SUN, JERRY
Valerie Kiomoto (vocals), with Jerry Sun Trio, Tacoma, August 1963, photo courtesy Tacoma Public Library
Homebase: Tacoma, WA
Stats: 1962 - 1969
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The Jerry Sun Quartet consisted of Jerry Sun (vibraphone), Don Byington (piano), Dwayne Parks (bass) and Bob Elliot (drums). Although not originally from the Northwest they played exotica and light jazz in West Coast restaurants and lounges, releasing their sole album Personally Yours in 1962, plus one single and two EP‘s.
While in Seattle in 1962 they recorded some additional tunes at Kearney Barton's Audio Recording studio. Those tapes surfaced in Tacoma decades later and were issued as The Exotic Sounds of Jerry Sun album in 2011.
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SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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On disc label album number is 101. KBL prefix has been added here for sequential cataloging purposes.
Album jacket has a "home-made" look to it -- with a cut-out photo of Sun applied to front of plain white sleeve.
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kay bee 170 Denny Way
Monarch Records pressing #s:^50279 / ^50279 - X (Oct. - Nov., 1963)
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SIZE:7"
SPEED:45 rpm
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The Exotic Jazz of JERRY SUN
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Disc # as printed on labels: 45 - 103
A-SIDE MATRIX: None
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 "SOULSVILLE" (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Vince Guaraldi
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Friendship
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B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 " QUIET VILLAGE" (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER:Les Baxter
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Highland
MISC NOTES: The Jerry Sun Quartet played exotica and light jazz in West Coast restaurants and lounges. While in Seattle in 1962 they recorded some tunes at Kearney Barton's studio. Those tapes surfaced in Tacoma decades later and were issued as The Exotic Sounds of Jerry Sun, in 2011.
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RECORDING PERSONNEL: Jerry Sun (vibraphone), Don Byington (piano), Dwayne Parks (bass) and Bob Elliot (drums).
RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton
FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
DISC NOTES: Limited edition (500 hand-numbered copies)
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