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Chet Amsterdam (né Chester G. Amsterdam; 20 August 1926 – 9 July 2010) was an American, New York-based big band, jazz, pop, and rock-n-roll studio session double bassist; and he was a composer.[1]

Career[edit]

Selected discography[edit]

Bassist Chet Amsterdam, a New York City jazz musician who had played with a large number of other Middle Eastern performers throughout the 1960s and clearly had a feel for this kind of material. Berberian's recollections are that Amsterdam used an electric bass during the recording sessions, making Music from the Middle East one of the first, if not the first, album in the genre to feature such an instrument

Selected compositions[edit]

  • "No Tengo Por Que"
Louis J. Barreiro (music)
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
11 July 1958; Class E (unpublished) 533911
  • "Always on Sunday"
Louis J. Barreiro (music)
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© Louis J. Barreiro & Chet Amsterdam
18 April 1961; Class E (unpublished) 667242
  • "Bambu"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688476
  • "Boka Butu"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688481
  • "Dom Dom Dan"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688477
  • "Drumbano"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688480
  • "Ja Ki Lin"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688474
  • "Kiki"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
10 July 196l; Class E (unpublished) 678077
  • "Maki Maka"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688475
  • "Mona Sa"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688472
  • "Noma"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688473
  • "Rai Rai"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688479
  • "Wa Vengo"
Chet Amsterdam (music)
© United Artists Music Co., Inc.
22 September 196l; Class E (unpublished) 688478

Miscellaneous[edit]

Ray Meinberg, formerly sales manager of Prestige Records and Chet Amsterdam, long-time independent arranger and producer, formed an independent A&R firm that produced folk and ethnic recordings. The firm, Folk Music, Inc., was headquartered at 251 Bradley Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey.
Amsterdam, at the time, was represented in the disk market with more than twenty albums of French, Greek, Turkish, Jewish and Armenian music. The two first combined forces to produce the "Golden Songs of Greece" LP for Prestiege International.
Meinberg and Amsterdam will follow-through into sales, merchandising, promotion and publicity on the finished product. The duo has researched the outlets, beyond normal distribution channels, best suited by nationality for every type of folk and ethnic platter.[2]

Selected discography[edit]

Session Date Primary artist Title Album Label Session Matrix
November 14, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "Lake Placid" (single) Coral CRL-57077 Coral 9-60912 83644
November 14, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "Uncle Jim" (single) Coral CRL-57077 Coral 9-60914 83645
November 14, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "Waltzing on a Cloud" (single) Coral CRL-57077 Coral 9-60980 83646
November 15, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "In Veradero" (single) Coral CRL-57077 83647
November 15, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "Falling in Love All Over Again" (single) Coral CRL-57077 Coral 9-60914 83648
November 15, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "It's a Happy Holiday" (single) Coral CRL-57077 Coral 9-60913 83649
November 15, 1952 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra "Two For a Nickel, Three For a Dime" (single) Coral CRL-57077 Coral 9-60913 83650
1954 or 1955 Paula Castle[i] "Lost Love" (album) Bethlehem BCP1036

Selected jazz sessonography and jazz discography[edit]

Sessionography, in contrast to discography, delineates the origins of recordings that are sometimes re-released as singles (from albums) or the reverse or, in the age of CDs, re-released in large compilations, which, in some cases include cuts that had not previously been released. Amsterdam has an extensive sessionography in non-jazz music. This section only includes jazz.

