Various Artists – In The Beginning... Bebop (Savoy MG 12119)

Savoy MG 12119 · 12-inch LP · 1957

MG 12119

In The Beginning... Bebop

Various Artists

Released: 1957
Tracks: 12

3 more tracks from these dates went to New Trends Of Jazz Volume 4
2 more tracks from these dates went to Tenor Sax Solos By Allen Eager
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 4
4 more tracks from these dates went to The Tenor Sax Of Brew Moore

Who's on it

Eddie Lockjaw Davis – tenor sax
Fats Navarro – trumpet
Huey Long – guitar
Al Haig – piano
Gene Ramey – bass
Denzil Best – drums
Teddy Reig – producer
Kai Winding – trombone
Allen Eager – tenor sax
Marty Napoleon – piano
Eddie Safranski – bass
Shelley Manne – drums
Brew Moore – tenor sax
Gene DiNovi – piano
Jimmy Johnson – bass
Stan Levey – drums

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 3 sessions.

1Just A MysteryDecember 20, 1946 · S3371A
2Red PepperDecember 20, 1946 · S3372A
3SpinalDecember 20, 1946 · S3373
4Maternity (as Lard Pot)December 20, 1946 · S3374
5O-Go-MoJanuary 22, 1947 · S3375
6Mr. DuesJanuary 22, 1947 · S3376-2
7Oh Kai (as Kai's Day)January 22, 1947 · S3377
8SaxonJanuary 22, 1947 · S3378
9Brew BlewOctober 22, 1948 · -
10Blue BrewOctober 22, 1948 · -
11No More BrewOctober 22, 1948 · S3915
12More BrewOctober 22, 1948 · -

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Together elsewhere

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

8 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9026	The Birth Of Bop Volume 5	Various Artists	1953	Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Fats Navarro, Huey Long, Al Haig, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best, Allen Eager, Stan Levey

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 15044	Tenor Sax Solos By Allen Eager	Allen Eager Quartet	1954	Teddy Reig, Kai Winding, Allen Eager, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski, Shelley Manne, Stan Levey

6 of them 3 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9017	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 4	Kai Winding	1952	Teddy Reig, Kai Winding, Allen Eager, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski, Shelley Manne
	MG 9025	The Birth Of Bop Volume 4	Various Artists	1953	Teddy Reig, Kai Winding, Allen Eager, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski, Shelley Manne
	MG 12133	Nostalgia	Fats Navarro	1959	Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Fats Navarro, Huey Long, Al Haig, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best

5 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9028	The Tenor Sax Of Brew Moore	Brew Moore And His Playboys	1953	Kai Winding, Brew Moore, Gene DiNovi, Jimmy Johnson, Stan Levey

4 of them 3 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9030	Jam Session At Savoy	Various Artists	1954	Denzil Best, Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski
	MG 12074	Loaded	Various Artists	1956	Denzil Best, Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski
	PR 7516	Prezervation	Stan Getz With Al Haig	1967	Al Haig, Gene Ramey, Kai Winding, Stan Levey

3 of them 7 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 108	The New Sounds	Lee Konitz, Stan Getz	1951	Al Haig, Gene Ramey, Stan Levey
	MG 9005	Fats Navarro	Fats Navarro / Gil Fuller's Modernists / The Be Bop Boys	1952	Fats Navarro, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	MG-26001	The Young At Bop	Various Artists	1954	Al Haig, Allen Eager, Stan Levey
	PRLP 7002	Stan Getz Quartets	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1955	Al Haig, Gene Ramey, Stan Levey
	PRLP 7013	Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz	Stan Getz Bop Stars	1956	Al Haig, Gene Ramey, Stan Levey
	PRLP 7022	The Brothers	Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore	1956	Gene Ramey, Allen Eager, Brew Moore
	MG 12114	Opus De Bop	Various Artists	1957	Fats Navarro, Gene Ramey, Denzil Best

2 of them 18 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 15003	George Shearing Trios	George Shearing Trio	1950	Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	PRLP 109	Modern Jazz Trombones	Kai Winding And His All Stars, Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars	1951	Kai Winding, Brew Moore
	PRLP 113	Modern Jazz Trumpets	Fats Navarro, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham	1951	Fats Navarro, Al Haig
	BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Fats Navarro, Allen Eager
	MG 9015	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 2	Allen Eager	1952	Allen Eager, Stan Levey
	MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	Allen Eager, Stan Levey
	MGC-633	Basie-Jazz	Count Basie And His Orchestra	1954	Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Gene Ramey
	MG 12010	Jay & Kai	J. J. Johnson's Bop Quintet	1955	Kai Winding, Eddie Safranski
	MG 12016	Great Britain's Marian McPartland, George Shearing	George Shearing Trio	1955	Gene Ramey, Denzil Best
	MG 15048	Kai Winding's All Stars	J.J. Johnson Quintet	1955	Kai Winding, Eddie Safranski
	MG-36016	The Advance Guard Of The '40s	Various Artists	1955	Al Haig, Allen Eager
	MGV-4000	Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs	Al Hibbler	1956	Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Gene Ramey
	PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	Kai Winding, Brew Moore
	MG 12081	The George Wallington Trio	The George Wallington Trio And Septet	1956	Kai Winding, Brew Moore
	BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Fats Navarro, Allen Eager
	MG 12105	Lestorian Mode	Various Artists	1957	Kai Winding, Brew Moore
	JLP 50	Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet	The Tadd Dameron Band	1961	Fats Navarro, Kai Winding
	JLP 68	The Tadd Dameron Band	The Tadd Dameron Band	1962	Fats Navarro, Kai Winding

Also from these sessions

Kai Winding – New Trends Of Jazz Volume 4 (Savoy MG 9017)

MG 9017 · 1952New Trends Of Jazz Volume 4Kai Winding

Allen Eager Quartet – Tenor Sax Solos By Allen Eager (Savoy MG 15044)

MG 15044 · 1954Tenor Sax Solos By Allen EagerAllen Eager Quartet

Various Artists – The Birth Of Bop Volume 4 (Savoy MG 9025)

MG 9025 · 1953The Birth Of Bop Volume 4Various Artists

Brew Moore And His Playboys – The Tenor Sax Of Brew Moore (Savoy MG 9028)

MG 9028 · 1953The Tenor Sax Of Brew MooreBrew Moore And His Playboys

Sources

Jazz Discography Project (sessions, takes, personnel)

In the 12000 series

← MG 12118Pretty For The People MG 12120 →Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature