Tag Archives: 1961

Dave Bailey Sextet: Bash!

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In November 1961, “Jazzline” label released “Bash!”, album by Dave Bailey Sextet, (the fourth Dave Bailey studio album overal). It was recorded in October 1961, at “Peter Ind Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Fred Norsworthy.

Personnel:

  • Dave Bailey – drums
  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • Frank Haynes – tenor saxophone
  • Kenny Dorham – trumpet
  • Curtis Fuller – trombone
  • Ben Tucker – bass

Track listing:

  1. Osmosis – Osie Johnson
  2. Soul Support – Norris Turney
  3. Grand Street – Sonny Rollins
  4. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen
  5. Oscar for Oscar – Kenny Dorham
  6. B.M.T. Express – Rudy Stevenson
  7. Just Friends – John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis

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

John Coltrane: Newport ’63

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On July 20, 1993, “Impulse!” label released “Newport ’63”, a live album by John Coltrane. It was recorded  in July 1963, at the “Newport Jazz Festival”, with one track recorded in 1961, at the “Village Vanguard” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Thiele.

Personnel:

  • John Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone 
  • Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone
  • McCoy Tyner – piano
  • Jimmy Garrison – double bass
  • Reggie Workman – double bass
  • Roy Haynes – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by John Coltrane, except where noted.

  1. I Want to Talk About You – Billy Eckstine
  2. My Favorite Things – Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers
  3. Impressions
  4. Chasin’ Another Trane

Miles Davis: Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961

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On July 16, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall: The Legendary Performances of May 19, 1961”, the sixth Miles Davis live album. It was recorded in May 1961, at “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero.

Personnel:

  • Miles Davis – trumpet
  • Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums

The Gil Evans Orchestra

  • Gil Evans – arrangements, conductor
  • Miles Davis – trumpet soloist
  • Ernie Royal, Bernie Glow, Johnny Coles, Louis Mucci – trumpets
  • Jimmy Knepper, Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak – trombones
  • Julius Watkins, Paul Ingrahan, Bob Swisshelm – French horns
  • Bill Barber – tuba
  • Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson, Eddie Caine, Bob Tricarico, Danny Bank – reeds, woodwinds
  • Janet Putnam – harp
  • Wynton Kelly – piano
  • Paul Chambers – bass
  • Jimmy Cobb – drums
  • Bobby Rosengarden – percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Miles Davis, except where noted.

  1. So What
  2. Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
  3. No Blues
  4. Oleo – Sonny Rollins
  5. Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
  6. The meaning of the Blues / Lament / New Rhumba – Bobby Troup / Leh Worth, J.J. Johnson, Ahmad Jamal

Ike & Tina Turner: Dynamite!

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In May 1962, “Sue” label released “Dynamite!”, the second Ike & Tina Turner studio album. It was recorded 1961 – 1962, and was produced by Ike Turner and Juggy Murray.

Personnel:

  • Tina Turner – vocal
  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • Juggy Murray – directed
  • Bob King – sleeve notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner, except where noted.

  1. You Should’a Treated Me Right
  2. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Joe Seneca, James Lee
  3. A Fool in Love
  4. Poor Fool
  5. I Idolize You
  6. Tra La La La La
  7. Sleepless
  8. I’m Jealous – Ike Turner, Jane Bussong
  9. Won’t You Forgive Me
  10. The Way You Love Me
  11. I Dig You – Joe Seneca, Maynor Steward
  12. Letter from Tina

Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah

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In April 1962, “Atlantic” label released “Oh Yeah”, the 19th Charles Mingus album. It was recorded in 1961, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.

Personnel:

  • Charles Mingus – vocals, piano
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk – flute, siren, tenor saxophone, manzello, stritch
  • Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Knepper – trombone
  • Doug Watkins – bass
  • Dannie Richmond – drums
  • Tom Dowd – recording
  • Phil Lehle – recording

Track listing:

All tracks by Charles Mingus.

  1. Hog Callin’ Blues
  2. Devil Woman
  3. Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am
  4. Ecclusiastics
  5. Oh Lord Don’t Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
  6. Eat That Chicken
  7. Passions of a Man

The Kings Of Rhythm: Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm Dance

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In March 1962, “Sue” label released “Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm Dance”, the debut Kings of Rhythm (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1961, in Hollywood, and was produced by Ike Turner.

Personnel:

  • Ike Turner – guitar
  • The Kings of Rhythm

Track listing:

All tracks by Ike Turner, except where noted.

  1. The Gulley
  2. Twistaroo
  3. Trackdown Twist
  4. Potatoe Mash
  5. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Sylvia McKinney
  6. Steel Guitar Rag
  7. Doublemint
  8. The Rooster
  9. Prancing
  10. Katanga
  11. The Groove
  12. Going Home

Doris Day and the André Previn Trio: Duet

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On February 22, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Duet”, album by Doris Day and the André Previn Trio. It was recorded in 1961, and was produced by Irving Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Doris Day – vocals
  • André Previn – piano, arrangements
  • Red Mitchell – double bass
  • Frank Capp -drums

Track listing:

  1. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  2. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  3. Yes – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  4. Nobody’s Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Remind Me – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  6. Who Are We to Say (Obey Your Heart) – Sigmund Romberg, Gus Kahn
  7. Daydreaming – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  8. Give Me Time – Alec Wilder
  9. Control Yourself – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  10. Wait Till You See Him – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  12. Falling in Love Again – Sammy Lerner, Frederick Hollander

Nina Simone: Nina Simone At The Village Gate

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On January 15, 1952, “Colpix” label released “Nina Simone at the Village Gate”, the sixth Nina Simone album. It was recorded in March 1961, at “The Village Gate” in Greenwich Village in New York, and was produced by Cal Lampey.

Personnel:

  • Nina Simone – vocals, piano
  • Al Schackman – guitar
  • Chris White – bass
  • Bobby Hamilton – drums
  • Richard Alderson – recording

Track listing:

  1. Just in Time – Adolph Gree, Betty Comden, Jule Styne
  2. He Was Too Good to Me – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  3. House of the Rising Sun – Josh White, Libby Reynolds Holmes, Nicholas Ray
  4. Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
  5. Brown Baby – Oscar Brown
  6. Zungo – Babatunde Olatunji
  7. If He Changed My Name – Robert MacGinsey
  8. Children Go Where I Send You – traditional, arranged by Nina Simone

Roland Kirk: We Free Kings

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In January 1962, “Mercury” label released “We Free Kings”, the fourth Roland Kirk album. It was recorded in August 1961, at “Nola Recording Studios” in New York.

Personnel:

  • Roland Kirk – tenor and stritch saxophone, manzello, flute
  • Richard Wyands – piano
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Art Davis – double bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums
  • Tommy Nola – recording
  • Jack Tracy – recording supervisor
  • Marvin Glick – design
  • Martin Williams – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Roland Kirk, except where noted.

  1. Three for the Festival
  2. Moon Song – Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston
  3. A Sack Full of Soul
  4. The Haunted Melody
  5. Blues for Alice – Charlie Parker
  6. We Free Kings
  7. You Did It, You Did It
  8. Some Kind of Love
  9. My Delight