Bethlehem session · in the studio

July 11, 1955

Charlie Mariano Quartet

In the room

Charlie Mariano – tenor sax
Johnny Williams – piano · as John Williams
Max Bennett – bass
Mel Lewis – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Bethlehem numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
–	Manteca	BCP-49
–	It's You Or No One	BCP-49
–	Give A Little Whistle	BCP-49
–	I Should Care	BCP-49

4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it

Where it ended up

Charlie Mariano Sextet – Charlie Mariano Plays (Bethlehem BCP-49)

BCP-49 · 1956Charlie Mariano PlaysCharlie Mariano Sextet

Together elsewhere

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

The whole band 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	BCP-6035	Fifteen Star Saxophones	Various Artists	1960	Charlie Mariano, Johnny Williams, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
	BCP-6038	Blues Ville	Various Artists	1960	Charlie Mariano, Johnny Williams, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis

3 of them 6 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BCP-1024	Sapphire	Stu Williamson	1955	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-48	Max Bennett	Max Bennett Septet	1956	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-50	Max Bennett Plays	Max Bennett Quintet	1956	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-31	Stu Williamson Plays	Stu Williamson Quintet	1957	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-91	A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz Album	Various Artists	1960	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-6036	Trombone Bandstand	Various Artists	1960	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett, Mel Lewis

2 of them 27 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
BCP-1022	Charlie Mariano Sextet	Charlie Mariano Sextet	1955	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-1027	Helen Carr	Helen Carr	1955	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-1028	Max Bennett Quintet	Max Bennett Quintet	1955	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-1029	The Composition Of Bobby Scott Vol. 2	Bobby Scott Octet	1955	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-1040	Wigville	Russ Garcia	1955	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-53	Peggy Connelly	Peggy Connelly With Russ Garcia & The "Wigville" Band	1956	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-55	Stu Williamson	Stu Williamson Septet	1956	Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis
BCP-8	The Compositions Of Bobby Scott	Bobby Scott Septet	1957	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-80	Jazz City Presents Entertainment Bethlehem Jazz Session	Various Artists	1957	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-6017	Frances Faye Sings Folk Songs	Frances Faye	1957	Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-6020	Gene Norman Presents Mel Torme At The Crescendo	Mel Torme	1957	Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-82	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume One	Various Artists	1958	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-83	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume Two	Various Artists	1958	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
C3544	Coop!	The Music Of Bob Cooper	1958	Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-85	Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-86	We Cut This Album For Bread	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-87	Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks Here	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-88	Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis
BCP-89	We've Built A Jazz Album ...For You	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis
BCP-92	No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis
PJ-1257	The Sound Of Big Band Jazz In Hi-Fi!	Various Artists	1959	Charlie Mariano, Mel Lewis
BCP-6031	Songs For Any Taste	Mel Torme	1959	Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
MG-36148	More Vibes On Velvet	Terry Gibbs	1959	Max Bennett, Mel Lewis
BCP-90	A Handful Of Cool Jazz	Various Artists	1960	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-6037	Big Band Contrast	Various Artists	1960	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-6039	Jazz Music For The Birds And The Hep Cats	Russ Garcia And Marty Paich	1960	Charlie Mariano, Max Bennett
BCP-6068	Award Album - Jazz Vocals	Various Artists	1962	Max Bennett, Mel Lewis