397. Jazz canto, vol. 1, 1958

Tape 397, side 1, part A1) Jazz canto, vol. 1, 1958, transferred from the commercial 33⅓-rpm record (World Pacific Records PJ-1244). CONTENTS: Tape 397, side 1) "Poets to come" / Walt Whitman (John Carradine, reader; Jazz Canto Ensemble) (0:02) -- "Tract" / William Carlos Williams (Hoagy Carmichael, reader; Ralph Peña Quintet) (2:36) -- "In my craft or sullen art" / Dylan Thomas (Ben Wright, reader; Jazz Canto Ensemble; Fred Katz, composer) (7:16) -- "Night song for the sleepless" / Lawrence Lipton (John Carradine, reader; Chico Hamilton Quintet) (8:48) -- "Lament" / Dylan Thomas (Ben Wright, reader; Jazz Canto Ensemble; Jack Montrose, composer) (14:42). ❧ Tape 397, side 1, part A2) -- "Dog" / Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Bob Dorough, reader; Bob Dorough Quintet; Bob Dorough, composer) (0:06) -- "Young sycamore" / William Carlos Williams (Hoagy Carmichael, reader; Bob Hardaway, tenor saxophone; Bob Hardaway, composer) (4:04) -- Three songs ("Daybreak in Alabama" (4:50), "Night and morn" (9:04), "The dream keeper" (12:47)) / Langston Hughes (Bob Dorough, reader; Bob Dorough Quintet; Bob Dorough, composer) -- "Big high song for somebody" / Philip Whalen (Roy Glenn, reader; Gerry Mulligan Quartet; Gerry Mulligan, composer (Piano blues)) (17:19). ❧ PERFORMERS: Jazz Canto Ensemble (Jack Monrose, conductor; Fred Katz, violoncello and piano; Ralph Peña, double bass; Bob Hardaway, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Buddy Collette, tenor and clarinet; Lee Katzman, trumpet; Al Porcino, trumpet; Larry Bunker, drums and vibraphone; Tommy Tedesco, guitar; Paul Horn, alto saxophone and clarinet); Ralph Peña - Bob Dorough Quintet (Bob Dorough, piano; Ralph Peña, double bass; Billy Bean, guitar; Bob Hardaway, tenor saxophone; Larry Bunker, drums and vibraphone); Chico Hamilton Quintet (Chico Hamilton, drums; Buddy Collette, flute; Jim Hall, guitar; Fred Katz, violoncello; Carson Smith, double bass); Bob Hardaway, tenor saxophone; Gerry Mulligan Quartet (Gerry Mulligan, piano; Jon Eardley, trumpet; Red Mitchell, double bass; Chico Hamilton, drums).