Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers (Blue Note 5058, 1518)

Kenny Dorham (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - November 13, 1954

Room 608 (Silver)

Creepin' in (Silver)

Stop Time (Silver)

Doodlin' (Silver)

Kenny Dorham (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - February 6, 1955

To Whom It May Concern (Silver)

Hippy (Silver)

The Preacher (Silver)

Hankerin' (Mobley)

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Will Bradley, Jr, House of Bradley (Epic LN1127 / LN3199) - Session 1

 

Phil Sunkel (cnt), J. R. Monterose (ts), Wadde Legge (p), Doug Watkins (b), Will Bradley, Jr. (dm) - February 25, 1955

 

Jay Walkin'

Brain Washer

My Old Flame

Spice

Phil Sunkel (cnt), J. R. Monterose (ts), Wadde Legge (p), Doug Watkins (b), Will Bradley, Jr. (dm) - March 9, 1955

 

Bradley's Beans

Sugar Hips

Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - March 27, 1955

Walkin' The Fence (alt tk)

Walkin' The Fence

Avila And Tequila

Hank's Prank (alt tk)

Hank's Prank

Just Coolin'

My Sin

Love For Sale

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The Jackie McLean Quintet (Ad Lib 6601)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Ronald Tucker (dm) - October 21, 1955

 

It's You or No One (Styne-Kahn)

Blue Doll (McLean)

Little Melonae (McLean)

The Way You Look Tonight (Kern-Fields)

Mood Melody (Waldron)

Lover Man (Sherman-Davis-Ramirez)

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The Jazz Messengers, At The Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 & 2 (Blue Note 1507 & 1508)

 

Kenny Dorham (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - November 23, 1955

 

Vol. 1

Soft Winds (Goodman)

The Theme (Trad.)

Minor's Holiday (Dorham)

Alone Together (Dietz-Schwartz)

Prince Albert (Dorham-Roach)

Vol. 2 :

Sportin' Crowd (Mobley)

Like Someone in Love (Burke-Van Heusen)

Yesterdays (Kern-Harback)

Avila and Tequila (Mobley)

I Waited For You (W. Fuller)

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Donald Byrd, Byrd's Eye View (Transition TRLP 4 - except * on Jazz in Transition TRLP 30)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Joe Gordon (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, December 2, 1955

 

Everything Happens To Me (M. Dennis-T. Adair)

Hank's Other Tune (a.k.a. The Late Show) (H. Mobley)

Doug's Blues

Hank's Tune (H. Mobley)

El Sino (Charles Majeed Greenlea)

Crazy Rhythm (Meyer-Kahn-Caesar) *

Donald Byrd (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Elmo Hope (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - January 27, 1956

Lights Out (McLean)

Up (McLean)

Lorraine (Byrd)

A Foggy Day

Kerplunk (Byrd)

Inding (McLean)

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Ronnie Ball (p), Doug Watkins (b), Kenny Clarke (dm) - February 8, 1956

There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon-Warren)

Cattin' (Mobley)

Cattin' (alt. tk)

Madeline (Mobley)

When I Fall In Love (Heyman-Young)

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - May 4, 1956

It's You Or No One (Styne-Cahn)

The End Of A Love Affair (Redding)

Nica's Dream (Silver)

Infra-Rae (Mobley)

Carol's Interlude (Mobley)

Carol's Interlude (alt. tk.)

