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Date: January 11, 1956
Location: New York City
Label: Keynote
Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts), Vince Guaraldi (p), Monty Budwig (b), Joe Morello (d)
a. | A Gal In Calico (Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin) | |
b. | Ginza (Vince Guaraldi) | |
c. | It's You Or No One (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) | |
d. | It Had To Be You (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) | |
e. | Lost April (Emil Newman, Herbert Spencer, Edgar DeLange) | |
f. | Moonlight Becomes You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
g. | The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Buddy Bernier, Jerome Brainin) | |
h. | One Man's Famine |
Somewhat unlikely New York location seems due to Woody Herman tour schedule.
Date: July 1956
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: Liberty
Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ldr), Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins (ts), Pete Jolly (p), Red Mitchell (b), Stan Levey (d)
a. | a-01 | Cotton Tail - 4:34 (Duke Ellington) |
b. | a-02 | I Want A Little Girl - 5:55 (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) |
c. | a-03 | Blues For Two - 4:26 (Keith 'Red' Mitchell) |
d. | a-04 | Indian Summer - 4:36 (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) |
e. | b-01 | Don't Be That Way - 5:01 (Edgar Sampson, Mitchell Parish, Benny Goodman) |
f. | b-02 | Oh, Look At Me Now - 5:32 (Joe Bushkin, John De Vries) |
g. | b-03 | Spain - 4:58 (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) |
h. | b-04 | Pick A Dilly - 4:20 (Al Cohn) |
All titles on: | Liberty LP 12": LRP 3051 — Tenors Head-On
Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7 97195 2 — Tenors Head-On (1992) |
Date: June 1957
Location: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Label: Mode
Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts), Carl Perkins (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Stan Levey (d)
a. | a-01 | Just Friends - 5:22 (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) |
b. | a-02 | Rain Drain - 3:34 (Richie Kamuca) |
c. | a-03 | What's New - 2:28 (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) |
d. | a-04 | Early Bird - 4:12 (Carl Perkins) |
e. | b-01 | Nevertheless - 6:16 (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) |
f. | b-02 | My One And Only Love - 3:34 (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) |
g. | b-03 | Fire One - 2:10 (Carl Perkins) |
h. | b-04 | Cherokee - 3:01 (Ray Noble) |
All titles on: | V.S.O.P. LP 12": 17 — Richie Kamuca Quartet (1985)
Mode LP 12": MOD LP 102 — Richie Kamuca Quartet V.S.O.P. CD: 17 CD — Richie Kamuca Quartet (1988) |
Date: 1959
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: HiFi
Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts), Bill Holman (bar), Conte Candoli, Ed Leddy (t), Frank Rosolino (tb), Vince Guaraldi (p), Monty Budwig (b), Stan Levey (d)
a. | a-01 | 'Way Down Under - 3:32 (Bill Holman) / arr: Bill Holman |
b. | a-02 | Blue Jazz - 4:20 (Richie Kamuca) |
c. | a-03 | Angel Eyes - 3:55 (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) / arr: Bill Holman |
d. | a-04 | Stella By Starlight - 3:19 (Victor Young, Ned Washington) |
e. | a-05 | Star Eyes - 4:34 (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) / arr: Bill Holman
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD 3707-2 — Specialty/HiFiJazz/Nocturne - Original Jazz Classics Sampler (2002) |
f. | b-01 | I Hadn't Anyone Till You - 4:23 (Ray Noble) / arr: Bill Holman |
g. | b-02 | Linger Awhile - 3:42 (Harry Owens, Vincent Rose) |
h. | b-03 | The Things We Did Last Summer - 4:37 (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Bill Holman |
i. | b-04 | It's You Or No One - 4:02 (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) |
j. | b-05 | Back Home Again In Indiana - 4:33 (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) / arr: Bill Holman |
All titles on: | HiFi LP 12": R 604 — Jazz Erotica
HiFi LP 12": R 609 — West Coast Jazz In HiFi Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1760-2 — West Coast Jazz In HiFi (1992) |
Bill Holman (bar) on a, c, e-f, h, j; Conte Candoli (t) on a, c, e-f, h, j; Ed Leddy (t) on a, c, e-f, h, j; Frank Rosolino (tb) on a, c, e-f, h, j.
Issues incorrectly give title of i. as "If You Were No One" and incorrectly credit to Bill Holman.
Date: ca. 1976
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: [private recording]
Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts, v), Mundell Lowe (g), Monty Budwig (b), Nick Ceroli (d)
a. | a-01 | I Concentrate On You - 5:50 (Cole Porter) |
b. | a-02 | If I Love Again - 3:06 (Jack Murray, Ben Oakland) |
c. | a-03 | Some Other Spring - 4:57 (Arthur Herzog, Irene Kitchings) |
d. | a-04 | Say It Isn't So - 4:35 (Irving Berlin) |
e. | b-01 | Symphony - 3:52 (Alex Alstone) |
f. | b-02 | The Carioca (Flying Down To Rio) - 3:54 (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn) |
g. | b-03 | When Day Is Done - 5:15 (Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher) |
h. | b-04 | 'Tis Autumn - 5:22 (Henry Nemo) |
All titles on: | Jazzz LP 12": 104 — 1976 (1976)
Concord LP 12": CJ 41 — Richie (1977) |
Richie Kamuca (v) on h.
Date: ca. 1977
Location: Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA
Label: [private recording]
Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts), Dave Frishberg (p)
a. | I Didn't Know About You - 4:26 (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) | |
b. | All Alone - 3:10 (Irving Berlin) | |
c. | Three Little Words - 3:30 (Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby) | |
d. | With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair - 3:01 (Clara Edwards, Jack Lawrence) | |
e. | Harlem Butterfly - 3:40 (Johnny Mercer) | |
All titles on: | Concord LP 12": CJ 39 — Drop Me Off In Harlem (1977) |
Date: ca. 1977
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: [private recording]
Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts), Blue Mitchell (t), Jimmy Rowles (p), Ray Brown (b), Donald Bailey (d)
a. | Dizzy Atmosphere (Dizzy Gillespie) | |
b. | If You Could See Me Now (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) | |
c. | Chi Chi (Charlie Parker) | |
d. | Barbados (Charlie Parker) | |
e. | Confirmation (Charlie Parker) | |
f. | Blues (Traditional) | |
g. | Willow, Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) | |
h. | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
i. | Hot House (Tadd Dameron) | |
All titles on: | Concord LP 12": CJ 96 — Charlie (1979) |
g, h performed as medley.
Date: February 2, 1977
Location: Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA
Label: [private recording]
Richie Kamuca (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts, v), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b)
a. | Drop Me Off In Harlem - 3:47 (Duke Ellington, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) | |
b. | Dear Bix - 4:38 (Dave Frishberg) | |
c. | It Must Be True - 4:57 (Gus Arnheim, Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) | |
All titles on: | Concord LP 12": CJ 39 — Drop Me Off In Harlem (1977) |
Richie Kamuca (v) on b.