BEBOP STORY

vOl. 008
ThE EARlY YEARS vOl. 8
Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra – The First Bebop Big Band 1945–47
BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA New York, September, 1945
Billy Eckstine (v, dir): Fats Navarro, Shorty McConnell, Boonie Hazel, Raymond Orr (t) /
Gerald Valentine (tb, a) / Howard Scott, Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt, Walter Knox (tb) / John
Cobbs, Budd Johnson (as) / Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (ts) / Teddy Cypron (bar) /
Richard Ellington (p) / Connie Wainwright (g) / Tommy Potter (sb) / Art Blakey (d).
41. NSC61 My Deep Blue Dream (BE: v) / 2. NSC62 Prisoner Of Love (BE: v) / 3. NSC64
It Ain’t Like That No More (BE: v) / 4. NSC63 A Penny For Your Thoughts (BE: v)
BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA New York, October, 1945
Same.45. NSC69 I’m In The Mood For Love (BE: v) / 6. NSC70 You Call It Madness (BE:
v) / 7. NSC71 All I Sing Is Blues (BE: v) / 8. NSC72 Long Long Journey (BE: v)
BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA New York, January 3, 1946
Billy Eckstine (v, dir): Kenny Dorham, Shorty McConnell, Boonie Hazel, Raymond Orr (t) /
Gerald Valentine (tb, a) / Robert Scott, Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt (tb) / Norris Turney, Bob
“Junior” Williams (as) / Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons (ts) / Tate Houston (bar) / Richard
Ellington (p) / Connie Wainwright (g) / Bill McMahon (sb) / Art Blakey (d).
49. NSC100 I Only Have Eyes For You (BE: v) / 10. NSC103 You’re My Everything (BE: v)
11. NSC105 The Jitney Man (BE: v)
BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA New York, February, 1946
Billy Eckstine (v, dir): Fats Navarro, Shorty McConnell, Boonie Hazel, Raymond Orr (t) /
Gerald Valentine (tb, a) / Howard Scott, Chips Outcalt (tb) / Norris Turney, Bob “Junior”
Williams (as) / Gene Ammons, Josh Jackson (ts) / Leo Parker (bar) / Jimmy Golden (p) /
Connie Wainwright (g) / Tommy Potter (sb) / Art Blakey (d).
412. NSC114 Blue (BE: v) / 13. NSC115 Second Balcony Jump (BE: v) / 14. NSC117 Tell Me
Pretty Baby (BE: v)
BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA New York, March, 1946
Same.415. NSC122 Love Is The Thing (BE: v) / 16. NSC123 Without A Song (BE: v) /
17. NSC124 Cool Breeze (BE: v) / 18. NSC125 Don’t Ever Take Your Love From Me (BE: v) /
BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA New York, October 5, 1946
Billy Eckstine (v, dir): Miles Davis, Hobart Dotson, Leonard Hawkins, King Kolax (t) /
Walter Knox, Alfred “Chippy” Outcalt, Jerry Valentine (tb) / Sonny Stitt, John Cobbs (as) /
Gene Ammons, Arthur Simmons or Frank Wess (ts) / Cecil Payne (bar) / Linton Garner (p) /
Connie Wainwright (g) / Tommy Potter or Bill McMahon (sb) / Art Blakey (d).
419. N164 Oo-Bop-Sh’Bam (BE: v) / 20. N164-alt. Oo-Bop-Sh’Bam (BE: v) / 21. N166 In
The Still Of The Night (BE: v) / 22. N167 Jelly, Jelly (BE: v)
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