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Date: June 1956
Location: New York City
Label: Dawn
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Paul West (b), Arthur Taylor (d)
| a. | a-01 | Dancing On The Ceiling - 2:25 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | a-02 | Legend - 3:17 (Gildo Mahones) |
| c. | a-03 | Temptation - 3:56 (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) |
| d. | a-04 | Episode - 2:04 (Julius Watkins) |
| e. | a-05 | Dancing In The Dark - 2:05 (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) |
| f. | a-06 | Goodbye - 3:40 (Gordon Jenkins) |
| All titles on: | Dawn LP 12": DLP 1101 — Jazzville '56, vol. 1
Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) Blue Moon CD: DCD 104 — Les Jazz Modes (1998) | |
Group known as Les Jazz Modes.
Date: June 12, 1956
Location: New York City
Label: Dawn
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Paul Chambers, Oscar Pettiford (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Janet Putnam (hrp), Eileen Gilbert (v)
| a. | a-01 | Town And Country - 4:12 (Varon)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| b. | a-02 | When The Blues Come On - 4:15 (Al Cohn, Charles Isaiah Darwin)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1123 — Critics' Choice (1957) Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| c. | a-03 | Blue Modes - 4:30 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| d. | a-04 | You Are Too Beautiful - 3:40 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| e. | a-05 | So Far - 2:54 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| f. | b-01 | Idle Evening - 4:14 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| g. | b-02 | Garden Delights - 5:26 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| h. | b-03 | Strange Tale - 4:28 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| i. | b-04 | Two Songs - 3:11 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1108 — Les Jazz Modes Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) |
| j. | Stallion - 3:04 (Gildo Mahones)
Jazztone LP 12": J 1245 — Modern Jazz Festival | |
| All titles on: | Blue Moon CD: DCD 104 — Les Jazz Modes (1998) | |
Paul Chambers (b) on a-d, g, i-j; Oscar Pettiford (b) on e-f, h; Janet Putnam (hrp) on b, d, g; Eileen Gilbert (v) on b, f-h.
Group known as Les Jazz Modes.
f-i form the Jazz Garden Suite.
Date: December 4, 1956
Location: New York City
Label: Dawn
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Francisco 'Chino' Pozo (bgo), Eileen Gilbert (v)
| a. | Baubles, Bangles And Beads - 2:44 (George 'Chet' Forrest, Robert Craig Wright)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| b. | Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] - 5:18 (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| c. | The Golden Chariot - 2:44 (Gildo Mahones)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| d. | Let's Try - 3:17 (Charles Isaiah Darwin, Paulette Girard)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| e. | Bohemia - 3:24 (Ed Smollett, Charles E. Shirley, Mynell Allen)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| f. | Catch Her - 2:38 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1124 — Jazz For Hi-Fi Lovers (1956) Euphoria LP 12": ELP 199 — Jazz For Hi-Fi Lovers Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| g. | Hoo-Tai - 6:25 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| h. | Mood In Scarlet - 4:49 (Julius Watkins)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| i. | Linda Delia - 4:19 (George Butcher)
Dawn LP 12": DLP 1117 — Mood In Scarlet Seeco LP 12": CELP 466 — Smart Jazz For The Smart Set Biograph CD: BCD 134/135 — Les Jazz Modes: The Rare Dawn Sessions (1995) | |
| j. | We Can Talk It Over - 3:21 (Julius Watkins)
Harmony LP 12": HL 7196 — Modern Jazz Festival (1959) | |
| k. | I've Got You Under My Skin - 3:21 (Cole Porter)
Jazztone LP 12": J 1245 — Modern Jazz Festival | |
| All titles on: | Blue Moon CD: DCD 105 — Mood In Scarlet (1998) | |
Francisco 'Chino' Pozo (bgo) on d-e; Eileen Gilbert (v) on g-h.
Group known as Les Jazz Modes.
