Index of Compositions Performed by Joe Gordon



Generated on Thu, Apr 03, 2008


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All You Need Is A Quarter   (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
February 1961

Aluminum Baby   (Jaki Byard)
June 3, 1957

Anitra's Dance   (Edvard Grieg)
June 6, 1956

Anticipation   (Jimmy Woods)
September 13, 1961

Asking For You   (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
February 1961

Baby, Won't You Please Come Home   (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams)
July 27-29, 1961

Bags' Groove   (Milt Jackson)
March 1960
March 12, 1960

Big Man   (Boots Mussulli)
June 4, 1957

Black Hawk Blues
September 22, 1959

Blue Daniel   (Frank Rosolino)
September 23, 1959 - Alternate
September 24, 1959

Blue Grass   (Danny Kent)
June 4, 1957

Blue Steel   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Blue Stutter   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Blues For Mother's   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Blues Theme From 'The Proper Time'   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Body And Soul   (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
September 3, 1954

Boston Uncommon   (Charlie Mariano)
December 1951
December 1951

Bous Bier   (Quincy Jones)
September 3, 1954

By The Beautiful Sea   (Harold Atteridge, Harry Carroll)
March 30 & 31, 1959

Cabu   (Roland Alexander)
September 22, 1959 - Alternate
September 24, 1959
March 1960
March 12, 1960

The Champ   (Dizzy Gillespie)
June 6, 1956

Cheryl   (Charlie Parker)
December 14, 1952

Co-op Blues   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Compulsion   (Harold Land)
May 17, 1960

Cool Blues   (Charlie Parker)
December 14, 1952

Cool Breeze   (Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine)
June 6, 1956

Crazy Rhythm   (Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer)
December 2, 1955

Cry Like The Wind   (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
February 1961

Diminishing   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Dizzy's Blues   (A. K. Salim)
June 6, 1956

Dizzy's Business   (Dizzy Gillespie)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Don't Blame Me   (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields)
December 14, 1952

Don't Explain   (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
May 18, 1960

Doodlin'   (Horace Silver)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Doreen's Blues   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Doug's Blues   (Traditional)
December 2, 1955

Down Among The Sheltering Palms   (James Brockman, Abe Olman)
March 30 & 31, 1959

Eclipse Of Spain   (Victor Feldman)
September 23, 1959

El Sino   (Charles Greenlee)
December 2, 1955

Eleanor   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

Epistrophy   (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke)
April 29, 1960
April 29, 1960
April 29, 1960

Evening Lights   (Joe Gordon)
September 8, 1954

Evidence   (Thelonious Monk)
April 29, 1960

Exotic Moods   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Fast Blues   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Feather Merchant   (Jimmy Mundy, Count Basie)
June 4, 1957

Four In One   (Thelonious Monk)
April 29, 1960
April 29, 1960

Fraternizing   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Futurity   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

A Gem From Tiffany   (Bill Holman)
September 22, 1959
September 24, 1959
September 24, 1959
September 24, 1959

Goofin' At The Coffee House   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Grasshopper   (Quincy Jones)
September 8, 1954

Groovin' For Nat   (Ernie Wilkins)
June 6, 1956

Groovin' High   (Dizzy Gillespie)
December 14, 1952

Hank's Tune   (Hank Mobley)
December 2, 1955

Happy Pool   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Heleen   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Hello   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat   (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding, Lester Peterson)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Home (When Shadows Fall)   (Harry Clarkson, Jeff Clarkson, Peter Van Steeden)
July 27-29, 1961

How Deep Are The Roots   (Horace Silver)
September 23, 1959

How Long Has This Been Going On   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
July 2, 1956

I Can't Get Started   (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
May 18 & 19, 1956

I Know About Love   (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
February 1961

I Surrender Dear   (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford)
July 27-29, 1961

I Wanna Be Loved By You   (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Herbert Stothart)
March 30 & 31, 1959

I'll Remember April   (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
between December 8 and 14, 1952

I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)   (Doc Dougherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)
July 27-29, 1961

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You   (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
April 29, 1960

I'm In Love   (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
September 24, 1959

It's Sand, Man   (Ed Lewis)
June 4, 1957

I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face   (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
March 12, 1960

Jack Spratt   (Boots Mussulli)
June 4, 1957

Jessica's Day   (Quincy Jones)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Joanna   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Jumpin' With Symphony Sid   (Lester Young)
December 14, 1952

June Is Bustin' Out All Over   (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
late summer 1958
late summer 1958

Just Squeeze Me   (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
September 24, 1959

Just You, Just Me   (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages)
April 28, 1960

Klact-oveeseds-tene   (Charlie Parker)
May 18, 1960

Lady Bob   (Quincy Jones)
September 3, 1954

Less Talk   (Ray Santisi)
June 3, 1957

Let's Call This   (Thelonious Monk)
April 29, 1960

Lightly   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Lonesome Lover   (Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln)
1960

Love For Sale   (Cole Porter)
September 13, 1961

Make Someone Happy   (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
February 1961

March Wind   (Benny Carter)
late summer 1958

Mariana   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Mariners   (Charlie Mariano)
December 1951

