Melba Liston

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member of:	All Star Big Band

IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514285/ [info]
Wikipedia:	en: Melba Liston [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/311952 [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91017680 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64b6f4z [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13896695f [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91017680 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000404399 [info]
VIAF ID:	42025880 [info]
Wikidata:	Q274146 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	’Dem Jive New Yorkers			Babs Gonzales	4:13
	’Dem Resolution Liars			Babs Gonzales	2:49
	(What's the Story) Morning Glory			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	3:39
	1st Movement: Uhuru Kwanza (Part Two)			Randy Weston	5:52
	2nd Movement: Afrikan Lady			Randy Weston	8:35
	3rd Movement: Bantu			Randy Weston	8:02
	4th Movement: Kucheza Blues			Randy Weston	7:52
	A Dollar Is Your Only Friend			Babs Gonzales	2:54
	A Good Man Is Hard to Find			Dakota Staton	?:??
	A Good Man Is Hard To Find (mono)			Dakota Staton	?:??
	African Cookbook			Randy Weston	17:17
	African Sunrise			Randy Weston	19:54
	African Village Bedford Stuyvesant 2			Randy Weston	8:30
	All Deliberate Speed (mono)			Elvin Jones	7:47
	All Deliberate Speed (stereo)			Elvin Jones	7:35
	Along Came Betty			Quincy Jones	3:19
	Annie’s Dance			Dizzy Gillespie	4:02
	Anu Anu			Randy Weston	8:32
	Azan (stereo)			Elvin Jones	3:37
	Azan (mono)			Elvin Jones	3:42
	Babe's Blues			Randy Weston	3:02
	Babes Blues			Randy Weston	6:55
	Beef Blues Stew			Randy Weston	5:00
	Berkshire Blues			Randy Weston	5:15
	Blues for Dakota (Are You the One)			Dakota Staton	3:40
	Blues for Elma Lewis			Randy Weston	3:08
	Blues for Strayhorn			Randy Weston	3:49
	Blues to Africa			Randy Weston	6:17
	Boram Xam Xam			Randy Weston	4:24
	Bossa Bags			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	2:50
	Broadway – 4 A.M.			Babs Gonzales	2:46
	Buy Myself a Man			Dakota Staton	4:40
	Caban Bamboo Highlife			Randy Weston	2:43
	Chalabati Blues			Randy Weston	6:04
	Chelsea Bridge			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:44
	Congolese Children			Randy Weston	2:30
	Creation			Randy Weston	3:58
	Daydream			Art Blakey	2:59
	Days of Wine and Roses			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:22
	Desafinado			Dakota Staton	?:??
	Earth Birth			Randy Weston	3:59
	Earth Birth			Randy Weston	2:50
	Elvin Elpus (stereo)			Elvin Jones	5:53
	Elvin Elpus (mono)			Elvin Jones	6:00
	Exodus			Junior Mance	?:??
	Extraordinary Blues			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:10
	Fanny			Junior Mance	?:??
	Flamingo			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:25
	For Someone I Love			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	5:59
	Forever Summer (mono)			Elvin Jones	4:06
	Forever Summer (stereo)			Elvin Jones	4:06
	Gone Again			Dakota Staton	?:??
	Gone Again (mono)			Dakota Staton	?:??
	Goodbye Again			Junior Mance	?:??
	Groovin' High			Dizzy Gillespie	3:51
	Harvard Blues			Randy Weston	4:12
	Hi-Fly			Randy Weston	10:26
	Hi-Fly			Randy Weston	5:09
	High Fly			Randy Weston	7:21
	How Insensitive			Herbie Mann feat. Tamiko Jones	2:42
	How Insensitive (stereo)			Herbie Mann	2:35
	I Can't Quit You Baby			Dakota Staton	5:02
	I Love Rhythm In A Riff (mono)			Dakota Staton	?:??
	I Love the Rhythm in a Riff			Dakota Staton	?:??
	If You Could See Me Now			Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:30
	In Memory Of			Randy Weston	5:10
	In Memory Of			Randy Weston	5:57
	In Memory Of			Randy Weston	7:37
	Invitation			Junior Mance	?:??
	J.K. Blues			Randy Weston	2:28
	Jamaica East			Randy Weston	4:39
	Just Waiting			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	3:24
	Len Sirrah			Blue Mitchell	7:15
	Len Sirrah (stereo)			Elvin Jones	3:42
	Len Sirrah (mono)			Elvin Jones	3:47
	Let's Climb a Hill			Randy Weston	5:50
	Lisa Lovely			Randy Weston	4:38
	Little Niles			Randy Weston	4:12
	Little Niles			Randy Weston	7:53
	Little Niles			Randy Weston	5:58
	Little Susan			Randy Weston	3:22
	Manhattan Fable			Babs Gonzales	2:36
	Maria (From West Side Story)			Junior Mance	2:51
	More Today Than Yesterday			Dakota Staton	2:58
	My Reverie			Dizzy Gillespie	2:55
	Mystery of Love			Randy Weston	7:29
	Mystery of Love			Randy Weston	9:40
	Never On Sunday			Junior Mance	?:??
	Nice Ice			Randy Weston	2:54
	Niger Mambo			Randy Weston	4:57
	Niger Mambo			Randy Weston	6:34
	Ole Braggin’ Freddie			Babs Gonzales	2:31
	On Green Dolphin Street			Junior Mance	?:??
	One Less Bell to Answer			Dakota Staton	4:14
	One-Eyed Jacks			Junior Mance	2:33
	Over the Rainbow			Dizzy Gillespie	4:38
	Pam's Waltz			Randy Weston	3:12
	Pam's Waltz			Randy Weston	3:50
	Penny Packer Blues			Randy Weston	4:14
	Portrait of Billie Holiday			Randy Weston	6:52
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	conducted
1961-12 – 1962-01	Exodus			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	Fanny			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	Goodbye Again			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	Invitation			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	Maria (From West Side Story)			Junior Mance	2:51
1961-12 – 1962-01	Never On Sunday			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	On Green Dolphin Street			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	One-Eyed Jacks			Junior Mance	2:33
1961-12 – 1962-01	Spellbound			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	Tara's Theme (From Gone with the Wind)			Junior Mance	?:??
1961-12 – 1962-01	The Apartment			Junior Mance	?:??
1963-03-18	Bossa Bags			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	2:50
1963-03-18	Extraordinary Blues			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:10
1963-03-18	Flamingo			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:25
1963-03-18	Save Your Love for Me			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:15
1963-08-05	(What's the Story) Morning Glory			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	3:39
1963-08-05	Chelsea Bridge			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:44
1963-08-05	Days of Wine and Roses			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	4:22
1963-08-05	For Someone I Love			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	5:59
1963-08-05	Just Waiting			Milt Jackson and Big Brass	3:24
1965-02-16	Azan (stereo)			Elvin Jones	3:37
1965-02-16	Azan (mono)			Elvin Jones	3:42
1965-02-16	Len Sirrah (mono)			Elvin Jones	3:47
1965-02-16	Len Sirrah (stereo)			Elvin Jones	3:42
1965-02-16	Soon After (stereo)			Elvin Jones	3:37
1965-02-16	Soon After (mono)			Elvin Jones	3:40
1965-03-18	All Deliberate Speed (mono)			Elvin Jones	7:47
1965-03-18	All Deliberate Speed (stereo)			Elvin Jones	7:35
1965-03-18	Elvin Elpus (stereo)			Elvin Jones	5:53
1965-03-18	Elvin Elpus (mono)			Elvin Jones	6:00
1965-03-18	Forever Summer (stereo)			Elvin Jones	4:06
1965-03-18	Forever Summer (mono)			Elvin Jones	4:06
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Hi-Fly			Randy Weston	5:09
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	In Memory Of			Randy Weston	5:57
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Jamaica East			Randy Weston	4:39
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Little Niles			Randy Weston	4:12
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Sweat Meat (First alternative mix)			Randy Weston	3:57
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Sweet Meat			Randy Weston	3:45
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Sweet Meat (Second alternative mix)			Randy Weston	3:49
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	Tanjah			Randy Weston	8:39
1973-05-21 – 1973-05-22	The Last Day			Randy Weston	4:10
	’Dem Jive New Yorkers			Babs Gonzales	4:13
	’Dem Resolution Liars			Babs Gonzales	2:49
	A Dollar Is Your Only Friend			Babs Gonzales	2:54
	Broadway – 4 A.M.			Babs Gonzales	2:46
	Manhattan Fable			Babs Gonzales	2:36
	Ole Braggin’ Freddie			Babs Gonzales	2:31
	The Cool Cat’s Philosophy			Babs Gonzales	3:41
	The Hat Box Chicks			Babs Gonzales	3:20
	The Squares			Babs Gonzales	3:04
	You Need Connections			Babs Gonzales	2:16
	instruments
1945	Cruisin' With Cab		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	3:12
1945	Groovin' High		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	3:08
1946-01	Bugle Call Rag		trombone	Wilbert Baranco Orchestra	3:09
1946-04-06	Oo Wee Walkie‐Talkie		trombone	Dinah Washington	2:42
1946-04-06	The Man I Love		trombone	Dinah Washington	2:58
1946-04-06	You Didn’t Want Me Then		trombone	Dinah Washington	2:32
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm		trombone	Dexter Gordon	3:01
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm		trombone	Dexter Gordon	2:55
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm		trombone	Dexter Gordon	3:06
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm		trombone	Dexter Gordon	3:04
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm (alternate take)		trombone	Dexter Gordon	3:04
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm (D1082-C)		trombone	Dexter Gordon Quintet	3:06
1947-06-05	Lullaby in Rhythm (D1082-F)		trombone	Dexter Gordon Quintet	2:53
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady		trombone	Dexter Gordon Quintet	2:33
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady		trombone	Dexter Gordon	2:49
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady		trombone	Dexter Gordon	2:48
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady		trombone	Dexter Gordon	2:32
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady (alternate take)		trombone	Dexter Gordon	2:47
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady (D1081-D)		trombone	Dexter Gordon Quintet	2:49
1947-06-05	Mischievous Lady (D1081-E)		trombone	Dexter Gordon Quintet	2:33
1947	Dissonance in Blues		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	2:58
1949-04-11	Bran' New Dolly		trombone	Count Basie and His Orchestra	3:22
1949-04-11	Cheek to Cheek		trombone	Count Basie and His Orchestra	3:18
1949-04-11	Just an Old Manuscript		trombone	The Count Basie Orchestra	3:13
1949-04-11	Katy		trombone	The Count Basie Orchestra	2:54
1949-06-29	Did You Ever See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?		trombone	Count Basie and His Orchestra	2:11
1949-06-29	She’s a Wine‐O		trombone	Count Basie and His Orchestra	2:51
1949-06-29	Shoutin’ Blues		trombone	Count Basie and His Orchestra	2:34
1950	Hollywood Freeway		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	5:45
1950	Hollywood Freeweay		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	12:38
1950	Indiana		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	4:02
1950	It Had to Be You		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	1:47
1950	Nice Work If You Can Get It		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	2:59
1950	Out of Nowhere		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	4:36
1950	Sea Breeze		trombone	Gerald Wilson Orchestra	4:08
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	A Night in Tunisia		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:36
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Dizzy's Business		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:39
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Doodlin'		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:09
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Hey Pete		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	?:??
