Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Phil Sunkel (t), Billy Byers (tb), Jimmy Raney (g), Gene DiNovi (p), Clyde Lombardi (b), Jimmy Campbell (d), Betty St. Claire (v)
| a. | Byers' Market (Billy Byers) | |
| b. | Out Of Nowhere - 2:16 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) Jubilee LP 12": JGM 1011 — What Is There To Say Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 103 — Hal McKusick Plays, Betty St. Claire Sings... (1989) | |
| c. | Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) | |
| d. | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| e. | What Is There To Say - 3:33 (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) Jubilee LP 12": JGM 1011 — What Is There To Say Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 103 — Hal McKusick Plays, Betty St. Claire Sings... (1989) | |
| f. | Almost Like Being In Love - 2:45 (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) Jubilee LP 12": JGM 1011 — What Is There To Say Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 103 — Hal McKusick Plays, Betty St. Claire Sings... (1989) | |
| g. | Here Comes Trouble Again - 3:20 Jubilee LP 12": JGM 1011 — What Is There To Say Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 103 — Hal McKusick Plays, Betty St. Claire Sings... (1989) | |
| All titles on: | Jubilee LP 10": LP 15 — Hal McKusick With Betty St. Claire | |
Betty St. Claire (v) on b, e-g.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | a-01 | Taylor Made - 3:10 (Manny Albam) |
| b. | a-02 | You Don't Know What Love Is - 3:28 (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
| c. | a-03 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 3:44 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| d. | a-04 | Lullaby For Leslie - 4:27 (Manny Albam) |
| e. | a-05 | Minor Matters - 4:20 (Manny Albam) |
| f. | b-01 | Blue-Who - 3:54 (Manny Albam) |
| g. | b-02 | By-Ian - 4:13 (Manny Albam) |
| h. | b-03 | What's New - 4:33 (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) |
| i. | b-04 | Interwoven - 2:54 (Manny Albam) |
| j. | b-05 | Give 'Em Hal - 3:42 (Manny Albam) |
| All titles on: | Bethlehem LP 12": BCP-16 — Hal McKusick Quartet Fresh Sound CD: FSR-CD 41 — Hal McKusick Quartet (1989) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) | |
Hal McKusick (cl) on d; (as) on a-c, e-j.
Engineer: Tom Dowd
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Sol Gubin (d), Abe Borodkin, Milton Prinz, Lucien Schmidt, Harvey Shapiro (vc)
| a. | F2JB6998 | My Inspiration - 4:29 (Bob Haggart, Hilton 'Nappy' Lamare) / arr: Manny Albam |
| b. | F2JB6999 | Theme - 3:15 (Al Cohn) / arr: Al Cohn |
| c. | F2JB7000 | Immortal - 2:43 (Bobby Scott) / arr: Bobby Scott |
| d. | F2JB7001 | Minor Seventh Heaven - 3:28 (Osie Johnson) / arr: Osie Johnson |
| All titles on: | RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1164 — In A Twentieth-Century Drawing Room BMG CD: 07432 1 12584 2 5 — In A Twentieth-Century Drawing Room (1996) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) | |
Hal McKusick (cl) on a; (as) on b-d.
Date may be September 14, 1955.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Sol Gubin (d), Abe Borodkin, Milton Prinz, Lucien Schmidt, Harvey Shapiro (vc)
| a. | F2JB7002 | How Long Has This Been Going On - 3:15 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Manny Albam |
| b. | F2JB7003 | Can't We Be Friends? - 2:35 (Paul James, Kay Swift) / arr: Manny Albam |
| c. | F2JB7004 | Gift Of The Magi - 2:46 (Manny Albam) / arr: Manny Albam |
| d. | F2JB7005 | Step Lively, Osie - 2:33 (Manny Albam) / arr: Manny Albam |
| All titles on: | RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1164 — In A Twentieth-Century Drawing Room BMG CD: 07432 1 12584 2 5 — In A Twentieth-Century Drawing Room (1996) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) | |
Hal McKusick (cl) on a-b; (as) on c-d.
