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Mundell Lowe: The Mundell Lowe Quartet

In November 1955, “Riverside” label released “The Mundell Lowe Quartet”, the debut Mundell Lowe album. It was recorded August – October 1955, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Mundell Lowe – guitar
  • Dick Hyman – piano, organ, celesta
  • Trigger Alpert – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums

Track listing:

  1. Will You Still Be Mine – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  2. I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan – Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
  3. I’ll Never Be the Same – Gus Kahn, Matty <alneck, Frank Signorelli
  4. All of You – Cole Porter
  5. Yes Sir, That’s My Baby – Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
  6. The Night We Called It a Day – Matt Dennis, Tom Adair
  7. Bach Revisited – Dick Garcia, Muncell Lowe
  8. Cheek to Cheek – Irving Berlin
  9. Far from Vanilla – Mundell Lowe

Trigger Alpert: Trigger Happy

In December 1956, “Riverside” label released “Trigger Happy!” the only Trigger Alpert album. It was recorded October – November 1956, at “Reeves Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Trigger Alpert – bass
  • Zoot Sims – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Al Cohn – tenor and baritone saxophone
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Tony Scott – clarinet, tenor saxophone, arrangements
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Dick Hyman, Marty Paich – arrangements
  • Jack Higgins – recording

Track listing:

  1. Treat Me Rough – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  2. Looking at You – Cole Porter
  3. Love Me Tomorrow (But Leave Me Alone Today) – Vernon Duke, John La Touche
  4. Trigger Happy – Tony Scott
  5. Tranquilizer – Dick Hyman
  6. I Like the Likes of You – Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg
  7. I Wish I Were in Love Again – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  8. I Don’t Want to Be Alone Again – Johnny Mercer, Jimmie Smith
  9. Trigger Fantasy – Trigger Alpert
  10. Where’s That Rainbow? – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers