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Miles Davis: Filles De Kilimanjaro

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In December 1968, “Columbia” label released “Filles de Kilimanjaro”, the 40th Miles Davis album. It was recorded June – September 1968, at “Columbia 30th Street” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Mecero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
  • Herbie Hancock – electric piano
  • Chick Corea – piano, RMI electra-piano
  • Ron Carter – electric bass
  • Dave Holland – double bass
  • Tony Williams – drums
  • Frank Laico, Arthur Kendy – engineer
  • Hiro – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis.

  1. Frelon Brun
  2. Tout de Suite
  3. Petits Machins
  4. Filles de Kilimanjaro
  5. Mademoiselle Mabry

The Everly Brothers: Roots

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In December 1968, “Warner Bros” label released “Roots”, the 16th Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – October 1968, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

  • Don Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Phil Everly – vocals, guitar
  • Perry Botkin, Jr. – arrangements
  • Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
  • Ron Elliott – arrangements
  • John Neil – engineer
  • Mike Shields – engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – engineer, mastering
  • Dave Schultz – mastering
  • Ed Thrasher – art direction
  • Frank Bez – photography
  • Richie Unterberger – liner notes
  • Andrew Wickham – liner notes, concept
  • Lenny Waronker – concept

Track listing:

  1. The Introduction: The Everly Family (1952)
  2. Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
  3. Less of Me – Glen Campbell
  4. T for Texas – Jimmie Rodgers
  5. I Wonder If I Care as Much – Don Everly, Phil Everly
  6. Ventura Boulevard – Ron Elliott
  7. Shady Grove – P. O. Wandz, Jacquie Ertel, Venetia Everly
  8. Illinois – Randy Newman
  9. Living Too Close to the Ground – Terry Slater
  10. You Done Me Wrong – George Jones, Ray Price
  11. Turn Around – Ron Elliott
  12. Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard
  13. Montage: The Everly Family (1952) / Shady Grove / Kentucky – Terry Slater, Karl Davis

Herbie Hancock: Fat Albert Rotunda

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In December 1969, “Warner Bros” label released “Fat Albert Rotunda”, the eighth Herbie Hancock album. It was recorded October, November and December 1969, at Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs” in New Jersey, and was produced by Herbie Hancock. The album music was originally recorded for the TV special “Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert”. 

Personnel:

  • Herbie Hancock — piano, electric piano, arrangements, conductor
  • Eric Gale – guitar
  • Billy Butler — guitar
  • Jerry Jemmott – electric bass
  • Buster Williams — acoustic and electric bass
  • Albert “Tootie” Heath — drums
  • Bernard Purdie – drums
  • Joe Farrell — alto and tenor saxophone
  • Joe Henderson — tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute
  • Art Clarke – baritone saxophone
  • Johnny Coles — trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Joe Newman, Ernie Royal — trumpet
  • Garnett Brown — trombone
  • Benny Powell – trombone
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, engineer
  • Ed Trasher – art direction
  • Syrell Sapoznick – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Herbie Hancock.

  1. Wiggle-Waggle
  2. Fat Mama
  3. Tell Me a Bad Time Story
  4. Oh! Oh! Here He Comes
  5. Jessica
  6. Fat Albert Rotunda
  7. Lil’ Brother

Groundhogs: Scratching The Surface

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In December 1968, “Liberty” label released “Scratching the Surface”, the debut Groundhogs album. It was recorded in October 1968, at “Marquee Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Batt.

Personnel:

  • Tony McPhee – vocals, guitar, coordination
  • Steve Rye – vocals, harmonica
  • Peter Cruickshank – bass
  • Ken Pustelnik – drums
  • Gerry Collins – engineer
  • Michael Hasted – art direction, design, cover photography
  • Andrew Lauder, Roy Fisher – coordination

Track listing:

All tracks by Tony McPhee, except where noted.

  1. Rocking Chair
  2. Early in the Morning – John Lee Williamson
  3. Waking Blues
  4. Married Men
  5. No More Doggin’ – Rosco Gordon
  6. Man Trouble
  7. Come Back Baby
  8. You Don’t Love Me – Willie Cobbs
  9. Still a Fool – McKinley Morganfield

Wes Montgomery: Willow Weep For Me

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In December 1968, “Verve” label released “Willow Weep for Me”, a posthumous Wes Montgomery album. The album was produced by Esmond Edwards. At the “Grammy Awards” of 1970 “Willow Weep for Me” won the “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group”.

Personnel:

  • Wes Montgomery – guitar
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Claus Ogerman – arrangements, conductor
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Dick Smith – art direction
  • Gerry Low – artwork
  • Charles Stewart – photography
  • Richard Lamb – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Willow Weep for Me – Ann Ronell
  2. Impressions – John Coltrane
  3. Portrait of Jenny – Gordon Burdge, Russel Robinson
  4. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  5. Oh, You Crazy Moon – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Four on Six – Wes Montgomery
  7. Misty – Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner

Count Basie: On My Way & Shoutin’ Again

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In December 1962, “Verve” label released “On My Way & Shoutin’ Again!”, album by Count Basie. It was recorded in November 1962, in New York City, and was produced by Jim Davis.

Personnel:

  • Count Basie – piano
  • Marshal Royal – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Frank Wess – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
  • Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes – baritone saxophone, flute
  • Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard, Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Henry Coker, Grover Mitchell, Benny Powell – trombone
  • Freddie Green – guitar
  • Buddy Catlett – bass
  • Sonny Payne – drums
  • Bob Arnold – engineer
  • Val Valentin – engineer
  • Roy Decarava – cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Neal Hefti.

  1. I’m Shoutin’ Again
  2. Ducky Bumps
  3. The Long Night
  4. Jump for Johnny
  5. Ain’t That Right
  6. Together Again
  7. Shanghaied
  8. Skippin’ with Skitch
  9. Eee Dee
  10. Rose Bud

John Coltrane: Settin’ The Pace

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In December 1961, “Prestige” label released “Settin’ the Pace”, the seventh John Coltrane album. It was recorded in March 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Joe Goldberg – liner notes
  • Bob Weinstock – supervision

Track listing:

  1.  I See Your Face Before Me – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  2. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  3. Little Melonae – Jackie McLean
  4. Rise ‘n’ Shine – Buddy DeSylva, Vincent Youmans

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