Vido Musso Catalog

1946 (age 33)

Various Artists - Loaded   Savoy MG 12074   1956

Gene Roland, Kai Winding, trombone; Boots Mussulli, alto sax; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Marty Napoleon, piano; Eddie Safranski, bass; Denzil Best, drums.

NYC, February 25, 1946

S5886Moose In A Caboose
S5887Moose On The Loose
S5888My Jo-Ann
S5889Vido In A Jam

1947

One Night Stand With Vido Musso   Joyce LP 1026

Skip Nelson, trumpet #1,2,4-6, trumpet, vocal #3; Gene Roland, trombone; Stan Getz, Vido Musso, tenor sax; Lynne Stevens, vocal #4; and others.

radio broadcast, Meadowbrook Gardens, Culver City, CA, February 6, 1947

1.Theme
2.Gone With Vido
3.You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
4.Connecticut
5.Cozy Blues
6.Theme

Skip Nelson, trumpet #1,3-6, trumpet, vocal #2; Gene Roland, trombone; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Lynne Stevens, vocal #3; and others.

1.Theme
2.Blue Skies
3.So Would I
4.Moonglow
5.Dance To This
6.Theme

Vido Musso, Maynard Ferguson, Eddie Safranski - Three Kenton's Be Boppers Groups 1947-50   Unique Jazz (It) UJ 36   early 1980s

Buddy Childers, Ray Wetzel, trumpet; Earl Swope, trombone; Boots Mussulli, alto sax; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Bob Gioga, baritone sax; Pete Rugolo, piano; Norman Coleman, bass; Roy Harte, drums; Raye Sisters, vocal #2.

Los Angeles, CA, June, 1947

1. T1114Vido's Bop
2. T1115On The Mercury
3. T1116Gone With Vido
4. T1117Vido In A Mist

Ray Wetzel, trumpet, vocal #1, trumpet #2-4; Kai Winding, trombone; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Pete Rugolo, piano #1,3,4; Mel Henke, piano #2; Eddie Safranski, bass; Shelly Manne, drums; The Honeydreamers, vocal group #3.

Los Angeles, CA, August, 1947

1. T1150Trees
2. T1151The Unfinished Boogie
3. T1152The Day I Left Alsace-Lorraine
4. T1153Checkerboard

1951

Vido Musso - Cooling / Mail Me Special   Arco 103

Don Dennis, trumpet; Milt Bernhardt, trombone; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Gil Barrios, piano; Gene Englund, bass; Bobby White, drums.

Los Angeles, CA, 1951

A103ACooling
A103BMail Me Special

1952

Vido Musso Sextet   Fantasy EP 4029

Don Dennis, trumpet; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Cal Tjader, vibes; Gil Barrios, piano; Jack Weeks, bass; Bob White, drums.

Los Angeles, CA, January 6, 1952

Cuttin' The Nut
Come Back To Sorrento
Grunions A-Runnin'

1953 (age 40)

Vido Musso - Vido's Boogie / Blue Night   RPM 45X387   1954

Vido Musso, tenor sax; and others.

Los Angeles, CA, 1953-1954

MM1966Blue Night
MM1967Vido's Boogie

** also released on London (E) HL 8077 in 1954.

Vido Musso - Vido's Drive / Frosty   RPM 45X404

same session.

Los Angeles, CA, 1953-1954

MM2055Vido's Drive
MM2056Frosty

1954

Vido Musso - The Swingin'st   Modern LMP 1207

Chico Alvarez, Maynard Ferguson, trumpet; Milt Bernhart, trombone; Vido Musso, tenor sax; Willard McDaniel, piano; John Miles, bass; Bobby White or Jackie Mills, drums.

Los Angeles, CA, early 1954

JB303/JB304Sing, Sing, Sing
Back Street Boogie
Jersey Bounce
Movin' On
Emaline
JB302Rockin' Time (as Roseland Boogie)
Vido's Boogie
Sherry Pink
On Stage
Rollin'
Rock House Blues
JB301Russian Lullaby (as Lullaby)

** also released on Crown CLP 5007; Eros (E) ERL 50030 in 1961.

Vido Musso - Flat Foot Floogie / Powerhouse Boogie   Crown 130

Vido Musso, tenor sax; and others.

Los Angeles, CA, 1954-1955

JB416Flat Foot Floogie
JB417Powerhouse Boogie

1955

Vido Musso Orchestra - Teen Age Dance Party   Crown CLP 5029

Vido Musso, tenor sax; and others.

Los Angeles, CA, circa 1955

Honky Tonk
Speak Easy
Blues For Two
Oh, Yes!
Marie
Come Back To Sorrento
Intermission Riff
You Feel It
Rock In Tune
Sweet Sue