On Stage

The Bill Perkins Octet

Released: 1956
Tracks: 8

1 more track from these dates went to The Sound Of Big Band Jazz In Hi-Fi!

Who's on it

Bill Perkins – tenor sax
Stu Williamson – trumpet, valve trombone
Carl Fontana – trombone
Bud Shank – alto sax
Jack Nimitz – baritone sax, bass clarinet
Russ Freeman – piano
Red Mitchell – bass
Mel Lewis – drums

The tracks

Side one

1Song Of The IslandsFebruary 9, 1956 · 5:19
2One Hundred Years From TodayFebruary 9, 1956 · 4:45
3Zing ZangFebruary 9, 1956 · 5:48
4Let Me SeeFebruary 9, 1956 · 3:30

Side two

1For Dancers OnlyFebruary 16, 1956 · 5:48
2Just A ChildFebruary 16, 1956 · 4:55
3As They ReveledFebruary 16, 1956 · 3:47
4When You're SmilingFebruary 16, 1956 · 5:00

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Together elsewhere

The other albums at least two of these players are on together.

The whole band 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-1257	The Sound Of Big Band Jazz In Hi-Fi!	Various Artists	1959	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Carl Fontana, Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz, Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis

5 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-60	The Artistry Of Pepper	Art Pepper	1962	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis

4 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJ-1205	Bud Shank/Shorty Rogers	Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers Quintet	1955	Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis
MGV-8216	Men From Mars	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	1957	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Carl Fontana, Jack Nimitz
PJ-1263	Swingin' Standards	Buddy Bregman And His Dance Band!	1959	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
C3568	Art Pepper + Eleven	Art Pepper + Eleven	1959	Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
PJ-100	24 Great Jazz Groups: On Mike!	Various Artists	1963	Stu Williamson, Jack Nimitz, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis

3 of them 15 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJ-1202	Chet Baker Sings And Plays	Chet Baker Quintet With Strings	1955	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell
BCP-48	Max Bennett	Max Bennett Septet	1956	Carl Fontana, Jack Nimitz, Mel Lewis
BCP-52	Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette	Mel Torme With The Marty Paich's Dek-tette	1956	Bud Shank, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis
MGV-8207	Here Come The Swinging Bands	Various Artists	1957	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Carl Fontana
C3540	Zounds!	The Lennie Niehaus Octet! (Vol. 2)	1958	Bill Perkins, Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis
MGV-8283	Anita O'Day Sings The Winners	Anita O'Day With Russell Garcia And His Orchestra	1958	Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
PJ-1276	Gypsy	Annie Ross	1959	Bill Perkins, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
PJ-1285	A Gasser!	Annie Ross	1959	Bill Perkins, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
MG-36162	The Music From Richard Diamond	Pete Rugolo	1959	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank, Red Mitchell
PJ-3	Jazz Immortal	Clifford Brown	1960	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
BCP-6036	Trombone Bandstand	Various Artists	1960	Carl Fontana, Jack Nimitz, Mel Lewis
PJ-61	Moment Of Truth	Gerald Wilson Big Band	1963	Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz, Mel Lewis
V-8505	The Essential Jazz Vocals	Various Artists	1963	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
V-8593	Verve's Choice!	The Best Of Mel Torme	1964	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
PJ-10110	Bud Shank And The Sax Section	Bud Shank And The Sax Section	1966	Bill Perkins, Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz

2 of them 59 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJLP-3	Chet Baker Quartet	Chet Baker Quartet	1953	Russ Freeman, Red Mitchell
PJLP-14	Bud Shank And Three Trombones	Bud Shank Quartet With Three Trombones	1954	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
PJLP-15	Chet Baker Sextet	Chet Baker Sextet	1954	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
CL 549	Chet Baker & Strings	Chet Baker Quintet With Strings	1954	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
C2515	In The Solo Spotlight	Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 5	1954	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
MG-26017	Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party	Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra	1954	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
PJLP-19	Clifford Brown Ensemble	Clifford Brown Ensemble	1955	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman
CL 689	Rugolomania	Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra With The Rugolettes	1955	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
BCP-1024	Sapphire	Stu Williamson	1955	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
PJ-1206	The Trumpet Artistry Of Chet Baker	Chet Baker Quartet	1955	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
C3504	Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 6	Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars	1955	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
MG-26024	Dimensions	Maynard Ferguson	1955	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
MG-36024	The Gellers	Herb Geller	1955	Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis
MG-36044	Dimensions Featuring Maynard Ferguson	Maynard Ferguson And His Orchestra	1955	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
BCP-50	Max Bennett Plays	Max Bennett Quintet	1956	Carl Fontana, Mel Lewis
BCP-55	Stu Williamson	Stu Williamson Septet	1956	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
CL 592	The 3 Herds	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	1956	Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz
PJ-1213	Strings And Trombones	Bud Shank, Bob Brookmeyer	1956	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
PJ-1214	Arranged By Montrose	Jack Montrose	1956	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman
C3513	To Swing Or Not To Swing	Barney Kessel Vol. 3	1956	Bill Perkins, Red Mitchell
C3516	Swinging Sounds	Shelly Manne & His Men Vol. 4	1956	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman
C3518	The Quintets	Lennie Niehaus Vol. 1	1956	Stu Williamson, Red Mitchell
C3524	The Sextet	Lennie Niehaus Volume 5	1956	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson
MG-36071	Volume VIII-Giants Of Jazz - The Jazz Greats: Drum Role	Various Artists	1956	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
BCP-31	Stu Williamson Plays	Stu Williamson Quintet	1957	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
BCP-69	'Round Midnight	Claude Williamson	1957	Red Mitchell, Mel Lewis
BCP-80	Jazz City Presents Entertainment Bethlehem Jazz Session	Various Artists	1957	Bill Perkins, Mel Lewis
PJ-1229	Chet Baker Big Band	Chet Baker Big Band	1957	Bill Perkins, Bud Shank
C3517	In The Solo Spotlight!	Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars (Vol. 5)	1957	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
C3519	More Swinging Sounds	Shelly Manne & His Men Vol. 5	1957	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman
C3536	Premiere Recording Of Concerto For Clarinet & Combo	Shelly Manne & His Men (Vol. 6)	1957	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman
MG-36115	Out On A Limb	Pete Rugolo	1957	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
C3557	The Gambit	Shelly Manne & His Men Volume 7	1958	Stu Williamson, Russ Freeman
V-8795	Ella Fitzgerald With The Marty Paich's Dek-tette · not on the site yet	Ella Fitzgerald With The Marty Paich's Dek-tette	1958	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
MG-36125	Olay!	Ruth Olay	1958	Bud Shank, Red Mitchell
BCP-88	Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money	Various Artists	1959	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
BCP-89	We've Built A Jazz Album ...For You	Various Artists	1959	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
BCP-92	No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz	Various Artists	1959	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
PJ-1249	Pretty/Groovy	Chet Baker	1959	Bill Perkins, Russ Freeman
PJ-1261	More Drums On Fire!	Sonny Payne, Mel Lewis, Benny Barth, Armando Peraza, Ray Mosca	1959	Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
MGV-4021	Ella Swings Lightly	Ella Fitzgerald With The Marty Paich's Dek-tette	1959	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
BCP-91	A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz Album	Various Artists	1960	Stu Williamson, Mel Lewis
PJ-1289	Swingin' Like Sixty Vol. 1: The Singers/The Swingers	Various Artists	1960	Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
LP 1328	Woody Herman's Big New Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival	Woody Herman's Big New Herd	1960	Bill Perkins, Mel Lewis
CL 1509	All Over The Place	The Hi-Lo's	1960	Bill Perkins, Mel Lewis
PJ-20	Choice	Zoot Sims	1961	Russ Freeman, Mel Lewis
PJ-21	New Groove	Bud Shank	1961	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
PJ-30	This Is The Blues Vol. 2	Various Artists	1961	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
PJ-34	You Better Believe It	Gerald Wilson	1961	Jack Nimitz, Mel Lewis
V-8434	Swinging All The Way With Frances Faye	Frances Faye	1962	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
PJ-75	Timeless	Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker	1963	Bud Shank, Russ Freeman
PJ-77	Extension	Clare Fischer Orchestra	1963	Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz
PJ-80	Portraits	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1964	Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz
PJ-88	On Stage	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1965	Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz
V-8608	The Astrud Gilberto Album	Astrud Gilberto With Marty Paich Orchestra	1965	Stu Williamson, Bud Shank
V-4071	Whisper Not	Ella Fitzgerald With Marty Paich And His Orchestra	1966	Bill Perkins, Stu Williamson
A-9116	Additions To Further Definitions	Benny Carter	1966	Bill Perkins, Bud Shank
A-9129	Sound Pieces	Oliver Nelson	1966	Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz
A-9153	Live From Los Angeles	Oliver Nelson's Big Band	1967	Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz