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Date: June 21, 1949
Location: New York City
Label: Decca
Cecil Payne (ldr), Bruce Hinkson (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Irvin Stokes (t), Billy Kyle (p), Franklin Skeete (b), Heyward Jackson (d)
| a. | W 75004 T4A | Egg Head - 2:49 (Cecil Payne, Danny Mendelsohn)
Decca 78: 48109 — Egg Head/Big Joe Ace Of Clubs LP 12": CH 94 — Jumpin' The Blues, vol. 1 (1984) Proper CD: 61 — The Big Horn: The History Of The Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone (2003) |
| b. | W 75005 T4A | No Chops (Cecil Payne, Danny Mendelsohn)
Decca 78: 48114 — No Chops/Hippy Dippy |
| c. | W 75006 T4A | Big Joe (Sammy Price, Irene Higginbotham)
Decca 78: 48109 — Egg Head/Big Joe |
| d. | W 75007 T3A | Hippy Dippy (Reuben Phillips, Cecil Payne)
Decca 78: 48114 — No Chops/Hippy Dippy |
Date: November 25, 1949
Location: New York City
Label: Decca
Cecil Payne (ldr), Ray Abrams (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Leonard Hawkins (t), Billy Taylor (p), John Simmons (b), Joe Harris (d), Henry Johnson (v)
| a. | W 75523 T3A | The Worst Is Yet To Come (Jack Fine, Cecil Payne, Danny Mendelsohn)
Decca 78: 48139 — The Worst Is Yet To Come/Ham Hocks |
| b. | W 75524 T5A | Angel Child (Walter McGee)
Decca 78: 48127 — Angel Child/Block Buster Boogie |
| c. | W 75525 T5A | Block Buster Boogie - 2:59 (Cecil Payne, Danny Mendelsohn)
Decca 78: 48127 — Angel Child/Block Buster Boogie Ace CD: CHD 941 — Jumpin' The Blues (2002) Indigo CD: — 1950: The R & B Hits (2003) Rev-Ola CD: — Zoot Suit Riot: R & B Instrumentals 1949-1953 (2005) |
| d. | W 75526 T3A | Ham Hocks - 2:52 (Cecil Payne, Danny Mendelsohn)
Decca 78: 48139 — The Worst Is Yet To Come/Ham Hocks JSP CD: JSP 7748 — Ham Hocks And Cornbread (2005) |
Henry Johnson (v) on a-b.
Date: May 19, 1956
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Signal
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (bar), Duke Jordan (p), Tommy Potter (b), Arthur Taylor (d)
| a. | 130 | Chessman's Delight - 5:27 (Randy Weston) |
| b. | 131 | How Deep Is The Ocean - 7:47 (Irving Berlin) |
| c. | 132 | This Time The Dream's On Me - 3:46 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| d. | 133 | Arnetta - 3:38 (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1167 — Patterns (1986)
Signal LP 12": S 1203 — Cecil Payne Savoy LP 12": MG 12147 — Patterns Of Jazz Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0135 — Patterns Of Jazz (1991) | |
Date: May 22, 1956
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Signal
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (bar), Kenny Dorham (t), Duke Jordan (p), Tommy Potter (b), Arthur Taylor (d)
| a. | 134 | Man Of Moods - 5:33 (Irving 'Duke' Jordan, Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 135 | Saucer Eyes - 6:38 (Randy Weston) |
| c. | 136 | Bringing Up Father - 6:19 (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | 137 | Groovin' High - 4:22 (Dizzy Gillespie) |
| All titles on: | Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJL 1167 — Patterns (1986)
Signal LP 12": S 1203 — Cecil Payne Savoy LP 12": MG 12147 — Patterns Of Jazz Savoy Jazz CD: SV 0135 — Patterns Of Jazz (1991) | |
Date: March 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Charlie Parker
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (bar), Clark Terry (t), Duke Jordan (p), Ron Carter (b), Charli Persip (d)
| a. | a-01 | Cool Blues - 3:32 (Charlie Parker) |
| b. | a-02 | Shaw 'Nuff - 4:27 (Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker) |
| c. | a-03 | Cheryl - 5:11 (Charlie Parker) |
| d. | a-04 | Bongo Bop - 3:50 (Charlie Parker) |
| e. | b-01 | The Hymn (Wichita Blues) - 4:40 (Jay McShann) |
| f. | b-02 | Communion - 4:49 (Cecil Payne) |
| g. | b-03 | Bongo Beep - 4:37 (Charlie Parker) |
| All titles on: | Charlie Parker LP 12": PLP 801 — Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music
Charlie Parker LP 12": CP 506 — Shaw 'Nuff Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 193 — Stop And Listen To...Cecil Payne (1992) | |
"Cheryl" mislabeled as "Relaxin' At Camarillo" on PLP 801.
