Richard Wyands Leader Entry
by Michael Fitzgerald

Generated on Sun, Oct 02, 2011


Date: October 12, 1978
Label: Storyville

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Lisle Atkinson (b), David Lee (d)

a. tk 1    Yes It Is - 4:49  (Richard Wyands)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
b. tk 1    Lament - 9:37  (J. J. Johnson)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
c. tk 2    As Long As There's Music - 5:37  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
d. tk 5    Leonora - 3:42  (Richard Wyands)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
e. tk 1    Never Let Me Go - 4:06  (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
f. tk 1    Yesterdays - 8:03  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
g. tk 3    Blue Rose - 4:41  (Duke Ellington)
     Storyville LP 12": SLP 4083 — Then, Here And Now   
     Jazzcraft LP 12": 6 — Then, Here And Now   
h. tk 2   alt Leonora - 4:15  (Richard Wyands)
i. tk 2   alt Blue Rose - 4:41  (Duke Ellington)
All titles on:      Storyville CD: 8269 — Then, Here And Now   

Date: September 5 & 6, 1985
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label: Uptown

Carl Fontana, Richard Wyands (ldr), Al Cohn (ts), Carl Fontana (tb), Richard Wyands (p), Ray Drummond (b), Akira Tana (d)

a. a-01    Shoutin' On A Riff - 4:27  (Sonny Clark)
     Uptown LP 12": UP 27.28 — The Great Fontana   (1987)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
b. a-02    It Might As Well Be Spring - 6:23  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Uptown LP 12": UP 27.28 — The Great Fontana   (1987)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
c. a-03    Soon - 5:47  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Uptown LP 12": UP 27.28 — The Great Fontana   (1987)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
d.     I Thought About You - 6:17  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Mercer)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
e. b-01    Showcase - 5:09  (Charlie Shavers)
     Uptown LP 12": UP 27.28 — The Great Fontana   (1987)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
f. b-02    Polka Dots And Moonbeams - 7:14  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
     Uptown LP 12": UP 27.28 — The Great Fontana   (1987)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
g.     Always - 4:18  (Irving Berlin)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
h. b-03    Expoobident - 6:02  (Eddie Higgins)
     Uptown LP 12": UP 27.28 — The Great Fontana   (1987)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
i.     What's New - 7:26  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
j.     America The Beautiful - 5:35  (Samuel Ward, Katherine Lee Bates)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.28 — The Great Fontana   
k.     Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - 4:20  (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas   (1990)
l.     Winter Wonderland - 4:28  (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) / arr: Al Cohn, Carl Fontana
     Uptown CD: UPCD 27.33 — An Uptown Christmas   (1990)

Carl Fontana (ldr) on a-j, l; (tb) on a-j, l; Richard Wyands (ldr) on k; Al Cohn (ts) on a-j, l.

g. listed as Expubident
k. l. rec. September 6, 1985


Date: June 12, 1992
Location: New York City
Label: DIW

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Lisle Atkinson (b), Leroy Williams (d)

a. 01    The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - 6:36  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b. 02    The Arrival - 5:20  (Horace Parlan)
c. 03    A Sleepin' Bee - 6:42  (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote)
d. 04    The Sweetest Sounds - 4:46  (Richard Rodgers)
e. 05    Teach Me Tonight - 5:44  (Gene DePaul, Sammy Cahn)
f. 06    Warm Valley - 6:27  (Duke Ellington)
g. 07    The Pawnbroker - 4:59  (Quincy Jones)
h. 08    Dee's Den - 4:59  (Richard Wyands)
i. 09    The Juggler - 7:06  (Lee Oddis 'Mickey' Bass)
All titles on:      DIW CD: DIW 611 — The Arrival   

