Booker Little Catalog

1958 (The age of 20)

Max Roach + 4 On The Chicago Scene  (EmArcy MG 36132)

Booker Little (tp) George Coleman (ts) Eddie Baker (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Max Roach (d)

16982	Shirley (mono ver.)
16983	Memo To Maurice (mono ver.)
16984 | JB325	Stella By Starlight
16985 | JB326	Sporty
16986	My Old Flame (mono ver.)
16987	Stompin' At The Savoy (mono outchorus)

** also issued on Mercury MG 20559; Universal [J] UCCM 9110.

Max Roach + 4 On The Chicago Scene  (Mercury [J] 195J 41)

same session

JB323	Shirley (stereo ver.)
JB324	Memo To Maurice (stereo ver.)
JB327	My Old Flame (stereo ver.)
JB328	Stompin' At The Savoy

** originally intended as Mercury SR 60128.

Max Roach + 4 At Newport  (EmArcy MG 36140)

Booker Little (tp) Ray Draper (tu) George Coleman (ts) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d)

17644

Love For Sale

same personnel

17645	La Villa
17646	A Night In Tunisia
17648	Minor Mode
17649	Tune Up

** also issued on EmArcy SR 80010; Mercury MG 20524, SR 60201, [J] 195J 42.

Max Roach + 4 At Newport  (Mercury [J] 195J 42)

same session

17647

Deeds, Not Words

** reissue of EmArcy MG 36140 + 1 bonus track.

Max Roach - Deeds, Not Words  (Riverside RLP 12-280)

same personnel

	You Stepped Out Of A Dream
	Filide
	It's You Or No One
	Jodie's Cha-Cha
	Deeds, Not Words
	Larry-Larue

** also issued on Riverside RLP 1122, RS 3018; Fantasy OJC 304, OJCCD 304-2: Jazzland JLP 79 entitled "Conversation".

Max Roach/Bud Shank - Sessions, Live  (Calliope CAL 3013)

same personnel

	Minor Mode Blues
	The Scene Is Clean
	Love For Sale

Booker Little 4 - The Defiant Ones  (United Artists UAL 4034)

Booker Little (tp) George Coleman (ts -1,3/5) Tommy Flanagan (p) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d)

1.	Milestones
2.	Sweet And Lovely
3.	Rounder's Mood
4.	Dungeon Waltz
5.	Jewel's Tempo
6.	Moonlight Becomes You

** also issued on United Artists UAS 5034.

Max Roach - Award-Winning Drummer  (Time T 70003)

Booker Little (tp) Ray Draper (tu) George Coleman (ts) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d)

	Milano
	Tuba De Nod
	Variations On The Scene
	Pieces Of Quincy (Pies Of Quincy)
	Old Folks
	Sadiga
	Gandolfo's Bounce

** also issued on Time ST 70003: Time M 52087, S 2087 entitled "Max Roach".

Young Men From Memphis - Down Home Reunion  (United Artists UAL 4029)

Booker Little, Louis Smith (tp) Frank Strozier (as) George Coleman (ts) Phineas Newborn Jr. (p) Calvin Newborn (g) George Joyner (b) Charles Crosby (d)

	Things Ain't What They Used To Be
	Blue 'N' Boogie
	After Hours
	Star Eyes

** also issued on United Artists UAS 5029.

1959

Max Roach - The Many Sides Of Max  (Mercury MG 20911)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) George Coleman (ts) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d)

18128-9	Lepa
18129-7	Connie's Bounce
18137-5	Prelude
18138-11	Bemsha Swing
18139-5	Timpanalli
18140-4	There's No You
18141-7	A Little Sweet

** originally intended as Mercury MG 20457, SR 60140.
** also issued on Mercury SR 60911; Universal [J] UCCM 9125.

Bill Henderson Sings  (Vee-Jay LP 1015)

Booker Little (tp) Bernard McKinney (tb, euph) Yusef Lateef (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Bill Henderson (vo) Benny Golson (arr)

59-1310	Moanin'
59-1311	Bad Luck
59-1312	The Song Is You
59-1313	This Little Girl Of Mine
59-1314	You Make Me Feel So Young

** also issued on Vee-Jay SR 1015.

Slide Hampton - Slide!  (Strand SLS 1006)

Burt Collins, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (tp) Bernard McKinney (barh) Slide Hampton (tb) George Coleman (ts, cl) Jay Cameron (bars, bcl) George Tucker (b) Kenny Dennis, Pete LaRoca, Charlie Persip (d)

	Newport
	Autumn Leaves
	Althea
	Jazz Corner
	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
	Go East Young Man
	Patricia
	Woody'n You

1960

Fantastic Frank Strozier  (Vee-Jay LP 3005)

Booker Little (tp) Frank Strozier (as) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d)

