DON BYAS, SLAM STEWART, JOHN MEHEGAN, VIC DICKENSON, JIMMY JONES ( Timme Rosencrantz private 1944)
Recorded in the basement of 7 West 46th Street, New York City, Baron Timme Rosenkrantz s apartment. Details and dating below subject to correction. Mehegan, piano: I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS , , Byas, Vic Dickenson, trombone; possibly George Johnson, alto saxophone; Slam Stewart, string bass: INDIANA, I GOT RHYTHM, ROSE ROOM (Johnson), SOMETIMES I M HAPPY (Vic) NC, DON T BLAME ME Inez Cavanaugh, vocal, MY IDEAL , , The famous concert performance of INDIANA and I GOT RHYTHM is from June 6, 1945 so it wasn t entirely impromptu And we know Slam s solo on SOMETIMES from the 1943 Lester Young Quartet for Keynote. Byas, Jimmy Jones, piano: SWEET LORRAINE (in two parts on this tape), SWEET AND LOVELY, unidentified theme, DON T BLAME ME , , Byas, Sammy Benskin, piano; Harold McFadden, guitar: MOONGLOW, JUST YOU, JUST ME, HOW HIGH THE MOON , , Recordings courtesy of John L. Fell: presente
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