Monthly Archives: December 2023

Illimois Jacquet: Swing’s The Thing

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In December 1956, “Clef” label released “Swing’s the Thing”, the twelve Illinois Jacquet album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
  • Roy Eldridge – trumpet
  • Jimmy Jones – piano
  • Herb Ellis – guitar
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Jo Jones – drums
  • Phil Stern – cover photography

Track listing:

  1. Las Vegas Blues – Roy Eldridge
  2. Harlem Nocturne – Earle Hagen, Dick Rodgers
  3. Can’t We Be Friends? – Paul James, Kay Swift
  4. Achtung – Illinois Jacquet
  5. Have You Met Miss Jones? – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  6. Lullaby of the Leaves – Bernice Petkere, Joe Young

Hal McKusick: Triple Exposure

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In December 1957, “Prestige” label released “Triple Exposure”, the sixth Hal McKusick album. It was recorded in December 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” ini Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Hal McKusick – alto and tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Billy Byers – trombone
  • Eddie Costa – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

 All tracks by Hal McKusick, where noted.

  1. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) – Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
  2. Something New – Albert Gamse, Ricardo López Méndez
  3. Blues Half-Smiling
  4. A Touch of Spring
  5. The Settlers and the Indians – Robert Scott
  6. I’m Glad There Is You – Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira

Miles Davis: Collectors Items

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In December 1956, “Prestige” label released “Collectors’ Items”, the 20th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in January 1953, at “WOR Studios” in New York City, March 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Ira Gitler and Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

January 1953 session:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Parker (as Charlie Chan) – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop Jr. – piano
  • Percy Heath – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

March 1956 session:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. The Serpent’s Tooth (Take 1)
  2. The Serpent’s Tooth (Take 2)
  3. Round About Midnight – Thelonious Monk
  4. Compulsion
  5. No Line
  6. Vierd Blues
  7. In Your Own Sweet Way – Dave Brubeck

Bennie Green: The Swingin’est

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In December 1958, “Vee-Jay” label released “The Swingin’est”, the eighth Bennie Green album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Sid McCoy.

Personnel:

  • Bennie Green – trombone
  • Gene Ammons, Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Eddie Jones – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums
  • Leroy Winbush – design
  • Lacey Crawford – cover photography
  • Don Bronstein – photography
  • Frank London Brown – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Juggin’ Around – Frank Foster
  2. Going South – Frank Foster
  3. Jim Dog – Gene Ammons
  4. Sermonette – Nat Adderley, Jon Hendricks
  5. A Little Ditty – Frank Wess

Lee Morgan: Introducing Lee Morgan

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In December 1956, “Savoy” label released “Introducing Lee Morgan”, the second Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in November 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Ozzie Cadena.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • H. Alan Stein – liner notes
  • Ozzie Cadena – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Hank’s Shout – Hank Mobley
  2. Nostalgia – Fats Navarro
  3. Bet – Doug Watkins
  4. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
  5. P.S. I Love You – Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer
  6. Easy Living – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  7. That’s All – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: La Panthère Des Neiges

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On December 17, 2021, “Lakeshore Records” label released “La Panthère Des Neiges”, album by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Luis Almau, Nick cave and Warren Ellis.

Personnel:

  • Nick Cave – led and backing vocals, piano, vibraphone, bass, mixing
  • Warren Ellis – tenor guitar, bass guitar, violin, viola, flute, synthesizer, piano, timpani, glockenspiel, celesta, bagpipes, Hurdy Gurdy, loops, backing vocals, mixing
  • Alessandro Ruisi, Eloisa-Fleur Thom – violin
  • Luba Tunnicliffe – viola
  • Max Ruisi – cello
  • Luis Almau – recording, mixing
  • Ben Jones, Colin McIlhagga – recording assistant
  • James Trevascus – mastering
  • Chris Reeder – cover art
  • Vincent Munier – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

  1. L’Attaque Des Loups
  2. Les Cerfs
  3. Antilope
  4. La Bête
  5. Les Yaks
  6. Des Affûts Elliptiques
  7. Les Nomades
  8. La Grotte
  9. Les Princes
  10. La Neige Tombe
  11. Les Ours
  12. Un Être Vous Observe
  13. L’ Apparition / We Are Not Alone

Oscar Pettiford: Basically Duke

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In December 1954, “Bethlehem” label released “Basically Duke”, the fifth Oscar Pettiford album. It was recorded in December 1954, in New York City. “Basically Duke” was released as 10” LP.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Pettiford – bass, cello
  • Earl Knight – piano
  • Osie Johnson- drums
  • Dave Schildkraut – alto saxophone
  • Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Clark Terry, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Tom Dowd – engineer
  • Shirely Hoskins Collins – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Oscar Pettiford, except where noted.

  1. Jack the Bear – Duke Ellington
  2. Tamalpais
  3. Swing Until the Girls Come Home
  4. Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills
  5. Chuckles – Clark Terry
  6. Time on My Hands – Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon

Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

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In December 1952, “Clef Records” label released “Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin”, the seventh Oscar Peterson album. It was recorded in December 1952, and was produced by Norman Granz.

Personnel:

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass
  • David Stone Martin – design
  • Norman Granz – liner notes, supervised

Track listing:

All tracks by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

  1. The Man I Love
  2. Fascinating Rhythm
  3. It Ain’t Necessarily So
  4. Somebody Loves Me
  5. Strike Up the Band
  6. I’ve Got a Crush on You
  7. I Was Doing All Right
  8. S’Wonderful
  9. Oh, Lady be Good!
  10. I Got Rhythm
  11. A Foggy Day
  12. Love Walked In

Chet Baker and the Carmel Strings: Into My Life

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In December 1966, “World Pacific” label released “Into My Life”, album by Chet Baker and the Carmel Strings (the 26th Chat Baker album overall). It was recorded in October 1966, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Chet Baker – flugelhorn
  • The Carmel Strings
  • Harry Betts – arangements, conductor
  • Dick Bogert – engineer
  • Dave Hassinger – engineer
  • Woody Woodward – art direction
  • Bernard Yeszin – design
  • George Jerman- cover photography
  • Burt Nelson – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme) – Francis Lai
  2. Guantanamera – Joseíto Fernández
  3. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin
  4. The Ballad of the Sad Young Men – Jay Landesman, Fran Landesman, Thomas Wolf
  5. Here, There and Everywhere – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  6. Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) – Louis Guglielmi, Mack David
  7. Serenata – Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson
  8. More and More Amor – Sol Lake
  9. All
  10. If He Walked into My Life – Jerry Herman
  11. Trains and Boats and Planes – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
  12. Got to Get You into My Life – John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Sonny Stitt: Soul Shack

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In December 1963, “Prestige” label released “Soul Shack”, album by Sonny Stitt and Jack McDuff (the 47th Sonny Stitt album overall). It was recorded in September 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Brother Jack McDuff – organ
  • Leonard Gaskin – bass
  • Herbie Lovelle – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Don Schlitten – design, photography
  • Dan Mongerstern – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Stitt except where noted.

  1. Sunday – Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger, Ned Miller
  2. Soul Shack
  3. Love Nest – Louis Hirsch, Otto Harbach
  4. Hairy
  5. For You – Joe Burke, Al Dubin
  6. Shadows