In January 1961, “Riverside” label released “Stratusphunk”, the fifth George Russell album. It was recorded in October 1960 in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
In December 1960, “Candid” label released “Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus”, the 19th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in October 1960, at “Nola Penthouse Sound Studios” in New York City.
Personnel:
Charles Mingus – bass
Ted Curson – trumpet
Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Dannie Richmond – drums
Bob D’Orleans – engineer
Nat Hentoff – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Charles Mingus.
Folk Forms No. 1
Original Faubus Fables
What Love
All the Things you Could Be by Now if Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
In September 1960, “Jazzland” label released “Out of This World”, the debut and the only Walter Benton album. It was recorded in September 1960, at “Plaza Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.
Personnel:
Walter Benton – tenor saxophone
Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Wynton Kelly – piano
Paul Chambers – bass
Jimmy Cobb, Albert Heath – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Walter Benton except where noted,
Out of This World – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
Walter’s Altar
Iris
Night Movements
A Blues Mood
Azil
Lover Man – Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman
In September 1961, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Shadows (The) album. It was recorded October 1960 – June 1961, at “EMI Abbey Road” in London, and was produced by Norrie Paramor.
Personnel:
Hank Marvin – vocals, lead guitar, piano
Bruce Welch – vocals, rhythm guitar
Jet Harris – vocals, bass guitar
Tony Meehan – drums, percussion
Malcolm Addey – engineer
Cliff Richard – sleeve notes
Track listing:
Shadoogie – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan
Blue Star – Victor Young, Edward Heyman
Nivram – Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, Jet Harris
Baby My Heart – Sonny Curtis
See You in My Drums – Tony Meehan
All My Sorrows – Dave Guard, Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds
Stand Up and Say That – Hank Marvin
Gonzales – Jet Harris, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin
Find Me a Golden Street – Norman Petty
Theme from a Filleted Place – Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris
That’s My Desire – Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday
My Resistance Is Low – Hoagy Carmichael
Sleepwalk – Ann Farina, Santo Farina, Johnny Farina, Don Wolf
In June 1961, “Warwick” label released “Boss of the Soul-Stream Trombone”, the eleventh Curtis Fuller album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “Mercury Sound Studio” in New York City.
In April 1968, “Blue Note” label released “Plain Talk”, the 47th Jimmy Smith album. It was recorded in March 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In April 1961, “Roulette” label released “Uhuru Afrika”, the thirteenth Randy Weston album. It was recorded in November 1960, at “Bell Sound Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teddy Reig. The album features lyrics and liner notes by the poet Langston Hughes and was banned in South Africa in 1964.
Personnel:
Randy Weston – piano
Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
Benny Bailey, Richard Williams, Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
Slide Hampton, Jimmy Cleveland, Quentin Jackson – trombone
Julius Watkins – French horn
Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone, flute
Yusef Lateef – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Sahib Shihab – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Budd Johnson – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Jerome Richardson – baritone saxophone, piccolo
Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
Les Spann – guitar, flute
Kenny Burrell – guitar
George Duvivier, Ron Carter – bass
Max Roach, Charlie Persip – drums, percussion
Wilbert Hogan – drums
Babatunde Olatunji – percussion
Armando Peraza – bongos
Candido Camero – congas
Martha Flowers, Brock Peters – vocals
Tuntemeke Sanga – narrator
Melba Liston – arranger
Track listing:
All tracks by Randy Weston, except where noted.
Introduction: Uhuru Kwanza – Langston Hughes
First Movement: Uhuru Kwanza
Second Movement: African Lady – Randy Weston, Langston Hughes
In April 1960, “Blue Note” label released “The Music From “The Connection”, the fifth Freddie Redd album. It contains the music for Jack Gelber’s 1959 play “The Connection”. The album was recorded in February 1960, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs.
In February 1962, “Columbia” label released “A Touch of Satin”, album by J.J. Johnson Quartet (the 21st J.J. Johnson album overall). It was recorded in December 1960 and January 1961, at “Columbia 30th Street Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
J. J. Johnson – trombone
Victor Feldman – piano, vibraphone, celeste
Sam Jones – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
Track listing:
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
Flat Black – J. J. Johnson
Gigi – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
Bloozineff – J. J. Johnson
Jackie-ing – Thelonious Monk
Goodbye – Gordon Jenkins
Full Moon and Empty Arms – Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman
Sophisticated Lady – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish
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