Date: June 18, 1995
Location: New York City
Label: Criss Cross

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Peter Washington (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a. 01    Moment To Moment - 4:46  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
b. 02    Easy Living - 5:52  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)
c. 03    The Lady's In Love With You - 3:54  (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser)
d. 04    Estate [aka Summer] [original or English lyric ver. 1] - 5:32  (Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino, Joel Siegel)
e. 05    Afternoon In Paris - 6:32  (John Lewis)
f. 06    How Long Has This Been Going On - 4:14  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g. 07    Blues For Pepper - 5:31  (Ray Brown)
h. 08    I'm Just A Lucky So And So - 7:08  (Duke Ellington, Mack David)
i. 09    Moon And Sand - 8:08  (Alec Wilder, William Engvick, Morty Palitz)
j. 10    Yesterdays - 4:06  (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach)
k. 11    Alone Together - 4:33  (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz)
All titles on:      Criss Cross CD: 1105 CD — Reunited   (1995)

Date: October 1, 1996
Label: SteepleChase

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Peter Washington (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a. 01    Get Out Of Town - 10:00  (Cole Porter)
b. 02    Love Dance - 6:25  (Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Paul Williams)
c. 03    Yardbird Suite - 6:25  (Charlie Parker)
d. 04    Angelica - 6:40  (Duke Ellington)
e. 05    I Don't Want To Cry Any More - 7:15  (Victor Schertzinger)
f. 06    Serenata - 5:50  (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish)
g. 07    Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 4:25  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
h. 08    Mean What You Say - 6:30  (Thad Jones)
i. 09    Why Did I Choose You - 7:45  (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin)
j. 10    Jitterbug Waltz - 6:40  (Thomas 'Fats' Waller)
All titles on:      SteepleChase CD: SCCD 31401 — Get Out Of Town   

Engineer: Josiah Gluck


Date: September 15, 1997
Location: New York City
Label: Venus

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Peter Washington (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a. 01    Softly With Feeling - 5:38  (Neal Hefti)
b. 02    Flamingo - 6:33  (Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson)
c. 03    When I Fall In Love - 6:06  (Victor Young, Edward Heyman)
d. 04    So In Love - 4:41  (Cole Porter)
e. 05    Lady Of The Lavender Mist - 5:44  (Duke Ellington)
f. 06    I Didn't Know What Time It Was - 7:24  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
g. 07    Born To Be Blue - 6:11  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
All titles on:      Venus CD: TKCV 35038 — Lady Of The Lavender Mist   (1998)

Date: December 8, 1999
Location: Systems Two Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Label: Criss Cross

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Peter Washington (b), Kenny Washington (d)

a. 01    I'm Old Fashioned - 5:29  (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer)
b. 02    Blues For Kosi - 4:52  (Richard Wyands)
c. 03    P.S. I Love You - 9:18  (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer)
d. 04    Once I Loved [aka O Amor Em Paz] - 7:27  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Ray Gilbert)
e. 05    Half And Half - 5:04  (Richard Wyands)
f. 06    A Beautiful Friendship - 5:50  (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne)
g. 07    Day Dream - 8:05  (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche)
h. 08    Is That So? - 4:39  (Duke Pearson)
i. 09    Time After Time - 5:29  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
j. 10    As Long As I Live - 6:42  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
All titles on:      Criss Cross CD: 1185 CD — Half And Half   (2000)

Date: May 6, 2000
Location: New York City
Label: Savant

Richard Wyands (ldr), Richard Wyands (p), Ray Drummond (b), Grady Tate (d)

a. 01    Stolen Sweets - 5:31  (William Strethen 'Wild Bill' Davis, Dickie Thompson)
b. 02    As Long As There's Music - 3:00  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
c. 03    Stairway To The Stars - 6:19  (Matt Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli)
d. 04    Focus - 5:31  (Tadd Dameron)
e. 05    Ivy - 6:37  (Hoagy Carmichael)
f. 06    What's New - 4:33  (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke)
g. 07    Drop Me Off In Harlem - 5:38  (Duke Ellington, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny)
h. 08    My Old Flame - 5:29  (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow)
i. 09    With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair - 2:35  (Clara Edwards, Jack Lawrence)
j. 10    West 94th Street Funk - 6:11  (Richard Wyands)
All titles on:      Savant CD: SCD 2031 — As Long As There's Music