Kenny Washington Discography
Achievements in Recordings
George Benson
Verve Jazz Masters 21
Verve 314 521 861-2 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Thunder Walk (Harold Ousley)
Original LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Sack o'Woe (Julian Edwin 'Cannonball' Adderley)
Original LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Texedo Junction (Julian Dash / Erskine Hawkins / William Johnson / Buddy Feyne)
Original LP issue: Jimmy Smith The Boss Verve V6-8770
Billie's Bounce (Charles Parker, Jr.)
Original LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Something (George Harrison)
/ Octopus's Garden (Richard Starkey)
Original LP issue: Abbey Road A&M SP 3028
What's New? (Robert Sherwood ''Bob'' Haggart / Johnny Burke)
Original LP issue same as track 1
Sharp of Things (to Come) (Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
Original LP issue: Shape of Things to Come A&M SP 3014
The Boss (James Oscar 'Jimmy' Smith)
Original LP issue same as track 3
Out of the Blue (Henry Nemo / Will Jason)
Original LP issue: I Got a Woman and Some Blues A&M SP 3025
Low Down and Dirty (George Benson)
Original LP issue same as track 1
I Remember Wes (George Benson)
Original LP issue: Goodies Verve V6-8771
Thunder Walk (Harold Ousley)
Original LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Sack o'Woe (Julian Edwin 'Cannonball' Adderley)
Original LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Texedo Junction (Julian Dash / Erskine Hawkins / William Johnson / Buddy Feyne)
Original LP issue: Jimmy Smith The Boss Verve V6-8770
Billie's Bounce (Charles Parker, Jr.)
Original LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Something (George Harrison)
/ Octopus's Garden (Richard Starkey)
Original LP issue: Abbey Road A&M SP 3028
What's New? (Robert Sherwood ''Bob'' Haggart / Johnny Burke)
Original LP issue same as track 1
Sharp of Things (to Come) (Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
Original LP issue: Shape of Things to Come A&M SP 3014
The Boss (James Oscar 'Jimmy' Smith)
Original LP issue same as track 3
Out of the Blue (Henry Nemo / Will Jason)
Original LP issue: I Got a Woman and Some Blues A&M SP 3025
Low Down and Dirty (George Benson)
Original LP issue same as track 1
I Remember Wes (George Benson)
Original LP issue: Goodies Verve V6-8771
Art Blakey
Compact Jazz: Art Blakey
Verve 314 516 107-2 rel. 1993
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence, Liner Notes
List of Tunes
Minority (Gigi Gryce)
Original 10'' LP issue: Blakey EmArcy MG 26030
Mayreh (Horace Silver)
Original release same as track 1
Eleanor (Gigi Gryce)
Original release same as track 1
Salute to Birdland (Gigi Gryce)
Original release same as track 1
Blues March (Benny Golson)
Original French LP issue: Olympia Concert Fontana 6444700;
available on CD: 832 659-2
A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli)
Original French LP issue: Paris Jam Session Fontana 680207;
available on CD: 832 692-2
S'Make It (Lee Morgan)
Original LP issue: S'Make It Limelight LS-86001
Buh's Bossa (Lee Morgan)
Original LP issue: Soul Finger Limelight LS-82019
Spot Session (Lucky Thompson)
Original release same as track 8
Soul Finger (Freddie Hubbard / Lee Morgan)
Original release same as track 8
The Hub (Freddie Hubbard)
Original release same as track 8
My Romance (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart)
Original LP issue: Buttercorn Lady Limelight LS-82034
The Theme (Miles Davis)
Original release same as track 12
Minority (Gigi Gryce)
Original 10'' LP issue: Blakey EmArcy MG 26030
Mayreh (Horace Silver)
Original release same as track 1
Eleanor (Gigi Gryce)
Original release same as track 1
Salute to Birdland (Gigi Gryce)
Original release same as track 1
Blues March (Benny Golson)
Original French LP issue: Olympia Concert Fontana 6444700;
available on CD: 832 659-2
A Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli)
Original French LP issue: Paris Jam Session Fontana 680207;
available on CD: 832 692-2
S'Make It (Lee Morgan)
Original LP issue: S'Make It Limelight LS-86001
Buh's Bossa (Lee Morgan)
Original LP issue: Soul Finger Limelight LS-82019
Spot Session (Lucky Thompson)
Original release same as track 8
Soul Finger (Freddie Hubbard / Lee Morgan)
Original release same as track 8
The Hub (Freddie Hubbard)
Original release same as track 8
My Romance (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart)
Original LP issue: Buttercorn Lady Limelight LS-82034
The Theme (Miles Davis)
Original release same as track 12
Art Blakey
The Jazz Messengers [reissue]
Columbia Legacy CK65265 rel. 1997
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes
Art Blakey
Drums Around the Corner [reissue]
Blue Note 7243 5 21455 2 2 rel. 1999
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Reflections of Buhaina [reissue]
Savoy Jazz 92879-2 rel. 2000
Kenny Washington: Annotation, Liner Notes
Art Blakey
Drum Suite [reissue]
Columbia Legacy 82876 77631 2 rel. 2005
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes
Clifford Brown, Max Roach
Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years
Verve 314 526 373-2 rel. 1995
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence, Liner Notes
List of Tunes
Disk One
Cherokee (Raymond Stanley ''Ray'' Noble)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach A Study in Brown EmArcy MG 36037;
available on CD: 814 646-2
Joy Spring (Clifford Brown)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach EmArcy MG 36036;
available on CD: 814 645-2
What's New? (Robert Sherwood ''Bob'' Haggart / Johnny Burke)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown with Strings EmArcy MG 36005;
available on CD: 814 642-2
Mildama (Maxwell Lemuel ''Max'' Roach)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach EmArcy MG 36008;
available on CD: 814 644-2
September Song (Kurt Weill / Maxwell Anderson)
Original LP issue: Sarah Vaughan EmArcy MG 36004;
available on CD: 814 641-2
What Am I Here For? (Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington)
Original issue same as track 1
Sandu (Clifford Brown)
Original issue same as track 1
Daahoud (Clifford Brown)
Original issue same as track 2
Born to Be Blue (Melvin Howard ''Mel'' Torme / Robert Wells)
Original LP issue: Helen Merrill EmArcy MG 36006;
available on CD: 814 643-2
Jordu (Irving Sidney ''Duke'' Jordan)
Recorded August 3, 1954 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Gertrude's Bounce (Richard Powell)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach At Basin Street EmArcy MG 36070;
available on CD: 814 648-2
Star Dust (Hoagland Howard ''Hoagy'' Carmichael / Mitchell Parish)
Recorded January 20, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City
Parisian Thoroughfare (Earl Rudolph ''Bud'' Powell)
Recorded August 2, 1954 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Blues Walk (Clifford Brown)
Recorded February 24, 1955 at Capitol Studios, New York City
Disc Two
Dr. Free-Zee (Max Roach)
Original LP issue: Max Roach +4 EmArcy MG 36098;
available on CD: 822 673-2
Just One of Those Things (Cole Albert Porter)
Recorded September 17, 1956 in New York City
Valse Hot (Theodore Walter ''Sonny'' Rollins)
Original LP issue: Jazz in 3/4 Time EmArcy SR 80002
Tune Up (Eddie ''Cleanhead'' Vinson)
Original LP issue: Max Roach +4 & More Mercury (Japan) 195J-39
Yardbird Suite (Charles Parker, Jr.)
Original LP issue: The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker EmArcy SR 80019
A Night in Tunisia (John Birks ''Dizzy'' Gillespie / Frank Paparelli)
Original LP issue: Max Roach +4 at Newport EmArcy SR 80010
La Villa (McKinley Howard ''Kenny'' Dorham)
Original issue same as track 6
Max's Variations (based on "Pop Goes the Weasel ") (Harold Faberman)
Original LP issue: Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble Symphony in Percussion EmArcy MG 36144
Prelude (Consuela Lee Morehead)
Original LP issue: The Many Sides of Max Mercury SR 60911
Juliano (Julian Priester)
Original LP issue: Quiet as It's Kept EmArcy MG 20491
Lotus Blossom (Kenny Dorham)
Original issue same as track 10
The Left Bank (fourth part of "Parisian Sketches ") (Max Roach)
Original LP issue: Parisian Sketches Mercury SR 60760
Never Leave Me (Gordon Jenkins)
Original LP issue: Moon-Faced and Starry-Eyed Mercury SR 60215
Disc One
Cherokee (Raymond Stanley ''Ray'' Noble)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach A Study in Brown EmArcy MG 36037;
available on CD: 814 646-2
Joy Spring (Clifford Brown)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach EmArcy MG 36036;
available on CD: 814 645-2
What's New? (Robert Sherwood ''Bob'' Haggart / Johnny Burke)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown with Strings EmArcy MG 36005;
available on CD: 814 642-2
Mildama (Maxwell Lemuel ''Max'' Roach)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach EmArcy MG 36008;
available on CD: 814 644-2
September Song (Kurt Weill / Maxwell Anderson)
Original LP issue: Sarah Vaughan EmArcy MG 36004;
available on CD: 814 641-2
What Am I Here For? (Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington)
Original issue same as track 1
Sandu (Clifford Brown)
Original issue same as track 1
Daahoud (Clifford Brown)
Original issue same as track 2
Born to Be Blue (Melvin Howard ''Mel'' Torme / Robert Wells)
Original LP issue: Helen Merrill EmArcy MG 36006;
available on CD: 814 643-2
Jordu (Irving Sidney ''Duke'' Jordan)
Recorded August 3, 1954 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Gertrude's Bounce (Richard Powell)
Original LP issue: Clifford Brown and Max Roach At Basin Street EmArcy MG 36070;
available on CD: 814 648-2
Star Dust (Hoagland Howard ''Hoagy'' Carmichael / Mitchell Parish)
Recorded January 20, 1955 at Fine Sound Studio, New York City
Parisian Thoroughfare (Earl Rudolph ''Bud'' Powell)
Recorded August 2, 1954 at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Blues Walk (Clifford Brown)
Recorded February 24, 1955 at Capitol Studios, New York City
Disc Two
Dr. Free-Zee (Max Roach)
Original LP issue: Max Roach +4 EmArcy MG 36098;
available on CD: 822 673-2
Just One of Those Things (Cole Albert Porter)
Recorded September 17, 1956 in New York City
Valse Hot (Theodore Walter ''Sonny'' Rollins)
Original LP issue: Jazz in 3/4 Time EmArcy SR 80002
Tune Up (Eddie ''Cleanhead'' Vinson)
Original LP issue: Max Roach +4 & More Mercury (Japan) 195J-39
Yardbird Suite (Charles Parker, Jr.)
Original LP issue: The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker EmArcy SR 80019
A Night in Tunisia (John Birks ''Dizzy'' Gillespie / Frank Paparelli)
Original LP issue: Max Roach +4 at Newport EmArcy SR 80010
La Villa (McKinley Howard ''Kenny'' Dorham)
Original issue same as track 6
Max's Variations (based on "Pop Goes the Weasel ") (Harold Faberman)
Original LP issue: Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble Symphony in Percussion EmArcy MG 36144
Prelude (Consuela Lee Morehead)
Original LP issue: The Many Sides of Max Mercury SR 60911
Juliano (Julian Priester)
Original LP issue: Quiet as It's Kept EmArcy MG 20491
Lotus Blossom (Kenny Dorham)
Original issue same as track 10
The Left Bank (fourth part of "Parisian Sketches ") (Max Roach)
Original LP issue: Parisian Sketches Mercury SR 60760
Never Leave Me (Gordon Jenkins)
Original LP issue: Moon-Faced and Starry-Eyed Mercury SR 60215
Kenny Burrell
Verve Jazz Masters 45
Verve 314 527 652-2 rel. 1995
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Wholly Cats (Benjamin David ''Benny'' Goodman)
Original LP issue: Blues: The Common Ground Verve V6-8746
Greensleeves (traditional)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington / William Thomas ''Billy'' Strayhorn / Lee Gaines)
Original LP issue: Night Song Verve V6-8751
Wonder Why (Nicholas Brodszky / Sammy Cahn)
Original LP issue: Blues: The Common Ground Verve V6-8746
Sugar Hill (Kenny Burrell)
Original LP issue: Asphalt Canyon Suite Verve V6-8773
Lotus Land (Cyril Scott)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Seven Come Eleven (Benny Goodman / Charles ''Charlie'' Christian)
Original CD issue: For Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman 831 087-2
Soulful Brothers (Kenny Burrell / Warren Stephens)
Original LP issue: Blues: The Common Ground Verve V6-8746
Love You Madly (Duke Ellington)
Original LP issue: Night Song Verve V6-8751
Last Night When We Were Young (Harold Arlen / E.Y.''Yip'' Harburg)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Every Day I Have the Blues (Peter Chatman aka ''Memphis Slim'')
Original issue same as track 5
Breadwinner (Kenny Burrell)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Angel Eyes (Matt Dennis / Earl Brent)
Original issue same as track 2
Blue Bash (James Oscar ''Jimmy'' Smith)
Original LP issue: Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith Blue Bash Verve V6-8553
Were You There? (Kenny Burrell)
Original issue same as track 9
Wholly Cats (Benjamin David ''Benny'' Goodman)
Original LP issue: Blues: The Common Ground Verve V6-8746
Greensleeves (traditional)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' (Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington / William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn / Lee Gaines)
Original LP issue: Night Song Verve V6-8751
Wonder Why (Nicholas Brodszky / Sammy Cahn)
Original LP issue: Blues: The Common Ground Verve V6-8746
Sugar Hill (Kenny Burrell)
Original LP issue: Asphalt Canyon Suite Verve V6-8773
Lotus Land (Cyril Scott)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Seven Come Eleven (Benny Goodman / Charles ''Charlie'' Christian)
Original CD issue: For Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman 831 087-2
Soulful Brothers (Kenny Burrell / Warren Stephens)
Original LP issue: Blues: The Common Ground Verve V6-8746
Love You Madly (Duke Ellington)
Original LP issue: Night Song Verve V6-8751
