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Thursday, October 2, 2025

The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions - Box Set 4CDs

Tracklist: 

CD 1
01. Blue Serge (3:06)
02. Blue Serge (long version) (6:04)
03. Pumpernickel (alternate take) (2:34)
04. Pumpernickel (2:32)
05. Gabardine and Serge (alternate take) (2:24)
06. Gabardine and Serge (2:32)
07. Serge's Urge (alternate take) (2:36)
08. Serge's Urge (2:35)
09. A Bar a Second (alternate take) (2:24)
10. A Bar a Second (2:38)
11. Chickasaw (2:56)
12. Bopscotch (3:16)
13. The Most! (2:55)
14. Chasin' the Bass (2:32)
15. Pat (2:14)
16. King Edward the Flatted Fifth (2:55)

CD 2
01. You Brought a New Kind of Love (3:25)
02. Zdot (2:52)
03. Oh! Baby (6:02)
04. Live Is Just Around the Corner (3:05)
05. Easy Street (3:33)
06. All I Do Is Dream of You (4:46)
07. Sherry (2:09)
08. Slam (5:57)
09. Let's Jump (alternate take) (6:52)
10. Let's Jump (6:13)
11. A Salute to Tiny (alternate take) (3:12)
12. A Salute to Tiny (3:12)
13. Eenie Meenie Minor Mode (alternate take) (3:39)
14. Eenie Meenie Minor Mode (3:39)

CD 3
01. The Fable of Mabel (alternate take 1) (4:29)
02. The Fable of Mabel (alternate take 2) (4:22)
03. The Fable of Mabel (4:20)
04. Mar-Dros (3:24)
05. Kip (3:20)
06. Unison (3:18)
07. Body and Soul (3:53)
08. Yesterday's Gardenias (4:41)
09. Bob the Robin (2:37)
10. What's New (3:38)
11. Boomareemaroja (3:46)
12. Diane's Melody (1:41)
13. Herbs (short take) (3:32)
14. Herbs (long take) (4:21)
15. Sergical (3:12)
16. JR. (4:20)

CD 4
01. I've Got the World on a String (6:48)
02. Thanks for the Memory (3:48)
03. The Goof and I (4:50)
04. Susie's Blues (5:12)
05. A Handful of Stars (5:36)
06. All the Things You Are (5:29)
07. Stairway to the Stars (4:55)
08. How About You (5:28)

Alto Saxophone – Boots Mussulli (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6, 3-4 to 3-16), Charlie Mariano (tracks: 1-15, 1-16, 2-7 to 3-3)
Arranged By – Ralph Burns (tracks: 1-15, 1-16)
Baritone Saxophone – Serge Chaloff
Bass – Artie Bernstein (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), Curley Russell* (tracks: 1-3 to 1-10), Everett Evans (tracks: 3-4 to 3-16), Frank Vaccaro (tracks: 1-15, 1-16), Jimmy Woode (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks: 4-1 to 4-8), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), Ray Olivari* (tracks: 2-8 to 3-3)
Drums – Philly Joe Jones (tracks: 4-1 to 4-8), Buzzy Drootin (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6), Denzil Best (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), Don Lamond (tracks: 1-1, 1-2), Jimmy Zitano (tracks: 2-8 to 3-16), Pete De Rosa (tracks: 1-15, 1-16), Tiny Kahn (tracks: 1-3 to 1-10)
Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: 1-1, 1-2)
Piano – Barbara Carroll (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), Dick Twardzik (tracks: 2-8 to 3-3), George Wallington (tracks: 1-3 to 1-10), Ralph Burns (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-15, 1-16), Ray Santisi (tracks: 3-4 to 3-16), Russ Freeman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6), Sonny Clark (tracks: 4-1 to 4-8)
Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14), Varty Haroutunian (tracks: 2-11 to 3-3)
Trombone – Earl Swope (tracks: 1-3 to 1-14), Gene DiStasio* (tracks: 2-11 to 3-3), Mert Goodspeed (tracks: 1-15, 1-16)
Trumpet – Gait Preddy (tracks: 1-15, 1-16), Herb Pomeroy (tracks: 2-7 to 3-16), Nick Capezutto* (tracks: 2-11 to 3-3), Red Rodney (tracks: 1-3 to 1-14)
Vibraphone – Terry Gibbs (tracks: 1-11 to 1-14)

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