1954

1954-09-02 (MP3)

American Legion Park, Ephrata, Penn. (USA)
Recorded by WLAN

Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (tp), Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Benny Powell (tb), Marshal Royal (cl,as), Ernie Wilkins (as,ts), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (ds)

1. One O'Clock Jump (theme) (Count Basie) 0:49
2. You for Me (Neal Hefti) 3:24
3. Bubbles (Neal Hefti) 4:04
4. You're Not the Kind (Pierce) 3:26
5. Jonesy (Neal Hefti) 3:08
6. Slow But Sure (Two for the Blues) (Neal Hefti) 2:56
7. Blee Blop Blues (A.K. Salim) 2:35
8. Yesterdays (Kern-Harbach) 3:08
9. Perdido (Juan Tizol) 3:36

Note: commercially released on Black Lion BLP60924 / BLCD 760924 (ripped from CD)


1954-09-07 (MP3)

Boston, Mass. (USA)
Produced by George Wein

Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker (tb), Frank Wess (ts,fl), Frank Foster (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Count Basie (p,org-1), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Gus Johnson (ds)

1. These Foolish Things (Strachey-Marvell) 3:27
2. These Foolish Things (alt) 3:20
3. Ingin' the Ooh (Count Basie) 5:26
4. Peter Pan (Foster-Newman) 4:02
5. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Doc Dougherty-Ellis Reynolds-Al J. Neiburg) 3:30 (-1)
6. In Case you Didn't Know (Ernie Wilkins) 5:40
7. In Case you Didn't Know (alt) 3:40
8. Ain't It the Truth (Buster Harding) 3:51

missing: Bill Bailey Went Home, Ain't It the Truth (alt)

Notes:

commercially released on Black Lion BLP60924 / BLCD 760924 (ripped from CD)

This was originally released as "Joe Newman and the Boys in the Band" (Storyville STLP 318)
The two missing titles (as well as some of the eight included here) were released on Trio PA-3114 (Japan)