Tenor Sax Solos By Allen Eager

Allen Eager Quartet

Released: 1954
Tracks: 8

6 more tracks from these dates went to New Trends Of Jazz Volume 2
3 more tracks from these dates went to New Trends Of Jazz Volume 4
4 more tracks from these dates went to In The Beginning... Bebop
2 more tracks from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 4
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 2
1 more track from these dates went to The Birth Of Bop Volume 5

Who's on it

Allen Eager – tenor sax
Ed Finckel – piano
Bob Carter – bass
Max Roach – drums
Teddy Reig – producer
Kai Winding – trombone
Marty Napoleon – piano
Eddie Safranski – bass
Shelley Manne – drums
Terry Gibbs – vibes
Duke Jordan – piano
Curley Russell – bass
Doug Mettome – trumpet
George Wallington – piano
Leonard Gaskin – bass
Stan Levey – drums

The tracks

Every track in the order it was recorded, across 4 sessions.

1Symphony Sid's Idea (as Zadah)March 22, 1946 · S59003
2Oh Kai (as Kai's Day)January 22, 1947 · S3377
3SaxonJanuary 22, 1947 · S3378
4All Night, All FranticJuly 15, 1947 · S3432
5Donald JayJuly 15, 1947 · S3433
6And That's For SureJuly 15, 1947 · S3435
7-November 6, 1947 · S3470-4
8-November 6, 1947 · S3472-4

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The 4 sessions

March 22, 1946NYCAllen Eager Quartet
- Allen Eager – tenor sax
- Ed Finckel – piano
- Bob Carter – bass
- Max Roach – drums
1 track on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →
January 22, 1947NYCTeddy Reig's All Stars
- Teddy Reig – producer
- Kai Winding – trombone
- Allen Eager – tenor sax
- Marty Napoleon – piano
- Eddie Safranski – bass
- Shelley Manne – drums
2 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →
July 15, 1947NYCAllen Eager With The Be Bop Boys
- Allen Eager – tenor sax
- Terry Gibbs – vibes
- Duke Jordan – piano
- Curley Russell – bass
- Max Roach – drums
3 tracks on this record · 4 takes that dayOpen the session →
November 6, 1947NYCAllen Eager Quintet
- Allen Eager – tenor sax
- Doug Mettome – trumpet
- George Wallington – piano
- Leonard Gaskin – bass
- Stan Levey – drums
2 tracks on this record · 8 takes that dayOpen the session →

Together elsewhere

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

11 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9015	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 2	Allen Eager	1952	Allen Eager, Ed Finckel, Bob Carter, Max Roach, Terry Gibbs, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell, Doug Mettome, George Wallington, Leonard Gaskin, Stan Levey
	MG 9025	The Birth Of Bop Volume 4	Various Artists	1953	Allen Eager, Max Roach, Teddy Reig, Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski, Shelley Manne, Terry Gibbs, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell, Leonard Gaskin

7 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 9023	The Birth Of Bop Volume 2	Various Artists	1953	Allen Eager, Max Roach, Curley Russell, Doug Mettome, George Wallington, Leonard Gaskin, Stan Levey

6 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9017	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 4	Kai Winding	1952	Allen Eager, Teddy Reig, Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski, Shelley Manne
MG 9026	The Birth Of Bop Volume 5	Various Artists	1953	Allen Eager, Curley Russell, Doug Mettome, George Wallington, Leonard Gaskin, Stan Levey
MG 12119	In The Beginning... Bebop	Various Artists	1957	Allen Eager, Teddy Reig, Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski, Shelley Manne

5 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 109	Modern Jazz Trombones	Kai Winding And His All Stars, Jay Jay Johnson And His All Stars	1951	Max Roach, Kai Winding, Curley Russell, George Wallington, Leonard Gaskin
	PRLP 7023	Trombone By Three	J J Johnson, Kai Winding, Benny Green	1956	Max Roach, Kai Winding, Curley Russell, George Wallington, Leonard Gaskin

4 of them 3 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9022	The Birth Of Bop Volume 1	Various Artists	1953	Max Roach, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell, Leonard Gaskin
MG 12081	The George Wallington Trio	The George Wallington Trio And Septet	1956	Max Roach, Kai Winding, Curley Russell, George Wallington
MG 12105	Lestorian Mode	Various Artists	1957	Kai Winding, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell, George Wallington

3 of them 12 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MG 9001	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 2	Charlie Parker	1951	Max Roach, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell
MG 9004	Stan Getz Beboppers	Stan Getz Quartet / The Be Bop Boys	1951	Max Roach, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell
PR 7587	George Wallington Trio · not on the site yet	George Wallington Trio	1952	Max Roach, Curley Russell, George Wallington
MG 9010	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 3	Charlie Parker	1952	Max Roach, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell
PRLP 158	George Wallington Trio (Volume 2)	George Wallington Trio	1953	Max Roach, Curley Russell, George Wallington
MG 9024	The Birth Of Bop Volume 3	Various Artists	1953	Max Roach, Curley Russell, Leonard Gaskin
MG 9028	The Tenor Sax Of Brew Moore	Brew Moore And His Playboys	1953	Kai Winding, Curley Russell, George Wallington
MG 9030	Jam Session At Savoy	Various Artists	1954	Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski
MG 12000	Charlie Parker Memorial	Charlie Parker All Stars	1955	Max Roach, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell
MG 12014	The Genius Of Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Max Roach, Duke Jordan, Curley Russell
MG 12074	Loaded	Various Artists	1956	Kai Winding, Marty Napoleon, Eddie Safranski
PRLP 7255	Early Stan	Stan Getz	1963	Terry Gibbs, Curley Russell, George Wallington

