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Dexter Gordon: Gettin’ Around

In August 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Gettin’ Around”, the 14th Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in May 1965, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
  • Bobby Hutcherson – vibes
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Maria
  2. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) – Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
  3. Heartaches – Al Hoffman, John Klenner
  4. Shiny Stockings – Frank Foster
  5. Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller
  6. Le Coiffeur – Dexter Gordon

Zu: How To Raise An Ox

On August 11, 2006, “Atavistic Records” label released “How to Raise an Ox”, the seventh Zu studio album. It was recorded in October 2004, at “Locomotive Studio” in Rome, Italy.

Personnel:

  • Mats Gustafsson – baritone saxophone
  • Luca – baritone saxophone
  • Massimo – bass guitar
  • Jacopo – drums

Track listing:

  1. Over a Furnace
  2. How to Raise an Ox
  3. Eating the Landscape
  4. King Devours His Sons
  5. Bring the War Back Home
  6. Meat Eater, Solar Bird
  7. Palace of Reptiles
  8. Beasts Only Die to Be Born
  9. Tiger Teaches the Lamb

Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio

On August 11, 1975, “CBS Masterworks Records” and “Columbia Masterworks” labels released “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio”, album by Claude Bolling. It was recorded in 1975, and was produced by Claude Bolling.

Personnel:

  • Claude Bolling — piano
  • Jean-Pierre Rampal — flute, bass flute 
  • Max Hédiguer — bass
  • Marcel Sabiani — drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Claude Bolling.

  1. Baroque and Blue
  2. Sentimentale
  3. Javanaise
  4. Fugace
  5. Irlandaise
  6. Versatile
  7. Véloce

Big John Patton: Got A Good Thing Goin’

In August 1966, “Blue Note” label released “Got a Good Thing Goin’”, the sixth Big John Patton album. It was recorded in April 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Big John Patton – organ
  • Grant Green – guitar
  • Hugh Walker – drums
  • Richie “Pablo” Landrum – congas
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Patton and Grant Green, except where noted.

  1. The Yodel
  2. Soul Woman
  3. Ain’t That Peculiar – Warren “Pete” Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, Ronald White
  4. The Shake – Sam Cooke
  5. Amanda – Duke Pearson

Fire!: You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago

On August 10, 2009, “Rune Grammofon” label released “You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago”, the debut Fire! album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Summa” in Stockholm, Sweden, and was produced by Johan Berthling, Andreas Werllin and Mats Gustafsson.

Personnel:

  • Mats Gustafsson – tenor and baritone saxophone, Fender Rhodes, electronics
  • Johan Berthling – double and electric bass, electric guitar, Hammond organ, recording, mixing
  • Andreas Werllin – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Mariam Wallentin – vocal
  • Joachim Ekermann – mastering
  • Kim Hiorthøy – design
  • Robert Creeley – titles inspired by

Track listing:

All tracks by Johan Berthling, Andreas Werllin and Mats Gustafsson.

  1. If I Took Your Hand
  2. But Sometimes I Am
  3. Can I Hold You for a Minute?
  4. You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago

Tin Hat Trio: Book Of Silk

On August 10, 2004, “Ropeadope” label released “Book of Silk”, the fourth Tin Hat Trio studio album. It was recorded in 2004, and was produced by Hans Wendl.

Personnel:

  • Mark Orton – guitar, banjo, dobro
  • Carla Kihlstedt – violin, viola, voice
  • Rob Burger – accordion, piano, prepared piano, toy piano, field organ, celeste
  • Bryan Smith – tuba, euphonium
  • Zeena Parkins – harp

Track listing:

All tracks by Rob Burger, except where noted.