Last Night When We Were Young (Harold Arlen / E.Y."Yip" Harburg)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Every Day I Have the Blues (Peter Chatman aka ''Memphis Slim'')
Original issue same as track 5
Breadwinner (Kenny Burrell)
Original LP issue: Guitar Forms Verve V6-8612
Angel Eyes (Matt Dennis / Earl Brent)
Original issue same as track 2
Blue Bash (James Oscar ''Jimmy'' Smith)
Original LP issue: Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith Blue Bash Verve V6-8553
Were You There? (Kenny Burrell)
Original issue same as track 9
Dizzy Gillespie
Compact Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Verve 314 511 393-2 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence, Liner Notes
List of Tunes
Cool Breeze (Dameron / Eckstine / Gillespie)
Recorded June 6, 1956 in New York
Groovin' for Nat (Wilkins)
Recording date and location as on 1
Tangorine (Gillespie)
Recorded April 7, 1957 in New York
I Can't Get Started (Gershwin / Duke)
Recorded May 18, 19, 1956 in New York
Stablemates (Golson)
Recorded April 8, 1957 in New York
That's All (Anson)
Recording date and location as on 5
Jessica's Birthday (Jones)
Recording date and location as on 4
I Remember Clifford (Golson)
Recorded July 6, 1957 in Newport R.I.
Left Hand Corner (Wilkins)
Recording date and location as on 3
Tin Tin Deo (Pozo)
Recording date and location as on 1
Doodlin' (Silver)
Recording date and location as on 9
Annie's Dance (Liston)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 4
Hey Pete (Harding / Gillespie)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 4
Whisper Not (Golson)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 5
Groovin' High (Gillespie)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 5
Cool Breeze (Dameron / Eckstine / Gillespie)
Recorded June 6, 1956 in New York
Groovin' for Nat (Wilkins)
Recording date and location as on 1
Tangorine (Gillespie)
Recorded April 7, 1957 in New York
I Can't Get Started (Gershwin / Duke)
Recorded May 18, 19, 1956 in New York
Stablemates (Golson)
Recorded April 8, 1957 in New York
That's All (Anson)
Recording date and location as on 5
Jessica's Birthday (Jones)
Recording date and location as on 4
I Remember Clifford (Golson)
Recorded July 6, 1957 in Newport R.I.
Left Hand Corner (Wilkins)
Recording date and location as on 3
Tin Tin Deo (Pozo)
Recording date and location as on 1
Doodlin' (Silver)
Recording date and location as on 9
Annie's Dance (Liston)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 4
Hey Pete (Harding / Gillespie)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 4
Whisper Not (Golson)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 5
Groovin' High (Gillespie)
Recording date and location as on 1 and 5
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Diamonds: The Best of the Verve Years
Verve 314 513 875-2 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence, Liner Notes (interview)
List of Tunes
Disc 1 • Big Band
Prelude (Schifrin)
Original LP issue: Gillespiana Verve V/V6-8394
'Bout To Wail (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Umbrella Man (Larry Stock / James Cavanaugh / Vincent Rose)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
The Chains (Schifrin)
Original LP issue: New Continent Limelight LM 82022
Birk's Works (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
Stella by Starlight (Victor Young / Ned Washington)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie – World Statesman Norgran MGN-1084
Dizzy's Business (Wilkins)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie – World Statesman Norgran MGN-1084
Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer / Jacques Prevert)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
Dizzy's Blues (A.K. Salim)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie at Newport Verve MGV-8242
Flamingo (Ted Grouya / Edmund Anderson)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Jordu (Duke Jordan)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
Evening Sound (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Take the ''A'' Train (Billy Strayhorn)
Original LP issue: Ella Fitzgerald The Duke Ellington Songbook Vol. 1 Verve MGV-4008-2;
available on CD: 837 035-2
Disc 2 • Small Groups & Guests
Blue 'n' Boogie (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: JATP in Europe Verve V-8540
Bonnie's Blues (Mal Waldron)
Original LP issue: The Cool World (soundtrack) Phillips PHM 200 138/ PHS 600 138
Ool-Ya-Koo (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Carnegie Hall Concert Verve V/V6-8423
Blues After Dark (Golson)
Original LP issue: The Greatest Trumpet of Them All Verve MGV-8352
The Heat's On (Eldridge)
Original LP issue: Various ArtistsThe Greatest Names in Jazz Verve PR2-3
Leap Frog (Parker)
Original LP issue: Bird and Diz Verve MGV-8006;
available on CD: 831 133-2
Where's Adam? (Traditional)
Original LP issue: Soul Searching Verve V/V6-3004
There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones / Marty Symes)
Original LP issue: Have Trumpet, Will Excite Verve MGV-8313
Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
Original LP issue: New Jazz Sounds of Benny Carter Norgran MGN-1044
I Know That You Know (Vincent Youmans / Ann Caldwell)
Original LP issue: Sonny Side Up Verve MGV-8262;
available on CD: 825 674-2
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Verve MGV-8328
Dizzy Atmosphere (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Sittin' In Verve MGV-8225
Disc 3 • In an Afro-Cuban, Bossa Nova, Calypso Groove
Manteca (Gillespie / Gil Fuller / Chano Pozo)
Original LP issue: Carnegie Hall Concert Verve V/V6-8423
Fiesta Mojo (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Jambo Caribe Limelight LM 82007
A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie / Frank Paparelli)
Original LP issue: Afro Norgran MGN-1003
And Then She Stopped (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Jambo Caribe Limelight LM 82007/ LS 86007
Tin Tin Deo (Gil Fuller / Chano Pozo)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris Phillips PHM 200 106/ PHS 600 106;
available on CD: 830224-2
Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Original LP issue: Dizzy on the French Riviera Phillips PHM 200 048/ PHS 600 048
Africana (Schifrin)
Original LP issue: Gillespiana Verve V/V6-8394
Pergunte Ao Joao (Ask John) (Silvia / Costa)
Original LP issue: New Wave Phillips PHM 200 070/ PHS 600 030
Caravan (Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol)
Original LP issue: Afro Norgran MGN-1003
