Debut Records Discography: 1948-1965 - session index

1948

• Original Charlie Parker 5  Onyx Club, NYC, July 6, 1948

1950

• Charlie Parker 5  St. Nicholas Arena, NYC, Feb. 18, 1950

1951

• Charles Mingus - Spaulding Givens (Nadi Qamar) 2  LA, Apr., 1951

1952 (The establishment)

• Charles Mingus 5  Lennie Tristano's home studio, NYC, Apr. 12, 1952
• Jackie Paris w/ Charles Mingus 5  NYC, Sep. 16, 1952

1953

• Max Roach 6  NYC, Apr. 10, 1953
• Charles Mingus 3  NYC, Apr. 14, 1953
• Max Roach 4  NYC, Apr. 21, 1953
• The Gordons w/ Hank Jones 3  NYC, Apr. 29, 1953
• Hank Jones 3  same location, date
• The 5  Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  same location, date
• Max Roach 1  same location, date
• Billy Taylor 3  NYC, sum. 1953
• Trombone Rapport / Four Trombones  Putnam Central Club, Brooklyn, NY, Sep. 18, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  NYC, Sep., 1953
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, Oct. 28, 1953
• Paul Bley 3  NYC, Nov. 30, 1953
• Teo Macero 5  NYC, Dec. 5, 1953
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, Dec. 15, 1953
• Oscar Pettiford 6  NYC, Dec. 29, 1953
• Sam Most 6  same location, date

1954

• John LaPorta 5  NYC, Mar. 9, 1954
• Ada Moore  NYC, June 27, 1954
• Thad Jones 5  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 11, 1954

1955

• Hazel Scott 3  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 21, 1955
• Thad Jones 4  RVG, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 10, 1955
• John Dennis 3  same location, date
• John LaPorta 4  NYC, June, 1955
• John LaPorta 3  same location, date
• Miles Davis 5  Audio-Video Studios, NYC, July 9, 1955
• Don Senay w/ Alonzo Levister Orch.  NYC, Sep. 19, 1955 or Sep. 17, 1954
• Alonzo Levister Orch.  same location, date
• Thad Jones w/ Alonzo Levister Orch.  NYC, prob. Sep. 26, 1955 or Sep. 17, 1954
• Charles Mingus 5 + Max Roach  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Dec. 23, 1955

1956

• Alonzo Levister Orch.  Audiosonic Recording Studios, NYC, Aug., 1956
• Zoot Sims 5  NYC, Sep. 4, 1956
• Thad Jones 5  NYC, Dec. 24, 1956

1957 (The 5th anniversary)

• Thad Jones 6  NYC, Jan. 6, 1957
• Faron Taylor  NYC, May, 1957
• Jimmy Knepper 5  NYC, July 10, 1957
• Faron Taylor  NYC, Aug. 5, 1957
• Shafi Hadi 6  NYC, Sep., 1957
• Sonny Rollins 5  NYC, Nov. 4, 1957
• Shadows (Soundtrack)  NYC, late 1957 or 1958 or prob. Oct., 1957

1959

• Oscar Pettiford Scandinavian 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 22, 1959
• Bent Axen 5  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 29, 1959

1960

• Oscar Pettiford 4  Essen Jazz Fest., Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany, Apr. 2, 1960
• Oscar Pettiford 3  same location, date
• Oscar Pettiford 6  Copenhagen, Denmark, July 5, 1960
• Oscar Pettiford 6  Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6, 1960
• Bent Axen 6  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 5, 1960
• Bent Axen 5  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 6, 1960

1961

• Bent Axen 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 17, 1961
• Eric Dolphy 4  Berlingske Has, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 6, 1961
• Eric Dolphy 4  Studenterforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1961

1962 (The 10th anniversary)

• Brew Moore 7  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 26, 1962
• Max Roach 4  NYC, Oct. 27, 1962

1963

• Albert Ayler 4  Danish National Radio Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 14, 1963

1964

• Albert Ayler 5  Atlantic Studios, NYC, Feb. 24, 1964
• Albert Ayler 4  same location, date
• Charles Mingus 6  Town Hall, NYC, Apr. 4, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  The Jazz Workshop, SF, June 2 & 3, 1964
• Don Cherry - Albert Ayler 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 14, 1964
• Charles Mingus Orch.  Monterey Jazz Fest., Monterey, CA, Sep. 20, 1964
• The Contemporary Jazz 4 feat. Sunny Murray  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 1, 1964

1965

• Charles Mingus 5  Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, sum. 1965
• Paul Bley 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 5, 1965
• Charles Mingus 8  Royce Hall, University Of Los Angeles, LA, Dec. 25, 1965

1966

• Hugh Steinmetz 6  Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 19 & 20, 1966

1968 (The 16th anniversary)

• The Contemporary Jazz 5  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 28, 1968

Others

• The Jones Boys  1957