Prestige session · in the studio
February 27, 1950
Al Haig Trio
- This day's music is on 2 records: Piano Moderns, Prezervation
In the room
- Al Haig – piano
Tommy Potter – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
The takes
15 of these 19 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
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| JRC1100C | Liza | PRLP 175, PR 7516 |
| JRC1101C | Stars Fell On Alabama | PRLP 175, PR 7516 |
| JRC1102C | Stairway To The Stars | PRLP 175, PR 7516 |
| JRC1103A | Opus Caprice | PRLP 175, PR 7516 |
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| 1100 | Liza (false start) | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | Liza | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| 1103 | Opus Caprice (false start) | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | Opus Caprice | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| 1100C | Liza | Not issued at the time |
| 1101C | Stars Fell On Alabama | Not issued at the time |
| 1102 | Stairway To The Stars (false start) | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| - | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1984 |
| 1102C | Stairway To The Stars | Not issued at the time |
| 1103A | Opus Caprice | Not issued at the time |
19 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
PRLP 175 · 1954Piano ModernsMary Lou Williams, Al Haig
PR 7516 · 1967PrezervationStan Getz With Al HaigTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
The whole band 5 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | PRLP 115 | Wardell Gray Tenor Sax Favorites | Wardell Gray Quartet | 1951 | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | PRLP 7002 | Stan Getz Quartets | Stan Getz Bop Stars | 1955 | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | PRLP 7008 | Wardell Gray Memorial Volume One | Wardell Gray Quartet | 1955 | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | PRLP 7013 | Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz | Stan Getz Bop Stars | 1956 | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | MGV-8001 | The Charlie Parker Story #2 | Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra | 1956+ | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
