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Clifford Brown (ldr), Herb Geller, Joe Maini (as), Walter Benton (ts), Clifford Brown (t), Kenny Drew, Sr. (p), Curtis Counce (b), Max Roach (d)
| a. | 10885-rehearsal | Coronado - 05:41 (Johnny Coles) |
| b. | 10885-6 | Coronado - 17:56 (Johnny Coles) |
| c. | 10885-10 | Coronado - 19:43 (Johnny Coles)
EmArcy LP 12": MG 36039 - Best Coast Jazz EmArcy CD: 814 647-2 - Best Coast Jazz (1983) |
| d. | 10886-1 | You Go To My Head - 17:13 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
EmArcy LP 12": MG 36039 - Best Coast Jazz EmArcy CD: 814 647-2 - Best Coast Jazz (1983) |
| e. | 10887-1 | Caravan - 15:10 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol)
EmArcy LP 12": MG 36102 - Caravan EmArcy CD: 814 649-2 - Caravan (1983) |
| f. | 10887-2 | Caravan - 03:06 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol)
Time LP 12": Volume 8 - Clifford Brown - Kenny Dorham - Booker Little - Tommy Turrentine |
| g. | 10888 | Autumn In New York - 21:35 (Vernon Duke)
EmArcy LP 12": MG 36102 - Caravan EmArcy CD: 814 649-2 - Caravan (1983) |
| All titles on: | - EmArcy CD: 838 306-2 - Brownie - The Complete EmArcy Recordings Of Clifford Brown (1989) | |
Omit Herb Geller (as) on f. Omit Joe Maini (as) on f. Omit Walter Benton (ts) on f.
The alternative take of Caravan exists only as a fragment containing trumpet solo only. It was first issued on Time Volume 8 as "The Boss Man".
Kenny Clarke (ldr), Frank Morgan (as), Walter Benton (ts), Milt Jackson (vib, v), Gerald Wiggins (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
| a. | SK4400 | Sonar - 04:45 (Gerald Wiggins, Kenny Clarke)
Savoy LP 12": MG 12006 - Telefunken Blues Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0106 - Telefunken Blues (1992) |
| b. | SK4401 | Strollin' - 04:15 (Kenny Clarke)
Savoy LP 12": MG 12006 - Telefunken Blues Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0106 - Telefunken Blues (1992) |
| c. | SK4402 | Blues Mood - 04:00 (Kenny Clarke)
Savoy LP 12": MG 12006 - Telefunken Blues Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0106 - Telefunken Blues (1992) |
| d. | SK4403 | I've Lost Your Love - 03:30 (Milt Jackson, Lincoln Chase) |
| e. | SK4404 | Skoot - 04:00 (Eddie Beal, Erroll Garner)
Savoy LP 12": MG 12006 - Telefunken Blues Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0106 - Telefunken Blues (1992) |
| All titles on: | - Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 2242 - Black California, vol. 2 - Anthology (1980) | |
Milt Jackson (v) on d only.
Quincy Jones (ldr), Walter Benton, Buddy Collette, Bill Perkins (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Carl Perkins (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Shelly Manne (d), Jimmy Giuffre (arr), Quincy Jones (con)
| a. | 5465 | Bright Moon - 05:17 (Jimmy Giuffre) |
| b. | 5468 | The Oom Is Blues - 05:06 (Charlie Mariano) |
| c. | 5471 | What's New (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) |
| d. | 5472 | We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) |
| e. | 5473 | Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans, Mack Gordon, Harold Adamson) |
| f. | 5474 | You Go To My Head (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) |
| g. | 5475 | Laura - 06:17 (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) |
| All titles on: | - ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 186 - Go West, Man! - GRP/Chess CD: GRD-828 - Go West, Man! | |
c, d, e, f, g performed as medley.
Walter Benton (ts) on a, b, g only. Buddy Collette (ts) on a, b, e only. Bill Perkins (ts) on a, b, c only. Pepper Adams (bar) on a, b, d only. Jimmy Giuffre (arr) on a only. Quincy Jones (con) on a, b only.
Master numbers from ABC ledger, which seems to have incorrect date attributions.
