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Roy Ayers Ubiquity: A Tear To A Smile

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On June 16, 1975, “Polydor” label released “A Tear to a Smile”, album by Roy Ayers Ubiquity (the 15th Roy Ayers album). It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Roy Ayers.

Personnel:

  • Roy Ayers – lead and backing vocals
  • Wayne Garfield – lead and backing vocals
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – lead and backing vocals
  • Debbie Darby – lead vocal
  • Edwin Birdsong – lead vocal
  • Carolyn Byrd, Debbie Burrell, Terry Burrell – backing vocals
  • William Allen – arrangements
  • Joel Brodsky – photography
  • James Green – co – producer

Track

All tracks by Roy Ayers.

  1. 2000 Black
  2. Magic Lady
  3. Show Us a Feeling
  4. Ebony Blaze
  5. Time and Space
  6. No Question
  7. The Way of the World
  8. The Old One Two (More to Groove)
  9. Miles (Loves’s Silent Dawn)
  10. A Tear to a Smile

Della Reese: I Gotta Be Me…This Trip Out

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In June 1968, “ABC” label released “I Gotta Be Me…This Trip Out”, the 15th Della Reese album. It was recorded in 1968, and was produced by Lee Magid.

Personnel:

  • Della Reese – vocals
  • Howard Roberts – guitar
  • Roger Kellaway – piano
  • Kirk Stuart – piano
  • Ray Brown – bass guitar
  • Red Mitchell – bass guitar
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Ed Thigpen – drums
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone
  • Sweets Edison – trumpet
  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, conductor
  • Henry Epstein – design
  • Byron Goto – design
  • Joe Lebow – design
  • Fred Seligo – photography
  • Frank Kofsky – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Never My Love – Don Addrisi, Dick Addrisi
  2. My Worlds Is Empty Without You – B. & E. Harland, Lamont Dozier
  3. I Gotta Be Me – Walter Marks
  4. Low – Ben Oakland
  5. Go – Michael Jourdan, Armand Canfora, Robert Grey, Joss Baselli
  6. Pop Goes the World – George David Weiss, Joe Sherman
  7. I’ve Got the Blues – Marvin Jenkins
  8. No Explanation Necessary – Della Reese
  9. For Once in My Life – Orlando Murden, Ronald Miller
  10. Hush Now Don’t Cry – Marvin Jenkins
  11. Measure of a Man – Alan Bernstain, Vic Millrose

Modern Jazz Quartet: Pyramid

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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:

  1. Vendome – John Lewis
  2. Pyramid (Blues for Junior) – Ray Brown
  3. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  4. Django – John Lewis
  5. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  6. Romaine – Jim Hall

Nat King Cole And His Trio: After Midnight

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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:

  1. Just You, Just Me – Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages
  2. Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish
  3. Sometimes I’m Happy – Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
  4. Caravan – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Jian Tizol
  5. It’s Only a Paper Moon – Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose
  6. You’re Looking at Me – Bobby Troup
  7. Lonely One – Lenny Hambro, Roberta Heller
  8. Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Henry Hadamik, Frank LaVere, Bob Nast
  9. I Know That You Know – Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
  10. Blame It on My Youth – Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman
  11. When I Grow Too Old to Dream – Oscar Hammerstein, Sigmund Romberg
  12. (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 – Bobby Troup

Jerry Lee Lewis: There Must Be More To Love Than This

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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:

  1. There Must Be More to Love Than This – Thomas LaVerne, Bill Taylor
  2. Bottles and Barstools – Glenn Sutton
  3. Reuben James – Barry Etris, Alex Harvey
  4. I’d Be Talkin’ All the Time – Chuck Howard, Larry Kingston
  5. One More Time – Larry Butler, Jan Crutchfield, Buddy Killen
  6. Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard
  7. Woman, Woman (Get Out of My Way) –Linda Gail Lewis, Cecil J. Harrelson
  8. I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – Cecil A. Null
  9. Foolaid – Harrelson Carmen Holland
  10. Home Away from Home – Jerry Chesnut
  11. Life Has its Little Ups and Downs – Margaret Ann Rich

Lou Donaldson: Gravy Train

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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.

  1. Gravy Train
  2. South of the Border – Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy
  3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Avalon – Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose
  5. Candy – Mack David, Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney
  6. Twist Time
  7. Glory of Love – Billy Hill

Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder

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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.

Personnel:

  • Lee Morgan – trumpet
  • Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Bob Cranshaw – double bass
  • Billy Higgins – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Morgan.

  1. The Sidewinder
  2. Totem Pole
  3. Gary’s Notebook
  4. Boy, What a Night
  5. Hocus-Pocus

Bo Diddley: Another Dimension

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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:

  1. The Shape I’m in – Robbie Robertson
  2. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know – Al Kooper
  3. Pollution – Kay McDaniel
  4. Bad Moon Rising – John Fogerty
  5. Down on the Corner – John Fogerty
  6. I Said Shutup Woman – Kay McDaniel
  7. Bad Side of the Moon – Elton John, Bernie Taupin
  8. Lodi – John Fogerty
  9. Go for Broke – John Berganti, Mike Mattia, Don Olsen, Carl Schickler

T Bone Burnett: The Other Side

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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
  • Rory Hoffman – dobro, claviola, clarinet, cuatro, acoustic guitar
  • Stuart Duncan – mandolin, violin
  • Mike Piersante – tambourine, handclaps
  • Jay Bellerose – tambourine, handclaps
  • Dennis Crouch – string bass
  • Rosanne Cash – harmony vocals
  • Lucius – harmony vocals
  • Peter More – harmony vocals
  • Weyes Blood – harmony vocals
  • Colin Linden – engineer
  • Mike Piersante – engineer, mixing
  • Mike Stankiewicz – engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • Reuben Cohen – mastering
  • Kyledidthis – creative direction, design
  • Tai Linzie – art coordination
  • Dan Winters – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by T Bone Burnett, except where noted.

  1. He Came Down
  2. Come Back (When You Go Away
  3. (I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day
  4. Waiting for You – Colin Linden
  5. The Pain of Love
  6. The Race Is Won
  7. Sometimes I Wonder – Colin Linden
  8. Hawaiian Blue Song – Bob Neuwirth, Steven Soles
  9. The First Light of Day – Steven Soles
  10. Everything and Nothing – Gary Nicholson
  11. The Twon That Time Forgot – Peter Moore
  12. Little Darling

George Shearing: Latin Lace

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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:

  1. The Story of Love – Carlos Eleta Almarán
  2. Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
  3. Tu, Mi Delirio – César Portillo De La Luz
  4. Cali Mambo – Dante Varela
  5. Rondo – Carlos Federico
  6. To the Ends of the Earth – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
  7. The Moon was Yellow (and the Night was Young) – Fred E. Ahlert, Edgar Leslie
  8. Wonder Struck – Nick DiStefano
  9. Sand in My Shoes – Frank Loesser, Victor Schertzinger
  10. Mambo Caribe – Carlos Federico
  11. It’s Not for Me to Say – Robert Allen, Al Stillman
  12. Mambo No. 2 – Torrie Zito