Date may be September 15, 1955.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Sol Gubin (d), Sidney Edwards, Bernard Greenhouse, Lucien Schmidt, Harvey Shapiro (vc)
| a. | F2JB7006 | You're A Lucky Guy - 3:09 (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) / arr: Manny Albam |
| b. | F2JB7007 | Alto Stratus - 5:12 (Manny Albam) / arr: Manny Albam |
| c. | F2JB7008 | Brother Jack - 3:12 (Hal McKusick) / arr: Manny Albam |
| All titles on: | RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1164 — In A Twentieth-Century Drawing Room BMG CD: 07432 1 12584 2 5 — In A Twentieth-Century Drawing Room (1996) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) | |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | G2JB2703 | The Day John Brown Was Hanged - 7:56 (George Russell) / arr: George Russell RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) |
| b. | G2JB2703-? | The Day John Brown Was Hanged - 7:15 (George Russell) / arr: George Russell Bluebird CD: 6471-2 — Jazz Workshop: The Arrangers (1987) |
| c. | G2JB2704 | Lydian Lullaby - 4:57 (George Russell) / arr: George Russell RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop Bluebird CD: 6471-2 — Jazz Workshop: The Arrangers (1987) BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) |
| d. | G2JB2705 | Ain't Nothing But A Memory Now - 3:32 (Al Cohn) / arr: Al Cohn RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as), Gene Allen (bar), Art Farmer (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Bill Barber (tu), Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Raney (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), George Russell (tam)
| a. | G2JB3402 | Alto Cumulus - 3:00 (Manny Albam) / arr: Manny Albam RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) |
| b. | G2JB3403 | Jambangle - 4:08 (Gil Evans) / arr: Gil Evans RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop Bluebird CD: 6471-2 — Jazz Workshop: The Arrangers (1987) BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) |
| c. | G2JB3404 | Blues For Pablo - 4:54 (Gil Evans) / arr: Gil Evans RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop Bluebird CD: 6471-2 — Jazz Workshop: The Arrangers (1987) BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) |
| d. | G2JB3405-? | Tommyhawk (Johnny Mandel) / arr: Johnny Mandel |
Jimmy Raney (g) on b-d; George Russell (tam) on c.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as), Sol Schlinger (bar), Art Farmer (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Bill Barber (tu), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | G2JB3405 | Tommyhawk - 2:57 (Johnny Mandel) / arr: Johnny Mandel RCA Victor LP 12": SPL 12-41 — New Sensations In Jazz From RCA Victor LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) |
| b. | G2JB3423 | One Score And Eight Horns Ago - 3:25 (Jimmy Giuffre) / arr: Jimmy Giuffre LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) |
| c. | G2JB3424 | Miss Clara - 4:06 (George Russell) / arr: George Russell Bluebird CD: 6471-2 — Jazz Workshop: The Arrangers (1987) |
| All titles on: | RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) | |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | a-01 | Give 'Em Hal - 6:36 (Manny Albam) |
| b. | a-02 | When The Sun Comes Out - 4:17 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) / arr: George Russell |
| c. | a-03 | Can't Get Out Of This Mood - 4:57 (Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) / arr: George Russell |
| d. | a-04 | These Foolish Things - 4:21 (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
| e. | a-05 | Out Of This World - 3:57 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) / arr: George Russell |
| f. | b-01 | This Is New - 3:15 (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) |
| g. | b-02 | Over The Rainbow - 4:08 (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) |
| h. | b-03 | Serenade In Blue - 3:30 (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) / arr: George Russell |
| i. | b-04 | Prelude To A Kiss - 4:00 (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) / arr: George Russell |
| j. | b-05 | Irresistible You - 7:54 (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
| All titles on: | Coral LP 12": CRL 57116 — Jazz At The Academy Universal CD: UCCC 9064 — Jazz At The Academy (2003) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) | |
Lord credits George Russell with arrangement of a., but it seems likely that this was by its composer Manny Albam. Comparison with recording of February 17, 1955 is needed.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as), Art Farmer (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Teddy Kotick (b), Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | G2JB9796 | Just Leave It Alone - 4:22 (Jimmy Giuffre) / arr: Jimmy Giuffre |
| b. | G2JB9797 | The Blues Train - 4:17 (Jimmy Giuffre) / arr: Jimmy Giuffre |
| Both titles on: | RCA Victor LP 12": LPM 1366 — The Jazz Workshop BMG CD: 7432 1 9135 2 2 — The Jazz Workshop (2001) LoneHill Jazz CD: LHJ 10176 — The Complete Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson Recordings (2005) | |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as), Art Farmer (t), Eddie Costa (p), Milt Hinton (b), Gus Johnson (d)
| a. | 101538 | This Time The Dream's On Me (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Manny Albam Coral LP 12": CRL 57149 — Jazz Cornucopia |
