Mercury Records Catalog: EmArcy MGE/SRE series

EmArcy MGE 26000 series (12 inch LP)

MGE-26001   Johnny Griffin - Night Lady

Johnny Griffin, tenor sax, arranger; Francy Boland, piano; Jimmy Woode, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.

Cologne, West Germany, February 13, 1964

2-35491Scrabble
2-35492Summertime
2-35493Old Stuff
2-35494Night Lady
2-35495Little Man You've Had A Busy Day
2-35496All The Things You Are

** originally released on Philips (G) 840 447 PY.

MGE-26002   Various Artists - International Jazz Workshop

Benny Bailey, Donald Byrd, Jon Eardley, Johnny Renard, Idrees Sulieman, trumpet; Albert Mangelsdorff, Nat Peck, Ake Persson, Eje Thelin, trombone; Johnny Scott, alto sax, flute, clarinet; Klaus Doldinger, Johnny Griffin, Rolf Kuhn, tenor sax; Sahib Shihab, baritone sax, flute; Ingfried Hoffman, organ; Pierre Cavalli, guitar; Egil Johansen, drums; Hans Gertberg, producer.

Ruhr Festival Of Art And Music, Recklinghausen, West Germany, June 26, 1964

35497Knoedel-Walzer
35498Blazy Bones Revisited
35499Concerto For Benjamin And Jonathan
36500Waltz Of The Jive Cats
36501Hip-Hit
36502Revelation
36503Conversation
36504The Jamf's Are Coming

** originally released on International Jazz Workshop - Ruhr Festival 1964, Philips 48095.

MGE-26003   Jimmy Cleveland - Rhythm Crazy

Art Farmer, trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland, trombone; Jerome Richardson, flute, tenor, baritone sax; Benny Golson, tenor sax, arranger; Hank Jones, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.

NYC, February, 1959

18130Our Delight
18131Crazy Rhythm
18132Reminiscing
18133We Never Kissed
18134Old Reliable
18135Tricrotism
18136Tom-Kattin'

** initially scheduled on Crazy Rhythm, EmArcy MG-36160.
** also released on EmArcy SRE-66003 in 1965.

MGE-26004   Django Reinhardt - Le Jazz Hot!

no details.

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66004 in 1965.

MGE-26005   Art Hodes & Truck Parham - Plain Old Blues

Art Hodes, piano; Truck Parham, bass.

Chicago, IL, May, 1962

24776Randolph St. Blues
24777The Chimes Blues
24778Mister Blues
24779Basin Street Blues
24780By A And T
24781Buddy Bolden's Blues
24782Call To Attention
24783Washboard Blues
24784Royal Garden Blues
24785Snowy Morning Blues
24786Pine Top's Blues

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66005 in 1965.

MGE-26006   Buddy Rich - The Driver

Irving "Marky" Markowitz, trumpet; Willie Dennis, trombone; Seldon Powell, tenor sax; Mike Mainieri, vibes; Dave McKenna, piano; Earl May, bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Ernie Wilkins, arranger.

Fine Recording, NYC, April 7 and 8, 1960

19886Bloody Mary
19889Straight, No Chaser
19890Night In Tunisia
19891Miss Bessie's Cookin'
19893Big Leg Mary
19894A Swingin' Serenade
19895Brainwashed

** initially scheduled on Mercury MG-20595.
** also released on EmArcy SRE-66006 in 1965.

MGE-26008   Stuff Smith - Swingin' Stuff   1965

Stuff Smith, violin; Kenny Drew, piano; Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass; Alex Riel, drums.

Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 23, 1965

37299Bugle Blues
37300Only Time Will Tell
37301Old Stinkin' Blues
37302Mack The Knife
37303C-Jam Blues
37304One O'Clock Jump
37305My Blue Heaven
37306Blues For Timme
37307Take The "A" Train

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66008 in 1965. and on Stuff Smith Quartet - Swingin' Stuff, Storyville (D) SLP 4087 in 1985?.

