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Shirley Scott: Blue Seven

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In May 1966, “Prestige” label released “Blue Seven”, the 14th Shirley Scott album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Shirley Scott – organ
  • Oliver Nelson – tenor saxophone
  • Joe Newman – trumpet
  • George Tucker – bass
  • Roy Brooks – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, mastering
  • Don Schlitten – design
  • Bob Porter – sleeve notes
  • Esmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

  1. Blue Seven – Sonny Rollins
  2. Don’t Worry About It Baby, Here I Am – Shirley Scott
  3. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen
  4. Wagon Wheels – Peter DeRose, Billy Hill
  5. Give Me the Simple Life – Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby

Rick nelson: Rick Is 21

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On May 8, 1961, “Imperial” label released “Rick Is 21”, the sixth Rick Nelson album. It was recorded in February 1960, February – April 1961, at “United Western Resorders” and “Masters Recorders” in Hollywood, and Charles “Bud” Dant.

Personnel:

  • Rick Nelson – vocal
  • Jimmie Haskell – arrangements

Track listing:

  1. My One Desire – Dorsey Burnette
  2. That Warm Summer Night – Jerry Fuller
  3. Break My Chain – Jerry Fuller
  4. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange
  5. I’ll Make Believe – Johnny Rivers
  6. Travelin’ Man – Jerry Fuller
  7. Oh Yeah, I’m in Love – Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne
  8. Everybody But Me – Dave Burgess
  9. Lucky Star – Dave Burgess
  10. Sure Fire Bet – Gene Pitney
  11. Stars Fell on Alabama – Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins
  12. Hello Mary Lou – Gene Pitney

Ben E. King: Spanish Harlem

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On May 1, 1961, “Atco” label released “Spanish Harlem”, the debut Ben E. King album. It was recorded 1960 – 1961, and was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Personnel:

  • Ben E. King – vocals
  • Al Caiola – guitar
  • George Barnes – guitar
  • Ernest Hayes – piano
  • George Duvivier – double bass
  • Gary Chester – drums
  • Ray Barretto – percussion
  • Charlie Margulis – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Stan Applebaum – arrangements
  • Allen Vogel, Loring Eutemey – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Amor – Gabriel Ruíz, Sunny Skylar, Ricardo López Méndez
  2. Sway – Norman Gimbel, Gabriel Ruíz
  3. Come Closer to Me – Al Stewart, Osvaldo Farrés
  4. Perfidia – Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds
  5. Granada – Agustín Lara, Dorothy Dodd
  6. Sweet and Gentle – George Thorn, Otilio del Portal, Martin Ledyard
  7. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Joe Davis, Osvaldo Farrés
  8. Frenesí – Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup
  9. Souvenir of Mexico – Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus
  10. Bésame Mucho – Sunny Skylar, Consuelo Velázquez
  11. Love Me, Love Me – Ben E. King
  12. Spanish Harlem – Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector

Coleman Hawkins: The Hawk Relaxes

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In April 1961, “Moodsville” label released “The Hawk Relaxes”, the 28th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in February 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Coleman Hawkins – tenor saxophone
  • Ronnell Bright – piano
  • Kenny Burrell – guitar
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Andrew Cyrille – drums

Track listing:

  1. I’ll Never Be The Same – Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
  2. When Day Is Done – Buddy DeSylva, Robert Katscher
  3. Under a Blanket of Blue – Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes
  4. More Than You Know – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
  5. Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
  6. Just a Gigolo – Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci
  7. Speak Low – Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill

Yusef Lateef: Eastern Sounds

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In April 1962, “Moodsville” label released “Eastern Sounds”, the 16th Yusef Lateef album. It was recorded in September 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Esmond Edwards.

Personnel:

  • Yusef Lateef – flute, oboe, tenor saxophone, Chinese globular flute (xun)
  • Barry Harris – piano
  • Ernie Farrow – double bass, rabat (rabaab)
  • Lex Humphries – drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Yusef Lateef, except where noted.

  1. The Plum Blossom
  2. Blues for the Orient
  3. Ching Miau
  4. Don’t Blame Me – Jimmy McHugh
  5. Love Theme from Spartacus – Alex North
  6. Snafu
  7. Purple Flower
  8. Love Theme from The Robe – Alfred Newman
  9. The Three Faces of Balal

Oliver Nelson: Afro/American Sketches

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In February 1962, “Prestige” label released “Afro/American Sketches”, the ninth Oliver Nelson album. It was recorded September – November 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Personnel:

  • Oliver Nelson – arranger, alto and tenor saxophone, liner notes
  • Eric Dixon – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Bob Ashton – tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Jerry Dodgion – alto saxophone, flute
  • Joe Newman, Clyde Reasinger, Jerry Kail, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Urbie Green, Britt Woodman, Melba Liston – trombone
  • Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins – French horn
  • Don Butterfield – tuba
  • Peter Makas, Charles McCracken – violoncello
  • Patti Bown – piano
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy – drums
  • Ray Barretto – congas, bongos
  • Rudy Van Gelder – recording, lacquer cut
  • Edmond Edwards – supervision

Track listing:

All tracks by Oliver Nelson.

