Index of Compositions Performed by Pete LaRoca Sims



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Ad Infinitum   (Carla Bley)
March 16, 1965

Ah-Moore   (Al Cohn)
ca. 1966

Airegin   (Sonny Rollins)
February 21, 1961

Along The Navajo Trail   (Dick Charles, Edgar DeLange, Lawrence Markes, Jr.)
1963

Amanda's Song   (Chick Corea)
February 28, 1997

And So   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Antibes   (Ted Curson)
April 1961

Around Again   (Carla Bley)
August 17, 1962
September 12, 1963

Asseveration   (Slide Hampton)
February 15, 1960

Au Privave   (Charlie Parker)
August 27, 1962

Avars   (Rocky Boyd)
March 13, 1961

Back Road   (Kenny Dorham)
September 9, 1963

Bags' Groove   (Milt Jackson)
June 27, 1964

Ballad No. 1   (Paul Bley)
September 12, 1963

Ballad No. 2   (Paul Bley)
September 12, 1963

Ballad No. 4   (Paul Bley)
September 12, 1963

Basra   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 19, 1965

Baubles Bangles And Beads   (George 'Chet' Forrest, Robert Craig Wright)
February 21, 1961

Beautiful Brown Eyes   (Grace Walters)
1963

Bess, You Is My Woman Now   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
October 13, 1997

Big Brother   (Mose Allison)
October 7, 1965

Bilbao Song   (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht)
June 27, 1964

Bits And Pieces   (Steve Kuhn)
ca. 1966

Blame It On My Youth   (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman)
April 15, 1964

Bliss   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Blue Bossa   (Kenny Dorham)
June 3, 1963

Blue Spirits   (Freddie Hubbard)
February 26, 1965

Blues Function   (Freddie Hubbard)
January 8, 1961

Blues Holiday   (Jodie Christian)
November 8, 1960

Blues In The Closet [aka Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas]   (Oscar Pettiford)
January 30, 1962

Bluesnik   (Jackie McLean)
January 8, 1961

Body And Soul   (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton)
ca. July 1960
February 28, 1997

Bohemia After Dark   (Oscar Pettiford)
November 29, 1960

Booker's Blues   (Booker Little)
August-September 1961

Breaking Point   (Freddie Hubbard)
April 9, 1965

But Not For Me   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
ca. July 1960
July 22, 1960

Calling Softly   (Booker Little)
August-September 1961

Candu   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 19, 1965
March 1, 1997

The Candy Man   (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
March 1, 1997

Caravan   (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills)
April 1961

Chafic   (J.R. Monterose)
November 24, 1959

Chicken Feathers   (Steve Kuhn)
September 14, 1997

Circle Waltz   (Don Friedman)
May 14, 1962

The Circle With A Hole In The Middle [aka Crossroads]   (Ornette Coleman)
August 17, 1962

Cool Green   (Jackie McLean)
January 8, 1961

Countdown   (John Coltrane)
July 22, 1960

Cousin Mary   (John Coltrane)
July 21, 1960

Cousins   (Paul Bley)
September 12, 1963

The Cow Song   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

D. C. Divertimento   (George Russell)
June 2, 1962
August 27, 1962

Dancing Girls   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Darn That Dream   (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange)
June 27, 1964

Davis Cup   (Walter Davis, Jr.)
May 2, 1959

Day Dream   (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
June 2, 1965

Dedication To Wanda   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961 - Medley

Dem's Blues   (Ted Curson)
April 1961

Den Motsträvige Brudgummen (The Reluctant Groom)   (Traditional)
April 28, 1964

Don' 'Cha Go 'Way Mad   (Illinois Jacquet, Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman)
April 19, 1960

Don't Explain   (Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday)
June 2, 1965

Down In The Valley   (Traditional)
1963

Dream Of Igor   (Muhal Richard Abrams)
November 8, 1960

Drew's Blues   (Kenny Drew, Sr.)
January 8, 1961

Drumtown   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
March 1, 1997

Duality   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961

Ease It   (Paul Chambers)
March 13, 1961

Eastern Incident   (Sonny Clark)
December 8, 1957

Eiderdown   (Steve Swallow)
May 19, 1965

El Sino   (Charles Greenlee)
October 17, 1960
March 18, 1961

Equinox   (John Coltrane)
June 10, 1960
July 21, 1960
July 23, 1960

Escapade   (Kenny Dorham)
September 9, 1963

Everything's Coming Up Roses   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959
November 8, 1960

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye   (Cole Porter)
ca. July 1960

Excerpts From "Yamecraw"   (James P. Johnson, William Grant Still)
January 30, 1962

Exotica   (John Coltrane)
June 27, 1960
July 1, 1960
ca. July 1960
July 22, 1960
July 24, 1960

