SHELLY MANNE SEPTET

Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Bill Russo (arr)

Conte Candoli, Shorty Rogers (tp) Jimmy Giuffre (ts) Bob Gordon (bs) Frank Patchen (p) Joe Mondragon (b) Shelly Manne (dm,vcl°)

Hollywood, Radio Recorders, January 7, 1952

It Don’t Mean A Thing °

Deep People (jg arr)

The Princess  Of Evil (br arr)

Slightly Brightly (sr arr)

Contrary to what is often mentioned in discographies, the prefixes of these Dee Gee releases are not XP (for the 45 rpms) or MG (for the LPs) but simply EP and LP.

a – Dee Gee EP 4013.

b,c,d – Dee Gee EP 4006.

all titles – Dee Gee LP 1003, Savoy MG 12045, SJL 2254, (G) WL 70511, King (Jap) MGJ-12045.

all titles – Nippon Columbia (Jap) COCY-75788, Fresh Sound (Sp) FSR-CD 2251_3.

MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo (arr)

Chico Alvarez, Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers (tp) Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Dick Kenney (tb) Abe Most (as,cl)  Bud Shank (as,fl) Jimmy Giuffre (ts) Bob Gordon (bs) Frank Patchen (p) Barney Kessel (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Shelly Manne (dm) Kay Brown (vcl)

Hollywood, Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, February 25, 1952

Roses All The Way (pr arr)

And So I Waited Around (pr arr)

Homing Pidgeon (pr arr)

Wow! (sr arr)

These titles were released under Kay Brown’s name.

a,d – Mercury 5863x45.

b,c – Mercury 5819x45.

all titles – Nippon Phonogram (Jap) 195J-10103.

all titles – Fresh Sound (Sp) FSR-CD 2204.

DAVE MADDEN AND HIS ORCHESTRA

? (arr)

Johnny McComb (tp) Dave Madden, Jack Montrose (ts) Bob Gordon (bs) Forrest Westbrook (p) others unknown

Hollywood, Universal Recorders, 1952

Tiny’s Blues

What’s New

A Minor Issue

Nothing Is

Above information coming from collector James Harrod’s blog “jazzwestcoastresearch.blogspot.com”.

Possible/probable arrangers are Jack Montrose, David Robertson and Forrest Westbrook.