My First Recording By ______

[JSngry]

Joe Henderson (ts, fl, afl, per) George Cables (p, el-p) David Horowitz (syn) Georg Wadenius (g) David Holland (b) Ron Carter (el-b) Jack DeJohnette (d) Ralph MacDonald (cga, per) Airto Moreira (cga, per)

[mjzee]

Pretty sure this was my first Ron Carter album:

That's Bill Evans the saxist, btw.

[BillF]

My first Art Farmer album:

[Big Beat Steve]

Which means we are finally back at the point of departure. :lol:

[BillF]

Which means we are finally back at the point of departure. :lol:

Hmm. Art Farmer perhaps, but not this Art Farmer.

[Big Beat Steve]

Which means we are finally back at the point of departure. :lol:

Hmm. Art Farmer perhaps, but not this Art Farmer.

You are right - so I am going back to my own post from Day 1 of this thread (as it had been disallowed by the thread starter because I andvertently had jumped back to Art after somebody else had already moved on ):

My first Art Farmer record was

"The Art Farmer Septet - Plays the Compositions and Arrangements of Gigi Gryce and Quincy Jones" (Prestige P-7031).

Gigi Gryce anyone? Or the Quince?

[JSngry]

The Art Farmer Septet Plays the Arrangements and Compositions of Gigi Gryce and Quincy Jones

1. Mau Mau (Jones-Farmer) 5:15

2. Work of Art (Jones-Farmer) 5:46

3. The Little Bandmaster (Jones-Farmer) 4:06

4. Up In Quincy's Room (Gigi Gryce) 4:00

5. Wildwood (Gryce) 2:55

6. Evening in Paris (Quincy Jones) 2:41

7. Elephant Walk (Jones) 3:25

8. Tiajuana (Gryce) 2:49

9. When Your Lover Has Gone (E.A. Swan) 5:10

on (1-4):

Art Farmer: trumpet

Jimmy Cleveland: trombone

Cliff Solomon: tenor saxophone

Oscar Estell: baritone saxophone

Quincy Jones: piano, percussion

Monk Montgomery: electric bass

Sonny Johnson: drums

recorded July 2, 1953; New York City

engineer: Doug Hawkins

on (5-8):

Art Farmer: trumpet

Jimmy Cleveland: trombone

Charlie Rouse: tenor saxophone

Danny Bank: baritone saxophone

Horace Silver: piano

Percy Heath: bass

Art Taylor: drums

recorded June 7, 1954; Hackensack, NJ

engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

on (9):

Art Farmer: trumpet

Barry Harris: piano

Doug Watkins: bass

Art Taylor: drums

recorded August 3, 1956; Hackensack, NJ

engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

[BillF]

(Also includes Walter Davis and Sam Jones)

[Big Beat Steve]

(Also includes Walter Davis and Sam Jones)

My first Frank Foster leader date:

"Two Franks Please - Frank Foster & Frank Wess" (Savoy)

also feat.

Ronnell Bright (Piano), Ed Jones (Bass), Donald Byrd (Trumpet), Henry Coker (Trombone), Gus Johnson (Drums)

[king ubu]

my first disc with Eddie Jones:

features Thad, Hank & Elvin plus the music of Thad and Isham Jones

[carnivore]

Ha ha! My first Isham Jones album: Clarence Willard, Johnny Carlson, Chelsea Quealey -tp. Sonny Lee, Mark Bennett troms. Woody Herman, Milt Yaner, Victor Hauprich, Saxie Mansfield - saxes. Eddie Stone vln Howard Smith - pno George Wartner gtr Walt Yoder bs Walter Largeson drums

[Jazzmoose]

My first Woody Herman...

With a host of sidemen to choose from: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfrxq90ldke~T2

[Dan Gould]

with Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, John Bunch, Chris Flory, Major Holley and Chuck Riggs.

[Big Beat Steve]

Ha ha! My first Isham Jones album: Clarence Willard, Johnny Carlson, Chelsea Quealey -tp. Sonny Lee, Mark Bennett troms. Woody Herman, Milt Yaner, Victor Hauprich, Saxie Mansfield - saxes. Eddie Stone vln Howard Smith - pno George Wartner gtr Walt Yoder bs Walter Largeson drums

Didn't know that composers were also eligible (would have loved to list my RCA Vintage series LP from the 60s with Isham Jones' band )

So here goes MY first Woody Herman LP:

Same as seen here:

http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=443519

In short, "The Band That Plays The Blues" (see track listing) so take your pick among the sidemen as fouind in any good discog. if you do not want to go further down the Woody Herman route.

