life; Wave; Eighty-One; I Remember Clifford; Hormone; Mr. Biko. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

The Great Tokyo Meeting

East Wind

Tokyo, Japan, July 31, 1978.

Tracks: Pink Lady; Mellow Blues; Out Of Round; GJT; Interface; Forever; To Destiny. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ron Carter: bass; Tony Williams: drums.

Chapter 2

East Wind Juny 2-5, 1980.

Tracks: Duplex; Sublime; Ornithology; Stella By Starlight; Light Listened; All In Love Is Fair; Peedlum; Just Before Dawn.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Al Foster: drums.

Moreover

East Wind Juny 2-5, 1980.

Tracks: More Over; Another World; My Cherie Amour; Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me); Scrapple From The Apple; Aurora's Voice; Phusar; Pauletta.

Great Jazz Trio At The Village Vanguard: Revisited, Volume 1

East Wind

October 10-12, 1980.

Tracks: When I Fall In Love; Señorita; Waltz For Debby; The Other Blues; Autumn Leaves; Mirady; Goodbye. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Al Foster: drums.

Great Jazz Trio At The Village Vanguard: Revisited, Volume 2

East Wind

October 10-12, 1980.

Tracks: On Green Dolphin Street; No Regrets; Papa Jo; Ruby, My Dear; Bye Bye Blackbird; Mixed Roots; Iridescence; The Bruise.

Aurex Jazz Festival '81: Live Special (2 tracks)

East World Sep 2-6, 1981.

Tracks: Autumn Leaves; I Get A Kick Out Of You.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Buddy Williams: drums.

The Threesome

East World Sep 9 & 10, 1982.

Tracks: I'll Remember April; If You Could See Me Now; Danse Mystère; Send In The Clowns; Oleo; Someday My Prince Will Come; Conviction; Bronzette; The Last Night.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums.

N.Y. Sophisticate: A Tribute To Duke Ellington

Denon

October-November, 1983.

Tracks: In A Sentimental Mood; C Jam Blues; Mood Indigo; Satin Doll; Lush Life; Sophisticated Lady; Take The 'A' Train; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); Caravan; Solitude.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano, celeste; Eddie Gomez: bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums; string section.

The Club New Yorker

Denon

May 4 & 5, 1983.

Tracks: 'S Wonderful; Autumn In New York; Love Is Here To Stay; I've Got A Crush On You; Manhattan; Someone To Watch Over Me; They Can't Take That Away From Me; Isn't It Romantic?; Embraceable You; But Not For Me. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums; Lewis Eley: violin.

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Monk's Mood

Denon

September-October, 1984.

Tracks: 'Round Midnight; Blue Monk; Bemsha Swing; Misterioso; I Mean You; Ruby, My Dear; Monk's Dream; Jackie-Ing; Monk's Mood.

Personnel: Terumasa Hino: cornet; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums.

Live In Japan

Denon

TDK, October 15, 1985.

Tracks: Blue Monk; The Boodoo; September Song; Scrapple From The Apple; You Took Advantage Of Me; All Blues; Sleepy Time; Sister Sadie; Emily; Tea For Two; Exactly Like You; A Time For Love; My Funny Valentine; Basie. Personnel: Sam Most: flute; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Alan Dawson: drums.

Great Standards, Volume 1

Alfa Jazz

April 18-20, 1988.

Tracks: After You've Gone; Summertime; Days Of Wine And Roses; As Time Goes By; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; The Summer Knows; Georgia On My Mind; Prelude To A Kiss; St. Louis Blues; Danny Boy.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Mats Vinding: bass; Billy Hart: drums.

Alfa Jazz

April 18-20, 1988.

Tracks: Angel Eyes; Autumn Leaves; Manha De Carnaval; Gone With The Wind; Over The Rainbow; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Misty; On Green Dolphin Street; Alone Together; Dark Eyes.

Alfa Jazz May 8-10, 1989.

Tracks: Love Is A Many Splendored Thing; Stella By Starlight; My Funny Valentine; I'll Remember April; 'Round Midnight; Yesterdays; A Night In Tunisia; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; My One And Only Love; The Shadow Of Your Smile.

Alfa Jazz May 8-10, 1989.

Tracks: All Of Me; Willow Weep For Me; Blue Moon; Satin Doll; Body And Soul; Someday My Prince Will Come; The Man I Love; Take The 'A' Train; Caravan; Stardust.

Alfa Jazz

March 4 & 5, 1991.

Tracks: Tenderly; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; When You Wish Upon A Star; September Song; Fly Me To The Moon; My Foolish Heart; The Way You Look Tonight; I Left My Heart In San Francisco; My Romance; Lover, Come Back To Me.

Flowers For Lady Day

Evidence

September 24 & 25, 1991.

Tracks: Sometimes I'm Happy; I'll Never Smile Again; Love Me Or Leave Me; You Don't Know What Love Is; Baby Won't You Please Come Home; Lover Man; Easy Living; I'm A Fool To Want You; Time Warp; Don't Explain. Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; George Mraz: bass; Roy Haynes: drums.

Autumn Leaves

441

May 12 & 13, 2002.

Tracks: Autumn Leaves; Yesterdays; Rhythm-A-Ning; Blue Bossa; Take The 'A' Train; Summertime; Caravan; Six And Four; My Funny Valentine; Bye Bye Blackbird.

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Someday My Prince Will Come

Eighty-Eights/Columbia 2002.

Tracks: Caravan; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Moose The Mooche; A Child Is Born; Satin Doll; Someday My Prince Will Come; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Long Ago And Far Away; You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Richard Davis: bass; Elvin Jones: drums.

Collaboration

441

May 12, 2002 & February 5, 2004.

Tracks: Rhythm-A-Ning; Summertime; Satin Doll; Blue Bossa; Long Ago And Far Away; The Shadow Of Your Smile; Autumn Leaves; My Funny Valentine; Moose The Mooche; Memories Of You.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Richard Davis: bass; Elvin Jones: drums.

'S Wonderful

Columbia

June 4 & 5, 2004.

Tracks: 'S Wonderful; Sweet Lorraine; Moanin'; The Days Of Wine And Roses; Take Five; I Surrender Dear; Night Train; Lover Come Back To Me; Greensleeves.

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Discographie Sideman

1944

Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra

Hot Lips Page Continental

Tracks: The Lady In Bed; Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?.

Personnel: Hot Lips Page: trumpet, vocals; Vic Dickenson: trombone; Lucky Thompson: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Carl Wilson: bass; Jesse Price: drums.

1945

Tootin' Through The Roof, Vol. 1

: Various Artists/Hot Lips Page Sextet Onyx/Dial

NYC, September 7, 1945.

Tracks: Happy Medium; Bloodhound; I've Got The World On A String; Love You Funny Thing; You Come In Here Woman.

Personnel: Hot Lips Page: trumpet, vocals; Earl Warren; alto sax; Dave Matthews: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Slam Stewart: bass; Sid Catlett: drums.

1946 1943-1946

Andy Kirk Classics/Decca NYC, January 3, 1946.

Tracks: He's My Baby; Soothe Me; Alabama Bound; Doggin' Man Blues

Personnel: Claude Dunson, Harry Lawson, John Lynch, Fats Navarro: trumpet; Bob Murray, Wayman Richardson, Milton Robinson, Henry Wells: trombone; Joe Evans, Reuben Phillips: alto sax; Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Jimmy Forrest: tenor sax; John Porter: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Floyd Smith: guitar; Al Hall: bass; Ben Thigpen: drums; vocals: Bea Booze, Billy Daniels, Beverly White: vocals; Andy Kirk: leader.

Opus De Bop

Stan Getz Savoy

NYC, July 31, 1946.

Tracks: Opus De Bop; And The Angels Swing; Running Water; Don't Worry 'Bout Me.

Personnel: Stan Getz: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Curly Russell: bass; Max Roach: drums.

Sings With John Kirby And His Orchestra

Sarah Vaughan Riverside

Tracks: Ripples; The Peanut Vendor; Schubert's Serenade; Sextet From Lucia.

Personnel: George Taitt: trumpet; Buster Bailey: clarinet; Hilton Jefferson: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; John Kirby: bass; Bill Beason: drums.

The Dizzy Gillespie Story

Dizzy Gillespie Savoy

Tracks: For Hecklers Only; Smoky Hollow Jump; Boppin' The Blues (Dizz-Moody); Moody Speaks.

Personnel: Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie: trumpet; John Brown: alto sax; James Moody: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Milt Jackson: vibraphone; Ray Brown: bass; Joe Harris: drums; Gil Fuller: arranger.

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Bean And The Boys

Coleman Hawkins Prestige

NYC, December, 1946.

Tracks: I Mean You; Bean And The Boys; You Go To My Head; Cocktails For Two.

Personnel: Fats Navarro: trumpet; J.J. Johnson: trombone; Porter Kilbert: alto sax; Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Milt Jackson: vibes; Curly Russell: bass; Max Roach: drums.

1947

Carnegie Hall Concert

Charlie Ventura Norgran

NYC, April 5, 1947.

Tracks: Summertime; Sid Flips His Lid.

Personnel: Charlie Shavers: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Sidney Catlett: drums.

Coleman Hawkins All Stars

Coleman Hawkins Aladdin

NYC, June, 1947.

Tracks: Bean-A-Re-Bop; Isn't It Romantic; The Way You Look Tonight; Phantomesque.

Personnel: Miles Davis: trumpet; Kai Winding: trombone; Howard Johnson: alto sax; Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Curly Russell: bass; Max Roach: drums.

Jazz At The Philharmonic

Various Artists Verve

Tracks: Perdido; Mordido; Endido; I Surrender, Dear.

Personnel: Howard McGhee: trumpet; Bill Harris: trombone; Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Jo Jones: drums.

Flip

Flip Philips Clef

NYC, circa September-October, 1947.

Tracks: Cake; Znarg Blues; My Old Flame; Cool.

Personnel: Howard McGhee: trumpet; Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; J.C. Heard: drums.

Trumpet At Tempo

Howard McGhee Dial/Spotlite

NYC, December 3, 1947.

Tracks: Dorothy; Night Mist; Coolie-Rini; Night Music; Turnip Blood; Surrender; A Sleep Walker Boogie; Stop Time Blues; You.

Personnel: Howard McGhee: trumpet; James Moody: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Milt Jackson: vibraphone; Ray Brown: bass; J.C. Heard: drums.

Note: One further track (A Night In Abyssinia) issued on Various Artists: Night Music (Dial).

How Did She Look? c/w Never In A Million Years Under A Blanket Of Blue c/w You Were Meant For Me

Leslie Scott RCA Victor

Tracks: How Did She Look?; Under A Blanket Of Blue; Never In A Million Years; You Were Meant For Me.

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Chuck Wayne: guitar; Jack Lesberg: bass; Max Roach: drums; Leslie Scott: vocals; unidentified strings.

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His Greatest Hits 1939-47, Vol. 17

Coleman Hawkins RCA Victor

Tracks: April In Paris; How Strange; Angel Face; I Love You*.

Personnel: Fats Navarro: trumpet; J.J. Johnson: trombone; Budd Johnson:alto sax; Coleman Hawkins*: tenor sax; Marion DiVeta: baritone sax; Hank Jones*: piano; Chuck Wayne*: guitar; Jack Lesberg*: bass; Max Roach*: drums; Tadd Dameron: arranger.

Jumpin' Jane c/w Half Step Down, Please

Coleman Hawkins RCA Victor

Tracks: Jumpin' Jane; Half Step Down, Please.

Personnel: Fats Navarro: trumpet; J.J. Johnson: trombone; Budd Johnson:alto sax; Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax; Marion DiVeta: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Chuck Wayne: guitar; Jack Lesberg: bass; Max Roach: drums; Tadd Dameron: arranger.

Birth Of Bop, Vol. 1

Leo Parker Savoy

Tracks: Wee Dot; Solitude; The Lion Roars; Mad Lad Boogie.

Personnel: Joe Newman: trumpet; J.J. Johnson: trombone; Dexter Gordon: tenor sax, alto sax; Leo Parker: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Curly Russell: bass; Shadow Wilson: drums.

The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald, 1947-1948

Ella Fitzgerald Classics/Decca

Tracks: I've Got A Feelin' I'm Fallin'; You Turned The Tables On Me; I Cried And Cried And Cried; Robbin's Nest.

Personnel: Illinois Jacquet: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Charles Thompson: organ; Hi White: guitar; John Simmons: bass; J. C. Heard: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Mad Be Bop

J.J. Johnson Savoy

Tracks: Boneology; Down Vernon's Alley; Yesterdays; Riffette.