Five   (Bill Evans)
August 1 & 9, 1959

Floater   (Carla Bley)
August 17, 1962

Fly Time Fly (Sigh)   (Michael Gibbs)
1963

The Foggy, Foggy Dew   (Traditional)
1963

Fool's Paradise   (Mabel F. Cordle, Jerry Fuller)
October 7, 1965

For You, For Me, For Evermore   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
February 21, 1961

Formidable   (Walter Davis, Jr.)
May 2, 1959

Forward Flight   (Booker Little)
August-September 1961

Free And Easy Blues   (Tony Scott)
August 1 & 9, 1959

Garrison's Raiders   (Jimmy Garrison)
August 1 & 9, 1959

Giant Steps   (John Coltrane)
July 19, 1960
July 22, 1960

Go East, Young Man   (Slide Hampton)
late 1959

Goin' Way Blues   (Jackie McLean)
January 8, 1961 - Alternate
January 8, 1961

Good Bait   (Tadd Dameron, Count Basie)
July 19, 1960
July 24, 1960

Greasy   (Walter Davis, Jr.)
May 2, 1959

Green Street Scene   (J.R. Monterose)
November 24, 1959

Gumpo
October 7, 1965

Hang Your Head In Shame   (Ed G. Nelson, Steve Nelson, Fred Rose)
1963

Heavy Legs   (Duke Pearson)
August 9, 1963

Here To Hear   (Jaki Byard)
January 30, 1962

Hi-Fly   (Randy Weston, Jon Hendricks)
February 11, 1960
January 30, 1962

Hip Strut   (Jackie McLean)
May 2, 1959

Homestretch   (Joe Henderson)
June 3, 1963

How High The Moon   (Nancy Hamilton, W. Morgan Lewis)
March 4, 1959
June 10, 1960

I Can't Get Started   (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
August 1 & 9, 1959

I Feel So Good   (Mose Allison)
October 7, 1965

I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
October 13, 1997
October 17, 1997

I Had A Dream   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

I Hear A Rhapsody   (George Fragos, Dick Gasparre, Jack Baker)
1961
May 14, 1962

I Loves You Porgy   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
October 13, 1997

I Remember Clifford   (Benny Golson)
November 24, 1959
February 21, 1961

I Remember You   (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer)
March 5, 1959

I Waited For You   (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie)
March 16, 1965

I Want To Talk About You   (Billy Eckstine)
July 19, 1960

Ida Lupino   (Carla Bley)
ca. 1966

If I Should Lose You   (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
August-September 1961

If You Really Love Me Baby
October 7, 1965

I'll Remember April   (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
August 1 & 9, 1959

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You   (Ned Washington, George Bassman)
June 27, 1964

Impressions   (John Coltrane)
March 13, 1961 - Alternate
March 13, 1961

In Your Own Sweet Way   (Dave Brubeck)
May 14, 1962

It Ain't Necessarily So   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
October 13, 1997
October 17, 1997

It Could Happen To You   (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
March 5, 1959

It Don't Mean A Thing   (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
June 2, 1965

It's No Secret What God Can Do   (Stuart Hamblen)
1963

I've Got You Under My Skin   (Cole Porter)
November 3, 1957 - afternoon

I've Told Every Little Star   (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
March 4, 1959
March 5, 1959

Jazz Corner   (Slide Hampton)
late 1959
March 25, 1961

Jinrikisha   (Joe Henderson)
June 3, 1963

Jodo   (Freddie Hubbard)
February 26, 1965
April 9, 1965

Just Squeeze Me   (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines)
February 15, 1960

Keystone   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961 - Medley

King Korn   (Carla Bley)
September 12, 1963
September 12, 1963 - Alternate

Kodpiece   (Steve Kuhn)
ca. 1966

Kristallen Den Fina (The Fine Crystal)   (Traditional)
April 30, 1964

La Mesha   (Kenny Dorham)
June 3, 1963

Lament   (J. J. Johnson)
September 14, 1997

Lazy Afternoon   (Jerome Moross, John Latouche)
May 19, 1965

Liberia   (John Coltrane)
ca. July 1960

Light Fantastic   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961

Like Someone In Love   (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
August 1 & 9, 1959
1963

Like Sonny   (John Coltrane)
June 27, 1960

Little Lamb   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959
ca. 1959

A Little Night Music   (Slide Hampton)
February 15, 1960

Little Niles   (Randy Weston)
November 8, 1960

Little Old Lady   (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams)
November 29, 1960
February 21, 1961

