Blue Note Records Discography: 1945-1950
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1945
Anita O'Day
Charlie Griffith (tp) Jimmy Skyles (tb) Heinie Beau, Manny Gershman (as) Herbie Haymer (ts) Harry Suchman (bars) Milt Raskin (p) Dave Barbour (g) Phil Stephens (b) Zutty Singleton (d) Anita O'Day (vo) Lowell Martin (arr, cond)Los Angeles, CA, January 18, 1945
| 550-3 | Them There Eyes | TBO 1970; Mosaic MQ19-170 |
| 551-4 | Memories Of You | Mosaic MQ19-170 |
| 552-1 | How Come? | - |
| 553-3 | I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me | Blue Note B2 96583; Mosaic MQ19-170 |
* Anita O'Day (no details) (TBO 1970; Blue Note B2 96583)
Jimmy Shirley
Jimmy Shirley (g) Oscar Smith (b)WOR Studios, NYC, January 23, 1945
| BN210-0 | These Foolish Things | unissued |
| BN211-2 | Stardust | - |
| BN212-1 | Blues On The Loose | - |
| BN213-0 | I May Be Wrong | - |
| BN214-0 | Jimmy's Blues | Blue Note 530 |
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen
Max Kaminsky (tp) George Lugg (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) George "Pops" Foster (b) Fred Moore (d)WOR Studios, NYC, January 29, 1945
| BN215-1 | High Society | Blue Note 50, BLP 7003, BLP 1202 |
| BN216-2 | Salty Dog | Blue Note 49, BLP 7002, BLP 1201 |
| BN217-1 | Weary Blues | - |
| BN218-1 | Jackass Blues (alt. take) | Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN218-2 | Jackass Blues | Blue Note 50, BLP 7003, BLP 1202 |
* Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1201, BST 81201 (pseudo stereo))
* The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet (Mosaic MR6-110, MD4-110)
* Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 7003)
* Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 7002)
* Sidney Bechet - High Society c/w Jackass Blues (Blue Note 50)
* Sidney Bechet - Salty Dog c/w Weary Blues (Blue Note 49)
Benny Morton's All Stars
Benny Morton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Sammy Benskin (p) Israel Crosby (b) Eddie Dougherty (d)WOR Studios, NYC, January 31, 1945
| BN219-0 | My Old Flame | Blue Note 47, BLP 5001, [J] NR 8104 |
| BN220-0 | Conversing In Blue | Blue Note 46, BLP 5027, [J] NR 8104 |
| BN221-0 | The Sheik Of Araby | Blue Note 46, [J] NR 8104 |
| BN221-2 | The Sheik Of Araby (alt. take) | Mosaic MR1-115 |
| BN222-0 | Limehouse Blues | Blue Note 47, BLP 5027, B 6507, BST 89902, [J] NR 8104 |
* The Benny Morton And Jimmy Hamilton Blue Note Swingtets (Mosaic MR1-115)
* Ike Quebec/Jimmy Hamilton/John Hardee/Benny Morton - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note B 6507)
* Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz 1939-1949 (Blue Note BST 89902)
= Various Artists - Decades Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BN-LA 158-G2)
* Various Artists - Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow Mood (Blue Note BLP 5001)
* Various Artists - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note BLP 5027)
* Benny Morton - Limehouse Blues c/w My Old Flame (Blue Note 47)
* Benny Morton - The Sheik Of Araby c/w Conversing In Blue (Blue Note 46)
Bunk Johnson - Sidney Bechet Sextet
Bunk Johnson (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl) Cliff Jackson (p) George "Pops" Foster (b) Manzie Johnson (d)WOR Studios, NYC, March 10, 1945
| BN223-1 | Milenberg Joys | Blue Note 56, 564, BLP 7008, BLP 1201, BST 89902 |
| BN224 | Basin Street Blues | Blue Note rejected |
| BN225-0 | Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat | Blue Note 565, BLP 7008, BLP 1202 |
| BN226-0 | Days Beyond Recall | Blue Note 56, 564, BLP 7008, BLP 1201 |
| BN227-0 | Porto Rico | Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN228-1 | Up In Sidney's Flat | Blue Note 565, BLP 7008, BLP 1202 |
* Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz 1939-1949 (Blue Note BST 89902)
= Various Artists - Decades Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BN-LA 158-G2)
* Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1202, BST 81202 (pseudo stereo))
* The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet (Mosaic MR6-110, MD4-110)
* Sidney Bechet/Bunk Johnson - Days Beyond Recall (Blue Note BLP 7008)
* Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet - Milenberg Joys c/w Days Beyond Recall (not released) (Blue Note 56)
* Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet - Milenberg Joys c/w Days Beyond Recall (Blue Note 564)
* Bunk Johnson/Sidney Bechet - Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat c/w Up In Sidney's Flat (Blue Note 565)
Original Art Hodes' Trio
Max Kaminsky (tp) Art Hodes (p) Fred Moore (d, vo)WOR Studios, NYC, April 6, 1945
| BN230-0 | K.M.H. Drag (Draggin' The Blues) | Blue Note 51, BLP 7021, B 6502 |
| BN231-1 | Funny Feathers | Blue Note 51 |
| BN232-0 | Blues 'N' Booze | Blue Note 512, BLP 7021 |
| BN229-3 | The Eccentric Rag (alt. take) | Blue Note B 6508 |
| BN229-4 | The Eccentric Rag | Blue Note 512, B 6502 |
* Art Hodes - Sittin' In (Blue Note B 6508)
* Art Hodes' Back Room Boys - Out Of The Back Room (Blue Note BLP 7021)
* Art Hodes - K.M.H. Drag c/w Funny Feathers (Blue Note 51)
* Art Hodes - Eccentric c/w Blues 'N' Booze (Blue Note 512)
Ike Quebec Quintet
Ike Quebec (ts) Dave Rivera (p) Napoleon Allen (g) Milt Hinton (b) J.C. Heard (d)WOR Studios, NYC, April 10, 1945
| BN233-0 | Blue Turning Grey Over You (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN233-1 | Blue Turning Grey Over You | - |
| BN234-1 | Dolores | Blue Note 516 |
| BN235-3 | The Day You Came Along | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN236-1 | Sweethearts On Parade (alt. take) | - |
| BN236-3 | Sweethearts On Parade | Blue Note 516 |
* Ike Quebec - Dolores c/w Sweethearts On Parade (Blue Note 516)
= Ike Quebec - Tenor Sax (Blue Note 102)
Art Hodes' Hot Seven
Max Kaminsky (tp) George Lugg (tb) Leonard "Bujie" Centobie (cl) Art Hodes (p) Chick Robertson (g) Jack Lesberg (b) Danny Alvin (d)WOR Studios, NYC, May 17, 1945
| BN237-1 | Chicago Gal | Blue Note 552, BLP 7015, B 6502 |
| BN238-3 | I Never Knew What A Gal Could Do | Blue Note 551, BLP 7015, B 6509 |
| BN239-1 | Mr. Jelly Lord | Blue Note 551, BLP 7015 |
| BN240-3 | At The Jazz Band Ball | Mosaic MR5-114 |
* Baby Dodds/Art Hodes/Edmond Hall - Classics (Blue Note B 6509)
* The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic MR5-114, MD4-114)
* Art Hodes' Hot Seven With Max Kaminsky And Bujie Centobie - Dixieland Clambake (Blue Note BLP 7015)
* Art Hodes - Chicago Gal c/w Willie The Weeper (Blue Note 552)
= Art Hodes - A Monday Date At Blue Note (Blue Note 104)
* Art Hodes - I Never Knew What A Gal Could Do c/w Mr. Jelly Lord (Blue Note 551)
= Art Hodes - A Monday Date At Blue Note (Blue Note 104)
Art Hodes' Hot Seven
Max Kaminsky (tp -1/5) George Lugg (tb -1/5) Leonard "Bujie" Centobie (cl) Art Hodes (p) Chick Robertson (g) Jack Lesberg (b) Danny Alvin (d)WOR Studios, NYC, May 23, 1945
| 1. BN241-0 | Wolverine Blues | Blue Note 550, BLP 7015 |
| 2. BN242-4 | Milenberg Joys | Blue Note BLP 7015 |
| 3. BN243-0 | Walk On Down | - |
| 4. BN244-2 | Willie The Weeper | Blue Note 552, BLP 7015, B 6502 |
| 5. BN244-3 | Willie The Weeper (alt. take) | Blue Note B 6509 |
| 6. BN245-0 | Bujie | Blue Note 550, BLP 7015 |
