Joe Mondragon

bass, double bass

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ella Fitzgerald
Chet Baker
Art Pepper
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra
Woody Herman and His Orchestra

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Ella Fitzgerald bass, double bass 'round Midnight, (I Was) Born to Be Blue, (I've Got) Beginner's Luck, 720 in the Books, A Night in Tunisia, A Ship Without a Sail, As Long as I Live, Bewitched, Bidin' My Time, Blue Moon, Blue Room, Blues in the Night, But Not for Me, Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie, Cotton Tail, Cry Me a River, Dancing On the Ceiling, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Ella Hums the Blues, Embraceable You, Ev'rything I've Got, Give It Back to the Indians, Good Morning Heartache, Gotta Be This or That, Have You Met Miss Jones?, He Loves and She Loves, Here in My Arms, I Could Write a Book, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart, I Wish I Were in Love Again, I've Got Five Dollars, I've Got a Crush on You, If I Were a Bell, Isn't It Romantic?, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing), It Never Entered My Mind, Jersey Bounce, Johnny One Note, Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin', Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me), Just You, Just Me, Knock Me a Kiss, Little Girl Blue, Little Jazz, Little White Lies, Lover, Lover (mono take), Manhattan, Moonlight on the Ganges, Mountain Greenery, My Funny Valentine, My Heart Stood Still, My Kinda Love, My Reverie, My Romance, Oh, Lady Be Good!, Prelude to a Kiss, Rocks in My Bed, Satin Doll, Signing Off, Sophisticated Lady, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most, Spring Is Here, Stella by Starlight, Teardrops From My Eyes, Ten Cents a Dance, The Lady Is a Tramp, The Man I Love, The Music Goes 'Round and Around, The Music Goes 'round and Around, The Silent Treatment, There's a Small Hotel, This Can't Be Love, This Year's Kisses, Thou Swell, To Keep My Love Alive, Wait Till You See Her, What's Your Story, Morning Glory, Where Or When, With a Song in My Heart, You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me, You Hit the Spot, You Took Advantage of Me, You're My Thrill, You're an Old Smoothie
Chet Baker bass, double bass A Dandy Line, A Dandy Line (alternate take), A Little Duet, A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet, A Little Duet for Zoot and Chet (alternate), Bockhanal, Bockhanal (alternate take), Ergo, Goodbye, Goodbye (alternate take), Headline, I Love You, I Married an Angel, I'm Thru With Love, Little Old Lady, Little Old Lady (alternate take), Love, Love Walked In, Moonlight Becomes You, Moonlight Becomes You (alternate take), Pro Defunctus, The Thrill Is Gone, The Wind, Trickleydidlier, What a Diff'rence a Day Makes, Why Shouldn't I?, You Don't Know What Love Is, You Don't Know What Love Is (alternate), You'd Better Go Now, You'd Better Go Now (alternate)
Art Pepper bass, double bass Airegin, Anthropology, Bernie's Tune, Bernie’s Tune, Donna Lee, Donna Lee (alternate take), Four Brothers, Groovin' High, Groovin’ High, Move, Opus De Funk, Opus de Funk, Round Midnight, Shaw 'Nuff, Shaw ’Nuff, These Foolish Things, Walkin', Walkin' (alternate take 1), Walkin' (alternate take 2), Walkin' Shoes, Walkin’, Walkin’ Shoes, ’Round Midnight
Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra bass A Rose for David, All the Things You Are, Brass at Work, Can't We Talk It Over?, Dream of You, Everything Happens to Me, Fawncy Meeting You, For HI-FI Bugs (a.k.a. Stereo Spacemen), Godchild, Later Team, My Mother's Eyes, Once in a While, Oscar's and Pete's Blues, Salute, Snowfall, Song for Tuba, Temptation, These Foolish Things
Woody Herman and His Orchestra bass Back Talk, Back Talk (alternate take 1), Back Talk (alternate take 4), Blue Flame, Blue Flame (alternate take 3), Everywhere, Non-Alcoholic, Summer Sequence, Part 1, Summer Sequence, Part 2, Summer Sequence, Part 3, The Anniversary Song, The Blues Are Brewin’, Uncle Remus Said, With Someone New, Woodchopper’s Ball, Woodchopper’s Ball (alternate take 2), Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
Gerry Mulligan Quartet double bass A Ballad, Dinah (a.k.a. Haig and Haig), Flash, Haig and Haig (Dinah), I Can’t Believe That You're in Love With Me, Lady Be Good (alternate take), Lady Be Good (master take), Ontet, Rocker, She Didn't Say Yes, She Didn't Say No, She Didn’t Say Yes, She Didn’t Say No, Simbah, Takin’ a Chance on Love, Walkin’ Shoes, Westwood Walk
