On February 17, 2023, “Domino” label released “7s”, the eight Avey Tare (David Michael Portner) album. It was recording in 2022, and was produced by Adam McDaniel and Avey Tare.
In February 1963, “New Jazz” label released “Limbo Carnival”, the fourth Dave Pike album. It was recorded in December 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Elliot Mazer.
In February 1963, “Impulse!” label released “Reaching Fourth”, the second McCoy Tyner album. It was recorded in November 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
McCoy Tyner – piano
Henry Grimes – bass
Roy Haynes – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Robert Flynn – cover design
Joe Lebow – liner design
Bob Ghiraldini – photography
Dan Morgenstern – liner notes
Track listing:
Reaching Fourth – McCoy Tyner
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
Blues Back – McCoy Tyner
Old Devil Moon (from Finian’s Rainbow) – Yip Harburg, Burton Lane
Have You Met Miss Jones? (from I’d Rather Be Right) – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Afro/American Sketches”, the ninth Oliver Nelson album. It was recorded September – November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Personnel:
Oliver Nelson – arranger, alto and tenor saxophone, liner notes
Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
Joe Newman, Clyde Reasinger, Jerry Kail, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman, Melba Liston – trombone
Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins – French horn
In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Ramblin’ with Mose”, the fourth Mose Allison album. It was recorded in April 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.
Personnel:
Mose Allison – vocals, piano
Addison Farmer – bass
Ronnie Free – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Joe Goldberg – liner notes
Esmond Edwards – supervision
Track listing:
All tracks by Mose Allison, except where noted.
I Got a Right to Cry – Joe Liggins
Old Devil Moon – Burton Lane, Yip Harburg
The Minstrels
You Belong to Me – Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart
Stranger in Paradise – Robert Wright, George Forrest
The Kissin’ Bug – Bill Eisenhauer, Diane Lampert, Horace Linsley
On February 14, 2023, “Sony Music”, “The Orchard” and “Perpetual Novice” labels released “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You”, the fourth Caroline Polachek studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Caroline Polachek, Dan Nigro, Jim-E-Stack, Sega Bodega, Ariel Rechtshaid and Danny L Harle.
Personnel:
Caroline Polachek – lead vocals
Dan Nigro – guitar
Marco Lopez – guitar
Sega Bodega – guitar
Samuel Organ – guitar
Kirin J Callinan – guitar
Todd Oliver – guitar
Matthew Horton – guitar
Miquel Mestres – guitar
Danny L Harle – bass
Brìghde Chaimbeul – bagpipes
Nico Harle – additional vocals
The Trinity Choir – additional vocals
Geoff Swan – mixing
Macks Faulkron – engineer
Chris Gehringer – mastering
Yuma Burgess – subway map
David Uzquiza – packaging art direction, monogram design
Isha Dipika Walia – package design
Aidan Zamiri – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Caroline Polachek and Danny L. Harle, except where noted.
Welcome to My Island – Caroline Polachek, Daniel Nigro, James Harmon Stack
Pretty in Possible
Bunny Is a Rider
Sunset – Caroline Polachek, Caroline Ailin, Salvador Navarrete
Crude Drawing of an Angel
I Believe – Caroline Polachek, Danny L. Harle, Ariel Rechtshaid
Fly to You – Caroline Polachek, Danny L. Harle, Claire Elise Boucher
In February 1962, “Impulse!” label released “The Quintessence”, album by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra album (the eleventh Quincy Jones album overall). It was recorded November – December 1961, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson – saxophone
Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Freddie Hubbard, Al Derisi, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Jerome Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Clark Terry – trumpet
Billy Byers, Curtis Fuller, Thomas Mitchell, Melba Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Rodney Levitt – trombone
Julius Watkins, James Buffington, Earl Chapin, Ray Alonge – French horn
Harvey Phillips – tuba
Gloria Agostini – harp
Patricia Bown – piano
Bobby Scott – piano
George Catlett – bass
Milt Hinton – bass
James Johnson – drums
Bill English – drums
Stu Martin – drums
Frank Abbey – engineer
Bob Arnold – engineer
Robert Flynn – design
Pete Turner – cover photography
Jack Bradley – liner photography
Lena Horn – liner notes
Lennie Hayton – liner notes
Track listing:
The Quintessence – Quincy Jones
Robot Portrait – Billy Byers
Little Karen – Benny Golson
Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
For Lena and Lennie – Quincy Jones
Hard Sock Dance – Quincy Jones
Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
In February 1962, “Capitol” label released “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”, album by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded June – August 1961, and was produced by Andy Wiswell and Tom “Tippy” Morgan.
Personnel:
Nancy Wilson – vocals
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
Joe Zawinul – piano
Sam Jones – double bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Ren Grevatt – liner notes
Track listing:
Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
Teaneck – Nat Adderley
Never Will I Marry – Frank Loesser
Iy Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
The Old Country – Nat Adderly, Curtsi Lewis
One Man’s Dream – Joe Zawinul, Charles Wright
Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Never Say Yes – Nat Adderley
The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
In February 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Here We Come”, the eight Three Sounds (The) album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Track listing:
Gene Harris – piano
Andrew Simpkins – bass
Bill Dowdy – drums
Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
Ronnie Brathwaite – photography
Del Shields – liner notes
Track listing:
Now’s the Time – Charlie Parker
Summertime – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward