Fats Navarro Catalog

1943 (The age of 20)

Andy Kirk - Fare Thee Well Honey c/w Baby, Don't You Tell Me No Lie (Decca 4449)

Art Capehart, Harry Lawson, Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro (tp) Taswell Baird, Bob Murray, Wayman Richardson (tb) Reuben Phillips, Ben Smith (as) Jimmy Forrest, John Harrington, J.D. King (ts) Ed Loving (bars) John Young (p) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (d) June Richmond (vo)

NYC, December 3, 1943

71536	Fare Thee Well Honey
71537	Baby, Don't You Tell Me No Lie

1944

Andy Kirk And His Orchestra Live At The Apollo 1944-1947 (Everybody's EV 3003)

Art Capehart, Harry Lawson, Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro (tp) John Bird, Bob Murray, Wayman Richardson (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bars) Jimmy Forrest (ts) James King, Ed Loving, Ben Smith (reeds) John Young (p) Booker Collins (b) Ben Thigpen (d) June Richmond (vo) Andy Kirk (ldr)

"Apollo Theater", NYC, June 7, 1944

Paradise Valley

Laverne Baker (b) replaces Collins

"Apollo Theater", NYC, February 21, 1945

Wake Up

Andy Kirk - Andy's Jive (Swing House [E] SWH 39)

add Danny Kaye (vo)

Los Angeles, CA, 1944-1945

	Little Joe From Chicago
	New Orleans Jump
	Together
	47th Street Jive
	Untitled
	Hey Lawdy Mama
	Get Up Mule
	Ridin' Along
	Speak Low
	Paradise Valley
	Minnie The Moocher
	Flying Home

The Uncollected Andy Kirk - Andy Kirk And His Twelve Clouds Of Joy (Hindsight [E] HSR 227)

Booker Collins (b) replaces Baker, Kaye

NYC?, 1944

	Roll 'Em
	Together
	Hey, Lordy Mama
	9:20 Special
	St. Louis Blues
	Seven Come Eleven
	47th Street Jive
	Boo Wah
	Avalon

Andy Kirk And His Orchestra (no details) (Caracol [F] CAR 424)

Smith plays (as) Loving plays (bars). Taswell Baird (tb) Reuben Phillips (as) Joe Harrington (ts) replaces Bird, John Harrington, King, Kirk

broadcast, NYC, circa 1944

	McGhee Special
	Wednesday Night Hop
	47th Street Jive
	People Through The Keyhole
	Paradise Valley
	Get Up Mule

1945

Andy Kirk And His Orchestra (no details) (Swing House [E] SWH 130)

Art Capehart, Harry Lawson, Howard McGhee, Fats Navarro (tp) John Bird, Bob Murray, Wayman Richardson (tb) John Harrington (cl, as, bars) Jimmy Forrest (ts) James King, Ed Loving, Ben Smith (reeds) John Young (p) Laverne Baker (b) Ben Thigpen (d) June Richmond (vo) Andy Kirk (ldr)

Los Angeles, CA, circa early 1945

	Hey Lawdy Mama
	47th Street Jive

Billy Eckstine - Together (Spotlite [E] SPJ 100)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Bill Frazier, John Jackson (as) Gene Ammons (ts) Budd Johnson (ts, arr) Leo Parker (bars) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan (vo) Tadd Dameron, John Malachi, Jerry Valentine (arr)

AFRS Jubilee broadcast, Los Angeles, CA, February, March, 1945

	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	Blowin' The Blues Away
	'Deed I Do
	I Wanna Talk About You
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Together
	Mean To Me
	Without A Song
	Mr. Chips
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Air Mail Special
	Don't Blame Me
	If That's The Way You Feel
	Blue 'N' Boogie (theme)
	-
	Opus X
	Love Me Or Leave Me
	One O'Clock Jump (theme)

Billy Eckstine - Blues For Sale (EmArcy MG 36029)

Johnson plays (as) Malachi plays (p). Sonny Stitt (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) replaces Frazier, Jackson, Horne, Vaughan, Dameron, Jerry Valentine

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC53-1

Lonesome Lover Blues

Raymond Orr (tp) Walter Knox (tb) John Cobbs (as) Arthur Simmons (ts) Teddy Cypron (bars) Richard "Duke" Ellington (p) replaces Brockman, Baird, Stitt, Gordon, Parker, Malachi

NYC, September, 1945

NSC61	My Deep Blue Dream
NSC64	It Ain't Like That

same personnel

NYC, October, 1945

NSC71	All I Sing Is Blues
NSC72	Long Long Journey

Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro, Raymond Orr (tp) Chippy Outcalt, Robert Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Norris Turney, Bob "Junior" Williams (as) Gene Ammons, Josh Jackson (ts) Leo Parker (bars) possibly Jimmy Golden (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Bill McMahon (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo)

NYC, February, 1946

NSC114	Blue
NSC117	Tell Me Pretty Baby

Billy Eckstine - The Love Songs Of Mr. "B" (EmArcy MG 36030)

Gail Brockman, Boonie Hazel, Shorty McConnell, Fats Navarro (tp) Joe Taswell Baird, Chippy Outcalt, Howard Scott, Gerald Valentine (tb) Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt (as) Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) John Malachi (p) Connie Wainwright (g) Tommy Potter (b) Art Blakey (d) Billy Eckstine (vo)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC54-3

A Cottage For Sale

Raymond Orr (tp) Walter Knox (tb) John Cobbs (as) Arthur Simmons (ts) Teddy Cypron (bars) Richard "Duke" Ellington (p) replaces Brockman, Baird, Stitt, Gordon, Parker, Malachi

NYC, September, 1945

NSC62

Prisoner Of Love

same personnel

NYC, October, 1945

NSC69	I'm In The Mood For Love
NSC70	You Call It Madness

Various Artists - The Advance Guard Of The '40s (EmArcy MG 36016)

Gail Brockman (tp) Joe Taswell Baird (tb) Sonny Stitt (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Leo Parker (bars) John Malachi (p) replaces Orr, Knox, Cobbs, Simmons, Cypron, Ellington

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC55-2

I Love The Rhythm In A Riff

NYC, February, 1946

NSC115

Second Balcony Jump

Billy Eckstine - You Call It Madness (Regent MG 6058)

NYC, May 2, 1945

NSC56

Last Night

Billy Eckstine - Prisoner Of Love (Regent MG 6052)

Raymond Orr (tp) Walter Knox (tb) John Cobbs (as) Arthur Simmons (ts) Teddy Cypron (bars) Richard "Duke" Ellington (p) replaces Brockman, Baird, Stitt, Gordon, Parker, Malachi

NYC, September, 1945

NSC63

A Penny For Your Thoughts

1946

Andy Kirk - He's My Baby c/w Soothe Me (Decca 23870)

Claude Dunson, Harry Lawson, John Lynch, Fats Navarro (tp) Bob Murray, Wayman Richardson, Milton Robinson, Henry Wells (tb) Joe Evans, Reuben Phillips (as) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jimmy Forrest (ts) John Porter (bars) Hank Jones (p) Floyd Smith (g) Al Hall (b) Ben Thigpen (d) Bea Booze, Billy Daniels, Beverly White (vo) Andy Kirk (ldr)

NYC, January 3, 1946

73264	He's My Baby
73266	Soothe Me

Andy Kirk - Alabama Bound c/w Doggin' Man Blues (Decca 48073)

same session

NYC, January 3, 1946

73265	Alabama Bound
73267	Doggin' Man Blues

Billy Eckstine - My Deep Blue Dream (Regent MG 6054)

NYC, February, 1946

NSC116

Gloomy Sunday

same personnel

NYC, March, 1946

NSC122

Love Is The Thing

Billy Eckstine - I Surrender, Dear (EmArcy MG 36010)

same session

NYC, March, 1946

NSC123

Without A Song

Various Artists - Boning Up The 'Bones (EmArcy MG 36038)

same session

NYC, March, 1946

NSC124

Cool Breeze

Billy Eckstine - Mr. B And The Band (Savoy SJL 2214)

same session

NYC, March, 1946

NSC125

Don't Take Your Love From Me

Various Artists - The Bebop Era (RCA Victor LPV 519)

Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Ray Abrams (ts) Eddie DeVerteuil (bars) Bud Powell (p) John Collins (g) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

NYC, September 5, 1946

D6VB2792-1	Epistrophy
D6VB2793-1	52nd Street Theme
D6VB2794-1	Oop Bop Sh'bam
D6VB2795-1	Rue Chaptal (Royal Roost)