Date: August 29, 1957
Label: Bethlehem
Paul Quinichette, Charlie Rouse (ldr), Paul Quinichette, Charlie Rouse (ts), Wynton Kelly (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Ed Thigpen (d)
| a. | B6470 | This Can't Be Love - 4:25 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6035 — Fifteen Star Saxophones (1958) |
| b. | B6471 | Last Time For Love - 3:24 (Carmen McRae) |
| c. | B6472 | The Tender Trap - 5:24 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) |
| d. | B6473 | Knittin' - 5:49 (Charlie Rouse) |
| e. | B6474 | The Chase Is On - 5:16 (Harold Tubbs) |
| f. | B6475 | The Things I Love - 4:29 (Harold Barlow, Lewis Harris, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky) |
| All titles on: | Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6038 — The Chase Is On (1978)
Affinity LP 12": AFF 154 — The Chase Is On (1986) Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6021 — The Chase Is On Affinity CD: AFF 754 — The Saxophone Syndicate (1985) Bethlehem CD: BR 5027 — The Chase Is On (1986) | |
Date: September 8, 1957
Label: Bethlehem
Paul Quinichette, Charlie Rouse (ldr), Paul Quinichette, Charlie Rouse (ts), Freddie Green (g), Hank Jones (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Ed Thigpen (d)
| a. | B6476 | When The Blues Come On - 6:19 (Al Cohn, Charles Isaiah Darwin)
Bethlehem 45: 11046 — When The Blues Come On (parts 1 & 2) |
| b. | B6477 | You're Cheatin' Yourself - 3:18 (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning) |
| Both titles on: | Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6038 — The Chase Is On (1978)
Affinity LP 12": AFF 154 — The Chase Is On (1986) Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6021 — The Chase Is On Affinity CD: AFF 754 — The Saxophone Syndicate (1985) Bethlehem CD: BR 5027 — The Chase Is On (1986) | |
a. issued as parts 1 & 2 on Bethlehem 11046 - confirmation needed that this is not a 78 rpm.
Lord shows B6477 as part 2 of When The Blues Come On but gives no master number for You're Cheatin' Yourself - confirmation needed.
Date: October 28, 1957
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Francisco 'Chino' Pozo (bgo), Eileen Gilbert (v)
| a. | 2787 | Glad That I Found You - 2:37 (Julius Watkins) |
| b. | 2788 | Blue Flame - 4:02 (Julius Watkins) |
| c. | 2789 | Princess - 4:35 (Julius Watkins, Margarita Orelia Benskina) |
| d. | 2790 | Knittin' - 6:24 (Charlie Rouse) |
| All titles on: | Atlantic LP 12": SD 1306 — The Jazz Modes
Koch Jazz CD: KOC-CD 8503 — The Jazz Modes (1999) Collectables CD: COL-CD 6946 — The Jazz Modes (2006) | |
Eileen Gilbert (v) on a-c.
Group known as The Jazz Modes.
Some sources give date as October 28, 1959 but master numbers support 1957 date.
Date: November 7, 1957
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b), Ron Jefferson (d, tri)
| a. | 2810 | Like A Woman - 2:57 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Julius Watkins |
| b. | 2811 | Joey, Joey, Joey - 3:53 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Gildo Mahones |
| c. | 2812 | Warm All Over - 4:56 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Gildo Mahones |
| d. | 2813 | Somebody, Somewhere - 3:13 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Julius Watkins |
| All titles on: | Atlantic LP 12": 1280 — The Most Happy Fella (1958)
Koch Jazz CD: KOC-CD 8507 — The Most Happy Fella (1998) | |
Ron Jefferson (tri) on c-d.
Group known as The Jazz Modes.
Date: November 11, 1957
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Eileen Gilbert (v)
| a. | 2826 | Standing On The Corner - 3:43 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Julius Watkins |
| b. | 2827 | My Heart Is So Full Of You - 3:25 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Julius Watkins |
| c. | 2828 | The Most Happy Fella - 3:41 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Gildo Mahones |
| d. | 2829 | Don't Cry - 3:07 (Frank Loesser, Dick Smith) / arr: Julius Watkins |
| e. | 2830 | Happy To Make Your Acquaintance - 4:27 (Frank Loesser) / arr: Julius Watkins |
| All titles on: | Atlantic LP 12": 1280 — The Most Happy Fella (1958)
Koch Jazz CD: KOC-CD 8507 — The Most Happy Fella (1998) | |
Eileen Gilbert (v) on b.
