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The Contemporary Records Story

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Howard Rumsey (bass guitar), Shelly Manne (drums), Frank Patchen (piano), Jimmy Giuffre (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, clarinet), Milt Bernhart (trombone), Shorty Rogers (trumpet, flugelhorn), Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone, oboe), Carlos Vidal (conga), Hampton...

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Release date: 28th Aug 2020
Label: Contemporary Records
Catalogue number: CNT00011
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

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Giuffre: Big Girl

Work length3:06

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Howard Rumsey (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Frank Patchen (piano), Jimmy Giuffre (tenorsaxophone), Shorty Rogers (trumpet), Bob Cooper (tenorsaxophone), Milt Bernhart (trombone)
Recorded: 1953

Rogers, S: Viva Zapata!

Work length8:13

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Howard Rumsey (uprightbass), Carlos Vidal (congas), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Frank Patchen (piano), Bob Cooper (tenorsaxophone), Jimmy Giuffre (tenorsaxophone), Milt Bernhart (trombone), Maynard Ferguson (trumpet), Shorty Rogers (trumpet)
Recorded: 1953

Schwartz, Arthur: You and the Night and the Music

Work length3:07

Shelly Manne & His Men, Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Bob Cooper (tenorsaxophone), Bob Enevoldsen (trombone), Curtis Counce (bassguitar), Curtis Counce (uprightbass), Jimmy Giuffre (baritonesaxophone), Marty Paich (piano), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1956

George Shearing, George David Weiss: Lullaby Of Birdland

Work length3:08

Barney Kessel (guitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Harry Babasin (bassguitar), Bud Shank (flute), Arnold Ross (piano)
Recorded: 1953-01-01

Milt Jackson: Bags' Groove

Work length3:12

Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Bud Shank (altoflute), Bud Shank (flute), Howard Rumsey (uprightbass), Max Roach (drumkit), Bob Cooper (englishhorn), Bob Cooper (oboe), Claude Williamson (piano)
Recorded: 1954

Paul Weston, Axel Stordahl, Sammy Cahn: Day By Day

Work length3:37

Lennie Niehaus (altosaxophone), Jack Montrose (tenorsaxophone), Bob Gordon (baritonesaxophone), Monty Budwig (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1954

Shelly Manne: Flip

Work length2:57

Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet), Shorty Rogers (trumpet), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Jimmy Giuffre (baritonesaxophone), Jimmy Giuffre (tenorsaxophone)
Recorded: 2004

Parker, Charlie: Billie's Bounce

Work length4:08

Russ Freeman (piano), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1960

Hampton Hawes: The Champ

Work length5:24

Hampton Hawes Trio, Hampton Hawes (piano), Red Mitchell (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1955

Hampton Hawes: Blues The Most

Work length5:43

Hampton Hawes Trio, Chuck Thompson (drumkit), Hampton Hawes (piano), Hampton Hawes (keyboard), Red Mitchell (bassguitar)
Recorded: 1955

Rodgers, R: Blue Moon

Work length2:59

Lyle Murphy, André Previn (piano), Buddy Collette (tenorsaxophone), Buddy Collette (clarinet), Buddy Collette (flute), Buddy Collette (altosaxophone), Curtis Counce (bassguitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1997

Duane Tatro: Easy Terms

Work length4:12

Duane Tatro, Shelly Manne (drumkit), Joe Maini (altosaxophone), Jimmy Giuffre (baritonesaxophone), Ralph Pena (bassguitar), Vincent DeRosa (frenchhorn), Bill Holman (tenorsaxophone), Stu Williamson (trumpet), Bob Enevoldsen (trombone)
Recorded: 1956

Oscar Pettiford: Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas

Work length7:55

Shelly Manne & His Friends, André Previn (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1956

Mitchell Parish, Heinz Roemheld: Ruby

Work length3:49

Buddy Collette (altosaxophone), William Green (altosaxophone), Buddy Collette (tenorsaxophone), Buddy Collette (clarinet), Buddy Collette (flute), Jewell Grant (baritonesaxophone), Red Callender (uprightbass), Max Albright (drumkit), Ernie Freeman (piano), Gerald Wilson (trumpet), David Wells (trumpet), David Wells (trombone)
Recorded: 1956

Loewe, F: I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)

Work length3:00

Shelly Manne & His Friends, André Previn (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1956

Gerald Wiggins, Cal Tjader: A Fifth For Frank

Work length7:11

Curtis Counce (bassguitar), Carl Perkins (piano), Frank Butler (drumkit), Harold Land (tenorsaxophone), Jack Sheldon (trumpet)
Recorded: 2004

