Mingus 1945

Charles Mingus
[J600-6] Russell Jacquet
Russell Jacquet, Calvin Boze (tp) Teddy Edwards, Maurice Simon (ts) Arthur Dennis (bar) Bill Davis (p) Charles Mingus (b) Chico Hamilton (d)
Los Angeles, 1944-45
APP6A Penny's worth of boogie Globe 105
APP6B Look what you've done to me -
Note: Some sources say the personnel on this session is the same as the following session.


Charles Mingus
[H7090-6] Billie Holiday
Jazz at the Philharmonic Concert:
Billie Holiday (vcl) Howard McGhee (tp) poss. (tb) Willie Smith (as) Illinois Jacquet, Wardell Gray (ts) and/or Charlie Ventura (ts) , prob. Milt Raskin (p) prob. Dave Barbour (el g) Charles Mingus (b) Dave Coleman (d)
"Philharmonic Auditorium", Los Angeles, February 12, 1945
Body and soul Clef MGC718, Verve VE22504, (E)VLP9096, MGV8338-2,
(J)20MJ0020, (E)2304104, Lady Day Box (It)LDB02
Strange fruit Clef MGC718, Verve VE22504, (E)VLP9096, MGV8339-2,
(J)20MJ0020, (E)2304104, Lady Day Box (It)LDB02
Note: This session previously dated incorrectly as April 22, 1946.
Both titles also on Verve MGV8098 titled "Jazz Recital"; see June 3 & October 7, 1946 for more titles; rest of LP by Ralph Burns, August 7, 1951.
Above also on Verve 314 513 859-2 [CD] titled "The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve, 1945-1959" ; this is a 10 CD set with the discs being numbered from 314 513 860-2 to 869-2.
Above also on Sound Hills (Jap)SSCD8005/16 [CD].
Above also on Verve 849434-2 [CD] = (Jap)POCJ2070/1 [CD]; both titled "Lady In Autumn - The Best Of The Verve Years" ; see flwg sessions to March 4, 1959 for the rest of these 2CD sets.
Above also on Verve 841434-2 [CD] titled "Billie Holiday Live - Compact Jazz" ; see flwg sessions to September 26, 1958 for rest of CD.
Both above titles also on Verve 521642 = (Jap)POCJ2266 [CD]; both titled "Billie Holiday Story Vol.1, Jazz at the Philharmonic"; see various flwg sessions to May 24, 1947 for the rest of these 2 CDs.

Charles Mingus
[H2596-6] Wynonie Harris
Wynonie Harris acc by Illinois Jacquet and his All Stars:
Wynonie Harris (vcl) acc by : Russell Jacquet (tp) John Brown (as) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Arthur Dennis (bar) Bill Doggett (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Charles Mingus (b) Al "Cake" Wichard (d)
Los Angeles, August 2, 1945
S1104 Wynonie's blues Apollo 362, Phoenix 7, Delmark DD657-2 [CD]
S1105 Here comes the blues Riverboat (F)900263, Apollo 362, Phoenix 7
Note: Delmark DD657-2 [CD] titled "West coast jive"; see August 1945 and 1945 for two more titles; rest of this CD by others.


Charles Mingus
[J533-6] Illinois Jacquet
Russell Jacquet (tp,vcl) John Brown (as) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Arthur Dennis (bar) Bill Doggett (p) Ulysses Livingston (g) Charles Mingus (b) Al "Cake" Wichard (d)
Hollywood, CA, August 2, 1945
S1100 Jacquet mood Apollo 769
S1101 Wondering and thinking of you (rj vcl) 758, Properbox (E)77 [CD]
S1102 unknown title (unissued)
S1103 Memories of you Apollo 760
S1113 Buttons up Apollo 756, Vogue CLDAP858
S1114-1 Merle's mood (1) Jazz Sel (F)518
S1114-2 Merle's mood Apollo 760, LAP104, Vogue (E)LDR026, Properbox
(E)77 [CD]
S1115 What's this ? Apollo 758
S1116 I don't stand a ghost of a chance 756, Properbox (E)77 [CD]
Note: (1) Mistitled "Jacquet mood" on French Jazz Selection.
Matrices S1104 & S1105 are by Wynonie Harris acc by same band.
Properbox (E)77 [CD] titled "Charlie Mingus - The Young Rebel"; rest of this 4 CD set by Mingus and others.


