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Sonny Stitt: Now

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In July 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Now!”, the 45th Sonny Stitt album. It was recorded in June 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Stitt – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Al Lucas – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Stitt, except where noted.

  1. Surfin’
  2. Lester Leaps In – Lester Young
  3. Estrellita – Manuel Ponce
  4. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone – Sam Stept, Sidney Clare
  5. Touchy
  6. Never —SH!
  7. My Mother’s Eyes – Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert
  8. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington

Roy Haynes Quartet: Out Of The Afternoon

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In July 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Out of the Afternoon”, the sixth Roy Haynes album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Roy Haynes – drums
  • Roland Kirk – tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch, C flute, nose flute
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

  1. Moon Ray – Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer
  2. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) – Bart Howard
  3. Raoul – Roy Haynes
  4. Snap Crackle – Roy Haynes
  5. If I Should Lose You – Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
  6. Long Wharf – Roy Haynes
  7. Some Other Spring – Arthur Herzog Jr., Irene Kitchings

Bud Shank: New Groove

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In July 1961, “Pacific Jazz” label released “New Groove”, the 24th Bud Shank album. It was recorded in May 1961, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Bud Shank – alto and baritone saxophone
  • Carmell Jones – trumpet
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Gary Peacock – bass
  • Mel Lewis – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Bud Shank, except where noted.

  1. New Groove
  2. The Awakening
  3. White Lightnin’
  4. Sultry Serenade – Tyree Glenn
  5. Well You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
  6. Liddledabulduya – Gary Peacock

Robert Pete Williams: Free Again

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In July 1961, “Bluesville” label released “Free Again”, the third Robert Pete Williams album. It was recorded in November 1960, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Denham Springs, Louisiana, and was produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein.

Personnel:

  • Robert Pete Williams – guitar, vocals
  • Harry Oster – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Robert Pete Williams, except where noted.

  1. Free Again
  2. Almost Dead Blues
  3. Rolling Stone – traditional
  4. Two Wings
  5. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
  6. Thumbing a Ride
  7. I’ve Grown So Ugly
  8. Death Blues
  9. Hobo Worried Blues
  10. Hay Cutting Song

Dinnah Washington: Newport 58

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Newport ’58”, the ninth Dinnah Washington album. It was recorded in July 1958, at the “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals, vibraphone
  • Harold Ousley – tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Melba Liston – trombone, arrangements
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Terry Gibbs – vibraphone
  • Don Elliott – vibraphone, mellophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul West – bass
  • Max Roach – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
  3. Crazy Love – Sammy Cahn, Phil Tuminello
  4. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  5. Backstage Blues (instrumental) – Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green
  6. Julie and Jake (instrumental) – Terry Gibbs

Max Roach: Max Roach + 4 at Newport

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Max Roach + 4 at Newport”, the eight Max Roach album. It was recorded in June 1958, at “Newport Jazz Festival” in Newport, Rhode Island.

Personnel:

  • Max Roach – drums
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Booker Little – trumpet
  • Ray Draper – tuba
  • Art Davis – bass

Track listing:

  1. La Villa – Kenny Dorham
  2. A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli
  3. Deeds, Not Words – Bill Lee
  4. Minor Mode – Booker Little
  5. Tune-Up – Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
  6. Love for Sale – Cole Porter

Max Roach: Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene”, the seventh Max Roach album. It was recorded in June 1958, at “Universal Recorders” in Chicago.

Personnel:

  • Max Roach – drums
  • George Coleman – tenor saxophone
  • Booker Little – trumpet
  • Eddie Baker – piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – upright bass

Track listing:

  1. Shirley – George Coleman
  2. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  3. Sporty – Bill Lee
  4. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  5. Stompin’ at the Savoy – Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb
  6. Memo: To Maurice – Eddie Baker

The Mastersounds: Kismet

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In July 1958, “World Pacific” label released “Kismet”, album by Mastersounds (The). It was recorded in April 1958, at “Forum Theatre” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Richard Bock.

Personnel:

  • Buddy Montgomery – vibraphone
  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Richie Crabtree – piano
  • Monk Montgomery – Fender electric bass
  • Benny Barth – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright and George Forrest.

  1. Overture: Not Since Nineveh/Olive Tree/Stranger in Paradise/And This Is My Beloved/Night of Nights/Sands of Time
  2. Gesticulate and Rhymes Have I
  3. Olive Tree
  4. Not Since Nineveh
  5. Baubles, Bangles, & Beads
  6. Fate
  7. And This Is My Beloved
  8. Stranger in Paradise

Sonny Rollins: Rollins Plays For Bird

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In July 1957, “Prestige” label released “Rollins Plays for Bird”, the seventh Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1956, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Wade Legge – piano
  • George Morrow – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Sonny Rollins, except where noted.

  1. Bird Medley: I Remember You/My Melancholy Baby/Old Folks/They Can’t Take That Away From Me/Just Friends/My Little Suede Shoes/Star Eyes – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger/Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton/Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis/Charlie Parker/Gene DePaul, Don Raye
  2. Kids Know
  3. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe

Julian Cannonball Adderley: In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley

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In July 1956, “EmArcy” label released “In the Land of Hi-Fi with Julian Cannonball Adderley”, the fourth Julian Cannonball Adderley album. It was recorded in June 1956, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Bobby Byrne, Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Keter Betts – bass
  • Charles “Specs” Wright – drums
  • Ernie Wilkins – conductor, arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Dog My Cats – Ernie Wilkins
  2. I’m Glad There Is You – Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz
  3. Blues for Bohemia – Julian Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley
  4. Junior’s Tune – Junior Mance
  5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
  6. Casa de Marcel – Marcel Daniels
  7. Little Girl Blue – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  8. T’s Tune – Tommy Turrentine
  9. Broadway at Basin Street – Al Frisch, Sid Wayne
  10. Just Norman – Charles “Specs” Wright
  11. I Don’t Care – Ray Bryant