| b. | 101539 | Isn't It Romantic - 2:17 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) / arr: Al Cohn Coral LP 12": CRL 57131 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer MCA LP 12": MCA 1379 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer (1983) GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| c. | 101540 | Alone Together - 3:50 (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) / arr: Manny Albam Coral LP 12": CRL 57131 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer MCA LP 12": MCA 1379 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer (1983) GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| d. | 101541 | Old Devil Moon - 3:36 (Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg) / arr: Al Cohn Coral LP 12": CRL 57131 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer MCA LP 12": MCA 1379 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer (1983) GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (bcl, as), Art Farmer (t), Eddie Costa (p), Milt Hinton (b), Gus Johnson (d)
| a. | 101542 | Criss Cross (Manny Albam) / arr: Manny Albam |
| b. | 101543 | For Art's Sake - 2:26 (Al Cohn) / arr: Al Cohn GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| c. | 101544 | Down And Dirty - 3:28 (Al Cohn) / arr: Al Cohn GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| d. | 101545 | Gone With The Wind - 5:24 (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) / arr: Manny Albam GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| All titles on: | Coral LP 12": CRL 57131 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer MCA LP 12": MCA 1379 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer (1983) | |
Hal McKusick (bcl) on b.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Art Farmer (t), Eddie Costa (p), Milt Hinton (b), Gus Johnson (d)
| a. | 101546 | When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar A. Swan) |
| b. | 101547 | Makin' Whoopee (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) |
| c. | 101548 | Ponsu - 3:54 (Art Farmer) / arr: Art Farmer GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| All titles on: | Coral LP 12": CRL 57131 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer MCA LP 12": MCA 1379 — Hal McKusick Quintet Featuring Art Farmer (1983) | |
Hal McKusick (cl) on a.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as, ts), Billy Byers (tb), Eddie Costa (p), Paul Chambers (b), Charli Persip (d)
| a. | 1417 | Interim - 6:00 (Hal McKusick) New Jazz LP 12": NJ 8204 — Bird Feathers Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1735-2 — Bird Feathers |
| b. | 1418 | Saturday Night - 5:51 (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) / arr: Bobby Scott Prestige LP 12": PR-7135 — Triple Exposure |
| c. | 1419 | Don't Worry 'Bout Me - 9:10 (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) New Jazz LP 12": NJ 8204 — Bird Feathers Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1735-2 — Bird Feathers |
| d. | 1420 | Con Alma - 3:50 (Dizzy Gillespie) New Jazz LP 12": NJ 8204 — Bird Feathers Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1735-2 — Bird Feathers |
| e. | 1421 | Something New - 7:13 (Nilo Menendez, Albert Gamse) Prestige LP 12": PR-7135 — Triple Exposure |
| f. | 1422 | Blues Half-Smiling - 8:09 (Hal McKusick) Prestige LP 12": PR-7135 — Triple Exposure |
| g. | 1423 | A Touch Of Spring - 7:43 (Hal McKusick) Prestige LP 12": PR-7135 — Triple Exposure |
| h. | 1424 | The Settlers And The Indians - 5:11 (Bobby Scott) / arr: Bobby Scott Prestige LP 12": PR-7135 — Triple Exposure |
| i. | 1425 | I'm Glad There Is You - 5:33 (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul (Madeira) Mertz) Prestige LP 12": PR-7135 — Triple Exposure |
| All titles on: | Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-1811-2 — Triple Exposure | |
Hal McKusick (cl) on g, i; (as) on a-d, f, h; (ts) on e-f.
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (bcl, as), Art Farmer (t), Bill Evans (p), Paul Chambers (b), Connie Kay (d)
| a. | 104634 | Sing Song (Jimmy Giuffre) / arr: Jimmy Giuffre |
| b. | 104635 | It Never Entered My Mind - 3:49 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) / arr: Jimmy Giuffre GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) |
| c. | 104636 | Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / arr: Jimmy Giuffre |
| All titles on: | Decca LP 12": DL 79209 — Cross Section - Saxes | |
Additional unknown title (104637).
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick, Frank Socolow (as), Dick Hafer (ts), Jay Cameron (bar), Bill Evans (p), Paul Chambers (b), Connie Kay (d)
| a. | 104638 | LaRue [aka Tribute To Brownie] - 4:12 (Nat Adderley, Clifford Brown, Duke Pearson) / arr: Ernie Wilkins |
| b. | 104639 | Now's The Time - 6:11 (Charlie Parker) / arr: Ernie Wilkins |
| c. | 104640 | Whisper Not - 3:19 (Benny Golson) / arr: George Handy |
| d. | 104641 | The Last Day Of Fall - 3:28 (George Handy) / arr: George Handy |
| All titles on: | Decca LP 12": DL 79209 — Cross Section - Saxes GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) | |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (cl, as), Art Farmer (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Bill Evans (p), Milt Hinton (b), Charli Persip (d)
| a. | 104642 | Stratusphunk - 6:29 (George Russell) / arr: George Russell Decca LP 12": DL 79209 — Cross Section - Saxes |
| b. | 104643 | The End Of A Love Affair - 4:41 (Edward C. Redding) / arr: George Russell Decca LP 12": DL 79209 — Cross Section - Saxes |
| c. | 104644 | You're My Thrill - 4:05 (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) / arr: George Russell |
| All titles on: | GRP/Decca CD: GRD 651 — Now's The Time (1957-58) (1995) | |
Hal McKusick (ldr), Hal McKusick (as, ts), Tony Zano (p), Charlie LaChappelle (b), Joe Hunt (d)
| a. | 01 | Summertime (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| b. | 02 | How Insensitive [aka Insensatez] (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel) |
| c. | 03 | The Underdog (Al Cohn, Dave Frishberg) |
| d. | 04 | Broadway (Bill Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) |
| e. | 05 | 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) |
| f. | 06 | Billie's Bounce (Charlie Parker) |
Private tape exists.