ESP-Disk' Catalog: 3000 series

ESP-Disk' 3000 series (12 inch LP and 7 inch 45 rpm)

ESP 3000   The Comprehensive Charlie Parker - Live Performances Volume I   not released

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; John LaPorta, clarinet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Lennie Tristano, piano; Billy Bauer, guitar; Ray Brown, bass; Max Roach, drums; Carl Caruso, announcer.

radio broadcast, Bands For Bonds, WOR Studios, NYC, September 20, 1947

Tiger Rag

Miles Davis, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, December 11, 1948

F2504/F2505Groovin' High
Big Foot (a/k/a Air Conditioning, Drifting On A Reed)
Ornithology (as Thriving On From A Riff)
Slow Boat To China (aka On A Slow Boat To China)

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Max Roach, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, December 25, 1948

Half Nelson
White Christmas
Little Willie Leaps

** originally released on ESP-Disk' ESP-BIRD-1 in 1972.

ESP 3001   Charlie Parker - Broadcast Performances 1948-1949 Vol. 2 Of 14 Volumes   not released

Miles Davis, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Tadd Dameron, piano; Curly Russell, bass; Max Roach, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, September 4, 1948

52nd Street Theme
Koko (aka Ko-Ko)

Kenny Dorham, trumpet; Charlie Parker, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Tommy Potter, bass; Joe Harris, drums; Symphony Sid, announcer.

radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, January 1, 1949

Bebop (aka Be-Bop)
Slow Boat To China (aka On A Slow Boat To China)
Ornithology
Groovin' High
East Of The Sun & West Of The Moon (aka East Of The Sun)
Cheryl

** originally released on ESP-Disk' ESP-BIRD-2 in 1973.

ESP 3002   Billie Holiday - The Lady Lives   1970

Neal Hefti, trumpet; Herbie Harper, trombone; Herbie Steward, clarinet, tenor sax; Jimmy Rowles, piano; Robert "Iggy" Shevak, bass; Blinkie Garner, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

AFRS radio broadcast, Just Jazz, Los Angeles, CA, June, 1949

My Man
Miss Brown To You

Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Horace Henderson, piano; Jack Lesberg, bass; George Wettling, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

NBC television broadcast, Eddie Condon Floor Show, NYC, August 27, 1949

Keeps On 'A Rainin'
Lover Man

Hot Lips Page, trumpet; Horace Henderson, piano; unknown, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

television broadcast, Art Ford Television Show, NYC, August 27, 1949

I Cover The Waterfront
All Of Me

Billie Holiday, vocal; The Apollo House Band.

broadcast, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY, May 24, 1950

You're My Thrill

Al Haig, piano; Jimmy Raney, guitar; Teddy Kotick, bass; Tiny Kahn, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

broadcast, Storyville, Boston, MA, October 29, 1951

He's Funny That Way
Billie's Blues

Buster Harding, piano; John Field, bass; Marquis Foster, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

broadcast, Storyville, Boston, MA, October 31, 1951

Miss Brown To You

Billie Holiday, vocal; unidentified small combo.

radio broadcast, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY, possibly July, 1952

My Man

Tony Scott, clarinet; Buster Harding, piano, conductor; Billie Holiday, vocal; and others.

broadcast, Apollo Theater, Harlem, NY, December 10, 1952

Tenderly

** also released on Lady Lives Volume 1: Broadcast Performances 1949-1953, ESP-Disk' ESP 3002 (later) in 1972; Base Record (It) ESP 3002 in 1982. and on Broadcast Performances Vol. 1, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3002-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3002 in 2005+.

ESP 3003   Billie Holiday - Radio & TV Broadcasts Volume 2 / 1953-56   1972

Jimmy Hamilton, clarinet; Ray Nance, violin; Buster Harding, piano; John Field, bass; Marquis Foster, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

broadcast, Carnegie Hall, NYC, November 14, 1952

I Cover The Waterfront
Lover Come Back To Me
My Man (mistitled as All Of Me)
Fine And Mellow (mistitled as Billie's Blues)

unknown, trumpet; probably Carl Drinkard, piano; Jimmy Raney, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal, speech; Louis Armstrong, Tallulah Bankhead, Mae Barnes, Leonard Feather, Arthur Herzog, "Pods" Hollingsworth, Artie Shaw, speech; unidentified actors, actor; George Jessel, host, narrator.

television broadcast, The Comeback Story, NYC, October 16, 1953

God Bless The Child

unknown, trumpet; probably Carl Drinkard, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal; Steve Allen, announcer; Skitch Henderson, director; and others.

television broadcast, The Tonight Show With Steve Allen, NYC, February 8 or 14, 1955

My Man
Them There Eyes
Lover Man

Buck Clayton, trumpet; Lester Young, tenor sax; Bobby Tucker, piano; Count Basie, organ; Eddie Jones, bass; Buddy Rich, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

broadcast, Carnegie Hall, NYC, May 6, 1955

Stormy Weather

probably Carl Drinkard, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

radio broadcast, Band Stand U.S.A., Red Hill Inn, Pennsauken, NJ, August 29, 1956

Willow Weep For Me
I Only Have Eyes For You
My Man
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

** also released on Base Record (It) ESP 3003 in 1982. and on Broadcast Performances Vol. 2, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3003-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3003 in 2005+.

ESP 3004   Tony Snell - Medieval & Latter Day Lays   1973

Tony Snell, guitar, vocal, producer.

released 1973

Fungus
Gypsomania
The Lay Of The Last Crusader
Chandler's Shop
Ball At The Hall
Eddystone Light (parody)
Hired Knight's Day
Senoreater Margarita
Englishman Abroad
Island In The Road (parody)
San Francisco (parody)
Frank And Johnny
Gigolo
U And Non U
National Park For Diseases
Puff The Tragic Faggot
Brownie

** also released on Englishman Abroad, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 1072-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 1072 in 2005+.

ESP 3005   Tony Kelly - Busker Boy   never released

no details.

ESP 3006   Billie Holiday - Broadcast Performances Volume 3, 1956-1958   1973

probably Carl Drinkard, piano; Billie Holiday, vocal; Steve Allen, announcer; unidentified studio house band, Skitch Henderson, director.

television broadcast, The Tonight Show With Steve Allen, NYC, February 10, 1956

I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

probably Carl Drinkard, piano; unknown, bass; Eddie Phyfe, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

radio broadcast, Olivia Davis' Patio Lounge, Washington, DC, October 27, 1956

Nice Work If You Can Get It
God Bless The Child
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Don't Explain

probably Carl Drinkard, piano; Billie Holiday, vocal; unidentified studio house band, including strings, Skitch Henderson, director.

television broadcast, The Tonight Show With Steve Allen, NYC, November 8, 1956

Porgy

Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Benny Morton, trombone; Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Lester Young, tenor sax; Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Freddy Green, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

television broadcast, The Sound Of Jazz, CBS Studio #58, NYC, December 8, 1957

Fine And Mellow

Buck Clayton, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Georgie Auld, tenor sax; Mal Waldron, piano; Mary Osborne, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

television broadcast, Art Ford's Jazz Party, Channel 13, NYC, July 10, 1958

What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Foolin' Myself (as Fooling Myself)
Easy To Remember

Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Georgie Auld, tenor sax; Harry Sheppard, vibes; Mal Waldron, piano; Mary Osborne, guitar; Vinnie Burke, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Billie Holiday, vocal.

television broadcast, Art Ford's Jazz Party, Channel 13, NYC, July 17, 1958

Moaning Low
Don't Explain
When Your Lover Has Gone

** also released on Base Record (It) ESP 3006 in 1982. and on Broadcast Performances Vol. 3, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3005-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3005 in 2005+.

ESP 3007   Revolutionary Ensemble   1973

Leroy Jenkins, violin, viola; Sirone, bass, cello; Jerome Cooper, percussion.

NYC, March, 1972

Vietnam 1
Vietnam 2

** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3007-2 in 1992. and on Vietnam, ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3007 in 2005+.

