https://musicalphabet.com/2026/08/01/george-russell-new-york-n-y-2/musicalphabeten2026-08-01T22:31:52+00:00George Russell: New York, N.Y.John Coltrane, New York, second album, Decca, Max Roach, Bill Evans, Phil Woods, Jon Hendricks, Ira Gershwin, Manhattan, Benny Golson, Ernie Royal, Hal McKusick, Richard Rodgers, Art Farmer, Vernon Duke, George Duvivier, Jimmy Cleveland, Lorenz Hart, N.Y., Ralph Freed, Joe Wilder, George Russell, Frank Rehak, Tom Mitchell, Burton Lane, Milt Hinton, Barry Galbraith, Doc Severinsen, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Charlie Persip, Don Lamond, Gene Allen, August 1959, Sol Schlinger, Joe Ferrante, Al Epstein, Big City Blues, East Side Medley: Autumn in New York / How About You?, A Helluva Town, Manhattan: Ricohttps://musicalphabet.com/2026/08/01/frank-sinatra-swing-easy/musicalphabeten2026-08-01T22:23:53+00:00Frank Sinatra: Swing EasyFrank Sinatra, Hollywood, Johnny Mercer, August 2, Capitol, Jule Styne, Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks, Harry Warren, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, April, Vernon Duke, eighth album, 1954, Harold Arlen, Just One of Those Things, Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young, Billy Moll, Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams, Nelson Riddle, Voyle Gilmore, All of Me, Sunday, Chester Conn, Harry Barris, Benny Krueger, John Latouche, Ned Miller, Jeepers Creepers, Get Happy, Taking a Chance on Love, Ted Fetter, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself a Letter), 10” vinyl format, Swing Easy!https://musicalphabet.com/2026/08/01/june-christy-something-cool/musicalphabeten2026-08-01T22:10:20+00:00June Christy: Something Cool1953, Paul Smith, debut album, Lionel Hampton, Maynard Ferguson, June Christy, Johnny Mercer, March, Mel Torme, August 2, Capitol, Kurt Weill, Midnight Sun, Paul Horn, Sonny Burke, oscar Hammerstein II, August, Vincent DeRosa, Ted Nash, Conte candoli, Jimmy Giuffre, Langston Hughes, Bob Gordon, 1954, Ollie Mitchell, John Rotella, Bud Shank, Sammy Cahn, Buddy Collette, Nick DiMaio, Larry Bunker, Joe Mondragon, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke, Milt Bernhart, Barney Kessel, Shorty Rogers, Dick Reynolds, Frank Rosolino, Shelly Manne, Robert Wells, Howard Roberts, Ben Oakland, Russ Freeman, It Could Happen to You, George Roberts, I Should Care, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Lonely House, Billy Barnes, Bob Fitzpatrick, Bob Cooper, Harry Betts, Conrad Gozzo, Alvin Stoller, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito, Joe Comfort, Harry Klee, Willie Schwartz, Dick Noel, Chuck Gentry, Tommy Pederson, Paul Sarmento, John Graas, Pete Rugolo, Jack Marshall, Frank Beach, Claude Williamson, Ray Linn, Skeets Herfurt, Uan Rasey, Joe Castro, Lee Gillette, A Stranger Called the Blues, I’ll Take Romance, Something Cool, Geoff Clarkson, Frank Carlson, Tony Rizzi, Harry Babasin, Herbie Harper, Phil Stephens, Fred Falensby, 10” vinyl format, Gus Bivonahttps://musicalphabet.com/2026/08/01/hank-mobley-hank-mobley-quintet/musicalphabeten2026-08-01T05:26:17+00:00Hank Mobley: Hank Mobley QuintetBlue Note, 1957, New Jersey, March, Van Gelder Studio, Art Farmer, eight album, Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, Hackensack, Alfred Lion, Rudy Van Gelder, Francis Wolff, Horace Silver, August 1957, Harold Feinstein, Robert Levin, Funk in Deep Freeze, Fin de l'affaire, Startin' from Scratch, Wham and They're Off, Ralph Eck, Base on Balls, Stella-Wise, Hank Mobley Quintethttps://musicalphabet.com/2026/08/01/horace-silver-silvers-blue/musicalphabeten2026-08-01T05:21:56+00:00Horace Silver: Silver’s BlueNew York City, 1956, Kenny Clarke, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, fourth album, Donald Byrd, Epic, Frank Loesser, Art Taylor, June, July, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, Buddy Bernier, Horace Silver, How Long Has This Been Going On?, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, August 1957, Jerry Brainin, Joe Gordon, Hank's Tune, Cal Lampley, I'll Know, Shoutin' Out, Silver's Blue, To Beat or Not to Beathttps://musicalphabet.com/2026/08/01/nat-king-cole-sings-for-two-in-love/musicalphabeten2026-08-01T05:15:55+00:00Nat King Cole: Sings For Two In LoveLove is here to stay, 1953, Hollywood, Nat King Cole, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Capitol, Richard Rodgers, January, tenth album, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Gus Kahn, Jack Lawrence, Lorenz Hart, Abner Silver, Lawrence, Nelson Riddle, Tenderly, Harry Woods, Benny Davis, A Handful of Stars, Ted Shapiro, Michael Carr, Almost Like Being in Love, There Goes My Heart, This Can't Be Love, Dinner for One Please James, Walter Lloyd Gross, A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet, Sings for Two in Love, Lee Gillete, August 1953, 10” formathttps://musicalphabet.com/2026/07/31/fred-frith-to-sail-to-sail/musicalphabeten2026-07-31T08:53:35+00:00Fred Frith: To Sail, To SailFirst light, California, 2008, Fred Frith, Oakland, February, ninth album, Tzadik, Life by Another Name, Sheep's Head 1963, Scratch Orchestra, Hopscotch Horizon, Dog Watch, King Dawn, Circuit Breakers and Fuses, The Slightest Shiver, The Wrong Door, Life on Venus, Reconstructed, Because Your Mama Wants You Home, July 2008, To Sail, Guerrilla Recording, Mondays, Weather Gauge, Life-Enhancing Interiorhttps://musicalphabet.com/2026/07/31/split-enz-mental-notes/musicalphabeten2026-07-31T08:48:28+00:00Split Enz: Mental Notesdebut album, 1975, July 31, Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Noel Crombie, June, May, Split Enz, Emlyn Crowther, Walking Down a Road, Titus, Stranger Than Fiction, Time for a Change, Phil Judd, Maybe, Spellbound, Mike Chunn, White Cloud, Festival Studios, Amy (Darling), So Long for Now, Under the Wheel, Mental Notes, David Russell, Wally Wilkinson