Bethlehem Records Catalog: Extra series, 1000 series
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Bethlehem Extra series (12 inch LP)
EXLP 1 Mel Torme/Frances Faye, and others - Porgy And Bess
Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Clark Terry (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vln, vo) Quentin Jackson, John Saunders, Britt Woodman (tb) Russell Procope (cl, as) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Johnny Hodges (as) Paul Gonzalves (ts) Harry Carney (bars) Duke Ellington (p) Jimmy Woode (b) Sam Woodyard (d)Chicago, IL, February 7 & 8, 1956
| Summertime |
Los Angeles, CA, 1957?
| Introduction | |
| Crap Game Fugue | |
| Crown And Robbins Fight | |
| Storm Music |
same location, date
| Summertime | |
| Summertime (reprise) | |
| - |
same location, date
| A Woman Is A Sometime Thing | |
| It Takes A Long Pull To Get There | |
| It Takes A Long Pull To Get There (reprise) |
same location, date
| They Pass By Singing | |
| I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out | |
| The Buzzard Song | |
| I Got Plenty Of Nuthin' (reprise) |
same location, date
| Gone, Gone, Gone | |
| My Man Is Gone Now |
same location, date
| Overflow | |
| I'm On My Way |
same location, date
| Train Song | |
| Somebody Knockin' | |
| Doctor Jesus (reprise) | |
| Clara, Don't Be Downhearted | |
| Good Mornin' |
same location, date
| I Got Plenty Of Nuthin' |
same location, date
| Bess, You Is My Woman Now | |
| I Loves You, Porgy |
same location, date
| It Ain't Necessarily So |
same location, date
| It Ain't Necessarily So |
same location, date
| What Do You Want With Bess? |
same location, date
| Doctor Jesus |
same location, date
| Street Cries: Strawberry Woman |
same location, date
| Street Cries: Crab Man |
same location, date
| If God Wants To Kill Me |
same location, date
| A Red Headed Woman |
same location, date
| There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York |
same location, date
| Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? |
NYC, 1957?
| The Honey Man | |
| Street Cries: The Honey Man |
EXLP 2 Various Artists - Bethlehem's Grab Bag
Herbie Mann (fl, ts) Mat Mathews (accor) Mundell Lowe (g) Wendell Marshall (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Carmen McRae (vo)NYC, October 6, 1954
| Old Devil Moon |
NYC, January 13 & 14, 1956
| All The Things You Are |
Los Angeles, CA, January 19, 1956
| Have You Met Miss Jones |
Chicago, IL, February 7 & 8, 1956
| Stompy Jones |
NYC, April, 1956
| Route 66 |
Los Angeles, CA, May, 1956
| My Delux |
same location, date
| Pick Yourself Up |
Los Angeles, CA, July, 1956
| The Varsity Drag |
NYC, July, 1956
| House Of Bread Blues |
NYC, 1956
| Scuffles |
Los Angeles, CA, 1957?
| Bess, You Is My Woman Now |
EXLP 3 Various Artists - Bethlehem's Best
Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (tp) Vern Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb) Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as) Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts) Dave McRae (bars) Dave Martin (p) Sidney Block (b) Jimmy Crawford (d) Chris Connor (vo) Sy Oliver (arr, cond)NYC, December 17 & 18, 1953
| Blue Silhouette |
Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 1953
| 'S Nice |
NYC, August 9 & 11, 1954
| Come Back To Sorrento |
NYC, October 6, 1954
| Easy To Love |
Los Angeles, CA, November 20, 1954
| Tune For Tex |
Los Angeles, CA, December 6, 1954
| West Coasting |
Los Angeles, CA, January 5, 1955
| Down In The Depths On The Ninetieth Floor |
Los Angeles, CA, January 10, 1955
| Emaline |
Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1955
