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And here´s one more I´ve found: 1952 Gay Crosse and His Good Humor Six James Robertson (tp) John Coltrane (as, ts) Gay Crosse (ts, vo) Charles Ross (p) John Latham (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Philadelphia, PA, January 19, 1952 GC1 Fat Sam from Birmingham Gotham 279 7GC1 Fat Sam from Birmingham (alt. take) Gotham 7279, Krazy Kat [E] KK 838 Bitter Sweet private tape 7GC2 - Gotham 7279, Rhino R2 71255 GC2 Bitter Sweet (alt. take) Gotham 279 Slow and East private tape No Better for You - * Gay Crosse Sextet (Gotham 279) * Fat Sam from Birmingham/Bittersweet / Gay Crosse (Gotham 7279) * Stompin' with Bill / various artists (Krazy Kat [E] KK 838) * The Last Giant / The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino R2 71255)

Perhaps some of these recordings are covered by the above posts, but are these reasonably easily available? I've never seen them anywhere, although I have come across the Rhino set (but didn't get it as I have all but the two early tracks). I´m afraid you won´t find any release for the first two: 1945 Jimmy Johnson Big Band Henry Beckett, Henry Glover, Mose Williams (tp) Miff Cooper, Gino Murray (tb) John Coltrane, Calvin Marshall (as) Benny Golson (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Jimmy Johnson (d) Philadelphia, PA, middle 1945 unknown titles rejected U.S. Navy Band John Coltrane (cl, as) Hawaii, December, 1945-July, 1946 unknown titles rejected And for the rest, I don´t know about its availability, but here´s the discographical information: 1946 Dexter Culbertson's U.S. Navy Band Dexter Culbertson (tp) John Coltrane (as) Norman Poulshock (p) Willie Stader (b) Joe Theimer (d) Benny Thomas (vo, 1,4,5,7) Hawaii, July 13, 1946 1. Embraceable You 4 SP discs, not numberd 2. Ornithology - 3. Sweet Miss - 4. It's Only a Paper Moon - 5. Sweet Lorraine - 6. Koko 4 SP discs, not numberd, VideoArts Music [J] VAVJ 165 7. Now's the Time 4 SP discs, not numberd 8. Hot House 4 SP discs, not numberd, Rhino R2 71255 * Dexter Culbertson (4 SP discs, not numberd) * The World According to John Coltrane (VideoArts Music [J] VAVJ 165) * The Last Giant / The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino R2 71255) 1949 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Willie Cook, Don Slaughter, Elmon Wright (tp) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Matthew Gee, Charles Greenlee, Sam Hurt (tb) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (as) Paul Gonsalves, Jesse Powell (ts) Al Gibson (brs) John Acea (p) John Collins (g) Al McKibbon (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Tiny Irvin (vo) NYC, November 21, 1949 4316 Say When Capitol M 11059, Capitol [J] CR 8084 4317 Tally Ho - 4318 You Stole My Wife, You Horse Thief - 4319 I Can't Remember Capitol [J] CR 8084 * Strictly Be Bop / Dizzy Gillespie (Capitol M 11059) * Jazz of the Forties - Hot VS Cool / Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano (Capitol [J] CR 8084) 1950 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Willie Cook, Don Slaughter, Elmon Wright (tp) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Matthew Gee, Charles Greenlee, Sam Hurt (tb) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (as) Paul Gonsalves, Jesse Powell (ts) Al Gibson (brs) John Acea (p) Floyd Smith (g) Al McKibbon (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Carlos Duchesne (cga) Francisco Pozo (bgo) Joe Carroll, Tiny Irvin (vo) NYC, January 9, 1950 4330 Coast to Coast Capitol M 11059, Capitol [J] CR 8084 4331 Carambola Capitol [J] CR 8084 4332 Oo-La-La Capitol M 11059, Capitol [J] CR 8084 4333 Honeysuckle Rose Capitol [J] CR 8084 * Strictly Be Bop / Dizzy Gillespie (Capitol M 11059) * Jazz of the Forties - Hot VS Cool / Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano (Capitol [J] CR 8084) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Dizzy Gillespie (tp) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (as) Milt Jackson (vib) Percy Heath (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Chicago, IL, middle 1950 Nice Work If You Can Get It private tape A Night in Tunisia - Emanon - 1951 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Dizzy Gillespie (tp) John Coltrane (as, ts) Milt Jackson (vib, p) Kenny Burrell (g) Percy Heath (b) Carl ``Kansas'' Fields (d) Fred Strong (vo) Detroit, MI, March 1, 1951 4010 We Love to Boogie Regent MG 6043, Savoy MG 12204, Rhino R2 71255 4015 Tin Tin Deo Dee Gee 3601, Savoy MG 12047 4020 Birks' Works - * School Days / Dizzy Gillespie (Regent MG 6043) * Dizzy Gillespie - Milt Jackson - Joe Carroll (Savoy MG 12204) * The Last Giant / The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino R2 71255) * Tin Tin Deo/Birks' Works / Dizzy Gillespie (Dee Gee 3601) * The Champ / Dizzy Gillespie (Savoy MG 12047)

Wow, Mike, collaborating with you would be a pleasure!!! I´ll send you an email later. EDIT: message sent

And: JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, soprano, alto, tenor saxophones, percussion; Pharoah Sanders, alto, tenor saxophone, percussion; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums. Location: 'Sankei Hall' Tokyo Japan Date: 7/11/66 Engineer: Tokyo Broadcasting System Radio Technical Group a. "Afro-Blue" (M. Santamaria) 39:10 Imp(J) YB 8508/8509/8510 b. "Peace On Earth" (J. Coltrane) 26:15 Imp(J) YB 8508/8509/8510 more © . "Bass Introduction" (J. Garrison) 7:30 Imp(J) YB8508/8509/8510 more d. "Crescent" (J. Coltrane) 41:45 Imp (J) YB 8508/8509/8510 more e. "Leo" (J. Coltrane) :53 Imp(J) YB 8508/8509/8510 more 660722 JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, soprano, alto, tenor saxophone, percussion; Pharoah Sanders, alto, tenor saxophone, percussion; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums. Location: 'Kosei-nenkin Hall' Tokyo Japan` Date: 7/22/66 Engineer: a. "Peace On Earth" (J. Coltrane) 26:04 Imp(J) IMR-9036C more b. "My Favorite Things" (R. Rodgers - O. Hammerstein) 56:14 Imp(J) IMR-9036C more c. "Meditations/Leo" (J. Coltrane) 45:31 Imp(J) IMR-9036C more NOTE:"Meditations" (660722c) refers to excerpts from that suite which introduce "Leo". NOTE:"Meditations" (660722c) refers to excerpts from that suite which introduce "Leo". (quoted from David Wild´s Wildplace)

And: JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, alto or tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums. Location: Van Gelder Studios,Englewood Cliffs NJ Date: February 15, 1967 Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder a. "Sun Star" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 8:05 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 b. "Sun Star" (J. Coltrane) 6:05 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 c. "Stellar Regions" (J. Coltrane) 3:31 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 d. "Stellar Regions" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 4:37 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 e. "Configuration" (J. Coltrane) 4:01 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 f. "Iris" (J. Coltrane) 3:50 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 g. "Offering" (J. Coltrane) 8:20 Imp A9120; more h. "Seraphic Light" (J. Coltrane) 8:54 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 i. "Tranesonic" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 2:48 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 j. "Tranesonic" (J. Coltrane) 4:14 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 k. "Jimmy’s Mode" (J. Coltrane) 5:58 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 NOTE: John Coltrane plays alto saxophone on both takes of "Tranesonic". The composition "Stellar Regions" was recorded a week later (February 22, 1967) as part of the Interstellar Space duet session, under the title "Venus". Titles for the different compositions from this session (with the exception of "Offering") were provided by Alice Coltrane. "Expression" was originally credited to this session but was in fact not recorded at this date. See the notes for a discussion. (quoted from David Wild´s Wildplace)

-1945 sessions with Jimmy Johnson big band & US Navy Band (rejected at their time); -1946 sessions with Dexter Culbertson´s Navy Band -recordings with Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (1949) and Sextet (1950) -Gene Ammons All Stars sessions on 1958?

Thanks to all for your help and support (and to those who are contributing by mail as well!). This is just a project. I´m very busy now (Basie website, tons of work at my job, family....), but by the end of September I´ve planned to start with all this stuff.

I previously said I only had my discs to begin with. Well, I have Lord CDRom (last version) and that´s a starting point. If only you could edit properly those files, and not only copy and paste session by session (only txt) with that program... And if I´m gonna work with Brian 4, I´m not sure if I somehow can import data from a txt file.

