BEBOP STORY

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hOWARd mcghEE vOl. 1 1945
HOWARD McGHEE AND HIS COMBO Los Angeles, September, 1945
Howard McGhee (t) / Teddy Edwards (ts) / Vernon Biddle (p) / Stanley Morgan (g) /
Charles Mingus (sb) / Monk McFay (d).41. JM2 Deep Meditation
HOWARD McGHEE AND HIS BAND Los Angeles, September 4, 1945
Howard McGhee (t) / Teddy Edwards, James King (ts) / Vernon Biddle (p) / Bob Kesterson
(sb) / Roy Porter (d).42. Van-200 Intersection / 3. Van-201 Lifestream / 4. Van-202 Mop-
Mop / 5. Van-203 Stardust
HOWARD McGHEE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Los Angeles, September, 1945
Howard McGhee (t) / Teddy Edwards, James King (ts) / Vernon Biddle (p) / Bob Kesterson
(sb) / Roy Porter (d) / Pearl Traylor, Estelle Edson (v).46. BN22 Mad Hype / 7. BN23
Rummage Bounce (11:45 Swing) / 8. Playboy Blues (PT: v) / 9. Around The Clock, Part 1
(PT: v) / 10. Around The Clock, Part 2 (PT: v) / 11. Gee I’m Lonesome (PT: v) / 12. Call It
The Blues (EE: v)
HOWARD McGHEE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Los Angeles, September, 1945
Howard McGhee, Snooky Young, Karl George (t) / Vic Dickenson, Gene Roland (tb) /
Robert Isbell, Eugene Porter (as) / Teddy Edwards, James King (ts) / Vernon Biddle (p) / Bob
Kesterson (sb) / Roy Porter (d).413. M136-3 Cool Fantasy, Part 1 (McGhee Jumps) /
14. M136-2 Cool Fantasy, Part 2 / 15. M-137 McGhee Special
HOWARD McGHEE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Los Angeles, September, 1945
Howard McGhee (t) / Teddy Edwards (ts) / James King (ts, v) / Jimmy Bunn or Vernon
Biddle (p) / Bob Kesterson (sb) / Roy Porter (d).416. KFI-23333 Sweet Potato /
17. KFI-23337 Hoggin’ / 18. KFI-23345 Blues A La King (JK: v) / 19. KFI-26610 Night Mist
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HOWARD McGHEE SEXTET Hollywood, October 18, 1946
Howard McGhee (t) / Teddy Edwards (ts) / Dodo Marmarosa (p) / Arvin Garrison (g) /
Bob Kesterson (sb) / Roy Porter (d).41. D1041-4 Dialated Pupils (High Wind In
Hollywood) / 2. D1041-5 Dialated Pupils / 3. D1042-4 Midnight At Minton’s / 4. D1043-2
Up In Dodo’s Room / 5. D1044-2 High Wind In Hollywood
LEO PARKER’S ALL-STARS Detroit, October 4. 1947
Howard McGhee (t) / Gene Ammons (ts) / Leo Parker (bar) / Junior Mance (p) / Gene
Wright (sb) / Charles Williams (d).46. DET800 El Sino / 7. DET801 Ineta / 8. DET802
Wild Leo / 9. DET803 Leaping Leo
HOWARD McGHEE SEXTET New York, December 3, 1947
Howard McGhee (t) / James Moody (ts) / Milt Jackson (vib) / Hank Jones (p) / Ray Brown
(sb) / J.C. Heard (d).410. D1121-A Dorothy / 11. D1122-B Night Mist /12 D1123-C Coolie-Rini
HANK JONES Same session.
McGhee, Moody, Heard, omitted.413. D1124-B Night Music
Full band.414. D1125-A Turnip Blood / 15. D1126C Surrender / 16. D1127-A Sleepwalker
Boogie / 17. D1128-A Stoptime Blues / 18. D1129-A You
HOWARD McGHEE SEXTET Chicago, February, 1948
Howard McGhee (t) / Jimmy Heath (as) / Milt Jackson (vib) / Will Davis (p) / Percy Heath
(sb) / Joe Harris (d) / Earl Coleman (v).419. V892SW Yardbird Suite (Hot And Mellow)
(EC: v) / 20. UB9110SW Donna Lee (Messin’ With Fire)
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