Group known as The Jazz Modes.
Date: ca. June 1958
Location: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Label: Atlantic
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Sahib Shihab (bar), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d)
| a. | The Oblong - 5:43 (Julius Watkins)
Atlantic EP 7": ATL-EP 80041 — The Jazz Modes | |
| b. | 1-2-3-4-0 In Syncopation - 3:52 (Julius Watkins, Margarita Orelia Benskina) | |
| c. | Moods In Motion - 5:38 (Julius Watkins) | |
| d. | This 'n' That - 5:28 (Charlie Rouse)
Atlantic EP 7": ATL-EP 80041 — The Jazz Modes | |
| All titles on: | Atlantic LP 12": SD 1306 — The Jazz Modes
Koch Jazz CD: KOC-CD 8503 — The Jazz Modes (1999) Collectables CD: COL-CD 6946 — The Jazz Modes (2006) | |
Group known as The Jazz Modes.
Some sources give recording date as 1959, but this is unlikely. According to The Encyclopedia Of Jazz by Leonard Feather, drummer Ron Jefferson moved to California in May 1958 and Jimmy Wormworth joined The Jazz Modes in June 1958.
Date: July 6, 1958 - afternoon
Location: Newport Jazz Festival - Freebody Park, Newport, RI
Label: [radio broadcast]
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Julius Watkins (frh), Gildo Mahones (p), Martin Rivera (b), Jimmy Wormworth (d)
| a. | 01 | Blue Modes (Julius Watkins) |
| b. | 02 | Moods In Motion (Julius Watkins) |
| c. | 03 | Linda Delia (George Butcher) |
Group known as The Jazz Modes.
Voice Of America tapes held by the U.S. Library of Congress. Some sources give date incorrectly as July 7, 1958, but this was a Sunday afternoon performance.
Date: May 11, 1960
Location: Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Label: Riverside
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Blue Mitchell (t), Walter Bishop, Jr. (p), Earl May (b), Arthur Taylor (d)
| a. | a-01 | Blue Farouq - 7:24 (Richard 'Blue' Mitchell) |
| b. | a-02 | 204 - 7:24 (Randy Weston) |
| c. | a-03 | Upptankt - 4:42 (Charlie Rouse) |
| d. | b-01 | Weird-O - 5:59 (Kenny Drew, Sr.) |
| e. | b-02 | Pretty Strange - 5:14 (Randy Weston) |
| f. | b-03 | They Didn't Believe Me - 6:52 (Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell) |
| All titles on: | Jazzland LP 12": JLP 919 — Takin' Care Of Business
Original Jazz Classics CD: OJCCD-491-2 — Takin' Care Of Business (1990) | |
Blue Mitchell (t) on a-d, f.
Date: December 20, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Billy Gardner (p), Peck Morrison (b), Dave Bailey (d)
| a. | CO65727 | Stella By Starlight - 6:14 (Victor Young, Ned Washington)
Epic LP 12": BA 17012 — Yeah! Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) |
| b. | CO65728 | Lil' Rousin' - 5:04 (Charlie Rouse)
Epic LP 12": BA 17012 — Yeah! Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) |
| c. | CO65728-? alt | Lil' Rousin' - 5:58 (Charlie Rouse)
Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) |
| d. | CO65729 | There Is No Greater Love - 6:21 (Isham Jones, Marty Symes)
Epic LP 12": BA 17012 — Yeah! Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) |
Date: December 21, 1960
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Billy Gardner (p), Peck Morrison (b), Dave Bailey (d)
| a. | CO65729-? alt | There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) |
| b. | CO65748 | You Don't Know What Love Is - 6:25 (Don Raye, Gene DePaul)
Epic LP 12": BA 17012 — Yeah! Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) |
| c. | CO65749 | Rouse's Point - 4:40 (Charlie Rouse)
Epic LP 12": BA 17012 — Yeah! Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) |
| d. | CO65750 | Billy's Blues - 8:45 (Charlie Rouse)
Epic LP 12": BA 17012 — Yeah! Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) |
Date: July 13, 1961
Location: New York City
Label: Columbia
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Gildo Mahones (p), Reggie Workman (b), Arthur Taylor (d)
| a. | CO67778 | When Sunny Gets Blue - 5:47 (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
| b. | CO67779 | Quarter Moon - 5:48 (Gildo Mahones) |
| c. | CO67780 | I Should Care - 7:08 (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) |
| All titles on: | Epic LP 12": BA 17018 — We Paid Our Dues!