[Big Beat Steve]

with Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Al Cohn, Clark Terry, John Bunch, Chris Flory, Major Holley and Chuck Riggs.

Ok, while I typed Don went off the Woody track and just beat me by an inch, so here is my first Flip Phillips leader date:

"A Melody From The Sky":

Signature recordings from 1944/45 reissued on Doctor Jazz

also fest. Neal Hefti, Bill Harris, Chubby Jackson, Ralph Burns, Billy Bauer, Shelly Manne

[carnivore]

Back one - first Buddy Tate 'Swingin' Like Tate' with Buck Clayton, Pat Jenkins, Eli Robinson, Dicky Wells, Ben Richardson, Earl Warren, Skip Hall pno, Everett Barksdale, Lord Westbrook, Joe Benjamin, Aaron Bell, Jo Jones, Herbie Lovelle

[Big Beat Steve]

Back one -

You sure that's according to the thread starter's rules?

[king ubu]

my first Aaron Bell:

with Coltrane, Ellington, Garrison, Jones and Woodyard

[carnivore]

Back one -

You sure that's according to the thread starter's rules?

I think it was while I was typing it, then Dan pipped me at the post with the Flip album.....

my first Aaron Bell:

with Coltrane, Ellington, Garrison, Jones and Woodyard

My first Ellington - ever - 10" HMV LP of the 40-41 band - Cottontail, Harlem Airshaft etc. Y'all know the personnel, right?

Edited July 6, 2010 by carnivore

[king ubu]

My first Ben (& Bean, too):

with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller

(would be cool if this went on with Stoller, who's a terrific and underrated drummer, to realise which I took many, many years)

[BillF]

My first Ben (& Bean, too):

with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller

(would be cool if this went on with Stoller, who's a terrific and underrated drummer, to realise which I took many, many years)

Sorry can't do Stoller, but how about this?

with Stan Getz, Roy Eldridge, Ray Brown and Stan Levey

[carnivore]

My first Ben (& Bean, too):

with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller

(would be cool if this went on with Stoller, who's a terrific and underrated drummer, to realise which I took many, many years)

truly one of the very greatest albums of all time. If Norman Granz had never been responsible for anything else in his life, this would have been enough!

[Big Beat Steve]

My first Ben (& Bean, too):

with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller

(would be cool if this went on with Stoller, who's a terrific and underrated drummer, to realise which I took many, many years)

Sorry, Don't think I've any Alvin Stoller leader dates, have aleady named my first "Brute" disc so it will have to be the Hawk:

"Coleman Hawkins Big Band Live At the Savoy Ballroom, August 1940":

(Musidisc Jazz Anthology, also on many otehr reissue labels)

Tommy Stevenson, Joe Guy, Tommy Lindsay, Nelson Bryant (tp), William Cato, Sandy Williams, Claude Jones (tb), Eustis Moore, Jackie Fields, Ernie Powell (as), Kermitt Scott, The Hawk (ts), Gene Rodgers (p), Gene Fields (g), Billy Taylor (b), J.C. Heard (dr).

King Ubu, if you want to you can take this somewhere else again by checking your HRS Mosaic box.

Edited July 6, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[carnivore]

My first Ben (& Bean, too):

with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller

(would be cool if this went on with Stoller, who's a terrific and underrated drummer, to realise which I took many, many years)

Sorry can't do Stoller, but how about this?

with Stan Getz, Roy Eldridge, Ray Brown and Stan Levey

First Roy: Wabash Stomp with his brother Joe, Scoops Carey altos, Dave Young, tenor, Teddy Cole, John Collins, Truck Parham and Zutty Singleton

[Big Beat Steve]

My, my, you sure are keeping me busy writing down band line-ups:

My first Roy Eldridge:

"Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra - Little Jazz - Big Band" (Sounds of Swing LP-108)

Big band recordings of 1943-46,

main sidemen including

Will Bradley, Cozy Cole, Joe Thomas (tp!), Tom Archia, Porter Kilbert, Cecil Payne, Rodney Richardson, Buster Harding, Sandy Williams, Vic Dickenson, Wilbur DeParis, Hal Singer, Franz Jackson, Billy Taylor (b), Ike Quebec, Rozelle Gayle, Hal Doc West.

That enough leads?