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(Image from London Jazz Collector) "Hen Gates" is actually Dizzy Gillespie |
Monday, November 26, 1945. Just another day at the office for the small independent Savoy Records label from New Jersey. There's so much written about the music recorded on that day for that label, that I'll just stick to hard data. First on, Don Byas and his quintet
Benny Harris (trumpet) Don Byas (tenor sax) Jimmy Jones (piano) John Levy (bass) Fred Radcliffe (drums)
S5845 Candy
S5846 How High The Moon
S5847 Don By
S5848 Byas-A-Drink
Next up (note the consecutive matrix numbers), the quintet lead by Charlie Parker, in his first ever session as a leader
Miles Davis (trumpet) Charlie Parker (alto sax) Argonne Thornton (a/k/a Sadik Hakim, piano) Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet and piano) Curley Russell (bass) Max Roach (drums)
WOR Studios, Broadway, NYC, November 26, 1945
S5849-1 Warming Up A Riff
S5850-1 Billie's Bounce
S5850-2 Billie's Bounce
S5850-3 Billie's Bounce
S5850-4 Billie's Bounce
S5850-5 Billie's Bounce
S5851-1 Now's The Time
S5851-2 Now's The Time
S5851-3 Now's The Time
S5851-4 Now's The Time
S5852-1 Thriving On A Riff
S5852-2 Thriving On A Riff
S5852-3 Thriving On A Riff
Meandering
S5853-1 Ko-Ko
S5853-2 Ko-Ko