Verve session · in the studio

January 21, 1951

Chico O'Farrill And His Orchestra

This day's music is on 2 records: 2nd Afro Cuban Suite, Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Music Of Chico O'Farrill

In the room

Chico O'Farrill – arranger, conductor
Mario Bauza – trumpet
Doug Mettome – trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
Al Stewart – trumpet
Nick Travis – trumpet
Eddie Bert – trombone
Vernon Friley – trombone · as Vern Friley
Fred Zito – trombone
George Berg – alto sax
Lenny Hambro – alto sax
Ben Harrod – alto sax
Flip Phillips – tenor sax
Eddie Wasserman – tenor sax
Danny Bank – baritone sax
Rene Hernandez – piano
Roberto Rodriguez – bass
Don Lamond – drums
Luis Miranda – conga
Candido – bongo
Jose Mangual – bongo
Ubaldo Nieto – timbales

The takes

1 of these 9 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

Norman Granz's labels numbered the tunes they recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.

Matrix · take	Title	First out on
468-2	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Part I - Introductory	MGN-9, MGC-689
469-3	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Part II - Pregon	MGN-9, MGC-689
469a-2	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Part III - 6/8	MGN-9, MGC-689
470-3	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Part IV - Jazz	MGN-9, MGC-689
471-6	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Part V - Cancion Antigua	MGN-9, MGC-689
472-4	The Second Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite: Part VI - Rumba Final	MGN-9, MGC-689
473-4	Havana Special	MGN-9, MGC-689
474-5	Fiesta Time	MGN-9, MGC-689
475-2	Sonoro	Not issued at the time · later on Mercury 8947

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

Where it ended up

Chico O'Farrill – 2nd Afro Cuban Suite (Norgran MGN-9)

MGN-9 · 19542nd Afro Cuban SuiteChico O'Farrill

Machito – Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Music Of Chico O'Farrill (Clef MGC-689)

MGC-689 · 1955Afro-Cuban Jazz: The Music Of Chico O'FarrillMachito

Together elsewhere

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

The whole band 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MGN-31	Chico O'Farrill	Chico O'Farrill And His Latin Orchestra	1954+	Chico O'Farrill, Mario Bauza, Doug Mettome, Jimmy Nottingham, Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Vernon Friley, Fred Zito, George Berg, Lenny Hambro, Ben Harrod, Flip Phillips, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank, Rene Hernandez, Roberto Rodriguez, Don Lamond, Luis Miranda, Candido, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto
	MGC-131	Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban	Chico O'Farrill And His Latin Orchestra	1953	Chico O'Farrill, Mario Bauza, Doug Mettome, Jimmy Nottingham, Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Vernon Friley, Fred Zito, George Berg, Lenny Hambro, Ben Harrod, Flip Phillips, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank, Rene Hernandez, Roberto Rodriguez, Don Lamond, Luis Miranda, Candido, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto

10 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MGC-132	Chico O'Farrill Jazz	Chico O'Farrill And His Orchestra	1953	Chico O'Farrill, Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Fred Zito, Lenny Hambro, Flip Phillips, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank, Don Lamond
	MGC-699	Jazz North Of The Border And South Of The Border	Chico O'Farrill And His Orchestra	1956	Chico O'Farrill, Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Fred Zito, Lenny Hambro, Flip Phillips, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank, Don Lamond

9 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MGV-8000	The Charlie Parker Story #1	Machito And His Orchestra	1956+	Mario Bauza, Flip Phillips, Danny Bank, Rene Hernandez, Roberto Rodriguez, Don Lamond, Luis Miranda, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto

8 of them 1 album

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MGN-1003	Afro	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	1954	Chico O'Farrill, Jimmy Nottingham, Danny Bank, Rene Hernandez, Roberto Rodriguez, Candido, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto

7 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MGC-639	Our Best	Various Artists	1955	Mario Bauza, Flip Phillips, Rene Hernandez, Roberto Rodriguez, Luis Miranda, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto
	MGV-8195	Compendium Of Jazz #2	Various Artists	1956+	Mario Bauza, Flip Phillips, Rene Hernandez, Roberto Rodriguez, Luis Miranda, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto

5 of them 2 albums

	No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
	MG 15031	Mambo Hambro	Lenny Hambro	1954	Eddie Bert, Lenny Hambro, Rene Hernandez, Jose Mangual, Ubaldo Nieto
	MGN-1062	Bill Harris Herd	Bill Harris And His Orchestra Featuring Chubby Jackson	1956	Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Vernon Friley, George Berg, Don Lamond

4 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGV-8207	Here Come The Swinging Bands	Various Artists	1957	Nick Travis, Danny Bank, Candido, Jose Mangual
MGV-8292	Gene Krupa Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements	Gene Krupa And His Orchestra	1959	Al Stewart, Eddie Bert, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank
V-8471	Burnin' Beat	Buddy Rich/Gene Krupa	1962	Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank
V-8571	The Essential Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa Trio At JATP	1963	Al Stewart, Nick Travis, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank
A-9135	Nine Flags	Chico O'Farrill	1966	Chico O'Farrill, Jimmy Nottingham, Eddie Wasserman, Don Lamond

3 of them 5 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
MGN-1023	Dizzy And Strings	Dizzy Gillespie With Johnny Richards And His Orchestra	1955	Jimmy Nottingham, George Berg, Danny Bank
LP 1250	Bix-Duke-Fats	Arranged By Tom Talbert	1956	Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Danny Bank
LP 3-219	Elliot Lawrence Plays Tiny Kahn And Johnny Mandel Arrangements	Elliot Lawrence And His Orchestra	1956	Nick Travis, Eddie Bert, Eddie Wasserman
BCP-75	Sam Most Plays Bird, Bud, Monk & Miles	Sam Most Orchestra	1957	Doug Mettome, Al Stewart, Eddie Wasserman
V-8594	Verve's Choice!	The Best Of Gene Krupa	1964	Al Stewart, Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank

2 of them 48 albums

No.	Title	Leader	Year	Who
CL 6092	Woody Herman And His Woodchoppers	Woody Herman And His Woodchoppers	1950	Flip Phillips, Don Lamond
MGN-1013	Another Evening With Charlie Ventura And Mary Ann McCall	Charlie Ventura Quartet	1954	Lenny Hambro, Danny Bank
BCP-14	Urbie - East Coast Jazz/6	Urbie Green	1955	Doug Mettome, Danny Bank
MGC-646	The Magnificent Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker Quintet	1955	Luis Miranda, Jose Mangual
CL 689	Rugolomania	Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra With The Rugolettes	1955	Doug Mettome, Eddie Bert
MGN-1028	Ralph Burns Among The JATPs	Ralph Burns Among The JATPs	1955	Flip Phillips, Danny Bank
MGN-1034	Tenor Saxes	Stan Getz, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Flip Phillips, Illinois Jacquet, Ben Webster, Charlie Ventura	1955	Lenny Hambro, Danny Bank
MGN-1035	Alto Sax	Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges, Willie Smith	1955	Luis Miranda, Jose Mangual
BCP-56	Chris	Chris Connor	1956	Jimmy Nottingham, Vernon Friley
CL 892	Jay & Kai + 6: The Jay And Kai Trombone Octet	J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding	1956	Eddie Bert, Candido
MGN-1053	An Evening With Mary Ann McCall And Charlie Ventura	Charlie Ventura Quartet With Mary Ann McCall	1956	Lenny Hambro, Danny Bank
LP 1228	Chris Connor	Chris Connor With Ralph Burns' Orchestra	1956	Nick Travis, Danny Bank
BCP-6004	Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland	Chris Connor	1956	Jimmy Nottingham, Vernon Friley
BCP-82	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume One	Various Artists	1958	Jimmy Nottingham, Vernon Friley
BCP-84	Just For Variety - Bethlehem's Best Volume Three	Various Artists	1958	Doug Mettome, Danny Bank
BCP-6036	Trombone Bandstand	Various Artists	1960	Doug Mettome, Danny Bank
MGV-8001	The Charlie Parker Story #2	Charlie Parker Overdubbed On Neal Hefti's Orchestra	1956+	Doug Mettome, Flip Phillips
MGV-8008	Fiesta: The Genius Of Charlie Parker #6	Charlie Parker And His Orchestra	1956+	Luis Miranda, Jose Mangual
MG 12024	Borderline	Ray McKinley, Eddie Sauter	1955	Nick Travis, Vernon Friley
BCP-61	Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries	Howard McGhee	1956	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
LP 1245	Wednesday's Child	Patty McGovern And Thomas Talbert	1956	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
MGV-8216	Men From Mars	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	1957	Candido, Jose Mangual
MG-36104	The Swingin' Miss D	Dinah Washington	1957	Nick Travis, Danny Bank
LP 1276	Jimmy Giuffre And His Music Men Play The Music Man	Jimmy Giuffre And His Music Men	1958	Nick Travis, Eddie Wasserman
LP 1285	Sing Me A Swing Song	Bobby Short	1958	Nick Travis, Danny Bank
BCP-85	Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
BCP-86	We Cut This Album For Bread	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
BCP-87	Double Barrel Jazz - No Blanks Here	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
BCP-88	Jazz Music For People Who Don't Care About Money	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
BCP-89	We've Built A Jazz Album ...For You	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
BCP-92	No Sour Grapes ...Just Pure Jazz	Various Artists	1959	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
LP 1308	Late Date With Ruth Brown	Ruth Brown With Richard Wess' Orchestra	1959	George Berg, Don Lamond
BCP-90	A Handful Of Cool Jazz	Various Artists	1960	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
BCP-91	A Lot Of Yarn But A Well Knitted Jazz Album	Various Artists	1960	Danny Bank, Don Lamond
LP 1320	Portrait Of The Artist	Bob Brookmeyer	1960	Nick Travis, Danny Bank
V-8414	Percussion King	Gene Krupa	1961	Eddie Wasserman, Danny Bank
V-8423	Carnegie Hall Concert: Recorded Live	The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	1961	Nick Travis, Jose Mangual
V-8455	Gloomy Sunday And Other Bright Moments	The Bob Brookmeyer Orchestra	1962	Nick Travis, Eddie Wasserman
A-53	After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!!	Freda Payne	1964	Jimmy Nottingham, Nick Travis
CL 2164	Big Band And Quartet In Concert	Thelonious Monk	1964	Nick Travis, Eddie Bert
LP-754	Spectrum	Illinois Jacquet	1965	Jimmy Nottingham, Candido
CL 2388	Latin Mann - Afro To Bossa To Blues	Herbie Mann	1965	Danny Bank, Jose Mangual
CL 2416	Misterioso (Recorded On Tour)	Monk	1965	Nick Travis, Eddie Bert
V-8796	Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra · not on the site yet	Wes Montgomery With Oliver Nelson Orchestra	1965	Danny Bank, Candido
V-8642	Goin' Out Of My Head	Wes Montgomery	1966	Danny Bank, Candido
A-9119	Roll 'Em	Shirley Scott Plays The Big Bands	1966	Jimmy Nottingham, Danny Bank
V-8714	The Best Of Wes Montgomery	Wes Montgomery With Johnny Pate Orchestra	1967	Danny Bank, Candido
V-8757	The Best Of Wes Montgomery Vol. 2	Wes Montgomery With Don Sebesky Orchestra	1968	Danny Bank, Candido