Charles Mingus
[J534-6] Illinois Jacquet
Russell Jacquet (tp) Henry Coker (tb) Illinois Jacquet, Tom Archia (ts) Sir Charles Thompson (p) prob Ulysses Livingston (g) Charles Mingus (b) or John Simmons (b) Johnny Otis (d)
Los Angeles, August 28, 1945
ARA1049 Ladies lullaby ARA 144, Metro 23000, Pacific Jazz PJ100
ARA1050 Illinois stomp - - -
Note: Pacific Jazz PJ100 titled "On mike : a decade of Pacific Jazz 1952/1962"; rest of this LP by others.


Charles Mingus
[M4304-6] Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee (tp) Teddy Edwards (ts) Vernon Biddle (p) Stanley Morgan (g) Charles Mingus (b) Monk McFay (d)
Hollywood, CA, September, 1945
JM2 Deep meditation Modern Music 111, Jazz Circle Basel (Swi)JCB-20
Note: Apparently there are two different pressings of Modern Music 111. One from Austria has two Hadda Brooks sides "Blues in B flat" & "Blusin' the boogie" on Modern Music 111, while one from the USA has "Deep meditation" of McGhee coupled with "Blues in B flat" of Hadda Brooks.
Jazz Circle Basel (Swi)JCB-20 titled "McGhee special" and is a limited edition sampler album; see flwg sessions to May 15, 1948 for more titles; rest of LP by Mary Ann McCall, June 19, 1947 & Slim Gaillard, October/November 1945.

For a session of March 1, 1945 issued on some releases as by Howard McGhee, see under Charlie Ventura.


Charles Mingus
[M8302-6] Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Sextet:
N.R. "Nat" Bates (tp) Maxwell Davis, William Woodman, Jr. (ts) Bob Mosley (p) Charles Mingus (b) Roy Porter (d) Oradell Mitchell, Everett Pettis (vcl)
Los Angeles, fall 1945
CM132 The Texas hop (om vcl) Excelsior CM132
CM133 Baby takes a chance with me (ep vcl,*) CM133
CM134 Lonesome woman blues (om) CM134
CM135 Swinging an echo CM135
Note: Above date from Uptown UPCD27.48 [CD].
Excelsior CM132/CM133 are coupled as one single, as are CM134/CM135.
The Charles Mingus Discography by H. Lukas Lindenmaier & Horst J. Salewski does not include Mx's CM132 & CM133. However, Brian Priestly's "Mingus - A critical Biography" does include these 2 titles.
All titles, except (*), also on Properbox (E)77 [CD] titled "Charlie Mingus - The Young Rebel"; see various flwg sessions to October 27, 1953 for more titles; rest of this 3 CD set by others.
All above titles also on Uptown UPCD27.48 [CD] titled "Charles 'Baron' Mingus - West Coast, 1945-1949"; see flwgs sessions to spring 1949 for rest of CD.


Charles Mingus
[A4488-6] Ernie Andrews
Ernie Andrews (vcl) acc by Earl Porter (as) Wilbert Baranco (p) Charles Mingus (b)
Los Angeles, October 4, 1945
GEM20-A You go to my head G & G 1020
GEM20-B Don't let the sun catch you cryin' -
GEM21-A Paradise lost 1021
GEM21-B Ghost of a chance -


Charles Mingus
[M11245-6] Bob Mosely
Bob Mosely & All Stars:
Karl George (tp) Marshal Royal (as,cl) Lucky Thompson (ts) Bob Mosley (p) Gene Phillips (g) Charles Mingus (b) Lee Young (d) Marion Abernathy (vcl)
Los Angeles, November, 1945
BTJ34-3 Voot rhythm Bel-tone J751, K764
BTJ35-1 Stormy mood (ma vcl) J752, J763
BTJ36-2/3 Baggin' the boogie (ma vcl) J751, -
BTJ37-5 Bee boogie boo J752, J764
Note: Above four titles also on IAJRC CD1001 [CD] titled "Tenor Sax of Lucky Thompson : The beginning years"; rest of CD by others.


Charles Mingus
[H4324-6] Duke Henderson
Big Duke Henderson acc by Lucky Thompson's All Stars:
Duke Henderson (vcl) acc by prob : Karl George (tp) Jewell Grant (as) Lucky Thompson (ts) Gene Porter (cl) Wilbert Baranco (p) poss Charles Mingus (b) Lee Young (d)
Los Angeles, CA., November 28, 1945
S1148 S.H. blues Apollo 400
S1149 Not worth a dime Delmark DD657-2 [CD]
S1151 Fool-hearted woman (1) Apollo 373
S1152 H.D. blues Apollo 400, Delmark DD657-2 [CD]
Note: (1) Mx S1151 probably rejected and re-recorded as Mx S1164; see below.
Delmark DD657-2 [CD] titled "West coast jive"; see December 4, 1945 for 2 more titles; rest of this CD by others.