| Slugger |
NYC, January 19, 1955
| Mutation |
NYC, January 19, February 22, 1955
| Summer Setting |
NYC, January 20, 1955
| Pick 'N' Pat |
Los Angeles, CA, January 21, 1955
| Junior |
Los Angeles, CA, January 23, 1955
| Count Bill |
Los Angeles, CA, January 25, 1955
| Angus |
Los Angeles, CA, January 27, 1955
| Just Max |
NYC, January 27, 1955
| Going Rock |
Los Angeles, CA, January 28, 1955
| Jamboree Jones |
Los Angeles, CA, February 1, 1955
| Kelly Green |
NYC, February 17, 1955
| Blue-Who |
NYC, February 21, 1955
| The Girl With The Flaxen Hair |
NYC, March 10, 1955
| My Romance |
NYC, March 17 & 18, 1955
| Stairway To The Steinway |
same location, date
| Easy Living |
NYC, April, 1955
| Blame It On My Youth |
NYC, August 12, 1955
| Stardust |
NYC, August 28-30, 1955
| I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good |
NYC, October 12 & 17, 1955
| Let's Get Away From It All |
NYC, October 22, 1955
| Tweedles |
Los Angeles, CA, 1955
| They Can't Take That Away From Me |
same location, date
| Wingville |
NYC, 1955
| Ill Wind |
same location, date
| Pulling Strings |
1955
| September Song |
1955-1956
| Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child |
NYC, 1956
| You Stepped Out Of A Dream |
Bethlehem 1000 series (10 inch LP)
BCP 1001 Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland
Ellis Larkins (p) Everett Barksdale (g) Beverly Peer (b) Chris Connor (vo)NYC, August 9 & 11, 1954
| Lullaby Of Birdland | |
| What Is There To Say? | |
| Try A Little Tenderness | |
| Spring Is Here | |
| Why Shouldn't I? | |
| All About Ronnie | |
| I Hear Music | |
| Come Back To Sorrento |
BCP 1002 Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers
Ronnie Odrich (fl, cl) Don Burns (accor) Joe Cinderella (g) Vinnie Burke (b) Art Mardigan (d) Chris Connor (vo)NYC, August 21, 1954
| Cottage For Sale | |
| How Long Has This Been Going On? | |
| Stella By Starlight | |
| Gone With The Wind | |
| He's Coming Home | |
| Goodbye | |
| Out Of This World | |
| Lush Life |
BCP 1003 Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet
Julius Watkins (frh) Charlie Rouse (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Ron Jefferson (d)NYC, late 1954
| Sextette | |
| Edge Of Love | |
| Cable Car | |
| Tractisisms | |
| Oscar Rides Again | |
| The Golden Touch |
BCP 1004 Bobby Scott - Great Scott
Bobby Scott (p) Whitey Mitchell (b) Bill Bradley (d)NYC, September 21, 1954
| Pee Wee | |
| Phil's Mood | |
| Moonbeaux | |
| Tenderly | |
| Ode To Monk | |
| Polka Dots And Moonbeams | |
| Lullaby Of Birdland | |
| Gone With The Wind |
BCP 1005 Ruby Braff Swings
Ruby Braff (tp) Johnny Guarnieri (p) Walter Page (b) Bobby Donaldson (d)NYC, October, 1954
| Struttin' With Some Barbecue | |
| Mean To Me | |
| Ellie | |
| You're A Sweetheart | |
| Blue And Sentimental | |
| Blue Room | |
| I Can't Get Started | |
| This Can't Be Love |
BCP 1006 Hank D'Amico - Holiday With Hank
Hank D'Amico (cl) Bill Triglia (p) Milt Hinton (b) Charlie Smith (d)NYC, October 5 & 8, 1954
| Hank's Holiday | |
| Billy's Bubble | |
| Tomorrow | |
| Grasshopper | |
| Hank's Dilemma | |
| The Nearness Of You |
BCP 1007 Charlie Shavers - Horn O' Plenty
Charlie Shavers (tp) Bennie Moten (tb) Hank D'Amico (cl) Kenny Kersey (p) Aaron Bell (b) Panama Francis (d) Al Collins (nar)NYC, October 25 & 27, 1954
| Young Man With A Horn / When It's Sleepy Time Down South / After You've Gone / Echoes Of Harlem / And The Angels Sing / Ciribiribin / Salt Peanuts / Young Man With A Horn | |
| Dark Eyes | |
| Moten Swing | |
| Desert Dawn |
BCP 1008 Aaron Sachs Sextet
Urbie Green (tb) Aaron Sachs (cl, ts) Danny Bank (bars) Barry Galbraith (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Osie Johnson (d)NYC, 1954
| One Track | |
| King Fish | |
| Helen | |
| Conversation | |
| If You Are But A Dream | |
| The Bullfrog |
BCP 1009 Bobby Scott - East Coast Jazz/1
Ronnie Woellner (tp) Eddie Bert (tb) Hal McKusick (as) Al Epstein (bars) Bobby Scott (p) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d)NYC, November, 1954
| Dot | |
| Moon Tan | |
| Betty | |
| Aunt Sarah | |
| Cerebellum |
BCP 1010 Vinnie Burke - East Coast Jazz/2
Ronnie Odrich (fl, cl -1,3/8) Don Burns (accor -1,3/8) Barry Galbraith (g -1,3/8) Joe Cinderella (g -2) Vinnie Burke (b)NYC, 1954
| 1. | Time Out |
| 2. | Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise |
| 3. | For All We Know |
| 4. | Honeysuckle Rose |
| 5. | Imagination |
| 6. | On The Alamo |
| 7. | The Continental |
| 8. | Yesterdays |
BCP 1011 Pete Brown - Pete The Great
Joe Wilder (tp) Pete Brown (as) Wade Legge (p) Wally Richardson (g) Gene Ramey (b) Rudy Collins (d)NYC, November 16, 1954
| Moonlight In Vermont | |
| The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise | |
| There Will Never Be Another You | |
| I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | |
| Used Blues | |
| Tea For Two | |
| Delta Blues |
BCP 1012 Joe Puma - East Coast Jazz/3
Don Elliott (vib) Barry Galbraith, Joe Puma (g) Vinnie Burke (b) Teddy Sommer (d)NYC, November 30, 1954
| A Little Rainey | |
| How About You? | |
| Pumatic | |
| What Is There To Say? | |
| Hallelujah | |
| Liza | |
| Moon Song |
BCP 1013 Eddie Shu Quartet
Eddie Shu (tp, cl, as, ts) Bobby Scott (p) Vinnie Burke (b) Roy Haynes (d)NYC, November 26, 1954
| It's Sand Man | |
| Don't Blame Me | |
| Day By Day | |
| Tom Dick And Jim | |
| Blues For Baby | |
| On East Side | |
| Peace | |
| Justice |
BCP 1014 Jonah Jones Sextet
Jonah Jones (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Edmond Hall (cl) Kenny Kersey (p) George "Pops" Foster (b) Osie Johnson (d)NYC, December 9, 1954
| Beale Street Blues | |
| Down By The Riverside | |
| European Blues | |
| The Sheik Of Araby |
NYC, December, 1954
| You're The Cream In My Coffee | |
| Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams | |
| J.J. Special | |
| Stars Fell On Alabama |
BCP 1015 Terry Pollard
Don Fagerquist (tp) Terry Pollard (p) Howard Roberts (g) Herman Wright (b) Frank DeVito (d)Los Angeles, CA, January 10, 1955
| Feddi | |
| Laura | |
| Where Or When | |
| Autumn Serenade | |
| The More I See You | |
| Scrapple From The Apple | |
| Almost Like Being In Love | |
| Emaline |
BCP 1016 Conte Candoli - Sincerely, Conte
Conte Candoli (tp) Claude Williamson (p) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d)Los Angeles, CA, November 20, 1954
| Fine And Dandy | |
| Night Flight | |
| I Can't Get Started | |
| On The Alamo | |
| Tune For Tex | |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me | |
| Everything Happens To Me | |
| I'll Remember April |
BCP 1017 Stan Levey Plays The Composition Of Bill Holman, Bob Cooper And Jimmy Giuffre
Conte Candoli (tp) Zoot Sims (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (bars) Claude Williamson (p) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d)Los Angeles, CA, December 6, 1954
| Exaktamo | |
| Extraversion | |
| Drum Sticks | |
| Lightnin' Bug | |
| West Coasting | |
| Fast Clip |
BCP 1018 Herbie Mann - East Coast Jazz/4
Herbie Mann (fl) Benny Weeks (g) Keith Hodgson (b) Lee Rockey (d)NYC, December, 1954
| Chicken Little | |
| The Things We Did Last Summer | |
| Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | |
| After Work | |
| A Spring Morning | |
| The Purple Grotto | |
| My Little Suede Shoes |
BCP 1019 Oscar Pettiford - Basically Duke
Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl, ts) Dave Schildkraut (as) Danny Bank (bars) Earl Knight (p) Oscar Pettiford (b, cello) Osie Johnson (d)NYC, December 17, 1954
| Jack The Bear | |
| Tamalpais | |
| Chuckles | |
| Mood Indigo | |
| Time On My Hands | |
| Swing 'Til The Girls Come Home |
BCP 1020 Milt Hinton - East Coast Jazz/5
Tony Scott (cl, bcl) Dick Katz (p) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d)NYC, January 20, 1955
| Milt To The Hilt | |
| Don't Blame Me | |
| Ebony Silhouette | |
| Cantus Firmus |
BCP 1021 Charlie Shavers - The Most Intimate
Charlie Shavers (tp) Sy Oliver (arr, cond) unidentified large studio orchestraNYC, 1955
| Ill Wind | |
| Stormy Weather | |
| Out Of Nowhere | |
| I Cover The Waterfront | |
| You're Mine, You | |
| Let's Fall In Love |
BCP 1022 Charlie Mariano Sextet
Stu Williamson (tp -1/4,6) Frank Rosolino (tb -1/4) Charlie Mariano (as) Claude Williamson (p) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d)Los Angeles, CA, December 21, 1953
| 1. | Chloe |
| 2. | 'S Nice |
| 3. | Three Little Words |
| 4. | Green Walls |
| 5. | You Go To My Head |
| 6. | My Melancholy Baby |
BCP 1023 Carmen McRae
Herbie Mann (fl, ts) Mat Mathews (accor) Mundell Lowe (g) Wendell Marshall (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Carmen McRae (vo)NYC, October 6, 1954
| Easy To Love | |
| If I'm Lucky | |
| Old Devil Moon | |
| Tip Toe Gently |
NYC, December, 1954
| 1. | You Made Me Care |
| 2. | Last Time For Love |
| 3. | Too Much In Love To Care |
| 4. | Misery |
BCP 1024 Stu Williamson - Sapphire
Stu Williamson (tp) Charlie Mariano (as -1,2,4/7) Claude Williamson (p) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d)Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1955
| 1. | Slugger |
| 2. | There Will Never Be Another You |
| 3. | Autumn In New York |
| 4. | Sunday |
| 5. | Sapphire |
| 6. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
| 7. | Strike Up The Band |
Los Angeles, CA, January 20, 1955
| The Things We Did Last Summer |
BCP 1025 Herbie Harper
Herbie Harper (tb) Paul Saramento (tu) Charlie Mariano (as) Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bars) Corky Hale (harp) Jimmie Rowles (p) Harry Babasin (b) Irv Cottler (d)Los Angeles, CA, January 25, 1955
| Anything Goes | |
| I'm Old Fashioned | |
| I'll Take Romance | |
| Topsy | |
| How Deep Is The Ocean? | |
| Now You Know | |
| Angus |
BCP 1026 Bob Hardaway - Lou's Blue
Bob Hardaway (ts) Larry Bunker (vib) Marty Paich (p) Max Bennett (b) Art Mardigan (d)Los Angeles, CA, January 21, 1955
| Junior | |
| Lou's Blue | |
| Spring Is Here | |
| Irresistible You |
Los Angeles, CA, January 22, 1955
| I Cover The Waterfront | |
| Indiana | |
| Out Of Nowhere | |
| Deep Purple |
BCP 1027 Helen Carr
Don Fagerquist (tp) Charlie Mariano (as) Donn Trenner (p) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d) Helen Carr (vo)Los Angeles, CA, January 5, 1955
| Not Mine | |
| I Don't Want To Cry Anymore | |
| Tulip Or Turnip | |
| Memory Of The Rain | |
| Down In The Depths On The Ninetieth Floor | |
| You're Driving Me Crazy | |
| I'm Glad There Is You | |
| Moments Like This |
BCP 1028 Max Bennett Quintet
Frank Rosolino (tb) Charlie Mariano (as) Claude Williamson (p) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d) Helen Carr (vo -7,8)Los Angeles, CA, January 27, 1955
| 1. | Rubberneck |
| 2. | Just Max |
| 3. | Jeepers Creepers |
| 4. | T.K. |
| 5. | I'll Never Smile Again |
| 6. | Sweet Georgia Brown |
| 7. | They Say |
| 8. | Do You Know Why? |
