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Benny Golson: The Other Side Of Benny Golson

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In December 1958, “Riverside” label released “The Other Side of Benny Golson”, the third Benny Golson album. It was recorded in November 1958, at “Nola’s Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Personnel:

  • Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Jymie Merritt – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Benny Golson, except where noted.

  1. Strut Time
  2. Jubilation – Junior Mance
  3. Symptoms – Curtis Fuller
  4. Are You Real?
  5. Cry a Blue Tear
  6. This Night – Richard Evans

Warne Marsh: Same

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In November 1958, “Atlantic” label released the self-titled, third Warne Marsh album. It was recorded December 1957 – January 1958, in New York City, and was produced by Lennie Tristano.

Personnel:

  • Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnie Ball – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Philly Joe Jones, Paul Motian – drums

Track listing:

  1. Too Close for Comfort – Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss
  2. Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker
  3. It’s All Right with Me – Cole Porter
  4. My Melancholy Baby – Ernie Burnett, George Norton
  5. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don’t Tease Me) – Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines
  6. Excerpt – Warne Marsh

Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman

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On November 4, 1968, “Capitol” label released “Wichita Lineman”, the eleventh Glen Campbell album. It was recorded in 1958, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood., and was produced by Al De Lory.

Personnel:

  • Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
  • Al Casey – acoustic guitar
  • Dennis McCarthy – piano
  • Jimmy Webb – organ
  • Carol Kaye – bass guitar
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Ray Pohlman – bass guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Bob Felts – drums
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Al De Lory – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. Wichita Lineman – Jimmy Webb
  2. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding, Steve Cropper
  3. If You Go Away – Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen
  4. Ann – Billy Edd Wheeler
  5. Words – Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
  6. Fate of Man – Glen Campbell
  7. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Chris Gantry
  8. The Straight Life – Sonny Curtis
  9. Reason to Believe – Tim Hardin
  10. You Better Sit Down Kids – Sonny Bono
  11. That’s Not Home – Billy Graham

John Coltrane: Soultrane

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In October 1958, “Prestige” label released “Soultrane”, the fourth John Coltrane album. It was recorded in February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock and Del Costello.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, remaster
  • Shigeo Miyamoto – engineer, mastering
  • Alan Yoshida, Steve Hoffman – mastering
  • Kazue Sugimoto – supervision
  • Akira Taguchi – supervision
  • Ira Gitler – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Good Bait – Tadd Dameron, Count Basie
  2. I want to Talk About You – Billy Eckstine
  3. You Say You Care – Leo Robin, Jule Styne
  4. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
  5. Russian Lullaby – Irving Berlin

John Coltrane: Standard Coltrane

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On October 2, 1962, “Prestige” label released “Standard Coltrane”, album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in July 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Red Garland – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Don’t Take Your Love from Me – Henry Nemo
  2. I’ll Get By – Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk
  3. Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  4. Invitation – Bronislau Kaper, Paul Francis Webster

The Red Garland Quintet: Dig It!

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In August 1962, “Prestige” label released “Dig It!”, album by The Red Garland Quintet (the ninth Red Garland album overall). It was recorded March – December 1957, February 1958, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Weinstock.

Personnel:

  • Red Garland – piano
  • John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
  • Donald Byrd – trumpet
  • Jamil Nasser – bass
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Art Taylor – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer

Track listing:

  1. Billie’s Bounce – Charlie Parker
  2. Crazy Rhythm – Irving Caesar, Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn
  3. CTA – Jimmy Heath
  4. Lazy Mae – Red Garland

Hampton Hawes: For Real

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In August 1961, “Contemporary” label released “For Real!”, the tenth Hampton Hawes album. It was recorded in March 1958, at “Contemporary Records Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Harold Land – tenor saxophone
  • Scott LaFaro – bass
  • Frank Butler – drums

Track listing:

  1. Hip – Hampton Hawes
  2. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams – Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll
  3. Crazeology – Benny Harris
  4. Numbers Game – Hampton Hawes, Harold Land
  5. For Real – Hampton Hawes, Harold Land
  6. I Love You – Cole Porter

Sonny Rollins: Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

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In August 1959, “Contemporary” label released “Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders”, the 18th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded in October 1958, at “Contemporary Studio” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Lester Koenig.

Personnel:

  • Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
  • Hampton Hawes – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar – bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Victor Feldman – vibes

Track listing:

  1. I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  2. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
  3. How High the Moon – Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis
  4. You – Harold Adamson, Walter Donaldson
  5. I’ve Found a New Baby – Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams
  6. Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
  7. In the Chapel in the Moonlight – Billy Hill
  8. The Song Is You – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

The 3 Sounds: Bottoms Up

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In July 1959, “Blue Note” label released “Bottoms Up!”, the second 3 Sounds (The) studio album. It was recorded September 1958 – February 1959, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Hackensack, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.

Personnel:

  • Gene Harris – piano, celeste
  • Andrew Simpkins – bass
  • Bill Dowdy – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Reid Miles – design
  • Francis Wolff – photography
  • Leonard Feather – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Bésame Mucho – Consuelo Velázquez
  2. Angel Eyes – Matt Dennis
  3. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  4. Love Walked In – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
  5. I Could Write a Book – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  6. Jinne Lou – Gene Harris
  7. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You – Marvin Fisher, Jack Sega
  8. Falling in Love with Love – Lorzenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Dinnah Washington: Newport 58

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In July 1958, “EmArcy” label released “Newport ’58”, the ninth Dinnah Washington album. It was recorded in July 1958, at the “Newport Jazz Festival”, in Newport, Rhode Island, and was produced by Jack Tracy.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals, vibraphone
  • Harold Ousley – tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone
  • Blue Mitchell – trumpet
  • Melba Liston – trombone, arrangements
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Terry Gibbs – vibraphone
  • Don Elliott – vibraphone, mellophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul West – bass
  • Max Roach – drums

Track listing:

  1. Lover, Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
  2. Backwater Blues – Bessie Smith
  3. Crazy Love – Sammy Cahn, Phil Tuminello
  4. All of Me – Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
  5. Backstage Blues (instrumental) – Don Elliott, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green
  6. Julie and Jake (instrumental) – Terry Gibbs