Personnel: J.J. Johnson: trombone; Leo Parker: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Al Lucas: bass; Shadow Wilson: drums.

Note: Reissued on CD as part of Origins - The Savoy Sessions (Savoy).

1948 McGhee

Howard McGhee Savoy

Chicago, February, 1948.

Tracks: Flip Lip; Belle From Bunnycock; The Last Word; The Man I Love.

Personnel: Howard McGhee: trumpet; Kenny Mann: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; J.C. Heard: drums; Billy Eckstine: vocals.

Lester Leaps Again

Lester Young Affinity/Le Jazz

WMGM radio broadcast, NYC, November 27, 1948. Tracks: How High The Moon.

Personnel: Jesse Drakes: trumpet; Ted Kelly, Kai Winding: trombone; Lester Young, Allen Eager: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Roy Haynes: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Royal Roost Sessions With Ray Brown Trio & Quintet

Ray Brown Cool 'N Blue 1948-1949.

Tracks: Ool-Ya-Koo; Love That Boy; Mr. Paganini; It's Too Soon To Know; I Never Knew; Heat Wave; Old Mother Hubbard; Bop Goes The Weasel; Ool-Ya-Koo; Flying Home; There's A Small Hotel; How High The Moon; Robbin's Nest; As You Desire Me; Thou Swell; Someone Like You; Again; In A Mellotone; Lemon Drop.

Personnel: Howard McGhee: trumpet; Kai Winding: trombone; Allen Eager, Brew Moore, Flip Philips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Charlie Smith: drums; Machito: percussion; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

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1949

The Jazz Scene

Various Artists Clef

NYC, February 10, 1949. Track: The Bird.

Personnel: Charlie Parker: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Shelly Manne: drums.

Note: CP sessionography by A.J. Sutherland dates this to December 1947, but personnel hints to this date (see next entry).

J.A.T.P. At Carnegie Hall

Jazz At The Philharmonic Pablo

Carnegie Hall, NYC, February 11, 1949.

Tracks: Rifftide°; Sophisticated Lady°; The Things We Did Last Summer°; Stuffy°; Leap Here¹; Indiana (Back Home Again In)¹; Lover Come Back To Me¹.

Fats Navarro: trumpet; Tommy Turk¹: trombone; Sonny Criss¹, Charlie Parker¹: alto sax; Coleman Hawkins°, Flip Phillips¹: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Shelly Manne: drums.

Bird's Eyes - Last Unissued, Vol. 29

Charlie Parker Philology

Carnegie Hall, NYC, February 11, 1949.

Tracks: No Noise; Mango Mangue; Tanga; No, No, Yes, Yes; I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm*.

Fats Navarro: trumpet; Charlie Parker: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Shelly Manne: drums, Ella Fitzgerald*: vocals; Machito Orchestra.

Bird's Eyes - Last Unissued, Vol. 37

Charlie Parker Philology

Carnegie Hall, NYC, February 11, 1949. Tracks: Cherokee; Perdido; How High The Moon.

Fats Navarro: trumpet; Tommy Turk: trombone; Sonny Criss, Charlie Parker: alto sax; Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Shelly Manne: drums.

Charlie Parker: Bird Box, Vol. 2

Jazz Up

NYC, summer 1949. Tracks: Stuffy.

Personnel: Roy Eldridge: trumpet; Charlie Parker: alto sax; Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Safranski: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

Jazz At The Philharmonic: Volume 7

Verve

Tracks: The Opener; Lester Leaps In; Embraceable You; The Closer.

Personnel: Roy Eldridge: trumpet; Tommy Turk: trombone; Charlie Parker: alto sax; Flip Phillips, Lester Young: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Ella Fitzgerald Set

Verve

September 18, 1949.

Tracks: Robbin's Nest; Black Coffee; I'm Just A Lucky So And So; Somebody Loves Me; Basin Street Blues; Flyin' Home.

Personnel: Roy Eldridge: trumpet; Tommy Turk: trombone; Charlie Parker: alto sax; Flip Philips, Lester Young: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Note: Two further tracks with Ella (How High the Moon; Perdido) were recorded (issued on The Complete Charlie

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1950

Lester Young: Lester Swings

Verve

NYC, March 1950.

Tracks: Too Marvelous For Words; 'Deed I Do; Encore; Polka Dots And Moonbeams; Up 'N' Adam. Personnel: Lester Young: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #7: Jazz Perennial

Verve

NYC, March, 1950.

Tracks: Star Eyes; Blues (Fast); I'm In The Mood For Love.

Personnel: Charlie Parker: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

The Flip Phillips Quartet

Mercury

NYC, March, 1950.

Tracks: Lover; Don't Take Your Love From Me; Flip's Boogie; Feelin' The Blues; Lover Come Back To Me; Blue Room.

Personnel: Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

Ella Fitzgerald: The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald, 1950

Classics/Decca

NYC, March 6 & August 25 & September 26, 1950.

Tracks: Solid As A Rock; I've Got The World On A String; Sugarfoot Rag: Peas And Rice; Dream A Little Dream Of Me; Can Anyone Explain?; Santa Claus Got Stuck In My Chimney; Molasses, Molasses.

Personnel: Charlie Shavers, Tony Faso, Bernie Privin, Paul Webster: trumpet; Henderson Chambers: trombone; Hank D'Amico: clarinet; Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner: alto sax; Jerry Jerome, Al Klink, Frank Ludwig: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Everett Barksdale, John Collins: guitar; Ray Brown: bass; Jimmy Crawford, Charlie Smith, Johnny Blowers: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals; .

Various Artists: The Verve Collectors' Item

Verve

NYC, July 1, 1950.

Tracks: Blue Lou; Song Of The Volga Boatmen.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

Flip Phillips: Flip Wails

Clef

NYC, July 1, 1950.

Tracks: Be Be; Dream A Little Dream Of Me; Bright Blues (aka Bright Eyes).

Personnel: Harry 'Sweets' Edison: trumpet; Bill Harris: trombone; Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Billy Bauer: guitar; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

Norman Granz Jazz Concert

Norgran

Tracks: Norgran Blues; Lady Be Good; I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You; Indiana; Yesterdays; Hawk's Tune; Stuffy; Carnegie Blues (aka Air Mail Special).

Personnel: Harry 'Sweets' Edison: trumpet; Bill Harris: trombone; Flip Phillips, Lester Young: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

The Charlie Parker Story, #3

Verve

NYC, October, 1950.

Tracks: Celebrity; Ballade.

Personnel: Charlie Parker: alto sax; Coleman Hawkins: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Ray Brown: bass; Buddy Rich: drums.

Note: CP sessionography has early September, 1950 as date.

Ella Fitzgerald: The Enchanting Ella Fitzgerald Live At Birdland 1950-1952

Baldwin Street Music

NYC, December 30, 1950 & May 19, 1951 & June 7, 1952.

Tracks: Old Mother Hubbard; These Foolish Things; In A Mellotone; Flying Home; Back In Your Own Back Yard; Jumping With Symphony Syd; How High The Moon; Imagination; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Someone To Watch Over Me; Show Me The Way To Get Out Of This World 'Cause That's Where Everything Is; Angel Eyes; Walking My Baby Back Home; Goody Goody; Airmail Special.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Don Elliot: marimbaphone; Terry Gibbs: vibes; Ray Brown, Clyde Lombardi; Sandy Block: bass; Charlie Smith, Jimmy Crawford: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

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1951

Classics/Decca

NYC, March 27 & May 24 & June 26 & July 18 & November 23 & 26, 1951.

Tracks: The Chesapeake And Ohio; Two Little Men In The Flying Saucer; Because Of Rain; The Hot Canary; Even As You And I; Do You Really Love Me?; Love You Madly; Mixed Emotions; Smooth Sailing; Come On-A My House; I Don't Want To Take A Chance; There Never Was A Baby (Like My Baby); Give A Little, Get A Little; Necessary Evil; Ooops!; Would You Like To Take A Walk?; Who Walks In When I Walk Out?; Baby Doll; What Does It Take; Lady Bug; Lazy Day.

Personnel: Louis Armstrong: vocals, trumpet; Tony Faso, Bernie Privin, Paul Webster, Taft Jordan, Carl Poole, Larry Neil, Pete Candoli, Mickey Mangano, Carlton McBeath, Oliver Mitchell: trumpet; Mort Bullman, Henderson Chambers, Frank Saracco, Frank Howard, Milton Bernhart, John Halliburton, James Priddy, Paul Tanner:

trombone; Artie Baker, George Dorsey, Hymie Schertzer, Milt Yaner, Heinie Beau, Hugo Lowenstern: alto sax; Bill Holcomb, Al Klink, Fred Williams, Jack Dumont, Don Raffell, Hammond Russun: tenor sax; Stewart Blake, Chuck Gentry: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Bill Doggett: organ; Everett Barksdale, Dave Barbour, Laurindo Almeida: guitar; Sandy Block, Arnold Fishkin, Ray Brown, Joe Mondragon: bass; Jimmy Crawford, Johnny Blowers, Alvin Stoller, Tommy Rowles: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Illinois Jacquet: Groovin'

Verve

NYC, May 24, 1951.

Tracks: Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'; Mean To Me; One-Nighter Boogie; Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams; Cotton Tail; Weary Blues; Groovin'.

Personnel: Illinois Jacquet: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; John Collins: guitar; Gene Ramey: bass; Art Blakey: drums.

1952

Classics/Decca

NYC, January 4 & 25 February 25; & June, 26 & August 11 & September 19 & November 30, 1952.

Tracks: Airmail Special; Rough Ridin'; A Guy Is A Guy; Nowhere Guy; Gee, But I'm Glad To Know You Love Me; Goody Goody; Angel Eyes; Ding-Dong Boogie; Mr. Paganini; Early Autumn; Preview; Trying; The Greatest There Is; My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean; Ella's Contribution To The Blues; My Favorite Song; Walking By The River; I Can't Lie To Myself; Don't Wake Me Up.

Personnel: Taft Jordan, James Nottingham, Bernie Privin, John Best, Conrad Gozzo, Tom Patton, Witey Thomas: trumpet; Mort Bullman, Al Grey, George Arus, Milton Bernhart, John Halliburton, James Priddy: trombone; Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner: alto sax; Dale Brown, John Rotella, Riley Weston: alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet; Dick Jacobs, Sam Taylor, Bob Cooper, Ronny Perry: tenor sax; Dave McRae: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Bill Doggett: organ; Phil Kraus: vibes; Hi White, Everett Barksdale, Bobby Gibson: guitar; Ray Brown, Sandy Block, George Duvivier, Bob Stone: bass; Rudy Traylor, Jimmy Crawford, Stan Kane, Alvin Stoller: drums; Dick Jacobs: percussion; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Charlie Barnet: Dance With Charlie Barnet/One Night Stand

Clef

NYC, July 9 & 10, 1952.

Tracks: Durango; St. Louis Blues; Swingin' Down The Lane; Who's Sorry Now; Let's Blow The Blues; Fur

Trapper's Boogie; Rhubarb; Rose Room; I Love You; Wosey Posey; Sleepy Time Gal; Keep The Home Fires Burning. Personnel: Wayne Nichols, Al Porcino, Doc Severinsen, Charlie Shavers, Dick Sherman: trumpet; Dick Kenney, Obie Massingill, John Soltaine: trombone; Charlie Barnet: soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax; Dick Paladino, Stan Seckler: alto sax; Kurt Bloom, Ray Norman: tenor sax; Don Davidson: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Mundell Lowe: guitar; Bob Peterson: bass; Don Lamond: drums.

Illinois Jacquet: Port Of Rico

Clef

NYC, July 22, 1952.

Tracks: Lean Baby; Somewhere Along The Way; The Cool Rage; Port Of Rico; Fat Man Boogie; Blues In The Night; Where Are You?; What's The Riff?.

Personnel: Illinois Jacquet: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Count Basie: organ; Freddie Green: guitar; Ray Brown: bass; Jimmy Crawford: drums.

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Ella Fitzgerald & Friends At Birdland - Summer 1952

Jazz Band

NYC, Summer 1952.

Tracks: Walking My Baby Back Home; You Belong To Me; The Frim Fram Sauce; Airmail Special; Exactly Like You; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Be My Life's Companion; It's Only A Paper Moon; Lemon Drop; Oh, Lady Be Good.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Nelson Boyd: bass; Roy Haynes: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Gene Krupa/Buddy Rich: The Drum Battle

Verve

Tracks: Idaho; Sophisticated Lady; Flying Home; Drum Boogie.

Personnel: Willie Smith: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Gene Krupa: drums.

Jazz at the Philharmonic: Frankfurt, 1952

Pablo

Frankfurt, November 20, 1952.