Date: March 13-15, 1962
Location: RCA Studios, New York City
Label: Charlie Parker
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (bar), Clark Terry (t), Bennie Green (tb), Duke Jordan (p), Ron Carter (b), Charli Persip (d)
| a. | a-01 | Stop And Listen - 4:46 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | a-02 | Born Again - 5:42 (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | a-03 | Dear People [aka Sterling Place] - 4:03 (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | b-01 | Kenny's One - 5:29 (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
| e. | b-02 | Sister Carol - 3:14 (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
| f. | b-03 | Mighty Fine Wine - 3:30 (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
| g. | b-04 | It's Your Life - 3:20 (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
| All titles on: | Charlie Parker LP 12": PLP 806 — The Connection - New Original Score (1962)
Fresh Sound CD: FSR CD 193 — Stop And Listen To...Cecil Payne (1992) | |
Date: November 5, 1966
Location: Club 43, Manchester, UK
Label: Spotlite
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (bar), Joe Palin (p), Alan Cooper (b), Ron Parry (d)
| a. | a-01 | The Opener (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | a-02 | Brookfield Andante (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | b-01 | Azoff Blues (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | b-02 | Dear People [aka Sterling Place] (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Spotlite LP 12": CP 2 — Brookfield Andante | |
"Dear People" listed as "Sterling Place."
Date: late 1969 or early 1970
Location: New York City
Label: Frontier
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (as, bar), Kenny Dorham (t), Wynton Kelly (p, org), Wilbur Ware (b), Albert 'Tootie' Heath (d)
| a. | a-01 | Martin Luther King, Jr. - 6:55 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | a-01 | I Know Love - 2:09 (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | a-02 | Girl, You Got A Home - 10:48 (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | a-03 | Slide Hampton - 4:21 (Cecil Payne) |
| e. | b-01 | Follow Me - 9:16 (Cecil Payne) |
| f. | b-02 | Flying Fish - 12:20 (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Strata-East LP 12": SES 19734 — Zodiac (1976) | |
a, b performed as medley.
Cecil Payne (as) on d; Wynton Kelly (org) on c.
Date: March 16, 1973
Location: New York City
Label: Muse
Duke Jordan, Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar), Duke Jordan (p), Sam Jones (b), Al Foster (d)
| a. | a-01 | Egg Head - 3:12 (Cecil Payne, Danny Mendelsohn) |
| b. | a-02 | I Should Care - 5:29 (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) |
| c. | a-03 | Jordu - 5:24 (Irving 'Duke' Jordan) |
| d. | a-04 | Jazz Vendor - 4:24 (Irving 'Duke' Jordan) |
| e. | b-01 | Cu-Ba - 6:01 (Cecil Payne) |
| f. | b-02 | I Want To Talk About You - 3:42 (Billy Eckstine) |
| g. | b-03 | Cerupa - 5:08 (Cecil Payne) |
| h. | b-04 | No Problem - 4:07 (Irving 'Duke' Jordan) |
| All titles on: | Muse LP 12": MR 5015 — Brooklyn Brothers
Prevue CD: CD PR 13 — Brooklyn Brothers (1998) | |
Cecil Payne (f) on g; (bar) on a, c-f, h.
Date: February 2, 1976
Location: Blue Rock Studios, New York City
Label: Muse
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar), Tom Harrell (t, fh), Duke Jordan (p), Buster Williams (b), Al Foster (d)
| a. | a-01 | Bird Gets The Worm - 6:45 (Charlie Parker) |
| b. | a-02 | Repetition - 7:15 (Neal Hefti) |
| c. | a-03 | Ninny Melina - 5:35 (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | b-01 | Ko Ko - 5:35 (Charlie Parker) |
| e. | b-02 | All The Things You Are - 2:15 (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| f. | b-02 | Prince Albert - 2:00 (Kenny Dorham) |
| g. | b-02 | Bird Of Paradise - 2:00 (Charlie Parker) |
| h. | b-03 | Constellation - 7:15 (Charlie Parker) |
| All titles on: | Muse LP 12": MR 5061 — Bird Gets The Worm | |
e, f, g performed as medley.