The Lovely Feeling (Margo Guryan / Arif Mardin)
Original LP issue: Something Old, Something New Phillips PHM 200-091/ PHS 600 091
Ungawa (Gillespie / Oswaldo Nuñes)
Original LP issue: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Verve MGV-8328
Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Con Alma (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Afro Norgran MGN-1003
Rio Pakistan (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith Verve MGV-8214
Jambo (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Jambo Caribe Limelight LM 82007/ LS 86007
Disc 1 • Big Band
Prelude (Schifrin)
Original LP issue: Gillespiana Verve V/V6-8394
'Bout To Wail (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Umbrella Man (Larry Stock / James Cavanaugh / Vincent Rose)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
The Chains (Schifrin)
Original LP issue: New Continent Limelight LM 82022
Birk's Works (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
Stella by Starlight (Victor Young / Ned Washington)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie – World Statesman Norgran MGN-1084
Dizzy's Business (Wilkins)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie – World Statesman Norgran MGN-1084
Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer / Jacques Prevert)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
Dizzy's Blues (A.K. Salim)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie at Newport Verve MGV-8242
Flamingo (Ted Grouya / Edmund Anderson)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Jordu (Duke Jordan)
Original LP issue: Birk's Works Verve MGV-8222
Evening Sound (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn)
Original LP issue: Ella Fitzgerald The Duke Ellington Songbook Vol. 1 Verve MGV-4008-2;
available on CD: 837 035-2
Disc 2 • Small Groups & Guests
Blue 'n' Boogie (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: JATP in Europe Verve V-8540
Bonnie's Blues (Mal Waldron)
Original LP issue: The Cool World (soundtrack) Phillips PHM 200 138/ PHS 600 138
Ool-Ya-Koo (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Carnegie Hall Concert Verve V/V6-8423
Blues After Dark (Golson)
Original LP issue: The Greatest Trumpet of Them All Verve MGV-8352
The Heat's On (Eldridge)
Original LP issue: Various ArtistsThe Greatest Names in Jazz Verve PR2-3
Leap Frog (Parker)
Original LP issue: Bird and Diz Verve MGV-8006;
available on CD: 831 133-2
Where's Adam? (Traditional)
Original LP issue: Soul Searching Verve V/V6-3004
There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones / Marty Symes)
Original LP issue: Have Trumpet, Will Excite Verve MGV-8313
Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter)
Original LP issue: New Jazz Sounds of Benny Carter Norgran MGN-1044
I Know That You Know (Vincent Youmans / Ann Caldwell)
Original LP issue: Sonny Side Up Verve MGV-8262;
available on CD: 825 674-2
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Verve MGV-8328
Dizzy Atmosphere (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Sittin' In Verve MGV-8225
Disc 3 • In an Afro-Cuban, Bossa Nova, Calypso Groove
Manteca (Gillespie / Gil Fuller / Chano Pozo)
Original LP issue: Carnegie Hall Concert Verve V/V6-8423
Fiesta Mojo (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Jambo Caribe Limelight LM 82007
A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie / Frank Paparelli)
Original LP issue: Afro Norgran MGN-1003
And Then She Stopped (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Jambo Caribe Limelight LM 82007/ LS 86007
Tin Tin Deo (Gil Fuller / Chano Pozo)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris Phillips PHM 200 106/ PHS 600 106;
available on CD: 830224-2
Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Original LP issue: Dizzy on the French Riviera Phillips PHM 200 048/ PHS 600 048
Africana (Schifrin)
Original LP issue: Gillespiana Verve V/V6-8394
Pergunte Ao Joao (Ask John) (Silvia / Costa)
Original LP issue: New Wave Phillips PHM 200 070/ PHS 600 030
Caravan (Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol)
Original LP issue: Afro Norgran MGN-1003
The Lovely Feeling (Margo Guryan / Arif Mardin)
Original LP issue: Something Old, Something New Phillips PHM 200-091/ PHS 600 091
Ungawa (Gillespie / Oswaldo Nuñes)
Original LP issue: The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie Verve MGV-8328
Begin the Beguine (Cole Porter)
Original LP issue: Big Band Sound of Dizzy Gillespie Verve 2317080 — U.K. only release
Con Alma (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Afro Norgran MGN-1003
Rio Pakistan (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith Verve MGV-8214
Jambo (Gillespie)
Original LP issue: Jambo Caribe Limelight LM 82007/ LS 86007
Dizzy Gillespie
Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions
Verve314 527 900-2 rel. 1995
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes (interview)
Hank Jones
Upon the Reflection: The Music of Thad Jones
Verve Gitanes 314 514 898-2 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes
Roland Kirk
Verve Jazz Masters 27
Verve 314 522 062-2 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Three for the Festival (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: We Free Kings Mercury MG 20679;
available on CD: 826 455-2
Blue Rol (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Verve V6-8709;
available on CD: 832 164-2
Reeds and Deeds (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Reeds and Deeds Mercury MG 20800
Hip Chops (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Gifts and Messages Mercuty MG 20939
From Bechet, Byas, and Fats (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Rip, Rig, and Panic Limelight LS 86027
available on CD: 832 164-2
Berkshire Blues (Randolph E. Weston)
Original 45 issue: Mercury 72325
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Manning Sherwin / Eric Maschwitz)
Original LP issue: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets Benny Golson Mercury MG 20844
March On, Swan Lake (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original issue same as track 4
The Haunted Melody (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: We Free Kings Mercury MG 20679;
available on CD: 826 455-2
Meeting on Termini's Corner (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Domino Mercury MG 20748
Rolando (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Domino Mercury MG 20748
Blues for Alice (Charles Parker, Jr.)