* Baby Dodds/Art Hodes/Edmond Hall - Classics (Blue Note B 6509)
* Art Hodes' Hot Seven With Max Kaminsky And Bujie Centobie - Dixieland Clambake (Blue Note BLP 7015)
* Art Hodes - Wolverine Blues c/w Bujie (Blue Note 550)
= Art Hodes - A Monday Date At Blue Note (Blue Note 104)
* Art Hodes - Chicago Gal c/w Willie The Weeper (Blue Note 552)
= Art Hodes - A Monday Date At Blue Note (Blue Note 104)
Bobby Hackett Octet
Bobby Hackett (tp) Vernon Brown (tb) Joe Dixon (cl) Deane Kincaide (bars) Dave Bowman (p) Carl Kless (g) Bob Haggart (b) George Wettling (d)NYC, May 31, 1945
| Pennies From Heaven | Blue Note LT 1055 | |
| Pennies From Heaven (alt. take) | - | |
| Rose Of The Rio Grande | - | |
| Body And Soul | - | |
| Body And Soul (alt. take) | - | |
| I Want To Be Happy | - |
Ike Quebec Swing Seven
Buck Clayton (tp) Keg Johnson (tb) Ike Quebec (ts) Roger Ram Ramirez (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Grachan Moncur (b) J.C. Heard (d)WOR Studios, NYC, July 17, 1945
| BN246-0 | I've Found A New Baby (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN246-1 | I've Found A New Baby | Blue Note BLP 5027, B 6507 |
| BN247-0 | I Surrender, Dear | Blue Note BLP 5001 |
| BN247-1 | I Surrender, Dear (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN248-1 | Topsy | Blue Note 515 |
| BN249-0 | Cup-Mute Clayton | - |
* Ike Quebec/Jimmy Hamilton/John Hardee/Benny Morton - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note B 6507)
* Various Artists - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note BLP 5027)
* Various Artists - Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow Mood (Blue Note BLP 5001)
* Ike Quebec - Topsy c/w Cup-Mute Clayton (Blue Note 515)
= Ike Quebec - Tenor Sax (Blue Note 102)
Sammy Benskin Trio
Sammy Benskin (p) Billy Taylor (b) Specs Powell (d)WOR Studios, NYC, July 27, 1945
| BN250-2 | Cherry | Blue Note 522 |
| BN251-0 | Rosetta | Mosaic MR1-115 |
| BN252-0 | The World's Waiting For The Sunrise | Blue Note 522 |
| BN253-0 | Wiliphant Winnie | Blue Note unissued |
* Sammy Benskin - Cherry c/w World's Waiting For The Sunrise (Blue Note 522)
Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham With Oliver "Rev." Mesheux's Blue Six
Oliver "Rev." Mesheux (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Vivian Smith (p) Jimmy Shirley (g) Israel Crosby (b) Tommy Benford (d) Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham (vo)WOR Studios, NYC, August 31, 1945
| BN254-2 | Blues Before Sunrise | Blue Note 48 |
| BN255-1 | You've Been A Good Ol' Wagon | Blue Note 509 |
| BN256-0 | How Long, How Long Blues | Blue Note 48 |
| BN257-1 | See See Rider | Blue Note 509 |
* Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham/Oliver "Rev." Mesheux - You've Been A Good Ol' Wagon c/w See See Rider (Blue Note 509)
Art Hodes' Back Room Boys
Oliver "Rev." Mesheux (tp) Omer Simeon (cl) Art Hodes (p) Al Lucas (b) Fred Moore (d)WOR Studios, NYC, September 14, 1945
| BN258-2 | None Of My Jerry Roll (alt. take) | Mosaic MR5-114 |
| BN259-0 | Blues For Jelly (alt. take 1) | Blue Note B 6509 |
| BN259-1 | Blues For Jelly (alt. take 2) | Blue Note B 6502 |
| BN259-2 | Blues For Jelly | Blue Note BLP 7021 |
| BN260-2 | Basin Street Blues | Mosaic MR5-114 |
| BN261-0 | Jack Daily Blues | Blue Note BLP 7021 |
| BN258-4 | None Of My Jerry Roll | Mosaic MR5-114 |
* Baby Dodds/Art Hodes/Edmond Hall - Classics (Blue Note B 6509)
* The Funky Piano Of Art Hodes (Blue Note B 6502)
* Art Hodes' Back Room Boys - Out Of The Back Room (Blue Note BLP 7021)
Art Hodes' Hot Five
Wild Bill Davison (cor) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) George "Pops" Foster (b) Fred Moore (d, vo)WOR Studios, NYC, October 12, 1945
| BN262-1 | Save It Pretty Mama | Blue Note 531, BLP 7005, BLP 1203 |
| BN263-1 | Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | Blue Note 533, BLP 7005, BLP 1203 |
| BN264-1 | Memphis Blues | Blue Note 532, BLP 7005, BLP 1203 |
| BN265-0 | Shine | - |
| BN266-1 | St. James Infirmary | Blue Note 533, BLP 7005, BLP 1203 |
| BN267-0 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Blue Note 531, BLP 7005, BLP 1203 |
| BN267-2 | Darktown Strutters' Ball (alt. take) | Mosaic MR6-110 |
* The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet (Mosaic MR6-110, MD4-110)
* Art Hodes' Hot Five With Sidney Bechet And "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7005)
* Art Hodes - Save It Pretty Mama c/w Darktown Strutters' Ball (Blue Note 531)
= Art Hodes - Hot Jazz At Blue Note (Blue Note 103)
* Art Hodes - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans c/w St. James Infirmary (Blue Note 533)
= Art Hodes - Hot Jazz At Blue Note (Blue Note 103)
* Art Hodes - Memphis Blues c/w Shine (Blue Note 532)
= Art Hodes - Hot Jazz At Blue Note (Blue Note 103)
Jimmy Hamilton And The Duke's Men
Ray Nance (tp) Henderson Chambers (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (cl) Otto Hardwick (as, cl) Harry Carney (bars, cl) Jimmy Jones (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Sidney Catlett (d)WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1945
| BN268-1 | Old Uncle Bud | Mosaic MR1-115 |
| BN269-4 | Blues For Clarinets | Blue Note BLP 5027 |
| BN270-0 | Slapstick | Blue Note BLP 5027, B 6507 |
| BN271-1 | Blues In My Music Room | - |
* Ike Quebec/Jimmy Hamilton/John Hardee/Benny Morton - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note B 6507)
* Various Artists - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note BLP 5027)
Baby Dodds' Jazz Four
Albert Nicholas (cl) Art Hodes (p) Wellman Beaud (b) Baby Dodds (d)WOR Studios, NYC, December 26, 1945
| BN272-2 | Feelin' At Ease | Blue Note 519, BLP 7021, B 6509 |
| BN273-2 | Careless Love | Blue Note 518 |
| BN274-0 | High Society (alt. take) | Mosaic MR5-114 |
| BN274-2 | High Society | Blue Note 519 |
| BN275-0 | Winin' Boy Blues | Blue Note 518, BLP 7013 |
| BN273-4 | Careless Love (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 7021, B 6509 |
| BN273-5 | - | Mosaic MR5-114 |
* The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions (Mosaic MR5-114, MD4-114)
* Art Hodes' Back Room Boys - Out Of The Back Room (Blue Note BLP 7021)
* George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 2 - Echoes Of New Orleans (Blue Note BLP 7013)
* Baby Dodds - Feelin' At Ease c/w High Society (Blue Note 519)
* Baby Dodds - Careless Love c/w Winin' Boy Blues (Blue Note 518)
Lester Young And His Band
Vic Dickenson (tb) Lester Young (ts) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Freddie Green (g) Red Callender (b) Henry Tucker Green (d)Los Angeles, CA, December, 1945
| 123A | IM-3563 | D.B. Blues | Aladdin 123, EP 502, AL 701, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9181-A; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 123B | IM-3564 | Lester Blows Again | - |
| 124A | IM-3565 | These Foolish Things | Aladdin 124, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9181-A; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 124B | IM-3566 | Jumpin' At Mesner's | Aladdin 124, EP 503, AL 706, AL 801; Score SLP 4028, SLP 4019; Imperial LP 9187-A; Crown CLP 5305, CLP 5412; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* Swinging Lester Young (Score SLP 4028)
* Great Lester Young (Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 12181-A)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* King Cole Trio With Lester Young And Red Callender (Score SLP 4019)
* Great Lester Young, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 12187-A)
* Nat King Cole Meets Lester Young (Crown CLP 5305)
* Nat King Cole And Lester Young (Crown CLP 5412, CST 412)
* Illinois Jacquet/Lester Young - Battle Of The Saxes (Aladdin AL 701)
* Lester Young And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin AL 706)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 502)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 503)
* Lester Young - D.B. Blues c/w Lester Blows Again (Aladdin 123)
* Lester Young - These Foolish Things c/w Jumpin' At Mesner's (Aladdin 124)
1946
Lester Young And His Band
Howard McGhee (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Willie Smith (as) Lester Young (ts) Wesley Jones (p) Curtis Counce (b) Johnny Otis (d)Los Angeles, CA, January, 1946
| 127A | IM-3567 | It's Only A Paper Moon | Aladdin 127, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 127B | IM-3568 | After You've Gone | Aladdin 127, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9181-A; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 128A | IM-3569 | Lover Come Back To Me | Aladdin 128, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 128B | IM-3583 | Jammin' With Lester | Aladdin 128, AL 801; Score SLP 4019; Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 9233; Crown CLP 5305; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* Swinging Lester Young (Score SLP 4028)
* Great Lester Young, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 12187-A)
* Lester Young - Giant Of Jazz (Sunset SUM 1181; Sunset SUS 5181)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* Great Lester Young (Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 12181-A)
* King Cole Trio With Lester Young And Red Callender (Score SLP 4019)
* Various Artists - Jazz Festival (Imperial LP 9233)
* Nat King Cole Meets Lester Young (Crown CLP 5305)
* Lester Young - It's Only A Paper Moon c/w After You've Gone (Aladdin 127)
* Lester Young - Lover Come Back To Me c/w Jammin' With Lester (Aladdin 128)
Sidney Bechet - Albert Nicholas Blue Five
Albert Nicholas (cl) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) George "Pops" Foster (b) Danny Alvin (d)WOR Studios, NYC, February 12, 1946
| BN276-0 | Blame It On The Blues (alt. take) | Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN276-1 | Quincy Street Stomp (aka Blame It On The Blues) | Blue Note 517, BLP 7008, BLP 1201 |
| BN277-1 | Old Stack O'lee Blues | Blue Note 54, BLP 7022, BLP 1202 |
| BN278-3 | Bechet's Fantasy | Blue Note 54, BLP 7022 |
| BN279-0 | Weary Way Blues (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 7008 |
| BN279-2 | Weary Way Blues | Blue Note 517, BLP 1201 |
* Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1201, BST 81201 (pseudo stereo))
* Sidney Bechet Jazz Classics, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1202, BST 81202 (pseudo stereo))
* Sidney Bechet/Bunk Johnson - Days Beyond Recall (Blue Note BLP 7008)
* Sidney Bechet - Port Of Harlem Six (Blue Note BLP 7022)
* Sidney Bechet/Albert Nicholas - Quincy Street Stomp c/w Weary Way Blues (Blue Note 517)
* Sidney Bechet/Albert Nicholas - Bechet's Fantasy c/w Old Stack O'lee Blues (Blue Note 54)
John Hardee's Swingtet
John Hardee (ts) Sammy Benskin (p) Tiny Grimes (g) John Simmons (b) Sidney Catlett (d)WOR Studios, NYC, February 28, 1946
| BN280-0 | Tired | Blue Note 513 |
| BN281-0 | Blue Skies | - |
| BN282-0 | Hardee's Party | Blue Note 514 |
| BN282-1 | Hardee's Party (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN283-0 | Idaho (alt. take) | - |
| BN283-5 | Idaho | Blue Note 514 |
* John Hardee - Tired c/w Blue Skies (Blue Note 513)
* John Hardee - Hardee's Party c/w Idaho (Blue Note 514)
= John Hardee - Tenor Sax (Blue Note 101)
John Hardee Sextet
John Hardee (ts) Bill Bivens (vib) Sammy Benskin (p) Jimmy Shirley (g) Gene Ramey (b) Sidney Catlett (d)WOR Studios, NYC, May 31, 1946
| BN284-1 | What Is This Thing Called Love? | Blue Note 520 |
| BN285-1 | Nervous From The Service | - |
| BN286-4 | River Edge Rock | Blue Note 521 |
| BN287-0 | Sweet And Lovely | Blue Note 521, BLP 5001 |
| BN286-5 | River Edge Rock (alt. take) | Blue Note B 6507 |
* Various Artists - Mellow The Mood: Jazz In A Mellow Mood (Blue Note BLP 5001)
* John Hardee - What Is This Thing Called Love? c/w Nervous From The Service (Blue Note 520)
= John Hardee - Tenor Sax (Blue Note 101)
* John Hardee - Sweet And Lovely c/w River Edge Rock (Blue Note 521)
= John Hardee - Tenor Sax (Blue Note 101)
Tiny Grimes' Swingtet
Trummy Young (tb) John Hardee (ts) Marlowe Morris (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Jimmy Butts (b) Eddie Nicholson (d)WOR Studios, NYC, August 14, 1946
| BN288-3 | C Jam Blues | Blue Note 525 |
| BN289-1 | Flying Home, Pt. 1 | Blue Note 524 |
| BN290-1 | Flying Home, Pt. 2 | - |
| BN291-1 | Tiny's Boogie Woogie (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN291-2 | Tiny's Boogie Woogie | Blue Note 525 |
* Tiny Grimes - C Jam Blues c/w Tiny's Boogie Woogie (Blue Note 525)
* Tiny Grimes - Flying Home, Pt. 1&2 (Blue Note 524)
Lester Young And His Band
Lester Young (ts) Joe Albany (p) Irving Ashby (g) Red Callender (b) Chico Hamilton (d)Los Angeles, CA, August, 1946
| 137A | IM-3584 | You're Driving Me Crazy | Aladdin 137, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 9233, LP 9246; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 137B | IM-3585 | New Lester Leaps In | - |
| 138A | IM-3587 | Lester's Be-Bop Boogie | Aladdin 138, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 9233, LP 9238; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 138B | IM-3586 | She's Funny That Way | Aladdin 138, AL 801; Score SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 9233; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* Swinging Lester Young (Score SLP 4028)
* Great Lester Young (Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 12181-A)
* Various Artists - Jazz Festival (Imperial LP 9233)
* Various Artists - Just Jazz! (Imperial LP 9246)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* Various Artists - Jazz Festival, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9238)
* Lester Young - You're Driving Me Crazy c/w New Lester Leaps In (Aladdin 137)
* Lester Young - Lester's Be-Bop Boogie c/w She's Funny That Way (Aladdin 138)
Ike Quebec Swing Seven
Shad Collins (tp) Keg Johnson (tb) Ike Quebec (ts) Roger Ram Ramirez (p) John Collins (g) Milt Hinton (b) J.C. Heard (d)WOR Studios, NYC, September 23, 1946
| BN292-1 | The Masquerade Is Over (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN292-4 | The Masquerade Is Over | Blue Note 539 |
| BN292-5 | The Masquerade Is Over (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN293-2 | Basically Blue | Blue Note 539, BLP 5027 |
| BN294-1 | Someone To Watch Over Me | Blue Note 538 |
| BN294-2 | Someone To Watch Over Me (alt. take) | Mosaic MR4-107 |
| BN295-2 | Zig Billion (alt. take) | - |
