Mercury Records Collection: MG-20016: Tenor Jazz

MG-20016: Tenor Jazz / Various Artists

Label Type :	black/gold Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 20016A
	SIDE-B	MG 20016B

Comments

Paper jacket sleeve (with folding opener at one side). Heavy-weight disc.

Inside The Groove

Another fine assortment focusing tenor sax players, all from original Keynote recordings.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	HL135	Whitsett (aka “5054 Whitsett”)	-
A-2	HL96-5	You Know It	-
A-3	HL65-1	Under A Blanket Of Blue	-
A-4	HL140	China Boy	-
A-5	HL81-3	They Didn't Believe Me	-
A-6	HL120-3	Wicks Kicks	-
SIDE-B
B-1	HL119-4	On The Sunny Side Of Street	-
B-2	HL32-2	Louise	-
B-3	HL31-1	Battle Of The Saxes	-
B-4	HL30-1	Three Little Words	-
B-5	HL34-2	Don't Blame Me	-

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

B-2, B-3, B-4: Coleman Hawkins and his Sax Ensemble, featuring:
Tab Smith (as), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Don Byas (ts), Harry Carney (bs),
Johnny Guarnieri (p), Al Lucas (b), Sid Catlett (ds).
Recorded in New York City on May 24, 1944.

B-5: Coleman Hawkins' All American Four, featuring:
Coleman Hawkins (ts), Teddy Wilson (p), John Kirby (b), Sid Catlett (ds).
Recorded in New York City on May 29, 1944.

A-3: Coleman Hawkins and his All American Five, featuring:
Buck Clayton (tp), Coleman Hawkins (ts),
Teddy Wilson (p), Slam Stewart (b), Denzil Best (ds).
Recorded in New York City on October 17, 1944.

A-5: Cozy Cole and his Orchestra, featuring:
Shorty Rogers (tp), Vermon Brown (tb), Aaron Sachs (cl), Don Byas (ts),
Bill Rowland (p), Billy Taylor (b), Cozy Cole (ds).
Recorded in New York City on February 2, 1945.

A-2: Corky Corcoran and his Orchestra, featuring:
Emmett Berry (tp), Willie Smith (as), Corky Corcoran (ts),
Dodo Marmarosa (p), Allan Reuss (g), Ed Mihelich (b), Nick Fatool (ds),
Johnny Thompson (arr).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on May 15, 1945.

A-6, B-1: Ted Nash Quintet, featuring:
Joe Thomas (tp), Ted Nash (ts),
Geoff Clarkson (p), Trigger Alpert (b), J. C. Heard (ds), Marie Bryant (vo on B-1).
Recorded in New York City on January 26, 1946.

A-1: Babe Russin Quintet, featuring:
Babe Russin (ts), Tommy Todd (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Jud de Naut (b), Jackie Mills (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 8, 1946.

A-4: Herbie Haymer's Orchestra, featuring:
Clyde Hurley (tp), Heinie Beau (cl), Herbie Haymer (ts),
Tommy Todd (p), Dave Barbour (g), Phil Stephens (b), Nick Fatool (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on March 30, 1946.