Date: July 19 & 20, 1979
Location: Milner Sound Studios, London, England
Label: Spotlite
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar, v), Curtis Fuller (tb, v), Mick Pyne (p), Dave Green (b), Alan Jackson (d)
| a. | a-01 | Violets For Your Furs - 2:30 (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
| b. | a-02 | Skylark - 2:42 (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) |
| c. | a-03 | Lover Man - 2:52 (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| d. | a-04 | Equinox - 8:02 (John Coltrane) |
| e. | a-05 | Disorder At The Border - 4:42 (Coleman Hawkins) |
| f. | b-01 | Bright Moments - 7:15 (Roland Kirk) |
| g. | b-02 | Solar [aka Sonny] - 8:16 (Chuck Wayne) |
| h. | b-03 | Speak Low - 9:18 (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) |
| All titles on: | Spotlite LP 12": SPJLP 21 — Bright Moments (1980) | |
Cecil Payne (f) on f; (bar) on a, d-e, g-h; (v) on f; Curtis Fuller (tb) on c-h; (v) on f.
Date: February 27, 1985
Location: 39th Street Music Studio, New York City
Label: Empathy
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (bar), Joe Carter (g), Richard Wyands (p), Stafford James (b)
| a. | a-01 | Casbah - 6:47 (Tadd Dameron) |
| b. | a-02 | Carney - 6:47 (Rick Henderson) |
| c. | a-03 | Wave - 8:09 (Antonio Carlos Jobim) |
| d. | b-01 | A Walkin' Thing - 5:45 (Benny Carter) |
| e. | b-02 | Time After Time - 3:30 (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) |
| f. | b-03 | How Deep Is The Ocean - 4:42 (Irving Berlin) |
| g. | b-04 | Bosco - 5:51 (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Empathy LP 12": E 1005 — Casbah
Stash CD: CD 572 — Casbah (1993) | |
Date: June 1 & 2, 1993
Location: Riverside Studios, Chicago, IL
Label: Delmark
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar), Eric Alexander (ts), Freddie Hubbard, Odies Williams, III (t), Harold Mabern, Jr. (p), John Ore (b), Joe Farnsworth (d)
| a. | 01 | The Opener - 7:36 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 02 | Bolambo - 8:43 (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | 03 | I Should Care - 8:42 (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) |
| d. | 04 | Cerupa - 8:05 (Cecil Payne) |
| e. | 05 | Bee Wee - 9:23 (Cecil Payne) |
| f. | 06 | Cu-Ba - 4:46 (Cecil Payne) |
| g. | 07 | Bosco - 8:54 (Cecil Payne) |
| h. | 08 | Brookfield Andante - 13:19 (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Delmark CD: DE 478 — Cerupa (1995) | |
Cecil Payne (f) on d, g; (bar) on a-c, e-f, h; Freddie Hubbard (t) on e; Odies Williams, III (t) on h.
Confirmation needed that the track listed on issues as "The Opening" is the same as Payne's "The Opener."
Date: September 2 & 3, 1996
Location: Riverside Studio, Chicago, IL
Label: Delmark
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar), Eric Alexander, Lin Halliday (ts), Marcus Belgrave (t), Harold Mabern, Jr. (p), John Ore (b), Joe Farnsworth (d)
| a. | 01 | Scotch And Milk - 9:09 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 02 | Wilhelminia - 8:50 (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | 03 | I'm Goin' In - 10:01 (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | 04 | If I Should Lose You - 5:20 (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) |
| e. | 05 | Que Pasaning - 8:13 (Cecil Payne) |
| f. | 06 | Cit Sac - 11:22 (Cecil Payne) |
| g. | 07 | Lady Nia - 8:17 (Cecil Payne) |
| h. | 08 | Et Vous Too, Cecil? - 10:27 (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Delmark CD: DE 494 — Scotch And Milk (1997) | |
Cecil Payne (f) on f; (bar) on a-e, g-h.
