My First Recording By ______

[Hot Ptah]

My first Richard Davis album, "Epistrophy and Now's The Time", with Clifford Jordan, Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson, Joe Bonner, Richard Davis, Freddie Waits.

Edited July 7, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[Noj]

Clifford Jordan, with Stanley Cowell, Bill Lee, and Billy Higgins.

[Hot Ptah]

My first Bill Lee album:

with Bill Lee, Lisle Atkinson, Micheal Fleming, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Sam Jones, Harold Mabern, Sonny Brown, and on two cuts, George Coleman.

The album cover states that the album was "Directed by Bill Lee" and that the group is "Performing excerpts from 'Baby Sweets', a narrative folk jazz opera written by Bill Lee and Sonny Brown."

Edited July 7, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[BillF]

  On 7/7/2010 at 7:42 PM, Hot Ptah said:

My first Bill Lee album:

with Bill Lee, Lisle Atkinson, Micheal Fleming, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Sam Jones, Harold Mabern, Sonny Brown, and on two cuts, George Coleman.

The album cover states that the album was "Directed by Bill Lee" and that the group is "Performing excerpts from 'Baby Sweets', a narrative folk jazz opera written by Bill Lee and Sonny Brown."

My first George Coleman was Amsterdam After Dark on Timeless vinyl, with Hilton Ruiz, Sam Jones and Billy Higgins

Edited July 7, 2010 by BillF

[Hot Ptah]

My first Sam Jones--The Chant.

SAM JONES-bass (#1-3, 8); cello (other selections)

NAT ADDERLEY-cornet

BLUE MITCHELL-trumpet

MELBA LISTON-trombone

JULIAN "CANNONBALL ADDERLEY- alto saxophone

JIMMY HEATH-tenor saxophone

TATE HOUSTON-baritone saxophone

WYNTON KELLY-piano (#4, 6, 7)

VICTOR FELDMAN-piano (#1-3, 5, 8); vibes (#4-7)

LES SPANN-guitar (#1, 2, 3, 8)

KETER BETTS-bass (#4-7)

LOUIS HAYES-drums

Edited July 7, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[carnivore]

First Nat Adderley - To The Ivy League from Nat - with Cannon, Sam Jones/Al McKibbon, Junior Mance, and Charles Wright

[BillF]

  On 7/7/2010 at 8:01 PM, Hot Ptah said:

My first Sam Jones--The Chant.

SAM JONES-bass (#1-3, 8); cello (other selections)

NAT ADDERLEY-cornet

BLUE MITCHELL-trumpet

MELBA LISTON-trombone

JULIAN "CANNONBALL ADDERLEY- alto saxophone

JIMMY HEATH-tenor saxophone

TATE HOUSTON-baritone saxophone

WYNTON KELLY-piano (#4, 6, 7)

VICTOR FELDMAN-piano (#1-3, 5, 8); vibes (#4-7)

LES SPANN-guitar (#1, 2, 3, 8)

KETER BETTS-bass (#4-7)

LOUIS HAYES-drums

My first Nat Adderley album:

with Jimmy Heath, Yusef Lateef, Charlie Rouse, Cannonball Adderley, Tate Houston, Wynton Kelly, Jim Hall/Les Spann, Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb

[Hot Ptah]

My first Cannonball Adderley album: Somethin' Else.

In fact, this was in the first batch of acoustic jazz albums I ever bought. Cannonball, with Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey.

Edited July 7, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[BillF]

  On 7/7/2010 at 8:13 PM, Hot Ptah said:

My first Cannonball Adderley album: Somethin' Else.

In fact, this was in the first batch of acoustic jazz albums I ever bought.

Well, that takes me back to my first Miles Davis album, Miles Davis Blows, a 10" LP on the British Esquire label with Sonny Rollins, Horace Silver, Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke

[Hot Ptah]

My first Miles Davis album was Kind of Blue.

Miles, Coltrane, Cannonball, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, James Cobb (did I need to type out those names?)

Edited July 7, 2010 by Hot Ptah

[BillF]

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 7/7/2010 at 8:28 PM, BillF said:

Already been named earlier (by me).

Try again, please!

[BillF]

OK:

with Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor (IIRC)

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 7/7/2010 at 8:35 PM, BillF said:

OK:

with Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor (IIRC)

My first Tommy Flanagan leader date:

"Trio in Stockhom 1957" (Dragon DRLP 87)

fest. Wilbur Little and Elvin Jones

Edited July 7, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[Hot Ptah]

My first Elvin Jones--Heavy Sounds, with Richard Davis, Frank Foster, William Green.

[mjzee]

First Frank Foster:

(The CD, which also included George Wallington Showcase)

Here Comes Frank Foster: Benny Powell, Gildo Mahones, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke

George Wallington Showcase: Dave Burns, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Foster, Danny Bank, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke

[carnivore]

First album with George Wallington on it: 'Bix Duke Fats' - Thomas Talbert with Nick Travis.Joe Wilder, Jimmy Cleveland, Eddie Bert, Aaron Sachs, Oscar Pettiford. Osie Johnson.

Edited July 8, 2010 by carnivore

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 7/8/2010 at 3:08 AM, carnivore said:

First album with George Wallington on it: 'Bix Duke Fats' - Thomas Talbert with Nick Travis.Joe Wilder, Jimmy Cleveland, Eddie Bert, Aaron Sachs, Oscar Pettiford. Osie Johnson.

My first Nick Travis leader date:

"The Panic Is On" (RCA 3-EP set)

also feat. Al Cohn (ts), Johnny Williams (b), Teddy Kotick (b), Art Mardigan (dr)

[carnivore]

My first album on which Al Cohn played and wrote the charts: Miles Davis Plays Al Cohn Compositions:

with Sonny Truitt, trombone, Al , Zoot Sims, John Lewis, Leonard Gaskin, bass and Kenny Clarke

[BillF]

  On 7/8/2010 at 1:32 PM, carnivore said:

My first album on which Al Cohn played and wrote the charts: Miles Davis Plays Al Cohn Compositions:

with Sonny Truitt, trombone, Al , Zoot Sims, John Lewis, Leonard Gaskin, bass and Kenny Clarke

with Nick Travis, Horace Silver, Curley Russell, Max Roach, George Wallington, Tommy Potter and Tiny Kahn

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 7/8/2010 at 2:37 PM, BillF said:

with Nick Travis, Horace Silver, Curley Russell, Max Roach, George Wallington, Tommy Potter and Tiny Kahn

See my post #184 in this thread (same music, just different pressing), but never mind ...

Is it OK if I use TINY KAHN as an arranger to go on by stating this:

My first Tiny Kahn feature:

Elliott Lawrence Plays Tiny Kahn and Johnny Mandel arrangements (Fantasy/Vogue)

See here:

http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/October%201958/105/793952/Elliot+Lawrence+Band++Plays+Tiny+Kahn+and+Johnny+Mandel+Arrangements+TNT+%3A+Blue+Room+%3A+Who+Fard+That+Shot++%3A+My+Heart+Stood+Still+%3A+Jeepers+Creepers+%3A+Tinys+Bow+MusicYou+Took+Advantage+Of+Me+%3A+Taking+A+Chance+On+Love+%3A+Tapeworm+%3A+A+Foggy+Day+%3A+Is+That+A+Fact++%3A+They+Cant+Take+That+Away+From+Me+%3A+Johnnys+Bow+Music.

If arrangers don't qualify then please go on with Al Cohn, everybody (he'd be on that Elliott Lawrence LP anyway so you might as well go back to him from there if you want to).

Edited July 8, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[carnivore]

First Zoot: 'Zoot' with Nick Travis, George Handy, Wilbur Ware and Osie Johnson Album spoilt by Handy's terrible comping.

[BillF]

  On 7/8/2010 at 2:49 PM, Big Beat Steve said:

  On 7/8/2010 at 2:37 PM, BillF said:

with Nick Travis, Horace Silver, Curley Russell, Max Roach, George Wallington, Tommy Potter and Tiny Kahn

See my post #184 in this thread (same music, just different pressing), but never mind ...

Is it OK if I use TINY KAHN as an arranger to go on by stating this:

My first Tiny Kahn feature:

Elliott Lawrence Plays Tiny Kahn and Johnny Mandel arrangements (Fantasy/Vogue)

See here:

http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/October%201958/105/793952/Elliot+Lawrence+Band++Plays+Tiny+Kahn+and+Johnny+Mandel+Arrangements+TNT+%3A+Blue+Room+%3A+Who+Fard+That+Shot++%3A+My+Heart+Stood+Still+%3A+Jeepers+Creepers+%3A+Tinys+Bow+MusicYou+Took+Advantage+Of+Me+%3A+Taking+A+Chance+On+Love+%3A+Tapeworm+%3A+A+Foggy+Day+%3A+Is+That+A+Fact++%3A+They+Cant+Take+That+Away+From+Me+%3A+Johnnys+Bow+Music.

with Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Al Derisi, Nick Travis, Dick Sherman, Eddie Bert, Ollie Wilson, Paul Seldon, Al Robertson, Freddy Schmidt, Tony Miranda, Al Cohn, Hal McKusick, Sam Marowitz, Eddie Wasserman, Charlie O'Kane, Buddy Jones, Russ Saunders and Don Lamond

[carnivore]

a tie!

[BillF]

Go ahead and play your first Mulligan album, Carnivore! (We allow arrangers!)

Edited July 8, 2010 by BillF