My First Recording By ______

[BillF]

Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, with Jerome Richardson, Charlie Mariano, Dannie Richmond, Jay Berliner, Don Butterfield, Dick Hafer, Rolf Ericson, Quentin Jackson, Jaki Byard ...

Mingus Ah Um with John Handy, Booker Ervin, Horace Parlan, Willie Dennis, Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper and Dannie Richmond

[JSngry]

Also on these sessions are Gerald Wiggins, Claude Williamson, Ray Brown, Red Mitchell, Monty Budwig, Charles Mingus, Chico Hamilton, Stan Levey, Larance Marable, Bob Enevoldsen, Bill Perkins, Bob Gordon and Red Norvo.

w/Buddy Colette, Jim Hall, Fred Katz, & Carson Smith

Edited June 28, 2010 by JSngry

[catesta]

Jim Hall

Paul Desmond,Chet Baker,Roland Hanna,Ron Carter,Steve Gadd

[randyhersom]

Well my first Red Norvo had Charles Mingus and Tal Farlow. A Savoy compilation. Always loved the arco riff on Time and Tide.

Another poster snuck in there. Good thing Perugia by Roland Hanna is one of my all time favorites. It's solo, so there's only one place to go...

[Big Beat Steve]

Paul Desmond,Chet Baker,Roland Hanna,Ron Carter,Steve Gadd

"Chet Baker in Paris Vol. 2 and 3 1955-56" (Blue Star)

feat. Dick Twardzik (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Peter Littman (dr)

plus

Raymond Fol, Benoit Quersin, Jean-Louis Viale, Bobby Jaspar, Rene Urtreger, Jean-Louis Chautemps, Francy Boland, Eddie De Haas, Charles Saudrais, Benny Vasseur, Armand Migiani, William Boucaya, Jean Aldegon, Bert Dahlander, Teddy Ameline, Pierre Lemarchand.

Edited June 28, 2010 by Big Beat Steve

[Dan Gould]

No doubt about my first Chet Baker:

The first time my Kenny Drew seal of approval theory was a giant FAIL. Hate, hate HATE Baker's singing from the start, and it would be a while before I considered any other Baker CD.

With Kenny Drew, Sam Jones, Philly Joe Jones, George Morrow, Dannie Richmond

[mjzee]

My first Sam Jones:

Philip Catherine (guitar)

Albert Tootie Heath (drums)

Billy Higgins (drums)

Sam Jones (bass)

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass)

[JSngry]

w/Blue Mitchell, Bob Berg, Slide Hampton, Cedar Walton, & Billy Higgins

[mjzee]

Tasty Slide Hampton arrangements! Also: Dizzy Reece, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Art Taylor.

[JSngry]

w/Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Stanley Clarke, & Louis Hayes

[Shawn]

My first (arguable) Thad Jones leader date (though his name is on the CD spine, so that's what I'm going with):

After Hours w/Frank Wess, Kenny Burrell, Mal Waldron, Paul Chambers & Art Taylor

(PS - this date is KILLER. Still in print, grab it if thou does not own it.)

Edited June 29, 2010 by Shawn

[catesta]

Mal Waldron Mal-1

Gigi Gryce,Idrees Sulieman, Julian Euell, Arthur Edgehill

[Dan Gould]

First Gryce:

With Richard Williams, Richard Wyands, Julian Euell and Mickey Roker.

[mjzee]

[Shawn]

Art Farmer, Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Addison Farmer, Elvin Jones

[JSngry]

Art Farmer, Hank Mobley, Kenny Drew, Addison Farmer, Elvin Jones

w/Frank Foster, Joe Farell, Dave Liebman, & Gene Perla.

Produced by Francis Wolff & George Butler.

[JohnS]

First Joe Farrell as leader was Moongerms (CTI). with Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke and Jack DeJohnette.

[BillF]

My first Herbie Hancock, bought on vinyl when first released in the U.K. Also on the date were Freddie Hubbard (he played the title track when I saw him touring shortly afterwards with Ronnie Scott), George Coleman, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.

Edited June 29, 2010 by BillF

[JSngry]

My first Herbie Hancock, bought on vinyl when first released in the U.K. Also on the date were Freddie Hubbard (he played the title track when I saw him touring shortly afterwards with Ronnie Scott), George Coleman, Ron Carter and Tony Williams.

w\Joe Henderson; Roland Hanna, Richard Tee & Billy Cobham

[BillF]

My first Joe Henderson was

with Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner, Richard Davis and Elvin Jones.

[Dan Gould]

I'm repeating myself, but last time someone sent us on via KD and I thought this was a chance to go into the world of Andrew Hill, so:

[catesta]

My first Andrew Hill....

[Big Beat Steve]

Sorry to interupt you and take you elsewhere again but here's my first Kenny Dorham leader date:

Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (Xanadu, reissue of a 1960 session for the Time label)

Charles Davis (bs), Tommy Flanagan (p), Butch Warren (b), Buddy Enlow (dr).

[Dan Gould]

[catesta]

First and only Elvin Jones as a leader....

Frank Wess,Frank Foster,Thad Jones,and Hank Jones.