Fats Navarro Memorial - Fats - Bud - Klook - Sonny - Kinney (Savoy MG 12011)

Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Morris Lane (ts) Eddie DeVerteuil (bars) Bud Powell (p) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Gil Fuller (arr)

NYC, September 6, 1946

S3346	Boppin' A Riff, Pt. 1
S3347	Boppin' A Riff, Pt. 2
S3348	Fat Boy, Pt. 1
S3349	Fat Boy, Pt. 2
S3350	Everything's Cool, Pt. 1
S3351	Everything's Cool, Pt. 2
S3352	Webb City, Pt. 1
S3353	Webb City, Pt. 2

Fats Navarro (tp) Ernie Henry (as) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Kay Penton (vo)

NYC, October 28, 1947

S3465-6	A Bop Carol
S3466-1	The Tadd Walk
S3467-3	Gone With The Wind
S3468-3	That Someone Must Be You

Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2 - Burning In U.S.A., 53-55 (Mythic Sound MS 6002-2)

Kenny Dorham, Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Stitt (as) Morris Lane (ts) Eddie DeVerteuil (bars) Bud Powell (p) Al Hall (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Gil Fuller (arr)

NYC, September 6, 1946

	Boppin' A Riff, Pt. 2 (alt. take)
	Fat Boy, Pt. 1 (alt. take)

** reissue of Mythic Sound MS 6002-1 + 2 bonus tracks.

Fats Navarro Memorial, Vol. 2 - Nostalgia (Savoy MG 12133)

Fats Navarro (tp) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) Al Haig (p) Huey Long (g) Gene Ramey (b) Denzil Best (d)

NYC, December 18, 1946

S3367	Calling Dr. Jazz
S3368	Fracture
S3369	Hollerin' And Screamin'
S3370	Stealin' Trash

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 5, 1947

S3483-6	Nostalgia
S3484-6	Barry's Bop
S3485-6	Bebop Romp
S3486	Fat Blows

Dexter Gordon (ts) Art Mardigan (d) replaces Rouse, Blakey

NYC, December 22, 1947

S3512	Dextrose
S3513	Index
S3514	Dextivity

Various Artists - In The Beginning Bebop! (Savoy MG 12119)

Fats Navarro (tp) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (ts) Al Haig (p) Huey Long (g) Gene Ramey (b) Denzil Best (d)

NYC, December 20, 1946

S3371A	Just A Mystery
S3372A	Red Pepper
S3373	Spinal
S3374	Maternity (Lard Pot)

Coleman Hawkins - Bean And The Boys (Prestige PR 7824)

Fats Navarro (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Porter Kilbert (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Milt Jackson (vib -2,3) Hank Jones (p) Curly Russell (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, December, 1946

1. SR1857	I Mean You
2. SR1858-1	Bean And The Boys
3. SR1858-2	-

1947

Illinois Jacquet And His Tenor Sax (Aladdin AL 803)

Miles Davis, Marion Hazel, Fats Navarro, Joe Newman (tp) Gus Chapell, Ted Kelly, Fred Robinson, Dickie Wells (tb) Ray Perry, Jimmy Powell (as) Illinois Jacquet, Clay Nicholas (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Bill Doggett (p -1,3,4) Leonard Feather (p -2) Al Lucas (b) Shadow Wilson (d)

NYC, January 7, 1947

1. NR94-4 \| IM-3634	For Europeans Only
2. NR95-3 \| IM-3633	Big Dog
3. NR96-4 \| IM-3632	You Left Me All Alone
4. NR97-2 \| IM-3631	Jivin' With Jack The Bellboy

Russell Jacquet, Fats Navarro, Joe Newman (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Jimmy Powell (as) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Sir Charles Thompson (p) Freddie Green (g) Al Lucas (b) Shadow Wilson (d)

NYC, April 1, 1947

137A \| IM-3635	Blow, Illinois, Blow
138A \| IM-3636	Illinois Blows The Blues

Various Artists - Opus De Bop (Savoy MG 12114)

Fats Navarro (tp) Leo Parker (bars, as) Tadd Dameron (p) Gene Ramey (b) Denzil Best (d)

NYC, January 29, 1947

S3383-2	Fat Girl
S3384-2	Ice Freezes Red
S3385	Ed Pob
S3386	Goin' To Minton's

Billy Stewart/Ray Abrams - Gloomy Sunday c/w In My Solitude (Savoy 647)

