DON BYAS, SLAM STEWART, JOHN MEHEGAN, VIC DICKENSON, JIMMY JONES (Timme Rosencrantz private 1944)

Recorded in the basement of 7 West 46th Street, New York City, Baron Timme Rosenkrantz’s apartment. Details and dating below subject to correction. Mehegan, piano: I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW / BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS // Byas, Vic Dickenson, trombone*; possibly George Johnson, alto saxophone**; Slam Stewart, string bass: INDIANA / I GOT RHYTHM / ROSE ROOM (Johnson) / SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY (Vic) [NC] / DON’T BLAME ME [Inez Cavanaugh, vocal] / MY IDEAL // [The famous concert performance of INDIANA and I GOT RHYTHM is from June 6, 1945 -- so it wasn’t entirely impromptu! And we know Slam’s solo on SOMETIMES from the 1943 Lester Young Quartet for Keynote.] Byas, Jimmy Jones, piano: SWEET LORRAINE (in two parts on this tape) / SWEET AND LOVELY / unidentified theme / DON’T BLAME ME // Byas, Sammy Benskin, piano; Harold McFadden, guitar: MOONGLOW / JUST YOU, JUST ME / HOW HIGH THE MOON // Recordings courtesy of John L. Fell: presente