CHRONOLOGICAL DISCOGRAPHY
BILL CROW
Mary Lou Williams Dave Lambert Singers, May 1950, for Rudi Blesh, 2 sides
Stan Getz "At Carnegie Hall" (Frank Isola, Duke Jordan, Jim Raney) (LP) VeeJay RJL2639, Nov 14,1952.
Stan Getz "Quintet At Carnegie Hall" Fresh Sound FSCD-1003, Nov 14,1952.
Stan Getz "Live from 1952 to 1955" Birdland airchecks, 1952, Distart LS2-911.
Stan Getz "Quintet" (Jim Raney, Frank Isola, Duke Jordan) (45 RPM) Clef EP149 Dec 1952.
Stan Getz "Unearthed Masters Volume II" Reissues of 4 Roost 78s, (LP) Jam 5007, Dec 1952.
"Stan Getz Plays" (Jim Raney, Frank Isola, Duke Jordan) (LP) Verve 2304 387, Dec 12,1952. Reissued on CD, Verve 833 535-2.
"Stan Getz and his Group" (Birdland airchecks, 1953) Natasha Imports NI-4005.
Stan Getz "The Golden Years" (1953 air checks, Birdland) Moon MCD039-2.
Stan Getz "Yesterday" (Duke Jordan, Kenny Clarke) Durium (Italy) (LP) BLJ 8036, Dec 29, 1952. issued in 1953.
"The Artistry of Stan Getz" (Bob Brookmeyer, John Williams, Alan Levitt) (45RPM) Clef EP-189 May 4, 1953.
Reissued on CD "The Artistry of Stan Getz, Volume 2" Verve 314 517 330-2.
Stan Getz "Getz in Boston" Vol 1 & 2, (Bob Brookmeyer, Duke Jordan, Al Levitt) air checks from Hi Hat Club in Boston, Fresh Sound FSCD 1014 & 1015, 1953.
Claude Thornhill "1949-'53 Performances" (Some tracks from 1953 broadcasts from the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans) Hep Records
Al Haig "Jazz Will-O-The-Wisp" Epic ESJ 7 (10"), Everest FS 293 (12"), Mar 13, 1954.
"Al Haig Trio": Period Records, (Reissued on Fresh Sound FSR-CD 45)1954.
"Jimmy Raney Ensemble" (Phil Woods, Joe Morello, John Wilson) Prestige (10") LP-1103, August 11, 1954.
"Marian McPartland at the Hickory House" (Joe Morello) (LP) CAP574 Sep-Dec 1954.
"Marian McPartland" (LP) Capitol T-699 Dec 1954, Oct 1955.
Sal Salvador, Bethlehem BCP39.
Jackie Cain & Roy Kral "Jackie & Roy" (Joe Morello, Barry Galbraith) (10") Storyville LP 322, 1955.
Sam Most (Joe Morello, Bob Dorough), (LP) Bethlehem 6008, July 1956. Lonehill Jazz CD LHJ10123
Gerry Mulligan "Mainstream" (Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Jon Eardley, Dave Bailey) (LP) Emarcy MG36101, Jan 25, Sep 26, 1956.
"Art Simmons Quartet" (Dave Bailey, Terry Donoughue) (10") BAM LD-320, May 12,1956.
Bertice Reading "Jazz Singer" (Art Simmons, Dave Bailey, Terry Donoughue) (10") BAM LD-321, May 12, 1956.
Victor Feldman, Keynote (unissued) (Hank Jones, piano; Kenny Clarke, drums; Joe Morello, drums; Bill Crow, bass) January 1,1956.
Bob Brookmeyer & Zoot Sims "Whooeee" (Hank Jones, Jo Jones) (LP) Storyville STLP 914, Feb. 1956. Reissued on CD, "Morning Fun" Black Lion BLCD760914.
Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson "Newport Jazz Festival" (LP) Columbia CL973 1956.
"Gerry Mulligan Quartet" (Bob Brookmeyer, Dave Bailey) (LP) World Pacific PJ-1228, Recorded December 1956, released 1957. Reissued on CD Pacific Jazz CDP 7 94472 2.
"Candido the Volcanic" (Bernie Glow, Art Farmer, Charlie Shavers, Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Rehak, Tommy Mitchell, Jimmy Buffington, Jay McAllister, Hank Jones, Osie Johnson, arr. Ernie Wilkins) (LP) ABC Paramount ABC-180,Feb. 1957.
Dave Lambert Singers: "Jingle Bells" and "Hang the Mistletoe" (single 45RPM) Nocturne 45-EB-3009, 1957.
Don Elliott "The Voices of Don Elliott" (Phil Moore, Ronnie Bedford, others unk) (LP) ABC Paramount ABC-190,1957.
"The Street Swingers" (Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Jim Raney, Osie Johnson) (LP) World Pacific PJ1239, Recorded Dec 13 & 16, 1957, released 1958.
Jimmy McPartland "The Music Man Goes Dixieland" (Max Kaminsky, John Glasel, Dick Cary, Tyree Glenn, Cutty Cutshall, Vernon Brown, Al Gusikoff, Peanuts Hucko, Marian McPartland, George Wettling, Sal Salvador, Bud Freeman, Bill Stanley, Lou McGarity, Pee Wee Russell, Bob Wilbur, Eddie Condon) (LP) Epic LN3463, Jan 2,3, 1958.
"Jimmy McPartland's Dixieland" (Peanuts Hucko, Tyree Glenn, Dick Cary, Al Casamenti, Cliff Leeman, Ernie Caceres, George Wettling) (LP) Epic LN 3371, 1958.
Manny Albam "Sophisticated Lady" (Al Cohn, Bernie Glow, Nick Travis, Al DeRisi, Ernie Royal, Jim Dahl, Chauncey Welsch, Billy Byers, Phil Kraus, Hank Jones, Osie Johnson, Barry Galbraith, Brookmeyer, Burt Collins) (LP) Coral CRL 57231, Mar 5, 1958.
Jimmy Cleveland "A Map of Jimmy Cleveland" (Ray Copeland, Ernie Royal, Don Butterfield, Jerome Richardson, Jr. Mance, Arthur Taylor, Wilkins arr) (LP) Mercury MG 20442, Dec 16, 17, 18, 1958.
"The Ballad Artistry of Milt Jackson" (Arr. Quincy Jones, Don Hammond, Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Jones, Connie Kay, strings) (LP) Atlantic 1342,Sep 10, 1959. Collectables CD COL-CD-6258
Gerry Mulligan "What Is There To Say?" (Art Farmer, Dave Bailey) LP) Columbia JCS8116, Recorded Dec 17 & 18, 1958, rel. 1959. Reissued on CD Columbia CK52978.
"Annie Ross Sings A Song With Mulligan" (Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Dave Bailey) World Pacific WP-1253, Sep 25, 1958. released 1959. Reissued on CD Pacific Jazz EMI Manhattan CDP746852.
Gerry Mulligan "Americans In Sweden" (Art Farmer, Dave Bailey) TAX CD 3711-2, 1959.
Gerry Mulligan "A Night In Rome" (Art Farmer, Dave Bailey) (CD) Fini Jazz FJ 8801-2, 1959.
Lars Gullin (unreleased) recorded an album in Milan, Italy, with Dave Bailey, George Grunz, 1959.
Gerry Mulligan "Walkin' Shoes" (Art Farmer, Dave Bailey) Bandstand BDCD 1536.
Gerry Mulligan "New York December 1960" (Don Ferrara, Nick Travis, Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Alan Raph, Gene Quill, Bob Donovan, Jimmy Reider, Gene Allen, Mel Lewis) air check from Birdland, (LP) Jazz Anthology JA 5236, 1960.
Mose Allison "I Love The Life I Live" (Gus Johnson) (LP) Columbia CL 1565, Sep 9, 1960.
Al Cohn "The Vibes are On" (LP) Chazzer 2004, 1960.
Teddy Charles "On Campus!" (Zoot Sims, Jim Raney, Sam Most, Dave McKenna, Ed Shaughnessy) (LP) Bethlehem BCP-6044, 1960.
Bobby Scott "A Taste of Honey" (Frank Socolow, Charlie Persip, Harry Lookofsky, Gene Orloff, Richard Dickler, George Ricci),(LP) Atlantic 1355, Oct 25, 1960.