Thanks, John! This could avoid filling countless Excel fields (even with the auto-copy function) ...

After some research, I haven´t been able to find any discography (session by session) of Tete Montoliu. Only partial lists of releases (CD & LP), but not a real good sessionography. If any member knows about any, please let me know. I´ve decided to start making my own. My only source of material so far are my about 25 Tete discs. My only experience in putting together discographies up until now has been the work done on the Basie website, basically by using my CDs, Lord´s Discography on CDRom and Chris Sheridan´s Biodiscography. I ask for your advice on how to research on this stuff. I mean, besides web research. And I´d like any discographical information you could bring, from your collection or from any other source. Please, post any piece of information in this thread (or if you have any kind of data base, send it as an attached file via e-mail to bhdezfdez@telefonica.net). The basic data required are (as you could have supposed ), session by session: -Location -Recording date -Name of group, leader or the session... -Musicians -Tracks (with any aditional information on composers, duration, specific musicians for specific tracks, master number...) -Releases (label, title of CD/LP, number...) Thanks in advance for any information you could bring! PS: of course, this is not any commercial or even professional attempt. This is only a wish from a jazz aficionado to put together as much information as possible for the recorded output of one of my most beloved jazz artists. Thanks again!

wolff: if you "get" into Lady Day you´ll end buying ALL her sides: Decca, Commodore, Columbia & Verve! I agree with brownie regarding her voice was at its best on the Deccas. The Verves, where her voice was at its worst, are, IMHO, the most moving recorded vocal jazz I remember. And the sidemen were top-notch!

Just noticed this one at Jazzmatazz. Scheduled for August 24: Saxophone Summit: Gathering Of Spirits (Michel Brecker, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman) Telarc TRACK LISTING 1. Alexander The Great 2. 12th Man, The 3. India 4. Peace On Earth 5. Tricycle 6. Gathering Of Spirits, A Personnel: Michael Brecker (kaval, tenor saxophone); Dave Liebman (flute, soprano saxophone); Joe Lovano (flute, tarogato, alto clarinet, tenor saxophone); Phil Markowitz (piano); Cecil McBee (double bass); Billy Hart (drums). Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York (01/12/2004 - 01/13/2004)

Hey, Chris, how´s your Lil Armstrong biography goin´ on? Eagerly waiting for it!

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS, LON!!!!!!!!

Yeah, Happy Birthday to the man who changed jazz! Just for the record, you may be interested in this recent thread at AAJ, started by P.D. (PDEE): This Ain't Dixie 2.. Louis Armstrong Peter, I hope this link will bring a few more views for your Early Jazz Crusade...

Here are my guesses and/or comments: 1.- Nice Brazilian groove and vocals. The electric piano is not my cup of tea by any means, but on the other hand I liked the tone of the soprano sax, and the solo is also interesting. I´d place this recording somewhere in the middle of the 70´s. *** 2.- Great track! In my first listening I was sure I could recognize this tune, but no name came to my mind. Loved the way they state the melody. The tenor shows a very wide melodic creativity while soloing, in the way Sonny Rollins and at some extent Dexter Gordon did (I´ve been listening to some Dex lately), but can´t bring a name and don´t find anything to recognize him by his tone. ****1/2 3.- What is this thing called love (variations). Fantastic alto playing! I usually get annoyed when there are quite long breaks with drum solos, but this time it didn´t matter to me. One I´ll be looking for when the truth is revealed! ****1/2 4.- The alto reminds me to some "early" Dolphy, but I have no idea about this record. The tune should be any bebop treasure. ***1/2 5.- More Brazilian groove, I guess. No idea. *** 6.- I´m not good at recognizing vibists (am I good at anything? ). Nice sax, kinda Lesterian on tone and phrasing, I dare say. The tune is remotely familiar??? ***1/2 7.- Good pianism, but I really hate that bass sound and the drums don´t appeal to me either. It must be quite recent, maybe 80´s?. This tune had better turned into a piano solo... ** 8.- Some Tyner group? No idea on tenor (I guess it´s not Trane though you can find some Coltrane-ish licks) or trumpet, though. ***1/2 9.- "It don´t mean a thing...". One of my (many) favorite Ellington tunes. He composed it as early as 1932, though in the 30´s it wasn´t one of their warhorses, with only two 30´s recordings. It became very habitual in the mid-40´s, though. I´d say I have this trio version, the piano intro sounds terribly familiar to me.... maybe here´s my mikeweil´s rule nº1 track? ****1/2 10.- Drums and bass duo. Not one of my favorite types of ensemble. Bass or drums solos bore me to death. Notwithstanding, this is a good track, and both players are true virtuosos. *** 11.- Not sure if I like it a lot. Nice but somehow repetitive? It´s too long. Classical influence, no doubt. *** 12.- Not my favorite classical/jazz fussion. This is a mixed bag, too mixed IMHO: instruments, influences... but don´t pay me any attention, I´m one of those who hates the Louissier-Bach discs. ** 13.- I don´t understand the use of the conga here. The classical piano trio alone would have worked much better. I always hate the use of "exotical" percussion when the feeling of the track and/or the groove don´t fit. **1/2 14.- As I posted before... This tune came to me like a sting . It´s track 8 from this disc: http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.asp...c=list&pid=9579 Liked it! ***1/2 15.- "Someone to light up my life". Her soulful voice sounds familiar (Nancy Wilson?). Just OK. *** Thanks again, Marcus. I´ve enjoyed a very nice and pleasant compilation.