Original issue same as track 9
Black Diamond (Milton Randolph Sealey / Pearl Sein)
Original issue same as track 5
You Did It, You Did It (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original issue same as track 1
Where Monk and Mingus Live (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
/ Let's Call This (Thelonious Sphere Monk)
Original issue same as track 11
BLues for C & T (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original issue same as track 4
Three for the Festival (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: We Free Kings Mercury MG 20679;
available on CD: 826 455-2
Blue Rol (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith Verve V6-8709;
available on CD: 832 164-2
Reeds and Deeds (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Reeds and Deeds Mercury MG 20800
Hip Chops (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Gifts and Messages Mercuty MG 20939
From Bechet, Byas, and Fats (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Rip, Rig, and Panic Limelight LS 86027
available on CD: 832 164-2
Berkshire Blues (Randolph E. Weston)
Original 45 issue: Mercury 72325
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Manning Sherwin / Eric Maschwitz)
Original LP issue: The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets Benny Golson Mercury MG 20844
March On, Swan Lake (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original issue same as track 4
The Haunted Melody (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: We Free Kings Mercury MG 20679;
available on CD: 826 455-2
Meeting on Termini's Corner (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Domino Mercury MG 20748
Rolando (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original LP issue: Domino Mercury MG 20748
Blues for Alice (Charles Parker, Jr.)
Original issue same as track 9
Black Diamond (Milton Randolph Sealey / Pearl Sein)
Original issue same as track 5
You Did It, You Did It (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original issue same as track 1
Where Monk and Mingus Live (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
/ Let's Call This (Thelonious Sphere Monk)
Original issue same as track 11
BLues for C & T (Ronald Theodore Kirk)
Original issue same as track 4
Mike LeDonne Trio
Common Ground
Criss Cross CRISS1058 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington:
Drums , Liner Notes
Mike LeDonne
Soulmates
Criss Cross CRISS 1074 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Producer, Liner Notes
Mike LeDonne
To Each His Own
Double-Time DTRCD-135 rel. 1998
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes
Mike LeDonne
Then and Now
Double-Time DTRCD-153 rel. 1999
Kenny Washington: Assistant Engineer
Curtis Lundy
Just Be Yourself
New Note NN1008 rel. 1985
Kenny Washington: Producer,
Drums
Gloria Lynne
Starry Eyes: The Collection
Verve 314 539 777-2 rel. 1998
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Joey, Joey, Joey (Frank Henry Loesser)
Original LP issue: Soul Serenade Fontana SRF 67541
Somewhere in the Night (Billy May / Milton Raskin)
Original LP issue: Gloria Fontana SRF 67561
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Clarence Williams / Charles Warfield)
Original issue same as track 1
Blue Gardenia (Lester Lee / Sidney Russel)
Original LP issue: Intimate Moments Fontana SRF 67528
Soul Serenade (Luther Dixon / Curtis Ousley)
Original issue same as track 1
For You (Joe Burke / Al Dubin)
Original issue same as track 2
I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life (Cy Coleman / Joseph McCarthy)
Original issue same as track 4
Some of These Days (Shelton Brooks)
Original issue same as track 2
Blue Afternoon (J. Bailey / J. McFarland)
Original issue same as track 2
All Alone (Irving Berlin, b. Israel Balin)
Original issue same as track 1
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (Richard Charles Rogers / Lorenz Milton Hart)
Original issue same as track 4
Let's Take an Old-fashioned Walk (Irving Berlin)
Original issue same as track 2
Country Girl (Arranged and adapted by Judy Roderick)
Original LP issue: Where It's At Fontana SRF 67555
I Cover the Waterfront (John Green / Edward Heyman)
Original issue same as track 4
Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You (Jack Segal / Marvin Fisher)
Original issue same as track 13
Happy Shoes (Robert Scott / Richard Ahlert)
Original issue same as track 13
Joey, Joey, Joey (Frank Henry Loesser)
Original LP issue: Soul Serenade Fontana SRF 67541
Somewhere in the Night (Billy May / Milton Raskin)
Original LP issue: Gloria Fontana SRF 67561
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? (Clarence Williams / Charles Warfield)
Original issue same as track 1
Blue Gardenia (Lester Lee / Sidney Russel)
Original LP issue: Intimate Moments Fontana SRF 67528
Soul Serenade (Luther Dixon / Curtis Ousley)
Original issue same as track 1
For You (Joe Burke / Al Dubin)
Original issue same as track 2
I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life (Cy Coleman / Joseph McCarthy)
Original issue same as track 4
Some of These Days (Shelton Brooks)
Original issue same as track 2
Blue Afternoon (J. Bailey / J. McFarland)
Original issue same as track 2
All Alone (Irving Berlin, b. Israel Balin)
Original issue same as track 1
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (Richard Charles Rogers / Lorenz Milton Hart)
Original issue same as track 4
Let's Take an Old-fashioned Walk (Irving Berlin)
Original issue same as track 2
Country Girl (Arranged and adapted by Judy Roderick)
Original LP issue: Where It's At Fontana SRF 67555
I Cover the Waterfront (John Green / Edward Heyman)
Original issue same as track 4
Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You (Jack Segal / Marvin Fisher)
Original issue same as track 13
Happy Shoes (Robert Scott / Richard Ahlert)
Original issue same as track 13
Antoinette Montague
Pretty Blues
CAP 1003 rel. 2006
Kenny Washington: Producer,
Drums
Antoinette Montague
Behind the Smile
In the Groove rel. 2010
Kenny Washington: Producer,
Drums
Wes Montgomery
Verve Jazz Masters 14
Verve 314 519 826-2 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence, Liner Notes
List of Tunes
