Jam Session (album)

Jam Session
Jam Session
Live album by Clifford Brown, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson
Released	1954
Recorded	August 14, 1954; Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:47
Label	EmArcy; MG 36002
Maynard Ferguson chronology
Clifford Brown chronology

Released1954

RecordedAugust 14, 1954
Los Angeles, California

GenreJazz

Length46:47

Jam Session is a live album by trumpeters Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, and Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the EmArcy label.^[1] The album was recorded at the same session that produced Dinah Washington's Dinah Jams.^[2]

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AllMusic	^[3]

v t e Clifford Brown
Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.
Albums as leader	Memorial Album (Blue Note, 1953 [1956]) Memorial (Prestige, 1953 [1956]) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954)/Jazz Immortal ([1956]) Jam Session (with Clark Terry & Maynard Ferguson, 1954)
Co-led/with Max Roach	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Daahoud (1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956) Sonny Rollins Plus 4 (CB/MRQ, 1956)
Sideman with others	A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 (Art Blakey, 1954) A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 (Art Blakey, 1954) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Helen Merrill (1954) Sarah Vaughan (1954)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (with Max Roach, [1995])

v t e Max Roach
Albums	The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953) Max Roach + 4 (1956) Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57) The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58) Award-Winning Drummer (1958) Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) MAX (1958) Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958) Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958) Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958) Deeds, Not Words (1958) Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Quiet as It's Kept (1959) Rich Versus Roach (and Buddy Rich, 1959) The Many Sides of Max (1959) Long as You're Living (1960) Parisian Sketches (1960) We Insist! (1960) Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Money Jungle (and Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962) The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and Hasaan Ibn Ali, 1964) Drums Unlimited (1965) Members, Don't Git Weary (1968) Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971) Re: Percussion (M'Boom, Strata-East, 1973) Birth and Rebirth (and Anthony Braxton, 1978) Historic Concerts (and Cecil Taylor, 1979) M'Boom (1979) One in Two – Two in One (and Anthony Braxton, 1979) Pictures in a Frame (1979) The Long March (and Archie Shepp, 1979) In the Light (1982) Live at Vielharmonie (1983) Collage (M'Boom, 1984) It's Christmas Again (1984) Scott Free (1984) Survivors (1984) Easy Winners (1985) Bright Moments (1986) Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and Dizzy Gillespie, 1989) To the Max! (1990–91)
With Clifford Brown	Best Coast Jazz (1954) Brown and Roach Incorporated (1954) Clifford Brown All Stars (1954) Clifford Brown & Max Roach (1954–55) Daahoud (1954) Jam Session (and Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, 1954) Clifford Brown with Strings (1955) Study in Brown (1955) Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (1956)
Compilations	Alone Together: The Best of the Mercury Years (1954–60)
Related articles	M'Boom

v t e Clark Terry
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Clark Terry (1955) Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957) Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957) Duke with a Difference (1957) In Orbit (1958) Top and Bottom Brass (1959) Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960) Color Changes (1960) Everything's Mellow (1961) Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962) Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962) 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963) Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964) The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964) Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964) The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965) Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966) Mumbles (1966) Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966) Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966) It's What's Happenin' (1967) Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975) Ain't Misbehavin' (1979) Mother———! Mother———!! (1979) Memories of Duke (1980)
With Duke Ellington	Ellington Uptown (1952) Premiered by Ellington (1953) Ellington '55 (1953–54) Dance to the Duke! (1953–54) Ellington Showcase (1953–55) A Drum Is a Woman (1956) Blue Rose (1956) Ellington at Newport (1956) Such Sweet Thunder (1957) Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957) All Star Road Band (1957) Ellington Indigos (1957) Black, Brown and Beige (1958) Blues in Orbit (1958–59) Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958) The Cosmic Scene (1958) Festival Session (1959) The Ellington Suites (1959) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)
With Johnny Hodges	Creamy (1954) Ellingtonia '56 (1956) Duke's in Bed (1956) The Big Sound (1957) Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962) For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With Quincy Jones	The Birth of a Band! (1959) I Dig Dancers (1960) The Quintessence (1961) Big Band Bossa Nova (1962) Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65) The Hot Rock (1972)
With Herbie Mann	Our Mann Flute (1960–66) Latin Fever (1962–64) My Kinda Groove (1964) The Beat Goes On (1964–67) The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)
With Oliver Nelson	Impressions of Phaedra (1962) Full Nelson (1962–63) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966) Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With others	My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1959) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961) Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961) Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62) Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962) One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960) Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960) Goodies (George Benson, 1968) Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968) Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954) Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963) Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960) The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962) Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960) Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962) Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81) Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962) Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965) Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961) Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957) The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960) White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961) Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993) The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966) It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961) You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964) Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960) Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992) Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983) Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960) J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964) Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965) Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980) Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977) Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962) At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963) The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960) Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960) Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961) The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965) Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962) Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61) A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962) Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960) Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962) That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962) Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966) Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974) The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980) Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954) The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974) Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962) Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965) Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958) New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964) Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965) Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963) The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965) I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966) Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959) New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961) Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961) Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966) Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61) Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965) Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963) Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954) Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960) At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963) New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003) Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961) The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)

v t e Dinah Washington
Studio albums	Blazing Ballads After Hours with Miss "D" For Those in Love Dinah! In the Land of Hi-Fi The Swingin' Miss "D" Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller Music for a First Love Dinah Sings Bessie Smith What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! September in the Rain Unforgettable Drinking Again Back to the Blues Dinah '63 This Is My Story A Stranger on Earth
Live albums	Dinah Jams Newport '58
Associated albums	Jam Session
Tribute albums	Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
Singles	"I'll Never Be Free" "Ain't Misbehavin'" "It's Too Soon to Know" "Baby Get Lost" "I Wanna Be Loved" "Harbor Lights" "My Heart Cries for You" "Cold, Cold Heart" "Trouble in Mind" "I Don't Hurt Anymore" "Dream" "Teach Me Tonight" "I Concentrate on You" "That's All I Want from You" "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" "Unforgettable" "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" "This Bitter Earth" "Love Walked In" "It Could Happen to You" "September in the Rain" "Where Are You?" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
Associated acts	Lionel Hampton Clifford Brown Brook Benton
Associated people	Eddie Chamblee Dick Lane
Related topics	Discography Dinah Washington Park

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