The Lucky Thompson Discography 1951-1956
by Noal Cohen

Generated on Feb 2, 2012

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Note: For conventions and abbreviations used in this discography, please see: Discography Key. Also, to view all issues of a given track, click on the blue disclosure triangle to the left of the last shown issue.

Date: January 31, 1951
Location: NY
Label: Columbia

Ida James, Herb Lance, Dick Vance (ldr), Dick Vance (t), George Dorsey (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Andrew Brown (bar), Sammy Benskin (p), Al Hall (b), Jimmy Crawford (d), Ida James, Herb Lance (v)

a.	CO45201	Jet (Harry Revel, George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) Columbia 78: 39218 (1951)
b.	CO45202	Don't Tell Me (Herb Lance, Dick Vance) Columbia 78: 39291 (1951)
c.	CO45203	Shake Your Can (A. Robinson) Columbia 78: 39248 (1951)
d.	CO45204	The Chair Song - 2:23 (B. Moore) Columbia 78: 39248 (1951)

Ida James (ldr) on c-d; (v) on c-d; Herb Lance (ldr) on a-b; (v) on a-b.

This session involves the Dick Vance Orchestra backing vocalists Herb Lance and Ida James. The Tony Williams Lucky Thompson discography as well as the Lord and Bruyninckx discographies all incorrectly give the catalog number for the issue of tracks c and d as 38267 which was actually a release by Happy Johnson and the Jive Five. See Online Discographical Project, Columbia 38000-38500 and Online Discographical Project, Columbia 39000-39500.

Date: April 10, 1951
Location: NY
Label: Columbia

Count Basie (ldr), Bobby Mitchell, Al Porcino, Clark Terry, Lamar Wright, Jr. (t), Leon Comegys, Matthew Gee, Booty Wood (tb), Reuben Phillips, Marshal Royal (as), Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Count Basie (p), Jimmy Lewis (b), Gus Johnson (d)

a.	CO45656-1	Howzit - 2:57 (Buster Harding) / arr: Buster Harding Philips (Eu.) 45: 323.579BF Philips (Eng.) EP: BBE 12500 — Basie Ball ► Philips (Fr.) EP: 429.750BE — Basie Ball
b.	CO45657-1	Nails - 3:29 (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding) / arr: Buster Harding Philips (Eu.) 45: 323.579BF Philips (Eng.) EP: BBE 12283 — Count Basie and His Orchestra ► Epic EP: EG 7029 — Rockin' and Relaxin'
c.	CO45658-1	Little Pony - 2:29 (Neal Hefti) / arr: Neal Hefti Columbia 78: 39406 (1952) Columbia (Fr.) 78: BF 448 ► Columbia 45: 4-39406
d.	CO45659-1	Beaver Junction - 2:57 (Harry Edison) / arr: Buster Harding Columbia 78: 39406 (1952) Columbia (Fr.) 78: BF 448 ► Columbia 45: 4-39406
All titles on:		CBS (Eu.) LP 12": 21063 — Basie Boogie (1983) Tax (Swd.) LP 12": M 8029 — 8 and 16 ► CBS (Jpn.) LP 12": SOPL 136 — 8 and 16

Lucky Thompson does not solo on any of these tracks. Wardell Gray is the featured tenor saxophone soloist.

Date: June 5, 1951
Location: NY
Label: Derby

Bette McLaurin, Eddie Wilcox (ldr), Andrew 'Fats' Ford, Taft Jordan, Abdul 'Chiefie' Salam (t), Elmer Crumbley, Clarence Johnson (tb), Jackie Fields, Dave McRae (as), Freddie Mitchell, Lucky Thompson (ts), Eddie Wilcox (p), Aaron Bell (b), Osie Johnson (d), Bette McLaurin (v)

a.	D 751	The Masquerade Is Over - 3:16 (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) Vogue (Fr.) 78: V 3057 Official (Dan.) LP 12": 6045 — The Masquerade Is Over (1989) Cleopatra Master Classics Digital Download: — The Best of Bette McLaurin: The Masquerade Is Over (2010)
b.	D 753	Shuffle Express - 2:44 (Johnson, Hill) Arbee (Eng.) LP 12": RB 401 — Original Rhythm 'N Blues 1948-'52 (Rhythm & Blues of the 40s & 50s) (1977) Sunbeam LP 12": RB 401 — Original Rhythm 'N Blues 1948-'52 (Rhythm & Blues of the 40s & 50s) Acrobat CD: ADDCD 3001 — The Derby Records Story (2008)
Both titles on:		Derby 78: 766 (1951)

Bette McLaurin (v) on a.

Although the Lord and Bruyninckx discographies as well as the liner notes to Official 6045 give June 5, 1951 as the recording date of this session, the Tony Williams, Dieter Salemann and Bob Weir Lucky Thompson discographies all give the date as June 5, 1950. But Eddie Wilcox did not sign with the Derby label until June 1951. Lucky Thompson does not solo on track a. There is a tenor saxophone solo on track b but probably by Freddie Mitchell and not Thompson.

Date: June 7, 1951
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Harry 'Hot Lips' Johnson (ldr), Frank Galbreath (t), Bernie Peacock (as), Harry 'Hot Lips' Johnson (ts, v), Lucky Thompson (ts), Numa 'Pee Wee' Moore (bar), Howard Biggs (p), Aaron Bell (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), The Winky Dinks (bkv), Melvin Moore (v)

a.	81140	The Winky Dink (Lucius 'Lucky' Millinder, Ben Weisman, Elaine Wise) Decca 78: 27651 (1951)
b.	81141	Lonely Little Robin (Lonely Little Robbin) (Cy Coben) Decca 78: 27651 (1951)
c.	81142	Bring Me Another Jug Of Wine - 2:26 (Don Reid) Decca 78: 27656 (1951) Brunswick (Eng.) 78: 04765 (1952)
d.	81143	Catch 'em Young, Treat 'em Rough, Tell 'em Nothing - 2:33 (Bob Colby, Steve Krantz) Decca 78: 27656 (1951) Brunswick (Eng.) 78: 04765 (1952)

The Winky Dinks (bkv) on c; Harry 'Hot Lips' Johnson (v) on c; Melvin Moore (v) on d.

The tenor saxophone soloist on tracks c and d is undoubtedly Hot Lips Johnson. The 78 issue of tracks a and b has not yet been located.

Date: ca. August 1951
Location: NY
Label: Derby

Bette McLaurin (ldr), Andrew 'Fats' Ford, Taft Jordan, Abdul 'Chiefie' Salam (t), Elmer Crumbley, Clarence Johnson (tb), Jackie Fields, Dave McRae (as), Freddie Mitchell, Lucky Thompson (ts), Eddie Wilcox (p), Aaron Bell (b), Osie Johnson (d), Bette McLaurin (v)

a.	D 773	Crying for You - 3:02
b.	D 776	A Cottage For Sale - 3:04 (Willard Robison, Larry Conley)
Both titles on:		Derby 78: 775 (1951) Official (Dan.) LP 12": 6045 — The Masquerade Is Over (1989) Cleopatra Master Classics Digital Download: — The Best of Bette McLaurin: The Masquerade Is Over (2010)

The personnel is uncertain but assumed to be similar to that of the June 5, 1951 McLaurin/Wilcox session. The Lord and Bruyninckx discographies give a recording date of June 5, 1951 for this session while the Dieter Salemann and Tony Williams Lucky Thompson discographies indicate June 1950. The August 1951 date comes from the liner notes to Official 6045. Lucky Thompson does not solo on either track.

Discographies indicate that Lucky Thompson is present on other sessions with Bette McLaurin in 1951-1952 but I have not included them because of lack of information. Aural evidence suggests that Thompson is not the tenor saxophonist on "Lover Come Back To Me" (Derby D 790) and "Cry" (Derby D 791).

Date: October 15, 1951
Location: Columbia Recording Studio A, 49 52nd Street, NY
Label: Columbia

Johnnie Ray (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Mundell Lowe (g), Stan Freeman (p, cel), Eddie Safranski (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d), The Four Lads (bkv), Johnnie Ray (v)

a.	CO47101	Give Me Time - 3:08 (Alec Wilder) Columbia 78: 39703 (1952) Columbia 78: 39750 (1952) ► Columbia LP 10": CL 6199 (1952)
b.	CO47102	The Little White Cloud That Cried - 2:15 (Johnnie Ray) OKeh 78: Ok 6840 (1951) Columbia (Eng.) 78: DB 2995 (1952) ► Columbia (Eng.) EP: SEG 7511 — Johnnie Ray
c.	CO47103	Coffee and Cigarettes (Thinking It Over) - 2:36 (Herb Hendler, Doug Arthur) Columbia 78: 39700 (1952) Columbia (Eng.) 78: DB 3386 (1952) ► Columbia 45: SCM 5074 (1953)
d.	CO47104	The Lady Drinks Champagne - 3:18 (Jack Wilson, Alan Jeffreys) Columbia 78: 39702 (1952) Columbia LP 10": CL 6199 (1952) ► Collectables CD: COL-CD-7439 — Johnnie Ray/On the Trail (2002)
All titles on:		Bear Family Records (Ger.) CD: BCD 16285 — Cry (5 CD Box) (1999) Collectables CD: COL-0418 — Johnnie Ray (2006) Acrobat CD: 9016 — The Nabob of Snob: The Very Best of Johnnie Ray 1951-57 (2008)

Lucky Thompson (ts) on c; Stan Freeman (p) on a, c-d; (cel) on b.

Lucky Thompson plays a four bar introduction on track c and a bit on the ending of that track but is not heard on the other three tracks. The 10" LP Columbia CL 6199 had no title. All issues of the tracks from this famous session are not listed.

Date: October 31 or November 14, 1951
Location: NY
Label: Federal

Annisteen Allen, Gene Redd (ldr), Gene Redd (t, vib), Reuben Phillips (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Pete Clark (bar), Cliff Smalls (p), Ike Isaacs (b), Jimmy Cobb (d), Annisteen Allen (v)

a.	F186	The Bittersweet - 3:13 (Lucky Thompson, J. Leslie McFarland) Federal 78: 12057 (1952) Official (Dan.) LP 12": 6051 — Give It Up (1989) Classics (Fr.) CD: 5096 — Annisteen Allen 1945-1953 (2004) Rev-Ola (Eng.) CD: CRBAND8 — Fujiyama Mama (2006)
b.	F187	The Bluest Blues - 2:45 (Lucky Thompson, J. Leslie McFarland) Federal 78: 12057 (1952) Official (Dan.) LP 12": 6051 — Give It Up (1989) Classics (Fr.) CD: 5096 — Annisteen Allen 1945-1953 (2004) Rev-Ola (Eng.) CD: CRBAND8 — Fujiyama Mama (2006)
c.	F188	Play Vibes, Play - 2:21 (Gene Redd) Federal 78: 12058 (1952)
d.	F189	I Surrender Dear (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) Federal 78: 12058 (1952)

Annisteen Allen (ldr) on a-b; (v) on a-b; Gene Redd (t) on a-b; (vib) on b-d.

The Bruyninckx and King Label Discographies give the date of this session as October 31, 1951 while the Lord Discography indicates November 14, 1951. Tony Williams' Lucky Thompson discography also gives November 14, 1951 for tracks c and d (showing matrix numbers 1088, 1089) but "ca. 1951" for tracks a and b. Federal was a King subsidiary. Lucky Thompson plays accompaniment behind Allen on track a and solos on track b. Redd is the featured soloist (vibraphone) on tracks c and d.

Date: May 30, 1952
Location: WOR Studios, NY
Label: Blue Note

Thelonious Monk (ldr), Kenny Dorham (t), Lou Donaldson (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Thelonious Monk (p), Nelson Boyd (b), Max Roach (d)

a.	BN434-0 (rejected)	Skippy (Thelonious Monk) unissued
b.	BN434-1 tk. 2	Skippy - 2:59 (Thelonious Monk) Blue Note 78: 1602 (1952) Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1511 — Thelonious Monk, Volume 2 (1956) ► Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA579-H2 — Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (1976)
c.	BN434-2 tk. 3 alt	Skippy - 3:07 (Thelonious Monk) Mosaic LP 12": MR4-101 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (1983) Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": BNJ 61011 — More Genius of Thelonious Monk (1985) ► Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: CJ28 5116 — Thelonious Monk - Fifth and Final Sessions On Blue Note (1989)
d.	BN435-0 (rejected)	Hornin' In (Thelonious Monk) unissued
e.	BN435-1 tk. 5 alt	Hornin' In - 3:06 (Thelonious Monk) Mosaic LP 12": MR4-101 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (1983) Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": BNJ 61011 — More Genius of Thelonious Monk (1985) ► Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: CJ28 5116 — Thelonious Monk - Fifth and Final Sessions On Blue Note (1989)
f.	BN435-2 (rejected)	Hornin' In (Thelonious Monk) unissued
g.	BN435-3 tk. 7	Hornin' In - 3:12 (Thelonious Monk) Blue Note 78: 1603 (1952) Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1511 — Thelonious Monk, Volume 2 (1956) ► Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA579-H2 — Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (1976)
h.	BN436-0 tk. 8	Sixteen - 3:28 (Thelonious Monk) Mosaic LP 12": MR4-101 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (1983) Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": BNJ 61011 — More Genius of Thelonious Monk (1985) ► Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: CJ28 5116 — Thelonious Monk - Fifth and Final Sessions On Blue Note (1989)
i.	BN436-1 tk. 9	Sixteen - 3:37 (Thelonious Monk) Mosaic LP 12": MR4-101 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (1983) Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": BNJ 61011 — More Genius of Thelonious Monk (1985) ► Blue Note (Jpn.) CD: CJ28 5116 — Thelonious Monk - Fifth and Final Sessions On Blue Note (1989)
j.	BN437-0 tk. 10	Carolina Moon - 3:26 (Benny Davis, Joe Burke, Allan Roberts) Blue Note 78: 1603 (1952) Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1511 — Thelonious Monk, Volume 2 (1956) ► Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA579-H2 — Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (1976)
k.	BN438-0 tk. 11	Let's Cool One - 3:45 (Thelonious Monk) Blue Note 78: 1602 (1952) Blue Note LP 12": BLP 1511 — Thelonious Monk, Volume 2 (1956) ► Blue Note LP 12": BN-LA579-H2 — Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius (1976)
l.	BN439-0 tk. 12	I'll Follow You - 3:46 (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) Mosaic LP 12": MR4-101 — The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (1983) Blue Note (Jpn.) LP 12": BNJ 61011 — More Genius of Thelonious Monk (1985) ► Blue Note (Du.) LP 12": 1A158-83385/8 — 40 Years of Jazz/History of Blue Note - Box 2

Kenny Dorham (t) on a-k; Lou Donaldson (as) on a-k; Lucky Thompson (ts) on a-k.

Lucky Thompson solos on all issued tracks except l. Horns are out on track l. Information on the three rejected takes comes from "Brilliant Corners: A Bio-Discography of Thelonious Monk" by Chris Sheridan. These are not shown in the Ruppli/Cuscuna Blue Note Discography.

Date: August 1, 1952
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Jimmy Scott (ldr), Gil Askey (t), John Sanders (tb), Curby Alexander (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Clarence Williams (bar), unknown (g), Ed Swanston (p), Peck Morrison (b), Herb Lovelle (d), Jimmy Scott (v)

a.	83197	Why Was I Born - 3:08 (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) Brunswick 78: 84000 (1952) Brunswick 45: 9-84000
b.	83198	You Never Miss the Water (Till the Well Runs Dry) - 2:43 (Lucky Thompson) Coral 78: 60825 (1952) Coral 45: 9-60825
c.	83199	The Bluest Blues - 3:09 (Lucky Thompson, J. Leslie McFarland)
d.	83200	Solitude - 2:51 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie De Lange) Coral 78: 60825 (1952) Coral 45: 9-60825
All titles on:		GRP CD: GRD 669 — Everybody's Somebody's Fool (1999) Universal (Jpn.) CD: MVCJ 24032 — Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2000) Verve CD: B001218402 — Everybody's Somebody's Fool (2008) Universal (Ger.) CD: 050669-2 — Everybody's Somebody's Fool

This is Little Jimmy Scott accompanied by Lucky Thompson's Orchestra. Track c features ensemble vocal responses. Lucky Thompson plays obbligati behind Scott on track d.