| BN295-4 | Zig Billion | Blue Note 538 |
* Various Artists - Swing Hi-Swing Lo (Blue Note BLP 5027)
* Ike Quebec - The Masquerade Is Over c/w Basically Blue (Blue Note 539)
* Ike Quebec - Someone To Watch Over Me c/w Zig Billion (Blue Note 538)
Lester Young And His Sextet
Shorty McConnell (tp) Lester Young (ts) Argonne Thornton (p) Fred Lacey (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Lyndell Marshall (d)Chicago, IL, October, 1946
| 46 | IM-3570 | Sunday (S.M. Blues) | Aladdin 162, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9188-A; Crown CLP 5305; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 47 | IM-3588 | S.M. Blues | Aladdin 162, EP 503, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4019, SLP 4028; Imperial LP 9188-A; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 48 | IM-3571 | Jumpin' With Symphony Sid | Aladdin 163, EP 502, AL 701, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 9233; Sunset SUM 1181; Crown CLP 5212; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2; Impulse ASH 9253-3 |
| 49 | IM-3573 | No Eyes Blues | Aladdin 163, EP 513, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 9233; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 50 | IM-3572 | Sax-O-Be-Bop (Sax-O-Beep) | Aladdin 164, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9181-A; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 51 | IM-3574 | On The Sunny Side Of The Street | Aladdin 164, EP 502, AL 701, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* The Great Lester Young (Score SLP 4029)
* Coleman Hawkins/Howard McGhee/Lester Young - A Date With Greatness (Imperial LP 9188-A, LP 12188-A)
* Nat King Cole Meets Lester Young (Crown CLP 5305)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* King Cole Trio With Lester Young And Red Callender (Score SLP 4019)
* Swinging Lester Young (Score SLP 4028)
* Great Lester Young, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 12187-A)
* Various Artists - Jazz Festival (Imperial LP 9233)
* Lester Young - Giant Of Jazz (Sunset SUM 1181; Sunset SUS 5181)
* Modern Jazz Greats - Continental Octette (Crown CLP 5212, CST 227)
* Various Artists - The Saxophone (Impulse ASH 9253-3)
* Great Lester Young (Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 12181-A)
* Lester Young And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin AL 706)
* Illinois Jacquet/Lester Young - Battle Of The Saxes (Aladdin AL 701)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 503)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 502)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 513)
* Lester Young - Sunday c/w S.M. Blues (Aladdin 162)
* Lester Young - Jumpin' With Symphony Sid c/w No Eyes Blues (Aladdin 163)
* Lester Young - Sax-O-Be-Bop c/w On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Aladdin 164)
1947
Lester Young And His Sextet
Shorty McConnell (tp) Lester Young (ts) Argonne Thornton (p) Fred Lacey (g) Ted Briscoe (b) Roy Haynes (d)Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, February 18, 1947
| 121-1 | IM-3577 | Easy Does It | Aladdin 212, EP 513, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 121-alt. | Easy Does It (alt. take) | Queen Disc [It] Q 051 |
| 122-1 | Movin' With Lester | Aladdin 3257; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 123-5 | IM-3576 | One O'Clock Jump | Aladdin 200, EP 503, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Queen Disc [It] Q 051 |
| 124-3 | IM-3575 | Jumpin' At The Woodside | Aladdin 200, EP 511, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9181-A; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* The Great Lester Young (Score SLP 4029)
* Great Lester Young, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 12187-A)
* Lester Young - Giant Of Jazz (Sunset SUM 1181; Sunset SUS 5181)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* Coleman Hawkins/Lester Young/Chu Berry - Tenor Triumvirate (Queen Disc [It] Q 051)
* Great Lester Young (Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 12181-A)
* Lester Young And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin AL 706)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 513)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 503)
* Illinois Jacquet/Lester Young (Aladdin EP 511)
* Lester Young - Easy Does It c/w Confessin' (Aladdin 212)
* Lester Young - Movin' With Lester c/w Lester Smooths It Out (Aladdin 3257)
* Lester Young - One O'Clock Jump c/w Jumpin' At The Woodside (Aladdin 200)
Babs' Three Bips And A Bop
Rudy Williams (as) Tadd Dameron (p, vo) Pee Wee Tinney (g, vo) Art Phipps (b) Charles Simon (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)WOR Studios, NYC, February 24, 1947
| BN296-1 | Lop-Pow | Blue Note 535 |
| BN297-1 | Oop-Pop-A-Da | Blue Note 534 |
| BN298-3 | Stomping At The Savoy | - |
| BN299-2 | Pay Dem Dues | Blue Note 535 |
* Babs' Three Bips And A Bop - Oop-Pop-A-Da c/w Stomping At The Savoy (Blue Note 534)
Lester Young And His Sextet
Shorty McConnell (tp) Lester Young (ts) Argonne Thornton (p) Fred Lacey (g) Ted Briscoe (b) Roy Haynes (d)NYC, April 2, 1947
| 140-2 | Avalon | unissued |
| 141-1 | IM-3578 | I'm Confessin' | Aladdin 212, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 142-1 | Lester Smooths It Out | Aladdin 3257; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 143-1 | IM-3582 | Just Coolin' | Aladdin 3057, EP 513, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 9238; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* The Great Lester Young (Score SLP 4029)
* Great Lester Young, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 12187-A)
* Lester Young - Giant Of Jazz (Sunset SUM 1181; Sunset SUS 5181)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* Great Lester Young (Imperial LP 9181-A, LP 12181-A)
* Various Artists - Jazz Festival, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9238)
* Lester Young And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin AL 706)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 513)
* Lester Young - Easy Does It c/w Confessin' (Aladdin 212)
* Lester Young - Movin' With Lester c/w Lester Smooths It Out (Aladdin 3257)
* Lester Young - Just Coolin' c/w Something To Remember You By (Aladdin 3057)
Babs' Three Bips And A Bop
Tadd Dameron (p, vo) Pee Wee Tinney (g, vo) Art Phipps (b) Babs Gonzales (vo)WOR Studios, NYC, May 7, 1947
| BN300-3 | Running Around | Blue Note 537 |
| BN301-5 | Babs' Dream | - |
| BN302-3 | Dob Bla Bli | Blue Note 536 |
| BN303-1 | Weird Lullaby | - |
* Babs' Three Bips And A Bop - Dob Bla Bli c/w Weird Lullaby (Blue Note 536)
George Lewis And His New Orleans Stompers
George Poor (tp) Bob Hendrick (tb) Albert Nicholas (cl) Beth Hendrick (p) Bill Learoyd (b) Bob Saltmarsh (d)Marblehead, MA, late summer 1947
| Dawn At Marblehead | Blue Note BLP 7013 |
Tadd Dameron Sextet
Fats Navarro (tp) Ernie Henry (as) Charlie Rouse (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Shadow Wilson (d)WOR Studios, NYC, September 26, 1947
| BN304-0 | The Chase (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN304-2 | The Chase | Blue Note 541, BLP 5004, BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN305-0 | The Squirrel (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN305-1 | The Squirrel | Blue Note 540, 1597, BLP 5004, BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN306-0 | Our Delight (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN306-5 | Our Delight | Blue Note 540, BLP 5004, BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2, BST2 84433 |
| BN307-0 | Dameronia (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN307-2 | Dameronia | Blue Note 541, BLP 5004, BLP 1531, BLP 1001, BN-LA 507-H2, BST 89902 |
* Fats Navarro - Prime Source (Blue Note BN-LA 507-H2)
* Various Artists - The Best Of Blue Note, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BST2 84433)
* Various Artists - 25 Years Blue Note: Anniversary Album (Blue Note BLP 1001)
= Various Artists - Blue Note Gems Of Jazz (Blue Note BLP 2001, BST 82001)
* Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz 1939-1949 (Blue Note BST 89902)
= Various Artists - Decades Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BN-LA 158-G2)
* Fats Navarro Memorial Album (Blue Note BLP 5004)
* Tadd Dameron - The Chase c/w Dameronia (Blue Note 541)
* Tadd Dameron - The Squirrel c/w Our Delight (Blue Note 540)
* Tadd Dameron - The Squirrel c/w Miles Davis - Donna (Blue Note 1597)
Thelonious Monk Sextet
Idrees Sulieman (tp) Danny Quebec West (as) Billy Smith (ts) Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)WOR Studios, NYC, October 15, 1947
| BN308-2 | Humph | Blue Note 560, BLP 5009, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN309-1 | Evonce (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011 |
| BN309-4 | Evonce | Blue Note 547, BLP 1511, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN310-1 | Suburban Eyes | Blue Note 542, BLP 5009, BLP 1511, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN310-2 | Suburban Eyes (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011 |
| BN311-0 | Thelonious | Blue Note 542, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
* Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (Blue Note BN-LA 579-H2)
* More Genius Of Thelonious Monk (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1511, BST 81511 (pseudo stereo))
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 5009)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music (Blue Note BLP 5002)
* Thelonious Monk - Humph c/w Misterioso (Blue Note 560)
* Thelonious Monk - Evonce c/w Off Minor (Blue Note 547)
* Thelonious Monk - Suburban Eyes c/w Thelonious (Blue Note 542)
Thelonious Monk Trio
Thelonious Monk (p) Gene Ramey (b) Art Blakey (d)WOR Studios, NYC, October 24, 1947
| BN312-0 | Nice Work If You Can Get It (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011 |
| BN312-1 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Blue Note 1575, BLP 5009, BLP 1511, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN313-0 | Ruby, My Dear (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011 |
| BN313-1 | Ruby, My Dear | Blue Note 549, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN314-0 | Well, You Needn't | Blue Note 543, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN314-1 | Well, You Needn't (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011 |
| BN315-0 | April In Paris (alt. take) | - |
| BN315-1 | April In Paris | Blue Note 1575, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN317-1 | Off Minor | Blue Note 547, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN316-3 | Introspection | Blue Note BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1511, BST 81511 (pseudo stereo))
* Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (Blue Note BN-LA 579-H2)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1510, BST 81510 (pseudo stereo))
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 5009)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music (Blue Note BLP 5002)
* Thelonious Monk - Nice Work If You Can Get It c/w April In Paris (Blue Note 1575)
* Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear c/w Evidence (Blue Note 549)
* Thelonious Monk - Well, You Needn't c/w 'Round About Midnight (Blue Note 543)
* Thelonious Monk - Evonce c/w Off Minor (Blue Note 547)
Thelonious Monk Quintet
George Taitt (tp) Sahib Shihab (as) Thelonious Monk (p) Bob Paige (b) Art Blakey (d)WOR Studios, NYC, November 21, 1947
| BN318-3 | In Walked Bud | Blue Note 548, 45-1664, BLP 5009, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN319-0 | Monk's Mood | Blue Note 1565, BLP 1511, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN320-0 | Who Knows? | Blue Note 1565, BLP 5009, BLP 1511, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| BN321-1 | 'Round About Midnight | Blue Note 543, 45-1664, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BLP 1001, BN-LA 579-H2, BST2 84433, BST 89902 |
| BN320-7 | Who Knows? (alt. take) | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011 |
* Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (Blue Note BN-LA 579-H2)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1511, BST 81511 (pseudo stereo))
* Various Artists - 25 Years Blue Note: Anniversary Album (Blue Note BLP 1001)
= Various Artists - Blue Note Gems Of Jazz (Blue Note BLP 2001, BST 82001)
* Various Artists - The Best Of Blue Note, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BST2 84433)
* Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz 1939-1949 (Blue Note BST 89902)
= Various Artists - Decades Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BN-LA 158-G2)
* More Genius Of Thelonious Monk (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61011)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 5009)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music (Blue Note BLP 5002)
* Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud c/w Epistrophy (Blue Note 548)
* Thelonious Monk - Monk's Mood c/w Who Knows (Blue Note 1565)
* Thelonious Monk - Well, You Needn't c/w 'Round About Midnight (Blue Note 543)
* Thelonious Monk - 'Round About Midnight c/w In Walked Bud (Blue Note 45-1664)
Art Blakey's Messengers
Kenny Dorham (tp) Howard Bowe (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Orland Wright (ts) Ernest Thompson (bars) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) LaVerne Barker (b) Art Blakey (d)WOR Studios, NYC, December 22, 1947
| BN322-3 | The Thin Man | Blue Note 545, BLP 5010, CDP 7 84436-2 |
| BN323-1 | The Bop Alley | Blue Note 546, BLP 5010, CDP 7 84436-2 |
| BN323-2 | The Bop Alley (alt. take) | Blue Note CDP 7 84436-2 |
| BN324-2 | Groove Street | Blue Note 546, CDP 7 84436-2 |
| BN325-1 | Musa's Vision | Blue Note 545, CDP 7 84436-2 |
* Max Roach/James Moody/Art Blakey - New Sounds (Blue Note BLP 5010)
* Art Blakey - The Thin Man c/w Musa's Vision (Blue Note 545)
* Art Blakey - The Bop Alley c/w Groove Street (Blue Note 546)
Lester Young Quintet
Lester Young (ts) Gene DiNovi (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Curly Russell (b) Tiny Kahn (d)WOR Studios, NYC, December 29, 1947
| 25-1020 | Tea For Two | Queen Disc [It] Q 051 |
| 25-1021 | IM-3579 | East Of The Sun (East Of Suez) | Aladdin 3000, EP 503, AL 706, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 25-1022 | IM-3580 | The Sheik Of Araby | Aladdin 3000, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
