First Bass

Album First Bass by Oscar Pettiford

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First Bass
Disc #-Track #Song
Composer Lyrics Arranger
Musicinas
Additional Musicinas Group Name Soloists
Recording DateRecording LocationAttribution
1-1Too Marvelous For Words

Music:Richard A. Whiting , Lyrics:Johnny Mercer
Harry Babasin(cel),Oscar Pettiford(cel),Arnold Ross(p),Joe Comfort(b),Alvin Stoller(d) 5/31 1953
  • LA,CA
  • 2 cel
1-2Monti Cello

Music:Oscar Pettiford,Harry Babasin
Harry Babasin(cel),Oscar Pettiford(cel),Arnold Ross(p),Joe Comfort(b),Alvin Stoller(d) 5/31 1953
  • LA,CA
  • 2 cel
1-3In A Cello Mood

Music:Oscar Pettiford,Harry Babasin
Harry Babasin,Oscar Pettiford(cel),Arnold Ross(p),Joe Comfort(b),Alvin Stoller(d) 5/31 1953
  • LA,CA
  • 2 cel
1-4Blues In The Closet (Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas)

Music:Oscar Pettiford
Harry Babasin(cel),Oscar Pettiford(cel),Arnold Ross(p),Joe Comfort(b),Alvin Stoller(d) 5/31 1953
  • LA,CA
  • 2 cel
1-5Over The Rainbow

Music:Harold Arlen , Lyrics:Yip Harburg
Lionel Hampton All Stars
Lucky Thompson(ts),Ray Copeland(tp),Jimmy Cleveland(tb),Lionel Hampton(vib),Oscar Pettiford(b),Oscar Dennard(p),Gus Johnson(d)
7/31 1956
  • NY,NY
    1-6Take The “A” Train

    Music:Billy Strayhorn , Lyrics:Billy Strayhorn,Joya Sherrill
    Lionel Hampton All Stars
    UNKOWN(vo),Lionel Hampton(vib),Oscar Dennard(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Gus Johnson(d)
    7/31 1956
    • NY,NY
      1-7Willow Weep For Me

      Music:Ann Ronell , Lyrics:Ann Ronell
      Atilla Zoller(gt),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clarke(d) 11/15 1958
      • TV Broadcast,Hamburg,Germany
        1-8Yardbird Suite

        Music:Charlie Parker
        Jazz From Carnegie Hall
        Lee Konitz(as),Zoot Sims(ts),Phineas Newborn(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clark(d)
        9/20 1958
        • Free Trade HallManchester,England
          1-9Bohemia After Dark

          Music:Oscar Pettiford
          Jazz From Carnegie Hall
          Lee Konitz(as),Zoot Sims(ts),Phineas Newborn(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clark(d)
          9/20 1958
          • Free Trade HallManchester,England
            1-10Laverne Walk

            Music:Oscar Pettiford
            Phineas Newborn(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clark(d) 9/22, 9/23 1958
            • Concert Hall,Stockholm,Sweden
              1-11Stardust

              Music:Hoagy Carmichael , Lyrics:Mitchell Parish
              Phineas Newborn(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clark(d) 9/22, 9/23 1958
              • Concert Hall,Stockholm,Sweden
                1-12All The Things You Are

                Music:Jerome Kern , Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein II
                Phineas Newborn(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Kenny Clark(d) 9/22, 9/23 1958
                • Concert Hall,Stockholm,Sweden
                  1-13Interview~The Nearness Of You

                  Music:Hoagy Carmichael , Lyrics:Ned Washington
                  Bent Axen(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Finn Fredriksen(d) 1/31 1960
                  • Danish Radio,Copenhagen,Denmark
                    1-14Why Not? That’s What!

                    Music:Oscar Pettiford
                    Erik Nordstrom(ts),Alan Botchinsky(tp),Louis Hjulmand(vib),Jan Johnson(p),Oscar Pettiford(b),Jorn Elniff(d) 7/5 1960
                    • Copenhagen,Denmark