Debut 78 rpm series (10 inch 78 rpm)
Lee Konitz (as) Phyllis Pinkerton (p) George Koutzen (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Al Levitt (d) Jackie Paris (vo -2)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, April 12, 1952
| 1. RKV5241 | Precognition
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| 2. RKV5242 | Portrait (take 2)
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** also issued on Cupol (Swd) American Jazz AJ 1.
Paige Brook (fl, as) John Mehegan (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, nar) Max Roach (d, voice) Jackie Paris (vo, nar)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, September 16, 1952
| E2CB6494-2 | Paris In Blue, Ed. 1 (Orientation)
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| E2CB6495-2 | Make Believe
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** also issued on Cupol (Swd) American Jazz AJ 2.
Lee Konitz (as) Phyllis Pinkerton (p) George Koutzen (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Al Levitt (d)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, April 12, 1952
| E2KB6500-1 | Extrasensory Perception
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Paige Brook (fl, as) John Mehegan (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, nar) Max Roach (d, voice) Jackie Paris (vo, nar)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, September 16, 1952
Hal Mitchell (tp) Allen Harris (org) George Duvivier (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, probably January, 1953
| E3CB2914-1 | Confidentially
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| E3CB2916-1 | Mitch's Blues
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** also issued on Swing (F) SW 431.
Idrees Sulieman (tp) Leon Comegys (tb) Gigi Gryce (as, fl) Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, April 10, 1953
| A105 | Orientation
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| B105 | Mobleyzation
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** also issued on Swing (F) SW 423; Vogue (E) 2270.
Idrees Sulieman (tp) Leon Comegys (tb) Gigi Gryce (as, fl) Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d): same session
NYC, April 10, 1953
** also issued on Swing (F) SW 424.
Hank Mobley (ts -1) Walter Davis Jr. (p -1) Franklin Skeete (b -1) Max Roach (d)
NYC, April 21, 1953
| 1. RM502 | Just One Of Those Things
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| 2. RM507 | Drum Conversation
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** also issued on Swing (F) SW 437; Vogue (E) V 2329.
Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d): same session
NYC, April 21, 1953
** also issued on Swing (F) SW 436.
Hank Mobley (ts) Walter Davis Jr. (p) Franklin Skeete (b) Max Roach (d): same session
NYC, April 21, 1953
| RM503 | Cou-Manchi-Cou
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| RM506 | I'm A Fool To Want You
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Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) Honey Gordon (vo) George Gordon Jr., George Gordon, Richard Gordon (vo -2)
NYC, April 29, 1953
| 1. RM508 | Can You Blame Me
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| 2. RM510 | Bebopper
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Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) Honey Gordon (vo) George Gordon Jr., George Gordon, Richard Gordon (vo -1)
NYC, April 29, 1953
| 1. RM509 | You And Me
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| 2. RM511 | Cupid
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Louis Mucci (tp) unknown (tb) unknown (frh) Julius Baker (fl) unknown (ob) John LaPorta (as, cl) unknown (harp) Billy Taylor (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Milt Hinton, Fred Zimmerman (b) Joe Morello (d, per) probably Morris Lang (timp) Don Senay (vo) Alonzo Levister (arr, cond) unidentified 5 strings
NYC, September 19, 1955 or September 17, 1954
| RM512 | The Edge Of Love
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| RM513 | Fanny
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Debut 45 rpm series (7 inch 45 rpm)
James Moody (ts, fl) Numa "Pee Wee" Moore (bars) Jimmy Boyd (p) John Lathan (b) Clarence Johnston (d) unknown (bgo) Babs Gonzales (vo) unidentified vocal group
NYC, probably 1954
| BAB-0001 | Voila
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| BAB-0002 | No Fools-No Fun
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Danish Debut 45 rpm series (7 inch 45 rpm)
Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, December 23, 1955
Bent Axen (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (b) Finn Frederiksen (d)
Copenhagen, Denmark, January 17, 1961
| The Man I Love
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| Laverne Walk
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Fantasy/Debut Compact Disc series (Compact Disc)
Spaulding Givens (p -1,2,4/9) Charles Mingus (b -1,2,4/9, p -3)
Hollywood, CA, April, 1951
| 1. | What Is This Thing Called Love?
