EmArcy session · in the studio
September 3, 1954
Joe Gordon Quintet
- This day's music is on 2 records: Introducing Joe Gordon, Introducing Joe Gordon
In the room
- Joe Gordon – trumpet
- Charlie Rouse – tenor sax
Junior Mance – piano- Jimmy Schenck – bass
Art Blakey – drums
The takes
1 of these 4 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
Mercury numbered its masters by the tune; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 10952 | Grasshopper | MG-26046, MG-36025 |
| 10953 | Flash Gordon | MG-26046, MG-36025 |
| W249 | 10954 | Evening Lights | Not issued at the time · later on Wing MGW-60002 |
| 11086 | Xochimilco | MG-36025 |
4 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
MG-26046 · 1955Introducing Joe GordonJoe Gordon Quintet
MG-36025 · 1955Introducing Joe GordonJoe Gordon QuintetTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 12 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 111 | Mr. Saxophone | Sonny Stitt | 1951 | Junior Mance, Art Blakey |
 | MG 9019 | New Trends Of Jazz Volume 6 | Fats Navarro | 1952 | Charlie Rouse, Art Blakey |
 | PRLP 148 | Sonny Stitt Favorites Volume Two | Sonny Stitt Septet | 1953 | Junior Mance, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 5032 | New Star On The Horizon | Clifford Brown | 1953 | Charlie Rouse, Art Blakey |
 | MG-26030 | Blakey Featuring Art Blakey | Art Blakey Quintet | 1955 | Joe Gordon, Art Blakey |
 | BLP 1526 | Memorial Album | Clifford Brown | 1956 | Charlie Rouse, Art Blakey |
 | BCP-6023 | Hard Drive - Out Of This World...And The Next World Too | Art Blakeys Jazz Messengers | 1957 | Junior Mance, Art Blakey |
 | PRLP 7077 | Kaleidoscope | Sonny Stitt | 1957 | Junior Mance, Art Blakey |
 | PRLP 7133 | Stitt's Bits | Sonny Stitt | 1958 | Junior Mance, Art Blakey |
 | MG 12133 | Nostalgia | Fats Navarro | 1959 | Charlie Rouse, Art Blakey |
 | RLP 323 | Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two At The Blackhawk | Thelonious Monk Quartet Plus Two | 1960 | Joe Gordon, Charlie Rouse |
 | PR 7612 | Stitt's Bits Vol. 2 | Sonny Stitt | 1968 | Junior Mance, Art Blakey |