Tracks: How High The Moon; Undecided; Ballad Medley: Deep Purple/Rockin' Chair/This Is Always/I Cover The Waterfront; Dre's Blues.

Personnel: Roy Eldridge: trumpet; Lester Young, Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Irving Ashby: guitar; Ray Brown: bass; Max Roach: drums.

The Flip Phillips-Buddy Rich Trio

Clef

Tracks: Carioca; Three Little Words; Sleepy Head; Bugle Call Rag; Take The 'A' Train; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Trio Boogie.

Personnel: Flip Phillips: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Buddy Rich: drums.

The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #3 - Now's The Time

Verve

Fulton Recording Studios, NYC, December 30, 1952.

Tracks: The Song Is You (I Hear Music); Laird Bird; Kim; Cosmic Rays.

Personnel: Charlie Parker: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Teddy Kotick: bass; Max Roach: drums.

The Cool Rage

Illinois Jacquet Verve

Tracks: Fat Man Boogie; Blues In The Night; Where Are You?; What's The Riff?.

Personnel: Illinois Jacquet: tenor sax; Charles Thompson: piano; Hank Jones: organ; Joe Sinacore: guitar; Al Lucas: bass; Shadow Wilson: drums.

1953

Charlie Ventura: Blue Saxophone

Savoy

NYC, January 5, 1953.

Tracks: Blues For Two; Somebody Loves Me; Crazy Rhythm; All The Things You Are.

Personnel: Charlie Ventura: alto sax; tenor sax; baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Bob Carter: bass; Jo Jones: drums.

Ella Fitzgerald: The Chronological Ella Fitzgerald, 1953-1954

Classics/Decca February 13, 1953.

Tracks: Blue Lou; Careless; I Wonder What Kind Of Of A Guy You'd Be.

Personnel: Taft Jordan, James Nottingham, Charlie Shavers: trumpet; Henderson Chambers, Frank Saracco: trombone; Artie Baker, George Dorsey: alto sax; Mel Tait, Sam Taylor: tenor sax; Manny Albam: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Everett Barksdale: guitar; George Duvivier: bass; Jimmy Crawford: drums; Ella Fitzgerald: vocals.

Stan Getz: Special Vol. 2

Raretone

NYC, February 16, 1953.

Tracks: I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Everything Happens To Me; I'll Remember April; Strike Up The Band. Personnel: Stan Getz: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Curly Russell: bass; Buddy Rich: drums

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Various Artists: Jazz Workshop - Autobiography In Jazz

Debut

NYC, April 29, 1953.

Tracks: Can You Blame Me°; Bebopper¹; You Go To My Head².

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Charles Mingus: bass; Max Roach: drums; Honey Gordon°¹, George Gordon¹, George Gordon Jr.¹, Richard Gordon¹: vocals.

Note: Except for 'Bebopper' reissued on The Charles Mingus Group Featuring Jackie Paris, The Gordons, And Bob

Benton - Debut Rarities, Vol. 4. The Gordons: You And Me c/w Cupid

Debut

NYC, April 29, 1953.

Tracks: You And Me°; Cupid¹.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Charles Mingus: bass; Max Roach: drums; Honey Gordon°¹, George Gordon°, George Gordon Jr.°, Richard Gordon°: vocals.

Note: Reissued on The Charles Mingus Group Featuring Jackie Paris, The Gordons, And Bob Benton - Debut

Rarities, Vol. 4. LaVern Baker

Atlantic

NYC, June 19, 1953.

Tracks: You'll Be Crying; How Can You Leave A Man Like This; Set My Soul On Fire.

Personnel: Freddie Mitchell: tenor sax; Ernest 'Pinky' Williams: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Jimmy Lewis: guitar; Lloyd Trotman: bass; Sylvester 'Vess' Payne: drums; LaVern Baker: vocals.

Lennie Hambro

Savoy

Tracks: Sad Eyes; Ham Nose; Try A Little Tenderness; Makin' Whoopee.

Personnel: Eddie Bert: trombone; Lenny Hambro: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Clyde Lombardi: bass; Sid Bulkin: drums; Babs Gonzales: vocals.

Various Artists: The Bebop Boys

Savoy

NYC, October 9, 1953.

Tracks: Get Out Of That Bed; The Boss Is Back (aka Ornithology).

Personnel: Gil Askey, Hal Mitchell: trumpet; Bob Range: trombone; Buddy Tate: tenor sax; Maurice Simon: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Curly Russell: bass; Osie Johnson: drums; Babs Gonzales: vocals.

Various Artists: Jazz Studio, Vol. 1

Decca (reissue: Lone Hill Jazz) NYC, October 10, 1953.

Tracks: Tenderly; Let's Split.

Personnel: Joe Newman: trumpet; Bennie Green: trombone; Frank Foster, Paul Quinichette: tenor sax; Johnny Smith: guitar; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Jones: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Cal Tjader Vibist

Savoy

Tracks: Minority; I Want To Be Happy; Love Me Or Leave Me; Tangerine.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Cal Tjader: vibraphone; Al McKibbon: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Ruth Brown

Atlantic

Tracks: Ever Since My Baby's Been Gone; If I Had Any Sense; If You Don't Want Me; Too Many Men.

Personnel: Taft Jordan: trumpet; Sam Taylor: tenor sax; Ernest 'Pinky' Williams: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Mickey Baker: guitar; Lloyd Trotman: bass; Connie Kay: drums; Joe M. Ricci: percussion; Ruth Brown: vocals.

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1954

Last Recordings - Rare And Unreleased

Artie Shaw

Music Masters/Clef NYC, February-June, 1954.

Tracks: Imagination°; Besame Mucho°; My Funny Valentine¹; Too Marvelous For Words¹; I Can't Get Started°; The Sad Sack°; Dancing On The Ceiling¹; Someone To Watch Over Me°; Mysterioso; The Chaser; The Pied Piper Theme°; Love Of My Life°; Rough Ridin'¹; Yesterdays¹; Lyric°; Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered¹; Lugubrious°; S'posin'¹; Tenderly; When The Quail Come Back To San Quentin°.

Personnel: Artie Shaw: clarinet; Hank Jones: piano; Joe Roland: vibes; Tal Farlow°, Joe Puma¹: guitar; Tommy Potter: bass; Irv Kluger: drums.

Note: Previously released as Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five #1-#4 (Clef), Sequence In Music, and I Can't

Get Started (Verve).

Note: At least three more tracks were recorded at these sessions (That Old Feeling°; Sequence In B Flat°; Sunny Side Up°).

More Last Recordings

Artie Shaw

Music Masters/Clef

NYC & Hollywood*, CA, February-June, 1954.

Tracks: How High The Moon; Stop And Go Mambo°; I've Got A Crush On You°; Begin The Beguine; The Chaser°; Stardust°; Summit Ridge Drive°; Autumn Leaves°; Scuttlebutt¹; Back Bay Shuffle; Dancing In The Dark°; Cross Your Heart; Don't Take Your Love From Me°; Frenesi; September Song¹*; The Grabtown Grapple°.

Personnel: Artie Shaw: clarinet; Hank Jones: piano; Joe Roland: vibes; Tal Farlow°, Joe Puma¹: guitar; Tommy Potter: bass; Irv Kluger: drums.

Note: Previously released as Artie Shaw And His Gramercy Five #1-#4 (Clef), Sequence In Music, and I Can't

Get Started (Verve).

Note: At least three more tracks were recorded at these sessions (That Old Feeling°; Sequence In B Flat°; Sunny Side Up°).

The Fabulous Thad Jones

Thad Jones Debut/OJC

Hackensack, NJ, August 11, 1954.

Tracks: Bitty Ditty¹; Chazzanova¹; I'll Remember April°; Elusive (Illusive)¹; Sombre Intrusion¹; You Don't Know What Love Is°.

Personnel: Thad Jones: trumpet; Frank Wess: tenor sax°, flute¹; Hank Jones: piano; Charles Mingus: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Note: Reissued on CD as part of Thad Jones (Debut/OJC).

1955

Ernie Wilkins/Kenny Clarke Septet

Ernie Wilkins/Kenny Clarke Savoy

NYC, March 30, 1955.

Tracks: Summer Evening; Oz The Wizzard; I Dig You The Most; Pru's Blooze; Plenty For Kenny; Cute Tomato; Now's The Time.

Personnel: Eddie Bert: trombone; Ernie Wilkins: alto sax, tenor sax; George Barrow: tenor sax, baritone sax; Cecil Payne: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Musician Of The Year

Eddie Bert Savoy

NYC, May 31, 1955.

Tracks: Fragile; Stompin' At The Savoy; I Should'a Said; See You Later; Three Bass His; What'd Ya Say; Billie's Bounce.

Personnel: Eddie Bert: trombone; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Presenting Cannonball

Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Savoy

NYC, July 14, 1955.

Tracks: Spontaneous Combustion°; Still Talkin' To Ya°; A Little Taste°; Caribbean Cutie°; Flamingo. Personnel: Nat Adderley: cornet°; Cannonball Adderley: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

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Bohemia After Dark

Kenny Clarke Savoy

NYC, July 14, 1955.

Tracks: We'll Be Together Again.

Personnel: Nat Adderley: cornet; Hank Jones: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

The Brothers!

Al Cohn/Bill Perkins/Richie Kamuca Victor

Webster Hall, NYC, June 24° & 25¹, 1955.

Tracks: Blixed¹; Kim's Kaper°; Rolling Stone°; Sioux Zan¹; The Walrus¹; Blue Skies°; Gay Blade°; Three Of A Kind°; Hags¹; Pro-Ex°; Strange Again¹; Cap Snapper¹.

Personnel: Al Cohn, Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith°, Jimmy Raney¹: guitar; John Beal: bass; Chuck Flores: drums.

Note: Reissued in 2006 by Mosaic with additional tracks (Memories Of You°; Saw Buck¹; Chorus For Morris¹; Slightly Salty°).

That's Nat

Nat Adderley Savoy

NYC, July 26, 1955.

Tracks: Porky; Kussin's Buzzin'; Big E; Ann Springs; I Married An Angel; You Better Go Now.

Personnel: Nat Adderley: cornet; Jerome Richardson: tenor sax, flute; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Flutes And Reeds

Ernie Wilkins/Frank Wess Savoy

Tracks: Stereophonic; Doing The Thing; Shorty George; Bouncing With Boots; That's A Woman; Blues In Coldwater Flat

Personnel: Ernie Wilkins: alto sax, arranger; Jerome Richardson, Frank Wess: tenor sax, flute; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Jones: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Lullaby Of Birdland - 12 Different Interpretations

Various Artists RCA Victor

NYC, August 17, 1955. Tracks: Lullaby Of Birdland.

Personnel: Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis: trumpet; Urbie Green, Chauncey Welsch: trombone; Billy Byers: trombone; Hal McKusick, Gene Quill: alto sax; Zoot Sims, Al Cohn: tenor sax; Sol Schlinger: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Billy Mure: guitar; Milt Hinton: bass; Don Lamond: drums.

Encore

Eddie Bert Savoy

Tracks: Crosstown; Manhattan Suite; Conversation.

Personnel: Eddie Bert: trombone; J.R. Monterose: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Clyde Lombardi: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Montage

Various Artists Savoy

NYC, September 1° & 29¹, 1955.

Tracks: Slow Crosstown°; Steady Eddie°; Bronx Line°; Wishbone°; If I Love Again¹.

Personnel: Donald Byrd¹: trumpet; Eddie Bert°: trombone; J.R. Monterose°, Frank Foster¹: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Clyde Lombardi°, Paul Chambers¹: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

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Plays Music with Feeling

Ben Webster Norgran

Tracks: There Is No Greater Love; Teach Me Tonight; What Am I Here For?; Until Tonight; My Greatest Mistake; Blue Moon; Early Autumn; We'll Be Together Again.

Personnel: Al Epstein: clarinet, english horn, bass clarinet; Danny Bank: flute, clarinet; Ben Webster: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Chet Amsterdam, Wendell Marshall: bass; Osie Johnson: drums; Harold Colletta, Martin Donegan, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Eugene Orloff, Tosha Samaroff, Paul Winter: violin; Burt Fisch: viola; Abram Borodkin, George Ricci, Lucien Schmit: cello; Ralph Burns: arranger.

Note: Also issued as Ballads (Verve).

Slide Trombone

Lawrence Brown Clef/Verve

Tracks: Ill Wind; You Took Advantage Of Me; Autumn In New York; Blues For Duke; Just As Though You Were Here; Just One Of Those Things.

Personnel: Ernie Royal, Phil Sunkel: trumpet; Lawrence Brown: trombone; Arthur Clarke, Al Cohn: tenor sax; Danny Bank: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Jo Jones: drums.

Byrd's Word

Donald Byrd Savoy

Tracks: Gotcha Goin' And Comin'; Winterset; Long Green; Star Eyes; Someone To Watch Over Me.

Personnel: Donald Byrd: trumpet; Frank Foster: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Paul Chambers: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Plays Arrangements From The Pen Of Quincy Jones

Sonny Stitt Roost

NYC, September 30° & October 9¹, 1955.

Tracks: My Funny Valentine°; Lover°; Sonny's Bunny°; Love Walked In°; If You Could See Me Now¹; Quince¹; Come Rain Or Come Shine¹; Star Dust¹.

Personnel: Jimmy Nottingham°, Ernie Royal°, Thad Jones¹, Joe Newman¹: trumpet; J.J. Johnson°, Jimmy

Cleveland¹: trombone; Sonny Stitt: alto sax; Anthony Ortega: flute, alto sax; Seldon Powell: tenor sax; Cecil Payne: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Freddie Green: guitar; Oscar Pettiford: bass; Jo Jones: drums.

Deep In A Dream

Al Caiola Savoy

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 6° & 11¹, 1955.

Tracks: Love Letters°; There Will Never Be Another You°; Deep In A Dream°; You Are Too Beautiful°; Thunderbird¹; Everything Happens To Me¹; I've Got A Crush On You¹; I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good). Personnel: Bernie Privin: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Al Caiola: guitar; Clyde Lombardi: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Helen Merrill With Strings

Helen Merrill EmArcy

NYC, October 21°, 22¹ & 24², 1955.

Tracks: You Won't Forget Me°; Lilac Wine°; Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year°; Beautiful Love¹; Just You, Just Me¹; When I Fall In Love¹; End Of A Love Affair¹; Mountain High, Valley Low¹; Anything Goes²; Comes Love²; (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over²; Wait Till You See Him².

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Milt Hinton: bass; Sol Gubin: drums; Helen Merrill: vocals; Richard Hayman: arranger; unidentified strings.

Opus De Jazz

Milt Jackson/Frank Wess Savoy

Tracks: Opus De Funk; Opus Pocus; You Leave Me Breathless; Opus And Interlude.

Personnel: Frank Wess: tenor sax, flute; Milt Jackson: vibes; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Jones: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

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Quartet And Quintet

Donald Byrd Eros

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 3, 1955.

Tracks: Almost Like Being In Love; Summer's Gone; Don't Blame Me; An Evening At Papa Joe's*; And Then Some*. Personnel: Donald Byrd, Matty Dice*: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Eddie Jones: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

East Coast Scene

Various Artists Coral

Pythian Temple, NYC, November 7, 1955. Tracks: Tony's Blues.

Personnel: Tony Fruscella: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Shadow Wilson: drums.

Top Brass

Ernie Wilkins Savoy

Tracks: Top Brass°; Trick Or Treat°; 58 Market Street°; Speedway°; Dot°; Willow Weep For Me*; Imagination²; It Might As Well Be Spring³; The Nearness Of Youª; Taking A Chance On Love¹.

Personnel: Ray Copeland°¹, Idrees Sulieman°²; Donald Byrd°³, Ernie Royal°ª, Joe Wilder°*: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums; Ernie Wilkins: arranger.

Let's Dig Bert (Eddie That Is)

Eddie Bert Transworld November, 1955.

Tracks: I'm Through With Love; Blue Beetle; In A Meditating Mood; Father Time; Cool School Days; Pennies From Heaven; Home Cookin'; Speedster.

Personnel: Eddie Bert: trombone; Dave Schildkraut: alto sax, tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Clyde Lombardi: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

Modern Moods

Eddie Bert Jazztone November, 1955.

Tracks: Walk with Me; Cardboard Coffee; Falling In Love All Over Again; Lom, Norahs and Enaj; I Hear Music; Moon And Sand; Nosmo King; Jerome's Blues; All My Life; Me 'N You.

Personnel: Eddie Bert: trombone; Vinnie Dean: alto sax; Jerome Richardson: flute, tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Oscar Pettiford: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

Note: Reissued as I Heard Music-Modern Music (Fresh Sound)

Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars

Jimmy Cleveland EmArcy

Tracks: My One And Only Love; Our Love Is Here To Stay; Vixen; Count 'Em; Bone Brother.

Personnel: Ernie Royal: trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland: trombone; Lucky Thompson: tenor sax; Cecil Payne: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Oscar Pettiford: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

Marlene Sings With Every Breath I Take

Marlene Ver Planck Savoy

NYC, November 29° & December 20¹, 1955.

Tracks: You Leave Me Breathless°; Deep In A Dream°; We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together°; With Every Breath I Take°; Snuggled On Your Shoulder°; Accent On Youth¹; If I Love Again¹; Some Other Time¹; Two Cigarettes In The Dark¹; Without A Word Of Warning¹.

Personnel: Joe Wilder: trumpet; Herbie Mann¹: flute; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall°, Eddie Jones¹: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums; Marlene Ver Planck: vocals.

Serenade In Blue

Al Caiola Savoy

Tracks: Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Indian Summer; Moments Like This; Drambuie.

Personnel: Romeo Penque: flute, bass clarinet, english horn; Hank Jones: piano; Al Caiola: guitar; Clyde Lombardi: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

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Sonny Stitt Plays

Sonny Stitt Roost

Capitol Studios, NYC, December 15° & 16¹, 1955.

Tracks: There Will Never Be Another You°; Yesterdays°; The Nearness Of You°; Biscuit Mix°; Afterwards¹; If I Should Lose You¹; Blues For Bobby¹; My Melancholy Baby¹.

Personnel: Sonny Stitt: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Freddie Green°: guitar; Wendell Marshall: bass; Shadow Wilson: drums.

Jazz Workshop

Manny Albam RCA Victor

December 24-31, 1955.

Tracks: Anything Goes; Headstrong; Black Bottom; The Changing Scene; The Turning Point; Charmaine; Diga Diga Doo; Royal Garden Blues; Swinging On A Star; Intermezzo; Ferris Wheel Urbanity; Urbanity.

Personnel: Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Nick Travis: trumpet; Bob Brookmeyer, Billy Byers, Urbie Green: trombone; Hal McKusick: alto sax; Al Cohn: clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax; Sol Schlinger: baritone sax; Manny Albam: baritone sax, arranger; Hank Jones: piano; Milt Hinton: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

For Drummers Only

Jim Chapin

Music Minus One (MMO) 1955

Tracks: I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)¹; Like Help¹; Perdido; The Lady Is A Tramp°; Pink Ice°; Say What?¹; I'll Take Romance°; Cotton Tail¹.