“George Wein at the Museum of Modern Art” (Pee Wee Russell, Shorty Baker, Tyree Glenn, Mickey Sheen, Wein, Crow) Bethlehem BCP 6050, June 16, 1960.
Gerry Mulligan "At The Village Vanguard" (Mel Lewis, Nick Travis, Clark Terry, Don Ferrara, Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Alan Raph, Gene Quill, Bob Donovan, Jim Reider, Gene Allen) (LP) Verve V-8396, December, 1960. Reiss. CD: Compact Jazz, "Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band" Verve 838 933-2.
Bob Brookmeyer "4 x 7 x Wilder" (Jim Hall, Mel Lewis) (LP) Verve V-8413,1961.
Peanuts Hucko "Peanuts, Popcorn & Crackerjazz" and "Filibuster" (single 45RPM). Avant Garde AV1120653, 1961.
Al Cohn & Zoot Sims "Either Way" (Mose Allison, Gus Johnson, Cecil "Kid Haffey" Collier) (LP) Fred Miles Presents FM-1,1961. Reiss. Evidence ECD 22007-2.
Gerry Mulligan "A Concert In Jazz" (Bob Brookmeyer, Nick Travis, Doc Severinsen, Don Ferrara, Willie Dennis, Alan Raph, Gene Quill, Bob Donovan, Jim Reider, Gene Allen, Mel Lewis) (LP) Verve V-8415, July 10 & 11, 1961.
Joe Morello "It's About Time" (Phil Woods, Gary Burton, arr Manny Albam, Woods) (LP) Victor LPM-2486, Nov 12,1961. Reissued on CD Bluebird 9784-2-RB.
Gerry Mulligan "Spring Is Sprung" (Brookmeyer, Bailey) (LP) Philips 200-077, 1961.
Judy Holiday "Holiday with Mulligan" (Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, Alan Raph, Nick Travis, Don Ferrara, Al DeRisi, Gunther Schuller, Earl Chapin, Fred Klein, Walt Levinsky, Al Klink, Don Ashworth, Gene Allen, Bernie Leighton, Mel Lewis) (LP) DRG Records, SL 5191, Apr 10-17, 1961.
Manny Albam "Jazz Goes to the Movies" (Joe Newman, John Bello, Nick Travis, Johnny Coles, Al DeRisi, Wayne Andre, Bob Brookmeyer, Alan Raph, Bill Dennis, Phil Woods, Gene Quill, Frank Socolow, Oliver Nelson, Gene Allen, Eddie Costa, Jimmy Raney, Harvey Phillips, Jim Hall, George Devens, Gus Johnson) (LP) Impulse AS-19, Jan 25, 1962.
Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Brookmeyer, Gus Johnson) (LP) Verve V/V6-8466, Feb 25, 1962.
"Compact Jazz: Gerry Mulligan" (reissues from 1950s & 60s) Mercury 830 697-2.
Gerry Mulligan "Jazz Round Midnight" (reissue from 1960s) Verve 314 515 389-2.
Irma Curry "Love is a Necessary Evil" (Don Elliott date, Al Cohn arr., Mel Lewis, Barry Galbraith, Chuck Wayne, Jo Jones, Hal McKusick, etc) (LP) Columbia CL 1754,1962.
Benny Goodman, Bell Telephone Hour Apr 25 & 26, 1962, Longines Symphonette SYS5116. Rarities RA21
"Benny Goodman In Moscow" (Joe Newman, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Maxwell, John Frosk, Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, Jimmy Knepper, Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion, Zoot Sims, Tom Newsom, Gene Allen, John Bunch, Teddy Wilson, Turk Van Lake, Mel Lewis, Victor Feldman) (LP) Victor LSO-6008, 1962.
"Jazz Mission to Moscow," (Jack Lewis producer, Al Cohn arr., Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Jerry Dodgion, Gene Allen, Jimmy Maxwell, Marky Markowitz, Willie Dennis, Eddie Costa, Mel Lewis) (LP) Colpix CP 433,SCP 433,July 12, 1962.
