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October 5, 1946 (6 items; TT = 17:49)
Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood CA
Commercial for EmArcy

Miles Davis (tpt); Hobart Dotson (tpt); Joe Stroud (tpt); King Kolax [William Little] (tpt); Gerald Valentine (tb); Albert Ridding (tb); Nat Atkins (tb); Carl Smith (tb); John Dunjee (reeds); Robert Williams Jr. (reeds); Gene Ammons (reeds); Frank Wess (reeds); Martin Van Buren Kelly (reeds); Linton Garner (p); Connie Wainwright (g); Bill McMahon (b); Art Blakey (d); Billy Eckstine (voc)
1 Oo Bop Sh'Bam (alternate take) (D. Gillespie) 2:58
2 Oo Bop Sh'Bam (master) (D. Gillespie) 3:02
3 I Love the Loveliness of You (B. Schell) 2:40
4 In the Still of the Night (C. Porter) 2:51
5 Jelly Jelly (alternate take) (B. Eckstine) 3:17
6 Jelly Jelly (master) (B. Eckstine) 3:01

1 Oo Bop Sh'Bam (alternate take)
12" LP: Savoy SJL-2214, CBS/Sony SOPL 543
CD: Nippon Columbia/Savoy SV-0264

2 Oo Bop Sh'Bam (master)
78 rpm: National 9125
12" LP: Mercury MG 36038, Savoy SJL-2214, CBS/Sony SOPL 543
CD: Nippon Columbia/Savoy SV-0264, Definitive Records DRCD 11160, Jazz Factory JFCD 22821

3 I Love the Loveliness of You
78 rpm: National 9030
45 rpm: EmArcy EP1-6044
12" LP: Mercury MG 36030, Savoy SJL-1127
CD: Definitive Records DRCD 11160, Jazz Factory JFCD 22821

4 In the Still of the Night
78 rpm: National 9037
45 rpm: EmArcy EP1-6116
12" LP: Mercury MG 36030, Savoy SJL-2214, CBS/Sony SOPL 543
CD: Nippon Columbia/Savoy SV-0264, Definitive Records DRCD 11160, Jazz Factory JFCD 22821

5 Jelly Jelly (alternate take)
12" LP: Savoy SJL-2214, CBS/Sony SOPL 543
CD: Nippon Columbia/Savoy SV-0264, Definitive Records DRCD 11160, Jazz Factory JFCD 22821

6 Jelly Jelly (master)
78 rpm: National 9021
45 rpm: EmArcy EP1-6040
12" LP: Mercury MG 36029

Davis replaced Fats Navarro in the Eckstine band in September 1946. After playing at theatres and clubs, the band recorded these sides for the National label in October. Late in the autumn the band returned to New York and played several more live dates before breaking up in January 1947. There is little solo space for anyone on these titles.

The October 12, 1946 issue of Billboard contained the following on page 37:

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 -- Billy Eckstine is opening at Million Dollar Theatre October 8 after two-week stand at Lincoln Theatre here ending seven days earlier. Eckstine unveiled new line-up including Hobart Dotson, Miles Davis, Joe Stroud, King Kolax, trumpets; Albert Riding, Nat Atkins, Carl Smith, Gerald Valentine, trombones; John Dunjee, Robart [sic] Williams, Jr., Gene Ammons, Martin Van Buren Kelly, Frank Wess, saxes; Art Blakey, drums; Linton Garner, piano; Connie Wainwright guitar; Bill McMahon, string bass; Ann Baker, chirper. Eckstine doubles on trumpet and valve trombone and does vocals.

The same list of musicians appears in an ad in the California Eagle from around the same time (September 19, page 19).

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