MGE-26009   Klaus Doldinger, Attila Zoller - Doldinger In South America

Klaus Doldinger, tenor, soprano sax; Ingfried Hoffman, piano, organ; Attila Zoller, guitar; Peter Trunk, bass; Cees See, drums, percussion.

Hamburg, Germany, 1965

1-36606Fiesta
1-36607Viva Brazilla
1-36608Insensatez
1-36609Subo
1-36610Malaguene
1-36611Negra Sin Sandalia
1-36612Recado
1-36613Argentinia
1-36614Guarachi Guaro
1-36615Praeludium, No. 3

** originally released on Klaus Doldinger - Doldinger In Sud Amerika, Philips (G) 843 728 PY.

MGE-26010   Lester Young - Pres At His Very Best - Swinging Sounds Of The 40's

Lester Young, tenor sax; Johnny Guarnieri, piano; Slam Stewart, bass; Sid Catlett, drums.

NYC, December 28, 1943

HL1-1Just You, Just Me
HL1-2-
HL2-1I Never Knew
HL2-2-
HL3-1Afternoon Of A Basie-Ite
HL3-2-
HL4-2Sometimes I'm Happy

Buck Clayton, trumpet #1,2,4,5; Dicky Wells, trombone #1,2,4,5; Lester Young, tenor sax; Count Basie, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Rodney Richardson, bass; Jo Jones, drums.

NYC, March 22, 1944

1. HL21-2After Theatre Jump
2. HL22-3Six Cats And A Prince
3. HL23-1Lester Leaps Again (aka Lester Leaps In)
4. HL24-1Destination K.C.
5. HL24-2-

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66010 in 1965.

MGE-26011   Coleman Hawkins And The Trumpet Kings

Buck Clayton, trumpet; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Teddy Wilson, piano; Slam Stewart, bass; Denzil Best, drums.

NYC, October 17, 1944

HL64-3I'm Yours
HL65-1Under A Blanket Of Blue
HL66-2Beyond The Blue Horizon
HL67-4A Shanty In Old Shanty Town

Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax; Teddy Wilson, piano; Billy Taylor, bass; Denzil Best, drums.

NYC, October 18, 1944

HL68-2My Man
HL69-1El Salon De Gutbucket
HL70-1Embraceable You

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66011.

MGE-26012   Red Rodney's Beboppers

Howard McGhee, trumpet; Bill Harris, trombone; Flip Phillips, tenor sax; Ralph Burns, piano; Billy Bauer, guitar; Chubby Jackson, bass; Dave Tough, drums.

NYC, January 10, 1945

HL76Northwest Passage
HL77Cryin' Sands

Pete Candoli, trumpet; Bill Harris, trombone; Flip Phillips, tenor sax; Ralph Burns, piano; Billy Bauer, guitar; Chubby Jackson, bass; Alvin Burroughs, drums.

Chicago, IL, April 5, 1945

D5CB322-1Characteristically, B.H.
D5CB323-1Mean To Me
D5CB324-1She's Funny That Way

Tony Aless, piano; Billy Bauer, guitar; Chubby Jackson, bass; Shelly Manne, drums.

NYC, November 29, 1945

HL113-1Head Quarters
HL115-3Sam's Caravan

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66012.

MGE-26013   Attila Zoller - The Horison Beyond

no details.

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66013 in 1966.

MGE-26014   Gentleman June Gardner - Bustin' Out

George Davis, guitar; Walter Booker, bass; Gentleman June Gardner, drums; Wardell Quezergue, arranger; and others.

May, 1965

E3650699 Plus 1
E36507Mustard Greens

same personnel.

1966

38400Last Night
38401The Joker
38402Yesterday
38403It's Gonna Rain
38404Hang On Sloopy
38405One Mint Julep
38406Hot Seat
38407Later Baby
38408Hammerhead

** also released on EmArcy SRE-66014 in 1966.