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Bill Harris Big Eight / Sonny Berman’s Big Eight


Don Lamond Flip Phillips Ralph Burns Serge Chaloff Bill Harris Sonny Berman


On September 21st, 1946, a group from Woody Herman And His Orchestra went to studio in order to record a couple of non-Herman pieces. Two names were used for the recording, this and Sonny Berman’s Big Eight. Actually, it was the identical ensemble playibng in the sessions.

ALBUMS


Bill Harris Big Eight
Nocturne / Woodchopper's Holiday
1948
Bill Harris Big Eight / Bill Harris
Woodchopper's Holiday / Somebody Loves Me
1946,

APPEARANCES +


Serge Chaloff
The Complete Small Group Bop Sessions
1999, CD, Comp, The Jazz Factory
Various
Bebop Story
2008, Box, Comp + 100xCD, Mono, RM, Documents, ,
Bop
Gillespie* / Berman*, Navarro*
Gillespie/Berman, Navarro On Dial (All Known Existing Takes)
1996, ,
Bop
Various
Modern Jazz - The Complete Dial Recordings
1995