Fats Navarro (tp) Leonard Lowry (as) Ray Abrams (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Kenny Watts (p) Curly Russell (b) Lee Abrams (d) Billy Stewart (vo)

NYC, February 18, 1947

S3400-1	Gloomy Sunday
S3402-1	In My Solitude

Milton Buggs/Ray Abrams - I Live True To You c/w Fine Brown Frame (Savoy 648)

Fats Navarro (tp) Leonard Lowry (as) Ray Abrams (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Kenny Watts (p) Curly Russell (b) Lee Abrams (d) Milton Buggs (vo)

NYC, February 18, 1947

S3401-2	I Live True To You
S3403-3	Fine Brown Frame

Various Artists - Jazz Off The Air, Vol. 2 (Vox VSP 310)

Fats Navarro (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Allen Eager, Charlie Ventura (ts) Ralph Burns (p) Al Valente (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Buddy Rich (d)

WNEW broadcast, NYC, April 12, 1947

WS5006	Sweet Georgia Brown, Pt. 1
WS5007	Sweet Georgia Brown, Pt. 2
WS5008	Sweet Georgia Brown, Pt. 3
WS5009	High On An Open Mike, Pt. 1
WS5010	High On An Open Mike, Pt. 2
WS5011	High On An Open Mike, Pt. 3

The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1531)

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)
BN304-2	The Chase
BN305-0	The Squirrel (alt. take)
BN305-1	The Squirrel
BN306-0	Our Delight (alt. take)
BN306-5	Our Delight
BN307-0	Dameronia (alt. take)
BN307-2	Dameronia

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

BN338-0

Double Talk

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949

BN360-1	Bouncing With Bud (alt. take 2)
BN361-0	Wail (alt. take)

Fats Navarro - Fat Girl (Savoy SJL 2216)

Fats Navarro (tp) Ernie Henry (as) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Kay Penton (vo)

NYC, October 28, 1947

S3465-1

A Bop Carol

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art Blakey (d)

NYC, December 5, 1947

S3483-1	Nostalgia
S3484-3	Barry's Bop
S3485-1	Bebop Romp

Charlie Parker - Anthropology (Spotlite [E] SPJ 108)

Fats Navarro (tp) John LaPorta (cl) Charlie Parker (as) Allen Eager (ts) Lennie Tristano (p) Billy Bauer (g) Tommy Potter (b) Buddy Rich (d) Sarah Vaughan (vo -7)

radio broadcast, NYC, November 8, 1947

1.	52nd Street Theme
2.	Donna Lee
3.	Fats Flats (aka Hot House)
4.	Groovin' High
5.	Ko-Ko
6.	Anthropology
7.	Tea For Two / Everything I Have Is Yours / Don't Blame Me

Coleman Hawkins - His Greatest Hits 1939-47, Vol. 17 (RCA [F] 730625)

Fats Navarro (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Budd Johnson (as) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Marion DiVeta (bars) Hank Jones (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Jack Lesberg (b) Max Roach (d) Tadd Dameron (arr)

NYC, December 11, 1947

D7VB2659	April In Paris
D7VB2660	How Strange

Coleman Hawkins - Body And Soul: A Jazz Autobiography (RCA Victor LPV 501)

same session

NYC, December 11, 1947

D7VB2661-1

Half Step Down, Please

Various Artists - All American Hot Jazz (RCA Victor LPV 544)

same session

NYC, December 11, 1947

D7VB2662-1	Angel Face
D7VB2663-1	Jumpin' Jane

1948 (The age of 25)

Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra 1948 (Weka [Swt] Jds 12-1)

Teddy Buckner, Wendell Culley, Duke Garrette, Fats Navarro, Leo Shepherd (tp) Sonny Craven, Andrew Penn, Britt Woodman, Jimmy Wormick (tb) Ben Kynard, Bobby Plater (as) John Sparrow, Billy Williams (ts) Charlie Fowlkes (bars) Lionel Hampton (vib, p, d, vo) Milt Buckner (p) Charlie Harris, Charles Mingus (b) Earl Walker (d)

radio broadcast, "Howard Theatre", Washington, DC, May 1, 1948

Hot House

Lionel Hampton In Concert (Cicala Jazz Live [It] BLJ 8015)

same session

radio broadcast, "Howard Theatre", Washington, DC, May 1, 1948

	Adam Blew His Hat
	Goldwyn Stomp

Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet (Jazzland JLP 50)

Fats Navarro (tp) Rudy Williams (as -3) Allen Eager (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

"Royal Roost", NYC, August 29, 1948

1.	Anthropology, No. 1
2.	Lady Be Good
3.	Good Bait, No. 1

Fats Navarro (tp) Rudy Williams (as -2) Allen Eager (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chano Pozo (bgo)

"Royal Roost", NYC, October 2, 1948

1.	Tadd Walk
2.	Dameronia

same personnel

"Royal Roost", NYC, October 23, 1948

	The Squirrel
	Our Delight

** part of Milestone M 47041, MCD 47041-2.

The Tadd Dameron Band 1948 (Jazzland JLP 68)

Fats Navarro (tp) Rudy Williams (as) Allen Eager (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d)

"Royal Roost", NYC, September 4, 1948

Symphonette

Fats Navarro (tp) Kai Winding (tb -2) Rudy Williams (as) Allen Eager (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chano Pozo (bgo)

"Royal Roost", NYC, October 23, 1948

1.	Good Bait, No. 2
2.	Eb-Pob

** part of Milestone M 47041, MCD 47041-2.

Benny Goodman/Charlie Barnet - Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 15: Bebop Spoken Here (Capitol M 11061)

Fats Navarro (tp) Benny Goodman (cl) Wardell Gray (ts) Gene DiNovi (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Clyde Lombardi (b) Mel Zelnick (d)

NYC, September 9, 1948

2974-3

Stealin' Apples

The Fabulous Fats Navarro, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1532)

Fats Navarro (tp) Allen Eager, Wardell Gray (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chino Pozo (bgo -1,2)

Apex Studios, NYC, September 13, 1948

1. BN332-0	Jahbero (alt. take)
2. BN332-1	Jahbero
3. BN333-0	Lady Bird
4. BN333-1	Lady Bird (alt. take)
5. BN334-1	Symphonette
6. BN334-2	Symphonette (alt. take)

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

BN336-1	The Skunk (alt. take)
BN337-1	Boperation
BN339-0	Double Talk (alt. take)

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949

BN360-0	Bouncing With Bud (alt. take 1)
BN362-0	Dance Of The Infidels (alt. take)

Various Artists - The Other Side Blue Note 1500 Series (Blue Note [J] BNJ 61008/10)

Fats Navarro (tp) Allen Eager, Wardell Gray (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Chino Pozo (bgo) Kenny Pancho Hagood (vo)

Apex Studios, NYC, September 13, 1948

BN335-1

I Think I'll Go Away

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

BN336-3

The Skunk

The Complete Blue Note And Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro And Tadd Dameron (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 33373-2)

same session

Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948

BN337-2

Boperation (alt. take)

Earl Coleman - I Wished On The Moon c/w Guilty (Dial 756)

Fats Navarro (tp) Don Lanphere (ts) Linton Garner (p) Al Casey (g) Jim Johnson (b) Max Roach (d) Earl Coleman (vo)

NYC, November 29, 1948

D1161

I Wished On The Moon

Dexter Gordon On Dial - Move! (Spotlite [E] SPJ 133)

same session

NYC, November 29, 1948

D1162-A	Guilty
D1163-C	Yardbird Suite
D1164-A	Stranger In Town
D1165-A	As Time Goes By

Fats Navarro (tp) Don Lanphere (ts) Linton Garner (p) Jimmy Johnson (b) Max Roach (d)

same location, date

D1166-A	Move
D1166-B	-

1949

The Metronome All Stars - From Swing To Be-Bop (RCA Camden CAL 426)

Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro (tp) J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Charlie Parker (as) Charlie Ventura (ts) Ernie Caceres (bars) Lennie Tristano (p -1,2, p, arr -3) Billy Bauer (g) Eddie Safranski (b) Shelly Manne (d) Pete Rugolo (arr -1,2)

RCA Studios, NYC, January 3, 1949

1. D9VB-0021-1	Overtime (long ver.)
2. D9VB-0021-2	Overtime (short ver.)
3. D9VB-0022-3	Victory Ball (short ver.)

** also issued on RCA Bluebird ND 87636 entitled "The Metronome All Star Bands".

Dizzy Gillespie - Strictly Be Bop (Capitol M 11059)

