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2ª HORA SELECCIO WARDELL GRAY

EARL HINES AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Arthur Walker (tp, voc); Vernon Smith, John “Willie” Cook, “Fats Palmer” (Palmer Davis) (tp); Walter “Woogie” Harris, Bennie Green, Joe McLewis (Mack Lewis) (tb); Clifton “Cliff” Smalls (tb, p, arr); George “Scoops” Carry (as, cl); Lloyd Smith (as); Kermit Scott, Wardell Gray (ts); John Williams (bar); René Hall (el-g); Earl Hines (p, dir, voc); Bill Thompson (vib); Eugene “Gene” Thomas (b); David “Chick” Booth (d); Delores Parker (voc).
Recording session for ARA, Los Angeles, CA, early July 1946

1-Let's Get Started
2-Bambi
3-Blue Keys

Jazz Selection 617
Jazz Selection 618
Jazz Selection 619


WARDELL GRAY QUARTET
Wardell Gray (ts); Michael “Dodo” Marmarosa (p); George “Red” Callender (b); Harold “Doc” West (d).
Recording session at Sunset Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA, November 23, 1946


4-Dell's Bells
5-One For Prez

#12-inch LP: Black Lion BLP 60106; CD: BLCD 760106

Howard McGhee sextet April 29, 1947
Howard McGhee-(trumpet)-Sonny Criss-(alto saxophone)-Wardell Gray-(tenor saxophone)
Dodo Marmarosa-(piano)-Red Callender-(bass)-Jackie Mills-(drums)
April 29, 1947

6-Bebop

Spotlite SPJ 134

WARDELL GRAY QUARTET

Wardell Gray (ts); Al Haig (p); Clyde Lombardi (b); Tiny Kahn (d).
Recording session for Sittin' In With Records,
New York, NY, April 1948

7-Light Gray
8-Stoned

78 rpm: SIW 533; Jade 703; Jax 5003
78 rpm: SIW 506; Jax 5003

BENNY GOODMAN SEPTET

Benny Goodman (cl, dir); Åke “Stan” Hasselgård (cl); Wardell Gray (ts); Teddy Wilson (p); Billy Bauer (el-g); Arnold Fishkind (b); Mel Zelnick (d); Patti Page (voc); John Deagun (ann).
Philadelphia, PA, May 24(9)-28(10), 1948

9-Cookin' One Up
10-Swedish Pastry

(9)CD: MJCD 198; Phont NCD 8802; DRCD-183; 12-inch LP: DRLP-16
(10)12-inch LP: DRLP-16; SWD 25-9008; CD: Phont NCD 8802; MJCD 198

TADD DAMERON AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Theodore “Fats” Navarro (tp); Allen Eager, Wardell Gray (ts); Tadley Ewing Peake “Tadd” Dameron (p, arr); Dillon “Curley” Russell (b); Kenny Clarke (d); Francisco “Chino” Pozo (bgo); Kenny “Poncho” Hagood (voc).

Recording session for Blue Note, WOR Studios, New York, NY, September 13, 1948

11-Jahbero
12-Lady Bird

78 rpm: BN 559
12-inch LP: BN BLP1532

WARDELL GRAY QUARTET

Wardell Gray (ts); Al Haig (p); Tommy Potter (b); Roy Haynes (d).

Recording session for Prestige, New York, NY, November 11, 1949

13-Twisted
14-Southside

(13)78 rpm: New Jazz 817, Prestige 707
(14)78 rpm: New Jazz 828, Prestige 711

WARDELL GRAY'S LOS ANGELES ALL STARS

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

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

15-Kiddo (Scrapple From The Apple)

78 rpm: Prestige 759; CD: OJCCD-051-2, Classics 1463

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

Lammar Wright, Al Porcino, Clark Terry, Bob Mitchell (tp); Mitchell 'Booty” Wood, Leon Comegys, Matthew Gee (tb); Marshall Royal, Reuben Phillips (as) Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson (ts); Charlie Fowlkes (bar); Count Basie (p); Freddie Green (g); Jimmy Lewis (b); Gus Johnson (d).

Recording session for Columbia Records, New York, NY, April 10, 1951

16-Nails
17-Little Pony

7-inch EP: Epic EG 7029
78 rpm: CO 39406

WARDELL GRAY'S LOS ANGELES ALL STARS/WARDELL GRAY SEXTET

Art Farmer (tp); Wardell Gray (ts); Hampton Hawes (p); Harper Crosby (b); Lawrance “Larance” Marable (d); Robert Collier (cga).

Recording session for Prestige: Los Angeles, CA, January 21, 1952

18-April Skies
19-Bright Boy

78 rpm: PR 840

WARDELL GRAY-DEXTER GORDON QUINTET

Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon (ts); Gerald Wiggins (p, celeste, org); George “Red” Callender (b); Chuck Thompson (d); Gladys Bentley (voc).

Recording session for Swing Time, Hollywood, CA, June 9, 1952

20-The Rubaiyat
21-Citizen's Bop

78 rpm: ST 321, 12-inch LP: FJL 907; CD: BLCD760223