	W.K. Blues
	A Starling's Theme
	I Don't Know
	Waltz Of The Demons
	Runnin'
	Off Shore

** also issued on Vee-Jay SR 3005: Affinity [E] AFF 49 entitled "Frank Strozier/Booker Little - Waltz Of The Demons".

Wynton Kelly - Alternate Takes Of Fantastic And The Others  (Vee-Jay [J] FHCY 1001)

same session

	I Don't Know (take 3)
	Waltz Of The Demons (take 1)
	Runnin' (take 4)
	Off Shore (take 3)
	Just In Time
	Luck A Duce
	Tibit

Earl Zindars/Armando Peraza - The Soul Of Jazz Percussion  (Warwick W 5003 ST)

Marcus Belgrave, Donald Byrd, Booker Little (tp) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d) Armando Peraza (per)

	Chasin' The Byrd
	Wee-Tina
	Call To Arms

Don Ellis, Booker Little (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) Teddy Charles (vib) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b) Philly Joe Jones, Ed Shaughnessy (d) Willie Rodriguez (per)

	Construction Crew
	November Afternoon
	Witch Fire

Booker Little  (Time M 52011)

Booker Little (tp) Tommy Flanagan (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Roy Haynes (d)

	Opening Statement
	Minor Sweet
	The Grand Valse
	Who Can I Turn To?

Wynton Kelly (p) replaces Flanagan

	Bee Tee's Minor Plea
	Life's A Little Blue

** also issued on Time S 2011.

Teddy Charles - Jazz In The Garden  (Warwick W 2033)

Booker Little (tp) Booker Ervin (ts) Teddy Charles (vib) Mal Waldron (p) Addison Farmer (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d)

	Scoochie
	Cycles
	Embraceable You
	Blues De Tambour
	Take Three Part Jazz Suite: Route 4 / Byriste / Father George
	The Confined Few

Booker Little/Booker Ervin - Sounds Of Inner City  (TCB 1003)

same session

Stardust

Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite - We Insist!  (Candid CJM 8002)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Walter Benton (ts) Coleman Hawkins (ts -1) James Schenck (b) Max Roach (d) Abbey Lincoln (vo) Nat Hentoff (supervisor)

1.	Driva' Man
2.	Freedom Day

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Walter Benton (ts) James Schenck (b) Max Roach (d -2) Michael Olatunji (cga -2) Tomas DuVall, Raymond Mantilla (per -2) Abbey Lincoln (vo -2) Nat Hentoff (supervisor)

1.	All Africa
2.	Tears For Johannesburg

** also issued on Candid CJS 9002, CCD 79002.

Jazz Artists Guild - Newport Rebels  (Candid CJM 8022)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Walter Benton (ts) Peck Morrison (b) Jo Jones, Max Roach (d) Nat Hentoff (supervisor)

Cliff Walk

** also issued on Candid CJS 9022, CCD 79022.

Eric Dolphy - Far Cry  (New Jazz NJLP 8270)

Booker Little (tp) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl) Jaki Byard (p) Ron Carter (b) Roy Haynes (d)

2772	Ode To Charlie Parker
2773	Mrs. Parker Of K.C. (aka Bird's Mother)
2776	Miss Ann
2777	Far Cry

** also issued on Prestige PR 7747 entitled "Far Cry!": Fantasy OJC 400, OJCCD 400-2.
** part of Prestige P 24053.

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

same session

2775

Serene

Booker Little (tp) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl) Mal Waldron (p) Richard Davis (b) Ed Blackwell (d)

3152	Bee Vamp (alt. take)

1961

Abbey Lincoln - Straight Ahead  (Candid CJM 8015)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl, picc) Walter Benton, Coleman Hawkins (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d) Roger Sanders, Robert White (cga) Abbey Lincoln (vo) Nat Hentoff (supervisor)

	Straight Ahead
	When Malindy Sings
	In The Red
	Blue Monk
	Left Alone
	African Lady
	Retribution

** also issued on Candid CJS 9015, CCD 79015.

Eric Dolphy - Candid Dolphy  (Candid CJS 9033)

same session

African Lady (take 4)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl) Don Friedman (p) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d, timp, vib) Nat Hentoff (supervisor)

Quiet, Please (take 1)

Ron Carter (b) replaces Davis

Hazy Hues (take 5)

** also issued on Candid CCD 79033.

Eric Dolphy - Candid Dolphy  (Candid CCD 79033)

same session

Moods In Free Time (take 5)

** reissue of Candid CJS 9033 + 1 bonus track.

Booker Little - Out Front  (Candid CJM 8027)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl) Don Friedman (p) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d, timp, vib) Nat Hentoff (supervisor)