Little Sonny   (Sonny Clark)
December 8, 1957

A Lonely Place   (George Russell)
June 2, 1962

Looking Ahead   (Booker Little)
August-September 1961
August-September 1961 - Alternate
August-September 1961 - Alternate

Love, Look Away   (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
April 14, 1964

Love Planet   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Lover   (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
July 1, 1960

Loves Parting   (Don Friedman)
May 14, 1962

Lullaby Of Birdland   (George Shearing)
January 30, 1962

Malaguena   (Ernesto Lecuona, Marian Banks)
May 19, 1965

Marjoun   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Matilde   (Booker Little)
August-September 1961

May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You   (Meredith Willson)
1963

Me Too   (Paul Serrano)
November 8, 1960

Memory   (Steve Kuhn)
ca. 1966

Men At Work   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961 - Medley

Milestones [aka Miles]   (Miles Davis)
October 17, 1960

Minor Blues   (Traditional)
June 10, 1960

Minor March [aka Minor Apprehension]   (Jackie McLean)
May 2, 1959

Minor Meeting   (Sonny Clark)
December 8, 1957

Minority   (Gigi Gryce)
February 15, 1960

Modes Pivoting   (Don Friedman)
May 14, 1962

The More I See You   (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
April 14, 1964

Mr. Lucky   (Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
November 8, 1960

Mr. Syms   (John Coltrane)
July 22, 1960

Mr. Teddy   (Ted Curson)
April 1961

My Funny Valentine   (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
September 14, 1997

My Melancholy Baby   (Ernie Burnett, George Norton, Johnny Watson)
August 1 & 9, 1959

My Secret Passion   (Duke Pearson)
August 9, 1963

Never Let Me Go   (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
ca. 1966

Newport   (Slide Hampton)
late 1959

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes   (Buddy Bernier, Jerome Brainin)
ca. July 1960

A Night In Tunisia   (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli)
November 3, 1957 - afternoon
August 1 & 9, 1959

Nihon Bashi   (Sadao Watanabe)
February 28, 1997

Nobody's Darling But Mine   (Jimmie Davis)
1963

Noodlin'   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961

Nosruc   (Ted Curson)
April 1961

Och Hör Du Unga Dora (And Listen, Young Dora)   (Traditional)
April 30, 1964

Old Devil Moon   (Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg)
November 3, 1957 - afternoon - Alternate

Oleo   (Sonny Rollins)
March 4, 1959
March 5, 1959

On Green Dolphin Street   (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
1961

On The Street Where You Live   (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
October 17, 1960

One For Majid   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
March 12, 1965
March 30, 1965

Our Thing   (Joe Henderson)
September 9, 1963

Out Of The Night   (Joe Henderson)
June 3, 1963

Out Of This World   (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
July 1, 1960
July 24, 1960

Outer Forces   (Freddie Hubbard)
February 26, 1965

The Outer View   (George Russell)
August 27, 1962
August 27, 1962 - Alternate

Ow!   (Dizzy Gillespie)
October 17, 1960

Paul's Pal   (Sonny Rollins)
March 4, 1959

Pedro's Time   (Kenny Dorham)
September 9, 1963

Pensativa   (Clare Fischer)
April 10, 1965

Persian Street Scene   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961

Petite Belle   (Steve Swallow)
June 27, 1964
March 12, 1965
March 30, 1965

Power House   (Mose Allison)
October 7, 1965

Recorda Me [aka No Me Esqueça]   (Joe Henderson)
June 3, 1963

Rose's Turn   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

'Round Midnight   (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
February 15, 1960
March 25, 1961
January 30, 1962

Sacre Bleu   (Don Friedman)
1961
1961

Samba De Orfeu   (Luiz Bonfá, Antonio María)
March 13, 1961
March 13, 1961 - Alternate

Sea's Breeze   (Don Friedman)
May 14, 1962

Self Portrait   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961

Shades Of Stein   (Benny Golson)
1963

Short Bridge   (J.R. Monterose)
November 24, 1959

Sin Street   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Sing Me Softly Of The Blues   (Carla Bley)
March 16, 1965
September 14, 1997

Sippin' At Bells   (Miles Davis)
June 2, 1962

Sister Salvation   (Slide Hampton)
February 11, 1960
March 18, 1961
March 25, 1961

Small World   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

So Hard It Hurts!   (Annette Peacock)
1974

So In Love   (Cole Porter)
June 27, 1964

So Sweet My Little Girl   (Duke Pearson)
August 9, 1963

So What   (Miles Davis)
November 29, 1960
November 29, 1960 - Alternate

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise   (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II)
June 27, 1960

Some People   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

Someday You'll Want Me To Want You   (Jimmie Hodges)
1963

Somethin' Sanctified   (Slide Hampton)
October 17, 1960

Sometime Ago   (Sergio Mihanovic)
June 27, 1964

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child   (Traditional)
late 1959

