Herbie Nichols Session Discography

1952

Herbie Nichols Quartet

Herbie Nichols (P) / Danny Baker (G) / Chocolate Williams (B, also Voc Tracks: 6-7) /Shadow Wilson (D)
NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 6th, 1952

1. Who's Blues (Herbie Nichols)(3:00)
2. ‘S Wonderful (GEORGE GERSHWIN-IRA GERSHWIN)(2:15)
3. ‘S Wonderful (GEORGE GERSHWIN-IRA GERSHWIN)(2:45)
4. Nichols and Dimes (Traditional)(2:31)
5. Nichols and Dimes (Traditional)(2:50)
6. My Lady Gingersnap (CHOCOLATE WILLIAMS)(2:47)
7. Good Story Blues (CHOCOLATE WILLIAMS)(2:52)

LP
M & N (Savoy 650112)

CD
Herbie Nichols Trio - Complete Studio Master Takes (Lone Hill Jazz 10188)

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1955

Herbie Nichols Trio

Herbie Nichols (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 6, 1955

• Take.1 The Third World….Blue Note BLP 5068, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.2 The Third World (alt. take)….Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2
• Take.3 Step Tempest….Blue Note BLP 5068, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.4 Dance Line
• Take.6 Blue Chopsticks
• Take.8 Double Exposure (alt. take)….Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2
• Take.9 Double Exposure….Blue Note BLP 5068, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.10 Cro-Mangnon Nights
• Take.11 Cro-Mangnon Nights (alt. take)….Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2

LP:
The Third World (Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2)
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 5068)

CD:
The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2)
Herbie Nichols Trio - Complete Studio Master Takes (Lone Hill Jazz 10188)



Herbie Nichols Trio

Herbie Nichols (p) Al McKibbon (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 13, 1955

• Take.14 It Didn't Happen (alt. take)….Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2
• Take.16 Amoeba's Dance….Blue Note BLP 5069, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.17 Brass Rings (alt. take)….Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2
• Take.18 Brass Rings....Blue Note BLP 5069, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.19 2300 Skidoo (alt. take)….Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2
• Take.20 2300 Skidoo....Blue Note BLP 5069, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.21 Shuffle Montgomery (alt. take)....Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2
• Take.22 It Didn't Happen....Blue Note BLP 5069, BN-LA 485-H2
• Take.23 Crisp Day
• Take.24 Shuffle Montgomery

LP:
The Third World (Blue Note BN-LA 485-H2)
The Prophetic Herbie Nichols, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 5069)
Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note (J) K18P 9272)

CD:
The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 59352-2)
Herbie Nichols Trio - Complete Studio Master Takes (Lone Hill Jazz 10188)

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1957

Herbie Nichols Trio

Herbie Nichols (p) George Duvivier (b -1/8,10) Dannie Richmond (d -1/8,10)
NYC, November, 1957

1. Too Close For Comfort
2. Every Cloud
3. Argumentative
4. Love Gloom Cash Love
5. Portrait Of Ucha
6. Beyond Recall
7. All The Way
8. 45 Degree Angle
9. Infatuation Eyes
10. S' Crazy Pad

LP
Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem BCP 81)
Out of the Shadow (Affinity CD-LP 90)

CD
The Bethlehem Session (Affinity CD AFF 759)
Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (Bethlehem CD 9624)

-- Compiled by Ehsan Khoshbakht