Date: October 2, 1952
Location: NY
Label: RCA Victor

Benny Carter, Savannah Churchill (ldr), Doc Cheatham, Taft Jordan, Dick Vance (t), Tyree Glenn, Claude Jones, Frank Rehak (tb), Eddie Barefield, Benny Carter (as), Art Drellinger, Lucky Thompson (ts), Willard Brown (bar), Rene Hall (g), Billy Taylor (p), Ray Brown (b), Christopher Columbus (d), Savannah Churchill (v)

a.	E2-VB-7382-1	Love Is Cynthia (Blue Mountain, To Ava) - 2:23 (Alfred Newman) / arr: Benny Carter RCA Victor 78: 20-5133 (1952) HMV (Eng.) 78: B 10644 (1953) ► HMV (Eng.) 45: 7M189 (1953)
b.	E2-VB-7383-1	Sunday Afternoon - 2:50 (Benny Carter) / arr: Benny Carter RCA Victor 78: 20-5133 (1952) HMV (Eng.) 78: B 10644 (1953) ► RCA Jazz Tribune (Fr.) LP 12": PM 42406 — Benny Carter 1928-1952 (1979)
c.	E2-VB-7384-1	Walking By the River - 3:15 (Robert Sour, Una Mae Carlisle) / arr: Benny Carter RCA Victor 78: 20-5031 (1952) Camden EP: CAE 270 — Savannah Churchill Sings ► Juke Box Lil (Swd.) LP 12": JB 1101 — Time Out for Tears (1960)
d.	E2-VB-7385-1	If I Didn't Love You So - 2:30 (Robert Mellin, Joe Csida) / arr: Benny Carter RCA Victor 78: 20-5031 (1952) Juke Box Lil (Swd.) LP 12": JB 1101 — Time Out for Tears (1960) Acrobat CD: ADDCD 3008 — I Want To Be Loved (2005) Bygone Days CD: BYD 77021 — Portrait (2009) Tone Productions CD: TP 103 — Savannah Churchill Chronological Vol. 2 Hallmark (Eng.) Digital Download: — Time Out For Tears (2010)

Savannah Churchill (v) on c-d.

Tracks c and d were issued under Savannah Churchill's name. An unidentified vocal group is present on these two tracks. Several sources indicate that a version of Georgia On My Mind was recorded at this session but that title was actually recorded on August 18, 1952 in Los Angeles with a different ensemble. Lucky Thompson does not solo on any of the tracks.

Date: December 14, 1952
Location: NY
Label: Federal

Gene Redd (ldr), Gene Redd (t, vib), Reuben Phillips (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Pete Clark (bar), Cliff Smalls (p, or), Ike Isaacs (b), Jimmy Cobb (d), Valerie Carr (v)

a.	F 1084	Crawling Home unissued
b.	F 1085	Deep Purple (Peter De Rose, Mitchell Parish) unissued
c.	F 1086-1	I Dreamed the Blues - 2:40 (Gene Redd) Federal 78: 12119 (1953) Vogue (Fr.) 78: V 3360 Official (Dan.) LP 12": SING 1159 — Rare Blues Girls From King (1988) Body & Soul (Fr.) CD: 2929 — 50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz, Vol. 2 (2006)
d.	F 1087-1	In the Redd (Gene Redd) Federal 78: 12119 (1953) Vogue (Fr.) 78: V 3360

Valerie Carr (v) on c.

The Lord and King Label Discographies give December 14, 1952 as the date of this session while Bruyninckx indicates December 14, 1951. The Tony Williams Lucky Thompson discography gives November 14, 1951 for tracks c and d. The matrix numbers are possibly consistent with the 1952 date and Federal 12119 was issued in 1953. On the other hand, the personnel is identical to that from the above October or November 1951 Annisteen Allen session suggesting a more likely 1951 recording date. Valerie Carr's vocal on track c is described as a "vocal obbligato."

Date: August 14, 1953
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Harold Johnson (t), John Sanders (tb), Jimmy Powell (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Clarence Williams (bar), Joe Earl Knight (p), Beverly Peer (b), Percy Brice (d)

a.	W85038	Slow and Easy unissued
b.	W85039-A	Flamingo - 2:38 (Ted Grouya, Ed Anderson) Decca 78: 28871 (1953) MCA (Ger.) LP 12": 6.22185AK — The Heat's On: Jazz Lab, Vol. 16 (1975) MCA (Fr.) LP 12": 510182 — Jazz Stars No. 34 - Two Talking Tenors: Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson Ocium (Sp.) CD: OCM 0038 — Lucky Moments (2003) Proper (Eng.) CD: INTROCD 2072 — A Proper Introduction to Lucky Thompson: Just One More Chance (2004)
c.	W85040-A	Mambo In Blues - 2:53 (Lucky Thompson) MCA (Ger.) LP 12": 6.22185AK — The Heat's On: Jazz Lab, Vol. 16 (1975) MCA (Fr.) LP 12": 510182 — Jazz Stars No. 34 - Two Talking Tenors: Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson Ocium (Sp.) CD: OCM 0038 — Lucky Moments (2003) Proper (Eng.) CD: INTROCD 2072 — A Proper Introduction to Lucky Thompson: Just One More Chance (2004)
d.	W85041-A	The Scene Is Clean - 2:56 (Lucky Thompson) Decca 78: 28871 (1953) MCA (Ger.) LP 12": 6.22185AK — The Heat's On: Jazz Lab, Vol. 16 (1975) MCA (Fr.) LP 12": 510182 — Jazz Stars No. 34 - Two Talking Tenors: Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson Ocium (Sp.) CD: OCM 0038 — Lucky Moments (2003) Proper (Eng.) CD: INTROCD 2072 — A Proper Introduction to Lucky Thompson: Just One More Chance (2004)

This ensemble was Lucky Thompson and His Lucky Seven. Title d is a composition by Lucky Thompson and not the Tadd Dameron piece of the same name. Lucky Thompson solos on the issued tracks.

Date: March 2, 1954
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Gil Askey (t), George Matthews (tb), Curby Alexander (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Clarence Williams (bar), Al Williams (p), Beverly Peer (b), Percy Brice (d)

a.	W89531-A	The Night Hawk - 3:03 (Lucky Thompson) Decca 78: 29085 (1954)
b.	W89532-A	Little Boy Blow - 2:35 (Lucky Thompson) Decca 78: 29264 (1954)
c.	W89533-A	Moonlight In Vermont - 3:03 (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) Decca 78: 29264 (1954)
d.	W89534-A	Bunny - 2:30 (Lucky Thompson) Decca 78: 29085 (1954)
All titles on:		MCA (Ger.) LP 12": 6.22185AK — The Heat's On: Jazz Lab, Vol. 16 (1975) MCA (Fr.) LP 12": 510182 — Jazz Stars No. 34 - Two Talking Tenors: Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson Ocium (Sp.) CD: OCM 0038 — Lucky Moments (2003)

This is Lucky Thompson and His Lucky Seven. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: April 29, 1954
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Prestige

Miles Davis (ldr), Miles Davis (t), J. J. Johnson (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

a.	568	Blue 'n' Boogie - 8:16 (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) Prestige EP: EP 1358 — Miles Davis All Stars Franklin Mint LP 12": Vols. 25-28 — The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Great Jazz Inventors (1983) ► Prestige CD: PRCD-11004-2 — Bluing: Miles Davis Plays the Blues (1996)
b.	569	Walkin' (Gravy) - 13:25 (Jimmy Mundy, Richard Carpenter) Prestige 45: 45-157 Metronome (Swd.) EP: MEP 229 — Walkin' (1957) ► Prestige EP: EP 1357 — Miles Davis
Both titles on:		Prestige LP 10": PRLP 182 — Miles Davis All Star Sextet (1954) Esquire (Eng.) LP 10": 20-062 — Miles Davis All Star Sextet ► Prestige LP 12": PRLP 7076 — Miles Davis All Stars - Walkin' (1957)

Lucky Thompson solos memorably on both tracks.

Date: May 24, 1954
Location: NY
Label: Norgran

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal (t), Leon Comegys, J. J. Johnson, George Matthews (tb), George Dorsey, Hilton Jefferson (as), Hank Mobley, Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Ray Concepcion, Wade Legge (p), Lou Hackney, Robert Rodriguez (b), Charli Persip (d), Jose Mangual (bo), Candido Camero de Guerra, Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Ubaldo Nieto (tim)

a.	1711-4	Manteca - 4:10 (Dizzy Gillespie, Walter 'Gil' Fuller, Chano Pozo) / arr: Chico O'Farrill Verve LP 12": VSP 7/VSPS 7 — Night In Tunisia (1966) Verve (Fr.) LP 12": 2632 003 — Jazz History Vol. 3: Dizzy Gillespie (1972) ► Polydor (Eng.) LP 12": 657 104 — Night In Tunisia
b.	1712-4	Contraste - 2:45 (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill Disky (Du.) CD: 904364 — The Jazz Series (2006) Disky (Du.) CD: 903622 — Workin': His Greatest Tunes (2006) Universal (Eu.) CD: 0600753141342 — The Very Best of Jazz: Dizzy Gillespie (2008)
c.	1713-4	Jungla - 4:44 (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill
d.	1714-4/1715-2	Rhumba-Finale - 4:43 (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo, Chico O'Farrill) / arr: Chico O'Farrill
All titles on:		Norgran LP 12": MGN 1003 — Afro (1954) Verve LP 12": MGV 8191 — Afro (1957) ► Verve LP 12": MGV 8208 — Manteca (1958)

a, b, c, d performed as medley.

These four tracks constitute a suite, each section being a different variation on Manteca (which is called "Manteca Theme"). Lucky Thompson solos on track d. All discographies list a fifth title, "6/8", with a matrix number 1715-2 being issued on Norgran 1003 but inspection of that LP reveals no such track. The issued Rhumba Finale is actually a composite of 1714-4 (Rhumba Finale, Part 1, 3:12) and 1715-2 (Rhumba Finale, Part 2, a.k.a. 6/8, 1:29).

Date: June 2, 1954
Location: NY
Label: MGM

Terry Pollard, Clark Terry (ldr), Norma Carson, Clark Terry (t), Urbie Green (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Corky Hale (hrp), Terry Pollard (vib, p), Tal Farlow, Mary Osborne (g), Beryl Booker, Horace Silver (p), Percy Heath, Oscar Pettiford, Bonnie Wetzel (b), Kenny Clarke, Elaine Leighton (d)

a.	54-S-248	Cat Meets Chick - 3:29 (Jane Feather) MGM EP: X 4146 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks MGM LP 12": E 3611 — Forty Eight Stars of Jazz (1957) MGM (Jpn.) LP 12": MM 2084 — Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks Verve CD: 314 537 754-2 — Clark Terry (1997) Membran (Ger.) CD: 222976 — Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks (2006)
b.	54-S-249	Mamblues - 2:28 (Clark Terry) MGM EP: X 4146 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks MGM (Jpn.) LP 12": MM 2084 — Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks Verve CD: 314 537 754-2 — Clark Terry (1997) Membran (Ger.) CD: 222976 — Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks (2006)
c.	54-S-250	The Man I Love - 3:13 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) MGM EP: X 4147 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks MGM (Jpn.) LP 12": MM 2084 — Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks Verve CD: 314 537 754-2 — Clark Terry (1997) Membran (Ger.) CD: 222976 — Hot vs. Cool/Cats vs. Chicks (2006)
d.	54-S-251	Anything You Can Do - 4:50 (Irving Berlin) MGM EP: X 4147 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks Stash LP 12": ST 109 — Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective (1977) ► Stash LP 12": ST B001 — Forty Years of Women In Jazz (1981)
e.	54-S-252	The Man I Love - 3:40 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) MGM EP: X 4147 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks Stash LP 12": ST 111 — Women In Jazz: Volume 1 - All Women Groups (1987)
f.	54-S-253	Mamblues - 3:23 (Clark Terry) MGM EP: X 4146 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks Stash LP 12": ST 109 — Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective (1977) Stash LP 12": ST B001 — Forty Years of Women In Jazz (1981)
g.	54-S-254	Cat Meets Chick - 3:21 (Jane Feather) MGM EP: X 4146 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks Stash LP 12": ST 111 — Women In Jazz: Volume 1 - All Women Groups (1987)
All titles on:		MGM EP: X 255 (album) — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks MGM LP 10": E 255 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks (1954) MGM LP 12": E 3614 — Leonard Feather Presents Cats vs. Chicks (1957)

Terry Pollard (ldr) on e-g; (vib) on e-g; (p) on d; Clark Terry (ldr) on a-d; (t) on a-d; Norma Carson (t) on d-g; Urbie Green (tb) on a-d; Lucky Thompson (ts) on a-d; Corky Hale (hrp) on e-g; Tal Farlow (g) on a-d; Mary Osborne (g) on d-g; Beryl Booker (p) on e-g; Horace Silver (p) on a-d; Percy Heath (b) on c-d; Oscar Pettiford (b) on a-b; Bonnie Wetzel (b) on e-g; Kenny Clarke (d) on a-d; Elaine Leighton (d) on e-g.

Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a and c. Although Irving Berlin's melody is heard on track d, soloists employ the standard I Got Rhythm chord progression.

Date: September 15, 1954
Location: NY
Label: Norgran

a.	1980-3	Cool Eyes - 3:48 (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding) / arr: Buster Harding Karusell (Swd.) EP: KEP 278 Columbia (Eng.) EP: SEB 10075 — Dizzy Gillespie Norgran EP: EPN 114 — Dizzy Gillespie and Strings Official (Dan.) LP 12": 3056-2 — The Most Important Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1989) Official (Dan.) CD: 83056-2 — The Most Important Recordings of Dizzy Gillespie (1989)
b.	1981-1	Confusion - 4:41 (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding) / arr: Buster Harding Norgran EP: EPN 116 — Dizzy Gillespie and Strings Verve (Fr.) CD: 848 034-2 — Autour de Minuit: Dizzy Gillespie (1990) Verve CD: 314 510 088-2 — Jazz 'Round Midnight: Dizzy Gillespie (1990)
c.	1982-2	Pile Driver - 3:56 (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding) / arr: Buster Harding Karusell (Swd.) EP: KEP 278 Columbia (Eng.) EP: SEB 10075 — Dizzy Gillespie Norgran EP: EPN 114 — Dizzy Gillespie and Strings
d.	1983-2	Hob Nail Special - 2:52 (Dizzy Gillespie, Buster Harding) / arr: Buster Harding Karusell (Swd.) EP: KEP 278 Columbia (Eng.) EP: SEB 10075 — Dizzy Gillespie Norgran EP: EPN 114 — Dizzy Gillespie and Strings Metro (Fr.) LP 12": 2355 011 — Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11: Dizzy Gillespie Metro (Eu.) LP 12": 2356 013 — Jazz Spectrum Vol. 11: Dizzy Gillespie
All titles on:		Norgran LP 12": MGN 1023 — Dizzy and Strings (1955) Norgran LP 12": MGN 1090 — Diz Big Band (1956) ► Verve LP 12": MGV 8178 — Diz Big Band (1957)

Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a and c.

Date: ca. October 1954
Location: NY
Label: Urania

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Sidney Gross (g), Billy Taylor (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.		Tune For Tex - 6:25 (Billy Taylor)
b.		Where Or When - 6:24 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Jazztone LP 12": J-1254 — Jazz a la Mood (1957) Presto (Eng.) LP 12": PRE 657 — Jazz Greats (1964) Society (Eng.) LP 12": 992 — Jazz Greats
c.		Mr. E-Z - 8:05 (Jimmy Hamilton) Président (Fr.) EP: PRC 140 — Ever So Easy
d.		Kamman's A'Comin' - 13:13 (Oscar Pettiford) Jazztone LP 12": J-1251 — Modified Modern (1956)
e.		Ever So Easy - 7:33 (Billy Taylor, Lucky Thompson) Président (Fr.) EP: PRC 140 — Ever So Easy Jazztone LP 12": J-1251 — Modified Modern (1956)
All titles on:		Urania LP 12": UJLP-1206 — Accent On Tenor: Lucky Thompson (1955) Jazz Kings LP 12": JK 1206 — Accent On Tenor Saga (Eng.) LP 12": XIC 4001 — Accent On Tenor Sax Society (Eng.) LP 12": 920 — Lucky Thompson Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSCD-2001 — Accent On Tenor Sax (1991) Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 355 — Accent On Tenor Sax (2004)

Jimmy Hamilton (cl) on a, c-e; Sidney Gross (g) on a.

Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks. This was his first LP as a leader.

Date: ca. October 1954
Location: NY
Label: Urania

Jimmy Hamilton (ldr), Ernie Royal (t), Lucky Thompson (ts), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Sidney Gross (g), Joe Earl Knight (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.		Salute To Charlie Parker - 3:19 (Jimmy Hamilton) / arr: Jimmy Hamilton
b.		Mood Indigo - 4:18 (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) / arr: Jimmy Hamilton
c.		Easy To Love - 5:02 (Cole Porter) / arr: Jimmy Hamilton
d.		Prelude To a Mood - 3:35 (Jimmy Hamilton) / arr: Jimmy Hamilton
All titles on:		Urania LP 10": UJLP-1003 — Clarinet In Hi-Fi (1954) Urania LP 12": UJLP-1208 — Clarinet In Hi-Fi (1955) ► International Jazz Club LP 12": J 107 — Clarinet In Hi-Fi

Track d is incorrectly listed as "Prelude To a Kiss" on Urania 1003 and Jazz Kings 1208. Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a, c and d.

Date: ca. October 1954
Location: NY
Label: Urania

Jack Teagarden (ldr), Ruby Braff (t), Jack Teagarden (tb, v), Lucky Thompson (ts), Sol Yaged (cl), Sidney Gross (g), Kenny Kersey (p, cel), Milt Hinton (b), Denzil Best (d)

a.		Lover - 12:42 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1001 — Meet the New Jack Teagarden Volume I (1954) Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30CV1073 — Jack Teagarden Memorial (1998) ► Urania LP 12": UJLP-1205 — Accent On Trombone
b.		A Hundred Years From Today - 7:16 (Victor Young, Joe Young, Ned Washington) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1001 — Meet the New Jack Teagarden Volume I (1954) Jazztone LP 12": J-1254 — Jazz a la Mood (1957) ► Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30CV1073 — Jack Teagarden Memorial (1998)
c.		St. James Infirmary - 3:26 (Joe Primrose) Urania 78: 100 (1954) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1001 — Meet the New Jack Teagarden Volume I (1954) ► Jazztone LP 12": J-1254 — Jazz a la Mood (1957)
d.		After You've Gone - 7:14 (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1002 — The New Jack Teagarden Plays and Sings Volume II (1954) Presto (Eng.) LP 12": PRE 657 — Jazz Greats (1964) ► Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30CV1073 — Jack Teagarden Memorial (1998)
e.		Stars Fell On Alabama - 6:20 (Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1002 — The New Jack Teagarden Plays and Sings Volume II (1954) Jazztone LP 12": J-1254 — Jazz a la Mood (1957) ► Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30CV1073 — Jack Teagarden Memorial (1998)
f.		Blue and Esoteric - 6:49 (Sidney Gross) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1002 — The New Jack Teagarden Plays and Sings Volume II (1954) Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30CV1073 — Jack Teagarden Memorial (1998) ► Urania LP 12": UJLP-1205 — Accent On Trombone
g.		The Christmas Song - 3:01 (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) Urania 78: 100 (1954) Urania LP 10": UJLP-1002 — The New Jack Teagarden Plays and Sings Volume II (1954) Jass CD: J-CD-3 — Santa Claus Blues

Ruby Braff (t) on a-f; Lucky Thompson (ts) on a-f; Sol Yaged (cl) on a-f; Kenny Kersey (p) on a-f; (cel) on g; Jack Teagarden (v) on b-e, g.

Teagarden's trombone is the only horn heard on track g. Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a-f.

Date: December 7, 1954
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Prestige

King Pleasure (ldr), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Jimmy Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Joe Harris (d), Quincy Jones (dir), Jon Hendricks, Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure, The Three Riffs (v)

a.	659	Don't Get Scared (Don't Be Afraid) - 3:21 (Stan Getz, King Pleasure, Jon Hendricks) / arr: Quincy Jones Prestige 78: 913 (1955) Prestige 45: 45-124 ► Esquire (Eng.) EP: 157 — King Pleasure Sings
b.	660	I'm Gone - 3:33 (Quincy Jones, King Pleasure) / arr: Quincy Jones Prestige 78: 908 (1955) Prestige 45: 45-124 ► Metronome (Swd.) EP: MEP 442 — King Pleasure Sings (1958)
c.	661	You're Crying - 3:12 (Quincy Jones, Leonard Feather) / arr: Quincy Jones Prestige 78: 908 (1955) Decca CD: 751002 — Hollywoodland (2006) Jazz Beat (Sp.) CD: 526 — Jay & Kai (2008) Delta Music/Jazz Manifesto (Eng.) CD: 38301 — Go West, Man!/This Is How I Feel About Jazz (2009)
d.	662	Funk Junction - 3:07 (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones Prestige 78: 913 (1955) Jazz Beat (Sp.) CD: 526 — Jay & Kai (2008)
All titles on:		Prestige LP 12": PRLP 7586 — King Pleasure - Original Moody's Mood (1968) Prestige (Eng.) LP 12": PR 24017 — King Pleasure: The Source Prestige LP 12": P 24017 — King Pleasure: The Source Bellaphon (Ger.) LP 12": BLST 6529 — The Source Prestige CD: OJCCD-217-2 — King Pleasure Sings - Annie Ross Sings (1992)

Jon Hendricks (v) on a; Eddie Jefferson (v) on a-b; The Three Riffs (v) on b.

Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a, c and d.

Date: March 14, 1955
Location: NY
Label: Norgran

John Lewis (ldr), J. J. Johnson (tb), Gunther Schuller (frh), Stan Getz, Lucky Thompson (ts), Aaron Sachs, Tony Scott (cl), James Politis (f), Manuel Zegler (bsn), Janet Putnam (hrp), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d, tmp, tri)

a.	5000-6	The Queen's Fancy - 4:53 (John Lewis) / arr: Gunther Schuller HMV (Eng.) EP: 7EG 8647 — The Modern Jazz Society Norgran EP: EPN 140 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music ► Karusell (Swd.) EP: KEP 303 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music
b.	5001-4	Midsömmer - 8:44 (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis
c.	5002	Sun Dance - 3:20 (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis Verve (Du.) EP: EPV 5162 — Modern Jazz Society No. 2 American Recording Society (ARS) LP 12": G 432 — Jazz Looks Ahead (1957) Barclay (Fr.) LP 12": 3579 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music Cleopatra Master Classics Digital Download: — Essential Jazz Masters: John Lewis (2010)
d.	5003	Django - 7:58 (John Lewis) / arr: Gunther Schuller Verve (Du.) EP: EPV 5162 — Modern Jazz Society No. 2 Barclay (Fr.) LP 12": 3579 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music
e.	5004	Little David's Fugue - 5:32 (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis HMV (Eng.) EP: 7EG 8647 — The Modern Jazz Society Norgran EP: EPN 140 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music Karusell (Swd.) EP: KEP 303 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music Verve (Du.) EP: EPV 5018 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music American Recording Society (ARS) LP 12": G 432 — Jazz Looks Ahead (1957) Barclay (Fr.) LP 12": 3579 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music
All titles on:		Norgran LP 12": MGN 1040 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1955) Verve LP 12": MGV 8131 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1957) ► Verve LP 12": V 8131 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1961)

Stan Getz (ts) on a-b; Lucky Thompson (ts) on c-e; Aaron Sachs (cl) on c-e; Tony Scott (cl) on a-b; Connie Kay (tmp) on a-b; (tri) on b-c.

This ensemble was called "The Modern Jazz Society." Lucky Thompson solos on tracks c-e. The Verve CD reissue 314 559 827-2 includes three rehearsal takes which the liner notes indicate were recorded on this date; however, they were recorded on November 18, 1955 with a slightly different ensemble - see that session below.

Date: August 11, 1955
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Label: Vanguard

Jo Jones (ldr), Emmett Berry (t), Bennie Green (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Freddie Green (g), Count Basie, Nat Pierce (p), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (d)

a.	Take 1	Shoe Shine Boy - 5:51 (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) Pye (Eng.) EP: EPP 14006 — Jo Jones Special Amadeo/Vanguard (Aus.) LP 12": AVRS 9135 — Kreisler Meets Love Meets Jazz Vanguard CD: 79601-2 — The Basie Bunch: Too Marvelous For Words (1999) Douglas Music CD: 80469910122 — Jazz Memories: Music of the Jazz Masters (2006) Jazz Connections (Sp.) CD: JC 1007 — Complete 1952-1956 Count Basie Small Group Studio Recordings - Master Takes (2007) Noble Jazz/Edel (Ger.) CD: 0188832ERE — Greatest Works: Base [sic] & Drums (2008)
b.		Lover Man - 6:30 (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) Vanguard CD: 79601-2 — The Basie Bunch: Too Marvelous For Words (1999)
c.		Georgia Mae - 4:47 (Jo Jones) Vanguard CD: 79601-2 — The Basie Bunch: Too Marvelous For Words (1999)
d.		Lincoln Heights - 7:48 (Lucky Thompson, Jo Jones) Vanguard CD: 79603 — The Basie Bunch - Cool Too (1999)
e.		Embraceable You - 6:41 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Pye (Eng.) EP: EPP 14006 — Jo Jones Special Vanguard CD: 79603 — The Basie Bunch - Cool Too (1999) Vanguard CD: 79571 — City Nights: Jazz for the Evening (2000)
f.	Take 2	Shoe Shine Boy - 5:16 (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) Jazz Connections (Sp.) CD: JC 1007 — Complete 1952-1956 Count Basie Small Group Studio Recordings - Master Takes (2007)
All titles on:		Vanguard LP 12": VRS 8503 — Jo Jones Special (1955) Jazztone LP 12": J-1242 — Jo Jones Special (1956) ► Vanguard LP 12": VSD 101/102 — The Essential Jo Jones (1977)

Count Basie (p) on a, f; Nat Pierce (p) on b-e.

This recording was part of the Jazz Showcase Series under the direction of John Hammond and was recorded in a church. The track "Caravan," which appears on most issues, was recorded at a different session and did not involve Lucky Thompson. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: August 12, 1955
Location: Mercury Sound Studio, NY
Label: EmArcy

Jimmy Cleveland (ldr), Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Barry Galbraith (g), John Williams (p), Paul Chambers (b), Max Roach (d)

a.	11997-10	Hear Ye! Hear Ye! - 5:47 (Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland) / arr: Quincy Jones
b.	11998-8	You Don't Know What Love Is - 4:57 (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy EP: EP1-6534
c.	11999-9	Little Beaver - 7:40 (Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy LP 12": MG 36085 — The Young Ones of Jazz (1956) Verve (Du.) LP 12": 840 037-1 — Jazz Club: Bass Verve (Du.) CD: 840 037-2 — Jazz Club: Bass (1989)
All titles on:		EmArcy LP 12": MG 36066 — Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1956) Speaker's Corner (Ger.) LP 12": MG 36066 (180 g) — Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (2007) ► Trip LP 12": TLP 5575 — Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars

Barry Galbraith (g) on b-c.

Lucky Thompson solos on all 3 tracks.

Date: November 18, 1955
Location: NY
Label: [private recording]

John Lewis (ldr), J. J. Johnson (tb), Gunther Schuller (frh), Lucky Thompson (ts), Tony Scott (cl), James Politis (f), Loren Glickman (bsn), Janet Putnam (hrp), Milt Jackson (vib), John Lewis (p), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d, tmp, tri)

a.	reh	Sketch One (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis unissued
b.	reh	Angel Eyes (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) unissued
c.	reh	Where Or When (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) unissued
d.	reh	Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) unissued
e.	reh	Buzzy (Charlie Parker) unissued
f.	reh	Twelve By Eleven (Gunther Schuller) / arr: Gunther Schuller unissued
g.	reh	Twelve By Eleven (Gunther Schuller) / arr: Gunther Schuller unissued
h.	reh	Django (John Lewis) / arr: Gunther Schuller unissued
i.	bd	Little David's Fugue (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis unissued
j.	reh	Sun Dance (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis unissued
k.	reh	The Queen's Fancy - 2:53 (John Lewis) / arr: Gunther Schuller Verve CD: 314 559 827-2 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1999)
l.	reh	Midsömmer - 9:12 (John Lewis) / arr: John Lewis Verve CD: 314 559 827-2 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1999)
m.	reh	Turnpike - 5:08 (J. J. Johnson) / arr: John Lewis Verve CD: 314 559 827-2 — The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (1999)

b, c, d performed as medley.

J. J. Johnson (tb) on a, d-j, l-m; Gunther Schuller (frh) on f-m; Lucky Thompson (ts) on a, c, e-m; Tony Scott (cl) on a-b, e-m; James Politis (f) on f-m; Loren Glickman (bsn) on f-m; Janet Putnam (hrp) on f-m; Milt Jackson (vib) on f-h; John Lewis (p) on a-h, k; Connie Kay (tmp) on k-m; (tri) on j, l.

This is a rehearsal for a concert held the following day (November 19, 1955) at Town Hall in New York City. The concert itself, which featured the Modern Jazz Quartet as well as the Modern Jazz Society ensemble, was not recorded. The personnel and track information were generously provided by George Schuller and Michael Fitzgerald (the latter also responsible for the discovery that tracks k-m were really recorded on this date and NOT on March 14, 1955 as indicated in the liner notes to Verve CD 314 559 827-2). George Schuller reports that although this was a rehearsal, the tracks are complete performances with the exception of i which has a breakdown during Tony Scott's solo.

On the ballad medley, track b features Tony Scott, track c features Lucky Thompson and track d features J.J. Johnson. Milt Jackson only appears on tracks f-h.

Date: November 19 or 22, 1955
Location: Mercury Sound Studio, NY
Label: EmArcy

Jimmy Cleveland (ldr), Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Cecil Payne (bar), Barry Galbraith (g), Hank Jones (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.	12310-20	My One and Only Love - 4:01 (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) / arr: Quincy Jones
b.	12311-4	Our Love Is Here To Stay - 3:29 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Quincy Jones Verve (Du.) LP 12": 840 040-1 — Jazz Club: Trombone Verve (Du.) CD: 840 040-2 — Jazz Club: Trombone (1989) Verve CD: 314 525 361-2 — The Gershwin Songbook: 'S Paradise (1995) Spectrum (Eng.) CD: 552 646-2 — Someone to Watch Over Me: The Classic Songs of George and Ira Gershwin (1997) Le Chant du Monde (Fr.) CD: 5741421/30 — Les Trésors du Jazz 1955 (2006)
c.	12312-4	Vixen - 4:26 (Leonard Feather) / arr: Quincy Jones
d.	12313-2	Count 'Em - 6:33 (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy EP: EP1-6534
e.	12314-5	Bone Brother - 5:36 (Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland) / arr: Quincy Jones
All titles on:		EmArcy LP 12": MG 36066 — Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1956) Speaker's Corner (Ger.) LP 12": MG 36066 (180 g) — Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (2007) ► Trip LP 12": TLP 5575 — Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars

Barry Galbraith (g) on a-d.

Lucky Thompson solos on tracks d and e.

Date: January 5, 1956
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Milt Jackson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), Wade Legge (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

a.	69116	Come Rain Or Come Shine - 5:38 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) Savoy LP 12": MG 12042 — Roll 'Em Bags (1956) Savoy/Musidisc (Fr.) LP 12": SA 6020 — Milt Jackson - Ballads ► BYG (Fr.) LP 12": 529109 — Roll 'Em Bags
b.	69117	They Can't Take That Away From Me - 6:39 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Savoy LP 12": MG 12061 — Meet Milt Jackson (1956) Savoy/Musidisc (Fr.) LP 12": SA 6020 — Milt Jackson - Ballads ► Savoy (Jpn.) CD: SV 0172 — Meet Milt Jackson (1992)
c.	69118	Wild Man - 5:40 (Kenny Clarke) Savoy LP 12": MG 12042 — Roll 'Em Bags (1956) Savoy/Musidisc (Fr.) LP 12": SA 6021 — Milt Jackson - Lucky Thompson ► BYG (Fr.) LP 12": 529109 — Roll 'Em Bags
d.	69119	Soulful - 7:31 (Milt Jackson) Savoy LP 12": MG 12061 — Meet Milt Jackson (1956) Savoy/Musidisc (Fr.) LP 12": SA 6021 — Milt Jackson - Lucky Thompson ► Savoy (Jpn.) CD: SV 0172 — Meet Milt Jackson (1992)
e.	69120	Fred's Mood - 6:26 (Milt Jackson) Savoy LP 12": MG 12042 — Roll 'Em Bags (1956) Savoy/Musidisc (Fr.) LP 12": SA 6021 — Milt Jackson - Lucky Thompson ► BYG (Fr.) LP 12": 529109 — Roll 'Em Bags
f.	69121	Flamingo - 3:41 (Ted Grouya, Ed Anderson) Savoy LP 12": MG 12061 — Meet Milt Jackson (1956) Savoy/Musidisc (Fr.) LP 12": SA 6020 — Milt Jackson - Ballads ► Savoy (Jpn.) CD: SV 0172 — Meet Milt Jackson (1992)
All titles on:		Savoy LP 12": SJL 2204 — Second Nature (1976) Dischi Ricordi (It.) LP 12": ASJL 2204 — Second Nature ► Electrola (Fr.) LP 12": 2C162.99005/6 — Second Nature

CD SV-0110 gives Milt Jackson as the composer of track c but LP SJL 2204 lists the composer of this tune as Kenny Clarke. U.S. Copyright Office records support Clarke being the legal composer. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: January 17, 1956
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Milt Jackson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), Clifton 'Skeeter' Best (g), John Lewis (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

a.	1828	Hello - 3:40 (Milt Jackson)
b.	1829	Bright Blues - 6:11 (Milt Jackson) Metronome (Swd.) EP: MEP 272 — Ballads and Blues (1957) Collectables CD: COL-CD-6257 — Ballads and Blues/Bags and Flutes (1999) Proper (Eng.) CD: Box 126 — Bags of Soul (2007) Collectables CD: COL-1163 — Only the Best of Milt Jackson (2009)
c.	1830	How High the Moon - 6:12 (William Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) Atlantic EP: EP 601 — Ballads and Blues Atlantic LP 12": SD 2-319 — The Art of Milt Jackson (1975) ► Warner Bros. (Fr.) CD: 34535-2 — Roi Incontesté du Vibraphone (1996)
All titles on:		Atlantic LP 12": 1242 — Ballads and Blues (1956) London (Eng.) LP 12": LTZ K15064 — Ballads and Blues ► Atlantic (Eng.) LP 12": K 50727 — Ballads and Blues

Lucky Thompson solos on all 3 tracks.

Date: January 23, 1956
Location: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Label: Savoy

Milt Jackson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), Hank Jones (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

a.	69122	Lover - 7:45 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Savoy LP 12": MG 12070 — The Jazz Skyline (1956) Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJC 410 — The Jazz Skyline (1984) ► Savoy (Ger.) LP 12": WL 70821 — The Jazz Skyline (1986)
b.	69123	Can't Help Lovin' That Man - 4:35 (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) Savoy LP 12": MG 12070 — The Jazz Skyline (1956) Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJC 410 — The Jazz Skyline (1984) ► Savoy (Ger.) LP 12": WL 70821 — The Jazz Skyline (1986)
c.	69124	The Lady Is a Tramp - 7:18 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Savoy LP 12": MG 12070 — The Jazz Skyline (1956) Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJC 410 — The Jazz Skyline (1984) ► Savoy (Ger.) LP 12": WL 70821 — The Jazz Skyline (1986)
d.	69125	Angel Face - 6:38 (Abbey Lincoln, Hank Jones) Savoy LP 12": MG 12070 — The Jazz Skyline (1956) Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJC 410 — The Jazz Skyline (1984) ► Savoy (Ger.) LP 12": WL 70821 — The Jazz Skyline (1986)
e.	69126	Sometimes I'm Happy - 7:15 (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) Savoy LP 12": MG 12070 — The Jazz Skyline (1956) Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJC 410 — The Jazz Skyline (1984) ► Savoy (Ger.) LP 12": WL 70821 — The Jazz Skyline (1986)
f.	69127	What's New - 3:51 (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) Savoy LP 12": MG 12070 — The Jazz Skyline (1956) Savoy Jazz LP 12": SJC 410 — The Jazz Skyline (1984) ► Savoy (Ger.) LP 12": WL 70821 — The Jazz Skyline (1986)
g.	69128	Now's The Time - 8:16 (Charlie Parker) Savoy (Eng.) 45: 45-4521 Savoy LP 12": MG 12080 — Jackson's-Ville (1956) ► Savoy (Jpn.) LP 12": WAJ 50038 — Jackson's-Ville
h.	69129	In a Sentimental Mood - 6:43 (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) Savoy LP 12": MG 12080 — Jackson's-Ville (1956) Savoy (Jpn.) LP 12": WAJ 50038 — Jackson's-Ville ► Eros (Eng.) LP 12": ERL 50058 — Jackson's-Ville
i.	69130	Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) Savoy LP 12": MG 12080 — Jackson's-Ville (1956) BYG (Fr.) LP 12": 529606 — History of Jazz, Vol. 6 ► Savoy (Jpn.) LP 12": WAJ 50038 — Jackson's-Ville
j.	69131	Azure (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) Savoy LP 12": MG 12080 — Jackson's-Ville (1956) Savoy (Jpn.) LP 12": WAJ 50038 — Jackson's-Ville ► Eros (Eng.) LP 12": ERL 50058 — Jackson's-Ville
k.	69132	Minor Conception - 8:36 (Milt Jackson) Savoy LP 12": MG 12080 — Jackson's-Ville (1956) Savoy (Jpn.) LP 12": WAJ 50038 — Jackson's-Ville ► Eros (Eng.) LP 12": ERL 50058 — Jackson's-Ville
l.	69133	Soul In 3/4 - 6:40 (Milt Jackson) Savoy (Eng.) 45: 45-4521 Savoy LP 12": MG 12080 — Jackson's-Ville (1956) ► Savoy (Jpn.) LP 12": WAJ 50038 — Jackson's-Ville
All titles on:		Savoy LP 12": SJL 2204 — Second Nature (1976) Dischi Ricordi (It.) LP 12": ASJL 2204 — Second Nature Electrola (Fr.) LP 12": 2C162.99005/6 — Second Nature Electrola (Ger.) LP 12": 1C148.99005/6 — Second Nature Savoy Jazz CD: 650149 — Second Nature Vogue (Fr.) CD: VG 655.650149 — Second Nature

h, i, j performed as medley.

Lucky Thompson (ts) on a, c-e, g, i, k-l; Milt Jackson (vib) on a-e, g-h, k-l.

Tracks h-j comprise a medley of 6:43. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks except h and j.

Date: January 24, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Clifton 'Skeeter' Best (g), Oscar Pettiford (b)

a.	5070	Bo-Bi My Boy - 3:54 (Lucky Thompson)
b.	5071	OP Meets LT - 3:49 (Lucky Thompson, Oscar Pettiford)
c.	5072	Tricotism (Tricrotism) - 4:32 (Oscar Pettiford) Impulse LP 12": ASY 9284/3 — The Bass (1974) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings CD: SMIT 740820 — Jazz: The Smithsonian Anthology (2011)
d.	5089	Body and Soul - 4:29 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) Douglas Music CD: 80469910122 — Jazz Memories: Music of the Jazz Masters (2006)
All titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 111 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 1 (1956) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1037 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford (1984)

In the ABC-Paramount ledger, track d is called "Deep Passion" and assigned matrix no. 5073. Apparently these titles were mistakenly interchanged. I am showing the matrix numbers associated with the title as listed in the label's ledger even though they are then out of order in this and the following session. See also the comments for the session below of January 30, 1956.

Date: January 30, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Hank Jones (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.	5086	Old Reliable - 4:01 (Lucky Thompson) Karusell (Swd.) EP: KSEP 3048 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford
b.	5087	Translation - 4:00 (Lucky Thompson) Karusell (Swd.) EP: KSEP 3048 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford
c.	5088	Tom-Kattin' - 4:58 (Lucky Thompson)
d.	5073	Deep Passion - 5:09 (Lucky Thompson)
All titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 111 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 1 (1956) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1037 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford (1984)

Jimmy Cleveland (tb) on a-c.

Jimmy Cleveland is listed as "Jim Whatsmyname" on the original LP issue, ABC 111, on Jasmine 1037 and probably other issues that I have not examined as well.

Regarding the matrix number assignment for track d, see the notes for the previous session (Jan. 24, 1956).

Track d is the same song as "Deep Passion" recorded on June 11, 1956 by the Oscar Pettiford Orchestra (see that session below). On ABC 111, this track is listed as "Deep Passion" (LP side one, track 3) and "Body and Soul" is listed as "A Lady's Vanity" on the LP jacket but "Body and Soul" on the disc label (LP side 2, track 3). On Jasmine 1037, "Deep Passion" is listed as "A Lady's Vanity" (LP side 1, track 3) and "Body and Soul" is listed as that (LP side 2, track 3).

On the CD reissue Impulse GRD-135, "Body and Soul" is listed as "Deep Passion" (track 4 on the CD) and "Deep Passion" is listed as "A Lady's Vanity" (track 8 on the CD). Hans Jensen reports the following additional variations on other issues:
Impulse ASH-9307/2 - "A Lady's Vanity" is "Body and Soul"; "Deep Passion" is really that.
Impulse (Ger.) GRP 11352: "Deep Passion" is "Body and Soul"; "A Lady's Vanity" is "Deep Passion."
HMV Jazz (Eng.) CLP 1237 - "A Lady's Vanity" is "Deep Passion"; "Body and Soul" is really that.

So there is considerable confusion regarding these song title assignments. What is "A Lady's Vanity"? It could either be Thompson's title for his improvisations on "Body and Soul" (the melody of that classic song is never really stated in the January 24, 1956 trio performance) or it could be an earlier title for the song "Deep Passion." But it is also possible that "A Lady's Vanity" is a separate, unrecorded or unissued Lucky Thompson composition the title of which mistakenly found its way to these sessions.

Date: February 14, 1956
Location: Fine Sound, NY
Label: Verve

Dizzy Gillespie (ldr), Dizzy Gillespie, Ermet Perry, Ernie Royal, Idrees Sulieman (t), Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak (tb), Jerome Richardson (as, f), Sahib Shihab (as), Lucky Thompson, Ernie Wilkins (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Wade Legge (p), Nelson Boyd (b), Charli Persip (d)

a.	2773-4	Doodlin' - 3:00 (Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks) / arr: Quincy Jones, Ernie Wilkins
b.	2774-4	Sometimes I'm Happy - 2:54 (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c.	2775-3	Jessica's Day - 4:22 (Quincy Jones) / arr: Billy Byers, Quincy Jones
All titles on:		American Recording Society (ARS) LP 12": G 423 — Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band Jazz (1956)

Jerome Richardson (f) on c.

"Jessica's Day" is called "Quincy's Tune" on ARS G 423. Discographies indicate that these titles are also found on ARS G 405 but that is not the case. Lucky Thompson solos on tracks b and c. According to Norman Granz files, Matrix no. 2772 was not used, Quincy Jones arranged track a and both Jones and Billy Byers contributed to the arrangement of track c. The arrangements of tracks a and c are very close to but not identical with those recorded on June 6, 1956 and issued on Dizzy Gillespie World Statesman (Norgran MGN 1084). On the June session, the arrangement of Doodlin' is credited to Ernie Wilkins and that of Jessica's Day to Jones.

Date: February 22, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.)

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Emmett Berry (t), Lucky Thompson (ts), Henri Renaud (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	LD488a	Thin Ice - 4:49 (Lucky Thompson) Ducretet-Thomson (Eng.) LP 10": D 93098 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) LP 10": 250V024 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985)
b.	alt	Thin Ice - 5:56 (Lucky Thompson)
c.	LD488c	A Minor Delight - 2:47 (Lucky Thompson) Ducretet-Thomson (Eng.) LP 10": D 93098 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) LP 10": 250V024 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985)
d.	LD489a	Takin' Care 'o Business (Takin' Care 'n Business) - 4:18 (Lucky Thompson, Emmett Berry) Ducretet-Thomson (Eng.) LP 10": D 93098 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) LP 10": 250V024 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985)
e.	alt	Takin' Care 'o Business (Takin' Care 'n Business) - 4:03 (Lucky Thompson, Emmett Berry)
f.	LD489b	Sophisticated Lady - 6:20 (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) EP: 460V219 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Eng.) LP 10": D 93098 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) LP 10": 250V024 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985)
g.	LD489b	These Foolish Things (Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell) Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) EP: 460V219 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Eng.) LP 10": D 93098 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) LP 10": 250V024 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985)
h.	LD489c	One Cool Night - 3:43 (Lucky Thompson, Emmett Berry) Ducretet-Thomson (Eng.) LP 10": D 93098 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Ducretet-Thomson (Fr.) LP 10": 250V024 — Thompson Plays for Thomson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985)
i.	alt	One Cool Night - 3:51 (Lucky Thompson, Emmett Berry)
All titles on:		JazzTime (Fr.) CD: 8272172 — Good Luck in Paris (1956) (1993) EMI (Fr.) CD: 7243 5 39651 2 9 — Lucky Thompson: Americans Swinging in Paris - Nothing But the Soul (2002)

f, g performed as medley.

Emmett Berry (t) on c-e, g-i; Henri Renaud (p) on c-i.

Another title, "Blues for Frank," was recorded at this session but Lucky Thompson does not perform on it. Part of this session may have been recorded on February 21, 1956. Tracks f and g constitute a ballad medley of 6:20 in duration.

Date: March 5, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club Francais du Disque (Fr.)

Fred Gérard, Roger Guerin (t), Benny Vasseur (tb), Teddy Hameline (as), Jean-Louis Chautemps, Lucky Thompson (ts), William Boucaya (bar), Henri Renaud (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Roger Paraboschi (d)

a.		Souscription - 4:36 (Henri Renaud)
b.		Marcel Le Fourreur (Marcel the Furrier) - 3:39 (Henri Renaud) EmArcy CD: 06024 9812565 — Jazz In Paris: Saint-Germain-Des-Prés (2005)
c.		G et B (G and B) - 4:15 (Henri Renaud)
All titles on:		Royale (Fr.) LP 12": LD 4003 — Lucky Thompson in Paris 1956, Vol. 1 Club Francais du Disque (Fr.) LP 12": LP 66 — Modern Jazz Group Verve Gitanes CD: 159 823-2 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2001) Universal (Jpn.) CD: UCCM 3042 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2002) Universal (Fr.) CD: 5325719 — Modern Jazz Group (2010) EmArcy CD: 956450 — Modern Jazz Group (2011)

This ensemble was called Modern Jazz Group. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: March 7, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club Francais du Disque (Fr.)

Fred Gérard, Roger Guerin (t), Benny Vasseur (tb), Teddy Hameline (as), Jean-Louis Chautemps, Lucky Thompson (ts), William Boucaya (bar), Henri Renaud (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Roger Paraboschi (d)

a.		Influence - 4:04 (Henri Renaud) Royale (Fr.) LP 12": LD 4003 — Lucky Thompson in Paris 1956, Vol. 1 Club Francais du Disque (Fr.) LP 12": LP 66 — Modern Jazz Group Verve Gitanes CD: 159 823-2 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2001) Universal (Jpn.) CD: UCCM 3042 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2002) Universal (Fr.) CD: 5325719 — Modern Jazz Group (2010) EmArcy CD: 956450 — Modern Jazz Group (2011)
b.		Piano Mecca unissued
c.		Meet Quincy Jones - 3:49 (Henri Renaud) Royale (Fr.) LP 12": LD 4003 — Lucky Thompson in Paris 1956, Vol. 1 Club Francais du Disque (Fr.) LP 12": LP 66 — Modern Jazz Group Verve Gitanes CD: 159 823-2 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2001) Universal (Jpn.) CD: UCCM 3042 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2002) Universal (Fr.) CD: 5325719 — Modern Jazz Group (2010) EmArcy CD: 956450 — Modern Jazz Group (2011)

This ensemble was called Modern Jazz Group. Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a and c.

Date: March 7, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club Francais du Disque (Fr.)

Lucky Thompson (ts), Henri Renaud (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Roger Paraboschi (d)

a.		The Man I Love - 4:40 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
b.		There's No You - 4:43 (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair)
c.		Gone With the Wind - 2:59 (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson)
d.		Tight Squeeze - 2:40 (Lucky Thompson)
All titles on:		Royale (Fr.) LP 12": LD 4003 — Lucky Thompson in Paris 1956, Vol. 1 Club Francais du Disque (Fr.) LP 12": LP 66 — Modern Jazz Group Verve Gitanes CD: 159 823-2 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2001) Universal (Jpn.) CD: UCCM 3042 — Jazz in Paris No. 28: Lucky Thompson - Modern Jazz Group (2002) Universal (Fr.) CD: 5325719 — Modern Jazz Group (2010) EmArcy CD: 956450 — Modern Jazz Group (2011)

The drummer may be Christian Garros or Dave Pochonet. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: March 14, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Swing (Fr.)

Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet, Lucky Thompson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Michel Hausser (vib), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	56V5658	You Go To My Head - 4:54 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
b.	56V5659	Undecided - 4:22 (Charlie Shavers, Sid Robin) Mode (Fr.) LP 12": 509.172 — Les Grande Succès du Jazz Le Chant du Monde (Fr.) CD: 5741471/80 — Les Trésors du Jazz 1956 (2007) Le Chant du Monde (Fr.) CD: 5741551/60 — L'Histoire du Saxophone du Jazz 1923-1956 (2007)
c.	56V5660	Don't Blame Me - 4:48 (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) RCA Victor (Ger.) CD: 2169 653-2 — Planet Jazz: Jazz Saxophone (1999)
d.	56V5661	Our Love Is Here To Stay - 3:49 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4558 — Lucky Thompson
e.	56V5662	But Not For Me - 2:44 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Vogue (Eng.) 78: V 2388 (1956) Vogue (Eng.) EP: EPV 1150 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4564 — Lucky Thompson Sextet
f.	56V5663	Indian Summer - 4:05 (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) Vogue (Fr.) EP: EPV 1152 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956)
All titles on:		Dawn LP 12": DLP 1113 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Quartet (1957) Biograph LP 12": BLP 12061 — Lullaby In Rhythm (1979) ► Inner City LP 12": IC 7016 — Lucky Thompson (1980)

Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: March 19, 1956
Location: La Cave de L'Escholier-ten-Noodois, Brussels, Belgium
Label: [radio broadcast]

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Eddie Busnello (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Johnny Hot (p), Jean Warland (b), Léon 'Bodash' Demeuldre (d)

a.		Thin Ice - 5:35 (Lucky Thompson)
b.		You Go To My Head - 5:54 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
c.		Takin' Care 'o Business (Takin' Care 'n Business) - 6:38 (Lucky Thompson, Emmett Berry)
d.		Cherokee - 4:10 (Ray Noble)
e.		Fine and Dandy - 12:10 (Kay Swift, Paul James)
f.		A Foggy Day - 3:45 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g.		Sophisticated Lady - 5:30 (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)
All titles unissued.

Eddie Busnello (as) on a-c, f; Johnny Hot (p) on a-c, e-g; Léon 'Bodash' Demeuldre (d) on a-c, e-g.

The information on this session comes from discographer Bob Weir.

Date: March 24, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Swing (Fr.)

Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet, Lucky Thompson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Michel Hausser (vib), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Martial Solal (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	56V5672	Tenderly - 3:38 (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) Vogue (Fr.) EP: EPV 1152 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4564 — Lucky Thompson Sextet
b.	56V5673	I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 3:38 (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) Vogue (Eng.) EP: EPV 1150 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4558 — Lucky Thompson Mode (Fr.) LP 12": 509.172 — Les Grande Succès du Jazz Mode (Fr.) LP 12": CMDINT 9517 — Tenor Sax Vogue (Fr.) CD: 74321 64912 2 — The Vogue Years
c.	56V5674	East Of the Sun - 3:08 (Brooks Bowman) Vogue (Eng.) 78: V 2388 (1956) Vogue (Fr.) EP: EPV 1152 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4558 — Lucky Thompson
d.	56V5675	I Cover the Waterfront - 3:24 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) Vogue (Fr.) EP: EPV 1152 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4558 — Lucky Thompson
e.	56V5676	My Funny Valentine - 4:14 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) Vogue (Eng.) EP: EPV 1150 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4564 — Lucky Thompson Sextet
f.	56V5677	Lullaby In Rhythm - 3:24 (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Profit) Vogue (Eng.) EP: EPV 1150 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Orchestra (1956) Jazz Selection (Swd.) EP: JEP 4564 — Lucky Thompson Sextet
All titles on:		Dawn LP 12": DLP 1113 — Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and His Quartet (1957) Biograph LP 12": BLP 12061 — Lullaby In Rhythm (1979) ► Inner City LP 12": IC 7016 — Lucky Thompson (1980)

The recording date comes from the Weir discography. Some discographies indicate March 2 or 12 for this session. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: March 27, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Columbia (Fr.)

Jean-Pierre Sasson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Paul Rovére (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.		You Are My Dream - 5:09 (Jean-Pierre Sasson)
b.		Lucky Strikes - 2:49 (Jean-Pierre Sasson)
c.		My Love Supreme - 2:21 (Jean-Pierre Sasson)
All titles on:		Columbia (Fr.) EP: ESDF 1105 — Jean-Pierre Sasson Quartet (1956) Columbia (Eng.) EP: SEG 7696 — Jean-Pierre Sasson Plays with Lucky Thompson JazzTime (Fr.) CD: 8272172 — Good Luck in Paris (1956) (1993) EMI (Fr.) CD: 7243 5 39651 2 9 — Lucky Thompson: Americans Swinging in Paris - Nothing But the Soul (2002)

Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: March 29, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Swing (Fr.)

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Fernand Verstraete (t), André Paquinet (tb), Jo Hrasko (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Marcel Hrasko (bar), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	56V5747	Once Upon a Time - 2:50 (Lucky Thompson) Vogue (Fr.) LP 12": LD 433-30 — J'aime Danser - Sur le Jazz
b.	56V5748	A Distant Sound - 2:58 (Lucky Thompson)
c.	56V5749	A Sunkissed Rose - 3:32 (Lucky Thompson)
d.	56V5750	Portrait of Django - 3:43 (Rene Louis Lafforgue, Jean-Pierre Sasson)
e.	56V5751	Brown Rose (Theme For a Brown Rose) - 3:07 (Gérard Pochonet)
f.	56V5752	Still Waters - 3:00 (Lucky Thompson) Vogue (Fr.) LP 12": LD 433-30 — J'aime Danser - Sur le Jazz
All titles on:		Transition LP 12": TRLP 21 — Lucky Strikes! (1956) Xanadu LP 12": 204 — Brown Rose (1985) ► Vogue (Jpn.) LP 12": YX 2025 — Lucky Strikes!

Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: April 5, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Columbia (Fr.)

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Guy Lafitte, Lucky Thompson (ts), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Roger Paraboschi (d)

a.	7XCL5373	Passin' Time - 3:57 (Lucky Thompson) Columbia (Fr.) EP: ESDF 1109 — Lucky Thompson avec Guy Lafitte No. 1 (1956)
b.	7XCL5374	Nothin' But the Soul - 4:47 (Lucky Thompson) Columbia (Fr.) EP: ESDF 1110 — Lucky Thompson avec Guy Lafitte No. 2 (1956)
c.	7XCL5375	Why Weep? - 4:22 (Lucky Thompson) Columbia (Fr.) EP: ESDF 1110 — Lucky Thompson avec Guy Lafitte No. 2 (1956)
d.	7XCL5376	To a Mornin' Sunrise - 5:17 (Lucky Thompson) Columbia (Fr.) EP: ESDF 1109 — Lucky Thompson avec Guy Lafitte No. 1 (1956)
All titles on:		Columbia (Fr.) LP 10": FP 1083 — Compositions of Lucky Thompson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985) JazzTime (Fr.) CD: 8272172 — Good Luck in Paris (1956) (1993) EMI (Fr.) CD: 7243 5 39651 2 9 — Lucky Thompson: Americans Swinging in Paris - Nothing But the Soul (2002)

Guy Lafitte (ts) on a-c.

Lucky Thompson is the first tenor saxophone soloist on tracks a-c.

Date: April 16, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club Francais du Disque (Fr.)

Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet, Lucky Thompson (ldr), Charles Verstraete (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Michel de Villers (bar), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.		Fascinating Blues - 3:58 (Jean-Pierre Sasson)
b.		Lullaby Of the Leaves - 3:56 (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) Verve Gitanes CD: 984 348-8 — Jazz In Paris: The 100's Most Beautiful Melodies (2007)
c.		Let's Try Again - 6:26 (Michel de Villers)
d.		Stewin' Up a Wig - 3:54 (Gérard Pochonet) EmArcy CD: 06024 9812561 — Jazz In Paris: Rive Gauche, Rive Droite (2005) Stardust/Cleopatra Digital Download: — Jazz Masters In Paris (2008)
All titles on:		Royale (Fr.) LP 12": LD 4004 — Lucky Thompson in Paris 1956, Vol. 2 (1989) Club Francais du Disque (Fr.) LP 12": LP 84 — Club Session No. 4 Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30 JA 5215 — Lucky Thompson: Paris 1956 with Dave Pochonet All Stars Verve Gitanes CD: 016 496-2 — Jazz in Paris No. 73: Lucky Thompson with Dave Pochonet All Stars (2001)

Charles Verstraete (tb) on a, c-d; Michel de Villers (bar) on a, c-d; Jean-Pierre Sasson (g) on a, c-d.

Track b features Thompson and only the rhythm section. He solos on all tracks.

Date: April 17, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Swing (Fr.)

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Christian Bellest (t), Charles Verstraete (tb), Jo Hrasko (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Marcel Hrasko (bar), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	56V5774	Quick As a Flash - 2:40 (Lucky Thompson) Pop (Fr.) LP 10": CBM 60.010 — Jazz Pour Vous 2: Blues Moderne Vogue (Fr.) LP 12": LD 433-30 — J'aime Danser - Sur le Jazz Prevue CD: PR 1 — The Jazz World of Don Schlitten (1998)
b.	56V5775	The Parisian Knights (Parisian Knight) - 2:12 (Lucky Thompson) Mode (Fr.) LP 12": CMDINT 9841 — Les Grands Jazzmen Jouent Paris
c.	56V5776	Street Scene - 2:58 (Lucky Thompson)
d.	56V5777	Angel Eyes - 3:15 (Lucky Thompson) Vogue (Fr.) CD: 09026 68217 2 — Disques Vogue In Paris Highlights (1995)
e.	56V5778	To You Dear One - 3:12 (Lucky Thompson)
f.	56V5779	But Not For Tonight - 4:00 (Lucky Thompson, Gérard Pochonet)
All titles on:		Transition LP 12": TRLP 21 — Lucky Strikes! (1956) Xanadu LP 12": 204 — Brown Rose (1985) ► Vogue (Jpn.) LP 12": YX 2025 — Lucky Strikes!

Most sources (with the notable exception of Kurt Mohr's 1956 Paris discography of Lucky Thompson [The Discophile, no. 48, June 1956]) list Jean-Pierre Sasson as present on this session. No guitar is audible on any of the tracks. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: April 18, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club des Amateurs du Disque (C.A.D.) (Fr.)

Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet, Lucky Thompson (ldr), Charles Verstraete (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	CN1-LN	Rainbow Inn - 3:35 (Lucky Thompson)
b.	CN2-E	The World Awakes - 3:31 (Lucky Thompson)
c.	CN3-O	Take Care Beware - 3:47 (Lucky Thompson)
d.	CN4-C	My Heart Speaks - 4:30 (Lucky Thompson)
e.	CN5-B	Seeing Is Believing - 3:56 (Lucky Thompson)
f.	CN6-B	Yard Bird's Pet - 3:45 (Lucky Thompson)
All titles on:		Club des Amateurs du Disque (C.A.D.) (Fr.) LP 12": 3.001 — Lucky Plays for the Club Club des Amateurs du Disque (C.A.D.) (Fr.) LP 12": CAM 11 — Lucky Plays for the Club

Charles Verstraete (tb) on a-c, e; Martial Solal (p) on a-d.

Thanks to Claude Schlouch, I have finally obtained a copy of this LP to audition and the information now shown, which differs from what I previously reported, should be considered definitive. Track f is not listed in the liner notes to C.A.D. 3.001 and is Thompson improvising on the chord changes of Cherokee with introduction, interlude and coda. He is accompanied only by bass and drums on this track. Martial Solal is listed as "Martin Royal." The matrix numbers come from the Bruyninckx discography. This LP was reviewed in Bull. du Hot Club de France, No. 71, October 1957, p. 30. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: April 20, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Columbia (Fr.)

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Christian Garros (d)

a.	7TCL588(a)	You Move, You Lose - 2:45 (Lucky Thompson)
b.	7TCL588(b)	Velvet Rain - 2:45 (Lucky Thompson)
c.	7TCL589	One Last Goodbye - 5:52 (Lucky Thompson)
All titles on:		Columbia (Fr.) EP: ESDF 1113 — Lucky Thompson and His Orchestra (1956) Columbia (Fr.) LP 10": FP 1083 — Compositions of Lucky Thompson Swing/DRG LP 12": SW 8404 — Lucky Thompson: Recorded In Paris 1956, Volume One (1985) JazzTime (Fr.) CD: 8272172 — Good Luck in Paris (1956) (1993) EMI (Fr.) CD: 7243 5 39651 2 9 — Lucky Thompson: Americans Swinging in Paris - Nothing But the Soul (2002)

Most sources indicate that the drummer is Christian Garros but the liner notes to EMI 7243 5 39651 2 9 list Roger Paraboschi. The matrix numbers come from Kurt Mohr's discography of Lucky Thompson's 1956 Paris recordings published in The Discophile, No. 48, June 1956. Mohr gives the same matrix no. to tracks a and b. The letters in parentheses are my arbitrary additions. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: April 25, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club des Amateurs du Disque (C.A.D.) (Fr.)

Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet, Lucky Thompson (ldr), Charles Verstraete (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Michel de Villers (bar), Martial Solal (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.	CN7-C	Fine and Lucky - 4:20 (Lucky Thompson)
b.	CN8-C	Ow! - 4:35 (Dizzy Gillespie)
c.	CN9-C	What Is This Thing Called Love - 4:43 (Cole Porter)
d.	CN10-B	Time On My Hands - 4:06 (Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon)
e.	CN11-AB	Everything Happens To Me - 4:45 (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
f.	CN12-D	Fine and Dandy - 4:08 (Kay Swift, Paul James)
All titles on:		Club des Amateurs du Disque (C.A.D.) (Fr.) LP 12": 3.001 — Lucky Plays for the Club Club des Amateurs du Disque (C.A.D.) (Fr.) LP 12": CAM 11 — Lucky Plays for the Club

Charles Verstraete (tb) on a, c-d; Michel de Villers (bar) on b, e-f.

