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Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra


Lena Horne, vocals
Lenny Hayton, arranger and conductor
Unidentified orchestra with strings

Tracks:
1. I'd Do Anything (Dubey/Karr)
2. You Do Something To Me (Porter)
3. You're The One (Strayhorn)
4. Fun To Be Fooled (Arlen/Gershwin/Harburg)
5. Call Me Darling (Reisfeld/Frybert/Marbot/Dick)
6. It's All Right With Me (Porter)
7. Frankie And Johnny
8. Let Me Love You (Howard)
9. Love Is The Thing (Young/Washington)
10. Then I'll Be Tired Of You (Schwartz/Harburg)
11. It's Love (Bernstein/Comden/Green)

Neal Hefti And His Orchestra

No musician credits on CD

Songs:
1. Buttercup (Hefti)
2. You Do Something To Me (Porter)
3. Plymouth Rock (Hefti)
4. Chug_A_Lug (Hefti)
5. Ready Rudy (Hefti)
6. Ev'rything I've Got (Rodgers/Hart)
7. Scuttlebutt (Hefti)
8. Two For The Blues (Hefti)
9. Perdido (Tizol/Drake/Lengsfelder)
10. Jumpin' Jack (Hefti)
11. Lucky Duck (Hefti)
12. Lity Pony (Hefti)

Quincy Jones, conductor
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Porter Kilbert, alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson, tenor saxophone, flute and Piccolo
Budd Johnson, tenor saxophone
Sahib Shihab, baritone saxophone
Ernie Royal, trumpet
Jimmy Maxwell, trumpet
Art Farmer, trumpet
Lee Morgan, trumpet
Nick Travis, trumpet
Lennie Johnson, trumpet
Jimmy cleveland, trombone
Frank Rehak, trombone
Urbie Green, trombone
Billy Byers, trombone
Julius Watkins, French horn
Patti Bown, piano
Les Spann, guitar and flute
Buddy Catlett, bass
Don Lamond, drums

Songs:
1. Lester Leaps In (Young) Arranger: Ernie Wilkins
2. Ghana (Wilkins) Arranger: Ernie Wilkins
3. Caravan (Tizol/Ellington/Mills) Arranger: Bill Potts
4. Everybody's Blues (Wilkinw) Arranger: Ernie Wilkins
5. Cherokee (Noble) Arranger: Ernie Wilkins
6. Air Mail Special (Mundy/Goodman/Christian) Arranger: Al Cohn
7. They Say It's Wonderful (Berlin) Arranger: Al Cohn
8. Chant Of The Weed (Redman) Arranger: Ralph Burns
9. I Never Has Seen Snow (Arlen/Capote) Arranger: Bill Potts
10. Eesom (Potts) Arranger: Bill Potts

Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Sahib Shihab, Hal Stein

Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Gene Quill, alto saxophone
Sahib Shihab, alto saxophone
Hal Stein, alto saxophone
Mal Waldron, piano
Tommy Potter, bass
Louis Hayes, drums

Songs:
1. Pedal Eyes (Waldron)
2. Kokochee (Charles)
3. No More Nights (Charles)
4. Kinda Kanonic (Stein)
5. Don't Blame Me (McHugh/Fields)
7. Staggers (Waldron)

Supervision by Teddy Charles
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

Eddie Costa, piano and vibraphone
Art Farmer, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Teddy Kotick, bass
Paul Motian, drums

Tracks:
1. Get Out Of The Road (Woods)
2. In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck)
3. Big Ben (Woods)
4. Nature Boy (Ahbez)
5. Blues Plus Eight (Costa)
6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers/Hart)
7. Stretch in "F" (Farmer)

No production credits

Phil Woods

Originally " Jimmy RaneyQuintet" (Prestige 203) 
Recorded in New York city, August 11, 1954

Jimmy Raney, guitar
John Wilson, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Bill Crow, bass
Joe Morello, drums

Songs:
1. Stella By Starlight (Young/Washington)
2. Five (Raney)
3. Joanne (Woods)
4. Back And Blow (Woods)

Original session leader Dick Hyman
Recorded March 3, 1959

Dick Hyman, piano
Howard McGhee, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Teddy Kotick, bass
Roy Haynes, drums

Songs:
5. Consternation (Shearing)
6. Lemon Drop (Wallington)
7. The Little Bandmaster (Jones/Farmer)
8. Pee Wee's Dream (Hyman)


** also issued in 1995 on Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 1865-2.

Neal Hefti And His Orchestra featuring the Neal Hefti Singers

Neal Hefti, arranger and conductor
Ernie Royal, trumpet
Joe Wilder, trumpet
Mel David, trumpet
Frank Rehak, trombone
Billy Byers, trombone
Sonny Russon, trombone
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Jerome Richardson, alto saxophone
Al Cohn, tenor saxophone
Seldon Powell, tenor saxophone
Barry Galbraith, guitar
Lou Stein, piano
George Duvivier, bass
Milt Hinton, bass
Sol Gubin, drums
Charlie Persip, drums
Unidentified singers
Others?

