Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

By: Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six

Origin: Unknown

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Side 1

10 tracks

I Love to Play (Opening Theme)

#1 Side 1 00:54
One Long Song

#2 Side 1 06:52
Blues for Someone Else

#3 Side 1 05:51
Exactly Like Jerry Smith

#4 Side 1 08:22
Squits

#5 Side 1 04:24
Twooch

#6 Side 1 09:15
Not Soon Enough

#7 Side 1 05:32
Bass-ically Yours

#8 Side 1 05:19
One for Mr. 'B'

#9 Side 1 06:43
Sneaky

#10 Side 1 10:54

Side 2

11 tracks

Peaches and Brandy

#1 Side 2 06:01
Dig

#2 Side 2 07:00
Goodbye

#3 Side 2 08:02
One 'O' Nine

#4 Side 2 06:53
The Getaway

#5 Side 2 06:27
Too Late Now

#6 Side 2 05:59
I Told You So

#7 Side 2 07:28
Sku-Ba-Doo

#8 Side 2 07:19
Lush Life

#9 Side 2 04:01
Back On the Bus

#10 Side 2 03:46
Kicks (Closing Theme)

#11 Side 2 04:19

About This Title

Vic Centro: accordion
Bernie Piltch: alto saxophone (tracks 2-1, 2-2, 2-6)
Jerry Toth: alto saxophone (tracks 1-1; 2-3 to 2-5; 2-7 to 2-11)
Eddie Karam: baritone saxophone (tracks 1-1, 1-2; 1-4, 1-5; 1-8, 1-9; 2-3 to 2-5; 2-10, 2-11)
Jack Taylor: baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3; 1-6, 1-7; 1-10; 2-1, 2-2; 2-6 to 2-9)
Murray Lauder: bass
Phil Nimmons: clarinet, arranger, liner notes [compositional notes]; composer (tracks 1-1 to 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-10, 2-11)
Archie Alleyne: drums (tracks 1-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-10)
Jack McQuade: drums (tracks 1-8, 1-9)
Ron Rully: drums (tracks 1-1, 1-3 to 1-7, 1-10; 2-1, 2-2; 2-5 to 2-9, 2-11)
Ed Bickert: guitar
Rick Wilkins: tenor saxophone (tracks 1-2; 2-3, 2-4; 2-10)
Roy Smith: tenor saxophone (tracks 1-1; 1-3 to 1-10; 2-1, 2-2; 2-5 to 2-9, 2-11)
Butch Watanabe: trombone (tracks 1-1; 1-3 to 1-7; 1-10; 2-2; 2-5 to 2-9; 2-11)
Ross Culley: trombone (tracks 1-8, 1-9)
Teddy Roderman: trombone (tracks 1-2; 2-1; 2-3, 2-4; 2-10)
Erich Traugott: trumpet

Recorded at CBC Carlton Studio, Toronto, Ontario between 1959 and 1964 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
May 23, 1959: tracks 1-8, 1-9
April 23, 1961: track 2-8
1962: tracks 1-4, 1-5
March 8, 1963: tracks 1-1, 1-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-10
December 6, 1963: tracks 2-2, 2-6
January 3, 1964: tracks 1-6, 1-7, 2-9
January 17, 1964: track 2-7
February 4, 1964: tracks 1-3, 2-5
May 15, 1964: track 2-1
November 13, 1964: track 1-10

All proceeds from the sale of this limited edition of 1000 CDs benefits the Noreen & Phil Nimmons Jazz Scholarship at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.