Thanks to Claude Schlouch, I have finally obtained a copy of this LP to audition and the information now shown, which differs from what I previously reported, should be considered definitive. The matrix numbers come from the Bruyninckx discography. Track b is the well-known I Got Rhythm variant composed by Dizzy Gillespie and not "O.W." recorded by Thompson on January 15, 1959. Track a is improvising on the chord changes of Fine and Dandy. Martial Solal is listed as "Martin Royal." Michel de Villers is listed as "Michel Low Reed." This LP was reviewed in Bull. du Hot Club de France, No. 71, October 1957, p. 30. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: May 1, 1956
Location: Alhambra Theatre, Paris, France
Label: [private recording]

Stan Kenton (ldr), Phil Gilbert, Lee Katzman, Ed Leddy, Sam Noto, Vinnie Tanno (t), Bob Fitzpatrick, Carl Fontana, Kent Larsen, Vic Lewis (tb), Don Kelly (btb), Fred Fox, Irving Rosenthal (frh), Jay McAllister (tu), Lennie Niehaus (as), Bill Perkins, Don Rendell (ts), Lucky Thompson (bar), Ralph Blaze (g), Stan Kenton (p), Curtis Counce (b), Mel Lewis (d)

a.		Peanut Vendor - 2:33 (L. Wolfe Gilbert, Moises Simons, Marion Sunshine)
b.		Artistry In Rhythm - 2:25 (Stan Kenton) / arr: Stan Kenton
c.		Royal Blue - 5:52 (Bill Holman) / arr: Bill Holman
d.		23 Degrees North, 82 Degrees West - 6:38 (Bill Russo) / arr: Bill Russo
e.		Concerto To End All Concertos - 7:00 (Stan Kenton) / arr: Stan Kenton
f.		Polka Dots and Moonbeams - 5:45 (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Bill Holman
g.		Intermission Riff - 5:59 (Ray Wetzel)
h.	inc	Stompin' At the Savoy - 1:22 (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb) / arr: Bill Holman
i.		Collaboration (Pete Rugolo, Stan Kenton) / arr: Pete Rugolo
j.		Love For Sale (Cole Porter) / arr: Pete Rugolo
k.		Swing House (Gerry Mulligan) / arr: Gerry Mulligan
l.		Yesterdays (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) / arr: Bill Holman
m.		Out Of Nowhere (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) / arr: Bill Holman
n.		Solitaire (Bill Russo) / arr: Bill Russo
o.		Stella By Starlight (Victor Young, Ned Washington) / arr: Bill Holman
p.		Cherokee (Ray Noble) / arr: Bill Holman
q.		Young Blood (Gerry Mulligan) / arr: Gerry Mulligan
r.		Kenton Closing Theme
All titles unissued.

Bob Fitzpatrick (tb) on h-r; Vic Lewis (tb) on a-g.

Information on this live concert comes from Ed Chaplin. Tracks a-g constituted the first half of the performance in which Vic Lewis substituted on trombone for an ailing Bob Fitzpatrick. The latter was able to play the second set. Only track c has been issued and that on a very limited edition CD privately produced and distributed by Lewis but apparently other titles were taped and have circulated. Track h ends prematurely during the guitar solo. Lucky Thompson was substituting for baritone saxophonist Jack Nimitz who had returned to America. Thompson solos on track g. He remained with Kenton through the Cuban Fire recordings.

Date: May 11, 1956
Location: Paris, France
Label: Club Francais du Disque (Fr.)

Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet, Lucky Thompson (ldr), Fernand Verstraete (t), Charles Verstraete (tb), Michel de Villers (as, bar), Jo Hrasko (as, cl), Lucky Thompson (ts), Marcel Hrasko (bar), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Henri Renaud (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Gérard 'Dave' Pochonet (d)

a.		I Should Care - 4:14 (Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Allan Roberts)
b.		One For the Boys and Us - 7:06 (Lucky Thompson, Gérard Pochonet)
c.		Home Free - 5:03 (Lucky Thompson)
d.		Bluebeard Blues - 3:54 (Neal Hefti, Count Basie)
e.		Easy Going - 4:03 (Lucky Thompson)
All titles on:		Royale (Fr.) LP 12": LD 4004 — Lucky Thompson in Paris 1956, Vol. 2 (1989) Club Francais du Disque (Fr.) LP 12": LP 84 — Club Session No. 4 Musidisc/Jazz Anthology (Fr.) LP 12": 30 JA 5215 — Lucky Thompson: Paris 1956 with Dave Pochonet All Stars Verve Gitanes CD: 016 496-2 — Jazz in Paris No. 73: Lucky Thompson with Dave Pochonet All Stars (2001)

Fernand Verstraete (t) on a, c-e; Charles Verstraete (tb) on c-e; Michel de Villers (as) on b-e; (bar) on b-e; Jo Hrasko (as) on b-e; (cl) on c; Marcel Hrasko (bar) on b-e; Jean-Pierre Sasson (g) on b-e.

Lucky Thompson returned to America on this date but according to Kurt Mohr's 1956 Paris discography of the saxophonist (The Discophile, no. 48, June 1956), left by plane in the evening after this session.

It is not known with certainty which of the French saxophonists appear on tracks b-e and what horn they actually play. There are alto saxophone solos on tracks b-d and baritone saxophone solos on tracks c and e. Liner notes indicate the alto saxophone solo on b is de Villers and those on c and d are Jo Hrasko. But aural evidence suggests the soloist on tracks b and d are the same person and the one on c someone else. And it is not known which of the baritone players are the soloists on c and e. A clarinet is heard only in the ensembles on track c during the bridge section of the 32-bar tune. Lucky Thompson solos on all tracks.

Date: May 22, 1956
Location: Capitol Studios, West 46th Street, NY
Label: Capitol

Stan Kenton (ldr), Phil Gilbert, Lee Katzman, Ed Leddy, Al Mattaliano, Sam Noto, Vinnie Tanno (t), Bob Fitzpatrick, Carl Fontana, Don Kelly, Kent Larsen (tb), Irving Rosenthal, Julius Watkins (frh), Jay McAllister (tu), Lennie Niehaus (as), Bill Perkins, Lucky Thompson (ts), Billy Root (bar), Ralph Blaze (g), Stan Kenton (p), Curtis Counce (b), Mel Lewis (d), Mario Alvarez, Roger Mozian (per), Willie Rodriguez (bo), Tommy Lopez (cng), George Laguna (tim), Sol Gubin (tmp), Johnny Richards (con)

a.	21130-26	Recuerdos (Reminiscences) - 4:58 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Capitol EP: EAP 3-731 — Cuban Fire Capitol LP 12": T 731 — Cuban Fire! (1956) ► Capitol LP 12": SM 11794 — Cuban Fire! (1978)
b.	21131 inc	Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards unissued

Lucky Thompson does not solo on track a.

Date: May 23, 1956
Location: Capitol Studios, West 46th Street, NY
Label: Capitol

Stan Kenton (ldr), Phil Gilbert, Lee Katzman, Ed Leddy, Al Mattaliano, Sam Noto (t), Vinnie Tanno (t, fh), Bob Fitzpatrick, Carl Fontana, Don Kelly, Kent Larsen (tb), Irving Rosenthal, Julius Watkins (frh), Jay McAllister (tu), Lennie Niehaus (as), Bill Perkins, Lucky Thompson (ts), Billy Root (bar), Ralph Blaze (g), Stan Kenton (p), Curtis Counce (b), Mel Lewis (d), Mario Alvarez, Roger Mozian (per), Willie Rodriguez (bo), Tommy Lopez (cng), George Laguna (tim), Sol Gubin (tmp), Johnny Richards (con)

a.	21131-8	Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire) - 6:00 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Capitol EP: EAP 1-731 — Cuban Fire HMV Jazz (Eng.) CD: 5 20885 2 — Latin Jazz
b.	21132-8	Quien Sabe (Who Knows) - 4:46 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Capitol EP: EAP 3-731 — Cuban Fire Franklin Mint LP 12": Vols. 13-16 — The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Jazz Masters of the Sax (1983) Capitol (Ger.) LP 12": 1C148-81157/158 — 3 Decades of Big Band Development Franklin Mint LP 12": Vols. 57-60 — The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Big Band Jazz Masters
c.	21133-30	El Congo Valiente (Valiant Congo) - 5:50 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Capitol EP: EAP 2-731 — Cuban Fire Toshiba/EMI (Jpn.) LP 12": EJC 67001/4 — The Kenton Era Capitol (Eng.) LP 12": LCT 6160 — Kenton Era Part 4 Capitol CD: CDP 7 97350 2 — Stan Kenton Retrospective (1992) Hallmark (Eng.) Digital Download: — The Kenton Era (2011)
All titles on:		Capitol LP 12": T 731 — Cuban Fire! (1956) Capitol LP 12": SM 11794 — Cuban Fire! (1978) ► Creative World LP 12": ST 1008 — Cuban Fire!

Vinnie Tanno (t) on a, c; (fh) on b.

Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a and b. The Ruppli/Daniels/Novitsky Capitol Records Discography on CD-ROM indicates that track a was begun during the previous session and completed at this one.

Date: May 24, 1956
Location: Capitol Studios, West 46th Street, NY
Label: Capitol

a.	21134-12	La Suerte De Los Tontos (Fortune of Fools) - 4:17 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Capitol EP: EAP 1-731 — Cuban Fire Capitol LP 12": T 731 — Cuban Fire! (1956) ► Capitol LP 12": SM 11794 — Cuban Fire! (1978)
b.	21135-60	La Quera Baila (The Fair One Dances) - 5:06 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Capitol EP: EAP 2-731 — Cuban Fire Capitol LP 12": T 731 — Cuban Fire! (1956) ► Capitol LP 12": SM 11794 — Cuban Fire! (1978)
c.	21136-13	Tres Corazones (Three Hearts) - 2:56 (Johnny Richards) / arr: Johnny Richards Creative World LP 12": ST 1028 — The Fabuous Alumni of Stan Kenton Capitol (Eng.) LP 12": T 20244 — The Fabuous Alumni of Stan Kenton
All titles on:		Capitol CD: CDP 7 96260 2 — Cuban Fire! (1991) Avid (Eng.) CD: 912 — Artistry In Rhythm (2007)

Lucky Thompson does not solo on any of these tracks.

Date: June 11, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Oscar Pettiford (ldr), Art Farmer, Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), David Amram, Julius Watkins (frh), Gigi Gryce (as), Jerome Richardson (ts, f), Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Tommy Flanagan (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.	5246	Nica's Tempo - 3:45 (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Gigi Gryce
b.	5247	Deep Passion - 3:40 (Lucky Thompson) / arr: Lucky Thompson
Both titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 135 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1956) ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4658 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Vol. 1 (1982) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1034 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1983)

Gigi Gryce solos on track a. Lucky Thompson solos on Track b.

Date: June 12, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Oscar Pettiford (ldr), Art Farmer, Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), David Amram, Julius Watkins (frh), Gigi Gryce (as), Jerome Richardson (ts, f), Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Oscar Pettiford (vc, b), Janet Putnam (hrp), Tommy Flanagan (p), Whitey Mitchell (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.	5248	Smoke Signal - 4:18 (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Gigi Gryce ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 135 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1956) ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4658 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Vol. 1 (1982) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1034 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1983)
b.	5249	Sunrise-Sunset - 3:58 (Oscar Pettiford) / arr: Gigi Gryce ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 135 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1956) ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4658 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Vol. 1 (1982) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1034 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1983)
c.	5250 alt	Speculation (Horace Silver) / arr: Gigi Gryce unissued
d.	5251	Not So Sleepy - 4:50 (Mat Mathews) / arr: Gigi Gryce ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 135 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1956) ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4658 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Vol. 1 (1982) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1034 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1983)
e.	5252	Perdido - 4:00 (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) / arr: Lucky Thompson ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 135 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1956) ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4658 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Vol. 1 (1982) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1034 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1983)

Oscar Pettiford (vc) on d-e; (b) on b-e; Janet Putnam (hrp) on a-b, d; Whitey Mitchell (b) on a.

Oscar Pettiford's cello solos (tracks d and e) are overdubbed. Lucky Thompson solos on tracks a and d. Gigi Gryce solos on track a.

Date: June 19, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Oscar Pettiford (ldr), Art Farmer, Ernie Royal (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), David Amram, Julius Watkins (frh), Gigi Gryce (as), Jerome Richardson (ts, f), Lucky Thompson (ts), David Kurtzer (bar), Oscar Pettiford (vc, b), Janet Putnam (hrp), Tommy Flanagan (p), Osie Johnson (d)

a.	5250A	Speculation - 4:03 (Horace Silver) / arr: Gigi Gryce ABC-Paramount LP 12": S/J-1 — The Jazz Scene At ABC Paramount (1957) Hallmark (Eng.) Digital Download: — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (2008) Cleopatra Master Classics Digital Download: — Greatest Jazz Masters: Oscar Pettiford (2010)
b.	5253	Two French Fries - 2:48 (Gigi Gryce) / arr: Gigi Gryce Cleopatra Master Classics Digital Download: — Greatest Jazz Masters: Oscar Pettiford (2010)
c.	5254	The Pendulum At Falcon's Lair - 2:58 (Oscar Pettiford) / arr: Gigi Gryce Hallmark (Eng.) Digital Download: — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (2008)
d.	5255	The Gentle Art Of Love - 3:33 (Oscar Pettiford) / arr: Lucky Thompson Hallmark (Eng.) Digital Download: — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (2008) Cleopatra Master Classics Digital Download: — Greatest Jazz Masters: Oscar Pettiford (2010)
All titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 135 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1956) ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4658 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi, Vol. 1 (1982) ► Jasmine (Eng.) LP 12": JASM 1034 — The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra In Hi-Fi (1983)

Jerome Richardson (f) on d; Oscar Pettiford (vc) on a; Janet Putnam (hrp) on c-d.

Oscar Pettiford's cello is overdubbed. Lucky Thompson solos on track c. Liner notes indicate that Thompson is the tenor saxophone soloist on track a but it sounds much more like Jerome Richardson to this discographer. Track b is a feature for the French horns. Gigi Gryce does not solo on any of the tracks.

Date: June 25, 1956
Location: Mercury Sound Studio, NY
Label: Mercury

Dinah Washington (ldr), Don Elliott (t, vib), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Anthony Ortega (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Quincy Jones (con), Dinah Washington (v)

a.	13514	Relax Max - 2:42 (Sid Wayne, Al Frisch) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury 45: 70698 (1957) Mercury LP 12": MG 20650/SR 60650 — Dinah Uncensored Golden Stars (Du.) CD: 5466 — The Q In Jazz (2007) Delta Music/Jazz Manifesto (Eng.) CD: 38301 — Go West, Man!/This Is How I Feel About Jazz (2009)
b.	13515	Tears To Burn - 2:44 (Bruce, Alberts) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury 45: 70906 (1957) Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6640 012 — Spotlight On Dinah Washington (1977) Mercury LP 12": MG 20579 — It's Dinah In Bluesville Mercury LP 12": SR 650C — The Queen and Quincy
c.	13516-14	The Kissing Way Home - 2:23 (Manny Kurtz, Harold Solomon) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury 45: 70698 (1957)
d.	13517	I Know - 3:07 (Teddy Powell, Russell Hallowell, Dick Felt) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury 45: 71043 (1957)
All titles on:		Mercury (Du.) CD: 838 952-2 — The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury Vol. 5 (1956-1958) (1991) Verve CD: 314 558 074-2 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1998) Sound and Vision Digital Download: — Somebody Loves Me (2011)

This is Dinah Washington accompanied by Quincy Jones' Orchestra. The rest of the ensemble remains unidentified. Lucky Thompson has a brief solo on track b.