Fats Navarro (tp) Kai Winding (tb) Sahib Shihab (as) Dexter Gordon (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Kenny Clarke (d) Vidal Balado (cga) Diego Iborra (bgo) Rae Pearl (vo)

NYC, January 18, 1949

3391-3E	Sid's Delight
3392-3E	Casbah

Jazz At The Philharmonic - J.A.T.P. At Carnegie Hall 1949 (Pablo PACD 5311-2)

Fats Navarro (tp) Tommy Turk (tb) Sonny Criss, Charlie Parker (as) Flip Phillips (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d)

"Carnegie Hall", NYC, February 11 or November 2, 1949

	Norman Granz Introduction
	Leap Here
	Indiana (Back Home Again In)
	Lover Come Back To Me

Fats Navarro (tp) Coleman Hawkins (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d)

same location, date

	Norman Granz Introduction Of Coleman Hawkins / Hawk's Idea (Rifftide)
	Sophisticated Lady
	The Things We Did Last Summer
	Stuffy

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1503)

Fats Navarro (tp) Sonny Rollins (ts) Bud Powell (p) Tommy Potter (b) Roy Haynes (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949

BN360-2	Bouncing With Bud
BN361-3	Wail
BN362-1	Dance Of The Infidels
BN363-1	52nd Street Theme

** also issued on Blue Note BST 81503 (pseudo stereo).

Various Artists - 25 Years Of Prestige (Prestige PR 24046)

Fats Navarro (tp) Don Lanphere (ts) Al Haig (p) Tommy Potter (b) Max Roach (d)

NYC, September 20, 1949

JRC35A

Wailing Wall

Miles Davis/Dizzy Gillespie/Fats Navarro - Trumpet Giants (New Jazz NJLP 8296)

same session

NYC, September 20, 1949

JRC35D	Wailing Wall
JRC36C	Go
JRC37B	Infatuation
JRC38B	Stop

** also issued on Prestige PR 16002.

Don Lanphere/Fats Navarro/Leo Parker/Al Haig - Prestige First Sessions, Vol. 1 (Prestige PRCD 24114-2)

same session

NYC, September 20, 1949

JRC35E	Wailing Wall
JRC36BC	Go
JRC37D	Infatuation
JRC38D	Stop

1950

Charlie Parker - Fats Navarro - Bud Powell (Ozone 4)

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950

52nd Street Theme, I

Charlie Parker - One Night In Birdland (Columbia JG 34808)

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as -1,2,4/10) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950

1.	Perdido (Wahoo)
2.	Dizzy Atmosphere
3.	A Night In Tunisia
4.	Rifftide (The Street Beat)
5.	Out Of Nowhere
6.	Little Willie Leaps (into)
7.	52nd Street Theme, III
8.	Ornithology (into)
9.	I'll Remember April (into)
10.	52nd Street Theme, IV

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) probably Tommy Potter (b) probably Roy Haynes (d) probably Chubby Newsome or 'Little' Jimmy Scott (vo -1)

same location, date

1.	Embraceable You
2.	Cool Blues (into)
3.	52nd Street Theme, V

Charlie Parker - Bud Powell - Fats Navarro (Ozone 9)

Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as) Bud Powell (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

radio broadcast, "Birdland", NYC, May 15 & 16, 1950

	Move (into)
	52nd Street Theme, II (inc.)

Hooray For Miles Davis, Vol. 1 (Session Disc 101)

Miles Davis, Fats Navarro (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Brew Moore (ts) Tadd Dameron (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

Hot House (Miles' Midnight Breakaway)

Miles Davis All Stars And Gil Evans (Beppo [E] BEP 502)

same session

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

52nd Street Theme

The Persuasively Coherent Miles Davis (Alto AL 701)

Miles Davis, Fats Navarro (tp) Charlie Parker (as -1) Brew Moore (ts -2) Walter Bishop Jr. (p -1) Tadd Dameron (p -2) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

1.	Conception (Poobah)
2.	Ow! (Chubbie's Blues)

Hooray For Miles Davis, Vol. 2 (Session Disc 102)

Miles Davis, Fats Navarro (tp) J.J. Johnson (tb) Brew Moore (ts) Walter Bishop Jr. (p) Curly Russell (b) Art Blakey (d)

"Birdland", NYC, June 30, 1950

	Eronel (Overturia)
	52nd Street Theme (Slow Broadway Theme)