BLP 5001

Mellow The Mood

Released - 1951

Recording and Session Information

Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, February 5, 1941
Edmond Hall, clarinet; Meade "Lux" Lewis, celeste; Charlie Christian, acoustic guitar; Israel Crosby, bass.

R3461 Profoundly Blue

WOR Studios, NYC, July 18, 1944
Ike Quebec, tenor sax; Roger Ramirez, piano; Tiny Grimes, guitar; Milton Hinton, bass; J.C. Heard, drums.

BN986-0 She's Funny That Way BN988-1 Blue Harlem

WOR Studios, NYC, September 25, 1944
Jonah Jones, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Ike Quebec, tenor sax; Roger Ramirez, piano; Tiny Grimes, guitar; Oscar Pettiford, bass; J.C. Heard, drums.

BN990-1 If I Had You

WOR Studios, NYC, January 31, 1945
Benny Morton, trombone; Barney Bigard, clarinet; Ben Webster, tenor sax; Sammy Benskin, piano; Israel Crosby, bass; Eddie Dougherty, drums.

BN219-0 My Old Flame

WOR Studios, NYC, July 17, 1945
Buck Clayton, trumpet; "Keg" Johnson, trombone; Ike Quebec, tenor sax; Roger Ramirez, piano; Tiny Grimes, guitar; Grachan Moncur, bass; J.C. Heard, drums.

BN247-0 I Surrender, Dear

WOR Studios, NYC, May 31, 1946
John Hardee, tenor sax; Bill Bivens, vibes; Sammy Benskin, piano; Jimmy Shirley, guitar; Eugene Ramey, bass; Sidney Catlett, drums.

BN287-0 Sweet And Lovely

Track Listing

Side One
Title	Author	Recording Date
I Surrender Dear	Clifford,Baris	17-Jul-45
Sweet And Lovely	Arnheim,Tobias	31-May-46
If I Had You	Shapiro, Campbell	25-Sep-44
Profoundly Blue	Hall, Lewis	05-Feb-41
Side Two
She's Funny That Way	Moret, Whiting	18-Jul-44
My Old Flame	Johnston, Coslow	31-Jan-45
Blue Harlem	Ike Quebec	18-Jul-44

Liner Notes

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Reviews

This microgroove set brings together several 78s on the Blue Note swing and blues series, with exception of the first side, I Surrender, Dear, which doesn’t seem to have been listed before. It features Buck Clayton, Keg Johnson, and Ike Quebec.

Sweet and Lovely is a John Hardee side, and If I Had You spotlights Quebec with Jonah Jones and Tyree Glenn.

Blue is a reissue of the fine Edmond Hall 12-inch record made early in Blue Note’s career. She’s Funny and Harlem were also originally on 12-inch and both sides come from a date featuring Quebec again. Trombonist Benny Morton, Barney Bigard, and Ben Webster waxed My Old Flame. (Blue Note.)

Down Beat 7 March 1952