Date: January 29, 1955
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: Gene Norman Presents
Frank Morgan (ldr), Frank Morgan (as), Conte Candoli (t), Wild Bill Davis (org), Bobby Rodriguez (b), Ubaldo Nieto (tim), José Mangual, Sr. (bgo), Rafael Miranda (cga)
a. Chooch – 3:37 (Frank Morgan)
b. Whippet – 4:40 (Frank Morgan)
c. Bernie’s Tune [aka Bobby Sox] – 5:37 (Bernie Miller, Bobby Lehman)
d. I’ll Remember April – 4:29 (Don Raye, Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston)
Date: March 31, 1955
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Label: Gene Norman Presents
Frank Morgan (ldr), Frank Morgan (as), Wardell Gray (ts), Conte Candoli (t), Howard Roberts (g), Carl Perkins (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Larance Marable (d)
a. The Champ – 4:54 (Dizzy Gillespie)
b. Get Happy – 4:03 (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
c. The Theme – 4:39 (Traditional, Kenny Dorham)
d. My Old Flame – 4:42 (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow)
e. Neil’s Blues – 5:07 (Frank Morgan)
f. The Nearness Of You – 5:18 (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
“The Theme” listed as “Milt’s Tune” and credited to Milt Jackson.
Date: August 11, 1956
Location: Crescendo Club, Los Angeles, CA
Label: Gene Norman Presents
Frank Morgan (ldr), James Clay (f, ts), Frank Morgan (as), Jack Sheldon (t), Bobby Timmons (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Larance Marable (d)
a. Crescendo Blues – 6:04 (Jack Sheldon)
b. Huh! – 6:32
c. Autumn Leaves [aka Les Feuilles Mortes] – 3:38 (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer)
d. Well, You Needn’t – 6:17 (Thelonious Monk)
e. B. T. – 3:58 (Bobby Timmons)
GNP Crescendo CD: GNPD 9041 — Frank Morgan (1991)
Recorded without an audience.
