Straight Life - Art Pepper [281]
JUNE CHRISTY (VO) WITH BOB COOPER'S ORCHESTRA
Buddy Childers (tp); Johnny Mandel (btp); Billy Byers (tb); Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper (ts); Irving Roth (bar); Jasper Hornyak (violin); Cesare Pascarella (cello); Hal Shaeffer (p); Joe Mondragon (b); Don Lamond (d); Louis Martinez (conga); Bob Graettinger, Pete Rugolo (a). Hollywood, Mar. 25, 1949.
THE KENTON ALL-STARS "JAZZ OFF THE AIR, Vol. 2"
Art Farmer (tp); Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Teddy Edwards (ts); Hampton Hawes (p); John Simmons (b); Chuck Thompson (d). Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, mid-April 1949.
DAVE PELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Frank Beach (tp); Ray Sims (tb); Art Pepper (as); Dave Pell (ts); Geoff "Jeff" Clarkson (p); "Iggy" Shevack (b); Roy Harte (d); Eileen Wilson ("Kay Karma"), Ray Kellogg, "Stumpy Brown (vo); Frank Comstock, Wes Hensel (a). Hollywood, 1949.
CRC-6 (No takes used on this master)
STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Maynard Ferguson, Don Paladino, Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Shorty Rogers (tp); Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bill Russo (tb); Bart Varsalona (btb) John Graas, Lloyd Otto (F-hn); Gene Englund (tuba); Bud Shank (fl/as); Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Bart Calderall (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Stan Kenton (p); Laurindo Almeida (g); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d); Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo (a). Hollywood, Feb. 5, 1950.
Clyde "Stumpy" Brown (btb), John Cave and Sinclair Lott (F-hn) replace Varsalona, Graas, Otto. Sixteen strings added for next title. Hollywood, May 18, 1950.
Note: Above 3 titles also on Book-of-the-Month 81-7572.
JOHNNY PARKER (VO) ACC BY KING SISTERS VOCAL GROUP AND PETE RUGOLO AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Maynard Ferguson, Don Paladino, Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Shorty Rogers (tp); Kai Winding, Bill Russo, Harry Betts, Milt Bernhart, Bob Fitzpatrick (tb); Bart Varsalona (btb); Bud Shank, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Bart Calderall (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Pete Rugolo (p); Laurindo Almeida (g); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d). MGM Studios, New York, May 26, 1950.
JUNE CHRISTY (VO), ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY SHORTY ROGERS
John Graas (F-hn); Gene Englund (tuba); Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Bud Shank (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Claude Williamson (p); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d); Shorty Rogers (a). Hollywood, Sept. 11, 1950.
STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Maynard Ferguson, John Howell, Al Porcino, Chico Alvarez, Shorty Rogers (tp); Eddie Bert, Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick (tb); Bart Varsalona (btb); Bud Shank, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper. Bart Calderall (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Stan Kenton (p); Ralph Blaze (g); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d); Miguel Rivera (conga). Hollywood. Sept. 12, 1950.
MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Maynard Ferguson (tp/vo); Chico Alvarez, Al Porcino, Shorty Rogers (tp); Milt Barnhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick (tb), John Graas (F-hn); Gene Englund (tuba); Bud Shank, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Joe Rotundi (p); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d); Shorty Rogers, Paul Villepigue (a). Hollywood, Sept. 13, 1950.
STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Al Porcino, Maynard Ferguson, John Howell, Shorty Rogers, Chico Alvarez (tp); Milt Bernhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick, Eddie Bert or Dick Kenney (tb); Bart Varsalona (btb); Bud Shank, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Bart Calderall (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Stan Kenton (p); Ralph Blaze (g); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d). Rustic Cabin, Englewood Gulf, N.J., Dec. 9, 1950.
STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Ray Wetzel, Maynard Ferguson, John Howell, Shorty Rogers, Chico Alvarez (tp); Milt Bemhart, Harry Betts, Bob Fitzpatrick, Dick Kenney (tb): Bart Varsalona (btb); Bud Shank, Art Pepper (as); Bob Cooper, Bart Calderall (ts); Bob Gioga (bar); Stan Kenton (p); Ralph Blaze (g); Don Bagley (b); Shelly Manne (d); Jay Johnson (vo). Palladium Ballroom, Hollywood, February-March 1951
STAN KENTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Maynard Ferguson, John Howell, Ray Wetzel, Chico Alvarez, Shorty Rogers (tp); Dick Kenney, Milt Bernhart, Harry