	We Speak
	Quiet, Please
	A New Day

Ron Carter (b) replaces Davis

	Strength And Sanity
	Moods In Free Time
	Man Of Words
	Hazy Hues

** also issued on Candid CJS 9027, CCD 79027.

John Coltrane - Africa/Brass  (Impulse A 6)

Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (tp) Jim Buffington, Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (frh) Charles Greenlee, Julian Priester (euph) Bill Barber (tu) John Coltrane (ss, ts) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl, arr, cond) Pat Patrick (bars) Garvin Bushell (reeds) McCoy Tyner (p, arr) Reggie Workman (b) Elvin Jones (d) Cal Massey (arr) Romulus Franceschini (cond)

Greensleeves

Booker Little (tp) Britt Woodman (tb) Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (frh) Carl Bowman (euph) Bill Barber (tu) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl, arr, cond) John Coltrane (ts) Pat Patrick (bars) McCoy Tyner (p) Reggie Workman (b) Art Davis (b -1) Elvin Jones (d)

1.	Africa
2.	Blues Minor

** part of Impulse IMPD 2-168.

John Coltrane - The Africa/Brass Sessions, Vol. 2  (Impulse AS 9273)

Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (tp) Jim Buffington, Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (frh) Charles Greenlee, Julian Priester (euph) Bill Barber (tu) John Coltrane (ss, ts) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl, arr, cond) Pat Patrick (bars) Garvin Bushell (reeds) McCoy Tyner (p, arr) Reggie Workman (b) Elvin Jones (d) Cal Massey (arr) Romulus Franceschini (cond)

	Song Of The Underground Railroad
	Greensleeves (alt. take)

Booker Little (tp) Britt Woodman (tb) Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (frh) Carl Bowman (euph) Bill Barber (tu) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl, arr, cond) John Coltrane (ts) Pat Patrick (bars) McCoy Tyner (p) Art Davis, Reggie Workman (b) Elvin Jones (d)

Africa (alt. take)

** part of Impulse IMPD 2-168.

The Mastery Of John Coltrane, Vol. 4 - Trane's Modes  (Impulse IZ 9361/2)

Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little (tp) Jim Buffington, Donald Carrado, Bob Northern, Robert Swisshelm, Julius Watkins (frh) Charles Greenlee, Julian Priester (euph) Bill Barber (tu) John Coltrane (ss, ts) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl, arr, cond) Pat Patrick (bars) Garvin Bushell (reeds) McCoy Tyner (p, arr) Reggie Workman (b) Paul Chambers (b -2) Elvin Jones (d) Cal Massey (arr) Romulus Franceschini (cond)

1.	The Damned Don't Cry
2.	Africa (1st ver.)

Booker Little And Friend  (Bethlehem BCP 6061)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb -1/3,5/7) George Coleman (ts -1/3,5/7) Don Freedman (p) Reggie Workman (b) Pete LaRoca (d)

1.	Victory And Sorrow
2.	Forward Flight
3.	Looking Ahead
4.	If I Should Lose You
5.	Calling Softly
6.	Booker's Blues
7.	Matilde

Eric Dolphy - Here And There  (Prestige PR 7382)

Booker Little (tp) Eric Dolphy (as, bcl, fl) Mal Waldron (p) Richard Davis (b) Ed Blackwell (d)

3147	Status Seeking

** also issued on Fantasy OJCCD 673-2.
** part of Prestige P 24070.

Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot, Vol. 2  (Prestige PRLP 7294)

same session

3149	Aggression
3150	Like Someone In Love

** also issued on Prestige PR 7826; Fantasy OJC 247, OJCCD 247-2.

Eric Dolphy At The Five Spot, Vol. 1  (New Jazz NJLP 8260)

same session

3151	Fire Waltz
3152	Bee Vamp
3153	The Prophet

** also issued on Prestige PR 7611; Fantasy OJC 133, OJCCD 133-2.

Eric Dolphy And Booker Little Memorial Album  (Prestige PR 7334)

same session

3154	Number Eight (aka Potsa Lotsa)
3155	Booker's Waltz

** also issued on Fantasy OJC 353, OJCCD 353-2.

Max Roach - Percussion, Bitter Sweet  (Impulse A 8)

Booker Little (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Eric Dolphy (as) Clifford Jordan (ts) Mal Waldron (p) Art Davis (b) Max Roach (d) Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga) Carlos "Totico" Eugenio (cowbell) Abbey Lincoln (vo)

10460	Garvey's Ghost
10461	Mendacity

Dolphy plays (bcl, fl). omit Eugenio, Lincoln

10462	Mama
10463	Tender Warriors

Dolphy plays (fl). omit Valdes

10468

Praise For A Martyr

Dolphy plays (as, fl). add Carlos "Patato" Valdes (cga)

10473

Man From South Africa

** also issued on Impulse GRD 122.