Goin' out of My Head (Teddy Randazzo / Bobby Weinstein)
Original LP issue: Goin' out of My Head Verve V-8642;
available on CD: 825 676-2
Impressions (John Coltrane)
Original LP issue: Willow Weep for Me Verve V-8765
My One and Only Love (Guy Wood / Robert Mellin)
Original LP issue: Just Walkin' Verve V-8804
Tequila (Chuck Rio)
Original LP issue: Tequila Verve V-8653;
available on CD: 831 671-2
Bumpin' (Wes Montgomery)
Original LP issue: Bumpin' Verve V-8625;
available on CD: 821 671-2
What the World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach / Hal David)
Original LP issue: Tequila Verve V-8653;
available on CD: 831 671-2
No Blues (Miles Davis)
Original LP issue: Smokin' at the Half Note Verve V-8633;
available on CD: 829 578-2
The Shadow of Your Smile (Paul Francis Webster / Johnny Mandel)
Original LP issue: Bumpin' Verve V-8625;
available on CD: 821 671-2
Caravan (Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol / Irving Mills)
Original LP issue: Movin' Wes Verve V-8610;
available on CD: 810 045-2
Bumpin' on Sunset (Wes Montgomery)
Original LP issue: Tequila Verve V-8653;
available on CD: 831 671-2
Twisted Blues (Wes Montgomery)
Original issue same as track 1
Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke / Jimmy Van Heusen)
Original LP issue: California Dreamin' Verve V-8672;
available on CD: 827 842-2
Con Alma (John Birks Gillespie)
Original issue same as track 5
The Thumb (Wes Montgomery)
Original issue same as track4
Goin' out of My Head (Teddy Randazzo / Bobby Weinstein)
Original LP issue: Goin' out of My Head Verve V-8642;
available on CD: 825 676-2
Impressions (John Coltrane)
Original LP issue: Willow Weep for Me Verve V-8765
My One and Only Love (Guy Wood / Robert Mellin)
Original LP issue: Just Walkin' Verve V-8804
Tequila (Chuck Rio)
Original LP issue: Tequila Verve V-8653;
available on CD: 831 671-2
Bumpin' (Wes Montgomery)
Original LP issue: Bumpin' Verve V-8625;
available on CD: 821 671-2
What the World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach / Hal David)
Original LP issue: Tequila Verve V-8653;
available on CD: 831 671-2
No Blues (Miles Davis)
Original LP issue: Smokin' at the Half Note Verve V-8633;
available on CD: 829 578-2
The Shadow of Your Smile (Paul Francis Webster / Johnny Mandel)
Original LP issue: Bumpin' Verve V-8625;
available on CD: 821 671-2
Caravan (Duke Ellington / Juan Tizol / Irving Mills)
Original LP issue: Movin' Wes Verve V-8610;
available on CD: 810 045-2
Bumpin' on Sunset (Wes Montgomery)
Original LP issue: Tequila Verve V-8653;
available on CD: 831 671-2
Twisted Blues (Wes Montgomery)
Original issue same as track 1
Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke / Jimmy Van Heusen)
Original LP issue: California Dreamin' Verve V-8672;
available on CD: 827 842-2
Con Alma (John Birks Gillespie)
Original issue same as track 5
The Thumb (Wes Montgomery)
Original issue same as track4
Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley
The Birth of Hard Bop
Savoy Jazz 92905-2 rel. 2000
Kenny Washington: Annotation
Oliver Nelson
Verve Jazz Masters 48
Verve 314 527 654-2 rel. 1995
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Hoe Down
Original LP issue: Full Nelson Verve V6-8508
St. Louis Blues (William Christopher ''W.C.'' Handy)
Original LP issue: Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in tne Sixties, Volume One: The Blues Verve V6-8677
Patterns for Orchestra
(previously unissued)
I Remember Bird (Leonard Feather)
Original issue same as track 2
A Typical Day in New York
Original LP issue: The Jazz Interactions Orchestra Jazzhattan Suite Verve V6-8731
Penthouse Dawn
Original issue same as track 5
One for Duke
Original issue same as track 5
Complex City
Original issue same as track 5
You Love but Once
Original issue same as track 1
Full Nelson
Original issue same as track 1
Ricardo's Dilemma (Roy E. Ayers, Jr.)
Original LP issue: The Sound of Feeling and the Sound of Oliver Nelson Verve V6-8743
Paris Blues (Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington)
Original issue same as track 1
The Sidewalks of New York ( aka ''East Side, West Side'') (Charles B. Lawlor / James W. Blake)
Original issue same as track 11
Ballad for Benny
Original issue same as track 1
Greensleeves (traditional)
Original issue same as track 11
Miss Fine
Original issue same as track 1
(All compositions by Oliver Edward Nelson unless indicated)
Hoe Down
Original LP issue: Full Nelson Verve V6-8508
St. Louis Blues (William Christopher ''W.C.'' Handy)
Original LP issue: Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in tne Sixties, Volume One: The Blues Verve V6-8677
Patterns for Orchestra
(previously unissued)
I Remember Bird (Leonard Feather)
Original issue same as track 2
A Typical Day in New York
Original LP issue: The Jazz Interactions Orchestra Jazzhattan Suite Verve V6-8731
Penthouse Dawn
Original issue same as track 5
One for Duke
Original issue same as track 5
Complex City
Original issue same as track 5
You Love but Once
Original issue same as track 1
Full Nelson
Original issue same as track 1
Ricardo's Dilemma (Roy E. Ayers, Jr.)
Original LP issue: The Sound of Feeling and the Sound of Oliver Nelson Verve V6-8743
Paris Blues (Edward Kennedy ''Duke'' Ellington)
Original issue same as track 1
The Sidewalks of New York ( aka ''East Side, West Side'') (Charles B. Lawlor / James W. Blake)
Original issue same as track 11
Ballad for Benny
Original issue same as track 1
Greensleeves (traditional)
Original issue same as track 11
Miss Fine
Original issue same as track 1
(All compositions by Oliver Edward Nelson unless indicated)
Charlie Parker
Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker
Verve 314 511 391-2 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Blues (Fast) (Parker)
Recorded Eearly 1950 in N.Y.
Chi-Chi (Master Take) (Parker)
Recorded July 30, 1953 in N.Y.
Funky Blues (Hodges)
Recorded June, 1952 in Hollywood, Ca.
Laird Baird (Parker)
Recorded Dec. 1952 - Jan. 1953 in N.Y.
Blues for Norman (Shrdlu)
Recorded Jan. 28, 1946 in Los Angels, Ca.
Back Home Blues (Master Take) (Parker)
Recorded Aug. 8, 1951 in N.Y.
Jam Blues (Shrdlu)
Recording date and location as on 3
Passport-Tune Y (rare) (Parker)
Recorded May 5, 1949 in N.Y.