Personnel: Jimmy Nottingham: trumpet; Urbie Green: trombone; Phil Woods°, George Dorsey¹: alto sax; Bob Wilber: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Wilbur Ware: bass; Jim Chapin: drums.

1956

The Hawk In Hi Fi

Coleman Hawkins RCA Bluebird

Webster Hall, NYC, January 17° & 18¹ & 20², 1956.

Tracks: Body And Soul²; Little Girl Blue°; I Never Knew°; Dinner For One Please, James°; The Bean Stalks Again¹; His Very Own Blues¹; The Day You Came Along²; Have You Met Miss Jones?²; The Essence Of You²; There Will Never Be Another You°; I'm Shooting High¹; Bean And The Boys (39-25-39)¹.

Personnel: Jimmy Nottinham°; Bernie Glow¹, Charlie Shavers¹, Lou Oles¹, Ernie Royal¹, Nick Travis¹: trumpet; Urbie Green°¹, Jack Satterfield°¹, Fred Ohms°¹, Tommy Mitchell°, Chauncey Welsch¹: trombone; Don

Butterfield°: tuba; Jimmy Buffington²: french horn; Julius Baker°²: flute; Sid Jekowsky: flute°, clarinet²; Phil Bodner°²: oboe; Sam Marowitz¹, Hal McKusick¹: alto sax; Al Cohn¹, Zoot Sims¹: tenor sax; Sol Schlinger¹: baritone sax; Hank Jones: piano, celeste²; Marty Wilson°: vibes°¹, glockenspiel², xylophone²; Barry

Galbraith°¹: guitar; Milt Hinton°¹, Jack Lesberg²: bass; Osie Johnson: drums; Phil Kraus²: bells; Gene Orloff°², Tosha Samaroff°², Leo Kruczek°, Harry Lookofsky°, Paul Gershman°², Dave Newman², Alvin Rudnitsky², Arnold Eidus², Max Hollander², Max Cahn², Cy Miroff², Stan Kraft², Dave Sarser²: violin; Izzy Zir°, Bert Fisch²: viola; Alan Schulman°, George Ricci², Bernie Greenhouse², Eduardo Sodero²: cello.

Note: Reissue includes 9 alternate takes.

Wilder' N' Wilder

Joe Wilder Savoy

Tracks: Cherokee; My Heart Stood Still; Prelude To A Kiss; Six Bit Blues; Mad About The Boy; Darn That Dream. Personnel: Joe Wilder: trumpet; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

The Jazz Skyline

Milt Jackson Savoy

Tracks: Lover; Can't Help Lovin' That Man; The Lady Is A Tramp; Angel Face; Sometimes I'm Happy; What's New?. Personnel: Lucky Thompson: tenor sax; Milt Jackson: vibes; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Note: Reissued together with Jackson'sville as Second Nature.

Jackson'sville

Milt Jackson Savoy

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Personnel: Lucky Thompson: tenor sax; Milt Jackson: vibes; Hank Jones: piano; Wendell Marshall: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Note: Reissued together with The Jazz Skyline as Second Nature.

From A To Z

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims RCA Bluebird

Webster Hall, NYC, January 24, 1956.

Tracks: Somebody Loves Me; From A To Z; East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon); Tenor For Two Please, Jack. Personnel: Al Cohn, Zoot Sims: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Milt Hinton: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Vol. 1

Lucky Thompson ABC/Impulse

Tracks: Tom-Kattin°; Old Reliable°; A Lady’s Vanity; Translation°.

Personnel: Jimmy Cleveland°: trombone; Lucky Thompson: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; Oscar Pettiford: bass; Osie Johnson: drums.

Note: Tracks also issued on Tricotism.

Tonite's Music Today

Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer Storyville/Black Lion January 31, 1956.

Tracks: Mr. Moon; I Hear A Rhapsody; The Chant; Blues*; Zoot's Tune; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Bobby's Tune; Blue Skies.

Personnel: Bob Brookmeyer: trombone; Zoot Sims: tenor sax, vocals*; Hank Jones: piano, celeste; Wyatt Ruther: bass; Gus Johnson: drums.

Poppin' And Burnin'

Tal Farlow Verve

Fine Sound, NYC, February 11, 1956.

Tracks: I Wished On The Moon; Swingin’ Till The Girls Come Home; Jordu; The Way You Look Tonight; Bernie’s Tune.

Personnel: Hank Jones: piano; Tal Farlow: guitar; Oscar Pettiford: cello; Ray Brown: bass; Henry Bellson: drums.

Birdland Stars 1956

Various Artists RCA

NYC, February 27, 1956.

Tracks: Two Pairs Of Aces, Roulette, A Bit Of The Blues, Last Lap, Phil 'Er Up, Minorin' The Blues; Hip Boots!; For Kicks Only; Ah, Funky New Baby; Birdland Fantasy; Playboy; Conte's Condolences.

Personnel: Conte Candoli, Kenny Dorham: trumpet; Phil Woods: alto sax; Al Cohn: tenor sax; Hank Jones: piano; John Simmons: bass; Kenny Clarke: drums.

Morning Fun

Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer Storyville/Black Lion February, 1956.

Tracks: The King; Lullaby Of The Leaves; I Can't Get Started*; Snake Eyes; Morning Fun; Whoooeeeee!; Someone To Watch Over Me/My Old Flame; Box Cars.

Personnel: Bob Brookmeyer: trombone; Zoot Sims: tenor sax, vocals*; Hank Jones: piano; Bill Crow: bass; Jo Jones: drums.

Note: Also released as Whoooeeeee!.

Earl Coleman Returns

Earl Coleman Prestige

Hackensack, NJ, March 2° & June 8¹, 1956.

Tracks: Say It Isn't So¹; Reminiscing¹; Social Call¹; It's You Or No One°; Come Rain Or Come Shine°; No Love, No Nothin'°.

Personnel: Art Farmer: trumpet; Gigi Gryce°: alto sax; Hank Jones: piano; Oscar Pettiford°, Wendell Marshall¹: bass; Shadow Wilson°, Wilbur Hogan¹: drums; Earl Coleman: vocals.

Salute To Satch

Joe Newman RCA Victor