Harry Warren, Mack Gordon: Serenade In Blue

Work length4:01

Gerry Wiggins (piano), Joe Comfort (bassguitar), Jackie Mills (drumkit)
Recorded: 1961

Kern: All the things you are (from Very Warm for May)

Work length6:33

Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Ben Tucker (bassguitar), Warne Marsh (tenorsaxophone), Gary Frommer (drumkit), Ronnie Ball (piano)
Recorded: 1957

Gene DePaul, Don Raye: Star Eyes

Work length5:14

Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chambers (bassguitar), Philly Joe Jones (drumkit)
Recorded: 1957

Niehaus: Paying The Dues Blues

Work length4:54

Red Norvo (vibraphone), Buddy Collette (flute), Bill Smith (clarinet), Barney Kessel (guitar), Red Mitchell (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1957

Mercer, Johnny: I'm An Old Cowhand

Work length5:42

Sonny Rollins (tenorsaxophone), Ray Brown (bassguitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1991

Duke Jordan: Jordu

Work length3:29

Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1958

Parker, Charlie: Scrapple from the Apple

Work length5:31

Red Mitchell (uprightbass), James Clay (flute), James Clay (tenorsaxophone), Lorraine Geller (piano), Billy Higgins (drumkit)
Recorded: 1957

Jimmy Johnson, Cecil Mack: Old Fashioned Love

Work length7:48

Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Work length5:36

Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Gerald Wilson (trumpet), Teddy Edwards (tenorsaxophone), Carl Perkins (piano), Tony Bazley (drumkit), Victor Feldman (vibraphone)
Recorded: 1957

Benny Golson: Whisper Not

Work length6:01

Benny Golson (tenorsaxophone), Paul Chambers (bassguitar), Charles Persip (drumkit), Wynton Kelly (piano), Art Farmer (trumpet), Gigi Gryce (altosaxophone), Sahib Shihab (baritonesaxophone), Julius Watkins (frenchhorn), James Cleveland (trombone)
Recorded: 1957

Red Mitchell, Shelly Manne, Andre Previn & His Pals: I Could Write A Book

Work length4:52

André Previn (piano), Red Mitchell (bassguitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1957

Carl Perkins: Grooveyard

Work length7:06

Harold Land (tenorsaxophone), Rolf Ericson (trumpet), Carl Perkins (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Frank Butler (drumkit)
Recorded: 1958

Davis, M: The Serpent's Tooth

Work length3:24

Victor Feldman (piano), Scott LaFaro (bassguitar), Stan Levey (drumkit), Victor Feldman (vibraphone)
Recorded: 1998

Coleman, O: Invisible

Work length4:13

Ornette Coleman (tenorsaxophone), Don Payne (bassguitar), Billy Higgins (drumkit), Walter Norris (piano), Don Cherry (trumpet)
Recorded: 1982

Hampton Hawes: Hip

Work length6:15

Hampton Hawes (piano), Frank Butler (drumkit), Harold Land (tenorsaxophone), Scott LaFaro (bassguitar)
Recorded: 1998

Benny Golson: Stablemates

Work length4:33

Art Farmer (trumpet), Addison Farmer (bassguitar), Hank Jones (piano), Roy Haynes (drumkit)
Recorded: 1988

Earl Griffith: African Violets

Work length5:12

Cecil Taylor Quartet, Buell Neidlinger (bassguitar), Cecil Taylor (piano), Dennis Charles (drumkit), Earl Griffith (vibraphone)
Recorded: 1990

Duke, V: Autumn in New York

Work length3:52

André Previn (piano)
Recorded: 1991

Kern: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star

Work length5:24

Sonny Rollins (tenorsaxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Hampton Hawes (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1988

Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me

Work length2:38

Benny Carter (trumpet), Benny Carter (altosaxophone), Earl Fatha Hines (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bassguitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1958

Cannon, H: Bill Bailey

Work length2:22

Helen Humes (vocalist), Benny Carter (trumpet), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Teddy Edwards (tenorsaxophone), André Previn (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1960

Mancini, H: Peter Gunn

Work length2:14

Shelly Manne (drumkit), Herb Geller (altosaxophone), Monty Budwig (uprightbass), Russ Freeman (piano), Victor Feldman (marimba), Victor Feldman (vibraphone), Conte Candoli (trumpet)
Recorded: 2004

Elmo Hope: Barfly

Work length6:16

Elmo Hope (piano), Frank Butler (drumkit), Jimmy Bond (bassguitar)
Recorded: 1959

trad.: Greensleeves

Work length5:01

Monty Budwig (uprightbass), Bill Smith (clarinet), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Jim Hall (guitar)
Recorded: 1961