Dan: e-mail sent!

First of all, thanks Marcus for a great compilation! It´s been a listening pleasure, and it did mean a thing, cause it did get that swing! I will do some track by track comments later, but for now I will put my guess for Track 14 This tune came to me like a sting . It´s track 8 from this disc: http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.asp...c=list&pid=9579 More familiar tunes, and I think I have a few more tracks. More to come.

Now disc 2 is playing on my computer.

Scheduled for August 7 (according to Jazzmatazz): Duke Ellington: A concert of sacred music from Grace Cathedral on STS??? label I haven´t checked the CD information, but here´s the "expected" sessionography for that one: September 16, 1965. San Francisco. A Concert of Sacred Music live from Grace Cathedral. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams, t; Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper, tb; Chuck Connors, btb; Russell Procope, as, ss, cl; Johnny Hodges, as; Jimmy Hamilton, ts, cl; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Harry Carney, bs, cl, bcl; Duke Ellington, p; John Lamb, b; Louie Bellson, d; Bunny Briggs dances on "David Danced Before The Lord." Status DSTS-1015 Grace:1 In The Beginning God (Ellington) [The Speaking Choir, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:2 Will You Be There? (Ellington) [Jon Hendricks and the Herman McCoy Choir, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:3 Ninety Nine Percent (Ellington) [Jon Hendricks and the Herman McCoy Choir, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:4 Ain't But The One (Ellington) [Jimmy McPhail and the Herman McCoy Choir, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:5 New World A-Comin' (Ellington) Status DSTS-1015 Grace:6 In The Beginning God II (Ellington) [Jon Hendricks and the Speaking Choir, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:7 Heritage (Ellington) [Jon Hendricks, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:8 The Lord's Prayer (Ellington) [Esther Merrill, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:9 Come Sunday (Ellington) [Esther Merrill, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:10 David Danced Before The Lord (Ellington) [Jon Hendricks, vocal] Status DSTS-1015 Grace:11 The Lord's Prayer II (Ellington) [Tony Watkins, vocal] (previously issued as Status DSTS1015) Do not mistake it for the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (NY) recording, included in the Centennial Edition Box (disc 18), from that same year, but on December 26

Basie Roulette Studio Sessions, disc 1

About that Newport solo on "Diminuendo and crescendo in blue", in his own words: (from a 1961 interview included in the book "The world of Duke Ellington" by Stanley Dance)

You know, I only chose sax because it's so close to, well, ...

You know there's a world championship in playing air guitar? I bet you rather not choose such a photo! Don't know if I'd still talk to you if... And I chose mine because not having a digital camera, it is the only one someone mailed me, and the only one I have on my computer... ubu Nah, I don´t believe you. We all know you´d like to appear besides Morgenstern or Henthoff playing sax... (only joking, Flurin)

Yes, I´ve seen your picture playing sax at the Contributors´ page in the Basie Website! I´m still doubting which photo of mine to pick... maybe one with sunglasses, lying on the floor and playing an imaginary guitar after a hard night with some old friends o´mine! (yeah, those were the wild times....)