Pacific Jazz PJ-61 · 12-inch LP · 1963

PJ-61

Moment Of Truth

Gerald Wilson Big Band

Released: 1963
Tracks: 9

Who's on it

Gerald Wilson – arranger
John Audino – trumpet
Jules Chaiken – trumpet
Freddie Hill – trumpet
Carmell Jones – trumpet
Lou Blackburn – trombone
Bob Edmondson – trombone
Frank Strong – trombone
Bob Knight – bass trombone
Joe Maini – alto sax
Bud Shank – alto sax, flute
Teddy Edwards – tenor sax
Harold Land – tenor sax
Don Raffell – baritone sax
Joe Pass – guitar
Jack Wilson – piano
Jimmy Bond – bass
Mel Lewis – drums
Modesto Duran – conga
Jules Chaikin – trumpet
Al Porcino – trumpet
Jack Nimitz – baritone sax
Lester Robertson – trombone, arranger

The tracks

Side one

1Viva TiradoAugust 27, 1962 · 5:40
2Moment Of TruthOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 4:15
3PatternsOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 5:54
4TeriOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 2:54
5Nancy JoOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 2:37

Side two

1MilestonesOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisSeptember, 1962 · 5:30
2LatinoOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel Lewis, Modesto DuranSeptember, 1962 · 5:00
3JosefinaOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisSeptember, 1962 · 4:18
4EmergeOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Lester Robertson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisSeptember, 1962 · 3:22

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Every track in the order it was recorded, across 2 sessions.

1Viva TiradoAugust 27, 1962 · 5:40
2Moment Of TruthOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 4:15
3PatternsOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 5:54
4TeriOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 2:54
5Nancy JoOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaiken, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisAugust 27, 1962 · 2:37
6MilestonesOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisSeptember, 1962 · 5:30
7LatinoOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel Lewis, Modesto DuranSeptember, 1962 · 5:00
8JosefinaOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisSeptember, 1962 · 4:18
9EmergeOn this track: Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Jules Chaikin, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Al Porcino, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Lester Robertson, Bob Knight, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond, Mel LewisSeptember, 1962 · 3:22

The 2 sessions

August 27, 1962Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CAGerald Wilson Orchestra
- Gerald Wilson – arranger
- John Audino – trumpet
- Jules Chaiken – trumpet
- Freddie Hill – trumpet
- Carmell Jones – trumpet
- Lou Blackburn – trombone
- Bob Edmondson – trombone
- Frank Strong – trombone
- Bob Knight – bass trombone
- Joe Maini – alto sax
- Bud Shank – alto sax, flute
- Teddy Edwards – tenor sax
- Harold Land – tenor sax
- Don Raffell – baritone sax
- Joe Pass – guitar
- Jack Wilson – piano
- Jimmy Bond – bass
- Mel Lewis – drums
- Modesto Duran – conga
5 tracks on this record · 5 takes that dayOpen the session →
September, 1962Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, CAGerald Wilson Orchestra
- Gerald Wilson – arranger
- John Audino – trumpet
- Jules Chaikin – trumpet
- Freddie Hill – trumpet
- Carmell Jones – trumpet
- Al Porcino – trumpet
- Lou Blackburn – trombone
- Bob Edmondson – trombone
- Lester Robertson – trombone, arranger
- Bob Knight – bass trombone
- Joe Maini – alto sax
- Bud Shank – alto sax, flute
- Teddy Edwards – tenor sax
- Harold Land – tenor sax
- Jack Nimitz – baritone sax
- Joe Pass – guitar
- Jack Wilson – piano
- Jimmy Bond – bass
- Mel Lewis – drums
- Modesto Duran – conga
4 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →

Together elsewhere

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

15 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-80	Portraits	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1964	Gerald Wilson, Freddie Hill, Carmell Jones, Bob Edmondson, Joe Maini, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Modesto Duran, Jules Chaikin, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson

14 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-34	You Better Believe It	Gerald Wilson	1961	Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Carmell Jones, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong, Joe Maini, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Jimmy Bond, Mel Lewis, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson

12 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-100	24 Great Jazz Groups: On Mike!	Various Artists	1963	Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Carmell Jones, Bob Edmondson, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Don Raffell, Jimmy Bond, Mel Lewis, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson
	PJ-88	On Stage	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1965	Gerald Wilson, Freddie Hill, Bob Edmondson, Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Jules Chaikin, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson

10 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-10149	Gerald Wilson Orchestra · not on the site yet	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1965	Gerald Wilson, Freddie Hill, Bob Edmondson, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Joe Pass, Jules Chaikin, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson
	PJ-10099	Feelin' Kinda Blues	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1966	Gerald Wilson, Freddie Hill, Bob Edmondson, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Modesto Duran, Jules Chaikin, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson

9 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-10111	The Golden Sword (Torero Impressions In Jazz)	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1966	Gerald Wilson, Freddie Hill, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Wilson, Jules Chaikin, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz, Lester Robertson

6 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJ-31	Les McCann Sings	Les McCann Ltd.	1961	Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Bob Edmondson, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz
PJ-10166	Les McCann Ltd. With Gerald Wilson Orchestra · not on the site yet	Les McCann Ltd. With Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1961	Gerald Wilson, John Audino, Bob Edmondson, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz
PJ-10132	Everywhere · not on the site yet	The Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1968	Gerald Wilson, Frank Strong, Harold Land, Joe Pass, Jack Wilson, Lester Robertson

5 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PJ-53	Business Meetin'	Carmell Jones	1962	Gerald Wilson, Carmell Jones, Bud Shank, Harold Land, Don Raffell
	PJ-49	Brass Bag	Tricky Lofton And Carmell Jones	1963	Gerald Wilson, Carmell Jones, Lou Blackburn, Bob Edmondson, Frank Strong