| 25-1023 | IM-3581 | Something To Remember You By | Aladdin 3057, AL 802; Score SLP 4029; Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 9246; Sunset SUM 1181; Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2 |
* Lester Young And His Tenor Sax, Vol. 2 (Aladdin AL 802)
* The Great Lester Young (Score SLP 4029)
* Great Lester Young, Vol. 2 (Imperial LP 9187-A, LP 12187-A)
* Lester Young - Giant Of Jazz (Sunset SUM 1181; Sunset SUS 5181)
* Lester Young - The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note BN-LA 456-H2)
* Various Artists - Just Jazz! (Imperial LP 9246)
* Lester Young And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin AL 706)
* Lester Young (Aladdin EP 503)
* Lester Young - East Of The Sun c/w The Sheik Of Araby (Aladdin 3000)
= Lester Young - East Of Suez c/w The Sheik Of Araby (Aladdin 3016)
* Lester Young - Just Coolin' c/w Something To Remember You By (Aladdin 3057)
1948
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Milt Jackson (vib) Thelonious Monk (p) John Simmons (b) Shadow Wilson (d) Kenny Pancho Hagood (vo -1/3)Apex Studios, NYC, July 2, 1948
| 1. BN326-3 | All The Things You Are | Blue Note 1201, BN-LA 579-H2, [J] BNJ 61012 |
| 2. BN327-1 | I Should Care (alt. take) | Blue Note BN-LA 579-H2, [J] BNJ 61012 |
| 3. BN327-2 | I Should Care | Blue Note 1201, [J] BNJ 61012 |
| 4. BN328-0 | Evidence | Blue Note 549, BLP 1509, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| 5. BN329-0 | Misterioso | Blue Note 560, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| 6. BN329-1 | Misterioso (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1509, BN-LA 579-H2 |
| 7. BN330-0 | Epistrophy | Blue Note 548, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2, BST 89902 |
| 8. BN331-1 | I Mean You | Blue Note 1564, BLP 5002, BLP 1510, BN-LA 579-H2 |
* Thelonious Monk And Milt Jackson (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61012)
* Milt Jackson And The Thelonious Monk Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1509, BST 81509 (pseudo stereo))
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1510, BST 81510 (pseudo stereo))
* Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz 1939-1949 (Blue Note BST 89902)
= Various Artists - Decades Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BN-LA 158-G2)
* Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Music (Blue Note BLP 5002)
* Thelonious Monk - All The Things You Are c/w I Should Care (Blue Note 1201)
* Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear c/w Evidence (Blue Note 549)
* Thelonious Monk - Humph c/w Misterioso (Blue Note 560)
* Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud c/w Epistrophy (Blue Note 548)
* Thelonious Monk - I Mean You c/w Tadd Dameron - Symphonette (Blue Note 1564)
Tadd Dameron Septet
Fats Navarro (tp) Allen Eager, Wardell Gray (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chino Pozo (bgo -1,2,7) Kenny Pancho Hagood (vo -7)Apex Studios, NYC, September 13, 1948
| 1. BN332-0 | Jahbero (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 2. BN332-1 | Jahbero | Blue Note 559, BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 3. BN333-0 | Lady Bird | Blue Note 559, BLP 5004, BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 4. BN333-1 | Lady Bird (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 5. BN334-1 | Symphonette | Blue Note 1564, BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 6. BN334-2 | Symphonette (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 7. BN335-1 | I Think I'll Go Away | Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10 |
* Fats Navarro - Prime Source (Blue Note BN-LA 507-H2)
* Various Artists - The Other Side Blue Note 1500 Series (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10)
* Fats Navarro Memorial Album (Blue Note BLP 5004)
* Tadd Dameron - Jahbero c/w Lady Bird (Blue Note 559)
* Thelonious Monk - I Mean You c/w Tadd Dameron - Symphonette (Blue Note 1564)
Howard McGhee - Fats Navarro Boptet
Fats Navarro (tp) Howard McGhee (tp, p) Ernie Henry (as) Milt Jackson (vib, p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d)Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948
| BN336-0 | The Skunk | rejected |
| BN336-1 | The Skunk (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN337 | Boperation | rejected |
| BN337-0 | - | - |
| BN337-1 | - | Blue Note 558, BLP 5012, BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN337-2 | Boperation (alt. take) | Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33373-2 |
| BN336-2 | The Skunk | rejected |
| BN336-3 | - | Blue Note 558, BLP 5012, [J] BNJ 61008/10 |
| BN338-0 | Double Talk | Blue Note 557, BLP 5004, BLP 1531, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN339-0 | Double Talk (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| BN336-4 | The Skunk | rejected |
* Fats Navarro - Prime Source (Blue Note BN-LA 507-H2)
* Various Artists - The Other Side Blue Note 1500 Series (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10)
* The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1531)
* The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33373-2)
* Howard McGhee's All Stars - The McGhee-Navarro Sextet (Blue Note BLP 5012)
= Howard McGhee/Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95747-2)
* Fats Navarro Memorial Album (Blue Note BLP 5004)
* Howard McGhee - The Skunk c/w Boperation (Blue Note 558)
* Howard McGhee - Double Talk, Pt. 1&2 (Blue Note 557)
James Moody And His Bop Men
Dave Burnes, Elmon Wright (tp) Ernie Henry (as) James Moody (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) James "Men Gates" Forman (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Gil Fuller (arr)Apex Studios, NYC, October 19, 1948
| BN340-0 | The Fuller Bop Man (alt. take) | Blue Note CDP 7 84436-2 |
| BN340-4 | The Fuller Bop Man | Blue Note 553, BLP 5006, B 6503 |
| BN341-0 | Workshop | Blue Note 556, BLP 5006 |
| BN342-2 | Oh, Henry | Blue Note 555, BLP 5006, B 6503 |
| BN343-2 | Moodamorphosis | Blue Note 554, BLP 5006, B 6503 |
* James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo (Blue Note BLP 5006)
= Max Roach/James Moody/Art Blakey - New Sounds (Blue Note CDP 7 84436-2)
* James Moody - The Fuller Bop Man c/w Tropicana (Blue Note 553)
* James Moody - Workshop c/w Moody's All Frantic (Blue Note 556)
* James Moody - Oh, Henry c/w Tin Tin Deo (Blue Note 555)
* James Moody - Moodamorphosis c/w Cu-Ba (Blue Note 554)
James Moody And His Bop Men
Art Blakey (d) Chino Pozo (bgo, vo) replaces StewartApex Studios, NYC, October 25, 1948
| BN344-0 | Tropicana | Blue Note 553, BLP 5006, B 6503 |
| BN345-1 | Cu-Ba | Blue Note 554, BLP 5006, B 6503 |
| BN346-0 | Moody's All Frantic | Blue Note 556, BLP 5006, B 6503 |
| BN347-0 | Tin Tin Deo | Blue Note 555, BLP 5006, BLP 1001, BST2 84429, BST 89902 |
* Various Artists - 25 Years Blue Note: Anniversary Album (Blue Note BLP 1001)
= Various Artists - Blue Note Gems Of Jazz (Blue Note BLP 2001, BST 82001)
* Various Artists - The Best Of Blue Note, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BST2 84429)
* Various Artists - Blue Note's Three Decades Of Jazz 1939-1949 (Blue Note BST 89902)