Epic CD: EK 46181 — Unsung Hero (1990) Collectables CD: COL-CD 7858 — Yeah!/We Paid Our Dues (2008) | |
Date: November 12, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Kenny Burrell, Chauncey 'Lord' Westbrook (g), Edwin Payne (b), Willie 'Bobo' Correa (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga), Garvin Masseaux (chk)
| a. | alt | Samba De Orfeu (Luiz Bonfá, Antonio María) |
| b. | alt | Back To The Tropics (Leighla Whipper) |
| c. | alt | Velhos Tempos (Luiz Bonfá) |
All selections were rejected.
Date: November 26, 1962
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Kenny Burrell, Chauncey 'Lord' Westbrook (g), Larry Gales (b), Willie 'Bobo' Correa (d), Carlos 'Patato' Valdés (cga), Garvin Masseaux (chk)
| a. | tk 4 | Back To The Tropics - 3:53 (Leighla Whipper) |
| b. | tk 11 | Meci Bon Dieu - 5:55 (Frantz Casseus) |
| c. | tk 16 | Samba De Orfeu - 6:15 (Luiz Bonfá, Antonio María) |
| d. | tk 25 | Velhos Tempos - 4:47 (Luiz Bonfá) |
| e. | tk 31 | Un Dia - 5:53 (Margarita Orelia Benskina, Charlie Rouse) |
| f. | tk 32 | In Martinique - 5:27 (Lionel Belasco, Leighla Whipper) |
| g. | tk 38 | Aconteceu - 2:57 (Ed Lincoln, Silvio Rodriguez) |
| All titles on: | Blue Note LP 12": BST 84119 — Bossa Nova Bacchanal
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90416 2 9 — Bossa Nova Bacchanal (2003) | |
Date: April 17, 1963
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Grant Green (g), Josef Zawinul (p), Sam Jones (b), Frankie Dunlop (d)
| a. | tk 4 | Clo-E |
| b. | tk 13 | Little Sherri (Charlie Rouse) |
| c. | tk 17 | What Kind Of Fool Am I (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| d. | tk 24 | I Left My Heart In San Francisco (George Cory, Douglass Cross) |
All selections were rejected.
Date: January 22, 1965
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Blue Note
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Freddie Hubbard (t), McCoy Tyner (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Billy Higgins (d)
| a. | 1505 (tk 1) | One For Five - 7:05 (Charlie Rouse)
Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21484 2 4 — The Lost Sessions (1999) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 90416 2 9 — Bossa Nova Bacchanal (2003) |
| b. | 1506 (tk 9) | Little Sherri (Charlie Rouse) |
| c. | untitled original (Charlie Rouse) | |
| d. | untitled minor blues (Charlie Rouse) | |
| e. | 1507 | I'm Glad There Is You (Paul (Madeira) Mertz) |
Composers of c. and d. not confirmed.