  1. Message
  2. Jungleaire
  3. Emancipation Blues
  4. There’s a Yearnin’
  5. Going Up North
  6. Disillusioned
  7. Freedom Dance

Quincy Jones: Quintessence

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In February 1962, “Impulse!” label released “The Quintessence”, album by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra album (the eleventh Quincy Jones album overall). It was recorded November – December 1961, at “Capitol Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • Phil Woods, Oliver Nelson, Eric Dixon, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson – saxophone
  • Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Freddie Hubbard, Al Derisi, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Jerome Kail, Clyde Reasinger, Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Curtis Fuller, Thomas Mitchell, Melba Liston, Billy Byers, Paul Faulise, Rodney Levitt – trombone
  • Julius Watkins, James Buffington, Earl Chapin, Ray Alonge – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Gloria Agostini – harp
  • Patricia Bown – piano
  • Bobby Scott – piano
  • George Catlett – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • James Johnson – drums
  • Bill English – drums
  • Stu Martin – drums
  • Frank Abbey – engineer
  • Bob Arnold – engineer
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Pete Turner – cover photography
  • Jack Bradley – liner photography
  • Lena Horn – liner notes
  • Lennie Hayton – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. The Quintessence – Quincy Jones
  2. Robot Portrait – Billy Byers
  3. Little Karen – Benny Golson
  4. Straight, No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
  5. For Lena and Lennie – Quincy Jones
  6. Hard Sock Dance – Quincy Jones
  7. Invitation – Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster
  8. The Twitch – Billy Byers

Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley: Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley

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In February 1962, “Capitol” label released “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”, album  by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley. It was recorded June – August 1961, and was produced by Andy Wiswell and Tom “Tippy” Morgan.

Personnel:

  • Nancy Wilson – vocals
  • Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
  • Nat Adderley – cornet
  • Joe Zawinul – piano
  • Sam Jones – double bass
  • Louis Hayes – drums
  • Ren Grevatt – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Save Your Love for Me – Buddy Johnson
  2. Teaneck – Nat Adderley
  3. Never Will I Marry – Frank Loesser
  4. Iy Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin
  5. The Old Country – Nat Adderly, Curtsi Lewis
  6. One Man’s Dream – Joe Zawinul, Charles Wright
  7. Happy Talk – Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
  8. Never Say Yes – Nat Adderley
  9. The Masquerade Is Over – Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel
  10. Unit 7 – Sam Jones 
  11. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote

Ben Webster: The Warm Moods

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In February 1961, “Reprise” label released “The Warm Moods”, the twelve Ben Webster album. 

Personnel:

  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Donn Trenner – piano
  • Alfred Lustgarten, Lisa Minghetti – violin
  • Cecil Figelski – viola
  • Armond Kaproff – cello
  • Don Bagley – bass
  • Frank Capp – drums
  • Merle Shore – art direction
  • Phil Stern – design

Track listing:

  1. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi – Bryan Stokes, Dudley Vernor
  2. Stella by Starlight – Ned Washington, Victor Young
  3. With Every Breath I Take – Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin
  4. Accent on Youth – Vee Lawnhurst, Tot Seymour
  5. But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Time After Time – Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
  7. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) – Van Heusen, Phil Silvers
  8. I’m Beginning to See the Light – Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James
  9. It Was So Beautiful – Harry Barris, Arthur Freed
  10. The Whiffenpoof Song – Tod Galloway, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy
  11. It’s Easy to Remember – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  12. There’s No You – Tom Adair, Hal Hopper

Gil Evans: Into the Hot

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In January 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Into the Hot”, the fifth Gil Evans album. It was recorded September – October 1961, at “Van Gelder Studio”, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Creed Taylor.

Personnel:

  • Gil Evans – conductor, supervision

The John Carisi Orchestra:

  • John Carisi – trumpet, arrangements
  • John Glasel – trumpet
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Doc Severinsen – trumpet
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Urbie Green – trombone
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Harvey Phillips – tuba
  • Phil Woods – alto saxophone
  • Gene Quill – alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Eddie Costa – piano, vibes
  • Barry Galbraith – guitar
  • Art Davis – bass
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Robert Flynn – design
  • Arnold Newman – photography
  • Nat Hentoff – liner notes

The Cecil Taylor Unit:

  • Cecil Taylor = piano
  • Jimmy Lyons – alto saxophone
  • Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
  • Ted Curson – trumpet
  • Roswell Rudd – trombone
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Sunny Murray – drums

Track listing:

  1. Moon Taj – John Carisi
  2. Pots – Cecil Taylor
  3. Angkor Wat – John Carisi
  4. Bulbs – Cecil Taylor
  5. Barry’s Tune – Jogn Carisi
  6. Mixed – Cecil Taylor