= Various Artists - Decades Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BN-LA 158-G2)
* James Moody And His Modernists With Chano Pozo (Blue Note BLP 5006)
= Max Roach/James Moody/Art Blakey - New Sounds (Blue Note CDP 7 84436-2)
* James Moody - The Fuller Bop Man c/w Tropicana (Blue Note 553)
* James Moody - Moodamorphosis c/w Cu-Ba (Blue Note 554)
* James Moody - Workshop c/w Moody's All Frantic (Blue Note 556)
* James Moody - Oh, Henry c/w Tin Tin Deo (Blue Note 555)
1949 (The 10th anniversary)
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen
Wild Bill Davison (cor) Sidney Bechet (ss) Art Hodes (p) Walter Page (b) Fred Moore (d)WOR Studios, NYC, January 21, 1949
| BN348-2 | Sister Kate | Blue Note 573, BLP 7001, BLP 1203 |
| BN349-2 | Tiger Rag | Blue Note 562, BLP 7009, BLP 1204 |
| BN350-0 | Tin Roof Blues | Blue Note 561, BLP 7009, BLP 1204 |
| BN351-0 | I've Found A New Baby | Blue Note BLP 7014, BLP 1204 |
| BN352-1 | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out | Blue Note 571, BLP 7001, BLP 1203 |
| BN353-1 | When The Saints Go Marching In | Blue Note 563, BLP 7009, BLP 1204 |
* Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1204, BST 81204 (pseudo stereo))
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7001)
* Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazz Men With "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7009)
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 7014)
* Sidney Bechet - China Boy c/w Sister Kate (Blue Note 573)
* Sidney Bechet - Tiger Rag c/w Cake Walking Babies (Blue Note 562)
= Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz (Blue Note 105)
* Sidney Bechet - Tin Roof Blues c/w At The Jazz Band Ball (Blue Note 561)
= Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz (Blue Note 105)
* Sidney Bechet - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out c/w Fidgety Feet (Blue Note 571)
* Sidney Bechet - When The Saints Go Marching In c/w Basin Street Blues (Blue Note 563)
= Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz (Blue Note 105)
Babs Gonzales And His Orchestra
J.J. Johnson (tb) Art Pepper (as) Herbie Stewart (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Pee Wee Tinney (g, vo) Bruce Lawrence (b, vo) Jackie Mills (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, CA, March 20, 1949
| 4099-4 | The Continental | Blue Note CDP 7 84464-2 |
| 4100-1 | Prelude To A Nightmare | - |
Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazzmen
Wild Bill Davison (cor) Ray Diehl (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss) Art Hodes (p) Walter Page (b) Slick Jones (d)WOR Studios, NYC, March 23, 1949
| BN354-0 | Basin Street Blues | Blue Note 563, BLP 7009, BLP 1204 |
| BN355-0 | Cake Walking Babies From Home (alt. take) | Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21259-2 |
| BN355-1 | Cake Walking Babies From Home | Blue Note 562, BLP 7009, BLP 1204 |
| BN356-1 | Tailgate Ramble | Blue Note BLP 7014, BLP 1204 |
| BN357-2 | At The Jazz Band Ball | Blue Note 561, BLP 7009, BLP 1204 |
| BN358-0 | Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho | Blue Note BLP 7014, BLP 1204 |
| BN359-0 | Fidgety Feet | Blue Note 571, BLP 7001, BLP 1203 |
* Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1203, BST 81203 (pseudo stereo))
* Sidney Bechet - Runnin' Wild (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21259-2)
* Sidney Bechet And His Blue Note Jazz Men With "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7009)
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 7014)
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7001)
* Sidney Bechet - When The Saints Go Marching In c/w Basin Street Blues (Blue Note 563)
= Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz (Blue Note 105)
* Sidney Bechet - Tiger Rag c/w Cake Walking Babies (Blue Note 562)
= Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz (Blue Note 105)
* Sidney Bechet - Tin Roof Blues c/w At The Jazz Band Ball (Blue Note 561)
= Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz (Blue Note 105)
* Sidney Bechet - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out c/w Fidgety Feet (Blue Note 571)
Babs Gonzales And His Orchestra
J.J. Johnson (tb) Alberto Socarras (fl) Don Redman (ss) Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Nance (vln -3) Wynton Kelly (p) Bruce Lawrence (b, vo) Roy Haynes (d) Babs Gonzales (vo)NYC, April 27, 1949
| 1. 3776-3 | Real Crazy | Blue Note CDP 7 84464-2 |
| 2. 3777-4 | Then You'll Be Boppin' Too | - |
| 3. 3778-1 | When Lovers They Lose | - |
| 4. 3779-2 | St. Louis Blues | Capitol [J] CR 8812; Blue Note CDP 7 84464-2 |
* Babs Gonzales - Weird Lullaby (Blue Note CDP 7 84464-2)
James Moody Quartet
James Moody (ts) Art Simmons (p) Buddy Banks (b) Clarence Terry (d)Lausanne, Switzerland, April 30, 1949
| V3004 | Just Moody | Blue Note 1570, BLP 5010 |
| V3005 | Stardust | Prestige 841, PRLP 157 |
| V3009 | Moody And Soul | - |
* New Sounds From France With James Moody (Prestige PRLP 157)
* Max Roach - Maximum c/w James Moody - Just Moody (Blue Note 1570)
* James Moody - Stardust c/w Moody And Soul (Prestige 841, 841x45)
Max Roach Quintet
Kenny Dorham (tp) James Moody (ts -1/4) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)Paris, France, May 15, 1949
| 1. ST3010 | Prince Albert, Pt. 1&2 | Vogue [F] V 5009, LD 014; Blue Note BLP 5010; Prestige PR 7841 |
| 2. ST3011 | Baby Sis (Maxology), Pt. 1&2 | Vogue [F] V 5010, LD 014; Prestige PRLP 113, PR 7841 |
| 3. ST3012 | Tomorrow, Pt. 1&2 (aka Yesterdays) | Vogue [F] V 5011, LD 014; Blue Note BLP 5010; Prestige PR 7841 |
| 4. ST3013 | Maximum | Vogue [F] V 5012, LD 014; Blue Note 1570, BLP 5010; Prestige PR 7841 |
| 5. ST3014 | Ham And Haig (aka Hot House) | Vogue [F] V 5012, LD 014 |
* Max Roach/James Moody - In The Beginning (Vogue [F] LD 014)
* Max Roach/James Moody/Art Blakey - New Sounds (Blue Note BLP 5010)
* Fats Navarro/Dizzy Gillespie/Miles Davis/Kenny Dorham - Modern Jazz Trumpets (Prestige PRLP 113)
* Max Roach - Prince Albert, Pt. 1&2 (Vogue [F] V 5009; Blue Note 1569)
* Max Roach - Baby Sis, Pt. 1&2 (Vogue [F] V 5010)
= James Moody - Maxology, Pt. 1&2 (Prestige 702)
* Max Roach - Tomorrow, Pt. 1&2 (Vogue [F] V 5011; Blue Note 1571)
* Max Roach - Maximum c/w Ham And Haig (Vogue [F] V 5012)
* Max Roach - Maximum c/w James Moody - Just Moody (Blue Note 1570)
Bud Powell's Modernists
Fats Navarro (tp -1/8) Sonny Rollins (ts -1/8) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949
| 1. BN360-0 | Bouncing With Bud (alt. take 1) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BST 84430, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 2. BN360-1 | Bouncing With Bud (alt. take 2) | Blue Note BLP 1531, BST 84430, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 3. BN360-2 | Bouncing With Bud | Blue Note 1567, BLP 5003, BLP 1503, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 4. BN361-0 | Wail (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1531, BST 84430, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 5. BN361-3 | Wail | Blue Note 1567, BLP 5003, BLP 1503, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 6. BN362-0 | Dance Of The Infidels (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1532, BST 84430, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 7. BN362-1 | Dance Of The Infidels | Blue Note 1568, BLP 1503, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 8. BN363-1 | 52nd Street Theme | Blue Note 1568, BLP 5004, BLP 1503, BN-LA 507-H2 |