BCP 1029 The Composition Of Bobby Scott, Vol. 2
Conte Candoli (tp -1/3,5,7) Frank Rosolino (tb -1/3,5,7) Charlie Mariano (as -1/3,5,7) Bill Holman (ts -1/3,5,7) Jimmy Giuffre (bars -1/3,5,7) Bobby Scott (p) Max Bennett (b -1/3,5,7) Stan Levey (d -1/3,5,7)Los Angeles, CA, January 23, 1955
| 1. | Wigwam |
| 2. | The Creed |
| 3. | Table Cloth Stomp |
| 4. | A Parable |
| 5. | The Wig |
| 6. | Count Bill |
| 7. | Kwan-Youen |
| 8. | Makin' Whoopee |
BCP 1030 The Songs Of Bobby Troup
Bob Enevoldsen (vtb -1,5,8) Bobby Troup (p, vo) Howard Roberts (g) Red Mitchell (b) Don Heath (d)Los Angeles, CA, January 28, 1955
| 1. | Midnight Sun |
| 2. | Laura |
| 3. | That Old Black Magic |
| 4. | One For My Baby |
| 5. | Chckoo In The Clock |
| 6. | Jeepers Creepers |
| 7. | Skylark |
| 8. | I'm With You |
BCP 1031 Australian Jazz Quartet
Dick Healey (as, ts, fl, cl, picc, b) Erroll Buddle (ts, basn) Bryce Rohde (p) Jack Brokensha (d, vib)NYC, February 21, 1955
| A Foggy Day | |
| Little Girl Blue | |
| Loose Walk | |
| The Girl With The Flaxen Hair | |
| You Are Too Beautiful | |
| Lullaby Of The Leaves | |
| The Things We Did Last Summer | |
| Fascinating Rhythm |
BCP 1032 Ruby Braff - Holiday In Braff
Ruby Braff (tp) Al Klink, Hymie Shertzer (as) Boomie Richman, Bob Wilber (ts) Sol Schlinger (bars) Ellis Larkins (p) Mundell Lowe, Art Ryerson (g) Walter Page (b) Bobby Donaldson (d)NYC, March 17 & 18, 1955
| When You're Smiling | |
| Easy Living | |
| Pullin' Through | |
| You're A Lucky Guy | |
| Flowers For A Lady | |
| Foolin' Myself | |
| I'll Be Around | |
| It's Too Easy To Blame The Weather |
BCP 1033 Red Mitchell - Happy Minor
Conte Candoli (tp -1/4) Bob Brookmeyer (vtb -1/4) Zoot Sims (ts -1/4) Claude Williamson (p) Red Mitchell (b) Stan Levey (d)Los Angeles, CA, February 1, 1955
| 1. | Happy Minor |
| 2. | Scrapple From The Apple |
| 3. | Long Ago And Far Away |
| 4. | Gone With The Wind |
| 5. | Kelly Green |
| 6. | Bluesology |
| 7. | Once In A While |
BCP 1034 Ruby Braff - Ball At Bethlehem
Ruby Braff (tp) Ed Hubble (tb) Sam Margolis (ts) Dick Katz (p) Gene Ramey (b) Izzy Skylar (d)NYC, December 31, 1954, January 1, 1955
| You Can Depend On Me | |
| Auld Lang Style | |
| I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter | |
| Rosetta | |
| Sometimes I'm Happy |
BCP 1035 Dick Wetmore
Dick Wetmore (vln) Ray Santisi (p) Bill Nordstrom (b) Jimmy Zitano (d)circa 1954 or 1955
| Rondette | |
| Sad Walk | |
| Re-Search | |
| Piece Caprico | |
| Just Duo | |
| Pomp | |
| Brash | |
| Shiftful |
BCP 1036 Paula Castle - Lost Love
Sam Most (fl) Ronnie Selbey (p) Chet Amsterdam (b) Herb Wasserman (d) Paula Castle (vo)circa 1954 or 1955
| I'm Shooting High | |
| Yesterday's Gardenias | |
| Here I Am In Love Again | |
| Mountain Greenery | |
| Lost Love | |
| You Don't Know What Love Is | |
| Love Is One Way Street | |
| Why Can't I? |
BCP 1037 not used
BCP 1038 not used
BCP 1039 Joe DeRise
Joe DeRise (p, vo) Milt Hinton (b) Osie Johnson (d)NYC, March 10, 1955
| Comes Love | |
| It Might As Well Be Spring | |
| My Romance | |
| Maybe | |
| How High The Moon | |
| A Fine Romance | |
| Mountain Greenery | |
| How Long Has This Been Going On? |
BCP 1040 Russ Garcia - Wigville
Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli (tp) Russ Cheever (ss) Charlie Mariano (as) Bill Holman (ts) Jimmy Giuffre (bars) Russ Garcia (p, arr, cond) Max Bennett (b) Stan Levey (d)Los Angeles, CA, 1955
| Rocky Road | |
| Floating | |
| Butter Duck | |
| Mellow Bone | |
| Wingville | |
| Smogville | |
| Livin' It Up | |
| Love Row | |
| Lonely One | |
| Then The Lid Blew Off |
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