Date: 1974
Location: The Warehouse, New York City
Label: Strata-East
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (bcl, ts), George Davis, Paul Metzke (g), Martin Rivera (b), David Lee (d), Azzedin Weston (cga), Calo Scott (vc)
| a. | a-01 | Bitchin' - 7:09 (George R. Davis, Jr.) |
| b. | a-03 | In A Funky Way - 4:49 (George R. Davis, Jr.) |
| Both titles on: | Strata-East LP 12": SES 19746 — Two Is One (1974)
Charly CD: CDGR 250 — Two Is One (1998) | |
Date: 1974
Location: The Warehouse, New York City
Label: Strata-East
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (bcl, ts), Paul Metzke (g), Stanley Clarke (b), David Lee (d), Airto Moreira (per), Calo Scott (vc)
| a. | a-02 | Hopscotch - 7:05 (Joe Chambers) |
| b. | b-01 | Two Is One - 12:09 (Charlie Rouse) |
| c. | b-02 | In His Presence Searching - 10:30 (David Lee) |
| All titles on: | Strata-East LP 12": SES 19746 — Two Is One (1974)
Charly CD: CDGR 250 — Two Is One (1998) | |
Date: ca. 1976
Location: Sound Ideas (or Media Sound), New York City
Label: Douglas
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Claudio Roditi (t), Clifford Adams, Jr. (tb), George Davis, Ted Dunbar (g), Dom Salvador (p), Wilbur Bascomb, Jr. (eb), Portinho (d, per), Bernard Purdie (d), Carlos Martinez (cga), Steve Thornton (per), Ulysses Kirksey (vc)
| a. | Sertão (Backwoods Echo) - 5:30 (Dom Salvador) / arr: Dom Salvador | |
| b. | Waiting On The Corner - 5:30 (Dom Salvador) / arr: Dom Salvador | |
| Both titles on: | Casablanca LP 12": NBLP 7044 — Cinnamon Flower (1977)
Douglas Music CD: ADC 11 — Brazil (1997) Knit Classics CD: KCR 3011 — Brazil (1999) | |
Ted Dunbar (g) on a; Bernard Purdie (d) on a; Carlos Martinez (cga) on b; Portinho (per) on a; Ulysses Kirksey (vc) on b.
Date: 1976
Location: Sound Ideas (or Media Sound), New York City
Label: Douglas
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Claudio Roditi (t), Clifford Adams, Jr. (tb), Amaury Tristão (g), Dom Salvador (p), Albert Dailey (ep), Roger Powell (syn), Ron Carter (b), Portinho, Bernard Purdie (d), Jess Levy (vc)
| a. | Desencontro (Disenchantment) - 4:10 (Amaury Tristão) / arr: Amaury Tristão | |
| b. | Natal No Interior (Quiet Pictures) - 4:05 (Dom Salvador) / arr: Dom Salvador | |
| Both titles on: | Casablanca LP 12": NBLP 7044 — Cinnamon Flower (1977)
Douglas Music CD: ADC 11 — Brazil (1997) Knit Classics CD: KCR 3011 — Brazil (1999) | |
Claudio Roditi (t) on b; Clifford Adams, Jr. (tb) on b; Albert Dailey (ep) on a; Roger Powell (syn) on a; Portinho (d) on b.
Date: 1976
Location: Sound Ideas (or Media Sound), New York City
Label: Douglas
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Lou Orensteen (f), Charlie Rouse (ts), Waymon Reed, Claudio Roditi (t), Clifford Adams, Jr. (tb), Amaury Tristão (g, per), Dom Salvador (p), Ron Carter (b), Portinho (d, per), Bernard Purdie (d), Carlos Martinez (cga), Ulysses Kirksey (vc)
| a. | Alvorada (A New Dawn) - 5:35 (Amaury Tristão) / arr: Amaury Tristão | |
| b. | Cravo Canela (Cinnamon Flower) - 6:40 (Milton Nascimento) / arr: Dom Salvador | |
| c. | Chao (Roots) - 5:00 (Amaury Tristão) / arr: Amaury Tristão | |
| All titles on: | Casablanca LP 12": NBLP 7044 — Cinnamon Flower (1977)
Douglas Music CD: ADC 11 — Brazil (1997) Knit Classics CD: KCR 3011 — Brazil (1999) | |
Lou Orensteen (f) on a; Waymon Reed (t) on c; Clifford Adams, Jr. (tb) on b; Bernard Purdie (d) on b; Carlos Martinez (cga) on a-b; Portinho (per) on a; Amaury Tristão (per) on a-b; Ulysses Kirksey (vc) on a-b.
