[78-L] Arte Shaw's last recordings

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Four albums were issued by Shaw and his Gramercy Five on the Clef 
label: 10-inch Vol. 1 MGC 159 (1954), 10-inch Vol. 2 MGC-160 (1954), 
12-inch Volume 3 on MGC-630 (1954), and 12-inch Volume 4 on MGC-645 
(1955). [Source: Goldmine’s Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums 
1949-1969] I have Clef volumes 2 and 3 and the Capitol album mentioned 
in another e-mail. The Simosko book is quite useful but is missing 
information on live broadcasts during the late 1930s and early 1940s. I 
don’t recall if I have any of Shaw’s Decca LPs but  I do have a number 
of the 78s.

I have seen photos of Shaw with Dick Johnson at a studio session 
(rehearsal?) in the early 1980s.