In March 1960, “Atlantic” label released “Pyramid”, the 15th Modern Jazz Quartet album. It was recorded 1959 – 1960, at “Music Inn” in Lenox, MA, “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegun.
Personnel:
Milt Jackson – vibraphone
John Lewis – piano
Percy Heath – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Track listing:
Vendome – John Lewis
Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
In January 1957, “Capitol” label released “After Midnight”, album by Nat King Cole and His Trio (15th Nat King Cole album overall). It was recorded August – September 1956, at “Capitol” in Hollywood.
Personnel:
Nat King Cole – vocals, piano
John Collins – guitar
Charlie Harris – bass
Lee Young – drums
Willie Smith – alto saxophone
Harry Edison – trumpet
Juan Tizol – trombone
Stuff Smith – violin
Jack Costanzo – bongos
Track listing:
Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Jian Tizol
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Heller
Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast
I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
On January 4, 1971, “Mercury” label released “There Must Be More to Love than This”, the 15th Jerry Lee Lewis album. It was recorded in 1970, in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jerry Kennedy.
Personnel:
Jerry Lee Lewis – vocals, piano
Buck Hutcheson, Chip Young, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton – guitar
Ned Davis – steel guitar
Kenny Lovelace – fiddle
Bob Moore, Eddie DeBruhl – bass
Buddy Harman, Kenny Buttrey – drums
Track listing:
There Must Be More to Love Than This – Thomas LaVerne, Bill Taylor
Bottles and Barstools – Glenn Sutton
Reuben James – Barry Etris, Alex Harvey
I’d Be Talkin’ All the Time – Chuck Howard, Larry Kingston
One More Time – Larry Butler, Jan Crutchfield, Buddy Killen
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
Woman, Woman (Get Out of My Way) –Linda Gail Lewis, Cecil J. Harrelson
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
Foolaid – Harrelson Carmen Holland
Home Away from Home – Jerry Chesnut
Life Has its Little Ups and Downs – Margaret Ann Rich
In July 1962, “Blue Note” label released “Gravy Train”, the 15th Lou Donaldson album. It was recorded in April 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
Personnel:
Lou Donaldson – alto saxophone
Herman Foster – piano
Ben Tucker – bass
Dave Bailey – drums
Alec Dorsey – congas
Rudy Van Gelder – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Lou Donaldson, except where noted.
Gravy Train
South of the Border – Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy
Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
On July 21, 1964, “Blue Note” label released “The Sidewinder”, the 15th Lee Morgan album. It was recorded in December 1963, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In May 1971, “Chess” label released “Another Dimension”, the 15th Bo Diddley album. It was recorded in 1971, at “Soundview Environmental Studios” in Kings Park, New York, and was produced by Bob Gallo.
Personnel:
Bo Diddley – vocals, guitar, percussion
Eddie Covi – saxophone
Mike Mattia – trumpet, keyboards
Carl Schickler – trombone, guitar
Al Kooper – keyboards, guitar
Bob Gallo – guitar, percussion
Sonny Hahn – guitar
Don Olsen – bass
John Birganti – drums
Bob Dorsa, Vince Traina – percussion
Cookie Vee – vocals, percussion
Kathy Alson, Leslie Zimei – vocals
Track listing:
The Shape I’m in – Robbie Robertson
I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know – Al Kooper
Pollution – Kay McDaniel
Bad Moon Rising – John Fogerty
Down on the Corner – John Fogerty
I Said Shutup Woman – Kay McDaniel
Bad Side of the Moon – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Lodi – John Fogerty
Go for Broke – John Berganti, Mike Mattia, Don Olsen, Carl Schickler
On April 19, 2024, “Verve” label released “The Other Side”, the 15th T Bone Burnett album. It was recorded in 2023, at “Pinhead Recorders” in Nashville, “The Village” in Los Angeles, and was produced by T Bone Burnett, Colin Linden and Mike Piersante.
Personnel:
T Bone Burnett – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Colin Linden – dobro, acoustic and electric guitar, Kalamazoo guitar, National guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Steven Soles – hi-strung acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
In March 1958, “Capitol” label released “Latin Lace”, the 15th George Shearing album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Personnel:
George Shearing – piano
Toots Thielemans – guitar
Al McKibbon – double bass
Percy Brice – drums
Armando Peraza – congas
Emil Richards – vibraphone
Track listing:
The Story of Love – Carlos Eleta Almarán
Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Tu, Mi Delirio – César Portillo De La Luz
Cali Mambo – Dante Varela
Rondo – Carlos Federico
To the Ends of the Earth – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
The Moon was Yellow (and the Night was Young) – Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
Wonder Struck – Nick DiStefano
Sand in My Shoes – Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
Mambo Caribe – Carlos Federico
It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
In December 1966, “Impulse!” label released “Live at The Village Vanguard Again!”, album by John Coltrane (the 15th album for “Impulse!). It was recorded in May 1966, at the “Village Vanguard” jazz club in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone, flute
Alice Coltrane – piano
Jimmy Garrison – bass
Rashied Ali – drums
Emanuel Rahim – percussion
Track listing:
Naima – John Coltrane
Introduction to My Favorite Things – Jimmy Garrison
My Favorite Things – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
On December 7, 1964, “Decca” label released “The Kingston Trio (Nick Bob, John)”, the 15th Kingston Trio (The) album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Frank Werber.
Personnel:
Bob Shane – vocals, guitar
Nick Reynolds – vocals, tenor guitar
John Stewart – vocals, banjo, guitar
Dean Reilly – bass
Bob Norberg – engineer
Track listing:
Midnight Special – Lead Belly
Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
Poverty Hill – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff
Someday Soon – Ian Tyson
Gotta Travel On – Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Dave Lazar, Pete Seeger
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