Si-Si (Parker)
Recording date and location as on 6
The Closer (Etaoin)
Recorded Sept. 18, 1949 at Carnegie Hall, N.Y.
Blues (Fast) (Parker)
Recorded Eearly 1950 in N.Y.
Chi-Chi (Master Take) (Parker)
Recorded July 30, 1953 in N.Y.
Funky Blues (Hodges)
Recorded June, 1952 in Hollywood, Ca.
Laird Baird (Parker)
Recorded Dec. 1952 - Jan. 1953 in N.Y.
Blues for Norman (Shrdlu)
Recorded Jan. 28, 1946 in Los Angels, Ca.
Back Home Blues (Master Take) (Parker)
Recorded Aug. 8, 1951 in N.Y.
Jam Blues (Shrdlu)
Recording date and location as on 3
Passport-Tune Y (rare) (Parker)
Recorded May 5, 1949 in N.Y.
Si-Si (Parker)
Recording date and location as on 6
The Closer (Etaoin)
Recorded Sept. 18, 1949 at Carnegie Hall, N.Y.
Oscar Peterson
The Essential Oscar Peterson: The Swinger
Verve 314 517 174-2 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim)
Recorded January 1962 in New York City
Blues for Big Scotia (Oscar Peterson)
Recorded June 1962 in New York City
People (Jule Styne / Bob Merrill)
Recorded 1962 in New York City
Tour's End (Getz)
Recorded October 10, 1957 in Los Angels
Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie)
Recorded October 1959 in San Francisco
Tangerine (Victor Schertzinger / Johnny Mercer)
Recorded September 25-27, 1962 in Chicago
March Past (Peterson)
Recorded 1964 in New York City
Tenderly (Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence)
Recorded September 16, 1950 at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City
On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper / Ned Washington)
Recorded December 1961 in New York City
Gray Waltz (Brown)
Recorded September 25-27, 1962 in Chicago
Seven Come Eleven (Charlie Christian / Benny Goodman)
Recorded October 11, 1952 at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City
Waltz for Debby (Bill Evance)
Recorded September 25-27, 1962 in Chicago
Brotherhood of Man (Frank Loesser)
Recorded August 17, 1964 in New York City
Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim)
Recorded January 1962 in New York City
Blues for Big Scotia (Oscar Peterson)
Recorded June 1962 in New York City
People (Jule Styne / Bob Merrill)
Recorded 1962 in New York City
Tour's End (Getz)
Recorded October 10, 1957 in Los Angels
Con Alma (Dizzy Gillespie)
Recorded October 1959 in San Francisco
Tangerine (Victor Schertzinger / Johnny Mercer)
Recorded September 25-27, 1962 in Chicago
March Past (Peterson)
Recorded 1964 in New York City
Tenderly (Walter Gross / Jack Lawrence)
Recorded September 16, 1950 at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City
On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper / Ned Washington)
Recorded December 1961 in New York City
Gray Waltz (Brown)
Recorded September 25-27, 1962 in Chicago
Seven Come Eleven (Charlie Christian / Benny Goodman)
Recorded October 11, 1952 at a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City
Waltz for Debby (Bill Evance)
Recorded September 25-27, 1962 in Chicago
Brotherhood of Man (Frank Loesser)
Recorded August 17, 1964 in New York City
Lou Rawls
Live! [reissue]
Capitol Jazz 7243 4 77553 2 3 rel. 2005
Kenny Washington: Liner Notes
Tad Shull Quintet
Deep Passion
Criss Cross CRISS1047 rel. 1991
Kenny Washington:
Drums , Liner Notes
Sonny Stitt
Compact Jazz: Sonny Stitt
Verve 314 513 632-2 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
I Know That You Know (Caldwell / Youmans)
Recorded Sept. 14, 1956 in N.Y.
Moten Swing (Moten)
Recorded May 18, 1959 in N.Y.
Try a Little Tenderness (Woods)
Recorded March 6-7, 1961 prob. in N.Y.
12th Street Rag (Bowman)
Recording date and location as on 1
New York Blues (Giuffre)
Recorded Feb. 16, 1959 in Los Angels
Scrapple From the Apple (Parker)
Recording date and location as on 2
Down Home Blues (Stitt)
Recording date and location as on 1
Back to My Home Town (Stitt)
Recording date and location as on 3
Tune Up (Davis)
Recorded Feb. 9, 1959 in N.Y.
Autumn in New York (Duke)
Recorded May 12, 1957 in N.Y.
Two For Timbucktu (Giuffre)
Recording date and location as on 5
Blues For Bags (Stitt)
Recorded Oct. 11, 1957 in Los Angels
Body and Soul (Heyman / Sour / Eyton / Green)
Recording date and location as on 1
After You've Gone (Layton / Creamer)
Recording date and location as on 1
I Know That You Know (Caldwell / Youmans)
Recorded Sept. 14, 1956 in N.Y.
Moten Swing (Moten)
Recorded May 18, 1959 in N.Y.
Try a Little Tenderness (Woods)
Recorded March 6-7, 1961 prob. in N.Y.
12th Street Rag (Bowman)
Recording date and location as on 1
New York Blues (Giuffre)
Recorded Feb. 16, 1959 in Los Angels
Scrapple From the Apple (Parker)
Recording date and location as on 2
Down Home Blues (Stitt)
Recording date and location as on 1
Back to My Home Town (Stitt)
Recording date and location as on 3
Tune Up (Davis)
Recorded Feb. 9, 1959 in N.Y.
Autumn in New York (Duke)
Recorded May 12, 1957 in N.Y.