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| 2. | Darn That Dream
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| 3. | Yesterdays
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| 4. | Body And Soul
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| 5. | Blue Moon
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| 6. | Blue Tide
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| 7. | Darn That Dream (alt. take)
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| 8. | Jeepers Creepers (take 1)
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| 9. | Jeepers Creepers (take 2)
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Lee Konitz (as) Phyllis Pinkerton (p) George Koutzen (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Al Levitt (d) Jackie Paris (vo -2,3) Bob Benton (vo -4,5)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, April 12, 1952
| 1. RKV5241 | Precognition
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| 2. | Portrait (take 1)
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| 3. RKV5242 | Portrait (take 2)
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| 4. | I've Lost My Love (take 1)
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| 5. | I've Lost My Love (take 2)
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| 6. E2KB6500-1 | Extrasensory Perception
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| 7. | Extrasensory Perception (alt. take)
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Paige Brook (fl, as) John Mehegan (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, nar) Max Roach (d, voice) Jackie Paris (vo, nar)
Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, September 16, 1952
| E2CB6494-2 | Paris In Blue, Ed. 1 (Orientation)
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| E2CB6495-2 | Make Believe
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| E2CB6497-2 | Montage
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Spaulding Givens (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
NYC, April 14, 1953
| Day Dream (take 1)
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| Day Dream (take 2)
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| Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 1)
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| Theme From "Rhapsody In Blue" (take 2)
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| Jet (take 1)
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| Jet (take 2)
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Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d) Honey Gordon (vo -2/5) George Gordon Jr., George Gordon, Richard Gordon (vo -3,4)
NYC, April 29, 1953
| 1. | Medley: You Go To My Head
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| 2. RM508 | Can You Blame Me
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| 3. RM509 | You And Me
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| 4. RM510 | Bebopper
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| 5. RM511 | Cupid
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Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
"Massey Hall", Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
| Perdido (undubbed version)
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| Perdido
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| Salt Peanuts (undubbed version)
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| Salt Peanuts, #1&2
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| All The Things You Are (undubbed version)
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| 52nd Street Theme (undubbed version)
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| All The Things You Are
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| 52nd Street Theme
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Max Roach (d)
| Drum Conversation (Drum Conversation, Pt. 2)
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Bud Powell (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
| I've Got You Under My Skin
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| Embraceable You
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| Sure Thing
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| Cherokee
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| Hallelujah (Jubilee)
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| Lullaby Of Birdland
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add Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Charlie Parker (as)
| Allen's Alley (Wee) (undubbed version)
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| Allen's Alley (Wee)
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| Hot House (undubbed version)
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| Hot House, #1&2
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| A Night In Tunisia (undubbed version)
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| A Night In Tunisia
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Billy Taylor (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Taylor (d)
NYC, summer 1953
| Bass-Ically Speaking (alt. take 1)
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| Bass-Ically Speaking (alt. take 2)
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| Bass-Ically Speaking (alt. take 3)
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| Bass-Ically Speaking
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| Untitled Blues
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Willie Dennis, Bennie Green, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb) John Lewis (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Taylor (d)
"Putnam Central Club", Brooklyn, NY, September 18, 1953
| Wee Dot (Blues For Some Bones)
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| Stardust
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| Move
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| I'll Remember April
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| Now's The Time
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| Trombosphere
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| Ow!
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| Chazzanova
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| Yesterdays
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| Kai's Kid (Kai's Day)
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Ernie Royal (tp) Willie Dennis (tb) Eddie Caine (as, fl) Teo Macero (ts, cl) Danny Bank (bars) John Lewis (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Charles Mingus (b, arr) Kenny Clarke (d) Janet Thurlow (vo -3,5,6) Spaulding Givens (arr) Paul Bley (cond)
NYC, October 28, 1953
| 1. | Pink Topsy (alt. take)
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| 2. | Miss Bliss
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| 3. | Blue Tide
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| 4. | Pink Topsy (edited version)
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| 5. | Eclipse (alt. take)
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| 6. | Eclipse
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Paul Bley (p) Charles Mingus (b) Art Blakey (d)
NYC, November 30, 1953
| Opus I (alt. take)
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| Opus I
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| Walkin' (Teapot)
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| Like Someone In Love
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| I Can't Get Started
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| Spontaneous Combustion
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| The Theme
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| Split Kick
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| This Time The Dream's On Me
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| Zootcase
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| Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
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Julius Watkins (frh) Phil Urso (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Oscar Pettiford (cello) Charles Mingus (b) Percy Brice (d)
NYC, December 29, 1953
| The Pendulum At Falcon's Lair
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| Jack, The Fieldstalker
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| Stockholm Sweetnin'
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| Low And Behold
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Thad Jones (tp) Frank Wess (ts, fl -1,2,4,5) Hank Jones (p) Charles Mingus (b) Kenny Clarke (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, August 11, 1954
| 1. | Elusive (Illusive)
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| 2. | Sombre Intrusion
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| 3. | You Don't Know What Love Is
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| 4. | Bitty Ditty
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| 5. | Chazzanova
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| 6. | I'll Remember April
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Hazel Scott (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 21, 1955
| Like Someone In Love
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| Peace Of Mind
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| Lament
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| The Jeep Is Jumpin'
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| Git Up From There
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| A Foggy Day
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| Mountain Greenery
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| Git Up From There (alt. take)
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| Lament (alt. take)
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Thad Jones (tp) John Dennis (p) Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 10, 1955
| One More (alt. take)
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| One More
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| I Can't Get Started
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| More Of The Same
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| Get Out Of Town (alt. take)
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| Get Out Of Town
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omit Jones
| Ensenada
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| Machajo
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| Cherokee
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| Seven Moons
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| Seven Moons (alt. take)
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| All The Things You Are (take 1)
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| All The Things You Are (take 2)
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| Cherokee (alt. take)
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Miles Davis (tp) Britt Woodman (tb) Teddy Charles (vib) Charles Mingus (b) Elvin Jones (d)
Audio-Video Studios, NYC, July 9, 1955
| Nature Boy
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| Alone Together
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| There's No You
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| Easy Living
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Louis Mucci (tp) unknown (tb) unknown (frh) Julius Baker (fl) unknown (ob) John LaPorta (as, cl) unknown (harp) Billy Taylor (p) Jackson Wiley (cello) Milt Hinton, Fred Zimmerman (b) Joe Morello (d, per) probably Morris Lang (timp) Don Senay (vo) Alonzo Levister (arr, cond) unidentified 5 strings
NYC, September 19, 1955 or September 17, 1954
| RM512 | The Edge Of Love
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| RM513 | Fanny
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| Makin' Whoopee
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Levister plays (cond). Charles Mingus (arr) overdubs: Thad Jones (tp) replaces Senay
NYC, probably September 26, 1955 or September 17, 1954
Eddie Bert (tb) George Barrow (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
"Cafe Bohemia", NYC, December 23, 1955
| Jump Monk
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| Serenade In Blue
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Charles Mingus (b) Max Roach (d)
Eddie Bert (tb) George Barrow (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
| Work Song
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| Septemberly
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| All The Things You C-Sharp
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| I'll Remember April
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| Love Chant
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| A Foggy Day
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Max Roach (d) replaces Jones
Willie Jones (d) replaces Roach
| Haitian Fight Song
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| Lady Bird
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| Jump Monk (alt. take)
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| All The Things You C-Sharp (alt. take)
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Max Roach (d) replaces Jones
| Drums (take 1)
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| Drums (take 2)
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| I'll Remember April (alt. take)
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Willie Jones (d) replaces Roach
Mal Waldron (p)
Eddie Bert (tb) George Barrow (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Charles Mingus (b) Willie Jones (d)
| Haitian Fight Song (alt. take)
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| Love Chant (alt. take)
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| Lady Bird (alt. take)
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| What Is This Thing Called Love?
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Jimmy Knepper (tb, arr) Joe Maini (as) Bill Triglia (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d)
NYC, July 10, 1957
| Bird Feather (Cunningbird)
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| Latter Day Saint (alt. take 1)
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| Latter Day Saint (alt. take 2)
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| Latter Day Saint (take 6)
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| Latter Day Saint (alt. take #?)
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| Jump The Blues Away (The Jumpin' Blues)
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| The Masher
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| The Masher (alt. take)
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Clarence Shaw (tp) Shafi Hadi (ts) Pepper Adams (bars) Wade Legge or Wynton Kelly (p) Henry Grimes or Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d)
NYC, September, 1957
| We Got Blue (Untitled Original Blues (take 1))
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| Stella By Starlight (take 4)
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| Stella By Starlight (take 5)
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| Untitled Original Composition (take 3)
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| Untitled Original Composition (take 5)
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| Autumn In New York (take 1)
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| Autumn In New York (take 2)
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| Long Ago And Far Away (take 2)
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| Long Ago And Far Away (take 4)
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| Long Ago And Far Away (take 5)
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| We Got Blue (Untitled Original Blues (take 2))
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| Joldi (take 4)
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| Joldi (take 6) (Joldi (take 5))
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Shafi Hadi (fl) Charles Mingus (p, per, voice) Dannie Richmond (d) Jimmy Knepper, Horace Parlan or Phineas Newborn, Clarence Shaw (per)
NYC, probably October or late 1957 or 1958
| Untitled Percussion Composition
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