Songs:
1. Kiss Me First (Hefti/Allen)
2. Chug-A-Lug (Hefti)
3. Oh, What A Night For Love (Hefti/Allen)
4. Cherry Point (Hefti)
5. Two For The Blues (Hefti/Hendricks)
6. Li'l Darlin' (Hefti)
7. Ready Rudy (Hefti)
8. Buttercup (Hefti/Hendricks)
9. After Supper (Hefti)
10. Coral Reef (Hefti)
11. Splanky (Hefti)
12. Cool Blue (Hefti/Allen)

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet and leader
Quincy Jones, trumpet
Bama Warwick, trumpet
E. V. Perry, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Jimmy Powell, alto saxophone
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone
Billy Mitchell, tenor saxophone
Marty Flax, baritone saxophone
Melba Liston, trombone
Frank Rehak, trombone
Rod Levitt, trombone
Walter Davis, Jr., piano
Nelson Boyd, bass
Charlie Persip, drums

Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Yesterdays (Harbach/Kern)
2. Night In Tunisia (Gillespie/Paparelli)
3. Cepao's Samba*
4. Gloria Samba*
5. Adios Muchachos (Sanders/Vedani)
6. Preludio No. 3 (Pansera)
7. Capricio de Amor (Prechi)
8. Vida Mia (Fresedo)
9. Dizzy Introduction (1956)
10. Dizzy Interview
11. Jones Introduction
12. Quincy Jones Interview
13. Woods Introduction
14. Phil Woods Interview

Disc 2
1. Mitchell, Persip, Fraizer Introduction
2. Billy Mitchell, Charlie Persip, Boo Fraizer Interview
3. Golson, Levitt Introduction
4. Benny Golson, Rod Levitt Interview
5. Lalo Introduction
6. Lalo Schifrin Interview
*The samba orchestra in Rio de Janeiro is unknown.

All interviews by Dave Usher
Recorded by Dave Usher during an Official U. S. State Department Tour, July and August 1956

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet and leader
Quincy Jones, trumpet
Bama Warwick, trumpet
E. V. Perry, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Jimmy Powell, alto saxophone
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone
Billy Mitchell, tenor saxophone
Marty Flax, baritone saxophone
Melba Liston, trombone
Frank Rehak, trombone
Rod Levitt, trombone
Walter Davis, Jr., piano
Nelson Boyd, bass
Charlie Persip, drums

Tracks:
1. Groovin' High (Gillespie)
2. Begin The Beguine (Porter)
3. Hey Pete, Let's Eat More Meat (Harding/Gillespie)
4. Wonder Why (Cahn/Brodszky)
5. Because Of You (Hammerstein/Wilkenson)
6. I'm Confessin' (Reynolds/Dougherty/Neiburg)
7. Doodlin' (Silver)
8. My Reverie (Debussy/Clinton)
9. Tin Tin Daeo (Gillespie/Fuller/Pozo)
10. The Champ (Gillespie)

Recorded by Dave Usher during an Official U. S. State Department Tour, July and August 1956

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet and leader
Quincy Jones, trumpet
Bama Warwick, trumpet
E. V. Perry, trumpet
Phil Woods, alto saxophone
Jimmy Powell, alto saxophone
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone
Billy Mitchell, tenor saxophone
Marty Flax, baritone saxophone
Melba Liston, trombone
Frank Rehak, trombone
Rod Levitt, trombone
Walter Davis, Jr., piano
Nelson Boyd, bass
Charlie Persip, drums

Tracks:
1. Cool Breeze (Dameron/Gillespie/Eckstine)
2. Groovin For Nat (Wilkins)
3. I Can't Get Started (Duke/Gershwin)
4. Jessica's Day (Jones)
5. A Night In Tunisia (Paparelli/Gillespie)
6. Seems Like You Just Don't Care (McCoy/Nobel)
7. Flamingo (Grouya/Anderson)
8. Stella By Starlight (Young/Washington)
9. School Days (Edwards/Cobb)
10. Manteca (Gillespie)

Recorded by Dave Usher during an Official U. S. State Department Tour, July and August 1956