Washington Records Catalog: Offbeat 3000, 4000, 4900, 5700 series

Washington Offbeat Jazz 3000 series (12 inch LP)

OLP 3001  Charlie Byrd - Jazz At The Showboat

Charlie Schneer (p -3/5) Charlie Byrd (g -1/3,5,6) Keter Betts (b -3/6) Eddie Phyfe (d -3/6) Ginny Byrd (vo -1,2)
Washington, DC, 1958
1.Don't Explain
2.Blue Turning Grey Over You
3.Conversation Piece
4.Top's Tune
5.Stompin' At The Savoy
6.Satin Doll
Kenneth Pasmanick (basn -5) Buck Hill (ts -1/4) Bobby Felder (vib) T. Carson (p) Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b) Bertell Knox (d)
same location, date
1.Byrd's Word!
2.Tri-X
3.What's New?
4.Buck's Hill
5.Bobby In Bassoonville
** also issued on Riverside RLP 448; Fantasy OJCCD 1054-2 entitled "Byrd's Word!".

OLP 3002  Walter Skees - A Little Tenderness

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OLP 3003  Buck Clarke - Cool Hands

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OLP 3004  Henry Morgan/Israel Robins - The Saint And The Sinner

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OLP 3005  Charlie Byrd - Jazz At The Showboat, Vol. 2: Byrd In The Wind

Wallace Mann (fl -2/5) Richard White (ob -2/5) Kenneth Pasmanick (basn -2/5) Buck Hill (ts -10/12) Charlie Schneer (p -8,9,12) Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b -4,5,8/12) Bertell Knox (d -4,5,8/12) Ginny Byrd (vo -6/9)
Washington, DC, 1959
1.Stars Fell On Alabama
2.Love Letters
3.Wait Till You See Her
4.Swing
5.You're A Sweetheart
6.You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
7.Cross Your Heart
8.You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
9.Georgia On My Mind
10.Showboat Shuffle
11.Keter's Dirty Blues
12.Copacabana
** also issued on Riverside RLP 449 entitled "Byrd In The Wind": Fantasy OJCCD 1086-2 entitled "Charlie Byrd Trio And Woodwinds - Byrd In The Wind".

OLP 3006  Charlie Byrd - Jazz At The Showboat, Vol. 3

Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b) Bertell Knox (d)
Washington, DC, 1959-1960
Blues For Felix
Travelin' On
Play Fiddle Play
Funky Flamenco
Mama I'll Be Home Some Day
Lay The Lily Low
Who Cares?
In A Mellow Tone
Gypsy In My Soul
Prelude To A Kiss
My One And Only Love
How Long Has This Been Going On?
** also issued on Riverside RLP 450; Fantasy OJCCD 998-2 entitled "Mr. Guitar".

OLP 3007  Charlie Byrd - Jazz At The Showboat, Vol. 4: Charlie's Choice

Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b -1/6,8/12) Buddy Deppenschmidt (d -1/6,8/12)
Washington, DC, 1960
1.Moonlight In Vermont
2.Taking A Chance On Love
3.Speak Low
4.Nuages
5.Everything I've Got Belongs To You
6.Makin' Whoopee
7.Django
8.Nice Work If You Can Get It
9.The House Of The Rising Sun
10.Ring Them Harmonics
11.Taboo
12.To Ginny
** also issued on Riverside RLP 451, RS 3005; Fantasy OJCCD 945-2 entitled "The Guitar Artistry Of Charlie Byrd".

OLP 3008  Charlie Byrd At The Village Vanguard

Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b) Buddy Deppenschmidt (d): same personnel
"Village Vanguard", NYC, January 15, 1961
Just Squeeze Me
Why Was I Born?
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Fantasia On Which Side Are You On
** also issued on Riverside RLP 452; Fantasy OJCCD 669-2.

OLP 3009  Charlie Byrd - Blues Sonata

Charlie Byrd (g) Keter Betts (b) Buddy Deppenschmidt (d): same personnel
NYC, October 23, 1961
The Blues Sonata: Polonaise For Pour Pietro / Ballad In B Minor / Scherzo For An Old Shoe
add Barry Harris (p)
NYC, October 24, 1961
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Jordu
That Old Devil Called Love
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
** also issued on Riverside RLP 453; Fantasy OJCCD 1063-2.

OLP 3010  Mundell Lowe And His Orchestra - Tacet For Neurotics: The Music Of Alec Wilder

Joe Wilder (tp) John Barrows, Jim Buffington (frh) Don Hammond (fl) Jerry Roth (ob) Bernard Garfield (basn) Jimmy Carroll (cl, bcl) Mundell Lowe (g) Trigger Alpert (b) Ed Shaughnessy (d)
NYC, June 12, 1956
Walk Softly
What Happened Last Night?
Tacet For Neurotics
The Endless Quest
Harold Goltzer (basn) replaces Garfield
NYC, June 19, 1956
Let's Get Together And Cry
Pop, What's A Passacaglia?
No Plans
An Unrelenting Memory
Milt Hinton (b) replaces Alpert
NYC, July 3, 1956
Suggestion For Bored Dancers
She Never Wore Makeup
Mama Never Dug This Scene
Around The World In 2:34
** reissue of Riverside RLP 12-219 entitled "New Music Of Alec Wilder".

Washington Offbeat 4000 series (12 inch LP)

OLP 4010  Paul Winter - A Winter's Tale

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OLP 4011  Ben Bagley's Shoestring Revue

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OLP 4012  Ben Bagley's Shoestring '57

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OLP 4013  Take Five With Ronny Graham: Julius Monk Revue

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OLP 4014  The Pro Musica Erotica - The Restoration Revisited Or The Pursuit Of Happiness

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OLP 4015  Demi-Dozen: Julius Monk Revue

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OLP 4016  Pieces Of Eight: Julius Monk Revue

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OLP 4017  Four Below Strikes Back: Julius Monk Revue

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OLP 4018  Ronny Graham (not released)

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OLP 4019  no information

OLP 4020  Read By Martyn Green - A Treasury Of Ribaldry

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** also issued on Riverside RLP 7001.

OLP 4021  Oscar Brand - American Drinking Songs

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** also issued on Riverside RLP 12-630.

OLP 4022  no information

OLP 4023  Ewan MacColl - Scotch Drinking Songs

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** also issued on Riverside RLP 12-605 entitled "Scots Drinking Songs".

Washington Offbeat 4900 series (12 inch LP)

OLP 4901  Henry Miller - Life As I See It

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Washington Offbeat 5700 series (12 inch LP)

OLP 5701  no information

OLP 5702  no information

OLP 5703  no information

OLP 5704  no information

OLP 5705  no information

OLP 5706  no information

OLP 5707  no information

OLP 5708  no information

OLP 5709  no information