Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36126: Cleveland Style

MG-36126: Cleveland Style / Jimmy Cleveland

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36126A-1 M B MSI
	SIDE-B	MG-36126B-1 M C MSI

Comments

small stamp on back cover.

Later reissued as Mercury MG-20553 (mono) and Mercury SR-60121 (stereo).

Inside The Groove

Jimmy Cleveland's 2nd leader album on the EmArcy label.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Preceded by the success of his first leader album on EmArcy MG-36066, he left his own second leader album here. Although famous players like Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Wynton Kelly and Charlie Persip were gathered, the arrangements sounds rather logical and might spoil the natural charms of their plays.

Actually all members play great and all tune is rather nice. But at the same time, this LP ironically proves that the greatness of his first album MG-36066 owe much to the great arrangements by Quincy Jones :)

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	16460 (JB151)	Out Of This World (Harold Arlen - Johnny Mercer)	4:06
A-2	16461 (JB152)	All This And Heaven Too (Eddie De Lange - Jimmy Van Heusen)	5:40
A-3	16463 (JB154)	Posterity (Trevor Duncan)	4:42
SIDE-B
B-1	16465 (JB156)	Long Ago And Far Away (Leo Robin - Ralph Rainger)	3:21
B-2	16464 (JB155)	A Jazz Ballad (Ernie Wilkins)	4:04
B-3	16466 (JB157)	Jimmie's Tune (Jimmy Cleveland)	3:31
B-4	16462 (JB153)	Goodbye Ebbets Field (Ernie Wilkins)	6:03

Personnel

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

According to the liner-notes on the back cover, Jay McAllister played on A-2 (Dec. 12), A-3, B-2 and B-3 (Dec. 13). But I guess it's more probable that Don Butterfield played on Dec. 12, while Jay McAllister on Dec. 13, as on the Ruppli book.

A-1, A-2, B-4,:
Art Farmer (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Don Butterfield (tuba), Benny Golson (ts),
Wynton Kelly (p), Eddie Jones (b), Charles Persip (ds).
Recorded at Fine Recording, New York City on December 12, 1957.

A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3:
same personnel as A-1, except Jay McAllister (tuba) replaces Don Butterfield.
Recorded at Fine Recording, New York City on December 13, 1957.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Jimmy Cleveland (tb) :

EmArcy MG-36066 : Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars
EmArcy MG-36126 : Cleveland Style
Mercury MG-20442 / SR-60117 : A Map Of Jimmy Cleveland
Mercury MG-20553 / SR-60121 : Cleveland Style (reissue of MG-36126)
EmArcy MGE-26003 / SRE-66003 : Rhythm Crazy

EmArcy MG-36007 : Clark Terry
EmArcy MG-36011 : For Those In Love / Dinah Washington
EmArcy MG-36043 : Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
EmArcy MG-36077 : In The Land Of Hi-Fi / Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
EmArcy MG-36078 : Dream Of You / Helen Merrill
EmArcy MG-36083 : Jazz Abroad / Roy Haynes & Quincy Jones
EmArcy MG-36085 : The Young Ones Of Jazz / Various Artists
EmArcy MG-36104 : The Swingin' Miss D / Dinah Washington
EmArcy MG-36114 : Boy With Lots Of Brass / Maynard Ferguson
EmArcy MG-36142 / SR-80008 : Cat On A Hot Tin Horn / Cat Anderson Orchestra
Mercury MG-20242 : Somebody Up There Digs Me / Louis Jordan
Mercury MG-20444 / SR-60129 : The Birth Of A Band! / Quincy Jones
Mercury MG-20492 / SR-60171 : The Fascinating Ernestine / Ernestine Anderson
Mercury MG-20556 / SR-60124 : Boy With Lots Of Brass / Maynard Ferguson (reissue of MG-36114)
Mercury MG-20561 / SR-60221 : The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones
Mercury MG-20654 / SR-60654 : The Original Jazz Score Of Kwamina / Billy Taylor
Mercury MG-20661 / SR-60661 : Tears And Laughters / Dinah Washington
Mercury MG-20728 / SR-60728 : I Wanna Be Loved / Dinah Washington
Mercury MG-20835 / SR-60835 : Shirley Horn With Horn / Shirley Horn
Philips PHM 200-186 / PHS 600-186 : The Most Unusual Joan Toliver