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Date: December 4, 1955
Location: Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz
Cy Touff (ldr), Matt Utal (as, bar), Richie Kamuca (ts), Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Conrad Gozzo (t), Cy Touff (bt), Russ Freeman (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Chuck Flores (d)
| a. | Keester Parade [aka Centerpiece] - 7:50 (Tiny Kahn, Johnny Mandel) / arr: Johnny Mandel | |
| b. | TNT - 4:54 (Tiny Kahn, Johnny Mandel) / arr: Johnny Mandel | |
| c. | What Am I Here For? - 4:21 (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) / arr: Ernie Wilkins | |
| d. | Groover Wailin' - 4:10 (Johnny Mandel) / arr: Johnny Mandel | |
| All titles on: | Toshiba-EMI LP 12": PJ 1211 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet
Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7243 4 93162 2 5 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet (1998) Fresh Sound CD: FSR 2237 — Primitive Cats (2006) | |
Date: December 5, 1955
Location: Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Label: Pacific Jazz
Cy Touff (ldr), Richie Kamuca (ts), Cy Touff (bt), Pete Jolly (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Chuck Flores (d)
| a. | Prez-ence - 5:24 (Lester Young, Cy Touff, Richie Kamuca)
Toshiba-EMI LP 12": PJ 1211 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet | |
| b. | Half Past Jumping Time - 3:50 (Neal Hefti)
Toshiba-EMI LP 12": PJ 1211 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet | |
| c. | A Smo-o-o-oth One - 6:58 (Benny Goodman)
Toshiba-EMI LP 12": PJ 1211 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet | |
| d. | alt | A Smo-o-o-oth One - 2:32 (Benny Goodman) |
| e. | Primitive Cats - 5:38 (Cy Touff, Richie Kamuca)
Toshiba-EMI LP 12": PJ 1211 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet | |
| f. | It's Sand, Man - 5:24 (Ed Lewis) | |
| All titles on: | Pacific Jazz CD: CDP 7243 4 93162 2 5 — Cy Touff, His Octet & Quintet (1998)
Fresh Sound CD: FSR 2237 — Primitive Cats (2006) | |
Date: September 10, 1956
Location: Chicago, IL
Label: Argo
Cy Touff (ldr), Mike Simpson (cl), Muggsy Dawson (c), Cy Touff (bt), Paul Jordan (p), Mel Schmidt (b), Frank Bullo (d)
| a. | 8233 | Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) |
| b. | 8236 | Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Lillian Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) |
| c. | 8237 | Royal Garden Blues (Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams) |
| d. | At The Jazz Band Ball (Eddie Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Johnny Mercer, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields) | |
| All titles on: | Argo LP 12": LP 606 — Doorway To Dixie | |
d may be matrix 8234 or 8235 (given as untitled). One additional unissued selection listed as "Rampart It" - composer unknown.
Date: August 28 & 29, 1958
Location: Chess Studios, Chicago, IL
Label: Argo
Cy Touff (ldr), Sandy Mosse (ts), Cy Touff (bt), Eddie Higgins (p), Bob Cranshaw (b), Marty Clausen (d)
| a. | 8988 | Soulsville - 3:16 (Al Cohn) |
| b. | 8989 | Cyril's Dream - 3:13 (Al Cohn) |
| c. | 8990 | How Long Has This Been Going On - 3:35 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| d. | 8991 | Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 3:51 (Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf) |
| e. | 8992 | Kissin' Cousins - 3:07 (Ernie Wilkins) |
| f. | 8993 | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - 3:39 (Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Irving Mills) |
| g. | 8994 | The Lamp Is Low - 2:41 (Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Maurice Ravel) |
| h. | 8995 | Tough Touff - 5:32 (Ernie Wilkins) |
| All titles on: | Argo LP 12": LP 641 — Touff Assignment | |
Date: September 5, 1981
Location: PS Studios, Chicago, IL
Label: Bee Hive
Von Freeman, Clifford Jordan, Cy Touff (ldr), Von Freeman, Clifford Jordan (ts), Cy Touff (bt), Norman Simmons (p), Victor Sproles (b), Wilbur Campbell (d)
| a. | a-01 | Hyde Park After Dark - 7:14 (Clifford Jordan) |
| b. | a-02 | You're Blasé - 6:19 (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) |
| c. | a-03 | Lotus Blossom [aka Asiatic Raes] - 6:11 (Kenny Dorham) |
| d. | b-01 | Sad Sam - 6:51 (Norman Simmons) |
| e. | b-02 | I Waited For You - 5:31 (Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) |
| f. | b-03 | I'm Glad There Is You - 3:28 (Paul (Madeira) Mertz) |
| g. | b-04 | Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West - 6:48 (John Lewis) |
| All titles on: | Bee Hive LP 12": BH 7014 — Hyde Park After Dark | |
Von Freeman (ts) on a, c-d, f-g; Clifford Jordan (ts) on a, c-e, g; Cy Touff (bt) on a, c-d, g.
Date: October 24, 1981
Location: Chicago, IL
Label: Delmark
Sandy Mosse, Cy Touff (ldr), Sandy Mosse (ts), Cy Touff (bt), John Campbell (p), Kelly Sill (b), Jerry Coleman (d)
| a. | 01 | Tickle Toe - 8:06 (Lester Young) |
| b. | 02 | Keester Parade [aka Centerpiece] - 10:15 (Tiny Kahn, Johnny Mandel) |
| c. | 03 | The Man I Love - 11:34 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| d. | 04 | Allen's Alley [see Wee] - 6:35 (Denzil Best) |
| e. | 05 | Alone Together - 13:06 (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) |
| f. | 06 | Secret Love - 10:55 (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) |
| g. | 07 | What's New - 7:36 (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) |
| All titles on: | Delmark CD: DE 583 — Tickle Toe (2008) | |