In May 1963, “Blue Note” label released “Let Freedom Ring”, the 20th Jackie McLean album. It was recorded in March 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Alfred Lion.
In April 1962, “RCA Victor” label released “The Bridge”, the 20th Sonny Rollins album. It was recorded January – February 1962, at “RCA Victor” in New York City, and was produced by Bob Prince.
Personnel:
Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
Jim Hall – guitar
Bob Cranshaw – bass
Ben Riley – drums
Harry “H.T.” Saunders – drums
Ray Hall – engineer
Chuck Stewart – cover photography
George Avakian – liner notes
Track listing:
Without a Song – Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans
Where Are You? – Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
John S. – Sonny Rollins
The Bridge – Sonny Rollins
God Bless the Child – Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday
On December 20, 1962, “Mercury” label released “Big Band Bossa Nova”, the twelve Quincy Jones album. It was recorded June – September 1962, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Quincy Jones.
Personnel:
Quincy Jones – conductor, arrangements
Phil Woods – alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
Roland Kirk – flute, alto flute
Jerome Richardson – flute, alto flute, woodwinds
Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
Julius Watkins – French horn
Alan Raph – bass trombone
Lalo Schifrin – piano
Jim Hall – guitar
Chris White – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Jack Del Rio – percussion
Carlos Gomez – percussion
Jose Paula – percussion
Phil Ramone – recording
Track listing:
Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
Boogie Bossa Nova – Charlie Mingus
Desafinado – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
Manhã de Carnaval – Luiz Bonfá, Antonio Maria
Se É Tarde Me Perdoa – Ronaldo Bôscoli, Carlos Lyra
On the Street Where You Live – Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner
One Note Samba – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
Lato Bossa Nova – Lalo Schifrin
Serenata – Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Chega de Saudade – Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes
In November 1962, “MGM” label released “Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova”, the fifth Lalo Schifrin album. It was recorded in October 1962, in New York City, and was produced by Cred Taylor.
Personnel:
Lalo Schifrin – piano, arrangements
Jim Hall – guitar
Christopher White – bass
Rudy Collins – drums
Jose Paulo, Carmen Costa – Latin percussion
Unidentified harp and strings
Track listing:
All tracks by Lalo Schifrin except where noted.
The Wave
Insensatez – Vinicius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim
You and Me (Voce e Eu) – Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra
Lalo’s Bossa Nova (Samba Para Dos)
Silvia
Murmurio – Luiz Antonio, Djaima Ferreira
Maria – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
Rapaz de Bem – Johnny Alf
Samba Do Perroquet (Parrot Samba) – Djaima Ferreira, Ivono Rebella
In November 1962, “Impulse!” label released “Desafinado”, the 49th Coleman Hawkins album. It was recorded in September 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
Coleman Hawkins — tenor saxophone
Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith — guitar
Major Holley — bass
Eddie Locke — drums, percussion
Tommy Flanagan — claves
Willie Rodriguez — percussion
Manny Albam — arrangements
Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
Track listing:
Desafinado – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover (Jazz Samba) – Mort Dixon, Harry M. Woods
Samba Para Bean – Manny Albam
I Remember You – Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger
One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça
O Pato (The Duck) – Jayme Silva, Neuza Teixeira
Un Abraco No Bonfa (An Embrace to Bonfa) – João Gilberto
In November 1963, “Saturn” label released “When Sun Comes Out”, the fifth Sun Ra album. It was recorded 1962 – 1963, at the “Choreographer’s Workshop” in New York, and was produced Alton Abraham.
Personnel:
Sun Ra – piano, electric celeste, percussion
Walter Miller – trumpet
John Gilmore – tenor sax, drums, percussion
Teddy Nance – trombone
Bernard Pettaway – trombone
Marshall Allen – flute, alto saxophone, percussion
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.
So What
Spring Is Here – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
No Blues
Oleo – Sonny Rollins
Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill, Larry Morey
The meaning of the Blues / Lament / New Rhumba – Bobby Troup / Leh Worth, J.J. Johnson, Ahmad Jamal
In June 1962, “Moodsville” label released “Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American”, the tenth Clark Terry album. It was recorded in May 1962, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, Nes Jersey.
On June 22, 1964, “Decca” label released “Before I’m Over You”, the second Loretta Lynn studio album. It was recorded 1962 – 1964, at “Bradley Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Owen Bradley.
Personnel:
Loretta Lynn – lead vocals
Harold Bradley – electric guitar
Jack Pruett – electric guitar
Teddy Wilburn – guitar
Grady Martin – electric guitar
Jerry Kennedy – guitar
Don Helms – steel guitar
Floyd Cramer – piano
Bob Moore – bass
Buddy Harman – drums
Cecil Brower – fiddle
Tommying Jackson – fiddle
The Jordanaires – back vocals
Hal Buksbaum – photography
Johnny Mullins – liner notes
Track listing:
Singing the Blues – Melvin Endsley
Before I’m Over You – Betty Sue Perry
You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry – Bob Merrill, Terry Shand
Who’ll Help Me Get Over You – Betty Sue Perry
Loose Talk – Freddie Hart, Ann Lucas
Where Were You – Loretta Lynn
Wine, Women and Song – Betty Sue Perry
The End of the World – Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You – Lee Ross, Bob Wills
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.
You Should’a Treated Me Right
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine – Rose Marie McCoy, Joe Seneca, James Lee