Late Show (Mobley)

Ill Wind (Arlen-Koehler)

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The Cool Voice of Rita Reyes with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers (Columbia 903)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm), Rita Reyes (voc) - May 3, 1956

 

Taking A Chance On Love

That Old Black Magic

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

I Cried For You

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Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers (Columbia) - Session 2

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - May 4, 1956

 

Ecaroh (Silver)

Hank's Symphony (Mobley)

Weird-O (Mobley)

Deciphering The Message (Mobley)

Donald Byrd (tp except *), Ray Santisi (p), Doug Watkins (b), Jim Zitano (dm) - Beacon Hill, Boston, May 7, 1956

Little Rock Getaway (Joe Sullivan)

Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen)

People Will Say We're In Love (Rodgers-Hammerstein) *

If I Love Again (Oakland-Murray)

What's New (Haggart-Burke) *

Stella By Starlight (Young-Washington)

Donald Byrd (tp), Kenny Dorham (tp), Phil Woods (as), Gene Quill (as), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Philly Joe Jones (dm) - June 15, 1956

The Stanley Stomper (P. Woods)

Cool Aid (P. Woods)

Pairing Off (P. Woods)

Suddenly It's Spring (Burke-Van Heusen)

Sonny Rollins (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Max Roach (dm) - June 22, 1956

St.Thomas (S. Rollins)

You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul)

Strode Rode (S. Rollins)

Moritat (K. Weill)

Blue 7 (S. Rollins)

Joe Gordon (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Kenny Clarke (dm) - July 2, 1956

To Beat Or Not To Beat (H. Silver)

Silver's Blue (H. Silver)

How Long Has This Been Going On ? (Gershwin)

Donald Byrd (tp), Art Farmer (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - July 13, 1956

Jammin' With Gene (Ammons)

We'll Be Together (Fischer-Laine)

Not Really The Blues (Johnny Mandel)

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - July 17, 1956

I'll Know (Loesser)

Shoutin' Out (H. Silver)

Hank's Tune (H. Mobley)

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (Bernier-Brainin)

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Hank Mobley, Mobley's Message (Prestige 7061)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Jackie McLean (as only *), Hank Mobley (ts), Barry Harris (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - July 20, 1956

 

Bouncin' With Bud (B. Powell)

52nd Street Theme (T. Monk)

Minor Disturbance (Mobley)

Au Privave* (C. Parker)

Little Girl Blue (Rodgers-Hart)

Alternating Current (Mobley)

Donald Byrd (tp)*, Hank Mobley (ts)**, Jackie McLean (as), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - July 13 & 20, 1956

Sentimental Journey (Green-Brown-Hamer)

Why Was I Born? (Kern-Hamerstein)

Contur* (Kenny Drew)

Confirmation** (Charlie Parker)

When I Fall in Love (Heyman-Young)

Abstraction* (Mal Waldron)

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Barry Harris (p), Doug Watkins (b), Kenny Clarke (dm) - July 23, 1956

 

B. For B.B. (Mobley)

B. For B.B. (alt. tk)

Space Flight (Mobley)

Space Flight (alt. tk)

Blues Number Two (Mobley)

Blues Number Two (alt. tk)

Kenny Dorham (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Walter Bishop (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - July 27, 1956

 

These Are The Things I Love

Message From The Border (H. Mobley)

The Latest (H. Mobley)

Xlento (H. Mobley)

I Should Care

Crazeology (Benny Harris)

Donald Byrd (tp), Art Farmer (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Barry Harris (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - August 3, 1956

The Third (Byrd)

Contour

When Your Lover Has Gone

Dig

'Round Midnight

Lee Morgan (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Hank Jones (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - November 5, 1956

Hank's Shout (Mobley)

Bet (Watkins)

Medley :

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

P.S. I Love You

Easy Living

That's All

Lee Morgan (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Hank Jones (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - November 7, 1956

Nostalgia (F. Navarro)

Thad's Blues (Thad Jones) *

A-1 (Mobley) - unissued at the time

A-1 (alt. tk) - unissued at the time

Doug's Minor Book (Watkins) *

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (dm) - November 10, 1956

Enchantment (Silver)

Virgo (Silver)

Shirl (Silver)

Senor Blues (Silver)

Camouflage (Silver)

Cool Eyes (Silver)

For Heaven's Sake (Meyer-Breton-Edwards)

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Kenny Burrell (g), Duke Jordan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - December 8, 1956

Return To Paradise (D. Tiomkin)

Phinupi (Burrell)

Phil T. McNasty's Blues (Trad.)

