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Sabú Martínez: Palo Congo

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Palo Congo”, the debut Sabú Martínez album. It was recorded in April 1957, at Manhattan Towers in New York City, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Louis “Sabú” Martínez – vocals, congas, bongos
  • Arsenio Rodríguez – vocals, congas, tres, guitar
  • Evaristo Baró – double bass
  • Raúl “Caesar” Travieso – vocals, congas
  • Israel Moisés “Quique” Travieso – congas
  • Ray “Mosquito” Romero – congas
  • Willie Capó – vocals
  • Sarah Baró – vocals
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Hsio Ven Shih – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. El cumbanchero
  2. Billumba-Palo Congo
  3. Choferito-Plena
  4. Asabache
  5. Simba
  6. Rhapsodia del Maravilloso
  7. Aggo Elegua
  8. Tribilín cantore

Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts

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In October 1957, “Riverside” label released “Jazz Contrasts”, the fifth Kenny Dorham album. It was recorded in May 1957, at “Reeves Sound Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass
  • Max Roach – drums
  • Betty Glamann – harp 
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • Keith Goodwin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Falling in Love with Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  2. I’ll Remember April – Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye
  3. LaRue – Clifford Brown
  4. My Old Flame – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  5. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. La Villa – Kenny Dorham, Gigi Gryce

Hank Mobley: Hank

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Hank”, the tenth Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • John Jenkins – alto saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Wilbur Ware – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Yoshio Okazaki – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Hank Mobley except where noted.

  1. Fit for a Hanker
  2. Hi Groove, Low Feedback
  3. You’d Be So Easy to Love – Cole Porter
  4. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  5. Dance of the Infidels – Bud Powell

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2

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In October 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2”, the twelve Sonny Rollins album. It was recording in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Horace Silver – piano
  • Thelonious Monk – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Blakey – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Harold Feinstein – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Why Don’t I? – Sonny Rollins
  2. Wail March – Sonny Rollins
  3. Misterioso – Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best
  4. Reflections – Thelonious Monk
  5. You Stepped Out of a Dream – Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn
  6. Poor Butterfly – Raymond Hubbell, John Golden

Clark Terry: Duke With A Difference

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In October 1957, “Riverside” label released “Duke with a Difference”, the fourth Clark Terry album. It was recorded in September 1957, at “Reeves Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Orin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  1. Clark Terry – trumpet, arrangements
  2. Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone 
  3. Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone 
  4. Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman – trombone
  5. Tyree Glenn – trombone, vibraphone
  6. Billy Strayhorn – piano
  7. Luther Henderson – celeste
  8. Jimmy Woode – bass
  9. Sam Woodyard – drums
  10. Marian Bruce – vocals
  11. Mercer Ellington – arrangements
  12. Jack Higgins – engineer
  13. Jack Matthewes – engineer
  14. Paul Bacon – design
  15. Paul Weller – photography
  16. Orrin Keepnews – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Duke Ellington except where noted.

  1. C Jam Blues – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington
  2. In a Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz
  3. Cotton Tail
  4. Just Squeeze Me
  5. Mood Indigo – Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington
  6. Take the “A” Train – Billy Strayhorn
  7. In a Mellow Tone
  8. Come Sunday

Curtis Fuller: The Opener

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In September 1957, “Blue Note” label released “The Opener”, the third Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone 
  • Bobby Timmons – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Francis Wolff – cover photography
  • Robert Levin – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Curtis Fuller, excepted where noted.

  1. A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
  2. Hugore
  3. Oscalypso – Oscar Pettiford
  4. Here’s to My Lady – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  5. Lizzy’s Bounce
  6. Soon – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Johnny Griffin: Johnny Griffin Vol. 2

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In September 1957, “Blue Note” label released “Johnny Griffin Vol. 2” (also known as “A Blowin’ Session”), the third Johnny Griffin album. It was recorded in April 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Johnny Griffin — tenor saxophone
  • John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
  • Hank Mobley — tenor saxophone
  • Lee Morgan — trumpet
  • Wynton Kelly — piano
  • Paul Chambers — bass
  • Art Blakey — drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Harold Feinstein – photography
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Way You Look Tonight – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  2. Ball Bearing – Johnny Griffin
  3. All the Things You Are – Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein
  4. Smoke Stack – Johnny Griffin

Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods

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In June 1962, “RCA” label released “Tijuana Moods”, the eleventh Charles Mingus album. It was recorded July – August 1957, at “RCA Studios” in New York, and was produced by Bob Rolontz.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – leader, bass
  • Shafi Hadi – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Clarence Shaw – trumpet
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Bill Triglia – piano
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Ysabel Morel – castanets, vocals
  • Frankie Dunlop – percussion
  • Lonne Elder – vocals
  • Bob Simpson – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus except where noted.

  1. Dizzy Moods
  2. Ysabel’s Table Dance
  3. Tijuana Gift Shop
  4. Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)
  5. Flamingo – Ted Grouya

Hank Mobley: Same

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In June 1958, “Blue Note” label released the self-titled, eleventh Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in June 1957, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Porter – alto and tenor saxophone
  • Bill Hardman – trumpet
  • Sonny Clark – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums

Track listing:

  1. Mighty Moe and Joe – Curtis Porter
  2. Falling in Love with Love – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. Bags’ Groove – Milt Jackson
  4. Double Exposure – Hank Mobley
  5. News – Curtis Porter

Tina Turner

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On May 24, 2023, Anna Mae Bullock aka Tina Turner died aged 83. She was singer, author, dancer and actress, referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, began her career with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1957. In 1958, under the name Little Ann, she released her first record, “Boxtop”. In 1960, she debuted as Tina Turner with the duet single “A Fool in Love”. The duo Ike & Tina Turner became “one of the most formidable live acts in history”. In the 1980s, Turner made a great comeback, and in the decades that followed she sold over 100 million records worldwide, and became one of  the best-selling recording artists of all time. She won twelve “Grammy Awards”, three “Grammy Hall of Fame” awards and a “Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award”. Magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked her among the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” and the “100 Greatest Singers of All Time”. She was twice inducted into the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist in 2021. In 2005, she was recipient of the “Kennedy Center Honors” and “Women of the Year” award. As leader Tina Turner released nine albums.