  1. Session
    November 14, 1952
    Recorded in New York
    Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
    1. 83644: "Lake Placid," Coral 9-60912
    2. 83645: "Uncle Jim," Coral 9-60914
    3. 83646: "Waltzing on a Cloud," Coral 9-60980

    Matrix (on label): WL83644A11

  2. November 15, 1952
    Neal Hefti
    "In Veradero"
    Coral CRL57077
    New York
  3. March 1, 1954
    Jackie Cain and Roy Kral
    With Neal Hefti's Orchestra
    Side A: "Banana Split"
    Matrix (on label): 85915
    Side B: "Take Me to the Circus"
    Matrix (on label): 85916
    Coral 61178
    New York
  4. March 1, 1954
    Jackie Cain and Roy Kral
    With Neal Hefti's Orchestra
    "The Love Nest"
    Matrix (on label): 85917
    "I Hear Music"
    Matrix (on label): 85918
    Brunswick BL54026
    New York
  5. March 9, 1954
    Neal Hefti
    Neal Hefti And His Orchestra Epic LG1013
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (fix)
    New York
  6. March 9 & 11, 1954
    Neal Hefti
    Side A: "Mood Indigo"
    Matrix (label): C051034
    Side B: "One O'clock Jump"
    Matrix (label): C051031
    Epic LN3113
    New York
  7. June 11, 1954
    Red Norvo
    RCA (Sp)NL46034
    New York
  8. December 2, 1954
    Neal Hefti and his Orchestra Epic LN3113
    New York
  9. Circa March 18, 1955
    Neal Hefti and his Orchestra
    Rejected
    New York
  10. March 22, 1955
    Neal Hefti and his Orchestra
    Epic 9103
    New York

Jazz albums (as sideman)[edit]

  1. 1954 or 1955
    Paula Castle
    Lost Love
    Bethlehem BCP1036
    New York
  2. April 1955
    Whelan Tyme and His Boogie Woogie Boys
    8 To The Bar
    United Artists UAL30002
    New York
  3. June 1955
    Neal Hefti and his Orchestra New York, June, 1955
    Epic 9122
    New York
  4. June 6, 1955
    Neal Hefti and his Orchestra Epic 9114
    New York
  5. Probably July 1955
    Teddi King
    Bidin' My Time
    Victor LPM1147
    New York
  6. September 5, 1955
    Stan Kenton Orchestra
    Stan Kenton's Music '55
    Telecast "Music '55", CBS-TV Studio 66
    Sounds of Yester Year (E)DSOY776 [CD]
    New York
  7. September 9, 1955
    Ben Webster
    Ben Webster with Ralph Burns' Orchestra
    Norgran EPN142
    New York
  8. September 13, 1955
    Stan Kenton Orchestra With The JATP All Stars
    Telecast "Music 55," CBS-TV Studio 66
    Sounds of Yester Year (E)DSOY776 [CD]
    New York
  9. December 17, 1956
    Hal Schaefer Trio
    New York, December 17, 1956
    New York
  10. March 5, 1957
    John Plonsky Quintet
    Cool Man Cool
    Golden Crest CR3014
    New York
  11. April 6, 1957
    Johnny Richards & His Orchestra
    Live In Hi-Fi Stereo 1957-1958 Broadcasts
    Broadcast from Red Hill Inn
    Jazz Hour JH1010 [CD]
    Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
  12. June 27, 1957
    Johnny Richards
    Wide Range
    Capitol EAP1-885
    New York
  13. July 8, 1957
    Johnny Richards
    Capitol EAP2-885
    New York
  14. July 11, 1957
    Johnny Richards
    Capitol EAP2-885
    New York
  15. July 30, 1957
    Johnny Richards
    Mosaic Select MS-017 [CD]
    New York
  16. January 1958
    Johnny Richards
    Broadcast from Birdland
    Jazz Hour JH1010
    New York
  17. February 26, March 6, and March 18, 1958
    Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
    Claude On a Cloud
    Decca DL-8722
    New York
  18. March 25, 1958
    Johnny Richards & His Orchestra
    The Rites Of Diablo
    Roulette R(S)52008
    Webster Hall, New York
  19. April, 1958
    Hal Schaefer Orchestra
    United Artists Showcase
    United Artists UAL30001
    New York
  20. April 17, 1958
    Johnny Richards
    Roulette R(S)52008
    Webster Hall, New York
  21. April 28, 1958
    Johnny Richards
    Experiments In Sound
    Capitol T981
    New York
  22. April 29, 1958
    Johnny Richards
    Capitol T981
    New York
  23. Summer 1958
    Johnny Richards Orchestra
    Kiss Her Goodbye (TV soundtrack)
    Uptown UPCD27.62 [CD]
    New York
  24. Summer 1958
    Johnny Richards
    Kiss Her Goodbye (TV soundtrack)
    Uptown UPCD27.62 [CD]
    New York
  25. August 2, 1958
    Johnny Richards & His Orchestra Broadcast, Bandstand USA, "Birdland"
    Jazz Hour JH1010 [CD]
    New York
  26. September 28, 1958
    Ralph Burns
    Decca DL9215
    New York
  27. 1959
    Hal Schaefer
    Ten Shades Of Blue
    United Artists UAL3021
    New York
  28. February, 1959
    Irene Kral with Al Cohn's Orchestra
    SteveIreneo!
    United Artists UAL3052
    New York
  29. February, 1959
    Big Miller
    Did You Ever Hear The Blues?
    Personnel: Pat Brooks (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland (trombone); Phil Woods (alto sax); Zoot Sims (tenor sax); Al Cohn (bari sax); Jimmy Jones (piano); Chuck Wayne, Turk Van Lake (guitar); Chet Amsterdam (bass); Elvin Jones (drums)
    United Artists UAL3047
    New York
  30. February 1959
    George Williams and His Orchestra
    Swing Classics
    United Artists UAL3027
    New York
  31. February 3 & 5, 1959
    Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
    Dance To The Sound Of Claude Thornhill, 1959
    Decca DL-8878
    New York
  32. February 19, 1959
    Johnny Richards
    Broadcast from Birdland
    Uptown UPCD27.62 [CD]
    New York
  33. February 20, March 2 & 6, 1959
    Mary Ann McCall with the Johnny Richards Orchestra
    Melancholy Baby
    Coral CRL57276
    New York
  34. February 24, 1959
    Johnny Richards
    Broadcast from Birdland
    Uptown UPCD27.62 [CD]
    New York
  35. May 12, 14, 19, June 6, June 9, 1959
    Johnny Richards and His Orchestra
    Walk Softly/Run Wild!
    Coral CRL(7)57304
    New York
  36. Early 1963
    Max Kaminsky and His Dixie Eight
    Max Goes East
    United Artists UAL3174
    New York
  37. September 9 & 17, 1964
    Johnny Richards
    My Fair Lady - My Way
    Roulette R52114
    New York
  38. February 28, 1966
    Jimmy McGriff Orchestra
    The Big Band
    Solid State SM17001
    New York
  39. December 6 & 8, 1966
    Johnny Richards
    Aqui Se Habla Espanol (Spanish Spoken Here)
    Roulette R25351
    New York
  40. January 31 & February 1, 1967
    Phil Woods
    Greek Cooking
    Impulse A9143
    New York
  41. December 14, 1967
    Spanky & Our Gang
    Like To Get To Know You
    Mercury C-30168
    New York
  42. April 16-23 & 24, 1968
    Marvin Stamm
    Machinations
    Verve V-8759
    New York
  43. September, 1969
    Gary McFarland
    Today
    New York, September, 1969
    Skye SK14
    New York
  44. Early 1971
    Gary McFarland
    Butterscotch Rum
    Buddah BDS95001
    New York

Discography work[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Paula Jackson, in 1949, was singing for Chubby Jackson. She also recorded with the Joe Roland Quintet in 1949.

References[edit]

  1. ^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, (4th ed.), by Jaques Cattell Press (1980); LCCN 80-65351; ISBN 0-8352-1283-1
  2. ^ "Meinberg & Amsterdam Form Inside Folk A&R Firm," Cash Box, May 28, 1960, p. 37
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