Panonica (Duke Jordan)

More of The Same (Thad Jones)

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Jerome Richardson (ts, fl), Kenny Burrell (g), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - December 28, 1956

All Night Long (Burrell)

Boo-Lu (Mobley)

Flickers (Waldron)

Lil' Hankie (Mobley)

Thad Jones, (tp), Frank Foster (ts), Jimmy Jones (p), Doug Watkins (b), Jo Jones (dm), Quincy Jones (arranger, conductor) - December 24 (or 12?), 1956

Whisper Not (Golson)

Jumping for Jane (Feather)

Mad Thad (Jones)

Donald Byrd (tp), Frank Foster (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - January 4, 1957

All Day Long

Slim Jim

Say Listen

A.T.

C.P.W.

Art Farmer (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Gene Ammons (ts), Kenny Burrell (g), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - January 11, 1957

Funky (Burrell)

Pint Size (J. Mundy)

Stella by Starlight

King Size (J. Mundy)

Hank Mobley (ts), Milt Jackson (vib), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - January 13, 1957

 

Reunion

Lower Stratosphere

Don't Walk

Ultramarine

Mobley's Musings

Cecil Payne (bs), Tommy Flanagan (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dm) - February 1, 1957

Don't Cry Baby

Drum Boogie

Strictly Confidential (B. Powell)

All of You

Perception

Louis Smith (tp), Buckshot La Funke (aka Cannonball Adderley) (as), Duke Jordan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - February 4, 1957

Tribute To Brownie (Duke Pearson)

Brill's Blues (L. Smith)

South Side (L. Smith)

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Jackie McLean, Jackie McLean & Co. (Prestige 7087)

 

Bill Hardman (tp), Ray Draper (tub), Jackie McLean (as), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - February 8, 1957 

 

Minor Dream

Mirage

Beau Jack

Help

Flickers

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Louis Smith, Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note 1584) - Session 2

 

Louis Smith (tp), Buckshot La Funke (aka Cannonball Adderley) (as), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - February 9, 1957

 

Ande (L. Smith)

Stardust (H. Carmichael)

Val's Blues (L. Smith)

Hank Mobley (ts), Kenny Burrell (g), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (dm) - February 10, 1957

Felicity

Nica's Dream

D. B. Blues

K. B. Blues

K. B. Blues (alt. tk)

Out For Blood

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V.A., Olio (Prestige 7084)

 

Thad Jones (tp), Frank Wess (ts, fl), Mal Waldron (p), Teddy Charles (vib), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dm) - February 16, 1957

 

Touche (Mal Waldron)

Potpourri (Mal Waldron)

Blues Without Woe (Teddy Charles)

Hello Frisco (Teddy Charles)

Dakar (Teddy Charles)

Embraceable You

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Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, Two Guitars (Prestige 7119)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Mal Waldron (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Jimmy Raney (g), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - March 5, 1957

 

Blue Duke (Waldron)

Dead Heat (Waldron)

Pivot (Waldron)

Close Your Eyes (Petkere)

Little Melonae (McLean)

This Way (Watkins)

Out of Nowhere (Green-Hyman)

Hank Mobley (ts), Art Farmer (tp), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - March 8, 1957

 

Wham And They're Off

Wham And They're Off (alt tk)

Funk In Deep Freeze

Funk In Deep Freeze (alt tk)

Startin' From Scratch

Stella-wise

Base On Balls

Fin De L'Affaire

Bobby Jaspar (fl), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Bobby Donaldson (dm) - March 12, 1957

Solacium

Flute Bass Blues

Flute Bop

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Yusef Lateef - Quintet (Savoy)

Yusef Lateef, Curtis Fuller, Hugh Lawson, Ernie Farrow, Doug Watkins, Louis Hayes - 1957.04.05 & 09

