Victor matrix PD6VB-2528. Humoresque / Mary Lou Williams Trio

TitleSource
Humoresque (Primary title)Disc label (BHC verso)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Antonín Dvořák (composer)
Mary Lou Williams (arranger)
Composer information source: Disc label (BHC).
PersonnelNotes
Mary Lou Williams Trio (Musical group)
Al Lucas (instrumentalist : string bass)Take 1, possibly. Victor ledgers do not specify between Rotenberg and Lucas.
Mary Lou Williams (instrumentalist : piano)
June M. Rotenberg (instrumentalist : string bass)
Bridget O'Flynn (instrumentalist : drums)Take 2.
Stephen H. Sholes (session supervisor)Take 1.
Russ Case (session supervisor)Take 1.
Mary Lou Williams (leader)
Additional Information
  • Description: Piano solo, with bass (take 1); with bass and drums (take 2)
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Union musicians used"; "Messrs. Sholes and Case, present." (Take 1)
Victor BHC indicates that take 1A had been marked as mastered but this was later crossed out. Victor ledgers for unissued take(s) (1L, 1, 1A) list two bass players but do not specify who performed, and indicate that day's performance did not feature a drummer, the drummer for the take 1 session (Rose Gottesman) being different from the one who appearing on issued disc labels (Bridget O'Flynn).
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
7/24/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 1L Unknown
7/24/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 1 Unknown
7/24/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 1A Unknown
10/7/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 2L Unknown
10/7/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 2 Master Victor 20-2025 10-in.
10/7/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 2 Master Jazz Club of America LEJ-12 LP
10/7/1946 New York, New York. 155 E. 24th St. Studio 1 2A Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix PD6VB-2528. Humoresque / Mary Lou Williams Trio," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300007455/PD6VB-2528-Humoresque.

Victor matrix PD6VB-2528. Humoresque / Mary Lou Williams Trio. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300007455/PD6VB-2528-Humoresque.

"Victor matrix PD6VB-2528. Humoresque / Mary Lou Williams Trio." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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