Engineer: John Kraus
Clora Bryant (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Clora Bryant (t, v), Norman Faye (t), Roger Fleming (p), Ben Tucker (b), Bruz Freeman (d)
| a. | a-01 | Gypsy In My Soul - 02:48 (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe) |
| b. | a-02 | Makin' Whoopee - 03:34 (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) |
| c. | a-03 | Man With A Horn - 03:58 (Edgar DeLange, Bonnie Lake, Truman Elliott Jenney) |
| d. | a-04 | Sweet Georgia Brown - 04:36 (Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey, Ben Bernie) |
| e. | b-01 | Tea For Two - 03:47 (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) |
| f. | b-02 | This Can't Be Love - 04:36 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| g. | b-03 | Little Girl Blue - 03:10 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| h. | b-04 | S'posin' - 02:05 (Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker) |
| All titles on: | - Mode LP 12": MP 106 - Gal With A Horn - VSOP CD: 42 - Gal With A Horn | |
Omit Walter Benton (ts) on b, f, g, h. Omit Norman Faye (t) on b, f, g, h.
Victor Feldman (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Frank Rosolino (tb), Victor Feldman (vib), Scott LaFaro (b), Nick Martinis (d)
| a. | Poinciana - 05:36 (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) | |
| b. | Pancho - 05:57 (Frank Rosolino) | |
| Both titles on: | - Contemporary CD: CCD-9005-2 - Latinsville! (2003) | |
Victor Feldman (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Frank Rosolino (tb), Victor Feldman (vib, p), Scott LaFaro (b), Nick Martinis (d)
| a. | The Breeze And I - 03:21 (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) | |
| b. | Bullues Bullose - 05:44 (Victor Feldman) | |
| c. | Lady Of Spain - 05:56 (Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell, Robert Hargreaves) | |
| All titles on: | - Contemporary CD: CCD-9005-2 - Latinsville! (2003) | |
Victor Feldman (ldr), Walter Benton (ts, tim), Conte Candoli (t), Frank Rosolino (tb), Victor Feldman (vib), Vince Guaraldi (p), Scott LaFaro (b), Stan Levey (d), Willie 'Bobo' Correa, Armando Peraza (bgo), Mongo Santamaria (cga)
| a. | Cuban Love Song - 03:33 (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Herbert Stothart) | |
| b. | Woody 'n You - 03:30 (Dizzy Gillespie) | |
| c. | Poinciana - 03:38 (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon) | |
| d. | Spain - 03:00 (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) | |
| All titles on: | - Contemporary LP 12": S 9005 - Latinsville! - Contemporary CD: CCD-9005-2 - Latinsville! (2003) | |
Victor Feldman (ldr), Walter Benton (ts, tim), Conte Candoli (t), Victor Feldman (vib), Vince Guaraldi (p), Scott LaFaro (b), Willie 'Bobo' Correa, Armando Peraza (bgo), Mongo Santamaria (cga)
| a. | The Gypsy - 03:12 (Billy Reid) | |
| b. | In A Little Spanish Town ('Twas On A Night Like This) - 03:28 (Sam M. Lewis, Mabel Wayne, Joe Young) | |
| Both titles on: | - Contemporary LP 12": S 9005 - Latinsville! - Contemporary CD: CCD-9005-2 - Latinsville! (2003) | |
Victor Feldman (ldr), Walter Benton (ts, tim), Conte Candoli (t), Victor Feldman (vib), Vince Guaraldi (p), Al McKibbon (b), Willie 'Bobo' Correa, Armando Peraza (bgo), Mongo Santamaria (cga)
| a. | South Of The Border - 03:19 (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) | |
| b. | The Carioca (Flying Down To Rio) - 02:59 (Gus Kahn, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans) | |
| c. | Lady Of Spain - 03:30 (Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell, Robert Hargreaves) | |
| All titles on: | - Contemporary LP 12": S 9005 - Latinsville! - Contemporary CD: CCD-9005-2 - Latinsville! (2003) | |
Julian Priester (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Charles Davis (bar), Julian Priester (tb), McCoy Tyner (p), Sam Jones (b), Arthur Taylor (d)
| a. | a-01 | Chi Chi - 04:49 (Charlie Parker) |
| b. | a-02 | Blue Stride - 05:58 (Julian Priester) |
| c. | a-03 | It Might As Well Be Spring - 05:53 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| d. | a-04 | Excursion - 05:47 (Walter Benton) |
| e. | b-01 | Spiritsville - 07:26 (Walter Benton) |
| f. | b-02 | My Romance - 05:57 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| g. | b-03 | Donna's Waltz - 05:37 (Walter Benton) |
| All titles on: | - Jazzland LP 12": JLP 925 - Spiritsville - Milestone CD: MCD-47087-2 - Out Of This World | |
Omit Walter Benton (ts) on c. Omit Charles Davis (bar) on c.