2 of them 48 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
PR 7824	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra · not on the site yet	Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra	1946	Max Roach, Curley Russell
PRLP 120	The New Sounds	Gerry Mulligan And Allen Eager	1952	Allen Eager, George Wallington
PRLP 136	George Wallington Trio	George Wallington Trio	1952	Max Roach, George Wallington
BLP 5003	The Amazing Bud Powell	Bud Powell's Modernists	1952	Max Roach, Curley Russell
BLP 5012	The McGhee-Navarro Sextet	Howard McGhee's All Stars	1952	Max Roach, Curley Russell
PRLP 138	Contemporary Music	Zoot Sims All Stars	1953	Kai Winding, George Wallington
PRLP 141	Gerry Mulligan All Stars	Gerry Mulligan New Stars	1953	Allen Eager, George Wallington
MGN-24	The Workshop Of The George Wallington Trio	George Wallington Trio	1954	Curley Russell, George Wallington
CL 552	The New Benny Goodman Sextet	Benny Goodman Sextet	1954	Eddie Safranski, Terry Gibbs
MGN-1013	Another Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall	Charlie Ventura Quartet	1954	Bob Carter, Kai Winding
PR 7813	Oscar Pettiford Sextet · not on the site yet	Oscar Pettiford Sextet	1954	Max Roach, Kai Winding
MG 15036	The Al Cohn Quintet	Al Cohn Quintet	1954	Max Roach, Curley Russell
CL 689	Rugolomania	Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra With The Rugolettes	1955	Kai Winding, Doug Mettome
MGN-1034	Tenor Saxes	Stan Getz, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Charlie Ventura	1955	Bob Carter, Kai Winding
BLP 1503	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1	Bud Powell	1955	Max Roach, Curley Russell
PRLP 7006	Mulligan Plays Mulligan	Gerry Mulligan New Stars	1955	Allen Eager, George Wallington
MGV-8001	The Charlie Parker Story #2	Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra	1956+	Curley Russell, Doug Mettome
MG 9000	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 1	Charlie Parker	1951	Max Roach, Curley Russell
BLP 5004	Fats Navarro Memorial Album	The Tadd Dameron Sextet Featuring Fats Navarro	1952	Allen Eager, Curley Russell
MG 9007	Tenor Sax Solos	Don Byas	1952	Max Roach, Leonard Gaskin
MG 9011	New Sounds In Modern Music Volume 4	Charlie Parker	1952	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 9016	New Trends Of Jazz Volume 3	Dexter Gordon	1952	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 9034	Bird - Diz - Bud - Max	Various Artists	1954	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 15043	Tenor Sax Solos By Don Byas	Don Byas' Swing Shifters	1954	Max Roach, Leonard Gaskin
MG-26001	The Young At Bop	Various Artists	1954	Curley Russell, Stan Levey
MG 12001	The Immortal Charlie Parker	Tiny Grimes Quintette	1955	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12009	Charlie Parker Memorial Volume 2	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1955	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12010	Jay & Kai	J. J. Johnson's Bop Quintet	1955	Kai Winding, Eddie Safranski
MG 15048	Kai Winding's All Stars	J.J. Johnson Quintet	1955	Kai Winding, Eddie Safranski
MGN-1053	An Evening With Mary Ann McCall And Charlie Ventura	Charlie Ventura Quartet With Mary Ann McCall	1956	Bob Carter, Kai Winding
MGN-1063	Jazz Giant	Bud Powell	1956	Max Roach, Curley Russell
BLP 1504	The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2	Bud Powell	1956	Max Roach, Curley Russell
BLP 1533	Introducing Johnny Griffin	Johnny Griffin	1956	Max Roach, Curley Russell
PRLP 7022	The Brothers	Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Brew Moore	1956	Kai Winding, George Wallington
PRLP 7024	Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, J.J. Johnson	Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers	1956	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12048	Al Cohn's Tones	Al Cohn Quartet	1956	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12079	The Charlie Parker Story	Charlie Parker Rebeboppers / The Be Bop Boys	1956	Max Roach, Curley Russell
BLP 1532	The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2	Fats Navarro	1957	Allen Eager, Curley Russell
MG 12106	J J Johnson's Jazz Quintets	J.J. Johnson's Beboppers	1957	Max Roach, Leonard Gaskin
MG 12114	Opus De Bop	Various Artists	1957	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12125	The Many Faces Of The Blues	Various Artists	1958	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12126	The Jazz Hour	Various Artists	1958	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG 12130	Dexter Rides Again	Dexter Gordon	1958	Max Roach, Curley Russell
MG-36141	Newport '58	Dinah Washington, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach, Don Elliott	1958	Max Roach, Terry Gibbs
JLP 50	Fats Navarro Featured With The Tadd Dameron Quintet	The Tadd Dameron Band	1961	Kai Winding, Curley Russell
JLP 68	The Tadd Dameron Band	The Tadd Dameron Band	1962	Kai Winding, Curley Russell
MG 12179	The 'Bird' Returns	Charlie Parker	1962	Max Roach, Curley Russell
PRLP 7253	Looking Back	J.J. Johnson	1963	Max Roach, Leonard Gaskin