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Date: April 10, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia
Johnny Coles (ldr), Johnny Coles (t), Kenny Drew, Sr., Randy Weston (p), Peck Morrison (b), Charli Persip (d)
| a. | CO66581 | Room 3 - 5:42 (Johnny Coles) |
| b. | CO66582 | Where - 7:47 (Randy Weston) |
| c. | CO66583 | Babe's Blues - 5:15 (Randy Weston)
Columbia LP 12": FC 38509 — Almost Forgotten (1983) |
| All titles on: | Epic LP 12": LA 16015 — The Warm Sound
Koch Jazz CD: KOC3-7804-2 — The Warm Sound (1995) | |
Kenny Drew, Sr. (p) on a; Randy Weston (p) on b-c.
Columbia 38509 identifies "Babe's Blues" as from April 13, 1961 and gives bassist as George Tucker.
Date: April 13, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia
Johnny Coles (ldr), Johnny Coles (t), Kenny Drew, Sr., Randy Weston (p), Peck Morrison (b), Charli Persip (d)
| a. | CO66907-2 | Hi-Fly - 8:53 (Randy Weston) |
| b. | CO66907-5 | Hi-Fly - 5:36 (Randy Weston)
Epic LP 12": LA 16015 — The Warm Sound |
| c. | CO66908 | Come Rain Or Come Shine - 5:31 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
Epic LP 12": LA 16015 — The Warm Sound |
| d. | CO66909 | Pretty Strange - 5:47 (Randy Weston)
Epic LP 12": LA 16015 — The Warm Sound |
| e. | CO66910 | If I Should Lose You - 5:20 (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
Epic LP 12": LA 16015 — The Warm Sound |
| All titles on: | Koch Jazz CD: KOC3-7804-2 — The Warm Sound (1995) | |
Kenny Drew, Sr. (p) on b-e; Randy Weston (p) on a.
Date: July 18, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Johnny Coles (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Walter Perkins (d)
| a. | tk 08 | Little Johnny C - 5:09 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
| b. | tk 12 | Hobo Joe - 8:12 (Joe Henderson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
| c. | tk 21 | Jano - 7:21 (Duke Pearson)
Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964) Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) |
| d. | So Sweet My Little Girl (Duke Pearson) |
Date: August 9, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Johnny Coles (ldr), Leo Wright (f, as), Joe Henderson (ts), Johnny Coles (t), Duke Pearson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Pete LaRoca Sims (d)
| a. | tk 4 | Heavy Legs - 5:58 (Duke Pearson) |
| b. | tk 18 | My Secret Passion - 7:08 (Duke Pearson) |
| c. | tk 22 | So Sweet My Little Girl - 6:24 (Duke Pearson) |
| All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84144 — Little Johnny C (1964)
Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 32129 2 7 — Little Johnny C (1996) Blue Note CD: 7243 8 64475 2 4 — Little Johnny C (2005) | |
Leo Wright (f) on b; (as) on a-b.
b. mistitled "My Sweet Passion" on CD issue.
Date: 1971
Location: New York City
Label: Mainstream
Johnny Coles (ldr), Gregory Herbert (ts), Johnny Coles (t, fh), Astley Fennell (tb), Howard Johnson (tu), Cedar Walton (p, ep), Reggie Workman (b, eb), Bruce Ditmas (d)
| a. | a-01 | Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) |
| b. | a-02 | September Of My Years (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) |
| c. | a-03 | 728 (Johnny Coles) |
| d. | b-01 | Eleven [aka Petits Machins] (Miles Davis, Gil Evans) |
| e. | b-02 | Betty's Bossa (Cecil Bridgewater) |
| f. | b-03 | Funk Dumplin' (Johnny Coles) |
| All titles on: | Mainstream LP 12": MRL 346 — Katumbo (Dance) (1971) | |
Astley Fennell (tb) on a-b, d-e; Howard Johnson (tu) on a-b, d-e.
LP issue gives no recording date - 1971 is issue date.
d. listed as Petits Machins.
Date: December 19, 1982
Location: Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Label: Criss Cross
Johnny Coles (ldr), Johnny Coles (fh), Horace Parlan (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Billy Hart (d)
| a. | a-01 | Super 80 - 9:58 (Charles Davis) |
| b. | a-02 | Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love - 6:38 (Charles Mingus) |
| c. | a-03 | Mr. B - 6:56 (Johnny Coles) |
| d. | b-01 | New Morning - 6:11 (Johnny Coles) |
| e. | b-02 | United - 5:41 (Wayne Shorter) |
| f. | b-03 | I Don't Know Yet - 6:31 (Johnny Coles) |
| All titles on: | Criss Cross LP 12": 1005 — New Morning
Criss Cross CD: 1005 CD — New Morning (1992) | |
Date: June 8 & 9, 1983
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Uptown
Johnny Coles, Frank Wess (ldr), Frank Wess (as, ts), Johnny Coles (fh), Kenny Barron (p), Reggie Johnson (b), Kenny Washington (d)
| a. | a-01 | Whistle Stop - 5:56 (Kenny Dorham) / arr: Don Sickler |
| b. | a-02 | Morning Star - 5:31 (Rodgers Grant) / arr: Don Sickler |
| c. | a-03 | Celia - 4:57 (Bud Powell) / arr: Don Sickler |
| d. | a-04 | Nica's Tempo - 6:36 (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Don Sickler |
| e. | b-01 | Minority - 5:40 (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Don Sickler |
| f. | b-02 | Ill Wind - 6:29 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) / arr: Don Sickler |
| g. | b-03 | Stablemates - 6:00 (Benny Golson) / arr: Don Sickler |
| h. | b-04 | An Oscar For Oscar - 4:13 (Kenny Dorham) / arr: Don Sickler |
| All titles on: | Uptown LP 12": UP 27.14 — Two At The Top (1983) | |
Frank Wess (as) on a-e, h; (ts) on a-e, g-h.
Date: February 11, 1985
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Uptown
Johnny Coles, Maria Muldaur, Frank Wess (ldr), Frank Wess (as, ts), Don Sickler (t), Johnny Coles (fh), Kenny Barron (p), Ray Drummond (b), Ben Riley (d), Maria Muldaur (v)
| a. | Santa Baby - 4:06 (Joan Javits, Phil Springer, Tony Springer) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown LP 12": UP 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas (1990) | |
| b. | b-04 | Looking Back - 5:08 (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown LP 12": UP 27.25 — Transblucency (1986) |
| c. | I'll Be Home For Christmas - 6:22 (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas (1990) |
Johnny Coles (ldr) on c; (fh) on c; Maria Muldaur (ldr) on a-b; (v) on a-b; Frank Wess (ldr) on c; (as) on c; (ts) on a-b; Don Sickler (t) on a.
Date: January 15, 1988
Location: Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Label: [radio broadcast]
Johnny Coles, Frank Wess (ldr), Frank Wess (f, as, ts), Johnny Coles (fh), Smith Dobson (p), Larry Grenadier (b), Donald Bailey (d)
| a. | 01 | One For Amos - 14:34 (Sam Jones) |
| b. | 02 | If You Can't Call, Don't Come - 9:15 (Frank Wess) |
| c. | 03 | Morning Star - 9:12 (Rodgers Grant) / arr: Don Sickler |
| d. | 04 | Minority - 12:07 (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Don Sickler |
| e. | 05 | Blues For David - 14:56 (Buddy Montgomery) |
Frank Wess (f) on a; (as) on c-d; (ts) on b, e; Johnny Coles (fh) on a, c-e.