4 of them 4 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJ-1257	The Sound Of Big Band Jazz In Hi-Fi!	Various Artists	1959	Bud Shank, Jimmy Bond, Mel Lewis, Jack Nimitz
PJ-30	This Is The Blues Vol. 2	Various Artists	1961	Carmell Jones, Bud Shank, Jimmy Bond, Mel Lewis
PJ-93	Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra Featuring Dizzy Gillespie	Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra Featuring Dizzy Gillespie	1965	John Audino, Freddie Hill, Jimmy Bond, Jack Nimitz
PJ-10118	Live And Swinging!	The Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1967	Gerald Wilson, Harold Land, Jack Wilson, Al Porcino

3 of them 12 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJ-1221	On Stage	The Bill Perkins Octet	1956	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis, Jack Nimitz
MGV-8283	Anita O'Day Sings The Winners	Anita O'Day With Russell Garcia And His Orchestra	1958	Jules Chaiken, Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
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, Al Porcino
PJ-1263	Swingin' Standards	Buddy Bregman And His Dance Band!	1959	John Audino, Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
C3568	Art Pepper + Eleven	Art Pepper + Eleven	1959	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
MGV-4021	Ella Swings Lightly	Ella Fitzgerald With The Marty Paich's Dek-tette	1959	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
PJ-1289	Swingin' Like Sixty Vol. 1: The Singers/The Swingers	Various Artists	1960	Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land
PJ-13	This Is The Blues Vol. 1	Various Artists	1961	Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land
PJ-21	New Groove	Bud Shank	1961	Carmell Jones, Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
PJ-77	Extension	Clare Fischer Orchestra	1963	Bob Knight, Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz
A-9129	Sound Pieces	Oliver Nelson	1966	John Audino, Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz
A-9153	Live From Los Angeles	Oliver Nelson's Big Band	1967	Freddie Hill, Lou Blackburn, Jack Nimitz

2 of them 35 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PJ-1205	Bud Shank/Shorty Rogers	Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers Quintet	1955	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
BCP-48	Max Bennett	Max Bennett Septet	1956	Mel Lewis, Jack Nimitz
BCP-52	Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette	Mel Torme With The Marty Paich's Dek-tette	1956	Bud Shank, Mel Lewis
CL 592	The 3 Herds	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	1956	Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz
PJ-1229	Chet Baker Big Band	Chet Baker Big Band	1957	Bud Shank, Jimmy Bond
MGV-8216	Men From Mars	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	1957	Al Porcino, Jack Nimitz
C3542	Leroy Walks!	The Leroy Vinnegar Sextet	1958	Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards
PJ-1267	Singin' The Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon	1959	Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards
MG-36143	Rugolo Plays Kenton	Pete Rugolo	1959	Bud Shank, Al Porcino
MG-36148	More Vibes On Velvet	Terry Gibbs	1959	Joe Maini, Mel Lewis
LP 1328	Woody Herman's Big New Herd At The Monterey Jazz Festival	Woody Herman's Big New Herd	1960	Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
CL 1509	All Over The Place	The Hi-Lo's	1960	Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
C3571	Helen Humes	Helen Humes	1960	Teddy Edwards, Mel Lewis
C3574	Carl's Blues	The Curtis Counce Group	1960	Gerald Wilson, Harold Land
BCP-6036	Trombone Bandstand	Various Artists	1960	Mel Lewis, Jack Nimitz
PJ-19	Groovin' Blue	Curtis Amy And Frank Butler	1961	Carmell Jones, Jimmy Bond
PJ-29	The Remarkable Carmell Jones	Carmell Jones Quintet	1961	Carmell Jones, Harold Land
PJ-35	Barefoot Adventure (Soundtrack)	Bud Shank	1961	Carmell Jones, Bud Shank
C3582	Songs I Like To Sing!	Helen Humes	1961	Teddy Edwards, Al Porcino
RLP 437	Grab This!	Johnny Griffin	1962	Joe Pass, Jimmy Bond
LP 1376	Hear Ye!!!!Hear Ye!!!!	The Red Mitchell-Harold Land Quintet	1962	Carmell Jones, Harold Land
C3601	Love Moods	Helyne Stewart	1962	Teddy Edwards, Jimmy Bond
PJ-64	Brasamba!	Bud Shank, Clare Fischer, Joe Pass	1963	Bud Shank, Joe Pass
PJ-65	Outa Sight	Earl Anderza	1963	Jack Wilson, Jimmy Bond
PJ-74	Little Bird Suite	Dick Grove Orchestra	1963	Jules Chaiken, Bob Edmondson
C3608	Leroy Walks Again!!	Leroy Vinnegar Quintet!!	1963	Freddie Hill, Teddy Edwards
C3612	Conflict	Jimmy Woods Sextet Featuring Elvin Jones	1963	Carmell Jones, Harold Land
V-8505	The Essential Jazz Vocals	Various Artists	1963	Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
V-8593	Verve's Choice!	The Best Of Mel Torme	1964	Mel Lewis, Al Porcino
A-82	Chic Chic Chico	Chico Hamilton	1965	Lou Blackburn, Harold Land
PJ-91	McCann/Wilson	Les McCann And The Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1965	Gerald Wilson, Teddy Edwards
A-9116	Additions To Further Definitions	Benny Carter	1966	Bud Shank, Teddy Edwards
PJ-10101	Night Flight	Gil Fuller & The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra Featuring James Moody	1966	Lou Blackburn, Al Porcino
PJ-10110	Bud Shank And The Sax Section	Bud Shank And The Sax Section	1966	Bud Shank, Jack Nimitz
LP 1488	Virgo Vibes	Roy Ayers	1967	Harold Land, Jack Wilson

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel)

In the PJ series

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