Idrees Sulieman (tp), John Coltrane (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (dm) - April 18, 1957

Minor Mishap

How Long Has This Been Going On ? (trio only)

Eclypso

Solacium

Tommy's Time

John Coltrane (ts), Pepper Adams, Cecil Payne (bs), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - April 20, 1957

 

Dakar

Mary's Blues

Route 4

Velvet Scene

Witches Pit

Cat Walk

Jackie McLean (as), John Jenkins (as), Wadde Legge (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm) - May 3, 1957

Alto Madness

Windy City

The Lady Is A Tramp

Easy Living

Pondering

Bird Feathers *

Curtis Fuller (tb), John Jenkins (as), Sonny Red Kyner (as), Paul Quinichette (ts), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Ed Thigpen (dm) - May 10, 1957

Blue Dots (M. Waldron)

Circles (M. Waldron)

On The Sunny Side of the Street

Cool-Lypso (M. Waldron)

My Funny Valentine

Curtis Fuller (tb), Sonny Red Kyner (as), Hank Jones (p), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (dm) - May 11, 1957

Vonce 5

Namely You

Transportation Blues

What Is This Thing Called Love?

Blue Lawson

Alicia

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Pepper Adams, Critics' Choice (Pacific Jazz WP PJM-407)

 

Lee Katzman (tp), Pepper Adams (bs), Jimmy Rowles (p), Doug Watkins (b), Mel Lewis (dm) - August 23, 1957

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Donald Byrd & John Jenkins, Star Eyes (Regent 6056/Savoy)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Curtis Fuller (tb), John Jenkins (as), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - September 10, 1957

 

Orpheus (Jenkins)

Honeylike (Jenkins)

Rockaway (Jenkins)

Star Eyes

Darn That Dream

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John Coltrane & Frank Wess, Wheelin' and Dealin' (Prestige 7131/ New Jazz 8327 - except * not on original LP)

 

John Coltrane, Frank Wess, Paul Quinichette (ts), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (b) - September 20, 1957

 

Things Ain't What They Used to Be

Wheelin' (tk 1) *

Wheelin' (tk 2)

Robbins' Nest

Dealin' (tk 1) *

Dealin' (tk 2)

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Sonny Rollins, Newk's Time (Blue Note 4001)

 

Sonny Rollins (ts), Wynton Kelly (p), Doug Watkins (b), Philly Joe Jones (dm) - September 22, 1957

 

Tune Up

Asiatic Raes

Wonderful! Wonderful!

The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Blues For Philly Joe (Rollins)

Namely You

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Sonny Red, Two Altos (Regent 6069/Savoy) + V.A. Jazz Is Busting Out All Over (Savoy MG-12123) *

 

Sonny Redd (as), Pepper Adams (bs), Wynton Kelly (p), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dm) - November 12, 1957

 

Watkins Production (Watkins)

Redd's Head (Redd)

Stop *

Note : The two first titles were issued with unrelated Art Pepper recordings.

Lee Morgan (tp), Sonny Clark (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (ds) - November 18, 1957

 

Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson)

Personality (Burke-Van Heusen)

All At Once You Love Her (Rodgers-Hammerstein)

Idrees Sulieman (tp), Cecil Payne (bs), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dm), Lonnie Levister (arr) - October 25, 1957

Down by the Riverside

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Idrees Sulieman (tp), Frank Rehak (tb), Pepper Adams (bs), Bill Evans (p), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (dm) - December 6, 1957

Roots (Watkins)

Toots Thielemans, Time Out (Decca)

Al Epstein, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Danny Bank, Toots Thielemans, Barry Galbraith, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, (Ralph Burns arr) - January 22 (?), 1958

Urbie Green, Billy Byers, Sonny Russo, Toots Thielemans, Bucky Pizzarelli, Hank Jones, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, (Ralph Burns arr) - January 24, 1958