Rollins, Sonny: Airegin

Work length3:00

Art Pepper (clarinet), Pete Candoli (trumpet), Vincent DeRosa (frenchhorn), Bob Enevoldsen (tenorsaxophone), Bob Enevoldsen (trombone), Med Flory (baritonesaxophone), Russ Freeman (piano), Herb Geller (altosaxophone), Richie Kamuca (tenorsaxophone), Charlie Kennedy (altosaxophone), Mel Lewis (drumkit), Joe Mondragon (bassguitar), Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash (trombone), Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Art Pepper (tenorsaxophone), Art Pepper (trumpet), Bill Perkins (tenorsaxophone), Al Porcino (trumpet), Bud Shank (altosaxophone), Jack Sheldon (trumpet)
Recorded: 1959

James Brockman, Abe Olman: Down Among The Sheltering Palms

Work length4:03

James G. Rowles, Art Pepper (clarinet), Barney Kessel (guitar), Joe Gordon (trumpet), Monty Budwig (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit), Jack Marshall (guitar), Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Art Pepper (tenorsaxophone), Jimmy Rowles (piano)
Recorded: 1959

Rosolino: Blue Daniel

Work length8:34

Shelly Manne (drumkit), Joe Gordon (trumpet), Monty Budwig (bassguitar), Richie Kamuca (tenorsaxophone), Victor Feldman (piano)
Recorded: 1991

Romberg, S: Softly as in a morning sunrise (from The New Moon)

Work length6:57

Jimmie Cobb, Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Paul Chambers (uprightbass), Wynton Kelly (piano), Art Pepper (tenorsaxophone), Jimmy Cobb (drumkit), Conte Candoli (trumpet)
Recorded: 2004

Hampton Hawes: The Sermon

Work length7:02

Teddy Edwards Quartet, Billy Higgins (drumkit), Joe Castro (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bassguitar), Teddy Edwards (tenorsaxophone)
Recorded: 1960

Carmichael, H: Star Dust

Work length11:10

Ben Webster (tenorsaxophone), Red Mitchell (bassguitar), Frank Butler (drumkit), Jim Hall (guitar), Jimmy Rowles (piano)
Recorded: 1960

Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner: Misty

Work length4:18

Ed Thigpen (drumkit), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Phineas Newborn Jr. (piano), Ray Brown (bassguitar), Teddy Edwards (tenorsaxophone)
Recorded: 1961

Gershwin: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Work length3:14

Howard McGhee (trumpet), Phineas Newborn Jr. (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1961

Rollins, Sonny: Oleo

Work length3:03

Phineas Newborn Jr. (piano), Louis Hayes (drumkit), Sam Jones (bassguitar)
Recorded: 1961

Gold, E: Exodus

Work length4:36

Shelly Manne (drumkit), Shorty Rogers (trumpet), Teddy Edwards (tenorsaxophone), Victor Feldman (piano), Victor Feldman (vibraphone), Al Viola (guitar), Monty Budwig (uprightbass)
Recorded: 1963

Woody Shaw: A Deed For Dolphy

Work length8:57

Woody Shaw (trumpet), Gary Bartz (altosaxophone), Gary Bartz (sopranosaxophone), Bennie Maupin (flute), Bennie Maupin (tenorsaxophone), Bennie Maupin (bassclarinet), George Cables (piano), George Cables (keyboard), Ron Carter (uprightbass), Clint Houston (uprightbass), Lenny White (drumkit)
Recorded: 1971

Rodgers, R: Babes in Arms: My Funny Valentine

Work length6:54

Art Farmer (flugelhorn), Hampton Hawes (piano)
Recorded: 1976

Hampton Hawes: Morning

Work length7:29

Hampton Hawes (piano), Ray Brown (bassguitar), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1976

Matt Dennis, Tom Adair: Will You Still Be Mine?

Work length5:39

Art Farmer (flugelhorn), Art Pepper (altosaxophone), Hampton Hawes (piano), Ray Brown (uprightbass), Shelly Manne (drumkit)
Recorded: 1976

Chico Freeman: Beyond The Rain

Work length3:28

Chico Freeman (tenorsaxophone), Junieeh Booth (uprightbass), Elvin Jones (drumkit), Jumma Santos (percussion), Hilton Ruiz (piano), Chico Freeman (flute)
Recorded: 1978

Gershwin: Love Walked In

Work length5:22

Ray Brown (uprightbass), Cedar Walton (piano), Elvin Jones (drumkit)
Recorded: 1977

Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg: Over The Rainbow

Work length6:49

Art Pepper (altosaxophone)
Recorded: 1985

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