Date: October 20, 1977
Location: New York City
Label: Jazzcraft
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Hugh Lawson (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Ben Riley (d)
| a. | tk 4 alt | The Clucker - 4:49 (Hugh Lawson) |
| b. | tk 6 | The Clucker - 4:50 (Hugh Lawson)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice |
| c. | tk 1 alt | Let Me - 6:26 (Charlie Rouse) |
| d. | tk 2 | Let Me - 5:44 (Charlie Rouse)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice |
| e. | Joobobie - 7:07 (Hugh Lawson)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice | |
| f. | tk 1 alt | Well, You Needn't - 5:34 (Thelonious Monk) |
| g. | tk 2 | Well, You Needn't - 4:56 (Thelonious Monk)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice |
| h. | tk 1 alt | Royal Love - 9:00 (Shirley Scott) |
| i. | tk 3 | Royal Love - 7:28 (Shirley Scott)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice |
| j. | A Child Is Born - 7:59 (Thad Jones, Alec Wilder)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice | |
| k. | tk 1 | Little Sherri - 4:58 (Charlie Rouse)
Storyville LP 12": SLP 4079 — Moment's Notice (1978) Jazzcraft LP 12": 4 — Moment's Notice |
| All titles on: | Storyville CD: STCD 8268 — Moment's Notice (1997) | |
Date: June 1, 1981
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Label: [private recording]
Benny Bailey, Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Benny Bailey (t), John Hicks (p), Clint Houston (b), Hugh Walker (d)
| a. | 01 | Hot House - 15:13 (Tadd Dameron) |
| b. | 02 | Naima's Love Song - 18:31 (John Hicks, Betty Carter) |
| c. | 03 | Neptunis - 12:49 (Ernest 'Benny' Bailey) |
| d. | 04 | Let Me Go - 15:06 (Fritz Pauer) |
| e. | 05 | Thelonious Assault - 14:36 (Ernest 'Benny' Bailey) |
Date: November 1981
Location: New York City
Label: Enja
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Benny Bailey (t), Albert Dailey (p), Buster Williams (b), Keith Copeland (d)
| a. | a-01 | Little Sherri - 4:50 (Charlie Rouse) |
| b. | a-02 | Spelunke - 9:36 (Fritz Pauer) |
| c. | a-03 | Naima's Love Song - 8:02 (John Hicks, Betty Carter) |
| d. | b-01 | Mr. McGee - 5:19 (Albert Dailey) |
| e. | b-02 | After The Morning - 10:12 (John Hicks) |
| All titles on: | Enja LP 12": 4090 — The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society
Enja CD: ENJ 4090-2 — The Upper Manhattan Jazz Society (1992) | |
LP issue gives no recording date and no location. Above date and location from Lord.
LP label reads Mr. McKee. Sleeve reads Mr. McGee.
a. listed as Lil' Sherry.
Unknown tambourine is present on d., possibly overdubbed by Copeland.
Date: January 21 & 22, 1984
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Uptown
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Red Rodney (t, fh), Albert Dailey (p), Cecil McBee (b), Kenny Washington (d)
| a. | a-01 | Little Chico - 6:20 (Charlie Rouse) |
| b. | a-02 | Social Call - 5:46 (Gigi Gryce) |
| c. | a-03 | Half Nelson - 6:29 (Miles Davis) |
| d. | b-01 | Greenhouse - 4:44 (Bobby Porcelli) |
| e. | b-02 | Darn That Dream - 9:31 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Edgar DeLange) |
| f. | b-03 | Casbah - 6:11 (Tadd Dameron) |
| All titles on: | Uptown LP 12": UP 27.18 — Social Call (1984) | |
Date: August 29, 1986
Location: Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, IL
Label: [radio broadcast]
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Barry Harris (p), Cecil McBee (b), Ben Riley (d)
| a. | 01 | Eronel - 12:15 (Thelonious Monk, Sadik Hakim, Sahib Shihab) |
| b. | 02 | Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are [aka Bolivar Blues] - 11:20 (Thelonious Monk) |
| c. | 03 | Pannonica (Thelonious Monk) |
| d. | 03 | Ruby, My Dear - 8:55 (Thelonious Monk) |
| e. | 04 | Rhythm-a-ning - 9:10 (Thelonious Monk) |
| f. | 05 | Epistrophy - 4:35 (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) |
c, d performed as medley.