Date: ca. August 1956
Location: NY
Label: Jazztone

Lionel Hampton (ldr), Ray Copeland (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Lionel Hampton (vib, mar), Oscar Dennard (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Gus Johnson (d)

a.		Lionel's Choo Choo (What's Your Hurry) - 3:01 (Lionel Hampton) Jazztone (Eur.) EP: J-723 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) EP: J 723 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007)
b.		Lionel's Choo Choo (What's Your Hurry) - 4:01 (Lionel Hampton) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": J-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Concert Hall Society (Eng.) LP 12": BJ 1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007)
c.		Romeo's Gone Now - 6:25 (Lionel Hampton) Jazztone (Eur.) EP: J-723 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) EP: J 723 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007) Guilde Internationale du Disque (Swi.) CD: JACD 2010 — Lionel Hampton: Les Génies du Jazz, Vol. 2, No. 10
d.	Stereo Edit	Romeo's Gone Now - 4:10 (Lionel Hampton) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": SJS-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) LP 12": J 1238 — Le Fabuleux Lionel Hampton ► Explosive (Fr.) LP 12": 528007 — Le Fabuleux Lionel Hampton
e.		Dark Eyes - 5:01 (Traditional) Jazztone (Eur.) EP: J-723 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) EP: J 723 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton ► Jazztone (Eur.) EP: SJS-742 — Jazz Giants
f.		Deep Purple - 4:23 (Peter De Rose, Mitchell Parish) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 10": J-1040 — Besuch Auf Einem Wolkenkratzer (Visit On a Skyscraper) Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) LP 10": J 1040 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Jazztone LP 10": J-1040 — Visit On a Skyscraper Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007)
g.		I Don't Stand a Ghost Of a Chance With You - 6:26 (Victor Young, Bing Crosby, Ned Washington) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 10": J-1040 — Besuch Auf Einem Wolkenkratzer (Visit On a Skyscraper) Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) LP 10": J 1040 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton ► Jazztone LP 10": J-1040 — Visit On a Skyscraper
h.		Over the Rainbow - 11:24 (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": J-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Concert Hall Society (Eng.) LP 12": BJ 1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars IAJRC CD: CD 1010 — First Bass - Oscar Pettiford: Rare Recordings and Concert Dates 1953-60 (1995) Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007)
i.		When You're Smiling - 6:59 (Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin, Mark Fisher) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": J-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Concert Hall Society (Eng.) LP 12": BJ 1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007) Guilde Internationale du Disque (Swi.) CD: JACD 2010 — Lionel Hampton: Les Génies du Jazz, Vol. 2, No. 10
j.		Summertime - 2:39 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": J-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Concert Hall Society (Eng.) LP 12": BJ 1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007)
k.		Reindeer - 8:12 (Lionel Hampton) Jazztone (Eur.) EP: SJS-742 — Jazz Giants Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": J-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Concert Hall Society (Eng.) LP 12": BJ 1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007) Guilde Internationale du Disque (Swi.) CD: JACD 2010 — Lionel Hampton: Les Génies du Jazz, Vol. 2, No. 10
l.	Stereo Edit	Reindeer - 5:07 (Lionel Hampton) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": SJS-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) LP 12": J 1238 — Le Fabuleux Lionel Hampton ► Explosive (Fr.) LP 12": 528007 — Le Fabuleux Lionel Hampton
m.		Undecided - 7:02 (Charlie Shavers, Sid Robin) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 10": J-1040 — Besuch Auf Einem Wolkenkratzer (Visit On a Skyscraper) Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) LP 10": J 1040 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton Jazztone LP 10": J-1040 — Visit On a Skyscraper Fresh Sound (Sp.) CD: FSR-CD 446 — Lionel Hampton and His All-Stars: Complete Jazztone Recordings (2007) Guilde Internationale du Disque (Swi.) CD: JACD 2010 — Lionel Hampton: Les Génies du Jazz, Vol. 2, No. 10
n.	Stereo Edit	Undecided - 5:19 (Charlie Shavers, Sid Robin) Jazztone (Eur.) LP 12": SJS-1238 — The Fabulous Lionel Hampton and His All Stars Guilde du Jazz (Fr.) LP 12": J 1238 — Le Fabuleux Lionel Hampton ► Explosive (Fr.) LP 12": 528007 — Le Fabuleux Lionel Hampton

Ray Copeland (t) on a-i, k-n; Lucky Thompson (ts) on a-i, k-n; Lionel Hampton (vib) on c-n; (mar) on a-b, f.

It should be noted that some US and European Jazztone issues having the same catalog number are not the same LPs. For example, the domestic Jazztone J-1238 is "Accent On Clarinet" (Jimmy Hamilton). These performances are probably the result of several sessions the exact dates of which are not known.

Several other tracks were recorded at these sessions but Lucky Thompson does not perform on them. Reindeer is listed as "Raindeer" on many issues.

Track a is called "Lionel's Choo Choo" and track b, "What's Your Hurry." These are different takes of the same blues line. On the longer take (b), Thompson, Cleveland, Dennard and Copeland each take 3 solo choruses and Hampton 8. On the shorter version (a), horns and piano each take only 2 choruses and Hampton 6.

The tracks denoted as stereo edits are not different recordings but rather shortened, simulated stereo versions of the mono tracks. The short edit of Undecided (n) deletes Pettiford's one chorus bass solo and shortens the last chorus from 32 to 24 bars by removing the second A section. The short edit of the blues Romeo's Gone Now (d) deletes entirely Cleveland's 2- and Thompson's 4-chorus solos. The short edit of the I Got Rhythm variation Reindeer (l) reduces Johnson's full chorus drum solo to one-half chorus (16 bars), and deletes entirely the following: Hampton's second solo (2 choruses), a chorus of 8-bar exchanges between Hampton and Thompson, a chorus of 4-bar exchanges (Cleveland, Hampton, Copeland, Thompson, Hampton, Cleveland, Copeland, Thompson). Also, the final 16-bar ensemble section is reduced to 12-bars in the edited version.

Information on these sessions can be found in several sources:
Oscar Pettiford 1956
Coover Gazdar's Oscar Pettiford Discography
Geoffrey Wheeler's "Jazz By Mail: Record Clubs and Record Labels, 1936-1958," Hillbrook Press, 1999

Date: September 14, 1956
Location: Beltone Recording Studios, NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Quincy Jones (ldr), Art Farmer (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Gene Quill (as), Herbie Mann (ts, f), Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar), Milt Jackson (vib), Hank Jones (p), Charles Mingus (b), Charli Persip (d)

a.	5332	Evening In Paris - 4:06 (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones Halidon Digital Download: — Jazz After Midnight (2010)
b.	5333	Sermonette - 5:55 (Nat Adderley, Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley) / arr: Quincy Jones ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABCX 782 — Mode (1974)
Both titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 149 — This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9282-2 — The Impulse Years - Milt Jackson (1974) ► Impulse LP 12": ASD 9342/2 — The Dedication Series Vol. IV - The Quintessential Charts (1978)

Zoot Sims (ts) on a; Lucky Thompson (ts) on b.

Lucky Thompson solos on track b which also has hand-clapping provided by Father John Crawley.

Date: September 19, 1956
Location: Beltone Recording Studios, NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Quincy Jones (ldr), Art Farmer (t), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Phil Woods (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar), Herbie Mann (f), Billy Taylor (p), Charles Mingus (b), Charli Persip (d)

a.	5340	A Sleepin' Bee - 4:38 (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) / arr: Quincy Jones Verve CD: 314 589 636-2 — Charles Mingus' Finest Hour (2002)
b.	5341	Boo's Blues - 5:12 (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABCX 782 — Mode (1974)
Both titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 149 — This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) Impulse LP 12": ASD 9342/2 — The Dedication Series Vol. IV - The Quintessential Charts (1978) ► ABC-Paramount (Jpn.) LP 12": VIM 4656 — This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1982)

Lucky Thompson solos on track b.

Date: September 29, 1956
Location: Beltone Recording Studios, NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Quincy Jones (ldr), Art Farmer, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak (tb), Phil Woods (as), Bunny Bardach, Lucky Thompson (ts), Jerome Richardson (ts, f), Jack Nimitz (bar), Hank Jones (p), Paul Chambers (b), Charli Persip (d), Quincy Jones (con)

a.	5342	Stockholm Sweetnin' - 5:38 (Quincy Jones) / arr: Quincy Jones ABC-Paramount LP 12": S/J-1 — The Jazz Scene At ABC Paramount (1957) Verve CD: 069 490 667-2 — Quincy Jones's Finest Hour (2000) Chrome Dreams CD: 5056 — 100 Best Jazz Tunes of the 1950s (2011)
b.	5343	Walkin' (Gravy) - 10:44 (Jimmy Mundy, Richard Carpenter) / arr: Quincy Jones GRP CD: GRD 9706 — Digital Big Band Bash (1993)
Both titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 149 — This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABCX 782 — Mode (1974) ► Impulse LP 12": ASD 9342/2 — The Dedication Series Vol. IV - The Quintessential Charts (1978)

Lucky Thompson solos on track b. Track a features an orchestration of Clifford Brown's trumpet solo from a 1953 recording of this tune.

Date: ca. November 1956
Location: NY
Label: Bethlehem

Johnny Hartman (ldr), Howard McGhee, Ernie Royal (t), Frank Rehak (tb), Anthony Ortega (as), Jerome Richardson (ts, f), Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Hank Jones (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Ernie Wilkins (dir), Johnny Hartman (v)

a.	Take 2	Blue Skies - 2:53 (Irving Berlin) / arr: Ernie Wilkins Parlophone (Eng.) EP: GEP 8743 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6014 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1957) ► Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6045 — All of Me (1978)
b.	Take 13 alt	Blue Skies - 3:25 (Irving Berlin) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
c.	Take 2	The Birth Of the Blues - 2:52 (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva) / arr: Ernie Wilkins Bethlehem 45: 11011 Parlophone (Eng.) EP: GEP 8743 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman ► Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6014 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1957)
d.	Take 1 alt	The Birth Of the Blues - 2:55 (Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
e.	Take 3	I Get a Kick Out Of You - 3:04 (Cole Porter) / arr: Ernie Wilkins Parlophone (Eng.) EP: GEP 8743 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6014 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1957) ► Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6045 — All of Me (1978)
f.	Take 2 alt	I Get a Kick Out Of You - 3:24 (Cole Porter) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
g.	Take 2	All Of Me - 2:15 (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) / arr: Ernie Wilkins Parlophone (Eng.) EP: GEP 8743 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6014 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1957) ► Bethlehem LP 12": BCP 6045 — All of Me (1978)
h.	Take 3 alt	All Of Me - 2:25 (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) / arr: Ernie Wilkins
All titles on:		Bethlehem CD: 30032 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman (1992) Victor (Jpn.) CD: VICJ 61460 — All of Me - The Debonair Mr. Hartman (2007)

Jerome Richardson (f) on e-h.

This is Johnny Hartman acccompanied by the Ernie Wilkins Orchestra. Studio chatter is audible on the alternate takes. Lucky Thompson solos on Tracks a and b and plays obbligati behind Hartman on tracks g and h.

Date: November 24 or 26, 1956
Location: Café Bohemia, NY
Label: [private recording]

Jo Jones (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Dick Katz (p), Tommy Potter (b), Jo Jones (d)

a.		Back Home Again In Indiana (James Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) unissued
b.		Lover Man - 3:09 (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) Jazz Hour (Du.) CD: 3010 — Jazz All Stars: Live in Hi-Fi - 1950s FM Broadcasts (2006)
c.		Fine and Dandy - 3:57 (Kay Swift, Paul James) Jazz Hour (Du.) CD: 3010 — Jazz All Stars: Live in Hi-Fi - 1950s FM Broadcasts (2006)
d.	inc	Lincoln Heights - 1:00 (Lucky Thompson, Jo Jones) Jazz Hour (Du.) CD: 3010 — Jazz All Stars: Live in Hi-Fi - 1950s FM Broadcasts (2006)

Lucky Thompson (ts) on b-d.

This is a Mutual 'Bandstand USA' radio broadcast. The announcer (and the CD) refers to track d as "Band Stand Beat" but it is the same line as "Lincoln Heights" recorded on August 11, 1955 (see above). This track fades out after about one chorus under the announcer's credits. Bob Weir's Lucky Thompson discography dates this broadcast as January 26, 1957. He also indicates two additional unissued titles, What Is This Thing Called Love and These Foolish Things.

Date: December 4, 1956
Location: Mercury Sound Studio, NY
Label: Mercury

Dinah Washington (ldr), Don Elliott (t, mel, vib, bo), Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Joe Wilder (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson (tb), Tom Mitchell (btb), Hal McKusick (as, f), Anthony Ortega (as, cl), Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (ts, cl), Danny Bank (bar, bcl), Barry Galbraith (g), Clarence 'Sleepy' Anderson (p), Milt Hinton (b), Jimmy Crawford (d), Quincy Jones (con), Dinah Washington (v)

a.	14384	I'll Drown In My Tears - 3:09 (Henry Glover) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury LP 12": MG 20623 — More of the Good Old Days Mercury CD: 842 826-2 — It's Magic (1990) Verve CD: B0002561-02 — Queen: The Music of Dinah Washington (2004) Charly (Eng.) CD: 210 — The Very Best of Dinah Washington: Unforgettable (2004) Charly (Eng.) Digital Download: — Just Dream (2006) Sound and Vision Digital Download: — Somebody Loves Me (2011)
b.	14385	You Let My Love Grow Cold - 2:26 (Jessie Mae Robinson) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury 45: 71043 (1957) Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6640 012 — Spotlight On Dinah Washington (1977)
c.	14386	Somebody Loves Me - 2:48 (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy LP 12": MG 36104 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1956) Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Phonogram (Jpn.) LP 12": EJD 2009/11 — The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol. 5 (1989)
d.	14387	Perdido - 3:23 (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy LP 12": MG 36104 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1956) Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6640 012 — Spotlight On Dinah Washington (1977)
e.	14388	Caravan - 2:37 (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy LP 12": MG 36104 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1956) Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Phonogram (Jpn.) LP 12": EJD 2009/11 — The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol. 5 (1989)
f.	14389	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby - 2:56 (Louis Jordan, Billy Austin) / arr: Quincy Jones EmArcy LP 12": MG 36104 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1956) Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Phonogram (Jpn.) LP 12": EJD 2009/11 — The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol. 5 (1989)
All titles on:		Mercury (Du.) CD: 838 952-2 — The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury Vol. 5 (1956-1958) (1991) Verve CD: 314 558 074-2 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1998) Essential Jazz Albums (Sp.) CD: EJA 041 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (2009) Phoenix Jazz Records CD: 131539 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (2011)

Don Elliott (vib) on c-d, f; (bo) on e.

This is Dinah Washington accompanied by the Quincy Jones Orchestra. Lucky Thompson can be heard soloing briefly behind Washington on track e.

Date: December 5, 1956
Location: Mercury Sound Studio, NY
Label: Mercury

Dinah Washington (ldr), Don Elliott (t, mel, vib, bo), Bernie Glow, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson (tb), Tom Mitchell (btb), Hal McKusick (as, f), Anthony Ortega (as, cl), Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (ts, cl), Danny Bank (bar, bcl), Barry Galbraith (g), Clarence 'Sleepy' Anderson (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Quincy Jones (con), Dinah Washington (v)

a.	14390	They Didn't Believe Me - 2:44 (Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury (Eng.) EP: MCE 10031 — The Queen and Quincy Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6640 012 — Spotlight On Dinah Washington (1977)
b.	14391	But Not For Me - 2:25 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Ernie Wilkins Verve CD: 314 513 928-2 — S'Wonderful: Gershwin Songbook (1992) Verve (Ger.) CD: 06007 53253205 — George Gershwin Songbook (2010) ► Cugate Ltd. Digital Download: — The Very Best of Dinah Washington, Vol. 1: Trouble In Mind (2008)
c.	14392	You're Crying - 3:29 (Quincy Jones, Leonard Feather) / arr: Quincy Jones Verve CD: 314 510 087-2 — Jazz 'Round Midnight: Dinah Washington (1991) Verve (Fr.) CD: 848 011-2 — Autour de Minuit: Dinah Washington & Nina Simone (2001) ► Charly (Eng.) CD: 210 — The Very Best of Dinah Washington: Unforgettable (2004)
d.	14393	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 2:27 (Cole Porter) / arr: Ernie Wilkins Mercury (Eng.) EP: MCE 10031 — The Queen and Quincy Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Philips (Eng.) LP 12": 6640 012 — Spotlight On Dinah Washington (1977)
All titles on:		EmArcy LP 12": MG 36104 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1956) Phonogram (Jpn.) LP 12": EJD 2009/11 — The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol. 5 (1989) ► Trip LP 12": TLP 5565 — The Swingin' Miss 'D'

Hal McKusick (as) on b-d; (f) on b-d; Anthony Ortega (as) on b-d; (cl) on b-d; Jerome Richardson (ts) on b-d; (cl) on b-d; Lucky Thompson (ts) on b-d; (cl) on b-d; Danny Bank (bar) on b-d; (bcl) on b-d; Don Elliott (vib) on b-d; (bo) on a.