Max Roach (ldr), Walter Benton, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), James Schenk (b), Max Roach (d), Abbey Lincoln (v)
| a. | Driva' Man - 05:10 (Max Roach, Oscar Brown, Jr.) | |
| b. | Freedom Day [aka Liberté] - 06:02 (Max Roach, Oscar Brown, Jr.) | |
| Both titles on: | - Columbia LP 12": JC 36390 - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1980) - Candid CD: CCD 9002 - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite | |
Omit Coleman Hawkins (ts) on b.
Outtakes are said to exist but have never been issued.
Max Roach (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Booker Little (t), Julian Priester (tb), James Schenk (b), Max Roach (d), Babatunde Olatunji (cga), Thomas Du Vall, Ray Mantilla (per), Abbey Lincoln (v)
| a. | All Africa - 07:57 (Max Roach, Oscar Brown, Jr.) | |
| b. | Tears For Johannesburg - 09:36 (Max Roach) | |
| c. | Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace - 07:58 (Max Roach) | |
| All titles on: | - Columbia LP 12": JC 36390 - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (1980) - Candid CD: CCD 9002 - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite | |
Omit Walter Benton (ts) on c. Omit Booker Little (t) on c. Omit Julian Priester (tb) on c. Omit James Schenk (b) on c. Omit Babatunde Olatunji (cga) on c. Omit Thomas Du Vall (per) on c. Omit Ray Mantilla (per) on c.
Outtakes are said to exist but have never been issued.
Walter Benton (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (d)
| a. | Out Of This World - 05:43 (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| b. | Walter's Altar - 08:26 (Walter Benton) | |
| c. | A Blues Mood - 07:30 (Walter Benton) | |
| d. | Azil - 04:36 (Walter Benton) | |
| All titles on: | - Jazzland LP 12": JLP 928 - Out Of This World - Milestone CD: MCD-47087-2 - Out Of This World | |
Walter Benton (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Albert 'Tootie' Heath (d)
| a. | Night Movements - 02:43 (Walter Benton)
Milestone CD: MCD-47087-2 - Out Of This World | |
| b. | Lover Man - 08:45 (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman)
Milestone CD: MCD-47087-2 - Out Of This World | |
| c. | Iris (Walter Benton) | |
| All titles on: | - Jazzland LP 12": JLP 928 - Out Of This World | |
Jazz Artists Guild (ldr), Eric Dolphy (as), Walter Benton (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Benny Bailey, Booker Little (t), Kenny Dorham (t, p), Julian Priester (tb), Peck Morrison (b), Jo Jones, Max Roach (d), Abbey Lincoln (v)
| a. | Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah (Kenny Dorham) | |
| b. | Cliff Walk - 09:45 (Booker Little)
Candid LP 12": 9022 - Newport Rebels Candid CD: CCD 79022 - Newport Rebels (1991) | |
| c. | Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - 07:18 (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins)
Candid LP 12": 9022 - Newport Rebels Candid CD: CCD 79022 - Newport Rebels (1991) | |
| d. | tk 3 | Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - 07:47 (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins)
Candid CD: CCD 79033 - Candid Dolphy (1989) |
Omit Eric Dolphy (as) on a, b. Omit Walter Benton (ts) on c, d. Cecil Payne (bar) on a only. Omit Benny Bailey (t) on b. Kenny Dorham (t) on a only. Booker Little (t) on b only. Omit Julian Priester (tb) on c, d. Omit Kenny Dorham (p) on a, b. Omit Jo Jones (d) on a. Omit Max Roach (d) on c, d. Omit Abbey Lincoln (v) on a, b.
Abbey Lincoln (ldr), Eric Dolphy (pic, f, bcl, as), Walter Benton, Coleman Hawkins (ts), Booker Little (t, arr), Julian Priester (tb, arr), Mal Waldron (p, arr), Art Davis (b), Max Roach (d, arr), Roger 'Montego Joe' Sanders, Robert Whitley (cga), Abbey Lincoln (v)
| a. | a-01 | Straight Ahead - 05:18 (Abbey Lincoln, Mal Waldron, Earl Baker)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
| b. | a-02 | When Malindy Sings - 04:00 (Oscar Brown, Jr., Paul Laurence Dunbar)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
| c. | a-03 | In The Red - 08:23 (Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, Chips Bayen)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
| d. | b-01 | Monkery's The Blues [lyric version of Blue Monk] - 06:32 (Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
| e. | b-02 | Left Alone - 06:42 (Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
| f. | b-03 | African Lady - 03:42 (Randy Weston, Langston Hughes)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
| g. | b-03 (tk 04) | African Lady - 03:39 (Randy Weston, Langston Hughes)
Candid CD: CCD 79033 - Candid Dolphy (1989) |
| h. | b-04 | Retribution - 03:45 (Abbey Lincoln, Julian Priester)
CBS LP 12": S 64655 - Straight Ahead Candid LP 12": CJM 8015 - Straight Ahead Candid CD: CCD 79015 - Straight Ahead |
Eric Dolphy (pic) on f, g only. Eric Dolphy (f) on b only. Eric Dolphy (bcl) on e, h only. Omit Eric Dolphy (as) on e, f, g, h. Roger 'Montego Joe' Sanders (cga) on f, g only. Robert Whitley (cga) on f, g only. Booker Little (arr) on b, c only. Julian Priester (arr) on e, h only. Max Roach (arr) on f, g only. Mal Waldron (arr) on a, d only.
Contrary to Lord, Dolphy plays flute not piccolo on b.
Slide Hampton (ldr), Walter Benton (ts), Jay Cameron (bar), Hobart Dotson, Freddie Hubbard (t), Charles Greenlee, Slide Hampton (tb), Larry Ridley (b), Pete LaRoca Sims (d)
| a. | El Sino - 05:30 (Charles Greenlee) | |
| b. | Sister Salvation - 05:00 (Slide Hampton) | |
| c. | Street Of Dreams - 03:00 (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis) | |
The opening (9:00) and closing (4:30) numbers are as yet unidentified.
Gerald Wilson (ldr), Buddy Collette (f, cl, as), Joe Maini (as), Walter Benton, Teddy Edwards (ts), Don Raffell (bar), John Audino, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Jack Trainor (t), Bob Edmondson, John Ewing, Frank Strong (tb), Kenny Shroyer (btb), Gene Edwards (g), Richard 'Groove' Holmes (org), Jimmy Bond (b), Mel Lewis (d), Gerald Wilson (arr, con)
| a. | You Better Believe It - 05:17 (Gerald Wilson, Richard 'Groove' Holmes) | |
| b. | Yvette - 03:34 (George Stoll) | |
| c. | Jeri - 03:41 (Gerald Wilson) | |
| d. | Moody Blue - 03:06 (Gerald Wilson) | |
| All titles on: | - Pacific Jazz LP 12": PJ 34 - You Better Believe It! (1961) - Mosaic CD: MD5-198 - The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings Of Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra (2000) | |
LP issue credits Wilson as playing trumpet but Mosaic boxed set does not.
John H. Anderson (ldr), Bill Green (pic), Buddy Collette (f), Walter Benton, Teddy Edwards, Jewel Grant, Harold Land, Carrington Visor (ts), John Audino, Bobby Bryant, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Melvin Moore, Anthony Terran (t), Lou Blackburn, Pete Myers (tb), Ernie Tack (btb), John Pisano (g), Jack Wilson (p), Bob West (b), Mel Lee (d), John H. Anderson (arr, con)
| a. | a-01 | Time Will Tell - 03:46 (Ernie Freeman) |
| b. | a-02 | Brasilia - 04:16 (John H. Anderson) |
| c. | a-03 | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - 03:38 (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) |
| d. | a-04 | Flame On The Desert - 03:34 (John H. Anderson) |
| e. | b-01 | Frantic Fiesta - 03:20 (Lue Freddie Simon) |
| f. | b-02 | The Twister - 04:23 (John H. Anderson) |
| g. | b-03 | Pas-se-o-ne Blues - 04:30 (John H. Anderson) |
| h. | b-04 | A Woman Of Stature - 03:45 (John H. Anderson) |
| All titles on: | - Tangerine LP 12": TRC 1506 - Time Will Tell | |
Specific saxophone assignments not listed but these are known tenor players.