"The Liberty of Jazz" (Nick Brignola, Bob Brookmeyer, John Bunch, Bill Crow, Art Farmer, Walter Perkins, Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, music by Russian jazz composers arranged by Al Cohn.) (CD) SoLyd Records SLR0363, recorded August 1963 for Radio Liberty.
Gerry Mulligan "'63 Concert Jazz Band" (Clark Terry, Nick Travis, Don Ferrara, Doc Severinsen, Bob Brookmeyer, Willie Dennis, Tony Studd, Gene Quill, Eddie Caine, Jim Reider, Gene Allen, Jim Hall, Gus Johnson) (LP) Verve V/V6-8515, Dec 18-21, 1962, released 1963.
Clark Terry "More" (Ben Webster, Roger Kellaway, Dave Bailey, Gene Bertoncini) (LP) Cameo SC-1064, June, 1963.
Gerry Mulligan "Night Lights" (Jim Hall, Dave Bailey, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer) (LP) Philips PHM 200-108, Sep 12, Oct 3 1963. Reissued on CD, Mercury 818 271-2.
Gerry Mulligan "Butterfly With Hiccups" (Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Dave Bailey) (LP) Limelight LM S2004, Sep 3, Oct 11, 1963.
Jackie Cain & Roy Kral with big band (Lucky Thompson, Joe Newman, Ed Shaughnessy, etc.) recorded at WOR Sep 1964, (unreleased).
"Teddy Wilson 1964" (Glen Osser orch) (LP) Cameo SC 1059, 1964.
Bob Brookmeyer & Clark Terry "Tonight" (Roger Kellaway, Dave Bailey) (LP) Mainstream S/6043, Dec 1964. Reissued on CD, Jazz Heritage 513587W.
Bob Brookmeyer & Clark Terry "The Power of Positive Swinging" (Roger Kellaway, Dave Bailey) (LP) Mainstream S/6054, March 1965. Reiss. CD, Mainstream MDCD723
Zoot Sims "Suitably Zoot" (Bob Brookmeyer, Roger Kellaway, Dave Bailey) ,1965 air check from Half Note, (LP) Pumpkin ST 108.
Zoot Sims and Al Cohn "Live At The Half Note" 1965, (Roger Kellaway, Mel Lewis) Naked City Records.
Ruby Braff "Them There Eyes" (Jimmy Rowles, Vic Dickenson, Bucky Pizzarelli, Dick Katz, Connie Kay), 1976, (LP) Sonet SNTF 713, 1976. Universal CD 0602498148891
Yul Brynner "The King and I" (Cast album-revival, Milton Rosenstock, conductor) (LP) RCA ABL1-2610, 1977.
Joel Grey "The Grand Tour" (Cast album, Wally Harper, conductor) (LP) Columbia JS 35761, 1979.
Harry Shields "The Bones of Contention" (Wayne Andre, Maurice Mark, Russ Kassoff, Steve Barr, Jerry Chamberlain, Jack Gale, Keith O'Quinn, Harry Shields, Dave Glenn, Bob Smith, Lynn Welshman, Ed Byrne, Phill Bulla, Joe Randazzo, Mark Sheppard) (LP) Wayand Records 1, 1979.
Georgia Brown "Carmelina" (Cast album, Don Jennings, conductor) (LP) Original Cast Records OC 8019, 1980.
"42ND STREET" (Cast album, John Lesko, conductor) (LP) RCA CBL 1-3891, 1980.
"An Evening With Bill Crofut" (Carver Blanchard, Bob Gordon) (LP) Pro-Arte PAD-216, 1984.
Jon Eardley (Eddie Bert, Jon Gordon, Loren Schoenberg, Dick Katz, Mel Lewis) (unreleased). May 1989.
Garrison Keillor "American Radio Co., The First Season" (Rob Fisher & the Coffee Club Orch) (Cassette) High Bridge, ARC 17332, 1990.
Eddie Bert & J.R. Monterose "Live At Birdland" (Ben Aronov, Eddie Locke) (CD) Fresh Sound FSR-CD 198,1991.
