Riverside session · in the studio
April 10, 1957
Mundell Lowe Quartet/Quintet
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, March 7, and
- This day's music is on 3 records: A Grand Night For Swinging, 8 Ways To Jazz: Cole Porter, Blues For Tomorrow
In the room
Mundell Lowe – guitar
Gene Quill – alto sax
Billy Taylor – piano- Les Grinage – bass
Ed Thigpen – 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 |
|---|---|---|
| – | It's A Grand Night For Swingin' | RLP 12-238 |
| – | Blues Before Freud | RLP 12-238 |
| – | Easy To Love | RLP 12-238, RLP 12-272 |
| – | It Could Happen To You | RLP 12-238 |
| – | Love Me Or Leave Me | RLP 12-238 |
| – | You Turned The Tables On Me | RLP 12-238 |
| – | Crazy Rhythm | RLP 12-238 |
| – | Let's Blow Some Blues | RLP 12-243 |
8 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
RLP 12-238 · 1957A Grand Night For SwingingMundell Lowe
RLP 12-272 · 19588 Ways To Jazz: Cole PorterVarious Artists
RLP 12-243 · 1957Blues For TomorrowVarious ArtistsTogether elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
2 of them 6 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CL 6133 | Sarah Vaughan | Sarah Vaughan With George Treadwell And His All Stars | 1950 | Mundell Lowe, Billy Taylor |
 | CL 745 | Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi | Sarah Vaughan | 1955 | Mundell Lowe, Billy Taylor |
 | LP 1277 | The Billy Taylor Touch | Billy Taylor Quartet | 1958 | Billy Taylor, Ed Thigpen |
 | BCP-6024 | Winner's Circle | Various Artists | 1958 | Gene Quill, Ed Thigpen |
 | BCP-6035 | Fifteen Star Saxophones | Various Artists | 1960 | Gene Quill, Ed Thigpen |
 | BCP-6065 | Golden Jazz Instrumentals | Various Artists | 1962 | Gene Quill, Ed Thigpen |