Contemporary Records Discography: 1951-1954 - session index

1951 (Establishment)

• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Mar. 9, 1951
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Mar. 12, 1951
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  'Dixieland Jubilee Concert' Shrine Auditorium, LA?, May 5, 1951 or Oct. 7, 1949?
• Wally Rose 2  LA, July 7, 1951
• Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band  LA, July 10, 1951
• Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band  LA, Oct. 8, 1951
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Nov. 3, 1951
• Bob Scobey's Frisco Band  SF, Nov. 6, 1951

1952

• Paul Lingle 2  LA, Feb. 11, 12 & 13, 1952
• Turk Murphy's San Francisco Jazz Band  LA, Apr. 1 or 11, 1952
• Rosy McHargue's Ragtimers  LA, Apr. 2, 1952
• Bob Scobey's Frisco Band  SF, Apr. 12, 1952
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, May 20, 1952
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  LA, July 22, 1952

1953

• Wally Rose 3  LA, Feb. 17, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, Feb. 21, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  same location, date
• Shelly Manne Men  Hollywood, CA, Apr. 6, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  LA, May 15, 1953
• George Lewis Ragtime Band  Beverly Caverns, Hollywood, CA, May 26 & 27, 1953
• Bob Scobey's Frisco Band  SF, June, 1953
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, July 17, 1953
• Shelly Manne Men  LA, July 20, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, Sep. 13, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  same location, date
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  same location, date
• Lionel Hampton Paris All Stars  Paris, France, Sep. 28, 1953
• Lionel Hampton Paris All Stars  same location, date
• Bob Scobey's Frisco Band  SF, Oct. 6, Nov. 10, 1953
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  LA, Oct. 20, 1953
• George Lewis Ragtime Band  LA, Oct. 26, 1953
• Barney Kessel 5  LA, Nov. 14, 1953
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  LA, Dec. 1, 1953
• Shelly Manne Men  LA, Dec. 18, 1953
• Barney Kessel 5  LA, Dec. 19, 1953

1954

• Octave Crosby Band  NO, Jan. 1, 1954
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Jan. 23, 1954
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  Lighthouse Club, Hermosa Beach, CA, Feb. 25 & 26, 1954
• Johnny Lucas Blue Blowers  LA, Feb., 1954
• Pete Daily Band  same location, date
• Firehouse Five Plus Two  LA, Mar. 30, 1954
• Claire Austin  LA, Apr. 2, 1954
• Shelly Manne Men  LA, May 17, 1954
• Barney Kessel 5  LA, June 4, 1954
• Barney Kessel 5  LA, July 1, 1954
• Lennie Niehaus 5  LA, July 2, 1954
• Lennie Niehaus 5  LA, July 9, 1954
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  Hollywood, CA, Aug. 9 & 10, 1954
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  LA, Aug. 17, 1954
• Lennie Niehaus 8  Hollywood, CA, Aug. 23, 1954
• Shelly Manne 3  Hollywood, CA, Sep. 10, 1954
• Duane Tatro Orch.  LA, Sep. 13, 1954
• Shelly Manne 2  Hollywood, CA, Sep. 14, 1954
• Jack Teagarden 6  NYC, Nov. 12, 1954
• Jack Teagarden 7  NYC, Nov. 13, 1954
• Mel Henke 4  LA, Nov. 15 & 19, 1954
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  Hollywood, CA, Nov. 30, Dec. 2, 1954
• Jack Teagarden 6  NYC, Nov., 1954
• Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band  Hollywood, CA, Dec. 1 & 2, 1954
• Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars  LA, Dec. 3, 1954
• Marvin Ash 1  LA, Dec. 14, 1954