  1. The Longest Night – Mark Orton
  2. The Clandestine Adventures of Ms. Merz
  3. Compay – Carla Kihlstedt
  4. Invisible Mobile – Mark Orton
  5. March of the Smallest Feet – Carla Kihlstedt
  6. Hotel Aurora – Mark Orton
  7. Osborne Avenue
  8. Elliott Carter Family – Zeena Parkins / Tin Hat Trio
  9. Things That Might Have Been
  10. Red Hook Stoop
  11. Same Shirt, Different Day
  12. Pablo Looks Back – Carla Kihlstedt
  13. Light Black from Pole to Pole – Carla Kihlstedt
  14. Lauren’s Lullaby – Mark Orton
  15. Empire of Light – Mark Orton / Coykedndall, arranged by Mark Orton

Elvis Presley: Elvis For Everyone

On August 10, 1965, “RCA Victor” label released “Elvis for Everyone!”, the eighth Elvis Presley studio album. Recording sessions took place over a ten-year span at “Sun Studio” in Memphis, “RCA Studio B” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Sam Phillips, Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, Urban Thielmann, Hans Salter and George Stoll.

Personnel:

  • Elvis Presley – vocals, guitar
  • Scotty Moore – rhythm and lead guitar
  • Tiny Timbrell – guitar
  • Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Hank Garland – guitar
  • Neal Matthews Jr. – guitar
  • Chet Atkins – overdubbed guitar
  • Harold Bradley – guitar
  • Grady Martin – guitar
  • Billy Strange – guitar
  • Jerry Kennedy – guitar
  • Dudley Brooks – piano
  • Floyd Cramer – piano
  • Jimmie Haskell – accordion
  • Gordon Stoker – accordion
  • Bill Black – double bass
  • Meyer Rubin – double bass
  • Bob Moore – double bass
  • D. J. Fontana – drums
  • Bernie Mattinson – drums
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Boots Randolph – saxophone, clarinet
  • The Jordanaires – backing vocals
  • Millie Kirkham – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams
  2. Summer Kisses, Winter Tears – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Jack Lloyd
  3. Finders keepers, Losers Weepers – Dory Jones, Ollies Jones
  4. In My Way – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
  5. Tomorrow Night – Sam Coslow, Wilhelm Grosz
  6. Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry
  7. For the Millionth and the Last Time – Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper
  8. Forget Me Never – Fred Wise, Ben Weisman
  9. Sound Advice – Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
  10. Santa Lucia – traditional, arranged by Elvis Presley
  11. I Met Her Tody – Hal Blair, Don Robertson
  12. When It Rains, It Really Pours – William R. Emerson

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Impressions Of Japan

On August 10, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Jazz Impressions of Japan”, album by Dave Brubeck Quartet album (the 48th Dave Brubeck album overall). It was recorded in January 1960 and June 1964, at the “CBS 30th Street Studio”, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Dave Brubeck – piano
  • Paul Desmond – saxophone
  • Eugene Wright – bass
  • Joe Morello – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Dave Brubeck, except where noted.

  1. Tokyo Traffic
  2. Rising Sun
  3. Toki’s Theme
  4. Fujiyama
  5. Zen Is When – Bud Freeman, Leon Pober
  6. The City Is Crying
  7. Osaka Blues
  8. Koto Song

John Scofield: Hand Jive

On August 9, 1994, “Blue Note” label released “Hand Jive”, the 20th John Scofield album. It was recorded in October 1993, at “Power Station” and “River Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Lee Townsend.

Personnel:

  • John Scofield – guitars
  • Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
  • Larry Goldings – acoustic piano, organ
  • Dennis Irwin – bass
  • Bill Stewart – drums
  • Don Alias – percussion
  • James Farber – recording, mixing
  • Chris Albert – recording assistant
  • Tony Gillis – mix assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mark Larson – design
  • Patti Perret – photography
  • Susan Scofield – executive producer

Track listing:

All tracks by John Scofield.

  1. I’ll Take Les
  2. Dark Blue
  3. Do Like Eddie
  4. She’s So Lucky
  5. Checkered Past
  6. 7th Floor
  7. Golden Daze
  8. Don’t Shoot the Messenger
  9. Whip the Mule
  10. Out of the City

Lowell Davidson: Lowell Davidson Trio

On August 9, 1969, “ESP-Disk” label released “Lowell Davidson Trio”, the debut Lowell Davidson album. It was recorded in July 1965.

Personnel:

  • Lowell Davidson – piano
  • Gary Peacock – bass
  • Milford Graves – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Lowell Davidson.

  1. L
  2. Stately I
  3. Dunce
  4. Ad Hoc
  5. Strong Tears