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Hey Pete		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:36
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	I Can’t Get Started		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:58
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Jessica's Day		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:52
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Stella by Starlight		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:58
1956-05-18 – 1956-05-19	Tour de Force		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:06
1956-05-19	I Can't Get Started (mx. 2835-1)		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra	2:52
1956-06-06	A Night in Tunisia		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:34
1956-06-06	Annie's Dance		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	?:??
1956-06-06	Annie’s Dance		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:02
1956-06-06	Cool Breeze		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:54
1956-06-06	Cool Breeze		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	?:??
1956-06-06	Dizzy’s Blues		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:31
1956-06-06	Dizzy’s Business		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:37
1956-06-06	Doodlin’		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:56
1956-06-06	Groovin’ For Nat		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:17
1956-06-06	Hey, Pete		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:39
1956-06-06	I Can’t Get Started		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:56
1956-06-06	Jessica’s Day		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:50
1956-06-06	My Reverie		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:55
1956-06-06	My Reverie		solo and trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	2:55
1956-06-06	School Days		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	?:??
1956-06-06	School Days		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:19
1956-06-06	Stella by Starlight		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:07
1956-06-06	The Champ		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:44
1956-06-06	Tin Tin Deo		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	4:15
1956-06-06	Tintindeo		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	?:??
1956-06-06	Tour De Force		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	5:04
1956-06-06	Yesterdays		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	?:??
1956-06-06	Yesterdays		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:46
1956-06-06	Yesterdays		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:43
1956-07 – 1956-08	A Night in Tunisia		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	9:33
1956-07 – 1956-08	A Night in Tunisia #2		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	8:52
1956-07 – 1956-08	Because Of You		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:31
1956-07 – 1956-08	Begin the Beguine		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:41
1956-07 – 1956-08	Cool Breeze		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	8:40
1956-07 – 1956-08	Doodlin'		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:26
1956-07 – 1956-08	Flamingo		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:21
1956-07 – 1956-08	Groovin' for Nat		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:23
1956-07 – 1956-08	Groovin' High		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	5:52
1956-07 – 1956-08	Hey Pete, Lets Eat More Meat		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	14:56
1956-07 – 1956-08	I Can't Get Started		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:47
1956-07 – 1956-08	I'm Confessin'		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:18
1956-07 – 1956-08	Jessica's Day		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:37
1956-07 – 1956-08	Manteca		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	7:16
1956-07 – 1956-08	My Reverie		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:24
1956-07 – 1956-08	School Days		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	6:20
1956-07 – 1956-08	Seems Like You Just Don't Care		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:35
1956-07 – 1956-08	Stella by Starlight		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:39
1956-07 – 1956-08	The Champ Into Tour de France		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	6:43
1956-07 – 1956-08	Tin Tin Deo		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:43
1956-07 – 1956-08	Wonder Why		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:01
1956-07 – 1956-08	Yesterdays		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:10
1956-12	Tangorine		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie	3:47
1956	A Night in Tunisia		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	5:03
1956	Cool Breeze		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	10:29
1956	Dizzy's Blues		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band	?:??
1956	Dizzy's Blues		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	3:28
1956	Dizzy's Business		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band	?:??
1956	Doodlin'		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	4:05
1956	Doodlin'		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band	?:??
1956	Groovin' for Nat		trombone	Dizzy Gillespie Big Band	2:11
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	vocals
1957-07-08	You'll Be Sorry		solo	Dizzy Gillespie	2:18
	instruments
	Rah		trombone	Mark Murphy
	composed
	Annie’s Dance	Melba Doretta Liston
	Rainbow
	wrote
	Ba-Dut-Du-Dat
	Ballad to the East
	Melba's Tune

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