Bob Wilber, Phontastic CD (Bob Wilber, soprano and alto sax; Dave McKenna, piano; Connie Kay, drums; Bill Crow, bass; Pug Horton, vocals)
Mark Shane "Blue Room" (Danny D'Imperio, Frank Vignola, Ed Polcer, Tom Artin, Spanky Davis, Ken Peplowski) (CD) Kama KD9374, 1992.
Jay McShann "Some Blues" (Al Grey) (CD) Chiaroscuro CRD 320, 1992.
Donald Johnston "There's No Forgetting You" (Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Steve Little) (CD) Bhakti BR 30, 1993.
Dick Sudhalter and his Friends “With Pleasure” (Dave Frishberg, Barbara Lea) Audiophile ACD 159, 1994
Dick Sudhalter & Barbara Lea "Hoagy's Children" Vol 1 & 2,(Frank Vignola, James Chirillo, Eddie Locke, Bob Dorough) (CDs) Audiophile ACD-291 & ACD-292,1994.
Masanobu Ikemiya Ragtime project (Joel Helleny, Dan Barrett, Peter Ecklund, Chuck Wilson, 4 strings) 1993-4 (Released in Japan)
Claude Williamson Trio "Autumn In New York"(Claude, piano, David Jones, drums) Venus Records TKCV-79099 April, 1995.
Bill Crow "From Birdland to Broadway" (Carmen Leggio, tenor, Joe Cohn, guitar, David Jones, drums) Venus Records, 11/20/1995
Bill Crow "Jazz Anecdotes" (same personnel as above) Venus Records, Nov 1996.
Marian McPartland "Reprise, Marian’s Hickory House Trio,"(Joe Morello, drums) Sep 1998.
Spike Robinson CTS Session (John Williams, Peter Cater, Louis Stewart) Hep CD 2087, Oct 1998.
“David X Young’s Jazz Loft” (various musicians) 2 CD package, Sunshine Group 2000
The Kansas City Sound (Harvey Kaiser, reeds; Hugh Brodie, Ron Finck, saxophones; Bobby Johnson Jr., Fred Jacobs, Fred Smith, trumpets; Roswell Rudd, Eddie Bert, trombones; Larry Packer, violin; Eddie Diehl, guitar; Joel O’Brien, piano; Gene Randolph, drums; Bobby Johnson & Glenda Davenport, vocals.) Dec 99, Feb 2000.
The Kansas City Sound, “A Tribute to the Duke” (Same personnel as above.)
The Kansas City Sound, “One for the Bishop” (Harvey Kaiser, reeds; Fred Smith, trumpet; Eddie Bert, trombone; Ed Diehl, guitar; Joel "Bishop" O'Brien, piano and vocals; Billy Allred, piano; Larry Packer, violin; Marvin "BuGalu" Smith, drums; Bill Crow, bass; Rita Kaiser, vocals.)
Cab Calloway Orchestra (Brooks Calloway, leader & vocals) Calloway Records, March 2002.
"Doug Proper...Seventh Sense" (Proper, guitar; Joe Beck, guitar; John Abercrombie, guitar; Gerry Fitzgerald, drums; Andrew Beals, saxophone) March 2003.
Rich Peare, "Rich Peare & Bill Crow", duo CD, Collective Recordings, 2003
Vincent Malacarne (Malacarne, guitar & vocals; Tony Jefferson, drums; Tom Kohl, piano) Nov 2003.
Winston Byrd "Vignettes" (one track: "Come Sunday," John Hicks, piano, Winston Byrd, trumpet) March 2004.
Dan Franta (Franta, drums, Frank Vicari, tenor sax) Oct 2005
Three Legends Leggio Records (with Carmen Leggio and Bucky Pizzarelli), Division St. Grill, Peekskill NY, Jan 2006
Tony Lavorgna (Lavorgna, tenor sax) Feb 2006
“Embraceable You” (Hiroshi Yamazaki, piano; Bill Crow, bass; John Cutrone, drums.) Nov 2010
“Bill Crow Sings, with Armand Hirsch” (June 2011)
Ryo Sasaki "Two For the Road" with Greg Ruggiero (Oct 2015)
Ryo Sasaki "Rio's Trio" with Kris Kaiser and Will Galison (Jan 2020)
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