Title	Date	Place	Personnel	Tunes	Releases	Notes
Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers	19 January and 23 February 1949	Los Angeles CA	Art Farmer, Robert Ross, Eddie Preston, James Metlock (tpt); William Wiginton, Jimmy Knepper, Danny Horton (tbn); Eric Dolphy, Leroy "Sweepea" Robinson (as); Joe Howard, Clifford Solomon (ts); Clyde Dunn (bs); Joe Harrison (pno); Addison Farmer, Roger Alderson (bass - Farmer in February, Alderson in January); Bennie White (gtr); Roy Porter (dr); Alvy Kidd (conga, bongos, perc); Paul Sparks (vcl)	1. Howards Idea 2:58 2. Minor Mode 3. Gassin' the Wig 2:44 4. Little Wig 2:34 5. This is You 2:50 6. Love is Laughing at Me 2:49 7. Pete's Beat 2:36 8. Sippin' with Cisco 4:50 9. Phantom Moon 2:55	Savoy SJL2215, EMI-Electrola(G)1C148-61390/391	The two altos trade licks on Sippin' with Cisco, and one gets an idea of how Eric's sound developed and relates to Sweetpea Robinson, who Roy Porter once told me was a fantastic player but who died young, I believe in an auto accident. Robinson's family provided the real story: he continued to play bebop and died much later. Simosko swears it is Dolphy on the Wig tunes. Roy Porter, in his autobiography, agreed with Simosko.
Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers	ca. Spring 1949	Los Angeles	Art Farmer, Reuben McFall, Robert Ross, Kenny Bright (tpt); William Wiginton, Jimmy Knepper, Danny Horton (tbn); Eric Dolphy, Joe Maini (as); Joe Howard, Hadley Caliman (ts); Bob Gordon (bars); Russ Freeman (pno); Addison Farmer (bass); Harold Grant (gtr, vcl); Roy Porter (dr); Alvy Kidd (conga, bongos, perc)	12. Hunter's Hunters 13. Blues a la Carte 14. Sampson's Creep 2:58 15. Moods at Dusk 3:02	Knockout	Eric plays the melody on Moods at Dusk. Roy Porter was trying to get these released. Paul Karting provided dubs from Manfred Scheffner's 78s, and claims that Moods at Dusk and Sampson's Creep are transposed titles. It sounds to me like Eric on Sampson's Creep. The personnel may be wrong in places. Mark Ladenson hears the trombone solo on Moods as Jimmy Knepper.
Roy Porter and his Orchestra	Spring 1949	Los Angeles	Art Farmer, Reuben McFall, Robert Ross, Kenny Bright (tpt); William Wiginton, Jimmy Knepper, Danny Horton (tbn); Eric Dolphy, Joe Maini (as); Joe Howard, Hadley Caliman (ts); Bob Gordon (bars); Russ Freeman (pno); Addison Farmer (bass); Harold Grant (gtr, vcl); Roy Porter (dr); Alvy Kidd (conga, bongos, perc)	16. Frantic Dream 2:34 17. Everything's Cool 2:25	Rex Hollywood 28001-A and -B	Paul Karting provided these, via Manfred Scheffner. Everything's Cool is the same as Little Wig, though not as nice a version. Again, the personnel is not certain.