Charles Mingus
[T596-6] Rabon Tarrant
Rabon Tarrant acc by Lucky Thompson's Band:
Robert "Rabon" Tarrant (vcl) acc by prob. Karl George (tp) Jewell Grant (as) Lucky Thompson (ts) Gene Porter (bar) Wilbert Baranco (p) Charles Mingus (b) Lee Young (d)
Los Angeles, November 28, 1945
S1146 I'll be true Apollo 395
S1150 Hey, hey, hey baby -
Note: Further titles from this session by Duke Henderson.


Charles Mingus
[W1370-6] Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington acc by Lucky Thompson's All Stars:
Dinah Washington (vcl) acc by Karl George (tp) Jewell Grant (as) Lucky Thompson (ts) Gene Porter (cl,bar) Milt Jackson (vib) Wilbert Baranco (p) Charles Mingus (b) Lee Young (d)
Los Angeles, December 10, 1945
S1170-3 Wise woman blues (*) Apollo 368, ABC (G)27596XAT, Rosetta RR1313, Grand
Award 33-318, Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366
S1171-2 Walkin' blues Apollo 374, Swingtime ST1005
S1172-2 No voot - no boot (*) 368, Rosetta RR1313
S1173 Chewin' mama blues (*) 396, ABC (G)27596XAT, Grand-Award 33-318,
Rosetta RR1313, Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366
Note: "Chewin' woman blues" mistitled as "Chewin' mama blues" on some issues.
Grand-Award 33-318, ABC (G)27596XAT, both titled "Dinah Washington sings the blues/Betty Roche and the Earl Hines Septet"; see flwg sessions to December 13, 1945 for more titles; rest of these LPs by Earl Hines).
Swingtime ST1005 titled "Lucky Thompson, Vol. 1 - Test Pilot"; see flwg 2 session for 2 more titles; rest of LP by others.
(*) These titles also on Rosetta RRCD1313 [CD] titled "Wise Woman Blues"; see flwg sessions for more titles; rest of CD by Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington.
All above titles also on Delmark 451 [CD] titled "Mellow Mama"; see flwg 2 sessions for rest of CD.
All above titles also on Official (Dan)3004, 83004 [CD].


Charles Mingus
[W1371-6] Dinah Washington

Los Angeles, December 12, 1945
S1174-2 My lovin' papa (*) Apollo 371, Rosetta RR1313
S1175-1 Rich man's blues 374, ABC (G)27596XAT, Swingtime ST1005,
Grand Award 33-318, Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366,
Swingtime ST1005, Best of Jazz (F)22 [CD]
S1176 Beggin' mama blues Parrot 20-001, ABC (G)27596XAT, Grand Award 33-318
Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366, Properbox (E)77 [CD]
S1177 All or nothing blues (mj out,*) Parrot 20-001, ABC (G)27596XAT, Grand Award 33-318
Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366, Rosetta RR1313
Note: "Beggin' woman blues" mistitled as "Beggin' mama blues" on some issues.
Best of Jazz (F)22 [CD] titled "Le Grande Epoque du Jazz Vocal 1923-1945"; rest of CD by others.
Properbox (E)77 [CD] titled "Charlie Mingus - The Young Rebel"; rest of this 4 CD set by Mingus and others.
(*) These titles also on Rosetta RRCD1313 [CD].
All above titles also on Official (Dan)3004, 83004 [CD], Delmark 451 [CD].


Charles Mingus
[W1372-6] Dinah Washington

Los Angeles, December 13, 1945
S1178 Mellow mama blues (*) Apollo 371, Rosetta RR1313
S1179 My voot is really vout (*) 388, -
S1180 Blues for a day (*) - - , ABC (G)27596XAT, Grand
Award 33-318, Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366
S1181 Pacific Coast blues (mj out) Apollo 396, ABC (G)27596XAT, Swingtime ST1005,
Grand Award 33-318, Golden-Guinea (E)GGL0366
Note: (*) These titles also on Rosetta RRCD1313 [CD].
All titles from Grand Award 33-318 also on Top-Rank (E)RX3006; further titles by Earl Hines.
All above titles also on Official (Dan)3004, 83004 [CD], Delmark 451 [CD].