George Gershwin double bass Porgy & Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing, Porgy & Bess: I Got Plenty O' Nuttin', Porgy & Bess: I Wants to Stay Here, Porgy & Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So, Porgy & Bess: Medley: Here Comes the Honeyman / Crab Man / Oh, Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman), Porgy & Bess: My Man's Gone Now, Porgy & Bess: Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?, Porgy & Bess: Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way!, Porgy & Bess: Oh, Doctor Jesus, Porgy & Bess: Overture, Porgy & Bess: Summertime, Porgy & Bess: The Buzzard Song, Porgy & Bess: There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York, Porgy & Bess: What You Want Wid Bess?
Billie Holiday bass Body and Soul, But Not for Me, Darn That Dream, Day in Day Out, Embraceable You, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?, Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good), Just Friends (instrumental), Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, Love Is Here to Stay, One for My Baby (And One More for the Road), Say It Isn't So, Stars Fell on Alabama, They Can't Take That Away From Me
Bing Crosby bass 'Deed I Do, Blue Room, Cheek to Cheek, Have You Met Miss Jones?, Heat Wave, I've Got Five Dollars, Jeepers Creepers, Mountain Greenery, Nice Work If You Can Get It, September in the Rain, The Song Is You, They All Laughed
Shorty Rogers bass A Nutty Marche (Marche), Blue Reeds (Reed Flute Blues), China Where? (Tea dance), Dance Espresso (Coffee), Flowers for the Cats (Waltz of the Flowers), Like Nutty Overture (Finale), Overture for Shorty (Overture in Miniature), Pass the Duke (Pas De Deux), Six Pak (Trépak), Snowball (Waltz of the Snowflakes), The Swingin' Plum Fairy (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
Astrud Gilberto bass All That’s Left Is to Say Goodbye, And Roses and Roses, Dindi, Dreamer, How Insensitive, Meditation, O morro (não tem vez), Once I Loved, Photograph, Só tinha de ser com você, Água de beber
Ray Brown double bass Ain’t Misbehavin’, Alice Blue Gown, Almost like Being in Love, But Beautiful, Memories of You, Poor Butterfly, Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody, Rosalie, Tangerine, That Old Feeling
Barney Kessel bass A Pad on the Edge of Town, Carmen's Cool, Flowersville, Free as a Bird, If You Dig Me, Like, There's No Place Like..., Swingin' the Toreador, The Gypsy's Hip, Viva El Toro
Matti Rantanen double bass A Ballad, Flash, Ontet, Rocker, Simbah, Takin' a Chance on Love, Walking Shoes, Westwood Walk
Van Alexander & His Orchestra bass A-Tisket A-Tasket, Christopher Columbus, I Would Do Anything for You, Organ Grinder's Swing, Stompin' at the Savoy, Undecided, Until the Real Thing Comes Along, Uptown Rhapsody
The Gerry Mulligan Tentette bass A Ballad, Flash, Ontet, Rocker, Simbah, Taking a Chance on Love, Walking Shoes, Westwood Walk
Buddy Rich double bass 9:20 Special, Ain't It the Truth, Blue and Sentimental, Blues for Basie, Down for Double, Jump for Me, Jumpin' at the Woodside, Shorty George
Bob Cooper bass Deep in a Dream, Drawning Lines, Hallelujah, It's de-Lovely, Lisbon Lady, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Solo Plight
Stan Kenton bass, double bass A Theme for My Lady, Artistry in Rhythm, Everything Happens to Me, Lush Waltz, Machito, Opus in Pastels, Theme to the West
Romeo bass A Country Boy, Goose Grease, My Old Flame, People Will Say We're in Love, Remember, When Your Lover Has Gone, You Know
Eric Long bass Dear to My Heart, Diane, One Love, Tenderly, Wait Till You See Her, While We’re Young
Gerry Mulligan bass A Ballad, Rocker, Simbah, Taking a Chance on Love, Westwood Walk
Johnny Hartman bass 'Tain't No Need, For the Want of a Kiss, Girl Talk, That Old Black Magic, Today I Love Everybody
International Pop Overthrow bass In a Little Spanish Town, I’ll Take Romance, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Zigeuner
Chet Baker Quartet double bass I Fall in Love Too Easily, The Thrill Is Gone (vocal version), Winter Wonderland, Winter Wonderland (alternate take)
Nature's Call bass It Ain't Necessarily So, Porgy, I's Yo' Woman Now, Summertime, There's Somebody Knockin'
Bob Thompson bass All of You, Angel Eyes, Bye Bye Blackbird, On the Street Where You Live
Booze Clooze double bass I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me, Lady Be Good, Lady Be Good (alternate take)
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra bass Cheek to Cheek, Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me, Speak Low
Carmen McRae bass A Child Is Born, The Man I Love, Would You Believe
Filthmilk bass Why Shouldn't I?, You're the Top
Elmer Bernstein bass Jubilation, Radio Hysteria (from "Sudden Fear")
Sedcairn Archives double bass Joy Spring
Project Killbill double bass Porgy & Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Lex Croucher bass Walking Shoes
Billy May bass Whistle Stop
Carsten Gronholz bass This Must Be the Place
Carpenters bass I Can Dream Can't I
Rosemary Clooney double bass How About You?
Ya Ging Ging bass All The Thing You Are