My First Recording By ______

[carnivore]

OK - the Tentette...Chet, Pete Candoli, Bob Enevoldsen, Bud Shank, Don Davidson (bar) John Graas, Ray Siegel (tuba) Joe Mondragon, Chico Hamilton/Larry Bunker

[BillF]

OK - the Tentette...Chet, Pete Candoli, Bob Enevoldsen, Bud Shank, Don Davidson (bar) John Graas, Ray Siegel (tuba) Joe Mondragon, Chico Hamilton/Larry Bunker

Nice one! My first John Graas was Coup de Graas with Conte Candoli, Art Pepper, Bob Cooper, Buddy Collette, Red Callender, Buddy Clark, Paul Moer, Shelly Manne and Larry Bunker

[carnivore]

First Bob Cooper album: 'In a Mellotone' with Snooky Young, Ross Tompkins, Doug McDonald (gtr) Monty Budwig, Jeff Hamilton and Ernie Andrews

[BillF]

First Bob Cooper album: 'In a Mellotone' with Snooky Young, Ross Tompkins, Doug McDonald (gtr) Monty Budwig, Jeff Hamilton and Ernie Andrews

with Stu Williamson, Bob Enevoldsen, Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Claude Williamson, Max Bennett, Stan Levey, John Graas, Joe Mondragon and Shelly Manne

[colinmce]

Jimmy Giuffre - The Easy Way with Jim Hall and Ralph Pena.

[carnivore]

Jimmy Giuffre 'The Music Man' Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder, Nick Travis, Art Farmer, Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman, Sol Schlinger, Wendell Marshall, Ed Shaughnessy

[Larry Kart]

Jimmy Giuffre 'The Music Man' Bernie Glow, Phil Sunkel, Joe Wilder, Nick Travis, Art Farmer, Al Cohn, Eddie Wasserman, Sol Schlinger, Wendell Marshall, Ed Shaughnessy

First Giuffre: "Tangents in Jazz," with Jack Sheldon, Ralph Pena, and Art Anton.

[colinmce]

Wait, I knew I was wrong about Ralph Pena on The Easy Way. It was Ray Brown.

[Big Beat Steve]

First Giuffre: "Tangents in Jazz," with Jack Sheldon, Ralph Pena, and Art Anton.

My first Jack Sheldon:

"Jack Sheldon Quintet" (Jazz West WJWLP-2)

with Zoot Sims, Walter Norris, Bob Whitlock, Lawrence Marable.

[Joe G]

I completely suck at this game.

[BillF]

First Giuffre: "Tangents in Jazz," with Jack Sheldon, Ralph Pena, and Art Anton.

My first Jack Sheldon:

"Jack Sheldon Quintet" (Jazz West WJWLP-2)

with Zoot Sims, Walter Norris, Bob Whitlock, Lawrence Marable.

My first Zoot:

with Nick Travis, George Handy, Wilbur Ware and Osie Johnson

Edited July 8, 2010 by BillF

[Big Beat Steve]

My first Zoot:

with George Handy, Wilbur Ware and Osie Johnson

MY first Zoot:

"The Modern Art of Jazz" (Dawn DLP 1102)

(OK, OK, mine actually is the Biograph reissue entitled "One To Blow On" but the contents are the same )

also feat. Bob Brookmeyer (tb), Milt Hinton (b), Gus Johnson (dr), John Williams (p, NOT the John Towner WIlliams!)

[BillF]

My first Brookmeyer:

with Jimmy Rowles, Buddy Clark and Mel Lewis

Edited July 8, 2010 by BillF

[Big Beat Steve]

My first Brookmeyer:

with Jimmy Rowles, Buddy Clark and Mel Lewis

MY first Brookmeyer:

"Traditionalism Revisited" (WoPa/Vogue)

w/ Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall, Joe Benjamin, Ralph Pena, Dave Bailey

(somehow we're running out of sidemen names, isn't it? )

[colinmce]

Jimmy Rowles - Mosaic Select 19: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios with Clare Fischer, Dick Twardzik, Russ F\reeman, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Joe Mondragon, Monty Budwig, Carson Smith, Peter Littman, Mel Lewis, Ben Tucker, Nick Fatool, Gary Peacock, Ralph Pena, Albert Stinson and a couple others.

Beat to the punch, but I expanded the options ... a bit ...

[Hot Ptah]

My first Jimmy Rowles: The Peacocks--Stan Getz and Jimmy Rowles

Stan Getz (tenor sax), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Elvin Jones (drums), and Buster Williams (bass). On the "The Chess Players", the quartet is augmented by the vocals of Jon Hendricks, Judith Hendricks, Michelle Hendricks, Beverly Getz.

Edited July 8, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[Larry Kart]

Ralph Pena, "Master of the Bass" (with Joe Albany, Pete Jolly, and Herb Geller)

[carnivore]

Going back one, my first Getz - 'Diz and Getz' + Oscar peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Max Roach

[BillF]

First Diz: Have Trumpet, Will Excite! with Junior Mance, Les Spann, Sam Jones and Lex Humphries

[Hot Ptah]

My first Dizzy Gillespie album was the Prestige two-fer of the Massey Hall concert, entitled "The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever."

The musicians are Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach.

[colinmce]

Bird/The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes)

Miles, Diz, Bud, Max, Duke, Tommy Potter, Curley Russell, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd, and Tiny Grimes/Clyde Hart/'Doc' West/Jimmy Butts.

[Hot Ptah]

Bird/The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes)

Miles, Diz, Bud, Max, Duke, Tommy Potter, Curley Russell, John Lewis, Nelson Boyd, and Tiny Grimes/Clyde Hart/'Doc' West/Jimmy Butts.

That was my first Charlie Parker, too! It was quite a publicized reissue at the time.

My first Bud Powell:

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1

Musicians: FATS NAVARRO, trumpet; SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax; BUD POWELL, piano; TOMMY POTTER, bass; ROY HAYNES, drums (#1-11). BUD POWELL, piano; CURLY RUSSELL, bass; MAX ROACH, drums (#12-20).

Edited July 8, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[carnivore]

First Fat Navarro - 10"LP 'Fats Navarro Memorial' with Kenny Dorham, Leo Parker, Sonny Stitt, Morris Lane, Eddie de Verteil, Bud Powell/Tadd Dameron, Al Hall/Gene Ramey, Denzil Best/Kenny Clarke

[BillF]

First Tadd Dameron:

also with Joe Alexander, Henry Coker, John Simmons and Shadow Wilson

[carnivore]

First Tadd: Dial B for Beauty/Philly Joe Jones with Clifford Brown, Idrees Sulieman, Herb Mullins, Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, Oscar Estelle (bar) Percy Heath and PJJ