Two For Timbucktu (Giuffre)
Recording date and location as on 5
Blues For Bags (Stitt)
Recorded Oct. 11, 1957 in Los Angels
Body and Soul (Heyman / Sour / Eyton / Green)
Recording date and location as on 1
After You've Gone (Layton / Creamer)
Recording date and location as on 1
Dinah Washington
The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Song
Verve 314 512 905-2 rel. 1992
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
I Get a Kick out of You (Cole Porter)
Recorded March 16, 1955 in New York
Back Water Blues (Bessie Smith)
Recorded July 6, 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival
My Devotion (Roc Hillman / Johnny Napton)
Recorded March 24, 1952 in Chicago
Christopher Columbus (Leon ''Chu'' Berry / Andy Razaf)
Recorded November 20, 1957 in New York
What a Diff'rence a Day Made (Maria Grever / Stanley Adams)
Recorded February 19, 1959 in New York
I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
Recorded August 14, 1954 in Los Angels
I Wanna Be Loved (Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Billy Rose)
Recorded May 9, 1950 in New York
Baby, You've Got What It Takes (Clyde Otis / Murray Stein)
Recorded mid- 1959 in New York
Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins)
Recorded November 10, 1955 in Los Angels
Lover, Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Recorded July 6, 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival
Fat Daddy (Bill Sanford / Bill Medley)
Recorded June 10, 1953 in New York
Blue Gardenia (Sidney Keith Russell / Lester Lee)
Recorded March 16, 1955 in New York
Birth of the Blue (Ray Henderson / B.G. DeSylva / Lew Brown)
/ I Don't Hurt Any More (Donald Robertson / Walter Rollins)
Recorded November 10, 1955 in Los Angels
No More (Bob Russell)
Recorded August 14, 1954 in Los Angels
Blues Down Home (Lincoln Chase)
Recorded October 4, 1957 in New York
This Bitter Earth (Clyde Otis)
Recorded April 7, 1959 in New York
The Cheat (Wayne Shanklin)
Recorded April 28, 1955 in New York
I Get a Kick out of You (Cole Porter)
Recorded March 16, 1955 in New York
Back Water Blues (Bessie Smith)
Recorded July 6, 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival
My Devotion (Roc Hillman / Johnny Napton)
Recorded March 24, 1952 in Chicago
Christopher Columbus (Leon ''Chu'' Berry / Andy Razaf)
Recorded November 20, 1957 in New York
What a Diff'rence a Day Made (Maria Grever / Stanley Adams)
Recorded February 19, 1959 in New York
I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter)
Recorded August 14, 1954 in Los Angels
I Wanna Be Loved (Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Billy Rose)
Recorded May 9, 1950 in New York
Baby, You've Got What It Takes (Clyde Otis / Murray Stein)
Recorded mid- 1959 in New York
Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins)
Recorded November 10, 1955 in Los Angels
Lover, Come Back to Me (Sigmund Romberg / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Recorded July 6, 1958 at the Newport Jazz Festival
Fat Daddy (Bill Sanford / Bill Medley)
Recorded June 10, 1953 in New York
Blue Gardenia (Sidney Keith Russell / Lester Lee)
Recorded March 16, 1955 in New York
Birth of the Blue (Ray Henderson / B.G. DeSylva / Lew Brown)
/ I Don't Hurt Any More (Donald Robertson / Walter Rollins)
Recorded November 10, 1955 in Los Angels
No More (Bob Russell)
Recorded August 14, 1954 in Los Angels
Blues Down Home (Lincoln Chase)
Recorded October 4, 1957 in New York
This Bitter Earth (Clyde Otis)
Recorded April 7, 1959 in New York
The Cheat (Wayne Shanklin)
Recorded April 28, 1955 in New York
Lester Young
Verve Jazz Masters 30
Verve 314 521 859-2 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Selection, Sequence
List of Tunes
Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn)
Original LP issue: Pres and Teddy Verve MGV 8205;
available on CD: 831 270-2
Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans / Leo Robin / Clifford Grey)
Original LP issue: Pres at His Very Best Mercury MG 26010
available on CD: The Complete Lester Young on Keynote Verve 830 920-2
I've Found a New Baby (Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
Original 10''-LP issue: The Lester Young Trio Clef MGC 104;
available on CD: 314 521 650-2
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Collates Mercury MGC 108
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1 Norgran MGN 6;
available on CD: The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve 831 670-2
(Back Home Again in) Indiana (James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald)
Original issue same as track 5
Prisoner of Love (Russ Columbo / Clarence Gaskill / Leo Robin)
Original issue same as track 1
In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) (Mabel Wayne / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Collates #2 Norgran MGC 124
Just You, Just Me (Jesse Greer / Raymond Klages)
Original issue same as track 2
Peg o' My Heart (Fred Fisher / Alfred Bryan)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Trio #2 Norgran MGC 135;
available on CD: Lester Young Trio 314 521 650-2
Too Marvelous for Words (Richard A. Whiting / Johnny Mercer)
Original issue same as track 4
All of Me (Seymour Simons / Gerald Marks)
Original issue same as track 1
I'm Confessin' (that I Love You) (Doc Dougherty / Ellis Reynolds / Al J. Neiburg)
Original LP issue: The President Lester Young Norgran MGN 1005
Mean to Me (Roy Turk / Fred E. Ahlert)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Trio #2 Norgran MGC 135;
available on CD: Lester Young Trio 314 521 650-2
I Never Knew (Ted Fiorito / Gus Kahn)
Original issue same as track 2
Love Me or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn)
Original LP issue: Pres and Teddy Verve MGV 8205;
available on CD: 831 270-2
Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans / Leo Robin / Clifford Grey)
Original LP issue: Pres at His Very Best Mercury MG 26010
available on CD: The Complete Lester Young on Keynote Verve 830 920-2
I've Found a New Baby (Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
Original 10''-LP issue: The Lester Young Trio Clef MGC 104;
available on CD: 314 521 650-2
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Collates Mercury MGC 108
On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1 Norgran MGN 6;
available on CD: The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve 831 670-2
(Back Home Again in) Indiana (James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald)
Original issue same as track 5
Prisoner of Love (Russ Columbo / Clarence Gaskill / Leo Robin)
Original issue same as track 1
In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) (Mabel Wayne / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Collates #2 Norgran MGC 124
Just You, Just Me (Jesse Greer / Raymond Klages)
Original issue same as track 2
Peg o' My Heart (Fred Fisher / Alfred Bryan)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Trio #2 Norgran MGC 135;
available on CD: Lester Young Trio 314 521 650-2
Too Marvelous for Words (Richard A. Whiting / Johnny Mercer)
Original issue same as track 4
All of Me (Seymour Simons / Gerald Marks)
Original issue same as track 1
I'm Confessin' (that I Love You) (Doc Dougherty / Ellis Reynolds / Al J. Neiburg))
Original LP issue: The President Lester Young Norgran MGN 1005
Mean to Me (Roy Turk / Fred E. Ahlert)
Original 10''-LP issue: Lester Young Trio #2 Norgran MGC 135;
available on CD: Lester Young Trio 314 521 650-2
I Never Knew (Ted Fiorito / Gus Kahn)
Original issue same as track 2
Various Artists
Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland [reissue]
RouletteJazz CDP 7243 8 28641 2 7 rel. 1994
Kenny Washington: Producer, Liner Notes