Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36038: Boning Up On 'Bones

MG-36038: Boning Up On 'Bones / Various Artists

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type B silver rim
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG36038A MF1 A1 I
	SIDE-B	YMG36038B MF1 A1 I

Comments

Some of the tunes are also available on EP-1-6131.

Inside The Groove

A nice compilation of pre-Bop trombone sessions from original Keynote/National 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	11583 (NSC164)	Opp Bop Sh Bam (Gillespie - Fuller - Roberts)	-
A-2	11584 (NSC124)	Cool Breeze (Eckstine - Gillespie - Dameron)	-
A-3	11585 (HL157-3)	Everything Happens To Me (Dennis - Adair)	-
A-4	11586 (HL40-2)	Sliphorn Outing	-
A-5	11587 (NSC267)	East Of Suez (Ventura - Stein)	-
A-6	11588 (HL103-2)	Everywhere (Neal Hefti)	-
SIDE-B
B-1	11589 (NSC112)	J.C. From K.C. (Public Domain)	-
B-2	11590 (HL73-3)	Too Marvelous For Words (Mercer - Whiting)	-
B-3	11900 (HL149-2)	Keblah (Tizol - James)	-
B-4	11901 (HL150-2)	The Sphinx (Tizol)	-
B-5	11902 (HL151-3)	Zanzibar (Tizol - James)	-
B-6	11903 (HL152-1)	You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It (Tizol - George)	-

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:
Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra, featuring:
Miles Davis (tp), Hobart Dotson (tp), Leonard Hawkins (tp), King Kolax (tp),
Water Knox (tb), Chips Outcalt (tb), Gerald Velentine (tb),
John Cobbs (as), Sonny Stitt (as),
Gene Ammons (ts), Arthur Sammons (ts), Cecil Payne (bs),
Linton Garner (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (b), Art Blakey (ds),
Billy Eckstine (vo, v-tb).
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA on October 5, 1946.

A-2:
Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra, featuring:
Boonie Hazel (tp), Shorty McConnell (tp), Fats Navarro (tp), Raymond Orr (tp),
Chippy Outcalt (tb), Robert Scott (tb), Gerald Valentine (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, March 1946.

A-3:
Bill Harris and his New Music, 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), Barrett Deems (ds).
Recorded in Chicago, IL on May 6, 1946.

A-4:
Benny Morton's Trombone Choir, featuring:
Benny Morton (tb), Vic Dickenson (tb), Bill Harris (tb), Claude Jones (tb),
Johnny Guarnieri (p), Al Hall (b), Sidney Catlett (ds).
Recorded in New York City on May 30, 1944.

A-5:
Charlie Ventura and his Orchestra, featuring:
Kai Winding (tb), Charlie Ventura (ts),
Lou Stein (p), Bob Carter (b), Shelly Manne (ds).
Recorded in New York City on September 11, 1947.

A-6:
Milt Hinton and his Orchestra, featuring:
Jonah Jones (tp), Tyree Glenn (tb), Al Gibson (cl),
Dave Rivera (p), Milt Hinton (b), J.C. Heard (ds).
Recorded in New York City on July 6, 1945.

B-1:
Hot Lips Page (tp), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Albert Nicholas (cl),
Pete Johnson (p), Jimmy Shirley (g), Al Hall (b), J.C. Heard (ds).

Recorded in New York City on January 31, 1946.

B-2:
George Wettling's New Yorkers, featuring:
Joe Thomas (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Hank D'Amico (cl), Coleman Hawkins (ts),
Herman Chittison (p), Billy Taylor (b), George Wettling (ds).
Recorded in New York City on December 12, 1944.

B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6:
Juan Tizol and his Orchestra, featuring:
Dick Cathcart (tp), Juan Tizol (v-tb), Willie Smith (as, vo), Babe Russin (ts),
Arnold Ross (p), Irving Ashby (g), Ed Mihelich (b), Nick Fatool (ds).
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on April 7, 1946.