Mercury Records Collection: Wing MGW-12006: Music For Dancing Feet

MGW-12006: Music For Dancing Feet / Buddy Morrow

Label Type :	blue Wing type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MGW12006A MF1 MSI A1 I
	SIDE-B	MGW12006B MF1 MSI B2 I

Comments

with original Wing inner sleeve.

MGW-12006 is an original issue of Mercury MG-20210.

A-3 is also available on Wing W90014x45.

A-6 is also available on Wing W90063x45.

Inside The Groove

A very powerful and danceable big-band ensemble by Buddy Morrow.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Compared with his previous albums like MG-20062, this album rocks and swings so hard. A pretty good album, either as a Dance Music and a Big-Band Jazz. The sound reminds us of the Dorsey's band kind.

And the recording date is another important thing: Scott LaFaro was in Buddy Morrow's band in Fall 1955 - September 1956. This album is said to be recorded in 1956, so the bass player for this recording would be Scott LaFaro (but it has not been confirmed). Actually, a very swingy bass play heard on this album sounds so fruitful as LaFaro did... B-6 is a typical example of awesome bass sound.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	W 568	Music For Happy Feet (Yellen - Mizzy)	2:40
A-2	W 455	Who's Sorry Now (Kaimar - Ruby - Snyder)	2:05
A-3	W 155	Scrub-A-Dub-Dub (Biggs - Morrow)	3:07
A-4	W 173 (11336)	So All Alone (Fuqua Blester)	2:40
A-5	W 570	Buddy's Blues (Buddy Morrow)	2:27
A-6	W 452 (17021)	Main Title From “The Man WIth The Golden Arm” (Sylvia Fine - Elmar Bernstein))	2:40
SIDE-B
B-1	W 569	Bone Dance (Quincy Jones)	2:07
B-2	W 456	Muskrat Ramble (Gilbert - Ory)	2:06
B-3	W 454	Ron's Folly (Andy Gibson)	2:27
B-4	W 341	Georgia Bop Dance (Buddy Morrow)	2:00
B-5	W 174 (11337)	Ling Ting Tong (Mable Godwin)	2:15
B-6	W 457	Carioca (Youmans - Kahn - Eliscu)	5:43

Personnel

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

Ruppli's book didn't identify all the exact recording dates and personnels. Some of the below information may include my own guess :) See MGW-12000, which contains same/similar recorded sessions.

Since Scott LaFaro was in the Buddy Morrow's band in Fall 1955 - September 1956, it is highly probable that most of these tunes features Scott LaFaro on bass.

Buddy Morrow (tb, leader) and his Orchestra,

A-3: personnel unknown.
Recorded in 1955.

A-4, B-5: personnel unknown.
Recorded in 1955.

B-4: personnel including:
Bill Haverman or Dave McKenna (p),
Scott La Faro, Chuck Sagle or Dave Poshonka (b),
Bob McKee (ds).
Recorded in New York City, December 20, 1955.

A-2, A-6, B-2, B-3, B-6: personnel unknown, but maybe similar as B-4.
Recorded date unknown, but maybe same as B-4.

A-1, A-5, B-1: personnel unknown, but maybe similar as B-4.
Recorded date unknown, but maybe in 1956.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Buddy Morrow (tb) :

Mercury MG-20062 : Shall We Dance
Mercury MG-20204 : A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys (reissue of MGW-12000)
Mercury MG-20210 : Music For Dancing Feet (reissue of MGW-12006)
Mercury MG-20221 : Buddy Morrow And His Golden Trombone
Mercury MG-20290 : A Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman (Buddy Morrow Plays Tommy Dorsey)
Mercury MG-20372 / SR-60018 : Just We Two / Buddy Morrow & Eddie Layton
Mercury MG-20396 / SR-60009 : Night Train
Mercury MG-20702 / SR-60702 : Night Train Goes To Hollywood
Mercury MG-20764 / SR-60764 : A Collection Of 33 All-Time Dance Favorites / Eddie Layton & Buddy Morrow
Wing MGW-12000 : A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys
Wing MGW-12006 : Music For Dancing Feet
Wing MGW-12102 : Dance Date!
Wing MGW-12105 : Golden Trombone / A Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman