George Russell

3 LPs ON 2 CDs

DISCOGRAPHY:

CD 1 [1-12] from the album THE JAZZ WORKSHOP (RCA Victor LPM 1372)
CD 1 [13 & 14], are Stereo alternate takes from LPM 1372
CD 1 [15-17] from the album VARIOUS ARTISTS - MODERN JAZZ CONCERT(Columbia WL127)
CD 1 [18-20] and CD 2[6-8] from the album “JAZZ IN THE SAPCE AGE (Decca DL 9219)
CD 2 [1-5] from the album NEW YORK, N.Y. (Decca DL 9216)

Personnel on THE JAZZ WORKSHOP:

GEORGE RUSSELL AND HIS SMALLTET
(1-4): Art Farmer, trumpet; Hal McKusick, alto sax; Bill Evans, piano; Barry Galbraith, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Joe Harris, drums.
Recorded at Webster Hall, NYC, March 31, 1956

(5-8) & (13): Paul Motian, replaces Joe Harris.
Recorded at Webster Hall, NYC, October 17, 1956

(9-12) & (14) same except Hal McKusick also plays flute; Teddy Kotick, bass and Osie Johnson, drums and on #9 woodblock, replaces Hinton and Motian George Russell, boobams (chromatic drums) added on #9.
Recorded at Webster Hall, NYC, December 21, 1956

PERSONNEL on MODERN JAZZ CONCERT

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY GEORGE RUSSELL
(15-17) Art Farmer, Louis Mucci (tp); Jimmy Knepper (tb); Jimmy Buffington (fhrn) Robert DiDomenica (fl); John LaPorta (as); Hal McKusick (ts); Manuel Zegler (bsn) Teddy Charles (vib); Bill Evans(p) ; Barry Galbraith (g); Margaret Ross (harp); Joe Benjamin (b); Teddy Sommer (d).
Recorded in New York City, June 10 & 20, 1957

PERSONNEL on JAZZ IN THE SPACE AGE

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY GEORGE RUSSELL
CD 1 (18-20) Ernie Royal, Al Kiger (tp); Frank Rehak, Dave Baker (tb);
Jimmy Buffington (frhn); Walt Levinsky (as); Dave Young (ts);
Sol Schlinger (bs); Bill Evans & Paul Bley (p);
Larry Galbraith & Howard Collins (g); Milt Hinton (b); Don Lamond (d);
G. Russell, beads on tuned drums.
Recorded in New York City, December 29, 1959

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTED BY GEORGE RUSSELL
CD 2 (6): Ernie Royal, Al Kiger (tp); Frank Rehak, Dave Baker (tb);
Jimmy Buffington (frhn); Walt Levinsky (as); Dave Young (ts);
Bill Evans and Paul Bley (p); Barry Galbraith and Howard Collins (g);
Milt Hinton (b); Don Lamond (d); George Russell, beads on tuned.
Recorded in New York City, December 29, 1959

CD 2 (7 & 8): Jimmy Buffington, Paul Bley and Howard Collins out;
Marky Markowitz (tp); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb), added;
Hal McKusick (as), and Charlie Persip (d) replaces Levinsky and Lamond.
Recorded in New York City, January 27, 1960

PERSONNEL on NEW YORK, N.Y.

GEORGE RUSSELL AND HIS ORCHESTRA
(1): Art Farmer, Doc Severinsen, Ernie Royal (tp); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb);
Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell (tb); Hal McKusick (as); John Coltrane (ts);
Sol Schlinger (bs); Bill Evans (p); Barry Galbraith (g); Milt Hinton (b);
Charlie Persip (d); Jon Hendricks, narrator.
Recorded in New York City, September 12, 1958
(3 & 5): Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder (tp); Bob Brookmeyer, (v-tb); Jimmy Cleveland, Tom Mitchell (tb);
Phil Woods, Hal McKusick (as); Al Cohn (ts); Gene Allen (bs); Bill Evans (p); Barry Galbraith (g);
George Duvivier (b); Max Roach (d); Jon Hendricks, narrator.
(3) Don Lamond (d), replaces Roach; Al Epstein, bongoes, and George Russell, boobams (chromatic drums) added.
Recorded in New York City, November 24, 1958

(2 & 4): Art Farmer, Joe Wilder, Joe Ferrante (tp); Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb); Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell (tb);
Phil Woods, Hal McKusick (as, cl); Benny Golson (ts); Sol Schlinger (fl); Bill Evans (p);
Barry Galbraith (g); Milt Hinton (b); Charlie Persip (d); Jon Hendricks, narrator.
Recorded in New York City, March 25, 1959.

CD 1

01. Ezz-thetic
02. Jack’s Blues
03. Ye Hypocrite, Ye Beelzebub
04. Livingstone I Presume
05. Round Johnny Rondo
06. Night Sound 3:54
07. Concerto for Billy the Kid
08. Witch Hunt
09. Fellow Delegates
10. Ballad of Hix Blewitt
11. Knights of the Steamtable
12. The Sad Sergeant
13. Concerto for Billy the Kid [Alt. Take]
14. Ballad of Hix Blewitt [Alt. Take]
15. First movement
16. Second movement
17. Third movement
18. Part, 1
19. Part, 2
20. Part, 3

CD 2

01. Manhattan
02. Big City Blues
03. Manhatta-Rico
04. East Side Medley: Autumn in New York / -How About You
05. A Helluva Town
06. The Lydiot
07. Waltz from Outer Space
08. Dimensions