Lee Morgan (tp), Sonny Clark (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (ds) - February 2, 1958

Who Do You Love I Hope (Irving Berlin)

Candy (David-Whitney-Kramer)

C.T.A. (Jimmy Heath)

All The Way (Carn-Van Heusen)

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Wilbur Harden, Mainstream (1958) (Savoy MG 12127 - except * not on original LP)

 

Wilbur Harden (tp, flg), John Coltrane (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Louis Hayes (dm) - March 13, 1958

 

Wells Fargo (take 1) (W. Harden)

Wells Fargo (take 2) (W. Harden) *

E.F.F.P.H. (W. Harden)

Countdown (take 1) (W. Harden) *

Countdown (take 2) (W. Harden) *

Rhodomagnetics (take 1) (W. Harden) *

Rhodomagnetics (take 2) (W. Harden)

Snuffy (W. Harden)

West 42 nd Street (W. Harden)

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Tina Brooks, Minor Move (Blue Note/unreleased at the time)

 

Lee Morgan (tp), Tina Brooks (ts), Sonny Clark (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Blakey (dm) - March 16, 1958

 

Nutville (T. Brooks)

The Way You Look Tonight (Kern-Fields)

Star Eyes (DePaul-Raye)

Minor Move (T. Brooks)

Everythings Happens to Me (Dennis-Adair)

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Pepper Adams & Jimmy Knepper, The Pepper - Knepper Quintet (Metro Jazz E-1004)

 

Jimmy Knepper (tb), Pepper Adams (brs), Wynton Kelly (p), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (ds) - March 25, 1958

 

Adams in the Apple

All too Soon, Beaubien

I Didn't Know About You

Minor Catastroph

Primrose Path

Riverside Drive

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Pepper Adams Quintet, 10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (Riverside 265)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Pepper Adams (bs), Bobby Timmons (p), Doug Watkins (b), Elvin Jones (dm) - April 5, 1958

 

'This (theme)

You're My Thrill

The Long Two/Four

Hastings Street Bounce

Yourna

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Gene Ammons, Blue Gene (Prestige 7146)

 

Idrees Sulieman (tp), Gene Ammons (ts), Pepper Adams (bs), Mal Waldron (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm), Ray Barretto (conga) - May 2, 1958

 

Blue Gene (M. Waldron)

Scamperin' (M. Waldron)

Blue Greens and Beans (M. Waldron)

Hip Tip (M. Waldron)

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Don Elliott - Down Beat Jazz Concert (Dot)

 

Don Elliott, Hal McKusick, Bob Corwin, Doug Watkins, Nick Stabulas - May 16, 1958

Stan Getz, Donald Byrd, Hans Hammerschmid, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor - July 29, 1958

Georges Arvanitas (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - Paris, September 10, 1958

 

Three A. M.

A Night in Tunisia

Celia

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Our Delight

What's New

T.W.A. Blues

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Art Taylor - Art Taylor's Jazzmen (Mexisonor)

 

Roger Guerin, Fernand Verstraete, Bobby Jaspar, Luis Fuentes, Walter Davis Jr., Doug Watkins, Art Taylor, October 1958

Donald Byrd (tp), Bobby Jaspar (ts fl), Walter Davis Jr. (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - October 29, 1958, live at the "Au Chat Pêche" Club, Paris

 

All The Things You Are

Parisian Thoroughfare (B. Powell)

Well You Needn't

Donald Byrd (tp), Bobby Jaspar (ts, fl), Walter Davis, Jr. (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - October 22, 1958, live at the Olympia Theater, Paris

Dear Old Stockholm (Trad.)