Date: May 8, 1998
Location: International Jazzfestival Bern - Kursaal, Bern, Switzerland
Label: [television broadcast]
Ron Carter, Cecil Payne (ldr), Eric Alexander (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Stephen Scott (p), Ron Carter (b), Lewis Nash (d)
| a. | 01 | Bee Wee (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 02 | Flying Fish (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | 03 | Lover Man (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| d. | 04 | Slide's Blues (Slide Hampton) |
| e. | 05 | Cit Sac (Cecil Payne) |
| f. | 06 | I'm Goin' In (Cecil Payne) |
Eric Alexander (ts) on a-b, d-f; Stephen Scott (p) on a-b, d-f; Lewis Nash (d) on a-b, d-f.
Date: August 17 & 18, 1998
Location: Riverside Studio, Chicago, IL
Label: Delmark
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar), Eric Alexander (ts), Steve Davis (tb), Harold Mabern, Jr. (p), John Webber (b), Joe Farnsworth (d)
| a. | 01 | Spiritus Parkus (Parker's Spiritus) - 9:20 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 02 | Martin Luther King, Jr. - 4:21 (Cecil Payne) |
| c. | 03 | James - 7:33 (Cecil Payne) |
| d. | 04 | That's It Blues - 8:44 (Cecil Payne) |
| e. | 05 | Payne's Window - 7:33 (Steve Davis) |
| f. | 06 | South Side Samba - 7:05 (Benny Carter) |
| g. | 07 | Lover Man - 4:34 (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| h. | 08 | Tune Up - 8:42 (Eddie Vinson, Miles Davis) |
| i. | 09 | Delilah - 7:01 (Victor Young) |
| j. | 10 | Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) - 8:04 (Jerry Brandow, Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Willie Spottswood, Leonard Ware) |
| All titles on: | Delmark CD: DE 509 — Payne's Window (1999) | |
Cecil Payne (f) on i; (bar) on a-h, j; Eric Alexander (ts) on a-f, h-j; Steve Davis (tb) on a-f, h-j.
Date: February 8, 1999
Location: New York City
Label: Progressive
Cecil Payne (ldr), Cecil Payne (f, bar), Ed Stoute (p), Leonard Gaskin (b), Wade Barnes (d), Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch (v)
| a. | 01 | L. C.'s Cookbook - 3:57 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 02 | Saucer Eyes - 5:28 (Randy Weston) |
| c. | 03 | I Didn't Know About You - 5:24 (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) |
| d. | 04 | Blue 'n' Boogie - 4:38 (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) |
| e. | 05 | Stella By Starlight - 2:54 (Victor Young, Ned Washington) |
| f. | 06 | Full Moonlight And Stars Made Of Silver - 4:54 (Cecil Payne) |
| g. | 07 | Blue Monk - 3:59 (Thelonious Monk) |
| h. | 08 | Cherokee - 7:20 (Ray Noble) |
| i. | 09 | Meditation [aka Meditação] - 4:27 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel) |
| All titles on: | Progressive CD: PCD 7109 — The Brooklyn Four Plus One (2000) | |
Cecil Payne (f) on e, g; (bar) on a-d, f, h-i; Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch (v) on c, e, g, i.
Date: August 17-19, 2000
Location: Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL
Label: Delmark
Cecil Payne (ldr), Eric Alexander (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Jim Rotondi (t), Harold Mabern, Jr. (p), John Webber (b), Joe Farnsworth (d)
| a. | 02 | Chic Boom - 11:04 (Cecil Payne) |
| b. | 03 | Ding-A-Ling - 11:13 (Cecil Payne, Joe Farnsworth) |
| c. | 04 | You Will Be Mine Tonight - 8:29 (Cecil Payne, Joe Farnsworth) |
| d. | 05 | Bosco - 12:47 (Cecil Payne) |
| e. | 06 | Here's That Rainy Day - 8:00 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| f. | 07 | Cit Sac - 10:06 (Cecil Payne) |
| All titles on: | Delmark CD: DE 529 — Chic Boom - Live At The Jazz Showcase (2001) | |
Spoken comments (0:39) precede the first selection.
One additional selection (3:06) listed as "Theme" (Cecil Payne) - title unknown.