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Gene Ammons: Up Tight!

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In November 1961, “Prestige” label released “Up Tight!”, the 14th Gene Ammons album. It was recorded in October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, Bew Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Gene Ammons – tenor saxophone
  • Walter Bishop Jr., Patti Bown – piano
  • Art Davis, George Duvivier – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Gene Ammons, except where noted.

  1. The Breeze and I – Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman
  2. I Sold My Heart to the Junkman – Leon René
  3. Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
  4. Up Tight!
  5. The Five O’Clock Whistle – Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow
  6. Jug’s Blue Blues
  7. Lester Leaps In – Lester Young

Junior Mance: The Soulful Piano Of Junior Mance

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In November 1960, “Jazzland” label released “The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance”, the second Junior Mance album. It was recorded in October 1960, in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Ben Tucker – bass
  • Bobby Thomas – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Junior Mance except where noted.

  1. The Uptown
  2. Ralph’s New Blues – Milt Jackson
  3. Main Stem – Duke Ellington
  4. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup – Anna Sosenko
  5. Playhouse
  6. Sweet and Lovely – Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias
  7. In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee – Milt Orent, Mary Lou Williams
  8. I Don’t Care – Ray Bryant
  9. Swingmatism – Jay McShann, William Scott

Elmo Hope & Frank Foster: Hope Meets Foster

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In November 1955, “Prestige” label released “Hope Meets Foster”, album by Elmo Hope and Frank Foster. It was recorded in October 1955, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
  • Elmo Hope – piano
  • Charles Freeman Lee – trumpet
  • John Ore – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

 Track listing:

All tracks by Elmo Hope except where noted

  1. Wail, Frank, Wail
  2. Zarou – Frank Foster, Elmo Hope
  3. Fosterity – Frank Foster
  4. Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell
  5. Shutout – Frank Foster
  6. Yaho

Aphrodite’s Child: It’s Five O’Clock

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On November 27, 1969, “Polydor” label released “It’s Five O’Clock”, the second Aphrodite’s Child studio album. It was recorded in June 1969, at “Trident Studios” in London, and was produced by Vangelis, Demis Roussos and Lucas Sidera.

Personnel:

  • Vangelis – keyboards, organ, piano, clavichord, flutes
  • Demis Roussos – lead vocals, bass, guitar
  • Lucas Sideras – lead vocals, drums, percussion
  • Malcolm Toft – engineer
  • Hitoshi Takiguchi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Richard Francis and Vangelis Papathanassiou, except where noted.

  1. It’s Five O’Clock
  2. Wake Up
  3. Take Your Time
  4. Annabella – Richard Adams, Demis Roussos
  5. Let Me Love, Let Me Live – Richard Francs, Lucas Sideras
  6. Funky Mary
  7. Good Time So Fine – Valerie Johnson, Vangelis Papathanassiou
  8. Marie Jolie
  9. Such a Funny Night

Sun Ra: When Sun Comes Out

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In November 1963, “Saturn” label released “When Sun Comes Out”, the fifth Sun Ra album. It was recorded 1962 – 1963, at the “Choreographer’s Workshop” in New York, and was produced Alton Abraham.

Personnel:

  • Sun Ra – piano, electric celeste, percussion
  • Walter Miller – trumpet
  • John Gilmore – tenor sax, drums, percussion
  • Teddy Nance – trombone
  • Bernard Pettaway – trombone
  • Marshall Allen – flute, alto saxophone, percussion
  • Pat Patrick – baritone saxophone, bongos, drums
  • Danny Davis – alto saxophone
  • Ronnie Boykins – bass
  • Clifford Jarvis – drums
  • Lex Humphries – drums
  • Tommy Hunter – gong, drums, tape effects
  • Theda Barbara – vocals
  • Ensemble vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Sun Ra.

  1. Circe
  2. The Nile
  3. Brazilian Sun
  4. We Travel the Spaceways
  5. Calling Planet Earth
  6. Dancing Shadows
  7. The Rainmaker
  8. When Sun Comes Out

The Bobby Timmons Trio: In Person

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In November 1961, “Riverside” label released “In Person”, album by Bobby Timmons Trio (fifth Bobby Timmons album overall). It was recorded in October 1961, at “Village Vanguard” in New York, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Albert Heath – drums

Track listing:

 All tracks by Bobby Timmons except where noted.

  1. Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
  2. So Tired
  3. Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
  4. Dat Dere (Theme)
  5. Popsy
  6. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  7. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise – Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  8. Dat Dere (Theme)

Dizzy Reece: From In To Out

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In November 1970, “Futura” label released “From in to Out”, the eleventh Dizzy Reece album. It was recorded in October 1970, in Paris.

Personnel:

  • Dizzy Reece – trumpet
  • John Gilmore – tenor saxophone
  • Siegfried Kessler – piano
  • Patrice Caratini – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dizzy Reece.

  1. Communion/Contact
  2. Krisis/Summit

Nat Adderley: Little Big Horn

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In November 1963, “Riverside” label released “Little Big Horn”, the tenth Nat Adderley album. It was recorded September – October 1963, in New York City.

Personnel:

  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Junior Mance – piano
  • Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Nat Adderley.

  1. El Chico
  2. Foo Foo
  3. Loneliness
  4. Little Big Horn
  5. Half-Time
  6. Broadway Lady
  7. Roses for Your Pillow
  8. Hustle with Russell

Elder: Innate Passage

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On November 25, 2022, “Stickman” label released “Innate Passage”, the sixth Elder album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Clouds Hill Studio” in Hamburg, Germany, and was produced by Linda Dag.

Personnel:

  • Nick DiSalvo – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Michael Risberg – guitar, keyboards
  • Jack Donovan – bass
  • Georg Edert – drums
  • Fabio Cuomo – additional keyboards
  • Behrang Alavi – additional vocals
  • Linda Dag – recording, mixing
  • Carl Saff – mastering
  • Adrian Dexter – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Catastasis
  2. Endless Return
  3. Coalescense
  4. Merged in Dreams – Ne Plus Ultra
  5. The Purpose

Howe Gelb: Future Standards

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On November 25, 2016, “Fire Records” label released “Future Standards”, the 23rd Howe Gelb album. It was recorded in 2016, at “Rift Studio” in New York, “Wavelab Studio” in Tucson, AX, “Fireball Studio” in Carlisle Estate, St. Johns, Antigua, and was produced by Howe Gelb.

Personnel:

  • Howe Gelb – vocals, piano, recording
  • Lonna Kelley – vocals
  • J. B. Meijers – guitar, recording, co-producer
  • Naim Amor – guitar
  • Aram Kersbergen – bass
  • Ian Stapp – bass
  • Thøger Lund – bass
  • Andrew Collberg – drums
  • Arthur Vint – drums
  • Joost Kroon – drums
  • Tom Gardner – recording
  • Chris Schultz – recording, mixing
  • Joe Gastwirt – mastering
  • Martin Krafft – lacquer cut
  • John Foster – layout
  • Amelia Poe – photography
  • Faniel Martin Diaz – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Howe Gelb.

  1. Terribly So
  2. Irresponsible Lovers
  3. A Book You’ve Read Before
  4. Relevant
  5. Ownin’ It
  6. Clear
  7. Impossible Thing
  8. The Shiver Revisited
  9. Mad Man at Large
  10. May You Never Fall In Love
  11. Sweet Confusion
  12. Mad Man at Home