Paul's Pal (Rollins)

Flute Blues (Jaspar)

Ray's Idea (R. Brown)

The Blues Walk (C. Woods)

Donald Byrd (tp), Bobby Jaspar (ts, fl), Walter Davis, Jr. (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - October 22, 1958, live at the Olympia Theater, Paris

Salt Peanuts (Gillespie-Clarke)

Parisian Thoroughfare (B. Powell)

Stardust (Parish-Carmichael)

52nd Street Theme (Monk)

At This Time (Byrd)

Formidable (W. Davis)

Two-Bass Hit (Gillespie-Lewis)

Salt Peanuts (Gillespie-Clarke)

Red Garland (p), Doug Watkins (b), Charles 'Specs' Wright (dm) - August 12, 1959

 

Blue Velvet Prestige *

Blues in the Closet *

A Little Bit of Basie

The Man I Love

Mr. Wonderful *

Satin Doll

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Coleman Hawkins With The Red Garland Trio (Swingville 2001)

 

Coleman Hawkins (ts), Red Garland (p), Doug Watkins (b), Charles 'Specs' Wright (dm) - August 12, 1959

 

It's A Blue World (Forrest-Wright)

I Want To Be Loved (Churchill)

Red Bean's (Garland)

Bean's Blues (Hawkins)

Blues For Ron (Watkins)

Big Joe Turner, Fip Ricard, Jerome Richardson, Coleman Hawkins, Vic Dickenson, Jim Hall, Jimmy Jones, Doug Watkins, Charli Persip, (Ernie Wilkins arr) - September 9, 1959

Big Joe Turner, Ernie Royal, Jerome Richardson, Coleman Hawkins, Vic Dickenson, Jim Hall, Jimmy Jones, Doug Watkins, Charli Persip, (Ernie Wilkins arr) - September 9, 1959

Donald Byrd (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Duke Pearson (p), Doug Watkins (b), Lex Humphries (dm) - October 4, 1959

 

Fuego (D. Byrd)

Bup A Loup (D. Byrd)

Funky Mama (D. Byrd)

Low Life (D. Byrd)

Lament (D. Byrd)

Amen (D. Byrd)

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Benny Golson, Gettin' With It (New Jazz 8248)

 

Curtis Fuller (tb), Benny Golson (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - October 23, 1959

 

Baubles, Bangles and Beads

April In Paris

Blue Streak

Tippin' On Thru

Bob Hurd's Blues

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Duke Pearson (p), Doug Watkins (b), Lex Humphries (dm) - January 17, 1960

Soulful Kiddy (D. Byrd) *

Gate City (D. Byrd)

* CD only

Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Duke Pearson (p), Doug Watkins (b), Lex Humphries (dm) - January 25, 1960

Child's Play (D. Pearson) *

Ghana (D. Byrd)

Lex (D. Byrd)

Carol (D. Byrd) *

 

* CD only

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Dizzy Reece, Soundin' Off (Blue Note 4033)

 

Dizzy Reece (tp), Walter Bishop (p), Doug Watkins (b), Art Taylor (dm) - May 12, 1960

 

I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You

Blue Streak

Once in a While

Eb- Pop

Yesterdays

Our Love Is Here to Stay

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Doug Watkins Quintet featuring Yusef Lateef, Soulnik (New Jazz 8238)

 

Yusef Lateef (ts, fl, ob), Hugh Lawson (p), Doug Watkins (b, cello), Herman Wright (b), Lex Humphries (dm) - May 17, 1960

 

One Guy (Lateef)

Confessin' (That I Love You) (Daugherty-Neiburg-Reynolds)

Soulnik (Lateef)

Andre's Bag (Watkins)

I Remember You (Mercer-Schertzinger)

Imagination (Burke-VanHeusen)

Gene Ammons (ts), Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm), Ray Barretto (conga) - June 16, 1960

Hittin' the Jug (G. Ammons)

Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkare)

My Romance (Rodgers-Hart)

Canadian Sunset (Heywood-Gimbel)

Blue Ammons (G. Ammons)

Confirmation (C. Parker)

Savoy (Doggett-Millinder)

Gene Ammons (ts), Frank Wess (ts, fl), Johnny "Hammond" Smith (org), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (dm), Ray Barretto (conga) - June 17, 1960

Gettin' Around

Blue Room

Angel Eyes

Water Jug

Billy Taylor, Interlude (Moodsville)

Billy Taylor (p), Doug Watkins (b), Ray Mosca (dm) - January 3, 1961

You Tempt Me

Do You Dream Too?