Speak Low   (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
July 19, 1960
February 21, 1961

Spiral   (John Coltrane)
July 22, 1960

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most   (Fran Landesman, Thomas J. Wolf, Jr.)
February 21, 1961

St. Thomas   (Traditional, Sonny Rollins)
March 2, 1959

Stay As Sweet As You Are   (Harry Revel, Mack Gordon)
March 4, 1959

Stella By Starlight   (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
August 1 & 9, 1959
March 13, 1961 - Alternate
March 13, 1961
March 25, 1961

Stereophrenic   (David N. Baker)
August 17, 1962

Straight Ahead   (J.R. Monterose)
November 24, 1959

Street Of Dreams   (Victor Young, Sam M. Lewis)
March 18, 1961

Summertime   (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
ca. July 1960
July 1, 1960
October 17, 1960
October 13, 1997
October 17, 1997

Susan's Waltz   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
February 28, 1997

Sweet Cakes   (Walter Davis, Jr.)
May 2, 1959

Sweet Lovers No More
October 7, 1965

Syndrome   (Carla Bley)
September 12, 1963

Tears [aka Tears Come From Heaven]   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
March 16, 1965
May 19, 1965

Teeter Totter [aka Around The Corner]   (Joe Henderson)
September 9, 1963 - Alternate
September 9, 1963

Tell Me Something   (Mose Allison)
October 7, 1965

That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch   (Buddy Johnson)
October 7, 1965

There Are Many Worlds   (Jaki Byard)
January 30, 1962

There Will Never Be Another You   (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
March 4, 1959

There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
October 13, 1997

These Foolish Things   (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey)
August 17, 1962

Things Ain't What They Used To Be   (Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons)
1963

This Is New   (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin)
September 14, 1997

Three Waves   (Sergio Mihanovic)
ca. 1966

The Thrill Is Gone   (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
October 17, 1960

Tillie Butterball   (Jaki Byard)
January 30, 1962

Today I Am A Man   (Steve Kuhn)
ca. 1966

Together Wherever We Go   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

Tomorrow's Expectations   (Dave Liebman)
February 28, 1997

Tone Colors   (Bill Barron)
June 5, 1961 - Medley

Torchin'   (Kenny Drew, Sr.)
January 8, 1961 - Alternate
January 8, 1961

Traneing In   (John Coltrane)
July 22, 1960
July 24, 1960

Trouble In Mind   (Richard M. Jones)
1963

Turkish Women At The Bath   (Pete LaRoca Sims)
May 25, 1967

Turns   (Paul Bley)
August 17, 1962
September 12, 1963 - Alternate
September 12, 1963

[unknown title]   (Composer Unknown)
June 2, 1962

[unknown titles]   (Composer Unknown)
1960

Va Da Du? (Was It You?)   (Traditional)
April 28, 1964

Valse Hot   (Sonny Rollins)
June 27, 1964

Vashkar   (Carla Bley)
September 12, 1963

The Very Thought Of You   (Ray Noble)
September 14, 1997

Vi Sålde Våra Hemman (They Sold Their Homestead)   (Traditional)
April 28, 1964

Victory And Sorrow   (Booker Little)
August-September 1961

Violets For Your Furs   (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
November 24, 1959

Visa Vid Midsommartid (Midsummer Song)   (Håkan Norlen, Rune Lindström)
April 30, 1964

Walkin' [aka Gravy]   (Jimmy Mundy, Richard Carpenter)
August 1 & 9, 1959
April 10, 1965

The Way You Look Tonight   (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
April 19, 1960

A Weaver Of Dreams   (Victor Young, Jack Elliot)
March 8, 1959

West 42nd Street   (Wilbur Harden)
March 13, 1961
March 13, 1961 - Alternate

What Is This Thing Called Love   (Cole Porter)
November 3, 1957 - afternoon - Alternate
June 2, 1965

What's It To You
October 7, 1965

What's New   (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
November 29, 1960
1963

When Will The Blues Leave?   (Ornette Coleman)
August 17, 1962

Who Cares   (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
September 14, 1997

Why Did I Choose You   (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
ca. 1966

Will You Still Be Mine   (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
March 5, 1959

Woody 'n You   (Dizzy Gillespie)
November 3, 1957 - afternoon - Alternate
1961

You Are My Sunshine   (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell)
August 27, 1962

You Know That   (J.R. Monterose)
November 24, 1959

You Leave Me Breathless   (Frederick Hollaender, Ralph Freed)
July 1, 1960

You'll Never Get Away From Me   (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
ca. 1959

Zig-Zag   (Carla Bley)
August 27, 1962

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