* Stars Of Jazz TV program, Monday August 4, 1958, Los Angeles, CA. * Carl Fontana, tbn * Vido Musso, ts * Rudy Egan, pno * Bucky Jones, bass * Tony DiNicola, dr * Bobby Troup, MC
Tracks:
* 1. Intro / Blues (Fontana - Musso) * 2. Lester Leaps In (Basie) * 3. Where’s Charlie Ventura * 4. Ballad Medley: If You Could See Me Now (Dameron) featuring Carl Fontana Come Back to Sorrento (deCurtis) featuring Vido Musso * 5. Intermission Riff (Wetzel)
A Unit From The Stan Kenton Band - Directed By Carl Fontana:
* Club Des Amateurs Du Disque CAD 3003, Paris, May 4, 1956 * Carl Fontana, tbn * Dick Mills, tpt * Don Rendell, ts * Henri Renaud, pno * Curtis Counce, bass * Wes Ilcken, dr
Tracks:
* 6. Daniel’s Blues (Renaud) * 7. Scrapple From The Apple (Parker) * 8. Buhaina (Silver) * 9. Ballad Medley: These Foolish Things (Stachey - Maschwitz) Counce You Go To My Head (Coots - Gillespie) Mills Darn That Dream (Van Heusen - DeLange) Fontana I Cover The Waterfront (Green - Heyman) Rendell
Jimmy Cook Big Band:
* Las Vegas, NV, Nov. 25, 1960
Tracks:
* 10. Polka Dots And Moonbeams arr: Bill Holman (Burke - Van Heusen) * 11. Soon arr: Bob Enevoldsen (Gershwin)
Stan Kenton Orchestra:
* Berlin, West Germany, Wed. April 25, 1956
Tracks:
* 12. Polka Dots And Moonbeams arr: Bill Holman (Burke - Van Heusen) * 13. Carl arr: Bill Holman (Holman)
個人的には1番目、2番目のセッション、特に2番目のフランスでの録音(スタンケントン楽団のヨーロッパツアーの時に"Martial Solal With the Kentonians"とほぼ並んだ日程で録音された )は一度だけ海外オークションで見かけたんですが10万円を超えた値段が付き見送ってしまった物なのでとても嬉しい。