MG-36030: The Love Songs Of Mr. “B” / Billy Eckstine

	Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B silver rim
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG36030A MF2    A1    I
		SIDE-B	YMG36030B MF1    A2    I

Comments

both the cover and the disc are in mintish condition.

Inside The Groove

A 12-inch version of Billy Eckstine's love songs collection, featuring all tracks of MG-26027 plus two extra tracks, all from original National recordings.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This 12-inch LP is an expanded version of 10-inch LP with the same title (MG-26027), plus two tracks. All tunes are “Love Songs” as the title says, and Billy Eckstine's marvellous vocal is great as always. On the other hand, since this is a ballad album, backing musicians' solos are not fully featured.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

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:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with:
Fats Navarro (tp), Shorty McConnell (tp), Gail Brockman (tp), Boonie 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).
Recorded in New York City on May 2, 1945.

A-1:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with:
Fats Navarro (tp), Shorty McConnell (tp), Boonie Hazel (tp), Raymond Orr (tp),
Gerald Valentine (tb), Howard Scott (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb), Walter Knox (tb),
John Cobbs (as), Budd Johnson (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Arthur Simmons (ts), Teddy Cypron (bs),
Richard “Duke” Ellington (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (ds).
Recorded in New York City, September 1945.

A-5, B-4:
same personnel as A-1.
Recorded in New York City, October 1945.

B-5:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with:
Shorty McConnell (tp), Boonie Hazel (tp), Raymond Orr (tp), Kenny Dorham (tp),
Gerald Valentine (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb), Robert Scott (tb),
Norris Turney (as), Bob “Junior” Williams (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Arthur Simmons (ts), Tate Houston (bs),
Richard “Duke” Ellington (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Bill McMahon (b), Art Blakey (ds).
Recorded in New York City on January 3, 1946.

A-2:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with:
Miles Davis (tp), Hobalt Dotson (tp), Leonard Hawkins (tp), King Kolax (tp),
Walter Knox (tb), Chippy Outcalt (tb), Gerald Valentine (tb),
Sonny Stitt (as), John Cobbs (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Arthur Simmons (ts), Cecil Payne (bs),
Linton Garner (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on October 5, 1946.

A-3, A-4, B-3:
Billy Eckstine (vo) with unidentified orchestra incl. strings.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on October 6, 1946.

B-1:
Ray Linn (tp), Billy Eckstine (tb, vo), Gerald Valentine (tb),
Sonny Criss (as), Wardell Gray (ts),
Warren Bracken (p), unknown (g), Shifty Henry (b), Tim Kennedy (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on April 21, 1947.

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