You're All That Matters

Interlude

You're Mine, You

My Heart Sings

I Sigh

Here Today Gone Tomorrow

All Alone

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Jackie McLean, Bluesnik (Blue Note 4067)

 

Freddie Hubbard (tp), Jackie McLean (as), Kenny Drew (p), Doug Watkins (b), Pete LaRoca (dm) - January 8, 1961

 

Bluesnik (McLean)

Goin' Way Blues (McLean)

Goin' Way Blues (alt. tk) (McLean)

Drew's Blues (Drew)

Cool Green (Drew)

Blues Function (Hubbard)

Torchin' (Drew)

Torchin' (alt. tk) (Drew)

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Gene Ammons, Nice an' Cool (Moodsville)

 

Gene Ammons (ts), Richard Wyands (p), Doug Watkins (b), J. C. Heard (dm) - January 26, 1961

 

Till There Was You (Wilson)

Answer Me, My Love (Rauch/Sigman/Winkler)

Willow Weep for Me (Ronell)

Little Girl Blue (Hart/Rodgers)

Something I Dreamed Last Night (Fain/Magidson/Yellen)

Something Wonderful (Hammerstein/Rodgers)

I Remember You (Mercer/Schertzinger)

Someone to Watch over Me (Gershwin/Gershwin)

Note : Now reissued as part of The Gene Ammons Story, Gentle Jug (Prestige)

Gene Ammons (ts), Richard Wyands (p) or Clarence 'Sleepy' Anderson (p, org), Doug Watkins (b), J. C. Heard (dm), Ray Barretto (cga) - January 27, 1961

 

Ol' Man River

Easy to Love

Seed Shack

Let It Be You

Exactly Like You

Miss Lucy

Namely You

Tangerine

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Donald Byrd, Chant (Blue Note/unreleased at the time)

 

Donald Byrd (tp), Pepper Adams (bs), Herbie Hancock (p), Doug Watkins (b), Eddy Robinson (dm) - April 17, 1961

 

I'm an Old Cowhand (Johnny Mercer)

You're Next (Byrd)

Chant (Duke Pearson)

That's All (Haymes-Brandt)

Great God (Byrd)

Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Parish-Mills)

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The Bill Hardman Quintet, Sayin Something (Savoy MG 12170)

 

Bill Hardman (tp), Sonny Red (as), Ronnie Mathews (p), Doug Watkins (b), Jimmy Cobb (dm) - October 18, 1961

 

Angel Eyes (Brent-Dennis)

Jo B. (Hardman)

With Malice Towards None

Doug Watkins or Bob Cunnigham (b) ?

Buckeye Blues

Assunta (Massey)

It Ain't Happened Yet

 

Note : On "Capers" (McIntosh), Watkins is replaced by Bob Cunningham.

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Charles Mingus, Oh Yeah (Atlantic SD 1377)

Charles Mingus, Tonight At Noon (Atlantic SD 1416) *

 

Jimmy Knepper (tb), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (fl, siren, ts, manzello, stich), Booker Ervin (ts), Charles Mingus (p, voc), Doug Watkins (b), Dannie Richmond (dm) - November 6, 1961

 

Devil Woman (Mingus)

Ecclusiastics (Mingus)

Old Blues for Walt's Torin (Mingus) *

Peggy's Blue Skylight (Mingus) *

Hog Callin' Blues (Mingus)

Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me (Mingus)

Passions of A Man (Mingus)

Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am (Mingus)

Invisible Lady (Mingus) *

Eat That Chicken (Mingus)

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