ESP 3008   Jim McCarthy - Alien   1974

Jonathan Thayer, oboe; George Cameron, harmonica; Julie Case, piano; Bob Claster, piano, organ; Bill Johnson, Bob Miles, organ; Steve Martin, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal; Jim McCarthy, rhythm acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocal; Bob Gallagher, electric guitar; Leslie Fradkin, bass; Tom Hayes, drums; Paul Thornton, maracas.

1973

Guide Me To Your Love
In The Search Of An Audience
Word Of Honour
We Love You
Song For All Seasons
Sickness Or Cure
So Beautiful
Girly Pearl
Seething With Tears

** also released on The Godz - Alien, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3008-2 in 1993. and on ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3008 in 2005+.

ESP 3009   The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - Smoke Dreams   1973

Jim Conway, harmonica, kazoo, vocal; Jim Niven, piano, pedal organ; Mick Fleming, banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocal; Dave Hubbard, guitar; Peter Inglis, guitar, vocal; Peter Scott, tea chest bass; Mic Conway, washboard, ukulele, vocal.

Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, probably recorded before November, 1972;
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, released 1973

I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Nagasaki
Sophisticated Mama
Mobile Line
France Blues
Hotsy Totsy (Everything Is)
Who Walks In When I Walk Out
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
After You've Gone
That Cat Is High
Smoke Dreams Of You

** also released on ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3010 in 2005+.

ESP 3010   The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band - My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes / Nagasaki   1973

same session.

Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, probably recorded before November, 1972;
Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, TN, released 1973

My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
Nagasaki

ESP 3011   not used

ESP 3012   not used

ESP 3013   Frank Lowe - Black Beings   1973

Joseph Jarman, soprano, alto sax; Frank Lowe, tenor sax; The Wizard, violin; William Parker, bass; Rashied Sinan, drums.

NYC, March, 1973

In Trane's Name
Brother Joseph
Thulani

** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3013-2 in 1992, (US) ESP 3013 in 2005+.

ESP 3014   Peter Stampfel, Luke Faust - Wendigo Dwain Story   never released

no details.

ESP 3015   Nadolski - New Music From Poland 1   never released

Andrzej Nowak, organ; Czeslaw Niemen, Moog; Helmut Nadolski, bass, text, music; Olgierd Lukaszewicz, recitation.

St. George's Church, Sopot, August 27, 1974

Medytacje (Meditation)
-

** transferred to Helmut Nadolski - Meditation, Veriton (Polish) SXV-786 in 1974.

ESP 3016   Niemen Enigmatic - New Music From Poland 2   never released

no details.

ESP 3017   Lester Young - Newly Discovered Performances Vol. 1   1974

Jessie Drakes, trumpet; Ted Kelly, trombone; Lester Young, tenor sax; Freddie Jefferson, piano; Ted Briscoe, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Symphony Sid, MC.

WMGM radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, November 27, 1948

Lester Leaps In
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
Just You, Just Me
Sweet Georgia Brown

Kai Winding, trombone; Allen Eager, Lester Young, tenor sax; Hank Jones, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Ella Fitzgerald, vocal; Symphony Sid, MC.

How High The Moon

Jessie Drakes, trumpet; Ted Kelly, trombone; Lester Young, tenor sax; Freddie Jefferson, piano; Ted Briscoe, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Symphony Sid, MC.

WMGM radio broadcast, Royal Roost, NYC, December 4, 1948

Be Bop Boogie (as Boppin' Boogie)
I'm Confessin' That I Love You
I Cover The Waterfront

ESP 3018   The Sea Ensemble - We Move Together   1974

Zusaan Kali Fasteau, cello, piano, drums, vocal, shakuhachi, nye; Donald Rafael Garrett, sheng, clarinet, bass, drums, shakuhachi, vocal.

January, 1974

Ride Tiger To Mountain
Wave Hands Like Clouds
Snake Creeps Down
Needle Of Sea Bottom
Stork Cools Its Wings

** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3018-2 in 1992, (US) ESP 3018 in 2005+.

ESP 3019   Thornton, Fradkin & Unger And The Big Band - Pass On This Side   1974

Randy Edelman, piano, vocal #1; Paul Thornton, acoustic guitar, lead vocal #2,3,5,8; Leslie Fradkin, 12-string guitar, Mellotron, piano, organ, bass, drums, mandolin, lead vocal #1,4,6; Bob Unger, bass #7; Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, bass, vocal #1; Richard Davis, upright bass #4; Dennis Seiwell, drums #1; Andrew Lloyd, drums, vocal #7; David Peel, lead vocal #7.

NYC, 1970, 1973 and 1974

1.God Bless California
2.M'Lady
3.Jimi
4.Christopher's Sorrow
5.Walkin' Guitar Blues
6.Oh Woman
7.To Err Is Human
8.Sometimes

** also released on Godz Bless California, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3019-2 in 1993. and on ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3019 in 2005+.

ESP 3020   Bill Horwitz - Lies, Lies, Lies   1975

E. Martin, trombone, trumpet; T. Negel, trombone, drums; Steve Hecker, French horn; G. Hicks, piano, violin, viola; B. Grant, acoustic guitar; M. Giacolone, acoustic guitar, guitar; Bill Horwitz, acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, 6 & 12-string guitar, banjo, piano, bass, bass guitar, vocal; H. Guffee, Dobro; Tony Markellis, bass; R. Leab, Richard Steinberg, drums; Human Condition, clapping; B. Carron, vocal; Jerry Mitnick, background vocal.

Shaggy Dog Studios, Stockbridge, MA, released 1975

Consumption
New American Guilt Trip
Father (Workingman's Daughter)
Henry K.
Sing Me
My Father
If I Had A Friend Like Rosemary Woods
Tocks Island
Broken Record
Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do
Candyman
Sadness

** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3020-2 in 1993, (US) ESP 3020 in 2005+.

ESP 3021   Bud Powell - Broadcast Performances 1953 Vol. 1 Of 6 Volumes   not released

Bud Powell, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Roy Haynes, drums.

WJZ radio broadcast, Birdland, NYC, February 7, 1953

Tea For Two
It Could Happen To You
Lover Come Back To Me

same personnel.

WJZ radio broadcast, Birdland, NYC, February 14, 1953

Lullaby Of Birdland
I Want To Be Happy
Embraceable You
I've Got You Under My Skin
Ornithology

** originally released on ESP-Disk' ESP-BUD-1 in 1973.

ESP 3022   not used

ESP 3023   Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit - April Is The Cruellest Month (aka New Music From Japan)   never released

Kenji Mori, alto sax, flute, bass clarinet; Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar; Nobuyoshi Ino, bass, cello; Hiroshi Yamazaki, percussion.

Yamaha Music Foundation Studio, April 30, and May 11, 1975

We Have Existed
What Have We Given?
My Friend, Blood Shaking My Heart

** transferred to April Disc (J) AP-1 in 1991.

ESP 3024   not used

ESP 3025   Anton Bruhin - New Music From Switzerland   never released

no details.

ESP 3026   Ronnie Boykins   1975

Daoud Haroom, trombone; Joe Ferguson, soprano, tenor sax, flute; Monty Waters, alto, soprano sax; James Vass, alto, soprano sax, flute; Ronnie Boykins, bass, sousaphone; George Avaloz, congas; Art Lewis, percussion.

NYC, February, 1975

The Will Come, Is Now
Starlight At The Wonder Inn
Demon's Dance
Dawn Is Evening, Afternoon
Tipping On Heels
The Third I

** also released on ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 3026-2 in 1992. and on The Will Come, Is Now, ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3026 in 2009.

ESP 3027   not used

ESP 3028   not used

ESP 3029   not used

ESP 3030   Albert Ayler - Prophecy   1975

Albert Ayler, sax; Gary Peacock, bass; Sonny Murray, percussion.

Cellar Cafe, NYC, June 14, 1964

Spirits
Wizard
Ghosts, First Variation
Prophecy
Ghosts, Second Variation

** also released on Base Record (It) ESP 3030 in 1982; ESP-Disk' (US) ESP 3030 in 2005+.
** part of Bells-Prophecy, ESP-Disk' (G) ESP 1010-2 in 1992. and of Bells/Prophecy, ESP-Disk' ESP 4006 in 2005.

ESP 3031   not used

ESP 3032   not used

ESP 3033   not used