This is Dinah Washington accompanied by the Quincy Jones Orchestra. Lucky Thompson plays an obbligato behind Washington on track c. The woodwinds are out on track a.

Date: December 6, 1956
Location: Mercury Sound Studio, NY
Label: Mercury

Dinah Washington (ldr), Don Elliott (t, mel, vib, x), Jimmy Maxwell, Doc Severinsen, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry (t), Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson (tb), Tom Mitchell (btb), Hal McKusick (as, f), Anthony Ortega (as, cl), Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (ts, cl), Danny Bank (bar, bcl), Barry Galbraith (g), Clarence 'Sleepy' Anderson (p, cel), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d), Quincy Jones (con), Dinah Washington (v)

a.	14394	I'll Close My Eyes - 3:57 (William Gordon Reid, Buddy Kaye) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury (Eng.) EP: MCE 10031 — The Queen and Quincy Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Verve CD: 314 510 087-2 — Jazz 'Round Midnight: Dinah Washington (1991)
b.	14395	Makin' Whoopee - 2:26 (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) / arr: Quincy Jones Mercury (Eng.) EP: MCE 10031 — The Queen and Quincy Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) ► Verve CD: 314 515 563-2 — Jazz Divas: Studio (1992)
c.	14396	Never Let Me Go - 2:42 (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) / arr: Benny Golson Mercury LP 12": MG 20928/SR 60928 — The Queen and Quincy (1965) Verve CD: 314 522 055-2 — Verve Jazz Masters 40: Dinah Washington Sings Standards (1994) ► EmArcy CD: 679 124 069-2 — Blue Gardenia: Songs of Love (1995)
d.	14397	Bargain Day - 2:50 (William Roy) / arr: Quincy Jones Verve CD: 440 065 215-2 — The Diva Series: Dinah Washington (2003) Sound and Vision Digital Download: — Somebody Loves Me (2011)
All titles on:		EmArcy LP 12": MG 36104 — The Swingin' Miss 'D' (1956) Phonogram (Jpn.) LP 12": EJD 2009/11 — The Complete Dinah Washington On Mercury, Vol. 5 (1989) ► Trip LP 12": TLP 5565 — The Swingin' Miss 'D'

Don Elliott (t) on b-d; (vib) on c; (x) on b; Jimmy Maxwell (t) on b-d; Doc Severinsen (t) on b-d; Charlie Shavers (t) on b-d; Clark Terry (t) on b-d; Hal McKusick (as) on b-d; (f) on b-d; Anthony Ortega (as) on b-d; (cl) on b-d; Jerome Richardson (ts) on b-d; (cl) on b-d; Lucky Thompson (ts) on b-d; (cl) on b-d; Danny Bank (bar) on b-d; (bcl) on b-d; Clarence 'Sleepy' Anderson (p) on b-d; (cel) on a.

This is Dinah Washington accompanied by the Quincy Jones Orchestra. Lucky Thompson has a brief solo on track c and plays an obbligato behind Dinah Washington on track d. Woodwinds and trumpets are out on track a.

Date: December 7, 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, NY
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Paul Webster (t), Bob Alexander, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway (tb), Sid Cooper, Rudy Tanza (as), Sam 'The Man' Taylor, Lucky Thompson (ts), Dave McRae (bar), George Barnes (g), Dave Martin (p), Sandy 'Sid' Block (b), Jimmy Crawford (d), Sy Oliver (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.	101132	Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament) - 3:21 (Duke Ellington, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca EP: ED 2507 — Sammy Davis Swings, Part 1 (1957) Brunswick (Eng.) EP: OE 9347 — Sammy Swings ► Decca (Dan.) EP: BME 9347 — Sammy Swings
b.	101133	Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 2:41 (Joe Carroll, Billy Graham) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca EP: ED 2508 — Sammy Davis Swings, Part 2 (1957) Decca LP 12": DL 8486 — Sammy Swings (1957) ► MCA LP 12": MCA2 4109 — Hey There! It's Sammy Davis Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
c.	101134	By Myself - 2:54 (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca EP: ED 2508 — Sammy Davis Swings, Part 2 (1957) Decca LP 12": DL 8486 — Sammy Swings (1957) ► Decca LP 12": DXB 192/DXB7 192 — The Best of Sammy Davis, Jr. (1966)
d.	101135	Signed, Sealed and Delivered (Morton Stevens, Sammy Davis, Jr.) / arr: Sy Oliver unissued

The tenor saxophone solo on track b is probably Sam Taylor and not Lucky Thompson.

Date: December 11, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Lucky Thompson (ts), Clifton 'Skeeter' Best (g), Oscar Pettiford (b)

a.	5380	Dancing Sunbeam - 3:07 (Lucky Thompson)
b.	5381	Mister Man - 3:30 (Lucky Thompson)
c.	5382	The Plain But the Simple Truth - 4:43 (Lucky Thompson) Impulse LP 12": ASY 9284/3 — The Bass (1974)
d.	5388	Little Tenderfoot - 2:47 (Lucky Thompson)
All titles on:		ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 171 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2 (1957) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Columbia (Jpn.) LP 12": YW 8523 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2

The matrix number assigned to track d is out of order because the ABC-Paramount ledger incorrectly places this title in the session of Dec. 12, 1956 below. The ledger also indicates that "Little Tenderfoot" (matrix 5352) and "The Plain But the Simple Truth" (matrix 5353) were recorded on Nov. 8, 1956 with an unidentified ensemble but those versions were not issued.

Date: December 11, 1956
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Louis Armstrong (ldr), Louis Armstrong (t, v), Trummy Young (tb), George Dorsey (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Dave MacRae (bar), Edmond Hall (cl), Everett Barksdale (g), Billy Kyle (p), Squire Gersh (b), Barrett Deems (d), Sy Oliver (con)

a.	101148	If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight - 3:18 (Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca 45: 9-25580 (1957) Festival (Aus.) 45: FX 5139 ► Decca LP 12": DL 4245 — King Louis (1962)
b.	101149	Lazy River (Up a Lazy River) - 3:47 (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) / arr: Sy Oliver Festival (Aus.) 45: FX10-409 Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962) ► MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980)
c.	101150	I Can't Give You Anything But Love - 4:20 (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca 45: 9-25549 (1957) Decca LP 12": DL 4137 — Satchmo's Golden Favorites (1961) ► Decca LP 12": DL (7)4330 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1928-30 (1962)
d.	101151 (102618*)	On the Sunny Side Of the Street - 5:49 (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca 45: 9-25549 (1957) Decca LP 12": DL 4137 — Satchmo's Golden Favorites (1961) ► Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962)
e.	101152	I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - 3:27 (Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL 4245 — King Louis (1962) Decca LP 12": DL (7)4330 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1928-30 (1962) ► MCA (Jpn.) LP 12": MCL 3009 — King Louis
f.	101153	Body and Soul - 4:59 (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962) Decca (Jpn.) LP 12": DLS 7/8 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography ► Brunswick (Eng.) LP 12": 87013 LPBM — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34
All titles on:		Decca LP 12": DXM 155 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (1960) MCA LP 12": 4-10006 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (1972) ► MCA LP 12": 2 4174 — Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Vol. 2 (1983)

Lucky Thompson has a two bar break on track c but otherwise, does not solo. Decca DXM 155 is a 4-LP set made up of DL 8604 (volume 1 = Brunswick (Eng.) LAT 8211), DL 8605 (volume 2 = Brunswick (Eng.) LAT 8212), DL 8606 (volume 3 = Brunswick (Eng.) LAT 8213) and DL 8607 (volume 4 = Brunswick (Eng.) LAT 8214). DXB 183 is made up of DL 4523 and DL 4524.

*An edited version of track d (matrix number 102618 - Armstrong vocal deleted) has been used on many issues.

Date: December 12, 1956
Location: NY
Label: ABC-Paramount

Lucky Thompson (ldr), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Lucky Thompson (ts), Don Abney (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d)

a.	5383 alt	Once There Was (Lucky Thompson) unissued
b.	5383A	Once There Was - 4:01 (Lucky Thompson) ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 171 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2 (1957) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Columbia (Jpn.) LP 12": YW 8523 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2
c.	5389	N R 1 - 4:36 (Lucky Thompson) ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 171 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2 (1957) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Columbia (Jpn.) LP 12": YW 8523 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2
d.	5390	N R 2 - 3:09 (Lucky Thompson) ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 171 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2 (1957) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Columbia (Jpn.) LP 12": YW 8523 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2
e.	5391	Good Luck (Glamour Game) - 4:33 (Lucky Thompson) ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC 171 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2 (1957) Impulse LP 12": ASH 9307/2 — Dancing Sunbeam (1975) ► Columbia (Jpn.) LP 12": YW 8523 — Lucky Thompson Featuring Oscar Pettiford, Volume 2

Jimmy Cleveland (tb) on c-e; Osie Johnson (d) on c-e.

The matrix numbers for tracks a and b are out of order because the ABC-Paramount ledger incorrectly places this title in the session of Dec. 11, 1956. Track e was later recorded as "Glamour Game."

Date: December 12, 1956
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Louis Armstrong (ldr), Louis Armstrong (t, v), Trummy Young (tb), George Dorsey, Hilton Jefferson (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Dave MacRae (bar), Edmond Hall (cl), Everett Barksdale (g), Billy Kyle (p), Squire Gersh (b), Barrett Deems (d), Sy Oliver (con)

a.	101154	Mahogany Hall Stomp - 3:56 (Spencer Williams) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL 4245 — King Louis (1962) Decca LP 12": DL (7)4330 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1928-30 (1962) ► MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980)
b.	101155 (104555*)	When You're Smiling - 4:00 (Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin, Mark Fisher) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca 78: 30624 (1957) Decca 45: 9-30624 ► Brunswick (Ger.) EP: 10198 EPB
c.	101156	Some Of These Days - 3:03 (Shelton Brooks) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL 4245 — King Louis (1962) Decca LP 12": DL (7)4330 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1928-30 (1962) ► MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980)
d.	101157	I Surrender Dear - 4:38 (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962) MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980) ► Decca LP 12": DXB 183/DXSB7 183 — The Best of Louis Armstrong
e.	101158 (102617*)	Georgia On My Mind - 3:22 (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962) MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980) ► Music for Pleasure (Eng.) LP 12": MFP 5584 — The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1982)
f.	101159	Exactly Like You - 4:05 (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4330 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1928-30 (1962) MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980) ► Decca LP 12": DXB 183/DXSB7 183 — The Best of Louis Armstrong
g.	101168	High Society - 3:53 (Clarence Williams, Armand J. Piron) / arr: Sy Oliver Brunswick (Ger.) EP: 10198 EPB Brunswick (Ger.) EP: 10191 EPB — Satchmo Plays King Oliver ► Decca LP 12": DL 8963 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1923-25 (1960)
All titles on:		Decca LP 12": DXM 155 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (1960) MCA LP 12": 4-10006 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (1972) ► MCA LP 12": 2 4174 — Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Vol. 2 (1983)

George Dorsey (as) on a-f; Hilton Jefferson (as) on a-f; Lucky Thompson (ts) on a-f; Dave MacRae (bar) on a-f; Louis Armstrong (v) on b-f.

Lucky Thompson does not solo on any tracks from this session. Decca DXM 155 is a 4-LP set made up of DL 8604 (volume 1), DL 8605 (volume 2), DL 8606 (volume 3) and DL 8607 (volume 4) (see previous session for Brunswick (Eng.) equivalents). DXB 183 is made up of DL 4523 and DL 4524.

*Edited versions of tracks b and e (Armstrong vocals deleted), with the higher matrix numbers shown, have been used on some issues.

Date: December 13, 1956
Location: NY
Label: Decca

Louis Armstrong (ldr), Louis Armstrong (t, v), Trummy Young (tb), George Dorsey (as, f), Hilton Jefferson (as), Lucky Thompson (ts), Dave MacRae (bar, bcl), Edmond Hall (cl), Everett Barksdale (g), Billy Kyle (p), Squire Gersh (b), Barrett Deems (d), Sy Oliver (con)

a.	101169	Song Of the Islands - 4:01 (Charles E. King) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4330 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1928-30 (1962) MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980) ► Franklin Mint LP 12": Vols. 1-4 — The Greatest Jazz Recordings of All Time: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge Jazz Masterpieces (1982)
b.	101170	That's My Home - 3:26 (Otis Rene, Leon Rene, Ben Ellison) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962) Brunswick (Eng.) LP 12": 87013 LPBM — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 ► MCA (Jpn.) LP 12": JDL 6064 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34
c.	101171	Memories Of You - 3:28 (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962) MCA LP 12": MCA2 4035 — The Best of Louis Armstrong (1980) ► MCA (Jpn.) LP 12": MVCM 32015/16 — Louis Armstrong: Best Collection (1995)
d.	101172	Them There Eyes - 2:58 (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) / arr: Sy Oliver Decca 45: 9-25580 (1957) Decca LP 12": DL 4245 — King Louis (1962) ► Decca LP 12": DL (7)4331 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of 1930-34 (1962)
All titles on:		Decca LP 12": DXM 155 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (1960) MCA LP 12": 4-10006 — Satchmo - A Musical Autobiography of Louis Armstrong (1972) ► MCA LP 12": 2 4174 — Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Vol. 2 (1983)

George Dorsey (as) on b-d; (f) on a; Dave MacRae (bar) on b-d; (bcl) on a.

Lucky Thompson has an 8-bar solo on track c, following Armstrong's vocal, that is very close to the melody line but a solo nonetheless. Decca DXM 155 is a 4-LP set made up of DL 8604 (volume 1), DL 8605 (volume 2), DL 8606 (volume 3) and DL 8607 (volume 4) (see previous session for Brunswick (Eng.) equivalents). DXB 183 is made up of DL 4523 and DL 4524.

Date: December 14, 1956
Location: NY
Label: Decca

a.	101173	This Younger Generation - 2:51 (Bill Merrill, Evelyn Merrill) / arr: Sy Oliver
b.	101174	In Pursuit Of Happiness - 2:43 (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) / arr: Sy Oliver
Both titles on:		Decca 78: 30188 (1957) Brunswick (Eng.) 78: 05649 (1957) ► Festival (Aus.) 78: FS 1338

George Dorsey (as) on a; (f) on b; Dave MacRae (bar) on a; (bcl) on b.

Lucky Thompson does not solo on either track from this session.

Date: December 19, 1956
Location: NY
Label: Atlantic

Chris Connor (ldr), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Eddie Costa (vib), Ralph Sharon (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Chino Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)

a.	2278	My Shining Hour - 3:12 (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) / arr: Ralph Sharon 32 Jazz CD: 32108 — Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years (1999)
b.	2279	Just Squeeze Me - 4:15 (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) / arr: Ralph Sharon Metronome (Swd.) EP: MEP 433 — A Jazz Date With Chris Connor (1958) London (Du.) LP 12": FLX 3015 — Chris Connor with Al Cohn and Lucky Thompson
c.	2280	I'm Shooting High - 2:32 (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) / arr: Ralph Sharon Metronome (Swd.) EP: MEP 433 — A Jazz Date With Chris Connor (1958) Atlantic EP: EP-615 — A Jazz Date With Chris Connor London (Du.) LP 12": FLX 3015 — Chris Connor with Al Cohn and Lucky Thompson
d.	2281	It's a Most Unusual Day - 2:55 (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) / arr: Ralph Sharon Warner Brothers (Aus.) CD: 5046719442 — All That Lounge
All titles on:		Atlantic LP 12": 1286 — A Jazz Date With Chris Connor (1958) London (Eng.) LP 12": LTZ K15142 — A Jazz Date With Chris Connor ► Atlantic (Ger.) LP 12": ATL 5017 — A Jazz Date With Chris Connor

Most of the tenor saxophone solos on this session are by Al Cohn but Lucky Thompson takes the second tenor saxophone solo on track c and plays obbligati behind Connor on tracks a and b.

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The Lucky Thompson Discography 1951-1956by Noal Cohen

The Lucky Thompson Discography 1951-1956
by Noal Cohen