| 9. BN364-0 | You Go To My Head | Blue Note 1566, BLP 5003, BLP 1504 |
| 10. BN365-0 | Ornithology | Blue Note 1566, BLP 5003, BLP 1503 |
| 11. BN365-1 | Ornithology (alt. take) | Blue Note BLP 1504 |
* Bud Powell - Alternate Takes (Blue Note BST 84430)
* Fats Navarro - Prime Source (Blue Note BN-LA 507-H2)
* The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1531)
* The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1503, BST 81503 (pseudo stereo))
* The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1504, BST 81504 (pseudo stereo))
* The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note BLP 5003)
* Fats Navarro Memorial Album (Blue Note BLP 5004)
* Bud Powell - Bouncing With Bud c/w Wail (Blue Note 1567)
* Bud Powell - Dance Of The Infidels c/w 52nd Street Theme (Blue Note 1568)
* Bud Powell - You Go To My Head c/w Ornithology (Blue Note 1566)
Clyde Bernhardt And His Kansas City Buddies
Clyde Bernhardt (tb, vo) Sam Taylor (ts) Dave Small (bars) Earl Knight (p) Rene Hall (g) Gene Ramey (b) Gus Johnson (d)Carnegie Hall Studio, NYC, October 6, 1949
| BN366 (tk.4) | Crackin' Bread | Blue Note 1202 |
| BN368 (tk.3) | Don't Tell It | Blue Note 1203 |
| BN369 (tk.3) | Chattanooga | - |
| BN367 (tk.2) | Meet Me On The Corner | Blue Note 1202 |
* Clyde Bernhardt - Don't Tell It c/w Chattanooga (Blue Note 1203)
Sidney Bechet With Claude Luter Et Son Orchestre
Pierre Dervaux (tp) Claude Phillippe (tp, bj) Mowgli Jospin (tb) Claude Luter (cl) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Christian Azzi (p) Roland Bianchini (b) Francois "Moustache" Galepides (d)Paris, France, October 14, 1949
| V3015-2 | Ce Mossieu Qui Parle | Blue Note 569, BLP 7014 |
| V3016-2 | Buddy Bolden Story | Blue Note 570, BLP 7001 |
| V3017-1 | Bechet's Creole Blues | Blue Note 569, BLP 7014 |
| V3019-2 | The Onions | Blue Note 570, BLP 7001 |
| V3020-1 | See See Rider | Blue Note 566, BLP 7005 |
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7001)
* Art Hodes' Hot Five With Sidney Bechet And "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7005)
* Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter - Ce Mossieu Qui Parle c/w Bechet's Creole Blues (not released) (Blue Note 569)
* Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter - Buddy Bolden Story c/w The Onions (Blue Note 570)
* Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter - Struttin' With Some Barbecue c/w See See Rider (Blue Note 566)
Sidney Bechet With Claude Luter Et Son Orchestre
Pierre Dervaux (tp) Bernard Zacharias (tb) Claude Luter (cl) Sidney Bechet (ss) Christian Azzi (p) Roland Bianchini (b) Francois "Moustache" Galepides (d)Paris, France, November 15, 1949
| V3029-1 | Temptation Rag | Vogue [F] unissued |
| V3029-2 | - | Blue Note 567, BLP 7009 |
| V3030-1 | Riverboat Shuffle | Blue Note 568, BLP 7009 |
| V3031-1 | Sobbin' And Cryin' | Vogue [F] unissued |
| V3031-2 | - | Blue Note 567 |
| V3032 | Everybody Love My Baby | Vogue [F] unissued |
| V3033-1 | Struttin' With Some Barbecue | Blue Note 566, BLP 7005 |
| V3033-2 | - | Vogue [F] unissued |
| V3034-2 | Saw Mill Blues | Blue Note 568 |
* Art Hodes' Hot Five With Sidney Bechet And "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7005)
* Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter - Temptation Rag c/w Sobbin' And Cryin' (Blue Note 567)
* Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter - Riverboat Shuffle c/w Saw Mill Blues (Blue Note 568)
* Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter - Struttin' With Some Barbecue c/w See See Rider (Blue Note 566)
1950
Howard McGhee All Stars
Howard McGhee (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Brew Moore (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)WOR Studios, NYC, January 23, 1950
| BN370-1 | Lo-Flame (alt. take) | Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95747-2 |
| BN370-2 | Lo-Flame | Blue Note 1574, BLP 5012 |
| BN371-1 | Fuguetta | Blue Note 1572, BLP 5012 |
| BN372-0 | Fluid Drive | Blue Note 1573, BLP 5012 |
| BN373-0 | Meciendo | Blue Note 1574, BLP 5012 |
| BN374-0 | Donellon Square | Blue Note 1573, BLP 5012 |
| BN375-1 | I'll Remember April | Blue Note 1572, BLP 5012 |
= Howard McGhee/Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95747-2)
* Howard McGhee - Lo-Flame c/w Meciendo (Blue Note 1574)
* Howard McGhee - Fuguetta c/w I'll Remember April (Blue Note 1572)
* Howard McGhee - Fluid Drive c/w Donellon Square (Blue Note 1573)
T-Bone Walker Band
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Maxwell Davis (ts) Jim Wynn (ts, bars) Willard McDaniel (p) T-Bone Walker (g, vo) Billy Hadnott (b) Robert "Snake" Sims (d) and othersLos Angeles, CA, April 5, 1950
| Strollin' With Bones | Blue Note BN-LA 533-H2 | |
| The Hustle Is On | - | |
| The Sun Went Down | - | |
| You Don't Love Me | - | |
| Evil Hearted Woman | - | |
| Baby, You Broke My Heart | - |
Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen
Wild Bill Davison (cor) Jimmy Archey (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss) Joe Sullivan (p) George "Pops" Foster (b) Slick Jones (d)WOR Studios, NYC, April 19, 1950
| BN376-4 | Copenhagen | Blue Note 572, BLP 7001, BLP 1203 |
| BN377-1 | China Boy | Blue Note 573, BLP 7001, BLP 1203 |
| BN378-0 | Runnin' Wild (alt. take) | Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN378-1 | Runnin' Wild | Blue Note BLP 7014, BLP 1204 |
| BN379-0 | Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jerry Roll (alt. take) | Mosaic MR6-110 |
| BN379-2 | Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jerry Roll | Blue Note BLP 7014, BLP 1204 |
| BN380-2 | Mandy, Make Up Your Mind | - |
| BN381-2 | Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble | Blue Note 572, BLP 7001, BLP 1203 |
* The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet (Mosaic MR6-110, MD4-110)
* Sidney Bechet - Giant Of Jazz, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1204, BST 81204 (pseudo stereo))
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison (Blue Note BLP 7001)
* Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen With "Wild Bill" Davison, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 7014)
* Sidney Bechet - Copenhagen c/w Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble (Blue Note 572)
* Sidney Bechet - China Boy c/w Sister Kate (Blue Note 573)
The Cool Britons
Jimmy Deuchar (tp) Eddie Harvey (tb) Johnny Dankworth (as) Don Rendell (ts) Bill LeSage (p) Eric Dawson (b) Tony Kinsey (d)London, England, July 29, 1950
| SSS7-126 | Birdland Bounce | Blue Note 1611, BLP 5019 |
| SSS7-127 | Leapin' In London | - |
| 116 | Tea For Me | Blue Note 1612, BLP 5019 |
| 117 | Cherokee | - |
* The Cool Britons - Birdland Bounce c/w Leapin' In London (Blue Note 1611)
* The Cool Britons - Cherokee c/w Tea For Me (Blue Note 1612)
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