Prestige session · in the studio
November 11, 1949
Wardell Gray Quartet
In the room
- Wardell Gray – tenor sax
- Al Haig – piano
- Tommy Potter – bass
- Roy Haynes – drums
The takes
11 of these 15 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
918 is a matrix number: Prestige gave every tune it recorded the next number in one running series. Most dates kept only the take that was issued, so there's seldom a take number beside it.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| JRC46A | Twisted | Not issued at the time · later on Prestige P-24062 |
| JRC46B | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC46C | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1982 |
| JRC46D | - | Not issued at the time · later on New Jazz 817 |
| JRC46E | - | PRLP 7008 |
| JRC47A | Southside | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC47B | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1982 |
| JRC47C | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1982 |
| JRC47D | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1983 |
| JRC47E | - | PRLP 7008 |
| JRC47F | - | Not issued at the time · later on Misterioso (E) MLP 1982 |
| JRC47G | - | Not issued at the time · later on Prestige P-24062 |
| JRC48A | Easy Living | Not issued at the time · later on Prestige P-24062 |
| JRC48B | - | PRLP 7008 |
| JRC49A | Sweet Lorraine | PRLP 7008 |
15 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRLP 7002 | Stan Getz Quartets | Stan Getz Bop Stars | 1955 | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes | |
 | PRLP 7013 | Conception Featuring Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz | Stan Getz Bop Stars | 1956 | Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
2 of them 7 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP 4430 | Bud Powell's Modernists · not on the site yet | Bud Powell's Modernists | 1949 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes | |
 | BLP 5003 | The Amazing Bud Powell · not on the site yet | Bud Powell's Modernists | 1952 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 5004 | Fats Navarro Memorial Album · not on the site yet | Bud Powell's Modernists | 1952 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 1503 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1 | Bud Powell | 1955 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 1504 | The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 2 | Bud Powell | 1956 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 1531 | The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 1 | Fats Navarro | 1957 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |
 | BLP 1532 | The Fabulous Fats Navarro Volume 2 | Fats Navarro | 1957 | Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes |