Wardell Gray: Classics 1950-1955.

[Cliff Englewood]

Below is the track listing from Wardell Gray: Classics 1950-1955, I don't think I've seen the first 8 tracks anywhere before, anybody have any ideas? Cheers.

Track Listings

1. Jazz on Sunset (Scrapple from the Apple), Pt. 1 - Wardell Gray Jazz Concept

2. Jazz on Sunset (Scrapple from the Apple), Pt. 2 - Wardell Gray Jazz Concept

3. Jazz on Sunset (Scrapple from the Apple), Pt. 3 - Wardell Gray Jazz Concept

4. Jazz on Sunset (Scrapple from the Apple), Pt. 4 - Wardell Gray Jazz Concept

5. Kiddo (Move), Pt. 1 - Wardell Gray

6. Kiddo (Move), Pt. 2 - Wardell Gray

7. Kiddo (Move), Pt. 3 - Wardell Gray

8. Kiddo (Move), Pt. 4 - Wardell Gray

9. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Wardell Gray

10. April Skies - Wardell Gray Sextet

11. Bright Boy - Wardell Gray Sextet

12. Jackie - Wardell Gray Sextet

13. Farmer's Market - Wardell Gray Sextet

14. Sweet and Lovely - Wardell Gray Sextet

15. Lover Man - Wardell Gray Sextet

16. Man I Love - Teddy Charles

17. Lavonne - Teddy Charles

18. So Long Broadway - Teddy Charles

19. Paul's Cause - Teddy Charles

20. Sweet Mouth - Wardell Gray

21. Oscar's Blues (Blues in the Closet) - Wardell Gray

22. Dat's It - Wardell Gray

23. Hey There - Wardell Gray

[jazzbo]

I think, Prestige 78s, on cd on Wardell Gray Memorial Vol.2 as the last two tracks (all parts combined):

PR 778 Wardell Gray - Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 1&2

Clark Terry (tp) Sonny Criss (as) Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Billy Hadnott (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1950

(1231) Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 1&2 (Move)

PR 779 Wardell Gray - Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 3&4

same session

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1950

(1232) Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 3&4 (Move)

PR 759 Wardell Gray - Kiddo, Pt. 1&2

Clark Terry (tp) Sonny Criss (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Jimmy Bunn (p) Billy Hadnott (b) Chuck Thompson (d)

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1950

(1233) Kiddo, Pt. 1&2 (Scrapple From The Apple)

PR 760 Wardell Gray - Kiddo, Pt. 3&4

same session

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 1950

(1234) Kiddo, Pt. 3&4 (Scrapple From The Apple)

Edited January 20, 2009 by jazzbo

[mikeweil]

Correct - track 9 is from the same concert.

[Cliff Englewood]

Ah so it's a live session, cheers Lon and Mike. How is the sound on the Prestige release? Decent?

[mikeweil]

Sound is okay on the Prestige LPs - but I haven't heard any other issues. The LPs have them as two long continuous tracks.

The third piece is a vocal IIRC - my Gray disco is still in the old house ... will post as soon as I have moved it here. Can't locate the rare LP it was on, must have it somewhere.

[mikeweil]

Okay I found it:

Wardell Gray - Dexter Gordon Septet

Clark Terry (tp) Sonny Criss (as) Wardell Gray (ts) Dexter Gordon (ts -1,2,5) Jimmy Bunn (p) Billy Hadnott (b) Chuck Thompson (d) Damita Jo (vo -5)

"Hula Hut Club", Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 19501. (1231) Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 1&2 (Move) Prestige 778, PRLP 128, PRLP 7009, P 24062; Fantasy OJCCD 051-2

2. (1232) Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 3&4 (Move) Prestige 779, PRLP 128, PRLP 7009, P 24062; Fantasy OJCCD 051-2

3. (1233) Kiddo, Pt. 1&2 (Scrapple From The Apple) Prestige 759, PRLP 128, PRLP 7009, P 24062; Fantasy OJCCD 051-2

4. (1234) Kiddo, Pt. 3&4 (Scrapple From The Apple) Prestige 760, PRLP 128, PRLP 7009, P 24062; Fantasy OJCCD 051-2

5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love Xanadu 200

* Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 2 (Prestige PRLP 7009; Fantasy OJC 051)

= Wardell Gray Memorial Album (Prestige PR 7343)

* Wardell Gray - Central Avenue (Prestige P 24062)

* The Sonny Criss Memorial Album (Xanadu 200)

* Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 2 (Fantasy OJCCD 051-2)

* Wardell Gray - Jazz Concert (Prestige PRLP 128)

* Wardell Gray - Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 1&2 (Prestige 778)

* Wardell Gray - Jazz On Sunset, Pt. 3&4 (Prestige 779)

* Wardell Gray - Kiddo, Pt. 1&2 (Prestige 759)

* Wardell Gray - Kiddo, Pt. 3&4 (Prestige 760)

[Cliff Englewood]

Thanks Lon and Mike for your speedy replies, I might just have to pick this one up. Cheers.

As a side note, I have a soft spot for the song "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" due to it's "staring role" in one of my favorite films, "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie", I love when Ben Gazzara is singing it into the phone, classic.

[AllenLowe]

I THINK THEY'RE FROM JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL

[jazzbo]

Good one Allen.

The sound is fine on the OJC cd.

[Gheorghe]

I also have those two albums "Memorial Vol. 1 and 2" from Prestige (japanese edition with many alternative tracks especially from the first (1949) quartet session.

And I especially like the tunes with Teddy Charles, that session with "The Man I Love".

Some really really beautiful Gray I also can hear on a 1951 Boston date (live) with Parker (The Happy Bird). Gray is especially fine on that. "Lullaby in Rhythm" really knocked me out.

[mikeweil]

If you don't want every alternate take Gray played, the Classics CD is fine.

That Damita Jo vocal is a bit off mike, the reason why it stayed unissued at the time. It survived because Sonny Criss kept a copy and handed it over to Don Schlitten at some time - the latter released it on the Criss Memorial Album on Xanadu.

[king ubu]

I WISH SOMEONE WOULD RE-ISSUE ALL THOSE MASTERS OF JAZZ, AND THEN CONTINUE THE SERIES!!! IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE ABOUT 15 (!!!!) CDS BUT ONLY HALF OF THEM EVER CAME OUT, AND THEY'RE ALL OOP AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FINED!

[Cliff Englewood]

If you don't want every alternate take Gray played, the Classics CD is fine.

That Damita Jo vocal is a bit off mike, the reason why it stayed unissued at the time. It survived because Sonny Criss kept a copy and handed it over to Don Schlitten at some time - the latter released it on the Criss Memorial Album on Xanadu.

I didn't think I would want every alternate take Gray played until I got this;

Gray is just excellent on all the alternates of the "One for Prez" cd, but it's so hard to find things in Dublin these days I might just go for it.

Cheers