Mercury Records Catalog: EmArcy 78/45 rpm 16000 series

EmArcy 16000 series (10 inch 78 rpm and 7 inch 45 rpm)

16000   Helen Merrill - Alone Together / This Is My Night To Cry   1954

unknown, violin; Janet Putnam, harp; unknown, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Helen Merrill, vocal; Johnny Richards, arranger, conductor.

NYC, February 31, 1954

10317Alone Together (master)
10319This Is My Night To Cry

** also released on EmArcy 16000x45 in 1954.

16001   Med Flory - Straight Ahead / The Fuzz   1954

John Bello, Al DeRisi, Jerry Kail, Doug Mettome, trumpet; Billy Byers, Milt Gold, Urbie Green, trombone; Hal McKusick, alto, tenor sax, clarinet; Med Flory, alto, tenor sax, arranger, director; Al Cohn, tenor sax, arranger; Jack Agee, baritone sax; John Williams, piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Art Mardigan, drums.

Fine Sound, NYC, February 4, 1954

10307Straight Ahead
10309The Fuzz

** also released on EmArcy 16001x45 in 1954.

16002   Maynard Ferguson - The Way You Look Tonight / Lonely Town   1954

Maynard Ferguson, trumpet, valve trombone; Herbie Harper, trombone; Bud Shank, alto sax, flute; Bob Cooper, tenor sax; Bob Gordon, baritone sax; Russ Freeman, piano; Curtis Counce, bass; Shelly Manne, drums; Willie Maiden, arranger.

Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 1954

10334The Way You Look Tonight

same personnel.

Capitol Melrose Studios, Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 1954

10338Lonely Town

** also released on EmArcy 16002x45 in 1954.

16003   Leon Sash - Package For Peggy / Leon The Lion   1954

Leon Sash, accordion; Rudy Kerpays, piano; Sully Picerno, string bass; Max Mariash, drums; with Lee Morgan, solo vocal; and The Meadowlarks: Bob Bleznick, Maury Jackson, Marie Renaldo, Elaine Rodgers, voice; Lee Morgan, Ed Vana, voice.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, 1954

10518Leon The Lion
10504Package For Peggy

** also released on EmArcy 16003x45 in 1954.

16004   Red Prysock - Jump, Red, Jump / Body And Soul   not released

"Ludwig" Joe Jordan, trumpet; Donald Cole, trombone; Red Prysock, tenor sax; Clarence Eugene Wright, baritone sax; Roland Johnson, vibes; James Neeley, piano; Herbert Gordy, bass; Cornelius Thomas, drums.

Fine Sound, NYC, March 26, 1954

10409Jump, Red, Jump
10410Body And Soul

16005   Sarah Vaughan - Shulie A Bop / Polka Dots And Moonbeams   1954

John Malachi, piano; Joe Benjamin, bass; Roy Haynes, drums; Sarah Vaughan, vocal.

Fine Sound, NYC, April 2, 1954

10414Shulie A Bop
10415Polka Dots And Moonbeams

** also released on EmArcy 16005x45 in 1954.

16006   Paul Bley - Drum One / Autumn Breeze   1954

Paul Bley, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Al Levitt, drums.

Fine Sound, NYC, February 3, 1954

10303 | W241Drum One
10304 | W237Autumn Breeze

** also released on EmArcy 16006x45 in 1954.

16007   Art Blakey - In The Basement / Little Girl Blue

Henry Durant, tenor sax; Horace Silver, piano; Percy Heath, bass; Art Blakey, drums.

NYC, March 24, 1954

10397In The Basement
10399Little Girl Blue

** also released on EmArcy 16007x45.

16008   Paul Gonsalves - Don't Blame Me / It Don't Mean A Thing   1954

Clark Terry, trumpet; Porter Kilbert, alto sax; Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax; Junior Mance, piano; Greig Stewart "Chubby" Jackson, bass; Eugene Miller, drums.

maybe Chicago, IL, February 6, 1954

W250 | 10359It Don't Mean A Thing
W253 | 10358Don't Blame Me

** also released on EmArcy 16008x45 in 1954.

16009   Paul Quinichette - P.Q. Blues / Bot, Bot

Joe Newman, trumpet; Henry Coker, trombone; Marshall Royal, Ernie Wilkin, alto sax; Paul Quinichette, tenor sax; Charlie Fowlkes, baritone sax; Bobby Tucker, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Al McKibbon, bass; Gus Johnson, drums.

Fine Sound, NYC, July, 1952

9348P.Q. Blues
9349Bot, Bot

** also released on EmArcy 16009x45.

16010   Billy Eckstine - In A Sentimental Mood / In The Still Of The Night   1954

Miles Davis, Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax, trumpet; Water Knox, Chippy Outcalt, Gerald Velentine, trombone; John Cobbs, Sonny Stitt, alto sax; Gene Ammons, Arthur Sammons, tenor sax; Cecil Payne, baritone sax; Linton Garner, piano; Connie Wainwright, guitar; Tommy Potter, bass; Art Blakey, drums; Billy Eckstine, vocal, valve trombone.

Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 1946

NSC166In The Still Of The Night

add unidentified strings.

Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, October 6, 1946

NSC171In A Sentimental Mood

** also released on EmArcy 16010x45 in 1954.

16011   Med Flory - Three Times Around / No Thanks   1954

John Bello, Al DeRisi, Jerry Kail, Doug Mettome, trumpet; Billy Byers, Milt Gold, Urbie Green, trombone; Hal McKusick, alto, tenor sax, clarinet; Med Flory, alto, tenor sax, arranger, director; Al Cohn, tenor sax, arranger; Jack Agee, baritone sax; John Williams, piano; Teddy Kotick, bass; Art Mardigan, drums.

Fine Sound, NYC, February 4, 1954

10308No Thanks
10310Three Times Around

** also released on EmArcy 16011x45 in 1954.

16012   Leon Sash - Swing Brother Swing / Minoring For Gold   1954

Leon Sash, accordion; Rudy Kerpays, piano; Sully Picerno, string bass; Max Mariash, drums; with Lee Morgan, solo vocal; and The Meadowlarks: Bob Bleznick, Maury Jackson, Marie Renaldo, Elaine Rodgers, voice; Lee Morgan, Ed Vana, voice.

Universal Recording, Chicago, IL, 1954

10503Swing Brother Swing
10517Minoring For Gold

** also released on EmArcy 16012x45 in 1954.

16013   Maynard Ferguson - Over The Rainbow / All God's Children Got Rhythm

Maynard Ferguson, trumpet, valve trombone; Herbie Harper, trombone; Bud Shank, alto sax, flute; Bob Cooper, tenor sax; Bob Gordon, baritone sax; Russ Freeman, piano; Curtis Counce, bass; Shelly Manne, drums; Willie Maiden, arranger.

Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 1954

10335All God's Children Got Rhythm

same personnel.

Capitol Melrose Studios, Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 1954

10339Over The Rainbow

** also released on EmArcy 16013x45.

16014   Dinah Washington - Pennies From Heaven / Love For Sale

Paul Quinichette, tenor sax; Sleepy Anderson, piano; Jackie Davis, organ; Keter Betts, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums; Candido, bongos; Dinah Washington, vocal.

Chicago, IL, June 17, 1953

9871Pennies From Heaven

Clark Terry, trumpet; Eddie Chamblee, tenor sax; Junior Mance, piano; Jackie Davis, organ; Mickey Baker, guitar; Keter Betts, bass; Ed Thigpen, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal.

NYC, February 5, 1954

10244Love For Sale

** also released on EmArcy 16014x45.

16015   James Moody - Poor Butterfly / St. LouIs Blues   1954

Dave Burns, trumpet; unknown, trombone; James Moody, tenor, alto sax; Numa Moore, baritone sax; Sadik Hakim, piano; unknown, bass; Teddy Stewart, drums.

NYC, June 6, 1952

4812Poor Butterfly
4814St. Louis Blues

** also released on EmArcy 16015x45 in 1954.

16016   Herb Geller - Sleigh Ride / Silver Rain

Herb Geller, alto sax; Lorraine Geller, piano; Curtis Counce, bass; Lawrence Marable, drums.

Los Angeles, CA, August 9, 1954

10882Sleigh Ride
10883Silver Rain

** also released on EmArcy 16016x45.