Riverside session · in the studio

July 19, 1956

Matthew Gee All Stars

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC

This day's music is on 2 records: Jazz By Gee!, The Swingers

In the room

Matthew Gee – trombone
Kenny Dorham – trumpet
Frank Foster – tenor sax
Cecil Payne – baritone sax
Joe Knight – piano
John Simmons – bass
Art Taylor – drums

The takes

What the numbers mean

Riverside numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
–	Gee!	RLP 12-221, JLP 3
–	Kingston Lounge	RLP 12-221, JLP 3
–	The Boys From Brooklyn	RLP 12-221, JLP 3

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

Where it ended up

Matthew Gee All Stars – Jazz By Gee! (Riverside RLP 12-221)

RLP 12-221 · 1956Jazz By Gee!Matthew Gee All Stars

Kenny Dorham – The Swingers (Jazzland JLP 3)

JLP 3 · 1960The SwingersKenny Dorham

Together elsewhere

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

3 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	PRLP 7037	Fontainebleau	Tadd Dameron	1956	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne, John Simmons
	MG-36106	Rolf Ericson And His American All Stars	Roffe Ericson And His American All Stars	1958	Cecil Payne, John Simmons, Art Taylor

2 of them 30 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGC-167	Jazz By Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1954	Matthew Gee, Cecil Payne
MGC-622	Jazz Moods By Illinois Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1954	Matthew Gee, Cecil Payne
BLP 5055	Lou Donaldson Sextet Vol. 2	Lou Donaldson Sextet	1954	Matthew Gee, Kenny Dorham
BLP 5065	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	1955	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne
RLP 12-222	Presenting Ernie Henry	Ernie Henry Quintet	1956	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
MGC-700	Jazz Moods	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1956	Matthew Gee, Cecil Payne
MGC-701	Port Of Rico	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra Featuring Count Basie	1956	Matthew Gee, Cecil Payne
MGC-702	Groovin' With Jacquet	Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra	1956	Matthew Gee, Cecil Payne
PRLP 7021	Hope Meets Foster	Elmo Hope Quartet And Quintet Featuring Frank Foster	1956	Frank Foster, Art Taylor
RLP 12-244	Jazz For Lovers	Various Artists	1957	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
BLP 1535	Afro-Cuban	Kenny Dorham	1957	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne
BLP 1537	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet	Lou Donaldson	1957	Matthew Gee, Kenny Dorham
PRLP 7081	All Day Long	Frank Foster, Donald Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor	1957	Frank Foster, Art Taylor
PRLP 7082	Mobley's 2nd Message	Hank Mobley Quintet	1957	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
PR 7298	Prestige/Groovy Goodies	Various Artists	1957	Frank Foster, Art Taylor
PR 7313	Prestige/Groovy Goodies Vol. 2	Various Artists	1957	Cecil Payne, Art Taylor
RLP 12-266	Last Chorus	Ernie Henry	1958	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
RLP 12-297	Blue Spring	Kenny Dorham Septet, Cannonball Adderley	1959	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne
PR 7754	Kenny Dorham Quartet · not on the site yet	Kenny Dorham Quartet	1959	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
NJLP 8219	Taylor's Tenors	Arthur Taylor, Charlie Rouse, Frank Foster	1959	Frank Foster, Art Taylor
JLP 14	Kenny Dorham & Friends	Ernie Henry Quintet	1960	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
NJLP 8224	Meet Oliver Nelson	Oliver Nelson Quintet With Kenny Dorham & Ray Bryant	1960	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
NJLP 8225	Quiet Kenny	Kenny Dorham	1960	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
CJM 8019	The Jazz Life!	Various Artists	1961	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne
CJM 8022	Newport Rebels	Jazz Artists Guild	1961	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne
PJ-41	Inta Somethin'	Kenny Dorham And Jackie McLean	1962	Kenny Dorham, Art Taylor
JLP 82	Kenny Dorham And Friends With Cannonball Adderley & Sonny Rollins	Kenny Dorham Quintet/Sextet	1962	Kenny Dorham, Cecil Payne
PRLP 7280	Dakar	John Coltrane	1963	Cecil Payne, Art Taylor
LP 1431	Soul Groove	Johnny Griffin & Matthew Gee	1964	Matthew Gee, Art Taylor
PR 7448	The Best Of Kenny Burrell	The Prestige All Stars	1966	Frank Foster, Art Taylor