Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36016: The Advance Guard Of The '40s

MG-36016: The Advance Guard Of The '40s / Various Artists

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B silver rim
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 36016A MF2 A2 I
	SIDE-B	MG 36016B MF3 A1 I

Comments

“Collector's Series” sticker on the back cover.

Inside The Groove

A great compilation of pre-Bop sessions which qualify as avant-gardistes, from original Keynote/National/Mercury 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	11764 (HL199)	The Goof And I	-
A-2	11765 (HL196)	All God's Children Got Rhythm (Conn - Kaper - Jurmann)	-
A-3	11766 (HL114)	Head Hunters (Fishkind)	-
A-4	11767 (HL116)	Two Heads Are Better Than One (Shorty Rogers)	-
A-5	11768 (KH200)	Blue Boy (Tristano)	-
A-6	11769 (KH202)	Coolin' Off With Ulanov (Tristano)	-
SIDE-B
B-1	11770 (HL158)	Frustration (Neal Hefti)	-
B-2	11771 (NSC540)	'Round Midnight (Monk - Hanighen)	-
B-3	11772 (NSC55-2)	I Love The Rhythm In A Riff (Eckstine - Ballentine)	-
B-4	11773 (NSC115)	Second Balcony Jump (Eckstine)	-
B-5	2502-1	Little Irv (Marcel Daniels)	-
B-6	2501-1	Daddy Sauce's Airlines (Marcel Daniels)	-

Personnel

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

A-1, A-2:
Red Rodney's Be-boppers, featuring:
Red Rodney (tp), Allen Eager (ts), Serge Chaloff (bs),
Al Haig (p), Chubby Jackson (b), Tiny Kahn (ds).
Recorded in New York City on January 29, 1947.

A-3, A-4:
Chubby Jackson's Rhythm, featuring:
Tony Aless (p), Billy Bauer (g),
Chubby Jackson (b), Arnold Fishkind (b), Shelly Manne (ds).
Recorded in New York City on November 29, 1945.

A-5, A-6:
Lennie Tristano Trio, featuring:
Lennie Tristano (p), Billy Bauer (g), Bob Leininger (b).
Recorded in New York City on May 23, 1947.

B-1:
Bill Harris and his Orchestra, featuring:
Bill Harris (v-tb),
Ted Wheeler (fl), John La Porta (cl), Salvatore Delegge (cl), Mickey Folus (b-cl),
Ralph Burns (p, arr), George Barnes (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Barett Deems (ds).
Recorded in Chicago, IL on May 6, 1946.

B-2:
Jackie Paris (vo), Eddie Shu (harmonica, ts),
Dick Hyman (p), John Collins (g), Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (ds).
Recorded in New York City on November 12, 1949.

B-3:
Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra, featuring:
Fats Navarro (tp), Shorty McConnell (tp), Gail Brockman (tp), Bonnie Hazel (tp),
Gerald Valentine (tb), Taswell Baird (tb), Howard Scott (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb),
Budd Johnson (as), Sonny Stitt (as), Dexter Gordon (ts), Gene Ammons (ts),
John Malachi (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (ds),
Billy Eckstine (vo).
Recorded in New York City on May 2, 1945.

B-4:
Billy Eckstine and his Orchestra, featuring:
Fats Navarro (tp), Shorty McConnell (tp), Bonnie Hazel (tp), Raymond Orr (tp),
Gerald Valentine (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb), Robert Scott (tb),
Norris Turney (as), Bob “Junior” Williams (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Josh Jackson (ts), Leo Parker (bs),
possibly Jimmy Golden (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Bill McMahon (b), Art Blakey (ds),
Billy Eckstine (vo).
Recorded in New York City, February 1946.

B-5, B-6:
Gene Ammons and his Orchestra, featuring:
Jesse Miller (tp), Ernest McDonald (as), Gene Ammons (ts),
Junior Mance (p), Leo Blevens (g), Leroy Jackson (b), Wesley Landers (ds),
Marcel Daniels (vo).
Recorded in New York City on February 5, 1949.