Date: October 16, 1987
Location: Boathouse Studios, London, UK
Label: Steam
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Art Themen (ss, ts), Charlie Rouse (ts), Stan Tracey (p), Roy Babbington, Dave Green (b), Clark Tracey (d)
| a. | a-01 | Playin' In The Yard - 7:08 (Sonny Rollins) |
| b. | a-02 | In A Sentimental Mood - 6:54 (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) |
| c. | a-03 | I've Found A New Baby - 7:09 (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) |
| d. | b-01 | Li'l Ol' Pottsville - 6:25 (Stan Tracey) |
| e. | b-02 | Little Sherri - 8:17 (Charlie Rouse) |
| f. | b-03 | Wee [aka Allen's Alley] - 8:43 (Denzil Best) |
| All titles on: | Steam LP 12": SJ 116 — Playin' In The Yard (1987) | |
Art Themen (ss) on d; (ts) on a-c, e-f; Roy Babbington (b) on d-f; Dave Green (b) on a-c.
Date: July 6 & 7, 1988
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Uptown
Walter Davis, Jr., Charlie Rouse, Sahib Shihab (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Sahib Shihab (ts, bar), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Walter Davis, Jr. (p), Santi Debriano (b), Victor Lewis (d)
| a. | 01 | November Afternoon - 5:49 (Tom McIntosh) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| b. | 02 | Green Chimneys - 5:12 (Thelonious Monk) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| c. | 03 | Prayer Song - 5:42 (Ray Bryant) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| d. | 04 | So Nice [aka Trippin'] - 5:14 (Elmo Hope) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| e. | 05 | Soul Mates - 6:08 (Mal Waldron) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| f. | 06 | Bohemia After Dark - 5:41 (Oscar Pettiford) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| g. | 07 | Soft Shoulder - 6:02 (Lonnie Hillyer) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| h. | 08 | I'm Never Happy - 7:45 (Tadd Dameron) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| i. | 09 | DiDa - 4:54 (Sahib Shihab) / arr: Sahib Shihab
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| j. | 10 | Bittersweet - 5:29 (Mike Corda) / arr: Charlie Rouse
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| k. | 11 | Bird's Nest - 4:29 (Charlie Rouse) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.34 — Soul Mates (1993) |
| l. | We Three Kings - 4:06 (John H. Hopkins, Jr.) / arr: Don Sickler
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas (1990) | |
| m. | Jingle Bells - 3:20 (J. S. Pierpont) / arr: Walter Davis, Jr.
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas (1990) | |
| n. | Silent Night - 3:20 (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) / arr: Sahib Shihab
Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas (1990) |
Walter Davis, Jr. (ldr) on m; Charlie Rouse (ldr) on a-l; (ts) on a-l; Sahib Shihab (ldr) on n; (ts) on n; (bar) on a-c, e-f, h-i; Claudio Roditi (t) on a-h, k; (fh) on a-h, k.
l. m. n. definitely recorded July 7, 1988
Date: October 10, 1988
Location: Jazz In The City Festival - Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
Label: Landmark
Charlie Rouse (ldr), Charlie Rouse (ts), Don Cherry (t), Buddy Montgomery (vib), George Cables, Jessica Williams (p), Jeff Chambers (b), Ralph Penland (d)
| a. | a-02 | Nutty - 6:55 (Thelonious Monk)
Landmark LP 12": LLP 1521 — Epistrophy (1989) |
| b. | a-03 | Ruby, My Dear - 7:46 (Thelonious Monk)
Landmark LP 12": LLP 1521 — Epistrophy (1989) |
| c. | a-04 | Blue Monk - 9:11 (Thelonious Monk)
Landmark LP 12": LLP 1521 — Epistrophy (1989) |
| d. | In Walked Bud - 9:27 (Thelonious Monk) | |
| e. | b-01 | 'Round Midnight - 16:16 (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen)
Landmark LP 12": LLP 1521 — Epistrophy (1989) |
| f. | b-02 | Epistrophy - 11:03 (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke)
Landmark LP 12": LLP 1521 — Epistrophy (1989) |
| All titles on: | Landmark CD: LCD 1521-2 — Epistrophy (1989)
32 Jazz CD: 32029 — Epistrophy (1997) | |
Charlie Rouse (ts) on a-c, e-f; Don Cherry (t) on e-f; Buddy Montgomery (vib) on d-f; George Cables (p) on a-b, d-f; Jessica Williams (p) on c.
First track consists of spoken comments by Charlie Rouse and Orrin Keepnews (3:11), listed as "Some Words About Monk".