Mayreh   (Horace Silver)
May 20, 1954

Minority   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

Moanin'   (Bobby Timmons)
1960

My Blue Heaven   (Walter Donaldson, George Whiting)
July 27-29, 1961

My Manne Shelly   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

My Reverie   (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy)
June 6, 1956

A Night In Tunisia   (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Nightingale   (Xavier Cugat, George Rosner, Fred Wise)
September 24, 1959
March 12, 1960

No One Will Room With Me   (Herb Pomeroy)
June 3, 1957

Non-Viennese Waltz Blues   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Odd Ball   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

On Green Dolphin Street   (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
1960

Ornithology   (Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris)
December 14, 1952

Our Delight   (Tadd Dameron)
June 3, 1957
September 22, 1959
March 12, 1960
July 31, 1960

Panic   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Pennies From Heaven   (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke)
July 27-29, 1961

Piano Jazz   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Poinciana   (Buddy Bernier, Nat Simon)
September 22, 1959
March 1960
July 31, 1960

The Proper Time   (Shelly Manne, Dory Langdon Previn)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

Pullin' Strings   (Victor Feldman)
September 24, 1959

A Quiet Gass   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Rhythm-a-ning   (Thelonious Monk)
April 29, 1960 - Incomplete

Rifftide [aka Hackensack]   (Coleman Hawkins)
September 3, 1954

Roses In December   (George Jessel, Herb Magidson, Ben Oakland)
late summer 1958

'Round Midnight   (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
April 29, 1960
April 29, 1960

Running Wild   (A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood)
March 30 & 31, 1959 - Alternate
March 30 & 31, 1959

Salute To Birdland [aka Salute To The Bandbox; aka Reunion]   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

San Francisco Holiday [aka Worry Later]   (Thelonious Monk)
April 28, 1960
April 29, 1960
April 29, 1960

School Days   (Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards)
June 6, 1956

Scrapple From The Apple   (Charlie Parker)
December 14, 1952

Shoutin' Out   (Horace Silver)
July 2, 1956

Simplicity   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

Sleigh Ride In July   (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
late summer 1958

Solitude   (Duke Ellington, Edgar DeLange, Irving Mills)
July 27-29, 1961

Some Like It Hot   (Isidore Diamond, Matt Malneck)
March 30 & 31, 1959

Someday My Prince Will Come   (Frank E. Churchill, Larry Morey)
July 27-29, 1961

Something For October   (Benny Carter)
late summer 1958

A Song For Richard   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Spook   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

S'posin'   (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf)
July 27-29, 1961

Stella By Starlight   (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Step Lightly [aka Junior's Arrival]   (Benny Golson)
September 22, 1959 - Alternate
September 24, 1959

Straight No Chaser   (Thelonious Monk)
March 1960

Strictly Romantic   (Gigi Gryce)
May 20, 1954

Sugar Blues   (Lucy Fletcher, Clarence Williams)
March 30 & 31, 1959

Summertime   (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
September 22, 1959
1960
July 31, 1960

Sweet Georgia Brown   (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard)
March 30 & 31, 1959

Sweet Sue, Just You   (Victor Young, Will J. Harris)
March 30 & 31, 1959
March 30 & 31, 1959 - Alternate

Swingin' In November   (Benny Carter)
late summer 1958
late summer 1958

Terra Firma Irma   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

Terrain   (Harold Land)
May 17, 1960

The Theme   (Traditional, Kenny Dorham)
September 8, 1954

Theme For Terry   (Bob Friedman)
June 3, 1957

There'll Be Some Changes Made   (Bill Higgins, W. Benton Overstreet)
July 27-29, 1961

This Is Always   (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
September 23, 1959

Tin Tin Deo   (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Chano Pozo)
June 6, 1956

To Beat Or Not To Beat   (Horace Silver)
July 2, 1956

Tour de Force   (Dizzy Gillespie)
May 18 & 19, 1956

Tzoris   (Composer Unknown)
December 1951

[unknown titles]   (Composer Unknown)
May 18, 1956

Ursula   (Harold Land)
May 18, 1960

Vamp's Blues   (Charlie Mariano)
September 24, 1959
March 12, 1960

The Very Thought Of You   (Ray Noble)
July 27-29, 1961

Walkin' Bass   (Henry Mancini)
May 21-26, 1959

Warm Water   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

West Coast Blues   (Wes Montgomery)
May 18, 1960

What's New   (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
September 24, 1959

Wheels   (Shelly Manne)
December 7 & 14, 1959 and January 28, 1960

When Day Is Done   (Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher)
July 27-29, 1961

Whisper Not   (Benny Golson)
September 23, 1959
September 24, 1959 - Alternate

The Wizard   (Sonny Truitt)
December 1951
December 1951

Woolafunt's Lament   (Bill Graham)
June 4, 1957

Xochimilco   (Joe Gordon)
September 8, 1954

Yesterdays   (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
June 6, 1956
March 1960

You're The Only Girl In The Next World For Me   (Joe Gordon)
July 11, 12 & 18, 1961

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